Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated June 23,
2009
Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated June 22,
2009
Registration No. 333-152306
3020 Old Ranch
Parkway, Suite 200
Seal Beach,
California 90740 USA
562.493.2804 fax: 562.546.0097
News Release
Choice Environmental Services Contracts with Clean Energy to Design,
Build,
Operate New Natural Gas Fueling Station to Support Growing CNG Refuse
Fleet
First Clean Energy Fleet Contract in State Opens New Market in Florida
Seal
Beach, CA (June 23, 2009) Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) has
been awarded a 10-year contract to build and operate a compressed natural gas
(CNG) fueling station by Choice Environmental Services, a full-service solid
waste company serving Southern Florida.
Beginning in November 2009, Choice Environmental will begin to
deploy a new fleet of clean-burning CNG refuse trucks to serve the City of Fort
Lauderdale. The companys Florida service area includes Palm Beach, Broward,
Collier and Dade Counties.
In
addition to Fort Lauderdale, Choices customers include the Miami-Dade County
School District, one of the nations largest.
The new private Clean Energy time-fill CNG fuel station will be located
on property owned by Choice in Pompano Beach. The waste and recycling firm is
the first in South Florida to convert a portion of its operations to natural
gas fuel use.
The
station also marks Clean Energys entry into the Florida market.
Clean Energy
(Nasdaq: CLNE) is the leading provider
of natural gas (CNG and LNG) for transportation in North America. It has a
broad customer base in the refuse, transit, ports, shuttle, taxi, trucking,
airport and municipal fleet markets, fueling more than 17,200 vehicles at 184
strategic locations across the United States and Canada. Clean Energy owns and
operates two LNG production plants, one in Willis, TX and one in Boron, CA,
with combined capacity of 260,000 LNG gallons per day and designed to expand to
340,000 LNG gallons per day as demand increases. It also owns and operates a
landfill gas facility in Dallas, TX that produces renewable methane gas or
biogas for delivery in the nations gas pipeline network.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including statements
regarding the timing of the deployment of CNG trucks by Choice Environmental and
the opportunity to convert an increasing number of refuse and recycling
collection trucks to run on CNG fuel.
Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from
those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of several
factors including the availability and performance of CNG refuse collection
vehicles and unanticipated delays in CNG station construction. The forward-looking statements made herein
speak only as of the date of this press release and the company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update such forward-looking statements to reflect
subsequent events or circumstances.
Contacts
News Media
Bruce Russell,
310/559-4955 x101
brussell@cleanenergyfuels.com
Investors
Ina McGuinness,
310/954-1100
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
has filed a registration
statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you
should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the preliminary
prospectus supplement relating to the offering, and other documents Clean
Energy has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Clean Energy
and the offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting the SECs
website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, a copy of the prospectus supplement and
prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when
available,
by contacting Merrill Lynch & Co., 4 World Financial Center, New York,
New York 10080, telephone: 866-500-5408.
North Americas leader in clean transportation