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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010

Commission File Number: 001-33480

CLEAN ENERGY FUELS CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  33-0968580
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

3020 Old Ranch Parkway, Suite 400, Seal Beach CA 90740
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(562) 493-2804
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     ý

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232,405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  o     No  o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  o   Accelerated filer  ý   Non-accelerated filer  o
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company  o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes  o     No  ý

        As of August 4, 2010, there were 60,906,239 shares of the registrant's common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, issued and outstanding.


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PART I.—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.—Financial Statements (Unaudited)


Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

December 31, 2009 and June 30, 2010

(Unaudited)

 
  December 31,
2009
  June 30,
2010
 

Assets

             

Current assets:

             
 

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 67,086,965   $ 55,700,799  
 

Restricted cash

    2,500,000     2,500,000  
 

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $898,423 and $663,727 as of December 31, 2009 and June 30, 2010, respectively

    16,339,730     19,066,817  
 

Other receivables

    8,862,213     9,207,615  
 

Inventory, net

    6,217,133     7,880,449  
 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    7,393,892     8,712,107  
           
   

Total current assets

    108,399,933     103,067,787  

Land, property and equipment, net

    172,182,436     179,596,058  

Capital lease receivables

    1,311,054     1,175,362  

Notes receivable and other long-term assets

    6,875,364     11,287,270  

Investments in other entities

    10,536,405     11,075,171  

Goodwill

    21,572,020     21,572,020  

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization

    34,921,361     32,904,670  
           
   

Total assets

  $ 355,798,573   $ 360,678,338  
           

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

             

Current liabilities:

             
 

Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations

  $ 2,439,263   $ 2,419,840  
 

Accounts payable

    14,775,406     12,997,867  
 

Accrued liabilities

    9,695,443     16,625,592  
 

Deferred revenue

    2,691,007     2,467,651  
           
   

Total current liabilities

    29,601,119     34,510,950  

Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, less current portion

    9,781,425     9,525,198  

Other long-term liabilities

    36,039,864     38,067,911  
           
   

Total liabilities

    75,422,408     82,104,059  

Commitments and contingencies

             

Stockholders' equity:

             
 

Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value. Authorized 1,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding no shares

         
 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value. Authorized 149,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 59,840,151 shares and 60,878,959 shares at December 31, 2009 and June 30, 2010, respectively

    5,984     6,088  
 

Additional paid-in capital

    424,580,895     441,077,944  
 

Accumulated deficit

    (149,410,111 )   (163,881,635 )
 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

    2,012,573     (1,881,591 )
           
   

Total stockholders' equity of Clean Energy Fuels Corp. 

    277,189,341     275,320,806  
 

Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary

    3,186,824     3,253,473  
           
   

Total equity

    280,376,165     278,574,279  
           
   

Total liabilities and equity

  $ 355,798,573   $ 360,678,338  
           

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Clean Energy Fuels Corp. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

For the Three Months and Six Months Ended

June 30, 2009 and 2010

(Unaudited)

 
  Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
  2009   2010   2009   2010  

Revenue:

                         
 

Product revenues

  $ 24,827,576   $ 39,433,517   $ 53,209,857   $ 73,706,511  
 

Service revenues

    3,042,455     4,601,237     4,908,318     9,316,907  
                   
   

Total revenues

    27,870,031     44,034,754     58,118,175     83,023,418  

Operating expenses:

                         
 

Cost of sales:

                         
   

Product cost of sales

    15,164,592     28,692,264     36,416,458     54,188,362  
   

Service cost of sales

    1,039,899     1,923,141     1,432,282     3,986,077  
 

Selling, general and administrative

    11,591,451     14,877,768     23,157,440     28,527,282  
 

Depreciation and amortization

    4,123,037     5,069,940     7,740,090     10,060,491  
 

Derivative (gain) loss on Series I warrant valuation

    2,209,596     (16,615,491 )   2,386,363     1,989,307  
                   
   

Total operating expenses

    34,128,575     33,947,622     71,132,633     98,751,519  
                   
 

Operating income (loss)

    (6,258,544 )   10,087,132     (13,014,458 )   (15,728,101 )

Interest income (expense), net

    (59,538 )   (22,362 )   (92,076 )   86,505  

Other income (expense), net

    (146,341 )   (38,645 )   (186,527 )   4,577  

Income from equity method investments

    35,854     28,413     52,418     105,410  
                   
   

Income (loss) before income taxes

    (6,428,569 )   10,054,538     (13,240,643 )   (15,531,609 )

Income tax benefit (expense)

    (72,963 )   (76,746 )   (140,850 )   1,126,734  
                   
 

Net income (loss)

    (6,501,532 )   9,977,792     (13,381,493 )   (14,404,875 )

Loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interest

    124,766     (82,826 )   510,680     (66,649 )
                   
 

Net income (loss) attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. 

  $ (6,376,766 ) $ 9,894,966   $ (12,870,813 ) $ (14,471,524 )
                   

Income (loss) per share attributable to Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

                         
 

Basic

  $ (0.13 ) $ 0.16   $ (0.26 ) $ (0.24 )
                   
 

Diluted

  $ (0.13 ) $ 0.14   $ (0.26 ) $ (0.24 )
                   

Weighted average common shares outstanding

                         
 

Basic

    50,247,366     60,876,741     50,242,814     60,494,148  
                   
 

Diluted

    50,247,366     71,859,875     50,242,814     60,494,148  
                   

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 and 2010

(Unaudited)

 
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
  2009   2010  

Cash flows from operating activities:

             

Net loss

  $ (13,381,493 ) $ (14,404,875 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

             
 

Depreciation and amortization

    7,740,090     10,060,491  
 

Provision for doubtful accounts

    124,993     138,777  
 

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

    254,280     (4,365 )
 

Stock option expense

    7,020,144     5,961,720  
 

Derivative loss on Series I warrant valuation

    2,386,363     1,989,307  
 

Contingent consideration

        500,000  
 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets and liabilities acquired:

             
   

Accounts and other receivables

    (1,691,207 )   (6,679,269 )
   

Inventory

    109,936     (1,663,316 )
   

Return of deposits on LNG trucks

    3,395,813     95,124  
   

Margin deposits on futures contracts

    (1,880,481 )   (2,204,868 )
   

Capital lease receivables

    523,382     135,692  
   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    289,104     (408,075 )
   

Accounts payable

    1,636,953     69,195  
   

Accrued expenses and other

    (946,326 )   2,383,580  
           
     

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    5,581,551     (4,030,882 )
           

Cash flows from investing activities:

             
 

Purchases of property and equipment

    (18,153,466 )   (17,419,248 )
 

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

    49,666     67,073  
 

Acquisition, net of cash acquired

    (5,645,250 )    
 

Proceeds from sale of loans receivable

    1,315,667     275,874  
 

Investments in other entities

    (2,023,007 )   (538,766 )
           
     

Net cash used in investing activities

    (24,456,390 )   (17,615,067 )
           

Cash flows from financing activities:

             
 

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

    3,059,570      
 

Repayment of capital lease obligations and long-term debt

    (743,752 )   (275,650 )
 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock and exercise of stock options

    50,320     10,535,433  
           
     

Net cash provided by financing activities

    2,366,138     10,259,783  
           
     

Net decrease in cash

    (16,508,701 )   (11,386,166 )

Cash, beginning of period

    36,284,431     67,086,965  
           

Cash, end of period

  $ 19,775,730   $ 55,700,799  
           

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

             
 

Income taxes paid

  $ 51,569   $ 215,566  
 

Interest paid, net of approximately $418,000 and $180,000 capitalized, respectively

  $ 375,372   $ 296,936  

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Note 1—General

        Nature of Business:     Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (the "Company") is engaged in the business of selling natural gas fueling solutions to its customers primarily in the United States and Canada. The Company has a broad customer base in a variety of markets including public transit, refuse, airports and regional trucking. The Company operates, maintains or supplies approximately 218 natural gas fueling locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming within the United States, and in British Columbia and Ontario within Canada. The Company also generates revenue through operation and maintenance agreements with certain customers, through building and selling or leasing natural gas fueling stations to its customers, and through financing its customers' vehicle purchases. In April 2008, the Company opened its first compressed natural gas ("CNG") station in Lima, Peru through the Company's joint venture, Clean Energy del Peru. In August 2008, the Company acquired 70% of the outstanding membership interests of Dallas Clean Energy, LLC ("DCE"). DCE owns a facility that collects, processes and sells renewable biomethane collected from a landfill in Dallas, Texas. On October 1, 2009, the Company acquired 100% of BAF Technologies, Inc. ("BAF"), a company that provides natural gas conversions, alternative fuel systems, application engineering, service and warranty support and research and development for natural gas vehicles.

        Basis of Presentation:     The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, and, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, which include only normal recurring adjustments, necessary to state fairly the Company's financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2010. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The three and six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2010 or for any other interim period or for any future year.

        Certain information and disclosures normally included in the notes to consolidated financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), but the resultant disclosures contained herein are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as they apply to interim reporting. The condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2009 that are included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2010.

Note 2—Acquisitions

Operating and Maintenance Contracts

        In May 2009, the Company acquired four compressed natural gas operations and maintenance services contracts for $5.6 million in cash. The Company recorded $0.5 million to tangible assets and $5.1 million of intangible assets related to customer relationships, which are being amortized over their expected lives of eight years. The results of operations of the acquired contracts are included in the Company's consolidated financial statements from their acquisition dates forward, which are May 2009 for two of the contracts and June 2009 for the remaining two contracts. In addition, as part of the acquisition, the Company became the custodian of certain customer-owned inventories that it is

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(Unaudited)

Note 2—Acquisitions (Continued)


required to replenish when the contracts expire. The customer-owned inventory was valued on the Company's books at $986,000 with a corresponding balance of $986,000 recorded as a liability on the acquisition dates of the contracts.

Vehicle Conversion

        On October 1, 2009, the Company purchased all the outstanding shares of BAF under a stock purchase agreement. The Company paid an aggregate of $8.5 million to acquire BAF. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, the purchase price was reduced by the amount of BAF's outstanding debt, which was repaid in full at closing. Due to the fact that approximately $3.8 million of BAF's outstanding debt, including interest, was held by Clean Energy, the Company paid a net amount of approximately $4.7 million in cash to acquire BAF at the closing. BAF shareholders will be able to earn additional consideration if BAF achieves certain gross profit targets in fiscal 2010 and 2011. The additional consideration will be determined as a percentage of gross profit based on a sliding scale that increases at certain gross profit levels, subject to achieving a minimum gross profit target and capped by a maximum additional payment amount. For 2010, the shareholders of BAF will receive between one and twenty-six percent of the gross profit of BAF as additional consideration if BAF achieves $8 million or more in gross profit, up to a maximum of $11 million in additional consideration (which maximum amount would be payable if BAF achieved approximately $42.3 million in gross profit in 2010).

        For 2011, the shareholders of BAF will receive between one and twenty-one percent of the gross profit of BAF as additional consideration if BAF achieves $8.5 million or more in gross profit, up to a maximum of $11 million in additional consideration (which maximum amount would be payable if BAF achieved approximately $52.4 million in gross profit in 2011). The Company accounted for this acquisition in accordance with authoritative guidance for business combinations, which requires the Company to recognize the assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree at the acquisition date, measured at their fair values as of that date of acquisition. The following table summarizes the allocation of the aggregate purchase price to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed:

Current assets

  $ 4,820,188  

Property, plant and equipment

    157,624  

Identifiable intangible assets

    10,660,000  

Goodwill

    774,142  
       
 

Total assets acquired

    16,411,954  

Current liabilities assumed

    (4,844,672 )

Contingent liability

    (3,100,000 )
       
 

Total purchase price

  $ 8,467,282  
       

        Management allocated approximately $10.7 million of the purchase price to the identifiable intangible assets related to customer relationships, engine certifications and trademarks that were acquired with the acquisition. The fair value of the identifiable intangible assets will be amortized on a straightline basis over their estimated useful lives of 1.5 to 8 years. In addition, management allocated

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Note 2—Acquisitions (Continued)


$774,142 to goodwill as part of the acquisition and recorded a contingent liability of $3.1 million related to the possible consideration owed to BAF shareholders if BAF achieves certain gross profit targets in 2010 and 2011. Under the accounting guidance the Company must follow for this acquisition, the Company is required to adjust the value of the contingent consideration for this acquisition in the statement of operations as the value of the obligation changes each reporting period. During the six month period ended June 30, 2010, the Company increased its contingent liability by $0.5 million, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations. The value of the obligation will increase or decrease in relation to any increase or decrease in the anticipated gross profit of BAF.

        The results of BAF's operations have been included in the Company's consolidated financial statements since October 1, 2009.

Note 3—Cash and Cash Equivalents

        The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less on the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents.

Note 4—Natural Gas Derivative Financial Instruments

        The Company, in an effort to manage its natural gas commodity price risk exposures related to certain contracts, utilizes derivative financial instruments. The Company, from time to time, enters into natural gas futures contracts that are over-the-counter swap transactions that convert its index-based gas supply arrangements to fixed-price arrangements. The Company accounts for its derivative instruments in accordance with authoritative guidance for derivative instruments and hedging activities, which requires the recognition of all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet and the measurement of those instruments at fair value. Historically, through June 30, 2008, the Company's derivative instruments have not qualified for hedge accounting under the authoritative guidance. On and after July 1, 2008, the Company entered into futures contracts that did qualify for hedge accounting. The Company's futures contracts at June 30, 2009 and 2010 are being accounted for as cash flow hedges under the authoritative guidance and are being used to mitigate the Company's exposure to changes in the price of natural gas and not for speculative purposes. At June 30, 2009 and 2010, all of the Company's futures contracts qualified for hedge accounting.

        The counter-party to the Company's derivative transactions is a high credit quality counterparty; however, the Company is subject to counterparty credit risk to the extent the counterparty to the derivatives is unable to meet its settlement commitments. The Company manages this credit risk by minimizing the number and size of its derivative contracts. The Company actively monitors the creditworthiness of its counterparties and records valuation adjustments against the derivative assets to reflect counterparty risk, if necessary. The counter-party is also exposed to credit risk of the Company, which requires the Company to provide cash deposits as collateral.

        The Company marks to market its open futures positions at the end of each period and records the net unrealized gain or loss during the period in derivative (gains) losses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations or in accumulated other comprehensive income in the condensed

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(Unaudited)

Note 4—Natural Gas Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)


consolidated balance sheets in accordance with the guidance. The Company recorded unrealized losses of approximately $35,000 and $3.9 million in accumulated other comprehensive income related to its futures contracts for the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2010, respectively. Of the approximately $3.7 million liability for the Company's futures contracts at June 30, 2010, approximately $2.2 million is included in accrued liabilities for the short-term amount, and approximately $1.5 million is included in other long-term liabilities for the long-term amount in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2010. Of the liability for the Company's futures contracts of approximately $689,000 at June 30, 2009, approximately $0.4 million is included in accrued liabilities for the short-term amount, and approximately $0.2 million is included in other long-term liabilities for the long-term amount in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2009. The Company's ineffectiveness related to its futures contracts during the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2010, respectively, was insignificant. For the six month periods ended June 30, 2009 and 2010, the Company recognized a loss of approximately $1.1 million and a loss of approximately $137,000, respectively, in cost of sales in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations related to its futures contracts that were settled during the respective six-month periods.

        The Company is required to make certain deposits on its futures contracts, should any exist. At June 30, 2009, the Company had $2.6 million of margin deposits related to its futures contracts covering approximately 35.2 million gasoline gallon equivalents of natural gas fuel, of which $668,000 related to contracts that expired during the following 12 months and were classified as current at June 30, 2009. At June 30, 2010, the Company had $5.1 million of margin deposits related to its futures contracts covering approximately 23.0 million gasoline gallon equivalents of fuel, of which $2.7 million were current at June 30, 2010. The current portion of the deposits are recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets, and the long-term portion of the deposits are recorded in notes receivable and other long-term assets in the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets.

        The following table presents the notional amounts and weighted average fixed prices per gasoline gallon equivalent of the Company's natural gas futures contracts as of June 30, 2010:

 
  Gallons   Weighted
Average Price
Per Gasoline
Gallon
Equivalent
 

July to December, 2010

    5,920,000   $ 0.76  

2011

    11,600,000     0.82  

2012

    5,160,000     0.81  

January to May, 2013

    300,000     0.81  

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(Unaudited)