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Operational and corporate updates highlight leadership actions, a signed definitive business combination agreement (subject to closing conditions), and continued progress toward sustained SAF production. XCF also emphasizes the role of domestic jet fuel alternatives in supporting energy resilience and national security, and its modular, repeatable build-out and licensing model designed to deploy SAF production facilities globally.Key Developments This PeriodStrengthened leadership with renewable fuels executive Chris Cooper, former President of one of the world's largest producers of renewable fuels, where he led the launch of its SAF commercial efforts in the Americas; appointed Harvey Schnitzer as Interim Chief Financial Officer, a CPA and veteran Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operational Officer with more than three decades of experience leading growth, integrations, and turnarounds.Initiated the planned upgrade program to support efficient, repeatable, sustained operations at New Rise Reno, leveraging technical input from Axens and on-site engineering oversight team from an experienced third -party consulting firm to strengthen operational readiness, procedures, and start-up execution, targeting June 2026 for operational restart at New Rise Reno.Signed a binding offtake agreement with BGN INTL for SAF production, leveraging XCF's production platform and BGN's global distribution network.Advanced strategic initiatives, including licensing arrangements and strategic partnership agreements to support international expansion in Australia and New Zealand, with partners including Continual Renewables Ventures and Axens for production technology.Signed business combination agreement with Southern Energy Renewable and Devvstream creating a diversified commercial platform spanning current and next generation technologies for renewable fuel production as well as environmental asset monetization across aviation, petrochemical, marine and other sectors.Filed XCF's first Annual Report on Form 10‑K, providing comprehensive annual disclosures and marking an important milestone in XCF's public-company reporting, targeting filing 1Q26 10Q by mid-May 2026.XCF is targeting the following financial and operational results for the full year ending December 31, 2027: gross product sales[1] of $775 - 825 million, net revenue of $110 -120 million, EBITDA1 of $65 - 70 million, and renewable fuel production of approximately 40 - 43 million gallons.[2]