UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 2021

Montauk Renewables, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(412) 747-8700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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On June 4, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Montauk Renewables, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), elected Mr. Yunis Shaik to the Board and appointed him to the Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees of the Board, effective as of June 7, 2021. Mr. Shaik is a Class II director and, as such, his term will expire at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2022 and until his successor has been duly elected and qualified.

Mr. Yunis Shaik, age 64, has served as the Executive Director of Hosken Consolidated Investments Limited (“HCI”) since April 2014 and served as a non-executive director of HCI from August 2005 until that time. Mr. Shaik also currently serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Hosken Passenger Logistics & Rail Ltd. and Chairman of Golden Arrow Bus Services (Pty) Ltd. Prior to joining HCI in 2014, Mr. Shaik was an attorney of the High Court of South Africa and in private practice. He is a former Deputy General Secretary of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union and a director of Workers’ College. He served as Senior Commissioner of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration in KwaZulu Natal.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Shaik and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Shaik was appointed. Mr. Shaik does not have any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed transaction required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

As a non-employee director, Mr. Shaik will receive compensation under the same program that currently applies to the Company’s other non-employee directors, as set forth in the Company’s proxy statement for the 2021 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 7, 2021. The Company also entered into its standard form indemnification agreement for directors and officers with Mr. Shaik in connection with his election to the Board. The foregoing description of the indemnification agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the indemnification agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.