{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000045012-22-000070","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"HAL","cik":"0000045012","company_name":"HALLIBURTON CO","filed_at":"2022-12-12T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:53.213120+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-21T06:28:06.743821+00:00","sec_items":["5.03","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.2,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.2,"confidence":"high","headline":"Halliburton adopts amended by-laws, including exclusive forum provisions","bullets":["Board amended by-laws effective Dec 8, 2022; changes address remote stockholder meetings and broker non-votes.","New exclusive forum clause: internal affairs suits in Delaware Chancery Court, Securities Act claims in federal court.","Updated rules for stockholder director nominations and proxy solicitation compliance.","Amendments also cover meeting adjournments, record dates, emergency provisions, and indemnification."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000045012-22-000070","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000045012-22-000070.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000045012-22-000070.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000045012-22-000070.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501222000070/0000045012-22-000070-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501222000070/hal-20221208.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-21T06:28:06.743821+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"04a0bcc742c48468438e07ecf969b282db4455a9","claim":"HALLIBURTON CO: Amendments to By-laws to update various provisions including remote meetings, proxy voting, stockholder proposals, and exclusive forum (effective 2022-12-08).","evidence_excerpt":"On December 8, 2022, the Board of Directors of Halliburton Company adopted amendments to Halliburton’s By-laws, effective as of such date of adoption. The amendments, among other things, address meetings of stockholders by remote communication (Section 3), provide that abstentions and broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast in determining the outcome of a matter (Section 4), update the provisions regarding the obligations of a stockholder of record who intends to propose certain business or nominations of persons for the election of directors before a meeting of stockholders, including obligations to provide information and representations, and to comply with applicable rules regarding the solicitation of proxies (Sections 5 and 6), address adjournment of meetings (Section 8), update the notice of meetings provision (Section 10), provide that the list of stockholders entitled to vote at a meeting can be made available electronically (Section 11), update the provision on spec","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/45012/000004501222000070/0000045012-22-000070-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"bylaw amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2022-12-08"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}