---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000314808-26-000107"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VAL"
cik: "0000314808"
company_name: "Valaris Ltd"
filed_at: "2026-06-10T21:00:16+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T21:04:18.452434+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Valaris shareholders re-elect all director nominees, approve executive compensation and auditor

## Summary
- All six director nominees elected with majority support; Elizabeth Leykum received 56.6M votes for.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with 55.7M votes for (97.1% of votes cast).
- Appointment of KPMG LLP as independent auditor ratified with 57.7M votes for (94.5% of votes cast).
- Broker non-votes totaled 3,987,572 on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000314808-26-000107
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VAL
- cik: 0000314808
- company_name: Valaris Ltd
- filed_at: 2026-06-10T21:00:16+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314808/000031480826000107/0000314808-26-000107-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314808/000031480826000107/val-20260610.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314808-26-000107
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000314808-26-000107.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Valaris Ltd shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: a. Elizabeth D. Leykum Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 56,609,714 499,091 15,616 3,987,572 b. Anton Dibowitz Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 57,097,368 11,406 15,647 3,987,572 c. Dick Fagerstal Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 56,936,031 172,614 15,776 3,987,572 d. Joseph Goldschmid Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 56,039,451 1,068,650 16,320 3,987,572 e. Catherine J. Hughes Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 54,485,940 2,622,087 16,394 3,987,572 f. Kristian Johansen Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 53,195,742 3,912,582 16,097 3,987,572
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314808/000031480826000107/0000314808-26-000107-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Valaris Ltd shareholders approved To approve the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and to authorize the Company's board of directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine KPMG LLP's remuneration at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: To approve the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the next Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and to authorize the Company's board of directors, acting through the Audit Committee, to determine KPMG LLP's remuneration: Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 57,705,016 3,378,791 28,186 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314808/000031480826000107/0000314808-26-000107-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Valaris Ltd shareholders approved To approve on an advisory, non-binding basis the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: To approve on an advisory, non-binding basis the compensation of the Company's named executive officers: Broker Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstain Non-Votes 55,748,798 928,586 447,037 3,987,572
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/314808/000031480826000107/0000314808-26-000107-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.