---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-23-001269"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKR"
cik: "0001701605"
company_name: "Baker Hughes Co"
filed_at: "2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T06:40:21.485344+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baker Hughes elects Dr. Mohsen M. Sohi to board; adopts amended bylaws

## Summary
- Dr. Mohsen M. Sohi elected to the board effective Jan 25, 2023, filling the vacancy from Gregory L. Ebel's resignation.
- Sohi is CEO of Freudenberg SE and independent under Nasdaq; will serve on Human Capital and Compensation Committee.
- Board adopted Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws to comply with updated Delaware law and new SEC Rule 14a-19.
- Bylaw amendments include new disclosure obligations and consequences for non-compliance with Rule 14a-19 for shareholder nominations.
- No related party transactions with Sohi disclosed; standard indemnification agreement to be executed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-23-001269
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKR
- cik: 0001701605
- company_name: Baker Hughes Co
- filed_at: 2023-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000095010323001269/0000950103-23-001269-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/808362/000095010323001269/dp187705_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-001269
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-23-001269.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Mohsen M. Sohi was elected as Director at Baker Hughes Co.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 25, 2023, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Baker Hughes Company (the "Company") elected Dr. Mohsen M. Sohi to serve as a director of the Company, effective January 25, 2023, following the resignation of Gregory L. Ebel as previously disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000095010323001269/0000950103-23-001269-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  Baker Hughes Co: Adopted fifth amended and restated bylaws to update for changes in Delaware General Corporate Law and implement edits related to Rule 14a-19 (effective 2023-01-25).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-01-25
  source text: On January 25, 2023, the Board adopted the fifth amended and restated bylaws of the Company (the “Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective January 25, 2023, to update for changes in the Delaware General Corporate Law (the “DGCL”) and implement edits related to the new Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 14a-19”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000095010323001269/0000950103-23-001269-index.htm

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