---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-054221"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NRG"
cik: "0001013871"
company_name: "NRG ENERGY, INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T03:51:57.354026+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NRG Energy shareholders elect 13 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected with majority support; Kevin T. Howell received 159.7M for, Alex Pourbaix 140.4M for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 127.0M for, 32.8M against, 0.2M abstentions.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for 2024 approved: 171.5M for, 3.5M against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 15.1M on director elections and say-on-pay; none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-054221
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NRG
- cik: 0001013871
- company_name: NRG ENERGY, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465924054221/0001104659-24-054221-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465924054221/tm2412958d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NRG ENERGY, INC. shareholders approved Election of thirteen directors at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: NRG Energy Inc. (the “ Company ”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “ Annual Meeting ”) on April 25, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465924054221/0001104659-24-054221-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NRG ENERGY, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The foregoing Proposal 2 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465924054221/0001104659-24-054221-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NRG ENERGY, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the 2024 fiscal year at the 2024-04-25 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-25
  source text: The foregoing Proposal 3 was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1013871/000110465924054221/0001104659-24-054221-index.htm

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