---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-061968"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OI"
cik: "0000812074"
company_name: "O-I Glass, Inc. /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T23:54:10.102312+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# O-I Glass appoints John Humphrey as independent board chair; Gordon Hardie becomes CEO; authorizes $100M buyback

## Summary
- John Humphrey appointed Independent Board Chair after John H. Walker retirement.
- Gordon J. Hardie's CEO appointment effective May 15, 2024; he previously served on the Board.
- Two new independent directors elected: Eric J. Foss and Cheri Phyfer.
- Board authorized a $100M anti-dilutive share repurchase program to offset future incentive awards.
- All 10 director nominees elected at the Annual Meeting for one-year terms.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-061968
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OI
- cik: 0000812074
- company_name: O-I Glass, Inc. /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812074/000110465924061968/0001104659-24-061968-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812074/000110465924061968/tm2414549d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-061968.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  O-I Glass, Inc. /DE/ shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation: The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by an advisory (non-binding) vote of the share owners as follows: Aggregate Vote For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 130,951,447 3,737,003 283,011 6,989,024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812074/000110465924061968/0001104659-24-061968-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  O-I Glass, Inc. /DE/ shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified by vote of the share owners as follows: Aggregate Vote For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 137,666,746 4,022,896 270,843 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812074/000110465924061968/0001104659-24-061968-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  O-I Glass, Inc. /DE/ shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-15
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors: Each of the nominees for the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) was elected to serve a one-year term by vote of the share owners as follows: Aggregate Vote Name For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Samuel R. Chapin 133,330,994 1,309,755 330,712 6,989,024 David V. Clark, II 133,141,032 1,622,717 207,712 6,989,024 Eric J. Foss 122,809,255 11,936,017 226,189 6,989,024 Gordon J. Hardie 133,329,968 1,414,976 226,517 6,989,024 John Humphrey 131,881,043 2,882,497 207,921 6,989,024 Alan J. Murray 125,221,508 9,485,902 264,051 6,989,024 Hari N. Nair 132,739,976 1,924,026 307,459 6,989,024 Cheri Phyfer 133,513,799 1,201,841 255,821 6,989,024 Catherine I. Slater 133,160,324 1,555,465 255,672 6,989,024 Carol A. Williams 132,004,524 2,718,015 248,922 6,989,024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/812074/000110465924061968/0001104659-24-061968-index.htm

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