---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-053963"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOV"
cik: "0001021860"
company_name: "NOV Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T19:54:20.914358+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NOV amends bylaws to update stockholder nomination procedures and reflect DGCL changes

## Summary
- Board amended and restated bylaws effective February 24, 2023.
- Updates procedural mechanics for stockholder director nominations under Rule 14a-19.
- Reflects recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
- Includes technical, modernizing, and clarifying changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-053963
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOV
- cik: 0001021860
- company_name: NOV Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312523053963/0001193125-23-053963-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312523053963/d443168d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  NOV Inc.: Amended and restated Bylaws to update procedural mechanics for stockholder nominations related to Rule 14a-19 and reflect recent changes to Delaware General Corporation Law, including technical and clarifying changes (effective 2023-02-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-24
  source text: On February 24, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of NOV Inc. (the “Company”) amended and restated the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) primarily to update the procedural mechanics for stockholder nominations of directors related to Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to reflect certain recent changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312523053963/0001193125-23-053963-index.htm

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