---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-138265"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GE"
cik: "0000040545"
company_name: "GENERAL ELECTRIC CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T14:35:59.628887+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# GE shareholders elect all director nominees, approve say-on-pay, reject shareholder proposals

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees received majority support; vote tallies include H. Lawrence Culp Jr. with 755M for, 31.6M against.
- Say-on-pay approved with 741.7M for (93.9% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Shareholders voted to hold future say-on-pay votes every year (777.2M for 1-year frequency).
- Four shareholder proposals rejected: independent chairman (31.8% for), sale of company (0.5% for), carbon report (1.1% for), energy resilience (9.9% for).
- Auditor ratification (Deloitte) approved with 902.2M for (99.6% of votes cast).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-138265
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GE
- cik: 0000040545
- company_name: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/d441349d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders rejected Fiduciary Carbon-Emission Relevance Report at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposals dealing with
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders approved Say on Frequency at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: approved the holding of future advisory votes on the Company’s named executives’ compensation every year ("Say on Frequency")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders approved Say on Pay at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: approved the advisory vote on the Company’s named executives’ compensation ("Say on Pay")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders rejected Assess Energy-Related Asset Resilience at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposals dealing with
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: shareholders elected all of the Company’s nominees for director; approved the advisory vote on the Company’s named executives’ compensation ("Say on Pay"); approved the holding of future advisory votes on the Company’s named executives’ compensation every year ("Say on Frequency"); and ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2023 ("Auditor Ratification").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders rejected Independent Board Chairman at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposals dealing with an independent chairman of the Board of Directors
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders approved Auditor Ratification at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for 2023 ("Auditor Ratification").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO shareholders rejected Sale of the Company at the 2023-05-03 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-03
  source text: Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposals dealing with
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40545/000119312523138265/0001193125-23-138265-index.htm

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