---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-140585"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKR"
cik: "0001701605"
company_name: "Baker Hughes Co"
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T21:26:09.718472+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baker Hughes shareholders approve all proposals at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- Nine directors elected with majority votes; largest 'against' votes were for Beattie (76M) and Dumais (75M).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 822M for, 41M against.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for FY2024: 900.5M for, 1.9M against.
- Officer exculpation charter amendment passed: 745M for, 120M against (94% of vote).
- Federal forum and modernization charter amendments also approved by shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-140585
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKR
- cik: 0001701605
- company_name: Baker Hughes Co
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312524140585/0001193125-24-140585-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312524140585/d822034d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 044d39d426e128a9a8dc3d510bcfe570601ae258
  claim: Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2024 was as follows: Number of Votes FOR Number of Votes AGAINST Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 900,500,841 1,888,100 2,478,756 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312524140585/0001193125-24-140585-index.htm
- claim_id: 6ece7edc87c578c4f016cf431e782bf1fa8ff636
  claim: Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Officer Exculpation Proposal (amend charter to limit officer liability) at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the Officer Exculpation Proposal was as follows: Number of Votes FOR Number of Votes AGAINST Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 745,339,947 119,975,606 417,413 39,134,731
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312524140585/0001193125-24-140585-index.htm
- claim_id: 93dbcfaa27c5909de436806d2d44dc90d2663790
  claim: Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Modernization Proposal (amend charter to clarify and modernize) at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the Modernization Proposal was as follows: Number of Votes FOR Number of Votes AGAINST Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 861,093,814 4,201,688 437,465 39,134,731
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312524140585/0001193125-24-140585-index.htm
- claim_id: 9c5eaf18e0a6cb946cd53615dae47a4d1ab558cc
  claim: Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation program at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the advisory vote related to the Company’s executive compensation program was as follows: Number of Votes FOR Number of Votes AGAINST Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 822,360,176 41,410,692 1,962,098 39,134,731
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312524140585/0001193125-24-140585-index.htm
- claim_id: dbff20d36381024d53a1844cfa26428c7268f593
  claim: Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Federal Forum Proposal (amend charter to add federal forum selection provision) at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the Federal Forum Proposal was as follows: Number of Votes FOR Number of Votes AGAINST Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 783,006,056 82,244,591 482,319 39,134,731
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000119312524140585/0001193125-24-140585-index.htm

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