---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-140685"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOV"
cik: "0001021860"
company_name: "NOV Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T18:29:28.708129+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NOV stockholders re-elect all ten directors, ratify auditors, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All ten director nominees re-elected to one-year terms; votes for ranging from 332M to 351M.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2024: 345.4M for, 26.1M against.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 335.2M for, 12.4M against, 6.8M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-140685
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOV
- cik: 0001021860
- company_name: NOV Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312524140685/0001193125-24-140685-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312524140685/d835614d8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-140685
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-140685.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2f66d32ea05528b4e0fbd9c8e24ec26f5b9ad064
  claim: NOV Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2024 345,436,514 26,117,482 1,137,378 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312524140685/0001193125-24-140685-index.htm
- claim_id: 7d5184cdbf0563bb8ff2c07b3a7d3ee14178a960
  claim: NOV Inc. shareholders approved Election of ten members to the Board of Directors at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 1. the election of ten members to the Board of Directors; 2. the ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2024; and 3. the approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers;
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312524140685/0001193125-24-140685-index.htm
- claim_id: fe4a28ebeb986ec3eab371030a2daf171e45dce7
  claim: NOV Inc. shareholders approved Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: 3. Approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers 335,215,822 12,428,553 6,842,607 18,204,392
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1021860/000119312524140685/0001193125-24-140685-index.htm

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