---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-041338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNE"
cik: "0001528356"
company_name: "Genie Energy Ltd."
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T05:43:06.526167+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genie Energy announces annual meeting voting results, elects directors and approves stock plan amendment

## Summary
- All five director nominees elected: Howard S. Jonas (92.48%), Joyce Mason (99.05%), W. Wesley Perry (90.80%), Alan B. Rosenthal (90.81%), Allan Sass (96.19%).
- Stockholders approved amendment to 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan increasing shares by 180,000 (88.88% for).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 99.92% of votes cast in favor.
- Board determined to hold advisory votes on executive compensation every three years after majority voted for three-year frequency.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-041338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNE
- cik: 0001528356
- company_name: Genie Energy Ltd.
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390024041338/0001213900-24-041338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390024041338/ea0205656-8k_genie.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Genie Energy Ltd. shareholders approved Approval of amendment to the 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The number of votes cast with respect to this matter was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Vote % Votes For 5,954,498 744,739 1,998 0 88.88
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390024041338/0001213900-24-041338-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Genie Energy Ltd. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The number of votes cast with respect to this matter was as follows: One Year Two Years Three Years Broker Non-Vote % Votes For 681,354 46,018 5,971,178 2,686 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390024041338/0001213900-24-041338-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Genie Energy Ltd. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: A majority of the votes present or represented at the Meeting by the holders of shares entitled to vote on the following matter were voted in connection with the election of each of the Board of Directors nominees named in the Proxy Statement of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390024041338/0001213900-24-041338-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Genie Energy Ltd. shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-08 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-08
  source text: The number of votes cast with respect to this matter was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Vote % Votes For 6,189,100 506,944 2,960 2,230 99.92
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390024041338/0001213900-24-041338-index.htm

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