---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-016387"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEXT"
cik: "0001612720"
company_name: "NextDecade Corp"
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:23:52.587861+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve 6M share increase to 2017 incentive plan; three directors elected

## Summary
- Stockholders approved Amendment to 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan adding 6,000,000 shares to the Share Reserve (Section 4.1).
- Original Share Reserve was 18,262,461 shares; total authorized for issuance now up to 24,262,461 shares.
- Class C directors Brian Belke, Edward Scoggins, and L. Spencer Wells elected with 90-93% of votes cast in favor.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (96.5% for); Grant Thornton LLP ratified as auditor for FY 2023.
- Broker non-votes totaled 7,616,080 on all proposals except ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-016387
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEXT
- cik: 0001612720
- company_name: NextDecade Corp
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774923016387/0001437749-23-016387-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774923016387/next20230524_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  NextDecade Corp shareholders approved Ratification of the reappointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants and auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 4 : Ratification of the reappointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants and auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774923016387/0001437749-23-016387-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NextDecade Corp shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase the maximum number of shares available under such plan. at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 2 : Approval of an amendment to the NextDecade Corporation 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to increase the maximum number of shares available under such plan.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774923016387/0001437749-23-016387-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NextDecade Corp shareholders approved Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 3 : Advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774923016387/0001437749-23-016387-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  NextDecade Corp shareholders approved Election of three Class C directors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 1 : The election of three Class C directors to serve on the Company’s board of directors for terms of three years or until their successors are duly elected and qualified or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1612720/000143774923016387/0001437749-23-016387-index.htm

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