---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-020302"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GNE"
cik: "0001528356"
company_name: "Genie Energy Ltd."
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:17:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:31:11.066759+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Genie Energy shareholders elect all director nominees; approve stock plan amendment

## Summary
- Howard S. Jonas re-elected with 91.87% of votes cast; other directors received 94.72-99.90%.
- Amendment to 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan approved, increasing share reserve by 70,000 shares.
- Amendment passed with 88.60% of votes cast in favor.
- All director terms are one-year; no broker non-votes reported.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-020302
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GNE
- cik: 0001528356
- company_name: Genie Energy Ltd.
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:17:19+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000143774926020302/0001437749-26-020302-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000143774926020302/gne20260611_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Genie Energy Ltd. shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan that increased the number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock available for grant by 70,000 at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  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 approval of an amendment to the 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan that increased the number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock available for the grant of awards thereunder by 70,000. The number of votes cast with respect to this matter was as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Vote % Votes For 5,930,700 731,723 31,247 0 88.60
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000143774926020302/0001437749-26-020302-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Genie Energy Ltd. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: The nominees for election to the Board of Directors were elected, each for a one-year term, based upon the following votes: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Vote % Votes For Howard S. Jonas 6,149,669 514,052 29,950 0 91.87 Irwin Katsof 6,686,724 4,809 2,138 0 99.90 Joyce Mason 6,680,573 10,918 2,180 0 99.80 W. Wesley Perry 6,359,758 302,266 31,646 0 95.01 Alan B. Rosenthal 6,340,525 321,513 31,632 0 94.72
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000143774926020302/0001437749-26-020302-index.htm

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