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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-021826"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDCO"
cik: "0000793306"
company_name: "BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2026-06-26T19:38:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T19:39:08.729590+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# All director nominees elected, say on pay approved, frequency set to 3 years at annual meeting

## Summary
- Five director nominees elected with over 12.8M votes for each (Carroll, Misra, Morris, Bailey, Whitney).
- Say on pay advisory resolution approved: 12,825,324 for, 17,363 against, 267 abstain.
- Say on pay frequency set to three years: 12,562,071 for, 270,672 against, 10,211 abstain.
- Ratification of UHY LLP as auditor for FY 2026: 12,837,993 for, 4,696 against, 265 abstain.
- No other business presented at the June 25, 2026 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-021826
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDCO
- cik: 0000793306
- company_name: BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2026-06-26T19:38:17+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774926021826/0001437749-26-021826-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774926021826/bdco20260617_8k.htm

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