---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001525221-26-000086"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTOL"
cik: "0001525221"
company_name: "Bristow Group Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-03T20:32:34+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:01:11.221687+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bristow Group stockholders approve all four proposals at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected; votes ranged from 23.6M to 25.0M for each.
- Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation passed (24.8M for, 175K against).
- Amendment No. 4 to 2021 Equity Incentive Plan approved by stockholders (24.8M for, 175K against).
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditors approved (25.7M for, 264K against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001525221-26-000086
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTOL
- cik: 0001525221
- company_name: Bristow Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T20:32:34+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522126000086/0001525221-26-000086-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522126000086/vtol-20260603.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Bristow Group Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2026.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditors for 2026 was approved by the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 25,735,787 263,870 8,489 None
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522126000086/0001525221-26-000086-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bristow Group Inc. shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees named in the Proxy Statement to the Board.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: by the following votes: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Vote Christopher S. Bradshaw 24,884,866 121,896 1,001,384 Lorin L. Brass 24,619,449 387,313 1,001,384 Wesley E. Kern 24,878,545 128,217 1,001,384 Robert J. Manzo 23,586,044 1,420,718 1,001,384 G. Mark Mickelson 24,967,819 38,943 1,001,384 General Maryanne Miller, Ret. 24,976,189 30,573 1,001,384 Christopher Pucillo 24,577,949 428,813 1,001,384 Shefali Shah 24,961,414 45,348 1,001,384 Brian D. Truelove 24,577,949 428,813 1,001,384
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522126000086/0001525221-26-000086-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bristow Group Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve named executive officer compensation.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, was approved by the Company’s stockholders by the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 24,792,284 175,145 39,333 1,001,384
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522126000086/0001525221-26-000086-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Bristow Group Inc. shareholders approved Approval of an amendment to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: The amendment to the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders by the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 24,786,051 174,863 45,848 1,001,384
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1525221/000152522126000086/0001525221-26-000086-index.htm

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