---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-022231"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRT"
cik: "0001674101"
company_name: "Vertiv Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T00:18:50.819669+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertiv shareholders elect all 11 directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor at 2023 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; Joseph van Dokkum received 221.6M for, 99.9M withhold.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote approved: 279.9M for, 41.2M against, 0.4M abstain.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor approved: 326.1M for, 5.9M against.
- Quorum of 87.51% of outstanding shares represented at meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-022231
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRT
- cik: 0001674101
- company_name: Vertiv Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2023-06-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023022231/0001628280-23-022231-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023022231/vrt-20230614.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-23-022231.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Vertiv Holdings Co shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal 3 : Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023, based on the following votes: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 326,111,184 5,891,124 288,286 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023022231/0001628280-23-022231-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vertiv Holdings Co shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal 2 : Stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, based on the following votes: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 279,913,746 41,233,658 355,456 10,787,734
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023022231/0001628280-23-022231-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vertiv Holdings Co shareholders approved Election of eleven directors at the 2023-06-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-14
  source text: Proposal 1 : Stockholders elected eleven directors to the Company’s Board of Directors, each for a term of one year expiring at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and until such director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified, based on the following votes: Director Nominee For Withhold Broker Non-Votes David M. Cote 313,207,897 8,294,963 10,787,734
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828023022231/0001628280-23-022231-index.htm

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