---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-044317"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VRT"
cik: "0001674101"
company_name: "Vertiv Holdings Co"
filed_at: "2026-06-18T20:17:55+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T20:26:02.484805+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vertiv 2026 annual meeting: all director nominees elected, say-on-pay and auditor ratified

## Summary
- 86.05% quorum (330.5M of 384.1M shares represented) at June 17, 2026 virtual meeting.
- All 11 director nominees elected; Joseph van Dokkum received 159.9M for, 135.4M withhold.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 260.7M for, 34.3M against, 0.4M abstentions.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2026: 320.6M for, 9.6M against, 0.3M abstentions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-044317
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VRT
- cik: 0001674101
- company_name: Vertiv Holdings Co
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T20:17:55+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828026044317/0001628280-26-044317-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828026044317/vrt-20260617.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Vertiv Holdings Co shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2026 at the 2026-06-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-17
  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, 2026, based on the following votes: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 320,644,633 9,573,763 307,704 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828026044317/0001628280-26-044317-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vertiv Holdings Co shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve executive compensation at the 2026-06-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-17
  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 260,726,180 34,273,946 405,244 35,120,730
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828026044317/0001628280-26-044317-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Vertiv Holdings Co shareholders approved Election of eleven director nominees to the Board of Directors at the 2026-06-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-17
  source text: Proposal 1 : Stockholders elected eleven director nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors, each for a term of one year expiring at the Company’s 2027 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 267,069,506 28,335,864 35,120,730 Giordano Albertazzi 288,121,966 7,283,404 35,120,730 Joseph J. DeAngelo 221,202,989 74,202,381 35,120,730 Joseph van Dokkum 159,991,445 135,413,925 35,120,730 Roger Fradin 207,619,818 87,785,552 35,120,730 Jakki L. Haussler 283,570,346 11,835,024 35,120,730 Jacob Kotzubei 256,787,148 38,618,222 35,120,730 Matthew Louie 252,762,712 42,642,658 35,120,730 Krishna Mikkilineni 292,351,803 3,053,567 35,120,730 Edward L. Monser 244,850,263 50,555,107 35,120,730 Steven S. Reinemund 226,146,171 69,259,199 35,120,730
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1674101/000162828026044317/0001628280-26-044317-index.htm

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