---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001701605-23-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKR"
cik: "0001701605"
company_name: "Baker Hughes Co"
filed_at: "2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T19:54:16.388556+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Baker Hughes annual meeting results: all directors elected, say-on-pay passed, Simonelli named Chairman

## Summary
- All nine nominees elected; Lorenzo Simonelli received 872.6M votes for, 29.1M withheld.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 791.6M for, 108.6M against.
- KPMG LLP ratified as auditor for FY2023: 930.4M for, 0.8M against.
- Non-binding frequency vote favored annual say-on-pay: 893.3M for 1 year.
- Board elected Lorenzo Simonelli as Chairman and W. Geoffrey Beattie as Lead Director.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001701605-23-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKR
- cik: 0001701605
- company_name: Baker Hughes Co
- filed_at: 2023-05-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000056/0001701605-23-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000056/bkr-20230516.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the Company's executive compensation program at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: The number of votes for, against, withheld/abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the advisory vote related to the Company’s executive compensation program was as follows: Number of Votes FOR Number of Votes AGAINST Withheld/Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 791,646,352 108,566,680 1,666,962 31,365,824
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000056/0001701605-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: The number of votes for one year, two years, three years, and withheld/abstentions with respect to the advisory vote on the frequency of holding an advisory vote on executive compensation was as follows: Number of Votes for ONE YEAR Number of Votes for TWO YEARS Number of Votes for THREE YEARS Withheld/Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 893,255,904 314,746 7,870,617 438,727 31,365,824
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000056/0001701605-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Election of nine directors to serve for a one-year term at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: The number of votes for, withheld/abstentions and broker non-votes for the election of each director was as follows: Name Number of Votes FOR Withheld/Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes Lorenzo Simonelli 872,627,432 29,074,652 31,365,824 W. Geoffrey Beattie 887,610,631 14,269,364 31,365,824 Gregory D. Brenneman 895,929,679 5,950,316 31,365,824 Cynthia B. Carroll 867,437,214 34,442,781 31,365,824 Nelda J. Connors 863,020,664 38,859,331 31,365,824 Michael R. Dumais 890,567,763 11,312,232 31,365,824 Lynn L. Elsenhans 861,993,831 39,886,164 31,365,824 John G. Rice 897,685,911 4,194,084 31,365,824 Mohsen Sohi 880,267,953 21,612,042 31,365,824
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000056/0001701605-23-000056-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Baker Hughes Co shareholders approved Ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2023 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: The number of votes for, against, withheld/abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to the ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year 2023 was as follows: Number of Votes FOR Number of Votes AGAINST Withheld/Abstain Votes Broker Non-Votes 930,415,494 818,056 2,012,268 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1701605/000170160523000056/0001701605-23-000056-index.htm

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