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accession: "0001749723-23-000032"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NFE"
cik: "0001749723"
company_name: "New Fortress Energy Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T18:23:23.276974+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# New Fortress Energy reports 2023 Annual Meeting results: directors elected, auditor ratified

## Summary
- John J. Mack elected as Class I director with 151.8M votes for, 23.3M withheld.
- Katherine E. Wanner elected as Class I director with 158.0M votes for, 17.1M withheld.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor approved with 181.8M for, 17,166 against, 84,748 abstentions.
- Broker non-votes on director elections: 6.8M shares for each nominee.
- All terms effective until 2026 Annual Meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001749723-23-000032
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NFE
- cik: 0001749723
- company_name: New Fortress Energy Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972323000032/0001749723-23-000032-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972323000032/nfe-20230522.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  New Fortress Energy Inc. shareholders approved Election of two Class I directors at the 2023-05-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-22
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected two Class I directors, who comprise all the directors of such class, to serve until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972323000032/0001749723-23-000032-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  New Fortress Energy Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-05-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-22
  source text: The Company’s 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1749723/000174972323000032/0001749723-23-000032-index.htm

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