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| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
The 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Baker Hughes Company (the “Company”) was held on May 20, 2025 (the “Annual Meeting”) to (i) elect nine members to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) to serve for a one-year term, (ii) vote on an advisory vote related to the Company’s executive compensation program and (iii) vote on the ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025. Each director nominated was elected, the Company’s executive compensation program was approved, and KPMG LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2025.
As of March 24, 2025, the record date, there were 990,349,581 shares of Class A common stock (the “Common Stock”) issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. There were 909,695,011 shares of Common Stock represented in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. The affirmative vote of the holders of shares of Common Stock having a majority of the votes cast by the holders of all of the shares of Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and entitled to vote on the matter was required for the election of directors. The affirmative vote of the holders of shares of Common Stock having a majority in voting power of the votes cast by the holders of all of the shares of Common Stock present or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting and voting affirmatively or negatively on such matter was required for the approval of the Company’s executive compensation program and the ratification of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2025.
The number of votes for, against, abstentions and broker non-votes for the election of each director was as follows:
| Name | Number of Votes FOR |
Number of Votes AGAINST |
Abstain Votes |
Broker Non-Votes | ||||
| W. Geoffrey Beattie |
845,311,237 | 30,542,668 | 683,316 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| Abdulaziz M. Al Gudaimi |
861,471,536 | 14,378,783 | 686,901 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| Gregory D. Brenneman |
860,075,325 | 15,955,695 | 506,201 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| Cynthia B. Carroll |
832,522,333 | 43,090,274 | 924,615 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| Michael R. Dumais |
814,169,902 | 60,552,789 | 1,814,530 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| Shirley A. Edwards |
875,488,575 | 545,188 | 503,458 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| John G. Rice |
858,243,603 | 17,792,679 | 500,939 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| Lorenzo Simonelli |
818,084,364 | 57,908,942 | 543,915 | 33,157,789 | ||||
| Mohsen M. Sohi |
873,495,829 | 2,524,407 | 516,935 | 33,157,839 |
The number of votes for, against, 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 |
Number of Votes AGAINST |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 811,713,298 | 62,006,455 | 2,817,468 | 33,157,789 |
The number of votes for, against, 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 2025 was as follows:
| Number of Votes |
Number of Votes AGAINST |
Abstain |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 904,289,207 | 3,316,309 | 2,089,494 | — |
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BAKER HUGHES COMPANY | ||||||
| Date: May 22, 2025 | By: | /s/ Fernando Contreras | ||||
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Fernando Contreras | |||||
| Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary | ||||||