Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
(a)General Electric Company ("GE" or the "Company') held its annual shareholders meeting onMay 3, 2023 (the "Annual Meeting"). (b) At the Annual Meeting, shareholders elected all of the Company's nominees for director; approved the advisory vote on the Company's named executives' compensation ("Say on Pay"); approved the holding of future advisory votes on the Company's named executives' compensation every year ("Say on Frequency"); and ratified the appointment ofDeloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2023 ("Auditor Ratification"). Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposals dealing with an independent chairman of the Board of Directors; the sale of the Company; a fiduciary carbon-emission relevance report; and a report to assess energy-related asset resilience.
Election of Directors
For Against
Abstain Broker Non-Votes
1. Stephen Angel 770,061,386 16,626,341 1,332,590 119,612,175 2. Sébastien Bazin 743,009,557 43,656,258 1,354,502 119,612,175 3. H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. 755,196,276 31,572,590 1,251,451 119,612,175 4. Edward Garden 770,541,881 16,103,606 1,374,830 119,612,175 5. Isabella Goren 780,160,878 6,577,463 1,281,976 119,612,175 6. Thomas Horton 776,309,476 10,332,821 1,378,020 119,612,175 7. Catherine Lesjak 776,950,044 9,807,877 1,262,396 119,612,175 8. Darren McDew 781,759,215 4,866,796 1,394,306 119,612,175 9. Paula Rosput Reynolds 760,305,937 26,423,185 1,291,195 119,612,175 10. Jessica Uhl 782,872,187 3,879,695 1,268,435 119,612,175 Management Proposals For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 1. Say on Pay 741,712,533 43,393,287 2,914,497 119,612,175 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 2. Say on Frequency 777,208,217 1,350,910 7,616,108 1,845,082 119,612,175 For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 3. Auditor Ratification 902,238,353 3,829,529 1,564,610 0 Shareholder Proposals For Against
Abstain Broker Non-Votes
Independent Board 1. Chairman 249,696,041 536,029,783 2,294,493 119,612,175 2. Sale of the Company 3,935,103 780,831,399 3,253,815 119,612,175 Fiduciary Carbon-Emission 3. Relevance Report 8,873,758 774,631,554 4,515,005 119,612,175 Assess Energy-Related 4. Asset Resilience 77,145,704 703,710,721 7,163,892 119,612,175 (2)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (d) A majority of the votes cast by shareholders at the Annual Meeting voted, on an advisory basis, to hold future say-on-pay votes every year. In line with this, the Board of Directors has decided that it will hold a say-on-pay vote every year until the next required say-on-pay-frequency vote, which will occur no later than the Company's 2029 annual meeting of shareholders. (3)
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