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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On May 15, 2025, BlackRock, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The following are the voting results on each matter submitted to the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting. All director nominees were elected (Item 1). The proposal to approve the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement, through a non-binding advisory vote, was approved (Item 2). Additionally, shareholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2025 (Item 3). Further, the shareholder proposal requesting a report on risks associated with stakeholder capitalism was not approved (Item 4). The shareholder proposal requesting reform of the board election to list more candidates than the number of directors to be elected was also not approved (Item 5).
Below are detailed voting results of the shares represented and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting on each matter voted on and described in detail in the Company’s definitive proxy statement.
Item 1 – Election to the Company’s Board of Directors of the following 18 nominees:
| For | Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||
| Pamela Daley |
123,034,827 | 3,343,790 | 73,668 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Laurence D. Fink |
121,225,812 | 4,738,217 | 488,256 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Gregory J. Fleming |
126,053,574 | 322,613 | 76,098 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| William E. Ford |
116,602,893 | 9,774,826 | 74,566 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Fabrizio Freda |
123,868,881 | 2,502,940 | 80,464 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Murry S. Gerber |
120,997,807 | 5,380,011 | 74,467 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Margaret “Peggy” L. Johnson |
126,216,003 | 164,765 | 71,517 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Robert S. Kapito |
125,492,651 | 885,838 | 73,796 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Cheryl D. Mills |
123,208,157 | 3,109,025 | 135,103 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Kathleen Murphy |
126,236,388 | 143,040 | 72,857 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Amin H. Nasser |
125,281,272 | 1,032,194 | 138,819 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Gordon M. Nixon |
122,036,338 | 4,331,735 | 84,212 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Adebayo Ogunlesi |
125,462,886 | 907,982 | 81,417 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Kristin C. Peck |
125,790,692 | 522,069 | 139,524 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Charles H. Robbins |
125,665,900 | 705,446 | 80,939 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Hans E. Vestberg |
125,633,441 | 736,979 | 81,865 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Susan L. Wagner |
123,144,694 | 3,236,833 | 70,758 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
| Mark Wilson |
125,075,229 | 1,299,359 | 77,697 | 12,158,081 | ||||||||||||
Item 2 – Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation for named executive officers:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 85,315,675 | 40,887,779 | 248,831 | 12,158,081 |
Item 3 – Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2025:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 132,360,504 | 6,178,075 | 71,787 | 0 |
Item 4 – Shareholder proposal requesting a report on risks associated with stakeholder capitalism:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 1,657,659 | 123,646,698 | 1,147,928 | 12,158,081 |
Item 5 – Shareholder proposal requesting reform of the board election to list more candidates than the number of directors to be elected:
| For |
Against |
Abstentions |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 1,853,218 | 124,436,794 | 162,273 | 12,158,081 |
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.
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | /s/ R. Andrew Dickson III | |||||
| Date: May 16, 2025 | R. Andrew Dickson III | |||||
| Corporate Secretary | ||||||