secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BERKLEY W R CORP (WRB)
CIK:        0000011544
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-06-16T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000011544-22-000019
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Shareholders approve increase in authorized common shares from 750M to 1.25B at annual meeting
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- Stockholders authorized amendment to increase common shares from 750M to 1.25B (212.2M for, 46.0M against).
- Four directors elected: W. Robert Berkley Jr., Ronald E. Blaylock, Mary C. Farrell, Mark L. Shapiro; term lengths vary.
- Non-binding say-on-pay vote passed with 236.5M for, 8.9M against.
- Ratification of KPMG LLP as independent auditor for FY2022 approved (247.4M for, 11.6M against).
- Amendment to certificate of incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.1 effective June 15, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154422000019/0000011544-22-000019-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/11544/000001154422000019/form8-k6152022.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000011544-22-000019

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