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accession: "0001193125-23-236276"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001364742"
company_name: "BlackRock Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T16:06:29.460962+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackRock amends bylaws to comply with SEC universal proxy rules and Delaware law

## Summary
- Board approved amendments effective September 13, 2023, adopting universal proxy (Rule 14a-19) requirements for director nominations.
- Amendments update stockholder list access procedures per Delaware General Corporation Law changes.
- Changes are procedural and clarifying; no financial or operational impact to the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-236276
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001364742
- company_name: BlackRock Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312523236276/0001193125-23-236276-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312523236276/d537724d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-236276.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  BlackRock Finance, Inc.: Amended bylaws to update director nomination procedures for universal proxy rules and stockholder list availability under Delaware law (effective 2023-09-13).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-09-13
  source text: On September 13, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BlackRock, Inc. (the “Company”) approved amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective September 13, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312523236276/0001193125-23-236276-index.htm

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