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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-141821"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001364742"
company_name: "BlackRock Finance, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T14:53:45.531012+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackRock shareholders approve 7M share increase in stock plan, reject all three shareholder proposals

## Summary
- Shareholders approved Third Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Award Plan: 7M new shares authorized, term extended 10 years.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with ~58.7% support (71.6M for, 50.4M against).
- All 16 director nominees elected; Marco Antonio Slim Domit received lowest approval at ~89.5%.
- Shareholder proposals on EEO risk report, independent board chair, and climate proxy report all defeated by wide margins.
- Deloitte ratified as independent auditor for 2024 with 95.7% shareholder support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-141821
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001364742
- company_name: BlackRock Finance, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312524141821/0001193125-24-141821-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312524141821/d804382d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-141821.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-141821.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 951b3e9f9c689e33788b585dcc1c13a91a893299
  claim: BlackRock Finance, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the BlackRock, Inc. Third Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Award and Incentive Plan at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Item 3 – Approval of the Restated Plan: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 119,449,413 2,504,201 115,996 9,821,539
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364742/000119312524141821/0001193125-24-141821-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.