secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BlackRock, Inc. (BLK)
CIK:        0002012383
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-024549
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BlackRock elects Gregg Lemkau to Board as independent director
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- Gregg R. Lemkau, Co-CEO of BDT & MSD Partners, elected to BlackRock Board effective January 27, 2026.
- Lemkau is an independent director; board now has 19 members, 16 independent.
- Previous role includes Co-Head of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and CEO of MSD Partners.
- Lemkau will serve on board committees after review; standard non-employee director compensation applies.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000119312526024549/0001193125-26-024549-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2012383/000119312526024549/d281445d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-024549

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