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accession: "0001193125-26-212338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BRO"
cik: "0000079282"
company_name: "BROWN & BROWN, INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T22:19:24.743499+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders approve 6.9M share increase to Brown & Brown stock incentive plan

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment to 2019 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 6.9 million and extending term to May 6, 2036.
- Vote tally: 281,520,155 for, 2,432,780 against, 331,512 abstain, 22,222,632 broker non-votes.
- All 14 director nominees elected; Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor; advisory say-on-pay approved.
- Total authorized shares under plan now 16,171,372, inclusive of prior increases and shares from 2010 plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-212338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BRO
- cik: 0000079282
- company_name: BROWN & BROWN, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000119312526212338/0001193125-26-212338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/79282/000119312526212338/bro-20260506.htm

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