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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-275869"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "XYZ"
cik: "0001512673"
company_name: "Block, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-18T20:12:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T20:19:26.591054+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Block Inc. annual meeting results: all director nominees elected, auditor ratified, stockholder proposal rejected

## Summary
- Four Class II directors elected: Roelof Botha, Amy Brooks, Shawn Carter, James McKelvey with >85% votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 97.8% votes for (974.8M for, 21.5M against).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2026 approved with 1.05B votes for, 1.2M against.
- Stockholder proposal to establish board-level technology committee rejected with 95.9% votes against.
- Quorum of 92.67% voting power present; 454.5M Class A and 597.8M Class B votes represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-275869
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: XYZ
- cik: 0001512673
- company_name: Block, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-18T20:12:10+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312526275869/0001193125-26-275869-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312526275869/d55271d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Block, Inc. shareholders rejected Stockholder proposal to establish a board-level technology committee at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: 4. Vote on Stockholder Proposal to Establish Board-Level Technology Committee Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 39,387,499 954,273,725 2,828,680 55,865,373 The stockholders did not approve the stockholder proposal to establish a board-level technology committee.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312526275869/0001193125-26-275869-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Block, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: 3. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained 1,050,711,108 1,205,435 438,734 The stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312526275869/0001193125-26-275869-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Block, Inc. shareholders approved Election of four Class II directors at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: 1. Election of Directors Nominee Votes For Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Roelof Botha 869,045,360 127,444,544 55,865,373 Amy Brooks 826,229,959 170,259,945 55,865,373 Shawn Carter 920,349,217 76,140,687 55,865,373 James McKelvey 935,048,041 61,441,863 55,865,373 Each director-nominee was duly elected as a Class II director to serve until the Company’s 2029 annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312526275869/0001193125-26-275869-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Block, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2026-06-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-16
  source text: 2. Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes 974,750,909 21,495,833 243,162 55,865,373 The stockholders advised that they were in favor of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000119312526275869/0001193125-26-275869-index.htm

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