---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001280058-26-000018"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLKB"
cik: "0001280058"
company_name: "BLACKBAUD INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:03:17+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:04:54.751276+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blackbaud stockholders approve NEO compensation and equity plan amendment at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- Advisory vote on NEO compensation passed with 30,822,300 for, 519,936 against.
- Amendment and restatement of 2016 Equity Plan approved with 30,347,408 for, 996,738 against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as FY2026 auditor received 43,066,803 votes for, 16,254 against.
- All three proposals were approved; no broker non-votes for ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001280058-26-000018
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLKB
- cik: 0001280058
- company_name: BLACKBAUD INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:03:17+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005826000018/0001280058-26-000018-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005826000018/blkb-20260610.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001280058-26-000018.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BLACKBAUD INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Stockholders approved on an advisory basis the 2025 compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as follows: Votes Cast For 30,822,300 Votes Cast Against 519,936 Abstentions 32,045 Broker Non-Votes 11,770,010
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005826000018/0001280058-26-000018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BLACKBAUD INC shareholders approved Vote to Approve the Amendment and Restatement of the Blackbaud, Inc. 2016 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Stockholders approved the amendment and restatement of the Blackbaud, Inc. 2016 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan as follows: Votes Cast For 30,347,408 Votes Cast Against 996,738 Abstentions 30,135 Broker Non-Votes 11,770,010
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005826000018/0001280058-26-000018-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BLACKBAUD INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026 as follows: Votes Cast For 43,066,803 Votes Cast Against 16,254 Abstentions 61,234 Broker Non-Votes N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1280058/000128005826000018/0001280058-26-000018-index.htm

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