{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001289419-24-000038","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"MORN","cik":"0001289419","company_name":"Morningstar, Inc.","filed_at":"2024-05-15T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:17.734761+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-01T22:45:22.319972+00:00","sec_items":["5.07"],"event_type":"other","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.05,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.05,"confidence":"high","headline":"Morningstar shareholders elect all 10 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG","bullets":["All 10 director nominees elected; Joe Mansueto received 38.3M votes, Steve Joynt 28.8M.","Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 38.4M for, 346k against.","Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for 2024 passed: 39.4M for, 185k against.","Annual meeting held May 10, 2024; total voting shares approximately 39.6M."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289419-24-000038","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289419-24-000038.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289419-24-000038.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289419-24-000038.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941924000038/0001289419-24-000038-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941924000038/morn-20240510.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-01T22:45:22.319972+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"1f0e6a2867adad5cdb140638130c443bb57acc55","claim":"Morningstar, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on Morningstar's executive compensation at the 2024-05-10 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Morningstar's executive compensation was approved, on an advisory basis, with the voting as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 38,378,684 346,649 14,959 838,544","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941924000038/0001289419-24-000038-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"say on pay"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-10"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"dd3b6b0f607cf58538dd03aa9834f6936db93bfa","claim":"Morningstar, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-05-10 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"The appointment of KPMG as Morningstar's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 was ratified with the voting as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 39,387,232 184,850 6,754","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941924000038/0001289419-24-000038-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"auditor ratification"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-10"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"},{"claim_id":"efbe926ab82fc753de21078241c899393aa520b8","claim":"Morningstar, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-10 meeting.","evidence_excerpt":"Each of the nominees for director, as listed in the proxy statement, was elected with the number of votes set forth below:","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.07","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941924000038/0001289419-24-000038-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Shareholder Votes","details":[{"label":"Proposal","value":"director election"},{"label":"Outcome","value":"passed"},{"label":"Meeting","value":"2024-05-10"}],"fact_type":"shareholder_vote"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}