---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289419-26-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MORN"
cik: "0001289419"
company_name: "Morningstar, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T19:52:01.566084+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Morningstar holds annual meeting; director Landis retires, all proposals approved

## Summary
- Director Gail Landis did not stand for re-election due to mandatory retirement age; Board size set to 10.
- All 10 director nominees elected; votes ranged from 31.3M to 33.6M for each nominee.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 32.5M for, 1.2M against, 26k abstentions.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for 2026 approved with 34.9M for, 89k against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289419-26-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MORN
- cik: 0001289419
- company_name: Morningstar, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941926000028/0001289419-26-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941926000028/morn-20260507.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289419-26-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289419-26-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001289419-26-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gail Landis departed as Director at Morningstar, Inc..
  - Action: did not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: Director Gail Landis, who had reached mandatory retirement age under the Company’s director retirement policy by the Company’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held on May 7, 2026 (the “Annual Shareholders’ Meeting”), did not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) in accordance with such policy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289419/000128941926000028/0001289419-26-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.