Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnMay 25, 2022 ,BlackRock, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting"). The following are the voting results on each matter submitted to the Company's shareholders at the Annual Meeting. All director nominees were elected (Item 1). The proposal to approve the compensation of the named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's proxy statement, through a non-binding advisory vote, was approved (Item 2). Additionally, shareholders ratified the appointment ofDeloitte LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year 2022 (Item 3). Further, the shareholder proposal regarding stewardship policies was not approved (Item 4).
Below are detailed voting results on each matter voted on and described in detail in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting.
Item 1 - Election to the Company's Board of Directors of the following 17 nominees:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Bader M. Alsaad 115,587,252 994,578 5,565,804 10,341,501 Pamela Daley 116,060,790 578,211 5,508,633 10,341,501 Laurence D. Fink 111,864,391 4,288,417 5,994,826 10,341,501 Beth Ford 116,190,368 446,836 5,510,430 10,341,501 William E. Ford 113,228,930 3,354,047 5,564,657 10,341,501 Fabrizio Freda 115,586,578 998,054 5,563,002 10,341,501 Murry S. Gerber 109,748,440 6,832,632 5,566,562 10,341,501 Margaret "Peggy" L. Johnson 114,674,266 1,965,542 5,507,826 10,341,501 Robert S. Kapito 115,487,939 1,143,719 5,515,976 10,341,501 Cheryl D. Mills 114,035,368 2,553,847 5,558,419 10,341,501 Gordon M. Nixon 113,448,195 3,135,128 5,564,311 10,341,501 Kristin C. Peck 116,236,492 401,910 5,509,232 10,341,501 Charles H. Robbins 116,171,028 463,935 5,512,671 10,341,501 Marco Antonio Slim Domit 107,464,553 9,169,835 5,513,246 10,341,501 Hans E. Vestberg 116,165,582 468,183 5,513,869 10,341,501 Susan L. Wagner 115,021,996 1,616,101 5,509,537 10,341,501 Mark Wilson 116,210,254 421,598 5,515,782 10,341,501
Item 2 - Approval, in a non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation for named executive officers:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 116,134,422 5,899,624 113,588 10,341,501
Item 3 - Ratification of the appointment of
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 128,229,711 4,194,077 65,347
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Item 4 - Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company adopt stewardship policies designed to curtail corporate activities that externalize social and environmental costs:
For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 4,412,888 115,721,363 2,013,383 10,341,501
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