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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 202460 filers grouped

BlackRock and iShares

One season of the BlackRock and iShares record. The family page shows the latest season.

Vote records reported
1,730,206year to 30 June 2024
Against management
6.6%109,989 of 1,672,780 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
93.3%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
31.4%for, of for + against + abstain
89.8% for7.6% against2.6% other6.6% against management1,694,619 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

For the year to 30 June 2024, BlackRock and iShares reported 1,730,206 vote records on Form N-PX. 109,989 of the 1,672,780 votes that were marked for or against management went against management: 6.6%, 2.0 percentage points below the median of the fund families tracked here (8.5%).

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 11.6%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 93.3% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 89.0%) and it voted for 31.4% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 35.1%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (21.0% of 7,453), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (11.7% of 12,764) and COMPENSATION (11.5% of 155,864).

It reported 58.18 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 2.77% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 60 families with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2024This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share6.6%8.5%10.2%
Say-on-pay support rate93.3%89.0%84.6%
Shareholder-proposal support rate31.4%35.1%37.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held2.77%1.34%0.08%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Of the 1,730,206 vote records in this filing, 88,168 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS859,280803,04734,6215.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES120,61197,5717,0056.8%
AUDIT-RELATED111,018109,3606511.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS383530.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES8,5085,2302,89421.0%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS12,78011,2131,56611.7%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE155,764144,33511,3367.2%
COMPENSATION157,050134,77021,76211.5%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE292,349254,83231,8289.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE9,2833,1676,1161.8%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE8,4482,5295,9192.2%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION7,1322,5424,5902.2%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES15,7926,1559,6204.3%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20241,730,2066.6%93.3%31.4%
year to 30 June 20251,748,5017.5%89.3%7.6%
year to 30 June 20261,861,2527.5%88.3%11.9%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BlackRock and iShares voted against management on 198 of the 3,133 it marked either way (6.3%) in the year to 30 June 2024. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 1,682 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BlackRock and iShares voted for 737 (43.8%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
NVIDIA Corporation26 Jun 2024Advisory approval of a stockholder proposal to replace the supermajority voting provisions in our charter...
Walmart Inc.5 Jun 2024Workplace Safety & Violence Review
Oracle Corporation15 Nov 2023Stockholder Proposal Regarding Pay Gap Report
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding annual reporting on anti-harassment and discrimination efforts
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024A stockholder proposal regarding simple majority voting provisions in our governing documents
Tesla, Inc.13 Jun 2024Declassify the Board of Directors
Emerson Electric Co.6 Feb 2024Shareholder Proposal to Implement a Simple Majority Vote Requirement in the Company's Governing Documents.
FORD MOTOR COMPANY9 May 2024Relating to Consideration of a Recapitalization Plan to Provide That All of the Company's Outstanding...
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.14 Jun 2024Non-binding shareholder proposal requesting simple majority voting requirements
Roper Technologies, Inc.12 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal regarding majority voting requirements; and
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal regarding political disclosure
Keysight Technologies, Inc.21 Mar 2024Consider, on a non-binding advisory basis, Stockholder Proposal: Simple Majority Vote
Eversource Energy1 May 2024Vote on a shareholder proposal titled "Simple Majority Vote," if properly brought before the meeting.
Dell Technologies Inc.27 Jun 2024Shareholder proposal seeking a report to shareholders on the effectiveness of Dell Technologies Inc.'s...
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.13 Jun 2024Declassify the Board of Directors
Masco Corporation10 May 2024Consideration of stockholder proposal on Simple Majority Vote.
Akamai Technologies, Inc.10 May 2024To vote upon a shareholder proposal regarding a simple majority vote
DraftKings Inc.13 May 2024To consider a shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of certain political contributions.
EPAM Systems, Inc.31 May 2024A stockholder proposal requesting Board action to eliminate the classified Board by approving amendments...
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.12 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal requesting that the Board adopt a policy requiring the Company to publicly disclose...
Alphabet Inc.7 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal regarding a human rights assessment of Al-driven targeted ad policies
Wingstop Inc.23 May 2024Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding greenhouse gas emissions reporting and goals, if properly...
AutoNation, Inc.24 Apr 2024Adoption of stockholder proposal regarding political contributions.
Power Integrations, Inc.17 May 2024To consider, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting...
Texas Pacific Land Corporation10 Nov 2023To consider a non-binding stockholder proposal regarding stockholders' ability to act by written consent.
Texas Pacific Land Corporation10 Nov 2023To consider a non-binding stockholder proposal regarding stockholders' ability to call for a special...
Warrior Met Coal, Inc.25 Apr 2024Commission Third Party Assessment on Company's Commitment to Freedom of Association and Collective...
Warrior Met Coal, Inc.25 Apr 2024Adopt Proxy Access Right
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.4 May 2024Shareholder proposal on bod annual report GHG emissions and net-zero goal.
Stride, Inc.7 Dec 2023Approval of the stockholder proposal regarding a report on lobbying; and
GameStop Corp.17 Jun 2024To consider and vote on the stockholder proposal requesting a Board of Directors skills and diversity matrix
AeroVironment, Inc.29 Sep 2023Advisory vote on stockholder proposal seeking declassification of the Board of Directors.
Select Medical Holdings Corporation25 Apr 2024Vote on Stockholder s Proposal to Amend the Company s Charter and Bylaws to Provide for Simple Majority Vote.
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.22 May 2024Approve Recapitalization Plan for all Stock to Have One-vote per Share
Jack in the Box Inc.1 Mar 2024Shareholder Proposal Regarding Greenhouse Gas ("GHG") Emissions Disclosures.
Vector Group Ltd.26 Jul 2023Advisory vote on a stockholder proposal requesting the Company to amend its governing documents to require...
nCino, Inc.20 Jun 2024Stockholder proposal regarding board declassification.
Charter Communications, Inc.23 Apr 2024Stockholder proposal regarding political expenditures report.
Charter Communications, Inc.23 Apr 2024Stockholder proposal regarding lobbying activities.
Denny's Corporation15 May 2024A proposal that asks the Company to disclose its current greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions, emissions data...

Shares on loan

BlackRock and iShares reported 58.18 billion shares on loan at record dates against 2.04 trillion shares voted: 2.77% of the two together. Median family: 1.34%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Questions

How did BlackRock and iShares vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2024 BlackRock and iShares reported 104,586 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 97,571 were for (93.3%), 7,005 against and 10 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 198 of the 3,133 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 1 say-on-pay item was reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does BlackRock and iShares vote against management?

6.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2024: 109,989 of the 1,672,780 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did BlackRock and iShares support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 6,278 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2024 and voted for 162 of them (2.6%). Across every category it voted for 31.4% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of the registrants and managers grouped under this family on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

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Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings of the filers grouped under BlackRock and iShares, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.