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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 110055

BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC.

fund voting report, part of BlackRock and iShares

Vote records reported
6,851year to 30 June 2026
Against management
4.6%307 of 6,742 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
93.0%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
12.3%for, of for + against + abstain
91.6% for6.5% against1.9% other4.6% against management6,851 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC. listed 6,851 vote records. Votes against management made up 4.6% of those marked either way (307 of 6,742); the median fund registrant stood at 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 6.7%. 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 93.0% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 12.3% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median fund registrant: 27.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE (15.0% of 40), EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS (12.6% of 143) and CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (8.3% of 1,077).

It reported 178,736 shares out on loan at record dates, 0.04% 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 1,241 fund registrants with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian fund registrantAll filers pooled
Against-management share4.6%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate93.0%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate12.3%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.04%0.00%3.12%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

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 ELECTIONS3,5693,430692.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES373334257.0%
AUDIT-RELATED39638792.3%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES11665466.4%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS1431251812.6%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE635601335.7%
COMPENSATION520489315.0%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE1,1269071778.3%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE416354.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE4063415.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION110110.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES6034255.0%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20266,8514.6%93.0%12.3%

Only one season is on file for this entry so far. The structured Form N-PX began with the year to 30 June 2024.

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC. voted against management on 20 of the 307 it marked either way (6.5%) in the year to 30 June 2026.

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 216 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC. voted for 27 (12.5%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
NVIDIA Corporation24 Jun 2026Approval of a non-binding stockholder proposal requesting the replacement of supermajority voting...
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on AI-generated misinformation
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding a report on impact of U.S. immigration policy
Alphabet Inc.5 Jun 2026Shareholder proposal regarding equal shareholder voting
Walmart Inc.4 Jun 2026Report on Workplace Health and Safety Governance
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.2 May 2026Shareholder proposal requesting that the Company issue a report disclosing the Board's oversight framework...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025A shareholder proposal to seek shareholder approval before adopting an amendment to the bylaws pursuant to...
Tesla, Inc.6 Nov 2025Declassify the Board of Directors
Adobe Inc.15 Apr 2026Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Human Rights Impact Assessment,"
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.3 Jun 2026Stockholder proposal entitled "Political Spending Disclosure,"
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding annual vote regarding executive pay.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Data Protection Impact Assessment
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results by share class.
Meta Platforms, Inc.27 May 2026A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Airbnb, Inc.5 Jun 2026Dual-class sunset; and
NVR, Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal to disclose greenhouse gas emissions.
Fox Corporation14 Nov 2025Simple Majority Vote.
Nordea Bank Abp24 Mar 2026Approve Proposal Regarding Business Activities in the Arctic Region
PKO Bank Polski SA29 Jun 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Amendments to Remuneration Policy (Management Board)
Tele2 AB18 May 2026Approve Customer-Initiated Authorization for Subscription Changes
Tele2 AB18 May 2026Approve Written Agreement Requirement for Subscription Changes
Tele2 AB18 May 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Tele2 AB18 May 2026Approve Management Review of Subscription Change Confirmations
LG Chem Ltd.31 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
LG Chem Ltd.31 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
LG Chem Ltd.31 Mar 2026Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Shares on loan

BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC. reported 178,736 shares on loan at record dates against 427.5 million shares voted: 0.04% of the two together. Median fund registrant: 0.00%. 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.

Fund series in this filing

1 series reported votes. A vote record can list several series. Series with 500 or more vote records have their own page.

SeriesVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
BlackRock Balanced Fund, Inc.6,8514.6%93.0%12.3%

The filings

These figures are read from the filer's own Form N-PX. If a vote on this page looks wrong, the filing is the record: a dispute about a filed vote is a matter for the filer, and an error in how this site read the filing is a matter for corrections.

Questions

How did BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC. vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC. reported 359 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 334 were for (93.0%), 25 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 20 of the 307 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 BALANCED FUND, INC. vote against management?

4.6% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 307 of the 6,742 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 BALANCED FUND, INC. support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 33 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 2 of them (6.1%). Across every category it voted for 12.3% 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 this filer 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.

Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings by BLACKROCK BALANCED FUND, INC. (filer no. 110055), read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Amended filings replace the filings they amend. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.