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Form N-PX · fund registrantSEC filer no. 1738074

BlackRock Funds IV

fund voting report, part of BlackRock and iShares

Vote records reported
4,781year to 30 June 2026
Against management
2.4%112 of 4,757 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
95.2%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
11.5%for, of for + against + abstain
93.8% for5.1% against1.1% other2.4% against management4,763 votes

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

BlackRock Funds IV reported 4,781 vote records for the year to 30 June 2026. It marked 2.4% of its votes as cast against management (112 of 4,757), 3.9 percentage points below the median fund registrant, which was 6.2%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 4.8%. 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 95.2% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median fund registrant: 91.6%) and it voted for 11.5% 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), OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES (14.7% of 34) and ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (12.5% of 40).

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 share2.4%6.2%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate95.2%91.6%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate11.5%27.5%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held0.00%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 ELECTIONS3,4873,429261.7%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES392358184.8%
AUDIT-RELATED39039000.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES87483910.5%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS111010.0%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE575703.5%
COMPENSATION15615063.2%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE160491096.4%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE4063212.5%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE4163515.0%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION160160.0%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3472714.7%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 20243,4782.3%98.3%7.0%
year to 30 June 20254,6472.7%97.1%4.4%
year to 30 June 20264,7812.4%95.2%11.5%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BlackRock Funds IV voted against management on 18 of the 373 it marked either way (4.8%) 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 212 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BlackRock Funds IV voted for 25 (11.8%). 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...
The Coca-Cola Company29 Apr 2026Vote on a shareowner proposal requesting a report on the Company's plans to increase sustainability disclosure
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
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.
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.14 May 2026Shareholder proposal entitled "Avoid Brand Damage due to Corporate Political Spending."
Tyler Technologies, Inc.5 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Political Spending.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Tyson Foods, Inc.5 Feb 2026Shareholder proposal regarding report on the anticipated impact of recent changes in US immigration...
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.18 Jun 2026Vote on a shareholder proposal regarding a report on greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts
Campbell Soup Company18 Nov 2025To vote on a shareholder proposal regarding simple majority voting.
NVR, Inc.7 May 2026Shareholder proposal to disclose greenhouse gas emissions.
OGE Energy Corp.14 May 2026Shareholder Proposal Regarding Simple Majority Vote.
Eagle Materials Inc.4 Aug 2025Non-binding advisory stockholder proposal requesting the declassification of our Board of Directors.
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION10 Jun 2026The shareholder proposal as set out in Appendix B of the accompanying Management Proxy Circular.

Shares on loan

BlackRock Funds IV reported no shares on loan for the year to 30 June 2026. 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

2 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 Systematic Multi-Strategy Fund4,5652.2%95.5%11.7%
BlackRock Credit Relative Value Fund2165.2%88.2%0.0%

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 Funds IV vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BlackRock Funds IV reported 376 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 358 were for (95.2%), 18 against and 0 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 18 of the 373 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 Funds IV vote against management?

2.4% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 112 of the 4,757 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 Funds IV support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 37 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2026 and voted for 3 of them (8.1%). Across every category it voted for 11.5% 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 Funds IV (filer no. 1738074), 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.