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Form N-PX · institutional managerSEC filer no. 2012383

BlackRock, Inc.

institutional manager voting report, part of BlackRock and iShares

Vote records reported
100,573year to 30 June 2026
Against management
15.1%15,981 of 105,757 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
84.7%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
87.0%for, of for + against + abstain
82.1% for14.6% against3.2% other15.1% against management106,357 votes

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

In its Form N-PX for the year to 30 June 2026, BlackRock, Inc. listed 100,573 vote records. Votes against management made up 15.1% of those marked either way (15,981 of 105,757); the median institutional manager stood at 6.4%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 5.0%. 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 84.7% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median institutional manager: 91.4%) and it voted for 87.0% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median institutional manager: 41.1%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES (15.1% of 105,757).

It reported 9.41 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 8.44% 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 2,628 institutional managers with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2026This filerMedian institutional managerAll filers pooled
Against-management share15.1%6.4%10.6%
Say-on-pay support rate84.7%91.4%86.0%
Shareholder-proposal support rate87.0%41.1%33.9%
Shares on loan, share of shares held8.44%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
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES106,35787,35615,56515.1%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 202579,24114.3%85.5%96.4%
year to 30 June 2026100,57315.1%84.7%87.0%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, BlackRock, Inc. voted against management on 684 of the 5,554 it marked either way (12.3%) in the year to 30 June 2026. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 59 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 3 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, BlackRock, Inc. voted for 3 (100.0%). Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
ConocoPhillips12 May 2026Stockholder Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.12 Nov 2025Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.
Otis Worldwide Corporation27 May 2026Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures

Shares on loan

BlackRock, Inc. reported 9.41 billion shares on loan at record dates against 102.04 billion shares voted: 8.44% of the two together. Median institutional manager: 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.

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, Inc. vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2026 BlackRock, Inc. reported 103,122 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 87,336 were for (84.7%), 15,563 against and 223 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 684 of the 5,554 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 59 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does BlackRock, Inc. vote against management?

15.1% of the time in the year to 30 June 2026: 15,981 of the 105,757 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.

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, Inc. (filer no. 2012383), 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.