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| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On September 28, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of BlackRock, Inc. (the “Company”) elected Beth Ford and Kristin Peck to serve as directors of the Board. Mses. Ford and Peck are joining the Board as independent directors.
Ms. Ford has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Land O’Lakes, Inc. since 2018. She joined Land O’Lakes, Inc. in 2011.
Ms. Peck is the Chief Executive Officer of Zoetis Inc., a role she has held since 2020. She also serves as a member of the Zoetis Board of Directors. Ms. Peck joined Zoetis in 2012.
Neither Mses. Ford and Peck, nor any of their immediate family members, is a party, directly or indirectly, to any related person transaction required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. The new directors will be appointed to one or more Board committees following a review of the Board’s existing committee composition. Until then, the new directors will rotate through each Board committee. Mses. Ford and Peck will participate in the Company’s standard compensation program for non-employee directors.
The Company issued a press release on September 28, 2021 announcing the director elections described above. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
Jessica P. Einhorn informed the Company of her desire not to stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Ms. Einhorn’s decision was not due to any disagreement with the Company, the Company’s management or the Board. Ms. Einhorn will serve out the remainder of her term, which will end at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
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| 99.1 | Press Release issued by the Company on September 28, 2021. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| BlackRock, Inc. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| By: | /s/ R. Andrew Dickson III | |||||
| Date: September 28, 2021 | R. Andrew Dickson III | |||||
| Managing Director and Corporate Secretary | ||||||