[144] Blackrock, Inc. SEC Filing

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) – Form 144 insider sale notice. A company insider plans to sell 17,142 shares of BLK common stock—about 0.01 % of the 154.9 million shares outstanding—through Merrill Lynch on or after 30 Jul 2025. At the filing-date market price, the stake is valued at roughly $19.2 million.

The shares were acquired the same day via the exercise of employee stock options; no prior sales have been reported in the past three months. The filer affirms no undisclosed material adverse information and acknowledges Rule 10b5-1 requirements.

While the dollar amount is sizable, the sale represents an immaterial fraction of the float and should not meaningfully affect BlackRock’s capital structure or trading liquidity. Investors typically monitor Form 144s as a gauge of insider sentiment; however, the scale here suggests a routine, compensation-related disposal rather than a directional signal on fundamentals.

Insights

Equity Analyst

TL;DR – Small, routine insider sale; neutral impact on BLK.

The planned divestiture equals ~0.01 % of shares outstanding and appears linked to option exercise. Such transactions are common among senior employees monetising compensation and usually do not foreshadow operational weakness. BlackRock’s average daily volume (~500 k shares) easily absorbs 17 k shares, so price impact should be negligible. Absent clustering of additional insider sales, I view the filing as administratively neutral.

Form 144 Filer Information	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 144 NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FORM 144

144: Filer Information

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Submission Contact Information
Name
Phone
E-Mail Address

144: Issuer Information

Name of Issuer

SEC File Number

Address of Issuer

Phone

Name of Person for Whose Account the Securities are To Be Sold

See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

Relationship to Issuer

144: Securities Information

Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold	Name and Address of the Broker	Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold	Aggregate Market Value	Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding	Approximate Date of Sale	Name the Securities Exchange
Common Stock	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. 200 Park Avenue 34th Floor New York NY 10166	17142	19207562.19	154926181	07/30/2025	NYSE

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

144: Securities To Be Sold

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired	Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired	Is this a Gift?	Date Donor Acquired	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment *
Common Stock	07/30/2025	Exercise of employee stock options	Issuer			17142	07/30/2025	Option Exercise

* If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

144: Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months

Nothing to Report

144: Remarks and Signature

Remarks

Date of Notice

ATTENTION:

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

Signature

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)