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BARK, Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

At BARK, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held March 25, 2026, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 95 asset managers reported how they voted on 5 ballot items in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 509 separate fund positions. On the most widely held item on that ballot — APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. — BARK, Inc.'s filing reports the proposal as approved, with 81% support of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). Source: BARK, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2026.

Download data (CSV): ballot items · votes by manager · column guide.

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and BARK, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed March 26, 2026 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated November 8, 2026.

  • 5Ballot items
  • 95Asset managers
  • 509Fund votes
  • March 25, 2026Meeting date

Results at a glance

Meeting of March 25, 2026: 5 items on BARK, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed March 26, 2026: 2 elected · 3 approved.

Material dissent

Material dissent: a director nominee under 80% of the votes cast, say-on-pay under 70%, any other item the board put forward under 80%, or a shareholder proposal with more than 50%, on the company’s own Form 8-K tally. How this is decided

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by BARK, Inc.

These tallies are BARK, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed March 26, 2026 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

BARK, Inc. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held March 25, 2026
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesSupport (of votes cast)Reported outcomeVoting standard
Elect Director: Betsy McLaughlin 85,410,450---- 15,907,57339,971,183 84%Elected—
Elect Director: Henrik Werdelin 90,493,977---- 10,824,04639,971,183 89%Elected—
2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 99,180,6574,086,60138,021,948 ---- 96%Approved—
3. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers 60,101,23614,022,63127,194,156 --39,971,183 81%Approved—
4. Approval of an Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation that Would Effect a Reverse Stock Split at a Ratio Between 1:2 and 1:30, if and When Determined by the Board of Directors (the "Reverse Stock Split Proposal") 83,955,16157,254,74779,298 ---- 59%Approved—

Source: BARK, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on March 26, 2026 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the BARK, Inc. 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 95 asset managers that disclosed a BARK, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report.

1. Elect Director: Betsy McLaughlin

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

84% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 84%WITHHELD
FOR: 85,410,450WITHHELD: 15,907,573
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 31 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Elect the two Class A director nominees named in the proxy statement: Betsy McLaughlin

BARK, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Betsy McLaughlin”): 85,410,450 for, 15,907,573 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2026 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 1 Election of Class A Director Nominees The stockholders elected the persons named below as Class A directors to serve a three-year term ending at the Company's 2028 annual meeting and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 84% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 31 asset managers below reported 11,545,166 for, 307,588 withheld.

FOR
FOR: 11,545,166WITHHOLD: 307,588
Largest asset managers voting on “Elect the two Class A director nominees named in the proxy statement: Betsy McLaughlin” at BARK, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,024,3950 00For
BlackRock2,517,7160 00For
Fidelity1,924,4560 09,569For
Charles Schwab814,4870 00For
TIAA354,4840 00For
Gabelli300,0000 00For
Equitable185,2370 034,360Mixed
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC00 0143,235Withhold
Goldman Sachs110,3110 00For
Lincoln Financial73,2000 00For
AIG/SunAmerica00 058,374Withhold
Global X43,0520 00For
Pacific Life41,4500 00For
Bridge Builder Trust30,4180 00For
SEI26,2000 00For
Nationwide24,7740 00For
State Street24,6370 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC19,2590 00For
ProShares00 018,447Withhold
DWS00 013,768Withhold
T. Rowe Price12,0100 00For
John Hancock00 010,404Withhold
Calvert00 09,359Withhold
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust8,8400 00For
Principal00 08,071Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 31 asset managers. All 31 are in the interactive database (link above).

2. Elect Director: Henrik Werdelin

Official resultDIRECTOR ELECTIONSReported outcome: Elected

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

89% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 89%
FOR: 90,493,977WITHHELD: 10,824,046
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 31 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: Elect the two Class A director nominees named in the proxy statement: Henrik Werdelin

BARK, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Henrik Werdelin”): 90,493,977 for, 10,824,046 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2026 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 1 Election of Class A Director Nominees The stockholders elected the persons named below as Class A directors to serve a three-year term ending at the Company's 2028 annual meeting and until his or her successor is elected and qualified.”
Support: 89% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 31 asset managers below reported 11,441,515 for, 411,239 withheld.

FOR
FOR: 11,441,515WITHHOLD: 411,239
Largest asset managers voting on “Elect the two Class A director nominees named in the proxy statement: Henrik Werdelin” at BARK, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,024,3950 00For
BlackRock2,517,7160 00For
Fidelity1,924,4560 09,569For
Charles Schwab814,4870 00For
TIAA354,4840 00For
Gabelli300,0000 00For
Equitable185,2370 034,360Mixed
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC00 0143,235Withhold
Goldman Sachs110,3110 00For
Lincoln Financial00 073,200Withhold
AIG/SunAmerica00 058,374Withhold
Global X43,0520 00For
Pacific Life41,4500 00For
Bridge Builder Trust30,4180 00For
SEI26,2000 00For
Nationwide24,7740 00For
State Street00 024,637Withhold
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC19,2590 00For
ProShares00 018,447Withhold
DWS00 013,768Withhold
T. Rowe Price12,0100 00For
John Hancock00 010,404Withhold
Calvert00 09,359Withhold
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust8,8400 00For
Principal00 08,071Withhold

Showing the 25 largest of 31 asset managers. All 31 are in the interactive database (link above).

3. Approval of an Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation that Would Effect a Reverse Stock Split at a…

Official resultCAPITAL STRUCTUREReported outcome: Approved

59% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 59%AGAINST
FOR: 83,955,161AGAINST: 57,254,747
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 31 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: APPROVE AND ADOPT AN AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANY'S RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION THAT WOULD EFFECT A REVERSE STOCK SPLIT AT A RATIO BETWEEN 1:2 AND 1:30, IF AND WHEN DETERMINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

BARK, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“4. Approval of an Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation that Would Effect a Reverse Stock Split at a Ratio Between 1:2 and 1:30, if and When Determined by the Board of Directors (the "Reverse Stock Split”): 83,955,161 for, 57,254,747 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 4 Approval of an Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation that Would Effect a Reverse Stock Split at a Ratio Between 1:2 and 1:30, if and When Determined by the Board of Directors (the "Reverse Stock Split Proposal") The stockholders approved the Reverse Stock Split Proposal.”
Support: 59% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 31 asset managers below reported 11,852,754 for.

FOR
FOR: 11,852,754
Largest asset managers voting on “APPROVE AND ADOPT AN AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANY'S RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION THAT WOULD EFFECT A REVE” at BARK, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,024,3950 00For
BlackRock2,517,7160 00For
Fidelity1,934,0250 00For
Charles Schwab814,4870 00For
TIAA354,4840 00For
Gabelli300,0000 00For
Equitable219,5970 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC143,2350 00For
Goldman Sachs110,3110 00For
Lincoln Financial73,2000 00For
AIG/SunAmerica58,3740 00For
Global X43,0520 00For
Pacific Life41,4500 00For
Bridge Builder Trust30,4180 00For
SEI26,2000 00For
Nationwide24,7740 00For
State Street24,6370 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC19,2590 00For
ProShares18,4470 00For
DWS13,7680 00For
T. Rowe Price12,0100 00For
John Hancock10,4040 00For
Calvert9,3590 00For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust8,8400 00For
Principal8,0710 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 31 asset managers. All 31 are in the interactive database (link above).

4. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers

Official resultFund totals may overlapSECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESReported outcome: Approved

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

81% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 81%AGAINST
FOR: 60,101,236AGAINST: 14,022,631
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 95 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.

BARK, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“3. Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers”): 60,101,236 for, 14,022,631 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 3 Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of the Company's Named Executive Officers The stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers.”
Support: 81% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports: 32 asset managers voting on “APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.” at BARK, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,024,3950 00For
BlackRock2,517,7160 00For
Fidelity1,934,0250 00For
Charles Schwab814,4870 00For
TIAA354,4840 00For
Gabelli300,0000 00For
Equitable185,23734,360 00Mixed
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC143,2350 00For
Goldman Sachs110,3110 00For
Lincoln Financial73,2000 00For
AIG/SunAmerica58,3740 00For
Global X43,0520 00For
Pacific Life41,4500 00For
Bridge Builder Trust30,4180 00For
SEI26,2000 00For
Nationwide24,7740 00For
State Street24,6370 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC19,2590 00For
ProShares18,4470 00For
DWS13,7680 00For
T. Rowe Price12,0100 00For
John Hancock10,4040 00For
Calvert09,359 00Against
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust8,8400 00For
Principal8,0710 00For

Fund voting reports, all 32 managers: 11,804,609 for, 48,145 against, 1,500 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

Institutional-manager reports: 73 asset managers voting on “APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.” at BARK, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
PRESCOTT GROUP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.00 4,109,1330Abstain
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC2,285,7620 00For
State Street2,123,7910 00For
BlackRock1,943,2860 00For
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP883,9990 00For
Charles Schwab814,6170 00For
Vanguard797,8280 00For
AllianceBernstein0458,879 00Against
Nuveen361,1310 00For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp348,0690 00For
Northern Trust299,9140 00For
Magnetar Financial LLC250,0000 00For
Arnhold LLC164,2700 00For
Fidelity152,8330 00For
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC143,2350 00For
T. Rowe Price124,0560 00For
PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES LLC94,8590 00For
DE Shaw90,5330 00For
Rangeley Capital, LLC85,6710 00For
JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC84,1190 00For
Goldman Sachs80,1180 00For
Morgan Stanley77,9940 00For
Citadel66,6170 00For
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA47,6890 00For
Renaissance43,5030 00For

Institutional-manager reports, all 73 managers: 11,636,208 for, 590,255 against, 4,124,504 abstained. Showing the 25 largest; every one is in the interactive database (link above).

5. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Official resultAUDIT-RELATEDReported outcome: Approved

96% Approved · of votes cast

FOR 96%
FOR: 99,180,657AGAINST: 4,086,601
Details: description as filed, official tally, votes by 31 asset managers

Description as filed by funds: RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 2026.

BARK, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 99,180,657 for, 4,086,601 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 26, 2026 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Proposal 2 Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The stockholders ratified the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 31 asset managers below reported 11,847,092 for, 5,662 against.

FOR
FOR: 11,847,092AGAINST: 5,662
Largest asset managers voting on “RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FI” at BARK, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard5,024,3950 00For
BlackRock2,517,7160 00For
Fidelity1,934,0250 00For
Charles Schwab814,4870 00For
TIAA354,4840 00For
Gabelli300,0000 00For
Equitable219,5970 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC143,2350 00For
Goldman Sachs110,3110 00For
Lincoln Financial73,2000 00For
AIG/SunAmerica58,3740 00For
Global X43,0520 00For
Pacific Life41,4500 00For
Bridge Builder Trust30,4180 00For
SEI20,5385,662 00Mixed
Nationwide24,7740 00For
State Street24,6370 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC19,2590 00For
ProShares18,4470 00For
DWS13,7680 00For
T. Rowe Price12,0100 00For
John Hancock10,4040 00For
Calvert9,3590 00For
Venerable Variable Insurance Trust8,8400 00For
Principal8,0710 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 31 asset managers. All 31 are in the interactive database (link above).

Largest BARK, Inc. shareholders voting in 2025-2026

Ranked separately for each type of Form N-PX report. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two tables can list the same shares and are never added together. Each is ranked by the shares voted on the item that the most managers of that type reported, shown as a share of the 172,833,415 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Fund voting reports: top BARK, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1Vanguard 2.91%
2BlackRock 1.46%
3Fidelity 1.12%
4Charles Schwab 0.47%
5TIAA 0.21%
6Gabelli 0.17%
7Equitable 0.13%
8BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC 0.08%
9Goldman Sachs 0.06%
10Lincoln Financial 0.04%
Institutional-manager reports: top BARK, Inc. shareholders by shares voted on “APPROVE, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.”, 2025-2026
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1PRESCOTT GROUP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 2.38%
2GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.32%
3State Street 1.23%
4BlackRock 1.12%
5ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.51%
6Charles Schwab 0.47%
7Vanguard 0.46%
8AllianceBernstein 0.27%
9Nuveen 0.21%
10MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp 0.20%

Reported BARK, Inc. holdings and ownership

As disclosed to the SEC in Form 13F (quarter-end holdings of 30 large managers), Schedules 13D and 13G (beneficial ownership above 5%) and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A). Each row names its form.

BARK, Inc. holdings and ownership disclosed for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
Great Dane Ventures, LLC 12.97% 13D
T. Rowe Price 0.04% 13F

Percentages above are of 172,833,415 shares outstanding, as reported by BARK, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated February 2, 2026 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, not today’s. Each holding is as of its own filing, which may be dated before or after the meeting.

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Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered funds disclose how they voted every proxy and institutional managers disclose their votes on executive pay (say-on-pay, say-on-frequency and golden parachutes), and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from BARK, Inc.’s 10-Q dated February 2, 2026. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on November 8, 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

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