The world’s largest asset manager BlackRock Inc owns shares in power and energy company Dominion Energy Inc and not electronic voting company Dominion Voting Systems, which are two separate companies.
Another Facebook post reads, in part: “Blackrock owns 59.M shares of Dominion Blackrock owns 45.7M shares of Fox.
While the figure matches the one on social media, the filing was for Dominion Energy Inc, not Dominion Voting Systems.
“Dominion Energy and Dominion Voting Systems are not related,” Ryan Frazier, manager of executive communications at Dominion Energy, told Reuters via email, adding that BlackRock is a shareholder in Dominion Energy common stock.
“Blackrock does not own any shares of Dominion Voting Systems,” Isabela Velasco, a spokesperson for Dominion Voting Systems, told Reuters via email, adding that Staple Street Capital has a controlling stake in the voting systems company (here).