Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 19, 2011

 

 

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   000-50831   63-0589368

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1900 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (205) 326-5807

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At Regions’ annual meeting of stockholders held on May 19, 2011, the stockholders reelected Regions’ 14 incumbent Directors standing for election, approved executive compensation, ratified the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as Regions’ independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year, and rejected a stockholder proposal regarding posting a report, updated semi-annually, of political contributions.

The following is a summary of the voting proposals for each matter presented to our stockholders:

 

1. An election of 14 Directors was held and the shares were voted as follows for the election of each of the following:

 

     FOR      AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER
NON-VOTES
 

Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.

     824,832,368         75,254,424         4,428,806         186,692,686   

George W. Bryan

     873,431,562         26,563,087         4,520,949         186,692,686   

Carolyn H. Byrd

     873,752,325         26,281,995         4,481,278         186,692,686   

David J. Cooper, Sr.

     687,115,871         212,884,240         4,515,487         186,692,686   

Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr.

     789,960,211         110,051,188         4,504,199         186,692,686   

Don DeFosset

     763,756,954         136,237,057         4,521,587         186,692,686   

Eric C. Fast

     870,456,316         29,441,549         4,617,733         186,692,686   

O. B. Grayson Hall, Jr.

     876,646,904         23,393,567         4,475,127         186,692,686   

Charles D. McCrary

     866,491,886         33,518,441         4,505,271         186,692,686   

James R. Malone

     761,438,276         138,686,423         4,390,899         186,692,686   

Susan W. Matlock

     762,920,778         137,141,250         4,453,570         186,692,686   

John E. Maupin, Jr.

     873,854,098         26,063,435         4,598,065         186,692,686   

John R. Roberts

     877,757,141         22,189,318         4,569,139         186,692,686   

Lee J. Styslinger III

     763,497,647         136,506,360         4,511,591         186,692,686   


2. Nonbinding stockholder approval of executive compensation was submitted to the stockholders at the meeting. The full text of the proposal is included in the Proxy Statement dated March 29, 2011. The vote with respect to this proposal was:

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER NON-VOTES

754,724,970

   143,322,004    6,468,624    186,692,686

3. Regions proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of the Company to serve for the 2011 fiscal year was submitted to the stockholders at the meeting. The full text of the proposal is included in the Proxy Statement dated March 29, 2011. The vote with respect to this proposal was:

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER NON-VOTES

1,068,947,508

   17,795,256    4,465,520    0

4. A stockholder proposal regarding posting a report, updated semi-annually, of political contributions was submitted to the stockholders at the meeting. The full text of the proposal is included in the Proxy Statement dated March 29, 2011. The vote with respect to this proposal was:

 

FOR

  

AGAINST

  

ABSTAIN

  

BROKER NON-VOTES

195,537,482

   505,786,629    203,191,487    186,692,686


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.

 

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Fournier J. Gale, III

Name:   Fournier J. Gale, III
Title:   Senior Executive Vice President,
  General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: May 24, 2011