Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. At the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held byRegions Financial Corporation ("Regions") onApril 21, 2021 (the "2021 Annual Meeting"), Regions' shareholders elected each of Regions' 12 Director nominees, ratified the appointment ofErnst & Young LLP as Regions' independent registered public accounting firm for 2021, and approved Regions' executive compensation program. The following summarizes each of the proposals presented to shareholders, as well as their responsive votes cast; the full text of each proposal is included in Regions' 2021 Proxy Statement, which was filed with theSecurities and Exchange Commission onMarch 5, 2021 . Proposal 1 - Election of Directors. Each of Regions' 12 incumbent Directors, listed below, was elected to serve as a Director of Regions for a term of one year, which will expire at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or upon the due election and qualification of a successor. As to each Director nominee's election, shareholders voted as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Carolyn H. Byrd 677,078,942 13,247,953 1,237,767 121,711,229 Don DeFosset 558,681,526 131,642,442 1,240,694 121,711,229 Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr. 678,780,631 11,569,753 1,214,278 121,711,229 Zhanna Golodryga 685,062,371 5,108,988 1,393,303 121,711,229 John D. Johns 687,320,721 3,016,646 1,227,295 121,711,229 Ruth Ann Marshall 593,265,720 97,080,058 1,218,884 121,711,229 Charles D. McCrary 652,369,740 37,886,199 1,308,723 121,711,229 James T. Prokopanko 678,364,031 11,943,911 1,256,720 121,711,229 Lee J. Styslinger III 643,309,410 47,049,181 1,206,071 121,711,229 José S. Suquet 687,326,314 2,878,671 1,359,677 121,711,229 John M. Turner, Jr. 684,194,879 6,216,438 1,153,345 121,711,229 Timothy Vines 685,132,138 5,220,256 1,212,268 121,711,229
Proposal 2 - Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm.
Shareholders ratified the appointment of
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 750,610,698 61,621,456 1,043,737 0
Proposal 3 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. Regions' executive compensation program received annual advisory approval from shareholders. As to this advisory approval, shareholders voted as follows:
For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 487,748,405 200,744,351 3,071,906 121,711,229
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