Form8-Kfor2014AnnualMeeting_V2


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

April 22, 2014

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

RENASANT CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Mississippi
001-13253
64-0676974
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

209 Troy Street, Tupelo, Mississippi 38804-4827

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code: (662) 680-1001

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.
Renasant Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 22, 2014. Proxies were solicited pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and there was no solicitation in opposition to the Company’s solicitations. At the meeting, shareholders voted on the following:
•
The election of one Class 1 director to serve a one-year term.
•
The election of one Class 2 director to serve a two-year term.
•
The election of six Class 3 directors, each to serve a three-year term.
•
The adoption, in a non-binding advisory vote, of a resolution approving the compensation paid to our named executive officers.
•
The ratification of the appointment of HORNE LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2014.
 
All of the Company’s nominees for directors as listed in the proxy statement were elected with the following vote:
 
Votes
“For”
Votes
Withheld

Non-Votes
Class 1 Director (term expiring in 2015)
 
 
 
   Hugh S. Potts, Jr.
20,886,179

952,168

4,801,281

 
 
 
 
Class 2 Director (term expiring in 2016)
 
 
 
    Hollis C. Cheek
21,524,717

313,630

4,801,281

 
 
 
 
Class 3 Directors (term expiring in 2017)
 
 
 
William M. Beasley
19,310,184

2,528,163

4,801,281

Marshall H. Dickerson
20,867,323

971,024

4,801,281

R. Rick Hart
20,888,949

949,398

4,801,281

Richard L. Heyer, Jr.
21,052,763

785,584

4,801,281

J. Niles McNeel
13,456,815

8,381,532

4,801,281

Michael D. Shmerling
21,042,193

796,154

4,801,281


The term of office of each of the following directors continued at the 2014 Annual Meeting:
Class 1 Directors (term expiring in 2015)
George H. Booth, II., Frank B. Brooks, Albert J. Dale, III, John T. Foy and Jack C. Johnson.

Class 2 Directors (term expiring in 2016)
John M. Creekmore, Jill V. Deer, Neal A. Holland, Jr., E. Robinson McGraw and Theodore S. Moll.

The results of the non-binding advisory vote on the resolution approving the compensation paid to our named executive officers were as follows:
Votes
“For”
Votes
“Against”

Abstentions
17,126,452
4,435,036
276,859

The appointment of HORNE LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accountants for 2014 was ratified with the following vote:
Votes
“For”
Votes
“Against”

Abstentions
26,418,092
192,763
28,773




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.

 
 
RENASANT CORPORATION
Date: April 24, 2014
 
By:
/s/ E. Robinson McGraw
 
 
 
E. Robinson McGraw
 
 
 
Chairman, President and Chief
 
 
 
Executive Officer