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 25, 2017

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

TRUSTMARK CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Mississippi

000-03683

64-0471500

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

248 East Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi

39201

 (Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(601) 208-5111

 

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:

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). 

 

Emerging growth company 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. 

 

 


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

 

At Trustmark's Annual Meeting held on April 25, 2017, four proposals were submitted to Trustmark's shareholders, which are described in detail in Trustmark’s Proxy Statement.  The final results for the votes regarding the proposals are set forth below.

  

Proposal #1:  Election of directors.

 

Trustmark’s shareholders elected the fourteen directors named below to serve until the 2018 annual shareholders’ meeting or until their successors have been elected and qualified.  The votes cast for each of the fourteen directors, who constitute the entire Board of Directors of Trustmark following the meeting, are set forth below:

 

 

For

 

Withheld

 

Broker
Non-Votes

Adolphus B. Baker

43,226,162

 

  93,617

 

 

11,214,859

William A. Brown

43,239,714

 

  80,065

 

 

11,214,859

James N. Compton

43,236,132

 

  83,647

 

 

11,214,859

Tracy T. Conerly

43,239,604

 

  80,175

 

 

11,214,859

Toni D. Cooley

43,232,813

 

  86,966

 

 

11,214,859

J. Clay Hayes, Jr., M.D.

43,228,855

 

  90,924

 

 

11,214,859

Gerard R. Host

42,592,961

 

726,818

 

 

11,214,859

John M. McCullouch

42,563,629

 

756,150

 

 

11,214,859

Harris V. Morrissette

43,241,154

 

  78,625

 

 

11,214,859

Richard H. Puckett

42,554,876

 

764,903

 

 

11,214,859

R. Michael Summerford

42,588,112

 

731,667

 

 

11,214,859

Harry M. Walker

43,232,386

 

  87,393

 

 

11,214,859

LeRoy G. Walker, Jr.

43,234,344

 

85,435

 

 

11,214,859

William G. Yates III

42,248,913

 

1,070,866

 

 

11,214,859

 

Proposal #2:   Advisory vote to approve executive compensation.

 

Trustmark’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Trustmark’s executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy Statement.  The votes regarding Proposal #2 were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

 

Broker
Non-Votes

42,816,153

 

350,117

 

153,509

 

11,214,859

 

Proposal #3:   Advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes on Trustmark’s executive compensation.

 

Trustmark’s shareholders approved that the advisory vote on the frequency of Trustmark’s executive compensation occur every year.  The votes regarding Proposal #3 were as follows:

 

1 Year

 

2 Years

 

3 Years

 

Abstain

30,275,661

 

147,590

 

12,615,709

 

280,819

 

 

Proposal #4:   Ratification of the selection of Crowe Horwath LLP.

 

Trustmark’s shareholders ratified the selection of Crowe Horwath LLP as Trustmark’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.  The votes regarding Proposal #4 were as follows:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstentions

54,412,089

 

53,697

 

68,852

 

 


 

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.

 

TRUSTMARK CORPORATION

 

 

 

BY:

/s/ Louis E. Greer

 

Louis E. Greer

 

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

 

DATE:

April 27, 2017