2014 0602 - 8-K - Shareholder Meeting


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
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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 30, 2014

ZIONS BANCORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

UTAH
 
001-12307
 
87-0227400
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
ONE SOUTH MAIN, 15th FLOOR
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
 
84133
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 801-844-7638
N/A
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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ITEM 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Zions Bancorporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 30, 2014. At the meeting, shareholders elected 9 directors for a term of one year; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditor; approved, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013; and voted to reject a shareholder proposal requesting the Company’s Board of Directors to establish a policy requiring that the Board’s chairman be an “independent director”.

The results were as follows:

1.
Shareholders elected 9 director nominees for a one-year term

DIRECTOR
VOTES FOR

VOTES AGAINST

ABSTENTIONS

Jerry C. Atkin
129,324,403

10,484,837

262,041

Patricia Frobes
138,187,042

1,634,245

249,994

J. David Heaney
139,052,978

748,069

270,234

Roger Porter
134,469,959

5,335,279

266,043

Stephen D. Quinn
137,437,094

2,372,561

261,626

Harris H. Simmons
134,547,775

4,838,188

685,318

L. E. Simmons
134,218,242

5,622,327

230,712

Shelley Thomas Williams
134,708,304

5,112,579

250,398

Steven C. Wheelwright
138,971,604

841,214

258,463


2.
Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the current fiscal year

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

153,893,142

3,069,660

190,652


3.
Shareholders approved, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

134,660,658

4,632,603

776,143



4. Shareholders rejected a shareholder proposal requesting the Board of Directors to establish a policy and amend the by-laws and other corporate documents as necessary, to require the chairman of the board to be an "independent" member of the Board.

Votes For

Votes Against

Abstentions

31,625,348

107,459,246

986,444







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.
 
 
 
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
 
 
 
Date: June 4, 2014
By:
/s/ THOMAS E. LAURSEN
 
 
Name:    Thomas E. Laursen
 
 
Title:      Executive Vice President and
               General Counsel