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) June 2, 2017
(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 801-844-7637
| 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 June 2, 2017. At the meeting, shareholders elected 10 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, 2016; and voted against a shareholder proposal that the shareholders request the Board of Directors to establish a policy requiring the Board’s chairman be an “independent director”.
The results were as follows:
| 1. | Election of ten (10) director nominees for a one-year term. |
| DIRECTOR | VOTES FOR | VOTES AGAINST | ABSTENTIONS | |||
| Jerry C. Atkin | 154,500,474 | 5,498,884 | 251,041 | |||
| Gary L. Crittenden | 159,454,346 | 516,445 | 279,608 | |||
| Suren K. Gupta | 159,644,653 | 356,028 | 249,718 | |||
| J. David Heaney | 155,120,678 | 4,010,698 | 1,119,023 | |||
| Vivian S. Lee | 159,250,608 | 719,088 | 280,703 | |||
| Edward F. Murphy | 158,308,564 | 1,685,767 | 256,068 | |||
| Roger B. Porter | 154,756,488 | 5,222,004 | 271,907 | |||
| Stephen D. Quinn | 157,457,952 | 2,535,402 | 257,045 | |||
| Harris H. Simmons | 152,962,561 | 6,090,276 | 1,197,562 | |||
| Barbara A. Yastine | 159,640,406 | 361,034 | 248,959 | |||
| 2. | Ratification of 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 |
| 170,991,188 | 3,298,390 | 136,193 |
| 3. | Approval, on a nonbinding advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016. |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions |
| 149,358,080 | 9,412,258 | 1,480,061 |
| 4. | Shareholder proposal - That the shareholders request the Board of Directors to establish a policy requiring that the Board’s chairman be an “independent director.” |
| Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions |
| 37,897,729 | 121,509,696 | 842,974 |
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 05, 2017 | By: | /s/ THOMAS E. LAURSEN |
| Name: Thomas E. Laursen | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||