---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000715072-26-000042"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RNST"
cik: "0000715072"
company_name: "RENASANT CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:26:39.658304+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Renasant Corp. shareholders elect all 17 directors, approve executive compensation and auditor at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 17 director nominees elected; highest withhold votes were 12.5M for Neal Holland (16.1%) and 10.8M for John Creekmore (13.9%).
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved: 76.2M for, 0.97M against, 136k abstain, 7.6M broker non-votes.
- Ratification of BDO USA as auditor for 2026 approved: 82.2M for, 2.58M against, 99k abstain.
- Bylaws amended to allow flexible annual meeting date, remote board participation, banking law compliance for directors, and tightening advance notice provisions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000715072-26-000042
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RNST
- cik: 0000715072
- company_name: RENASANT CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715072/000071507226000042/0000715072-26-000042-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715072/000071507226000042/rnst-20260428.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 364aa2281ec5819efd5a07461c40627e332d50b2
  claim: RENASANT CORP: Amended and restated bylaws to adjust annual meeting date flexibility, confirm adjournment authority, add banking law director qualification, allow remote participation, revise advance notice procedures, and make other clarifying changes (effective 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 28, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Renasant Corporation (“Renasant”) approved and adopted Amended and Restated Bylaws of Renasant Corporation (the “Bylaws”), which became effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/715072/000071507226000042/0000715072-26-000042-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.