---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860413-23-000115"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FIBK"
cik: "0000860413"
company_name: "FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T15:20:20.270521+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Interstate shareholders approve Delaware reincorporation and 2023 equity plan

## Summary
- Shareholders approved reincorporation from Montana to Delaware, effective May 25, 2023; no change in business, assets, or management.
- Adopted 2023 Equity and Incentive Plan, replacing 2015 plan; CEO Kevin Riley granted 30,137 RSUs and 45,206 PRSUs.
- All six Class II director nominees elected; Patricia Moss received 74.8M for, 13.2M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 80.9M for; frequency of future votes set at one year (84.3M).
- Ratified RSM US LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 with 93.4M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860413-23-000115
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FIBK
- cik: 0000860413
- company_name: FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/fibk-20230524.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC: Adopted a new Certificate of Incorporation in connection with reincorporation from Montana to Delaware (effective 2023-05-25).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-25
  source text: the Company effected the Conversion on May 25, 2023 by filing, among other things, a Certificate of Conversion and a Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the state of Delaware (the “Certificate of Incorporation”)
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC: Adopted new Delaware Bylaws in connection with reincorporation from Montana to Delaware (effective 2023-05-25).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-05-25
  source text: the Company also adopted new Bylaws (the “Delaware Bylaws”), also in substantially the form set forth in the Proxy Statement
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC shareholders approved To elect as Class II directors the nominees proposed by the Board, to three-year terms expiring in 2026, or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal No. 1 - To elect as Class II directors the nominees proposed by the Board, to three-year terms expiring in 2026, or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified. Name of Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Alice S. Cho 87,406,970 560,802 174,014 6,251,275 Thomas E. Henning 87,341,873 611,595 188,318 6,251,275 Dennis L. Johnson 87,272,021 681,682 188,083 6,251,275 Patricia L. Moss 74,816,155 13,150,439 175,192 6,251,275 Daniel A. Rykhus 82,517,389 5,431,805 192,592 6,251,275
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal No. 4 - To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 80,922,809 6,832,586 386,391 6,251,275
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal No. 6 - To ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023. For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 93,355,182 427,237 610,642 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC shareholders approved To approve the Company’s 2023 Equity and Incentive Plan at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal No. 3 - To approve the Company’s 2023 Equity and Incentive Plan For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 84,483,329 3,364,502 293,955 6,251,275
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal No. 5 - To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers. One Year Two Years Three Years Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 84,262,537 122,906 3,100,945 655,398 6,251,275
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC shareholders approved To approve a Plan of Domestication and Conversion to change the Company’s state of incorporation from Montana to Delaware. at the 2023-05-24 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-24
  source text: Proposal No. 2 - To approve a Plan of Domestication and Conversion to change the Company’s state of incorporation from Montana to Delaware. For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 82,995,391 4,927,538 218,857 6,251,275
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860413/000086041323000115/0000860413-23-000115-index.htm

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