---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-138205"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBC"
cik: "0001810546"
company_name: "Eastern Bankshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:08:11.668737+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastern Bankshares shareholders elect five directors, approve say-on-pay and auditor

## Summary
- Five director nominees elected: Richard C. Bane, Joseph T. Chung, Paul M. Connolly, Bari A. Harlam, Marisa J. Harney.
- Say-on-pay approved with 115,076,749 votes for, 19,563,938 against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024 passed with 149,047,506 votes for, 2,973,052 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-138205
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBC
- cik: 0001810546
- company_name: Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524138205/0001193125-24-138205-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524138205/d823674d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-138205.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Eastern Bankshares, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-13
  source text: 1. Election of Directors . By the vote reported below, the shareholders elected the following five nominees to serve as directors of the Company for a term to end at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareholders: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Richard C. Bane 129,868,978 5,448,980 551,749 16,799,656 Joseph T. Chung 132,044,661 3,238,657 586,389 16,799,656 Paul M. Connolly 131,710,396 3,437,844 721,467 16,799,656 Bari A. Harlam 131,697,706 3,463,882 708,119 16,799,656 Marisa J. Harney 132,755,741 2,418,556 695,410 16,799,656
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524138205/0001193125-24-138205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Eastern Bankshares, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-13
  source text: 2. Advisory Vote on Named Executive Officer Compensation . By the vote reported below, the shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the named executive officers of the Company, as set forth in the Company’s Proxy Statement: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 115,076,749 19,563,938 1,229,020 16,799,656
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524138205/0001193125-24-138205-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Eastern Bankshares, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP at the 2024-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-13
  source text: 3. Ratification of the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP . By the vote reported below, the shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. There were no broker non-votes on this matter. Votes For Votes Against Abstentions 149,047,506 2,973,052 648,805
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000119312524138205/0001193125-24-138205-index.htm

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