---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001281761-24-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RF"
cik: "0001281761"
company_name: "REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T18:17:20.205009+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Regions shareholders elect all 13 directors, ratify auditor, approve executive pay, reject de-banking proposal

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected; votes ranged from 657.9M (Turner) to 699.6M (Rand) in favor.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY2024: 779.3M for, 33.3M against.
- Executive compensation program approved on advisory basis: 667.9M for, 33.0M against.
- Shareholders voted 681.9M in favor of annual advisory votes on executive compensation (every year).
- Shareholder proposal on politicized de-banking risks rejected: only 10.6M for vs 673.2M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001281761-24-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RF
- cik: 0001281761
- company_name: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2024-04-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1281761/000128176124000019/0001281761-24-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1281761/000128176124000019/rf-20240417.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001281761-24-000019
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001281761-24-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: Regions’ executive compensation program received annual advisory approval from shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1281761/000128176124000019/0001281761-24-000019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Relating to a Report on Risks of Politicized De-Banking at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: Shareholders did not approve the shareholder proposal relating to a report on risks of politicized de-banking.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1281761/000128176124000019/0001281761-24-000019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of 13 Director nominees at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: Each of Regions’ 13 incumbent Directors, listed below, was elected to serve as a Director of Regions for a term of one year, which will expire at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier retirement, resignation, or removal.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1281761/000128176124000019/0001281761-24-000019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: Shareholders expressed a preference to hold future advisory votes on executive compensation on an annual basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1281761/000128176124000019/0001281761-24-000019-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024 at the 2024-04-17 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-17
  source text: Shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Regions’ independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1281761/000128176124000019/0001281761-24-000019-index.htm

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