---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001504008-24-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BKU"
cik: "0001504008"
company_name: "BankUnited, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T20:03:23.457162+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BankUnited annual meeting: all 9 directors elected, Deloitte ratified, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- All nine director nominees elected with 98-99% of votes cast (excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2024 received 99.7% of votes cast.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 77.5% of votes cast; company will hold annual vote per one-year frequency selected by majority.
- Approximately 70.6 million shares voted at the meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001504008-24-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BKU
- cik: 0001504008
- company_name: BankUnited, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1504008/000150400824000016/0001504008-24-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1504008/000150400824000016/bku-20240515.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001504008-24-000016.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 1c7037c7df16b3e083f82214bd150eec87726193
  claim: BankUnited, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of shareholder vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 4: The advisory vote on the frequency of the shareholder vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers in the future received the following votes: Every One Year Every Two Years Every Three Years Abstain Broker Non-Vote 61,665,505 21,365 4,743,471 68,423 4,115,381
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1504008/000150400824000016/0001504008-24-000016-index.htm
- claim_id: 23c73b21395f5cafd479ac9c0a82f53f6e289645
  claim: BankUnited, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 3: The advisory vote to approve the Compensation of the Company’s named executive officers received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 51,543,461 14,883,425 71,878 4,115,381
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1504008/000150400824000016/0001504008-24-000016-index.htm
- claim_id: 7d61eb91fa90d60d190f68b99d799044cb4fb8e6
  claim: BankUnited, Inc. shareholders approved Election of nine directors to the Board at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 1: All of the director nominees were elected to the Board based on the following votes: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Vote Tere Blanca 65,761,090 737,674 4,115,381 John N. DiGiacomo 66,292,884 205,880 4,115,381 Michael J. Dowling 65,030,983 1,467,781 4,115,381 Douglas J. Pauls 65,364,704 1,134,060 4,115,381 William S. Rubenstein 66,292,084 206,680 4,115,381 Rajinder P. Singh 65,572,251 926,513 4,115,381 Germaine Smith Baugh, Ed.D 66,278,833 219,931 4,115,381 Sanjiv Sobti, Ph.D. 66,132,065 366,699 4,115,381 Lynne Wines 65,475,140 1,023,624 4,115,381
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1504008/000150400824000016/0001504008-24-000016-index.htm
- claim_id: a5ae067206f8e7e55129e4cea45953f032529eab
  claim: BankUnited, Inc. shareholders approved Ratify appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal No. 2: The proposal to ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024 received the following votes: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 70,391,992 206,254 15,899 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1504008/000150400824000016/0001504008-24-000016-index.htm

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