---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-22-014555"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EBC"
cik: "0001810546"
company_name: "Eastern Bankshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T15:22:29.296222+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Eastern Bankshares shareholders elect directors, approve board declassification at 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- Four directors elected: Holbrook (126.6M for), Jackson (124.8M), Markell (125.8M), Shell (127.9M).
- Charter amendment to declassify board over five years passed: 127.6M for, 0.99M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 122.9M for, 4.9M against.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2022: 149.2M for, 4.7M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-22-014555
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EBC
- cik: 0001810546
- company_name: Eastern Bankshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000162828022014555/0001628280-22-014555-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1810546/000162828022014555/ebc-20220516.htm

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