-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, EpBuLuBgPzQIiFNouCmoEn35fgbFoVcU0SM6+5GecJo4YdkcRigqS0N9+VJKzXTC K/cvkaWfA3hGyS3APHmzng== 0000950123-10-043653.txt : 20100504 0000950123-10-043653.hdr.sgml : 20100504 20100504170947 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-10-043653 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100428 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20100504 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100504 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BANCORPSOUTH INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000701853 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022] IRS NUMBER: 640659571 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MS FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12991 FILM NUMBER: 10798021 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MISSISSIPPI PL CITY: TUPELO STATE: MS ZIP: 38804 BUSINESS PHONE: 6626802000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 789 CITY: TUPELO STATE: MS ZIP: 38802-0789 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: BANCORP OF MISSISSIPPI INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 g23236e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 4, 2010 (April 28, 2010)
 
BANCORPSOUTH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Mississippi   1-12991   64-0659571
         
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation) 		  (Commission File
Number) 		  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
One Mississippi Plaza    
201 South Spring Street    
Tupelo, Mississippi   38804
     
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (662) 680-2000
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
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Section 5 — Corporate Governance and Management
     Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
     The Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of BancorpSouth, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on April 28, 2010. Matters submitted at the Annual Meeting and the voting results thereof were as follows:
          Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The shareholders of the Company elected each of the Class III director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2013 annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier retirement. The following is a breakdown of the voting results:
                         
Director   Votes For   Withheld   Broker
Non-Votes
Larry G. Kirk
     57,295,655       6,633,360       8,585,943  
Guy W. Mitchell, III
     57,396,179       6,532,836       8,585,943  
R. Madison Murphy
     59,256,817       4,672,198       8,585,943  
Aubrey B. Patterson
     58,432,553       5,496,462       8,585,943  
          Proposal 2: Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. The Company’s shareholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2010 by the following vote:
         
For   Against   Abstain
70,535,345   869,677   1,109,936
          Proposal 3: Shareholder Proposal Requesting Necessary Steps Be Taken To Cause The Annual Election of All Directors. The Company’s shareholders did not approve Proposal 3 as indicated by the following vote:
         
For   Against   Abstain
26,473,719   35,528,765   1,925,527

 

 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  BANCORPSOUTH, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Cathy S. Freeman    
    Cathy S. Freeman   
    Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary   
 
Date: May 4, 2010

 

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