0001193125-12-184784.txt : 20120426 0001193125-12-184784.hdr.sgml : 20120426 20120426121200 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-184784 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120425 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120426 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120426 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: 12782390 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 d341040d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

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): April 26, 2012 (April 25, 2012)

 

 

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):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Section 5 – Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) of BancorpSouth, Inc. (the “Company”) was held on April 25, 2012. 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 I director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2015 annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier retirement by the following vote:

 

Director

    For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes		  

James E. Campbell, III

      70,839,321         1,358,410         11,147,077   

Hassell H. Franklin

      68,964,841         3,232,891         11,147,077   

Keith J. Jackson

      70,805,939         1,391,793         11,147,077   

Robert C. Nolan

      68,990,184         3,207,548         11,147,077   

W. Cal Partee, Jr.

      70,359,500         1,838,232         11,147,077   

The shareholders of the Company elected the Class II director nominee nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve until the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier retirement by the following vote:

 

Director

    For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Albert C. Clark

      70,814,818         1,382,914         11,147,077   

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 or her earlier retirement by the following vote:

 

Director

    For      Withheld      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Gus J. Blass, III

      70,780,659         1,417,072         11,147,077   

Grace Clark

      70,799,694         1,398,038         11,147,077   

George F. Middlebrook, III

      70,801,647         1,396,085         11,147,077   

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, 2012 by the following vote:

 

For

    Against      Abstain  

81,439,387

      1,696,670         208,751   

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: April 26, 2012