Form 8-K

0001193125-15-144179.txt : 20150423 0001193125-15-144179.hdr.sgml : 20150423 20150423161353 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-144179 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150422 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20150423 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150423 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: 15788592 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 d914180d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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 23, 2015 (April 22, 2015)

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 22, 2015. The Company’s shareholders approved the proposal presented at the Annual Meeting, which is described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2015. Holders of 75,266,624 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The following are the voting results on the proposal presented to the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting:

Proposal 1: Election of Directors. The shareholders of the Company elected each of the three director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as Class I directors until the 2018 annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her earlier retirement by the following vote:


Director	Votes For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
James E. Campbell III		73,043,572		2,216,146		—
Deborah M. Cannon		74,634,304		631,913		—
Keith J. Jackson		74,674,444		587,809		—

The shareholders of the Company elected each of the three director nominees nominated by the Company’s Board of Directors to serve as Class III directors until the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders or until his earlier retirement by the following vote:


Director	Votes For		Withheld		Broker Non-Votes
Hassell H. Franklin		71,568,533		3,697,684		—
W. G. Holliman, Jr.		69,019,448		6,240,270		—
Robert C. Nolan		72,944,268		2,321,949		—

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
		Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Date: April 23, 2015