Huntington Bancshares Inc 8-K, filed Apr 26, 2021
Huntington Bancshares Inc (HBAN)
8-K
2021-04-26
For: 2021-04-21
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About this 8-K
Huntington Bancshares Inc filed this 8-K on April 26, 2021, reporting on events of April 21, 2021.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 5.07: Shareholder vote results
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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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 21, 2021
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On April 21, 2021, at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (Huntington), Huntington’s shareholders approved the Amended and Restated 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the Amended 2018 Plan). The Amended 2018 Plan provides for grants of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock units, long-term performance awards and other incentive awards. The Amended 2018 Plan reserves for issuance a maximum of 34.9 million shares of Huntington’s common stock. The board of directors approved the Amended 2018 Plan subject to shareholder approval. Shareholder approval was obtained in order to comply with the applicable requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. Shareholder approval is also necessary under the federal income tax rules with respect to the qualification of incentive stock options. Additional details about the Amended 2018 Plan are set forth in Huntington’s definitive Proxy Statement filed on March 12, 2021 (the Proxy Statement).
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On April 21, 2021, the following matters were voted upon and approved by the shareholders of Huntington at its 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders:
Proposal 1 – Election of thirteen directors to serve a one-year term. Each nominee for director received the favorable vote of at least 94.9% of votes cast.
| Nominee | For | Against/ Withheld | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lizabeth Ardisana | 758,267,676 | 4,551,789 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alanna Y. Cotton | 758,447,801 | 4,371,664 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ann B. (Tanny) Crane | 749,267,086 | 13,552,379 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert S. Cubbin | 752,778,032 | 10,041,433 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steven G. Elliott | 753,258,810 | 9,560,654 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gina D. France | 746,347,258 | 16,472,207 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J. Michael Hochschwender | 755,746,050 | 7,073,415 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John C. (Chris) Inglis | 756,192,936 | 6,626,529 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Katherine M. A. (Allie) Kline | 755,983,592 | 6,835,873 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Richard W. Neu | 730,518,987 | 32,300,478 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth J. Phelan | 755,625,622 | 7,193,843 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David L. Porteous | 727,085,897 | 35,733,568 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen D. Steinour | 724,514,216 | 38,305,249 | — | 120,513,189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 2 – Approval, on an advisory, non-binding basis, of the compensation of executives as disclosed in Huntington’s Proxy Statement.
| For | Against/ Withheld | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 708,796,836 | 49,896,829 | 4,134,728 | 120,513,189 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 93.4 | % | 6.6 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 3 –Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for the year 2021.
| For | Against/ Withheld | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 877,857,166 | 4,423,784 | 1,060,632 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 99.5 | % | 0.5 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proposal 4 – Approval of the Amended and Restated 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
| For | Against/ Withheld | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 731,073,490 | 28,083,625 | 3,671,278 | 120,513,189 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 96.3 | % | 3.7 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. Description
Exhibit 10.1 – Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Amended and Restated 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to Huntington’s Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting Of Shareholders filed on March 12, 2021).
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description | ||||
| Exhibit 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | ||||
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.
| HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES INCORPORATED | |||||||||||||||||
| Date: | April 26, 2021 | By: | /s/ Jana J. Litsey | ||||||||||||||
Jana J. Litsey | |||||||||||||||||
| Title: General Counsel | |||||||||||||||||