UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) December 20, 2021 (
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| Item 5.07. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
(a) The Company held its annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) on December 16, 2021 by remote communication.
(b) There were 428,024,973 shares of common stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, of which 345,516,436 shares were present remotely or by proxy. Shareholders voted on the following matters at the Annual Meeting:
1. Election of eleven directors. The results of the election of the eleven nominees for director are indicated below.
| Nominee |
Votes For | Votes Against | Abstentions | Broker Non-Votes |
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| John P. Barnes |
273,596,076 | 16,705,350 | 1,213,639 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| Collin P. Baron |
273,656,146 | 16,462,073 | 1,396,846 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| George P. Carter |
153,868,639 | 136,486,002 | 1,160,424 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| Jane Chwick |
214,308,946 | 75,778,667 | 1,427,452 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| William F. Cruger, Jr. |
276,944,791 | 12,976,173 | 1,594,101 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| John K. Dwight |
278,866,907 | 11,026,405 | 1,621,753 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| Jerry Franklin |
227,373,446 | 62,698,334 | 1,443,285 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| Janet M. Hansen |
229,982,904 | 60,147,058 | 1,385,103 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| Nancy McAllister |
284,657,728 | 5,320,159 | 1,537,178 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| Mark W. Richards |
275,114,040 | 14,777,618 | 1,623,407 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
| Kirk W. Walters |
274,801,148 | 15,370,453 | 1,343,464 | 54,001,371 | ||||||||||||
2. Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. Holders of a majority of the Company’s shares present remotely or by proxy and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting gave advisory approval of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement. 252,956,463 votes were cast for the proposal; 33,944,338 votes were cast against the proposal; and 4,614,264 shares abstained from voting on the proposal. There were 54,001,371 broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
3. Ratification of appointment of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2021. 338,779,885 votes were cast for the proposal; 5,734,999 votes were cast against the proposal; and 1,001,552 shares abstained from voting on the proposal. There were no broker non-votes with respect to the proposal.
(c) Not applicable.
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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.
| People’s United Financial, Inc. | ||||||
| (Registrant) | ||||||
| Date: December 20, 2021 | By: | /s/ John B. Eagan | ||||
| (Signature) | ||||||
| Name: | John B. Eagan | |||||
| Title: | Sr. Vice President and Assistant Secretary | |||||
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