8-K Cover Page - Voting Results 2012


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 24, 2012


SunTrust Banks, Inc.
__________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
Georgia
001-08918
58-1575035
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia
 
30308
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code
 
(404) 558-7711

 
 
Not Applicable
 
 
Former name or former address, if changed since last report


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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.
Effective April 24, 2012, J. Hicks Lanier and Frank S. Royal, M.D. retired from the board of directors of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (the “Company”) in accordance with the Company's bylaws which provide that an independent director is not eligible to serve as a director for a term which begins following his or her 72nd birthday.

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
The annual meeting of the shareholders of SunTrust Banks, Inc. was held on April 24, 2012. Represented at the meeting were 458,343,577 shares of 539,263,277 eligible shares. At the meeting, the shareholders of SunTrust took the following actions, and cast the following votes:
1. Shareholders elected the following persons as directors of SunTrust:
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Non-votes
Robert M. Beall, II
 
399,112,671

 
6,396,487

 
551,397

 
52,283,022

Alston D. Correll
 
392,637,730

 
12,882,236

 
536,926

 
52,283,022

Jeffrey C. Crowe
 
395,210,397

 
10,316,328

 
533,830

 
52,283,022

Blake P. Garrett, Jr.
 
395,436,337

 
10,084,252

 
539,966

 
52,283,022

David H. Hughes
 
393,515,666

 
12,025,913

 
518,977

 
52,283,022

M. Douglas Ivester
 
397,492,143

 
8,081,575

 
486,837

 
52,283,022

Kyle Prechtl Legg
 
401,935,886

 
3,436,656

 
688,013

 
52,283,022

William A. Linnenbringer
 
400,459,091

 
5,036,249

 
565,215

 
52,283,022

G. Gilmer Minor III
 
397,704,645

 
7,753,802

 
602,108

 
52,283,022

Donna Morea
 
402,246,368

 
3,233,285

 
580,902

 
52,283,022

David M. Ratcliffe
 
402,113,498

 
3,378,867

 
568,190

 
52,283,022

William H. Rogers, Jr.
 
394,214,343

 
11,205,920

 
638,044

 
52,283,022

Thomas R. Watjen
 
402,071,069

 
3,403,470

 
586,016

 
52,283,022

Dr. Phail Wynn, Jr.
 
395,458,704

 
10,089,256

 
512,595

 
52,283,022

2. Shareholders approved (91.5% of the votes cast) the non-binding advisory vote ("say-on-pay") resolution regarding the compensation of the Company's executives as described in the Summary Compensation Table as well as in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and the other executive compensation tables and related discussion.
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Non-votes
Say-on-Pay
 
369,667,888

 
34,350,863

 
2,041,704

 
52,283,122


3. Shareholders ratified (98.2% of the votes cast) the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors of SunTrust for 2012.
 
 
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Non-votes
Ratification of Auditor
 
449,444,523

 
8,182,074

 
716,979

 


Item 8.01 Other Events.
In connection with the election of a new director, Donna Morea, SunTrust's Board of Directors approved new committee assignments. Ms. Morea was assigned to the Audit and the Governance and Nominating Committees. Effective immediately, the Board's committees will be comprised of the following directors:






Audit Committee
 
Compensation Committee
 
Executive Committee
Thomas R. Watjen, Chair
Robert M. Beall, II
M. Douglas Ivester
Kyle Prechtl Legg
William A. Linnenbringer
G. Gilmer Minor, III
Donna Morea
 
Alston D. Correll, Chair
Jeffrey C. Crowe
Blake P. Garrett, Jr.
David H. Hughes
David M. Ratcliffe
Phail Wynn, Jr.
 
William H. Rogers, Jr., Chair
Alston D. Correll
Jeffrey C. Crowe
M. Douglas Ivester
Thomas R. Watjen
Governance and Nominating Committee
 
Risk Committee
 
 
M. Douglas Ivester, Chair
Robert M. Beall, II
Kyle Prechtl Legg
William A. Linnenbringer
G. Gilmer Minor, III
Donna Morea
Thomas R. Watjen

 
Jeffrey C. Crowe, Chair
Alston D. Correll
Blake P. Garrett, Jr.
David H. Hughes
David M. Ratcliffe
Phail Wynn, Jr.
 
 
 


SIGNATURE
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, thereunto duly authorized.                                                                     
 
 
 
SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
 
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date: April 25, 2012.
 
By: /s/ David A. Wisniewski
 
 
 
David A. Wisniewski,

 
 
 
 
Senior Vice President, Deputy General
 
 
 
 
Counsel and Assistant Secretary