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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on April 24, 2014.

 

 

 

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

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REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

1900 5TH AVENUE NORTH

ATTN: INVESTOR RELATIONS

BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203

 

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Information

   

 

Meeting Type:          Annual Meeting

   
For holders as of:   March 3, 2014    
Date:   April 24, 2014     Time:   9:00 A.M. Central Time    
Location:  Upper Lobby Auditorium of Regions Bank    

            1901 Sixth Avenue North

            Birmingham, Alabama 35203

 

   

 

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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT            ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K             CHAIRMAN’S LETTER

 

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    Voting Items      

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposals:

Election of Directors

 

Proposal 1. Nominees:

 

 

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 1a.   George W. Bryan

 

 1b.   Carolyn H. Byrd

 

 1c.    David J. Cooper, Sr.

 

 1d.   Don DeFosset

 

 1e.   Eric C. Fast

 

 1f.    O.B. Grayson Hall, Jr.

 

 1g.   John D. Johns

 

 1h.   Charles D. McCrary

 

 1i.    James R. Malone

 

 1j.    Ruth Ann Marshall

 

 1k.    Susan W. Matlock

 

 1l.    John E. Maupin, Jr.

 

   

 1m.  Lee J. Styslinger III

  
      
      
      
      
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

 

Proposal 2.

 

 

Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal:

 

Proposal 3.

 

 

Nonbinding Stockholder Approval of Executive Compensation.

 

NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.