8-K

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) December 20, 2021 (December 16, 2021)

People’s United Financial, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-33326

20-8447891

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

850 Main Street,

Bridgeport, CT

06604

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (203) 338-7171

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $.01 par value per share	PBCT	NASDAQ Global Select Market
Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, $0.01 par value per share	PBCTP	NASDAQ Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth Company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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
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.

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

People&#39;s United Financial, Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

People's United Financial, Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders