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

May 8, 2012
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
 
TRUSTMARK CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Mississippi
000-03683
64-0471500
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

248 East Capitol Street, Jackson, Mississippi
39201
 (Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
   
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(601) 208-5111

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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
Trustmark Corporation (Trustmark) held its annual shareholders’ meeting on May 8, 2012, at which three proposals were submitted to Trustmark’s shareholders.  The proposals are described in detail in Trustmark’s proxy statement for the annual meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2012.  The final results for the votes regarding the proposals are set forth below.

Proposal #1:  Election of directors

Trustmark’s shareholders elected the nine directors named below to serve until the 2013 annual shareholders’ meeting or until their successors have been elected and qualified.  The votes cast for each of the nine directors, who constitute the entire Board of Directors of Trustmark following the meeting, are set forth below:

   
For
   
Withheld
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
Adolphus B. Baker
    46,865,559          163,802       9,143,548  
Daniel A. Grafton
    46,857,821          171,540       9,143,548  
Gerard R. Host
    46,820,309          209,052       9,143,548  
David H. Hoster II
    46,851,890          177,471       9,143,548  
John M. McCullouch
    46,852,811          176,550       9,143,548  
Richard H. Puckett
    45,520,852       1,508,509       9,143,548  
R. Michael Summerford
    46,857,552          171,809       9,143,548  
LeRoy G. Walker, Jr.
    46,845,638          183,723       9,143,548  
William G. Yates III
    42,094,469       4,934,892       9,143,548  


Proposal #2:   Advisory vote to approve executive compensation

Trustmark’s shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of Trustmark’s executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement.  The votes regarding Proposal #2 were as follows:
 
For
   
Against
   
Abstentions
   
Broker Non-Votes
 
46,089,011     503,161     437,189     9,143,548  

 
Proposal #3:   Ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP

Trustmark’s shareholders ratified the selection of KPMG LLP as Trustmark’s independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.  The votes regarding Proposal #3 were as follows:

For
   
Against
   
Abstentions
 
54,261,586     1,830,846     80,477  


 
 

 
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.

TRUSTMARK CORPORATION


BY:
/s/ Louis E. Greer 
 
Louis E. Greer
 
Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
   
DATE:
May 10, 2012