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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 2, 2017

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

UTAH
 
001-12307
 
87-0227400
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
ONE SOUTH MAIN, 15th FLOOR,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
 
84133
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 801-844-7637

N/A
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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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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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) of Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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ITEM 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Zions Bancorporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 2, 2017. At the meeting, shareholders elected 10 directors for a term of one year; ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditor; approved, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016; and voted against a shareholder proposal that the shareholders request the Board of Directors to establish a policy requiring the Board’s chairman be an “independent director”.

The results were as follows:

1.
Election of ten (10) director nominees for a one-year term.

DIRECTOR
VOTES FOR

VOTES AGAINST

ABSTENTIONS

Jerry C. Atkin
154,500,474

5,498,884

251,041

Gary L. Crittenden
159,454,346

516,445

279,608

Suren K. Gupta
159,644,653

356,028

249,718

J. David Heaney
155,120,678

4,010,698

1,119,023

Vivian S. Lee
159,250,608

719,088

280,703

Edward F. Murphy
158,308,564

1,685,767

256,068

Roger B. Porter
154,756,488

5,222,004

271,907

Stephen D. Quinn
157,457,952

2,535,402

257,045

Harris H. Simmons
152,962,561

6,090,276

1,197,562

Barbara A. Yastine
159,640,406

361,034

248,959


2.
Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the current fiscal year.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
170,991,188
3,298,390
136,193

3.
Approval, on a nonbinding advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.


Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
149,358,080
9,412,258
1,480,061









4.
Shareholder proposal - That the shareholders request the Board of Directors to establish a policy requiring that the Board’s chairman be an “independent director.”


Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
37,897,729
121,509,696
842,974






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.
 
 
 
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
 
 
 
Date: June 05, 2017
By:
/s/ THOMAS E. LAURSEN
 
 
Name:    Thomas E. Laursen
 
 
Title:       Executive Vice President and General Counsel