Edgar Filing: REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP

DEFA14A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on April 21, 2016


		REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
		REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION ATTN: INVESTOR RELATIONS 1900 5TH AVENUE NORTH BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203


Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: February 22, 2016
Date: April 21, 2016 Time: 9:00 A.M. Central Time
Location: Upper Lobby Auditorium of Regions Bank
1901 Sixth Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35203
You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the company named above.
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				Voting Items

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

Election of Directors


Proposal 1. Nominees:

		1a. Carolyn H. Byrd 1b. David J. Cooper, Sr. 1c. Don DeFosset 1d. Eric C. Fast 1e. O. B. Grayson Hall, Jr. 1f. John D. Johns 1g. Ruth Ann Marshall 1h. Susan W. Matlock 1i. John E. Maupin, Jr. 1j. Charles D. McCrary 1k. Lee J. Styslinger III

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

Proposal 2.

Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2016.

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.

Admission

to the

Regions Financial Corporation

2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

PLEASE BRING THIS NOTICE AND A VALID GOVERNMENT-ISSUED PHOTO IDENTIFICATION FOR ADMISSION TO THE MEETING.