UNITED STATES

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):  04/27/2010

 

UMB FINANCIAL CORP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission File Number:  0-4887

 

MO

  

43-0903811

(State or other jurisdiction of

  

(IRS Employer

incorporation)

  

Identification No.)

 

1010 Grand Blvd, Kansas City, MO 64106

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(816) 860-7000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

 

(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 obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

The annual meeting of shareholders of UMB Financial Corporation was held on April 27, 2010. As of the record date, there were a total of 40,484,393 shares outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, 37,942,666 shares were represented in person or by proxy, therefore, a quorum was present. The following proposals were submitted by the Board of Directors to a vote of the shareholders:

1. Election of five Class I directors to hold office until the Annual Meeting of 2013 and one Class III director to hold office until the Annual Meeting in 2012. The nominees for the directorships received the following votes:

Director 

For

Withhold

Broker Non Votes

David R. Bradley, Jr.                

35,701,199

382,733

1,858,734

Peter J. deSilva                        

35,742,511

341,421

1,858,734

Terrence P. Dunn                

35,843,741

240,191

1,858,734

Alexander C. Kemper                

33,352,572

2,731,360

1,858,734

Kris A. Robbins                        

35,877,141

206,791

1,858,734

Nancy K. Buese                       

35,834,472

249,460

1,858,734

2. Ratification of the Audit Committee's retention of Deloitte & Touche LLP to serve as the Company's independent auditors and to examine and audit the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the fiscal year 2010. The proposal received the following votes:

For

Against

Abstain

37,671,137

208,513

63,016

3. Consideration of the shareholder proposal to eliminate classification of terms of the Company's Board of Directors to require that all directors stand for election annually. The proposal received the following votes:

For

Withhold

Abstain

Broker Non Votes

17,508,049

18,286,275

289,608

1,858,734

                                       

                

 

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.

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION

By:

/s/ Michael D. Hagedorn
 

Michael D. Hagedorn

Vice Chairman, CFO and CAO

Date: April 30, 2010