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ZIONS BANCORPORATION
Meeting Information
Meeting Type: Annual Meeting
For holders as of: March 31, 2009
Date: June 02, 2009 Time: 11:15 AM MDT Location: Zions Bank Building Founders Room One South Main Street 18th Floor Salt Lake City, Utah 84133
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ZIONS BANCORPORATION
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Voting items
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):
1. Election of Directors a R. D. Cash
b Patricia Frobes c J. David Heaney d Harris H. Simmons
The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):
2. Approval of amendments to the Company’s 2005 stock option and incentive plan.
3. Approval of amendments to the Company’s articles of incorporation to declassify Board.
4. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst
& Young LLP as the Company’s Independent Auditor.
5. Approval, on a nonbinding advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers named in the proxy statement with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.
The Board of Directors recommends you vote AGAINST the following proposal(s):
6. Shareholder Proposal - That the Board Adopt “Say On Pay” Policy.
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