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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on April 20, 2017

 

 

 

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

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REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

ATTN: INVESTOR RELATIONS

1900 5TH AVENUE NORTH

BIRMINGHAM, AL 35203

 

 

 

 

 

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Meeting Information

 

Meeting Type:          Annual Meeting

For holders as of:   February 21, 2017
Date:   April 20, 2017     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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Before You Vote

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NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT            ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K             CHAIRMAN’S LETTER

 

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    Voting Items      

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

Election of Directors

 

Proposal 1. Nominees:

 

 

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 1a.   Carolyn H. Byrd

 

 1b.   David J. Cooper, Sr.

 

 1c.    Don DeFosset

 

 1d.   Samuel A. Di Piazza, Jr.

 

 1e.   Eric C. Fast

 

 1f.    O. B. Grayson Hall, Jr.

 

 1g.   John D. Johns

 

 1h.   Ruth Ann Marshall

 

 1i.    Susan W. Matlock

 

 1j.    John E. Maupin, Jr.

 

 1k.    Charles D. McCrary

 

 1l.    James T. Prokopanko

 

 1m.  Lee J. Styslinger III

 

 1n.   José S. Suquet

   
     
     

 

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 2017.

 

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

2017 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

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