Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000715072-25-000085
Chunk: 28

Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 28
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MS merger before the meeting, the board will have four female directors and 14 male directors, with two African-American members and 16 white members (if we have not completed the FBMS merger by the time of the meeting, the board will have three female and 11 male directors, with two African-American members and 12 white members). The board believes that it has meaningfully enhanced the racial and gender diversity of board members as compared to prior years, but the board will continue its efforts to identify individuals qualified to serve on the board who will enhance the broad diversity of the board.

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In addition to the eligibility requirements included in our Bylaws, the following qualifications and qualities, among others, are studied by the nominating committee when evaluating a candidate to be nominated for election to our board:

• “Independence” for purposes of the NYSE’s independence requirements for directors and SEC rules and regulations;

• Significant business experience in banking, financial services or other business, or in marketing, finance, legal, accounting, information technology or other professional disciplines;

• Diversity, as described above;

• Familiarity with and participation in the communities in which we operate;

• Prominence and a highly-respected reputation in his or her profession;

• A proven record of honest and ethical conduct, personal integrity and independent judgment;

• The ability to represent the interests of our shareholders and other stakeholders (including, for example, our employees and customers and the communities we serve); and

• The ability to devote time to fulfill the responsibilities of a director and to enhance his or her knowledge of the banking and financial services industry in general and Renasant in particular.

Identification of Candidates for Election. Usually, nominees for election to the board are proposed by the current members of the board or executive management. Renasant also maintains regional and community advisory boards, composed of individuals prominent in the region or community to which the advisory board relates; these boards are designed to assist our leadership in better understanding the dynamics of our key markets and thereby identify opportunities for banking and other financial services relationships in such markets. An ancillary benefit of these advisory boards is the identification of potential candidates for nomination for election to the board of directors. Directors Gary Butler and Rose Flenorl were members of Renasant’s Mississippi regional board and West Tennessee regional board, respectively, prior to their election to the board of directors. Their service on these boards demonstrated that, in addition to their excellent credentials, they possessed the other qualities and skills that the nominating committee