Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000715072-25-000085
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Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-03-12
Form: DEF 14A
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 exception of Messrs. Chapman, McGraw and Waycaster who are not independent directors because they are Renasant employees. The board has also determined that each of Jonathan A. Levy, Renee Moore and Ted E. Parker will be considered an “independent director” upon their appointment to the board when we complete the FBMS merger, but Mr. Cole will not be considered an independent director because he will become a Renasant employee upon completion of the FBMS merger.

When determining each non-employee director’s status as an “independent director,” the board evaluated the following relationships involving Renasant or the Bank:

• Transactions involving a director, members of his or her immediate family and businesses with which they are associated and the Company or the Bank. More information about these transactions may be found below under the heading “Related Person Transactions.”

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• Employment relationships between the Bank and directors’ immediate family members. The Bank employs Mr. Creekmore’s son as a portfolio manager in the Bank’s corporate banking department and Dr. Heyer’s son as a senior managing director of Park Place Capital Corp., the Bank’s financial advisor subsidiary. Although neither Mr. Creekmore’s son nor Dr. Heyer’s son is an “executive officer,” their employment is considered a related person transaction because of the amount of compensation each received in 2024. More details about our employment of Mr. Creekmore’s son and Dr. Heyer’s son can be found in this section below under the heading “Related Person Transactions.”

Neither Mr. Creekmore nor Dr. Heyer participate in any deliberations or decisions about his son’s employment with Renasant or his compensation therefor, and each director abstains from any vote related to his son’s position at Renasant or his compensation.

#### Board Leadership Structure
Our executive chairman serves as chairman of the board, and the board has appointed a lead director.

Chairman. E. Robinson McGraw, our executive chairman, serves as chairman of the board of the Company and the board of the Bank. We believe Mr. McGraw’s service as our chairman enhances the board’s operations, as he is an effective bridge between our non-employee directors and management. As executive chairman, Mr. McGraw remains involved, with Mr. Waycaster, Mr. Chapman and Renasant’s other senior executive management, in developing Renasant’s strategic plan and implementing the steps needed to achieve the goals set forth in the strategic plan. However, he is also able to take a more objective