Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000715072-25-000057
Chunk: 94

Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 94
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 2018 National Stocker Operator of the Year and the 2019 Mississippi Farmer of the Year.                                                                                                                                                                     
 Experience/Qualifications/Skills:Mr. Parker has served on the FBMS board since the company’s inception in 1995 and is currently its lead director. His experience in the cattle business will provide our board with insight into the needs of the agricultural community in Renasant’s markets. His insight into the market in which he lives through his community involvement will also be important assets to the board.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

Required Vote. Directors are elected by a plurality vote; the nominees for election as directors who receive the highest number of votes cast, up to the number of directors to be elected, are elected.

| OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF KEVIN D. CHAPMAN, DONALD CLARK, JR., M. RAY (HOPPY) COLE, JR., JOHN M. CREEKMORE, ALBERT J. DALE, III, JILL V. DEER, CONNIE L. ENGEL, NEAL A. HOLLAND, JR., JONATHAN A. LEVY, RENEE MOORE, E. ROBINSON MCGRAW, TED E. PARKER, SEAN M. SUGGS AND C. MITCHELL WAYCASTER AS DIRECTORS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. |

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Proposal 2 - Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to Increase the Number of Shares of Renasant Common Stock Authorized for Issuance

Background. Our Articles of Incorporation currently authorize the issuance of up to 150,000,000 shares of common stock, as well as 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. At the annual meeting, we are asking our shareholders to approve and adopt a proposal to amend our Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of shares of common stock we are authorized to issue from 150,000,000 shares to 250,000,000 shares, which we refer to as the “Authorized Shares Increase Amendment.” At its January 2025 board meeting, the board unanimously approved, and unanimously recommended that our shareholders approve, the Authorized Shares Increase Amendment.

The Authorized Shares Increase Amendment, if approved, will amend Article Fourth of the Articles of Incorporation by replacing “One Hundred Fifty Million (150,000,000)” with “Two Hundred Fifty Million (