Company: RNST
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000715072-25-000057
Chunk: 85

Company: RENASANT CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-26
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 85
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(4) We use the S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Southeast Region Index as the peer group in the table, which is the same peer group that we use for purposes of the stock performance graph contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024. The S&P U.S. BMI Banks - Southeast Region Index, is a peer group of 50 regional bank holding companies, whose common stock is traded either on the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Amex or NASDAQ, and which are headquartered in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

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Most Important Financial Performance Measures. Listed below are the performance measures that our compensation committee views as the most important financial measures it used to link the compensation actually paid to our principal executive officer and other named executive officers for 2024 to Renasant’s performance. An explanation of why the compensation committee selected each of these performance measures may be found in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section above under the heading “2024 Compensation Decisions.”

| •Diluted earnings per share                          |     | •Efficiency ratio                           |
| •Return on average tangible common equity (non-GAAP) |     | •Return on average assets (PPNR) (non-GAAP) |
| •Total shareholder return                            |     |                                             |

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| REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE |

The information provided in this section shall not be deemed to be “ soliciting material ” or to be “ filed ” with the SEC or subject to its proxy regulations or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. The information provided in this section shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

The audit committee oversees our financial reporting process on behalf of the board of directors. Management has the primary responsibility for the preparation, consistency and fair presentation of the financial statements, the accounting and financial reporting process, the systems of internal control, and the procedures designed to ensure compliance with accounting standards, applicable laws and regulations. Management is also responsible for its assessment of the design and effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accountants are responsible for performing an audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (