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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 view of our strategy and management decision-making, as he is not responsible for overseeing our day-to-day operations. In addition, Mr. McGraw provides insight on the current state of our overall operations, future prospects and the risks the Company and the Bank face. With such a deep knowledge of the Company and the Bank, Mr. McGraw is well suited to lead the board’s discussions.

Lead Director. John M. Creekmore serves as “lead director” of our board of directors and is a member of the board’s executive committee. The members of the board who satisfy the tests to be considered an “independent director” for purposes of the NYSE Listed Company Manual select our lead director; no lead director is required if the chairman qualifies as an “independent director.”

The lead director serves as an independent counterbalance to the chairman of the board and essentially as a co-equal. Mr. Creekmore has been a director since 1997, predating our chairman’s service on the board, which we believe adds weight to his independent voice on the board. The duties of the lead director are described in our Bylaws and include the following:

• Scheduling and setting the agenda for board meetings with the chairman;

• Scheduling, setting the agenda for, and chairing all executive sessions of the “independent directors” of the board;

• Determining the appropriate materials to be sent to directors for all meetings;

• Acting as a liaison between the board and the chief executive officer and our other executive officers;

• Assisting the compensation committee in evaluating the chief executive officer’s performance;

• Assisting the nominating committee in its annual assessment of the board’s committee structure and each committee’s performance; and

• Overseeing the board’s communications with our shareholders.

In addition, the lead director may call the board into executive session to discuss matters outside the presence of the chairman and other non-independent directors. The lead director is also expected to familiarize himself with the Company, the Bank and the banking industry in general. He also is expected to keep abreast of developments in the principles of good corporate governance.

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#### Board Committees
The members of each of our executive, audit, nominating, compensation and ERM committees as of the date of this proxy statement, and a brief description of each committee’s function, are below.

| Executive Committee              |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| John M. Creekmore, Chair         
 Neal A. Holland, Jr., Vice-Chair