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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 2, 2011 (May 27, 2011)

ZIONS BANCORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

UTAH
  
001-12307
  
87-0227400
(State of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 
 
ONE SOUTH MAIN,
15th FLOOR,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
  
84133
 
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 801-524-4787

N/A
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
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ITEM 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Zions Bancorporation (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of the Stockholders on May 27, 2011. At the meeting, stockholders elected six directors for the term of one year;  ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditor; approved, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers named in the proxy statement with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010; voted against a shareholder proposal that the Board adopt a policy requiring the Board to review and determine whether to clawback incentive compensation paid to senior executives over the past five years.

The results were as follows:

1. Election of six (6) director nominees for a one-year term.
 
 
Director
Vote For
% For 
(not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Against
% Against 
(not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Abstentions /
Broker Non-Votes
 
Jerry C. Atkin
133,309,529
98.4%
2,118,336
1.6%
19,264,740
 
Roger B. Porter
132,894,154
98.1%
2,538,484
1.9%
19,259,968
 
Stephen D. Quinn
133,732,574
98.8%
1,689,876
1.2%
19,270,155
 
L. E. Simmons
132,177,879
97.6%
3,268,886
2.4%
19,245,840
 
Shelley Thomas Williams
133,084,786
98.3%
2,297,727
1.7%
19,310,092
 
Steven C. Wheelwright
133,873,659
98.9%
1,553,227
1.1%
19,265,719



2. Ratification of the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to audit the Company’s financial statements for the current fiscal year.
 
Vote For
% For
 (not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Vote Against
% Against
 (not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Abstentions /
Broker Non-Votes
153,592,870
99.4%
994,407
0.6%
105,328




3. Approval, on a nonbinding advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company’s executive officers named in the proxy statement with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.
 
Vote For
% For
(not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Vote Against
% Against
(not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Abstentions /
Broker Non-Votes
130,435,587
96.4%
4,862,129
3.6%
19,394,889

 
 
 
4. Shareholder proposal that the Board of Directors adopt a policy to review and determine whether to seek recoupment of bonuses and other incentive compensation.
 
Vote For
% For
(not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Vote Against
% Against
(not including abstentions and broker non-votes)
Abstentions /
Broker Non-Votes
47,152,734
35.6%
85,146,690
64.4%
22,393,181
 
 
 
 
 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
  
       
Date: June 2, 2011
By:
/s/ THOMAS E. LAURSEN
  
   
Name:    Thomas E. Laursen
  
   
Title:       Executive Vice President and General Counsel