OREANDA-NEWS. Bank of America Corporation today announced preliminary results of matters voted upon during the company’s 2017 annual meeting of stockholders. Stockholders:

Elected the 14 board of director nominees (preliminary percentages below).

Approved the "Say on Pay" executive compensation resolution with approximately 96 percent of the vote cast in favor.

Approved the "Say on Frequency" resolution with approximately 89 percent of the vote cast in favor of annual future advisory votes on executive compensation.

Ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2017 with approximately 99 percent of the votes cast in favor.

Further, stockholders did not approve any of the stockholder proposals, with:

Approximately 6 percent of the vote cast in favor of a proposal that the board amend the company’s general clawback policy.

Approximately 3 percent of the vote cast in favor of a proposal that the board analyze divestiture of non-core assets.

Approximately 33 percent of the vote cast in favor of the proposal that the board amend governing documents to require the chair, whenever possible, to be an independent member of the board.

Approximately 15 percent of the vote cast in favor of a proposal that the board prepare a gender pay gap report.

The approximate percentage of votes cast in favor of each director:

Sharon L. Allen: 99 percent

Susan S. Bies: 99 percent

Jack O. Bovender, Jr.: 98 percent

Frank P. Bramble, Sr.: 99 percent

Pierre J.P. de Weck: 99 percent

Arnold W. Donald: 90 percent

Linda P. Hudson: 99 percent

Monica C. Lozano: 99 percent

Thomas J. May: 97 percent

Brian T. Moynihan: 97 percent

Lionel L. Nowell, III: 99 percent

Michael D. White: 99 percent

Thomas D. Woods: 99 percent

R. David Yost: 99 percent

Results are considered preliminary, with final figures reported on a Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.