Edgar Filing: SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP

Form 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 30, 2010

Date of Report

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Synovus Financial Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Georgia

(State of Incorporation)

1-10312

(Commission File Number)

58-1134883

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1111 Bay Avenue, Suite 500, Columbus, Georgia 31901

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(706) 644-4982

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01

Other Events

On June 30, 2010, Synovus Financial Corp. (the “Company”) completed the mergers of its two remaining Tennessee banks into Synovus Bank. These actions complete the previously announced consolidation of the Company’s 30 separate bank charters operating in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee and South Carolina into a single Georgia state-chartered bank.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Synovus Financial Corp. has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP.

Dated: June 30, 2010	By:	/s/ Samuel F. Hatcher
		Samuel F. Hatcher
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary