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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

October 20, 2015

Date of Report

(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Synovus Financial Corp.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Georgia

  1-10312   58-1134883

(State of Incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

1111 Bay Avenue, Suite 500, Columbus, Georgia 31901

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(706) 649-2311

(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)

 

  ¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

                  On October 20, 2015, Synovus Financial Corp. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2015.

 

                  Pursuant to General Instruction F to Current Report on Form 8-K, the press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and only those portions of the press release related to the historical results of operations of the Company for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2015 are incorporated into this Item 2.02 by reference. The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the information set forth in the press release filed as Exhibit 99.1 to, and incorporated in, this Current Report is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Exhibit 99.1 furnished pursuant to this Item 2.02 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other documents pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

                  On October 20, 2015, the Company made available the supplemental information (the “Supplemental Information”) and slide presentation (“Slide Presentation”) prepared for use with the press release. The investor call and webcast will be held at 8:30 a.m., ET, on October 20, 2015.

 

                  Pursuant to General Instruction F to Current Report on Form 8-K, the Supplemental Information and the Slide Presentation are attached to this Current Report as Exhibits 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3, respectively, and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference. The information contained in this Item 7.01, including the information set forth in the Supplemental Information and Slide Presentation filed as Exhibit 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3 to, and incorporated in, this Current Report, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in Exhibit 99.2 and Exhibit 99.3 furnished pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other documents pursuant to the Securities Act or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

                 

On October 20, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors

 

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  had approved a share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to $300 million of its common stock, par value $1.00 per share, over the next fifteen months.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

       (d)      Exhibits
       Exhibit No.      Description
       99.1      Synovus press release dated October 20, 2015
       99.2      Supplemental Information prepared for use with the press release
       99.3      Slide presentation prepared for use with the press release

 

 

 

 

 

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Signature

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

 

   

SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP.

(“Synovus”)

Dated: October 20, 2015     By:   /s/Allan E. Kamensky
          Allan E. Kamensky
     

    Executive Vice President,

    General Counsel and Secretary

 

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