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UNITED STATES
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
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 12, 2018
Synovus Financial Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Georgia | 1-10312 | 58-1134883 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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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)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On June 12, 2018, Synovus Financial Corp. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell (the “Offering”) to the Underwriters an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Fixed-To-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D, with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, of the Company (the “Series D Preferred Stock”), as described in a prospectus supplement, dated June 12, 2018, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 14, 2018.
The shares of Series D Preferred Stock to be issued and sold by the Company in the Offering were registered pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Commission File No. 333-212916), which was filed with the Commission on August 4, 2016 (the “Registration Statement”).
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of the Company, conditions to closing, indemnification obligations of the Company and the Underwriters, and termination and other customary provisions.
The Company expects the offering to close on June 21, 2018, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein and into the Registration Statement.
Item 8.01 Other Events
On June 12, 2018, the Company issued a press release in connection with the commencement of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. | Description |
1.1 | |
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99.1 | |
SIGNATURE
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.
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Date: June 15, 2018 | By: | /s/ Allan E. Kamensky | |
| Name: | Allan E. Kamensky | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |