SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2002

Dec 12, 2002

4 1 anthony.htm RICHARD ANTHONY - DECEMBER 2002 HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" SEC Form 4

FORM 4 [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2001 Estimated average burden hours per response. . . . . 0.5

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Anthony, Richard E (Last) (First) (Middle) P. O. Box 120 (Street) Columbus, GA 31902-0120 (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Synovus Financial Corp. SNV 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) 4. Statement for (Month/Year) December 2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer Other Officer/Other Description Vice Chairman 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Individual Filing Joint/Group Filing

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

| 1. Title of
Security (Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction
Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3.
Transaction Code and Voluntary Code (Instr.
8) Code | V | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or
Disposed (D) Of (Instr. 3, 4, and
5) Amount |
A/D |
Price | 5. Amount
of Securities Beneficially Owned
at End of
Month (Instr. 3 and 4) | 6.
Owner- ship Form: Direct(D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 4) | 7. Nature
of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Common Stock | 12/10/2002 | M | | 75,938.00 | A | $4.51 | 521,503.99 | D | |
| Common Stock | | | | 123,500.00 | I | Anthony Family Partnership |
| Common Stock | | | | 69,031.00 | I | By Spouse |
| Common Stock | | | | 163.00 | I | By Spouse (IRA) |
| Common Stock | | | | 1,410.00 | I | Held by IRA - R.E. Anthony |

Anthony, Richard E - December 2002

Form 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

| 1. Title of Derivative
Security (Instr. 3) | 2.
Conver- sion
or Exercise Price
of Deri- vative Security | 3.
Transaction Date (Month/ Day/ Year) | 4.
Transaction Code and Voluntary
(V) Code (Instr.8) Code | V | 5. Number of
Derivative Securities Acquired
(A) or Disposed (D)
Of (Instr. 3,4 and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable(DE)
and Expiration
Date(ED) (Month/Day/Year) (DE) | (ED) | 7. Title and Amount
of Underlying
Securities (Instr. 3 and 4) | 9. Number
of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at
End
of Month (Instr.4) | 10. Owner- ship Form
of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Employee Stock Option (right to buy)a
(1) | $4.51 | 12/10/2002 | M | | (D) 75,938.00 | 12/31/1997 | 12/31/2002 | Common Stock - 75,938.00 | 0.00 | D |

Explanation of Responses :

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, See Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB number. ________ 12-12-2002 ** Signature of Reporting Person Date By Garilou Page as Attorney in Fact for Richard E Anthony Page 2 SEC 1474 (3-99)

Anthony, Richard E - December 2002

Form 4 (continued)

FOOTNOTE Descriptions for Synovus Financial Corp. SNV Form 4 - December 2002 Richard E Anthony P. O. Box 120 Columbus, GA 31902-0120 Explanation of responses: (1) This derivative security was inadvertently omitted from the reporting person's Form 3 report dated 1/19/1993.

Page 3