SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Oct 9, 2012

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP (SNV)
CIK: 0000018349
Period of Report: 2012-09-27

Reporting Person: Stanford Debra B. (Executive Vice President)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	99442	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option	$10.57	2013-07-15	Common Stock (2140)		Direct
Stock Option	$12.22	2014-07-01	Common Stock (5352)		Direct
Stock Option	$13.78	2015-06-16	Common Stock (5887)		Direct
Stock Option	$2.80	2020-01-31	Common Stock (21429)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes (1) 7,301 shares acquired through Issuer's Employee Stock Purchase Plan; (2) 288 shares acquired through Issuer's 401(k) Plan; (3) 67,183 shares that are subject to restricted stock units with various vesting in the future; (4) 18,487 salary stock units which are issued bi-weekly as a portion of the reporting person's salary compensation, net of withholdings and deductions, under the Synovus Financial Corp. 2007 Omnibus Plan; and (5) 6,183 shares of additional stock.

F2: Stock options vested 100% on the three year anniversary of the grant date (July 2, 2004).

F3: Stock options vested 100% on the three year anniversary of the grant date (June 17, 2005).

F4: Stock options vested 50% on the two year anniversary of the grant date (February 1, 2010) and will vest the remaining 50% on the three year anniversary of the grant date.