SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

May 22, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP (SNV)
CIK: 0000018349
Period of Report: 2012-05-18

Reporting Person: Stelling Kessel D (Director, Chairman, CEO, & President)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-05-18	Salary Stock Unit	$0.00	A	7054	Acquired		Common Stock (7054)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Option	$8.93	2015-01-01	Common Stock (2354)	2354	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Salary stock units ("SSUs") are restricted stock units issued bi-weekly as a portion of the reporting person's salary compensation, net of withholdings and deductions, and are issued under the Synovus Financial Corp. 2007 Omnibus Plan. An SSU represents the right to receive a cash payment equal to the future value of a share of Synovus common stock. For more information, please see the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Synovus on March 16, 2012. SSUs are fully vested on the date of grant and will settle in cash on February 15, 2013.

F2: These stock options were inadvertently omitted in the reporting person's prior reports due to the administrative error of the Issuer's prior plan agent.