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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

May 1, 2018 (April 26, 2018)
Date of Report
(Date of Earliest Event Reported)

Synovus Financial Corp.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Georgia
(State of Incorporation)
1-10312
(Commission File Number)
58-1134883
(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)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

With the retirement of Liliana C. McDaniel as the Chief Accounting Officer of Synovus Financial Corp. (the “Company”) on April 30, 2018, the Company is in the process of conducting a search for her replacement. Until such time as a new chief accounting officer is named, the performance of the chief accounting officer functions will be assumed by Kevin S. Blair, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.


Item 5.07
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders was held on April 26, 2018. Following is a summary of the proposals that were submitted to the shareholders for approval and a tabulation of the votes with respect to each proposal.

Proposal 1

The proposal was to elect as directors the 14 nominees named in the proxy statement for the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Nominee
Votes For
Vote Against
Abstentions
 
 
 
 
Catherine A. Allen
239,503,899
1,246,940
587,241
Tim E. Bentsen
240,309,003
438,853
590,224
F. Dixon Brooke, Jr.
240,306,614
435,815
595,651
Stephen T. Butler
160,653,718
80,100,784
583,578
Elizabeth W. Camp
239,614,404
1,134,470
589,206
Diana M. Murphy
240,294,254
455,330
588,496
Jerry W. Nix
239,943,453
805,550
589,077
Harris Pastides
240,285,488
463,381
589,211
Joseph J. Prochaska, Jr.
240,305,957
442,786
589,337
John L. Stallworth
240,272,882
473,761
591,437
Kessel D. Stelling, Jr.
238,632,798
1,753,414
951,868
Melvin T. Stith
239,278,914
1,471,306
587,860
Barry L. Storey
240,300,021
446,681
591,378
Philip W. Tomlinson
239,784,787
965,106
588,187


There were 19,323,530 broker non-votes for each director on this proposal.







Proposal 2

The proposal was an advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as determined by the Compensation Committee.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
232,362,011
7,969,213
1,006,856
19,323,530


Proposal 3

The proposal was to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
 
 
 
 
259,188,267
1,392,784
80,559
0







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: May 1, 2018
By: /s/ Allan E. Kamensky
 
       Allan E. Kamensky
 
       Executive Vice President, General
 
       Counsel and Secretary