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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 1998
Registration No. 33-36936
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Regions Financial Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware 63-0589368
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.)
417 North 20th Street, Birmingham, AL 35203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Regions Financial Corporation Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
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Samuel E. Upchurch, Jr.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
417 North 20th Street
Birmingham, AL 35203
(Name and address of agent for service)
(205) 326-7860
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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Copies to:
Charles C. Pinckney
Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville
417 North 20th Street, Suite 1700
Birmingham, Al 35203
(205) 250-5000
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PART II
The Registrant Regions Financial Corporation ("Regions") hereby removes
from registration by this post-effective amendment all the securities registered
hereunder which remain unsold. Shares of common stock of Regions presently being
offered and sold under the Regions Financial Corporation Employee Stock Purchase
Plan are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 under Registration
Statement filed by Regions on Form S-8, number 333-43677. Participants'
participation interests in such plan no longer constitute separate securities by
virtue of an amendment to the Plan which took effect on January 1, 1998.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the registrant has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Birmingham, State of Alabama, on March 25, 1998.
REGISTRANT:
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
BY: /S/ Richard D. Horsley
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Richard D. Horsley
Vice Chairman of the Board and
Executive Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment
to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/ Carl E. Jones, Jr. President and Chief Executive March 25, 1998
- -------------------------- Officer and Director
Carl E. Jones, Jr. (principal executive officer)
/s/ Richard D. Horsley Executive Financial Officer March 25, 1998
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Richard D. Horsley (principal financial officer)
/s/ Robert P. Houston Executive Vice President and March 25, 1998
- -------------------------- Comptroller
Robert P. Houston (principal accounting officer)
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/s/ Sheila S. Blair
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
Sheila S. Blair
/s/ William R. Boles, Sr.
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
William R. Boles, Sr.
/s/ James B. Boone, Jr.
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
James B. Boone, Jr.
/s/ Albert P. Brewer
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
Albert P. Brewer
/s/ James S.M. French
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
James S.M. French
/s/ Olin B. King
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
Olin B. King
/s/ J. Stanley Mackin
- -------------------------- Chairman of the Board and March 25, 1998
J. Stanley Mackin Director
/s/ Henry E. Simpson
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
Henry E. Simpson
/s/ Lee J. Styslinger, Jr.
- -------------------------- Director March 25, 1998
Lee J. Styslinger, Jr.
- -------------------------- Director
Robert J. Williams
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