UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 31, 2008
ZIONS BANCORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Utah | 001-12307 | 87-0227400 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| One South Main, Suite 1134, Salt Lake City, Utah |
84111 | |
| (Address of Principal Executive Office) | (Zip Code) |
(801) 524-4787
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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| ITEM 8.01. | OTHER EVENTS. |
On March 31, 2008, Zions Bancorporation (the “Registrant”) entered into a Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with its wholly-owned subsidiary Zions Direct, Inc., relating to the issuance and sale of the Registrant’s Senior Medium-Term Notes Due Three Years or Less From the Date Issued, Series A (the “Notes”). The Registrant may sell at various times an indeterminate amount of Notes that will not exceed a maximum aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 outstanding at any given time, unless this limitation is subsequently modified by the Registrant’s board of directors.
The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-132868) (the “Registration Statement”) previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). A Copy of the Distribution Agreement is filed as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
| ITEM 9.01. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. |
The Registrant hereby files the following exhibit to, and incorporates such exhibit by reference in, the Registration Statement supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement filed with the SEC on March 6, 2008, and as further supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement No. 2 filed with the SEC on March 31, 2008, or otherwise pursuant to requirements of Form 8-K:
1.1 Distribution Agreement, dated March 31, 2008.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Zions Bancorporation | ||||||||
| Date: April 14, 2008 | By: | /s/ THOMAS E. LAURSEN | ||||||
| Thomas E. Laursen | ||||||||
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Distribution Agreement, dated March 31, 2008. | |