8-K

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): February 8, 2018

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	001-34034	63-0589368
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1900 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 734-4667

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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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

In accordance with the Regions Financial Corporation Corporate Governance Principles, Director David J. Cooper, Sr., having reached the mandatory retirement age of 72, will retire from the Board of Directors of Regions Financial Corporation ("Regions") at the expiration of his current term immediately prior to the call to order of the Regions' 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and will not stand for re-election as a Director. Mr. Cooper's retirement was accepted by the Board of Directors on February 8, 2018. The Annual Meeting of Stockholders is scheduled to occur on April 25, 2018. The press release announcing the retirement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.    Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press Release of February 8, 2018

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.

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Fournier J. Gale, III
Name:	Fournier J. Gale, III
Title:	Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Date: February 8, 2018

EX-99.1

EXHIBIT 99.1

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205-264-4551

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Regions Financial Corp. Director David J. Cooper Sr. to Retire

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Feb. 8, 2018 - Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) today announced that David J. Cooper Sr. will retire from the company’s board of directors effective April 25, 2018, having reached the board’s mandatory retirement age of 72.

Cooper has served as a director since 2005. He currently serves on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Compensation Committee. Cooper is the vice chairman of Cooper/T. Smith Corporation, a privately held corporation that is one of the largest stevedoring and maritime-related firms in the United States.

“David has served with distinction over the past 13 years as a member of our board of directors, and during that time, he has consistently proven to be a principled, strategic, and resolute leader,” said Regions Chairman and CEO Grayson Hall. “I greatly appreciate his guidance and commitment to the success of the company during a historic time of change within the financial services industry.”

Regions’ directors are elected at the annual meeting of stockholders each year. The board of directors currently has 14 members. Under Regions’ Corporate Governance Principles, each director should retire immediately prior to the call to order of the next annual stockholders’ meeting of the Company following his or her 72^nd birthday. The board has determined that effective at the annual meeting of stockholders, the board will consist of 13 members to be elected for a term of one year expiring at the 2019 annual meeting.

About Regions Financial Corporation

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $124 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,500 banking offices and 1,900 ATMs. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.

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