-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BHqzxAuOWbTk7CYwinBC+7TYdhdHYM1i3Cs1w5l7aqB8B5sdGO1u/ko+Efus47QO e2B31SjfcOFEFb78ndZswA== 0000914062-08-000410.txt : 20080813 0000914062-08-000410.hdr.sgml : 20080813 20080813172611 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914062-08-000410 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080811 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080813 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080813 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000018349 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 581134883 STATE OF INCORPORATION: GA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 BAY AVENUE STREET 2: STE 500 PO BOX 120 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31901 BUSINESS PHONE: 7066494818 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 BAY AVENUE STREET 2: STE 500 PO BOX 120 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31901 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CB&T BANCSHARES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19890912 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAMPTON MASON H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001128838 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10312 FILM NUMBER: 081014450 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O GARILOU PAGE STREET 2: 901 FRONT AVENUE, SUITE 202 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31901 BUSINESS PHONE: 706-649-4793 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1111 BAY AVENUE, SUITE 501 CITY: COLUMBUS STATE: GA ZIP: 31901 4 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0303 4 2008-08-11 0000018349 SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP SNV 0001128838 LAMPTON MASON H P.O. BOX 120 COLUMBUS GA 31902 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2008-08-11 4 J 0 682 11.0049 A 104494 D Common Stock 2794 I By Spouse Common Stock 176187 I Held in Trust Purchase through Issuer's Director Stock Purchase Plan. Includes 207 shares acquired through dividend reinvestment. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. Exhibit List Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Mary Maurice Young, Attorney-in-Fact 2008-08-13 EX-24 2 lamptonpoa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Unassociated Document
EXHIBIT 24
 

 
POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Samuel F. Hatcher and Mary Maurice Young, and each of them, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

 
(1)
execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder pertaining to the undersigned's ownership of, and transactions in, Synovus Financial Corp. (the "Company") securities;

 
(2)
do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

 
(3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company  assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of July, 2008.

    /s/ Mason H. Lampton
 
Signature
   
   
    Mason H. Lampton
 
Printed Name
   

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