---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000018349"
company_name: "SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T11:49:38.009024+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Pinnacle and Synovus complete all-stock merger; combined bank has $117.2B assets

## Summary
- Synovus shareholders receive 0.5237 PNFP shares per SNV share; both legacy stocks delisted.
- Combined firm: $117.2B assets, $95.7B deposits, $80.4B loans as of Sept. 30, 2025.
- Holding company HQ in Atlanta; bank HQ in Nashville; 400+ locations in 9 states.
- Kevin Blair (ex-Synovus CEO) named CEO; Terry Turner (ex-Pinnacle CEO) becomes board chair.
- Board: 8 legacy Pinnacle and 7 legacy Synovus directors; systems conversion expected early 2027.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000018349
- company_name: SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-01-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18349/000114036126000049/0001140361-26-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18349/000114036126000049/ef20061823_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-26-000049.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: c4dc7a37ed94a433cadbe6635faa7fc55d2ecccd
  claim: SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP: Synovus's governing documents ceased to be in effect; Newco's documents were replaced by Pinnacle's amended and restated articles and bylaws upon merger completion.
  evidence_excerpt: At the Effective Time, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of Synovus ceased to be in effect by operation of law. The Articles of Incorporation of Newco and the Bylaws of Newco, in each case as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, were amended and restated by the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18349/000114036126000049/0001140361-26-000049-index.htm
- claim_id: f84b46ec1da6faebd6135c9543c5fe46f75b9989
  claim: SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP underwent a change of control involving Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (closed 2026-01-01).
  evidence_excerpt: Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on the Closing Date, each of Synovus and Pinnacle merged with and into Newco simultaneously, with Newco as the surviving entity (such mergers, collectively, the “Merger”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18349/000114036126000049/0001140361-26-000049-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.