Pricing Supplement No. 3

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Securities Offered

  

Maximum Aggregate Offering Price

  

Amount of Registration Fee(1)

7.75% Senior Notes due September 23, 2014   $404,088   $28.81

 

(1) Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) and (r) under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Pricing Supplement No. 3 dated December 28, 2009

(To the Prospectus dated March 31, 2009, as supplemented

by the Prospectus Supplement dated November 25, 2009)

  

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration Statement No. 333-158319

LOGO

$454,000

7.75% Senior Notes due September 23, 2014

Pricing Supplement No. 3

 

Issuer:

Zions Bancorporation

 

Securities Offered:

7.75% Senior Notes due September 23, 2014 (the “Notes”)

 

CUSIP:

989701AX5

 

Aggregate Principal Amount:

$454,000 (of which $250,000 was sold pursuant to the auction, $204,000 was sold pursuant to the “Buy Today” feature, $0 was sold pursuant to the “Institutional Up-Sizing” option and $0 was sold under the distribution agreement with Zions Direct)

 

Auction Agent Fee:

0.75% of Principal Amount sold pursuant to auction, “Institutional Up-Sizing” option and “Buy Today” feature ($3,405)

 

Distribution Agent Fee:

0.75% of Principal Amount sold under the distribution agreement ($0)

 

  Dealers Concession: 0.50% Reallowance: 0.40%

 

Net Proceeds:

$400,654

 

Interest Accrual Date/ Initial Settlement Date:

September 23, 2009

 

Coupon:

7.75%

 

Final Auction Price:

89.011%

 

Final “Buy Today” and Distribution Price to Public:

89.000%

 

Adjusted Issue Price:

$874.392

 

Remaining OID:

$125.608

 

Maturity:

September 23, 2014

Investing in the Notes involves certain risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-4 of the prospectus supplement dated November 25, 2009 to read about certain factors you should consider before buying the Notes.

The Notes will be our senior unsecured obligations. The Notes are not savings accounts, deposits or other obligations of any of the issuer’s banks or non-bank subsidiaries and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other government agency. The Notes are not guaranteed under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program.

The Notes will not be listed on any U.S. securities exchange or quotation system. Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this pricing supplement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

We may use this pricing supplement in the initial sale of the Notes. In addition, Zions Direct, Inc. or another of our affiliates may use this pricing supplement in market resale transactions in any Notes after their initial sale. Unless we or our agent informs you otherwise in the confirmation of sale, this pricing supplement is being used in a market resale transaction.

Zions Direct, Inc.

$454,000

7.75% Senior Notes due September 23, 2014

Pricing Supplement No. 3 (continued)

 

 

Series:   

The Notes are part of a series of debt securities entitled “7.75% Senior Notes due September 23, 2014” that we may issue under the Indenture.

 

This is a reopening of the Notes that we initially issued on September 23, 2009. As of December 28, 2009, there was $458,352,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding, not including the Notes offered by this pricing supplement. All of the Notes being offered hereby pursuant to the auction (including amounts issuable under the “Buy Today” feature and the “Institutional Up-Sizing Option”) or distributed by the distribution agent under the distribution agreement, are a part of the same series of, and have the same CUSIP as, the Notes that initially settled on September 23, 2009. Upon settlement, the Notes offered by this pricing supplement will be fungible with the Notes of this series we have previously issued.

 

We may re-open this series of Notes, and issue additional Notes of this series under the Indenture in the future.

Interest Accrual:    Because these Notes form a part of the same series of Notes that were first issued on September 23, 2009, Investors who purchase these Notes will be required to pay, in addition to the applicable purchase price of the Notes, an amount equal to the interest that has accrued on the Notes from and including the Interest Accrual Date (September 23, 2009) up to, but not including, the Reopening Settlement Date (expected to be December 31, 2009).
Interest Payment Dates:    Interest will be paid semiannually on September 23 and March 23, beginning on March 23, 2010, to holders of record as of the preceding September 8 and March 8, respectively.
Day Count:    30/360
Use of Proceeds:    The net cash proceeds from the sale will be used for general corporate purposes. Pending such use, we may temporarily invest net proceeds in interest-bearing, investment-grade securities.
Exchange Listing:    The Notes will not be listed on any national securities exchange.
Denomination:    We will issue the Notes in denominations of $1,000 and in integral multiples thereof.
Book-Entry System:    The Notes will be issued only in fully registered form without interest coupons. Beneficial interests in the Notes will be shown on, and transfers of those beneficial interest can only be made through, records maintained by the Depository Trust Company and its participants.
Ratings:   

BBB (Rating Outlook Negative) (Fitch); BBB (low) (Trend Negative) (DBRS); and BBB- (Outlook Negative) (Standard & Poor’s).

 

A rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities. Ratings may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating.

Auction / Distribution Agent:    Zions Direct, Inc.
Trustee:    The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Authenticating / Issuing / Paying Agent:    Zions First National Bank
Reopening Settlement Date:    It is expected that the delivery of the Notes will be made against payment for the Notes on December 31, 2009, which is the third business day after the allocation of the Notes by our auction agent (the settlement cycle being referred to as T+3). You should note that if you purchase the Notes using the “Buy Today” feature or through the distribution agent, your settlement cycle may be longer than T+3. Trading in the Notes from the date of such purchase until settlement may be affected by this longer settlement cycle.