Form 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): May 26, 2011

 

 

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, 15th Floor

Salt Lake City, Utah

   84133
(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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Zions Bancorporation (the “Company”) hereby incorporates the Exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K, relating to the issuance and sale by the Company of its common stock under its Amended and Restated Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan, by reference into the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173299) as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated May 26, 2011.

 

5.1    Opinion of Callister Nebeker & McCullough.
23.1    Consent of Callister Nebeker & McCullough (included in Exhibit 5.1).

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: May 26, 2011   By:  

/s/ Thomas E. Laursen

        Thomas E. Laursen
        Executive Vice President and
        General Counsel

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

  5.1

    Opinion of Callister Nebeker & McCullough.

23.1

    Consent of Callister Nebeker & McCullough (included in Exhibit 5.1).