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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2005

Registration No. 333-54552
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


Regions Financial Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
63-0589368
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
417 North 20th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
(205) 944-1300

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
R. Alan Deer
General Counsel
Regions Financial Corporation
417 North 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35203
(901) 580-5768

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:
Frank M. Conner III
Alston & Bird
llp
North Building, 10th Floor
601 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004-2601
Phone: (202) 756-3300
Facsimile: (202) 756-3333


     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: Not Applicable

     If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

     If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. o

     If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o


     If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o


     If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. o


          This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 shall become effective in accordance with Section 8(c) of the Securities act of 1933, as amended, on such a date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(c), may determine.

 
 

 


 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     On January 29, 2001, Regions Financial Corporation (the “Registrant”) registered, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 333-54552 (the “Registration Statement”), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Registrant’s (i) senior debt securities, (ii) subordinated debt securities, and (iii) preferred stock (“Registered Securities”). The Registration Statement was amended prior to effectiveness on February 8, 2001.

     On July 1, 2004, the Registrant and Union Planters Corporation (Central Index Key 0000100893) merged into New Regions Financial Corporation (Central Index Key 0001281761) (the “Successor Company”), and the Successor Company changed its name to Regions Financial Corporation immediately following the merger.

     As successor to the Registrant of the Registration Statement, the Successor Company is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement to deregister the $212,500,000 amount of Registered Securities that represent the balance of unissued Registered Securities under the Registration Statement and none of such $212,500,000 Registered Securities to be deregistered have been sold as of the date this Amendment is filed.

 


 

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Birmingham, and the State of Alabama, on the 22nd day of April, 2005.

         
  REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
 
 
  By:   /s/ Carl E. Jones, Jr.    
    Carl E. Jones, Jr.   
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   
 
         
  REGIONS FINANCING TRUST I
 
 
  By:   Regions Financial Corporation, as successor to the depositor    
     
    /s/ Carl E. Jones, Jr.    
    Carl E. Jones, Jr.   
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   
 
         
  REGIONS FINANCING TRUST II
 
 
  By:   Regions Financial Corporation, as successor to the depositor    
     
    /s/ Carl E. Jones, Jr.    
    Carl E. Jones, Jr.   
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer   

 


 

         

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement or amendment has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

         
Signature   Title   Date
/s/ Carl E. Jones, Jr.   Chairman, Chief   April 22, 2005
         
Carl E. Jones, Jr.   Executive Officer, and Director  
         
/s/ Jackson W. Moore   President, CEO Designate, and Director   April 22, 2005
         
Jackson W. Moore        
         
/s/ D. Bryan Jordan   Executive Vice President and   April 22, 2005
         
D. Bryan Jordan   Chief Financial Officer  
         
/s/ Ronald C. Jackson   Senior Vice President and Comptroller   April 22, 2005
         
Ronald C. Jackson        
         
/s/ Richard D. Horsley   Vice Chairman, Director and Chief   April 22, 2005
         
Richard D. Horsley   Operating Officer  
         
/s/ Allen B. Morgan, Jr.   Vice Chairman, Director and Chairman,   April 22, 2005
         
Allen B. Morgan, Jr.   Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.  
         
/s/ Albert M. Austin   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Albert M. Austin        
         
/s/ Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.        
         
/s/ George W. Bryan   Director   April 22, 2005
         
George W. Bryan        
         
/s/ James S.M. French   Director   April 22, 2005
         
James S. M. French        
         
/s/ Margaret H. Greene   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Margaret H. Greene        
         
/s/ James E. Harwood   Director   April 22, 2005
         
James E. Harwood        
         
/s/ Parnell S. Lewis, Jr.   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Parnell S. Lewis, Jr.        
         
/s/ Susan W. Matlock   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Susan W. Matlock        
         
/s/ Jorge M. Perez   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Jorge M. Perez        
         
/s/ Malcolm Portera   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Malcolm Portera        
         
/s/ Lou Ann Poynter   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Lou Ann Poynter        
         
/s/ John R. Roberts   Director   April 22, 2005
         
John R. Roberts        

 


 

         
Signature   Title   Date
/s/ Michael S. Starnes   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Michael S. Starnes        
         
/s/ W. Woodrow Stewart   Director   April 22, 2005
         
W. Woodrow Stewart        
         
/s/ Lee J. Styslinger, III   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Lee J. Styslinger, III        
         
/s/ Richard A. Trippeer, Jr.   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Richard A. Trippeer, Jr.        
         
/s/ Robert R. Waller, M.D.   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Robert R. Waller, M.D.        
         
/s/ John H. Watson   Director   April 22, 2005
         
John H. Watson        
         
/s/ C. Kemmons Wilson, Jr.   Director   April 22, 2005
         
C. Kemmons Wilson, Jr.        
         
/s/ Spence L. Wilson   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Spence L. Wilson        
         
/s/ Harry W. Witt   Director   April 22, 2005
         
Harry W. Witt