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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:15%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM 8-K
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September&nbsp;30, 2013 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ZIONS BANCORPORATION </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>001-12307</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>87-0227400</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Commission</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>File Number)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One South Main, 15<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Office)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(801) 524-4787 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>N/A </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former Name or
Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Zions Bancorporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;) hereby incorporates the Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the
issuance and sale by the Company of the following debt securities by reference into the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173299) as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated March&nbsp;18, 2013: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">$10,577,000 3.05% Senior Medium-Term Notes due February&nbsp;15, 2017 </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:24pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Sullivan&nbsp;&amp; Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Callister Nebeker&nbsp;&amp; McCullough (included in Exhibit 5.2).</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas E. Laursen</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas E. Laursen</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President
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<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Exhibit No.</U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Description</U> </P>
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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): September 30, 2013
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, 15
th
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 Exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the
issuance and sale by the Company of the following debt securities by reference into the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173299) as supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement dated March 18, 2013:
•
$10,577,000 3.05% Senior Medium-Term Notes due February 15, 2017
5.1
Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
5.2
Opinion of Callister Nebeker & McCullough.
23.1
Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Callister Nebeker & McCullough (included in Exhibit 5.2).
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: September 30, 2013
By:
/s/ Thomas E. Laursen
Thomas E. Laursen
Executive Vice President
and
General Counsel
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5.1
Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
5.2
Opinion of Callister Nebeker & McCullough.
23.1
Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Callister Nebeker & McCullough (included in Exhibit 5.2).