RF-2014.08.268K




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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 21, 2014, David B. Edmonds, 61, a named executive officer, announced his plans to retire from Regions Financial Corporation and Regions Bank (collectively, “Regions”) after a 20-year career at Regions. Mr. Edmonds is resigning his positions as Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of Regions, effective as of September 2, 2014, but will remain with Regions for a period (at least through March 2015) to assist with transition. Regions will not fill the Chief Administrative Officer position and Mr. Edmonds’ responsibilities will be transitioned to other executives.

In connection with his retirement, the Compensation Committee determined to provide Mr. Edmonds with an enhanced retirement benefit under the Regions Financial Corporation Post-2006 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan equal to 65% of his average monthly earnings (as determined under the plan), less his estimated monthly benefits under both Regions’ tax-qualified retirement plan and Social Security, provided Mr. Edmonds executes a general release and waiver of claims upon his retirement.

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.




REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

By:	/s/ Fournier J. Gale, III
Name:	Fournier J. Gale, III
Title:	Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary




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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - (BUSINESS WIRE) -August 27, 2014 - Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE:RF) announced today that David B. Edmonds, its chief administrative officer, plans to retire after a 20-year career at Regions. Edmonds, 61, joined the company in 1994 as Human Resources director and was named chief administrative officer in 2010.

“We appreciate Dave’s many contributions to the company over the past 20 years both as head of Human Resources and in the past four years as chief administrative officer,” said Grayson Hall, Regions chairman, president and CEO. “We thank him for his leadership and service, and we wish him well in his retirement.”

With Edmonds’ decision to retire, the company will not fill the chief administrative officer position. Edmonds will step down as chief administrative officer and a member of the Executive Council effective Sept. 2, 2014, but will remain with the company at least through March 2015 so he can assist with the transition of his responsibilities to other executives.

Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $119 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,700 banking offices and 2,000 ATMs. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.


99.1	Press Release dated August 27, 2014.