AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLANShareholder Rights Plan • September 6th, 2011 • Synovus Financial Corp • National commercial banks • Georgia
Contract Type FiledSeptember 6th, 2011 Company Industry JurisdictionTHIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS PLAN (this “Amendment”) dated as of September 6, 2011, between Synovus Financial Corp., a Georgia corporation (the “Company”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company (“AST”), as rights agent (the “Rights Agent”). Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Rights Plan (as defined below).