Regions Financial (RF) Form 4 REGIONS FINANCIAL / William D. Ritter ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Ritter William D.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

P. O. BOX 10247

(Street)

BIRMINGHAM AL 35202-0247

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP [ RF ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
SEVP

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/02/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/02/2018		M		105,265	A	$6.54	181,924	D
Common Stock	05/02/2018		M		83,150	A	$7	265,074	D
Common Stock	05/02/2018		F(1)		5,364	D	$18.6409	259,710	D
Common Stock	05/02/2018		S		41,452	D	$18.6409(2)	218,258	D
Common Stock	05/02/2018		S		70,881	D	$18.6409(2)	147,377	D
Common Stock	05/02/2018		F(3)		112,170	D	$18.6409	35,207	D
Common Stock								1,012.602(4)	I	By 401(k)
Common Stock								989.0954	I	By Spouse IRA
Common Stock (phantom stock)								1,543.9628(4)	I	Indirect - By 401 (k) Supplemental Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$6.54	05/02/2018		M			105,265	06/01/2012	05/31/2021	Common Stock	105,265	$0.0000	0.0000	D
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$7	05/02/2018		M			83,150	06/22/2011	06/21/2020	Common Stock	83,150	$0.0000	0.0000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Price per share of shares netted and sold, representing payment of exercise price of incentive stock options. Valued at execution price.

2. Weighted average execution price.

3. Price per share of shares withheld and sold, representing payment of exercise price of nonqualified options and associated tax liability. Valued at execution price.

4. Expressed as ownership units in the plan's unitized employer stock fund, which is managed such that each unit is intended to approximate the economic value of one share of common stock.

	Lachelle S. Koon - Attorney -in-Fact	05/03/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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