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Bailout Bank Bio: Zions Bancorporation

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November 12, 2008
Programs: Budget & Tax

Zions Bancorporation is expected to receive $1.4 billion in bailout funds from the Department of the Treasury.

Zions is a financial services company providing a range of banking services, with operations primarily in Utah, California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Zions owns and operates eight commercial banks with over 500 branch offices. It was started in 1873 in the Utah Territory, which made it Utah's first chartered savings bank and trust company.

Zions is a very large regional bank that had recently been trying to financially rebound from a slew of bad real estate, development and construction loans.
 


 
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Political Contributions | Related ArticlesBank Bio Chart
 
 
►Financial Documents
 
10-16-2008 Third Quarter Earnings Press Release 
 
09-20-2008  Third Quarter Form 10Q
 
09-08-2008 Lehman Brothers Prospectus Report
 
03-10-2008 Shareholder Prospectus
 
12-31-2007 Zions Bankcorporation Form 10-K

2007 Annual Report
 

►Federal contracts

No federal contracts found

 

►Lobbying reports (if any)

 
Third Quarter 2008

  Marshal Brachman  |  Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
 

►Political Contributions

Center for Responsive Politics  (Last Accessed 11/12/08).

 

►Related Articles

10-29-2008. Commerce Banks’ parent to get bailout money (Portland Business Journal)

10-28-2008. Zions Bancorp to get $1.4 bln from US Treasury (Reuters)

10-28-2008. Zions Bancorporation (ZION) Reduces Dividend by 26% (StreetInsider.com)

10-19-2008 Zions Bancorporation Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript (Seeking Alpha.com)

10-17-2008. Zions Bancorporation profits dive (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

10-17-2008. Zions Bancorp’s Bad Loans Begin to Pile up (ZION) (Dividend.com)

10-16-2008. Zions Bancorp profit falls on real estate exposure (Reuters)

10-16-2008 Zions Bancorporation Reports Earnings of $0.31 Per Diluted Common Share for Third Quarter 2008 (Market Watch)

04-02-2007 ZION - Zions BanCorp: Growth through Acquisition (Cross Point.com)

 

 

Bailout Bank Bio: Zions Bancorporation

 

Federal Equity Investment

$1.4 billion

Total Revenue

$3.78 billion (2007)
$3.53 billion (2008)

Net Income (Loss)

$493.75 million (2007)
(266.3 million) (2008)

Number of Employees

10,971 (September, 2008)

Corporate Headquarters

Salt Lake City, Utah

Business Sector

Banking

Officers and Directors

Harris H. Simmons, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer 

Corporate Website

http://www.zionsbancorporation.com/

Executive Compensation

Zions Bancorporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Last Updated March 13, 2009

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