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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-26-000920
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	15-12G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260112
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20260112

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000018349
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				581134883
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			X1
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		15-12G
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-10312
		FILM NUMBER:		26525006

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		33 W 14TH STREET
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			31901
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7066416500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		33 W 14TH STREET
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			31901

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CB&T BANCSHARES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890912
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
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      <hr noshade="noshade" align="center" style="height: 2px; color: #000000; background-color: #000000; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: none;">FORM 15
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Commission File Number: 001-10312</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">c/o Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (formerly Steel Newco Inc.)</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">3400 Overton Park Drive</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Atlanta, GA&#160; 30339</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(706) 641-6500</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">None</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)</div>
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    <div>Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:*</div>
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    <div>* As previously disclosed, on July 24, 2025, Synovus Financial Corp., a Georgia corporation (&#8220;Synovus&#8221;), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#8220;Merger Agreement&#8221;) with Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (formerly Steel Newco Inc.), a
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      each share of the common stock, $1.00 par value, of Synovus issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than certain shares held by Synovus and Legacy Pinnacle, was converted into the right to receive 0.5237 shares of common
      stock, par value $1.00 per share, of New Pinnacle, (b) each share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series D, no par value, of Synovus was converted into the right to receive one share of Fixed-to-Floating Rate
      Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A, no par value, of New Pinnacle, and (c) each share of Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series E, no par value, of Synovus was converted into the right to receive one share
      of Fixed-Rate Reset Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series B, no par value, of New Pinnacle.&#160; Accordingly, there are no holders of record of any class of securities covered by this Form 15.</div>
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    <div>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc., as successor by merger to Synovus Financial Corp., has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the
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            <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">as successor by merger to Synovus Financial Corp.</div>
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            <div style="color: #000000;">Date: January 12, 2026</div>
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              <div style="color: #000000;">/s/ Allan E. Kamensky</div>
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            <div style="color: #000000;">Allan E. Kamensky</div>
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