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Zions Bancorporation

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ANNUAL REPORT 2020& 
RESPONSE

RESPONSIBILITY

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A Collection  
of Great Banks

On the cover: 
Top left: NSB client Rolando Velasquez 
is the owner of Velasquez Immigration 
Law Group of Las Vegas. Top right: 
Zions Bank branch manager Alex Rosen-
han meets with Miss Essie's BBQ owners 
Deonn Henderson and Marcus Jones in 
Salt Lake City. Bottom left: CB&T client 
service associate Gabriela Gonzales cleans 
an ATM in Oakland. Bottom middle: 
Zions Bancorporation Chairman and CEO 
Harris H. Simmons honors Pastor France 
A. Davis. Bottom right: CB&T client 
service associate Hilda Casado prepares to 
help clients in Fresno.

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE

TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS

Over the past year, I’ve thought frequently of the story I 
heard a while back about an inscription found outside a 
small church in Leicestershire, England:

“In the year 1653, when all things 
sacred were either demolished or 
profaned, Sir Robert Shirley built 
this church, whose singular praise it 
is to have done the best of things 
in the worst of times, and hoped 
them in the most calamitous.” 

By any measure, 2020 was a calamitous time for many. 
Most of us approached 2020 with great optimism: In 
recent years, it may have been the exceptional strategic 
plan or aspirational forecast that had not embraced the 
double meaning suggested by “2020” to convey a sense 
of vision and focus. But as if with the flip of a switch, 
in mid-March the global COVID-19 pandemic upended 
those plans, and with unprecedented immediacy broad 
swaths of the U.S. economy were locked down or shut in. 

In addition to the pandemic, we saw record-breaking  
wildfires in California, a major earthquake in our 
headquarters state of Utah, and so many hurricanes 
along the Gulf Coast that, after exhausting the English 
alphabet, a third of the Greek alphabet was consumed in 
naming them. And as a nation, and in our local communities, 
we found ourselves reflecting deeply on the need for a 
much greater commitment to racial equity and to  
ensuring that all Americans have access to the tools 
needed to succeed in our economy after the series of 
racially charged events that culminated with the tragic 
killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis last summer.

As bankers, we’ve never experienced a time when so 
many of our clients were in such great need of immediate 
help as was the case in 2020. I was incredibly proud of 
our team, who rose to the challenge of doing “the best 
of things in the worst of times,” and of providing hope 
during such a tumultuous period. This past year tested 

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our ability to respond to challenges in our communities, 
and to demonstrate our responsibility to provide leadership 
in delivering solutions.

To its credit, the U.S. Congress recognized the urgency 
of providing economic aid to businesses and individuals 
impacted by the pandemic, and almost immediately 
at its onset provided important tools for banks to use 
in assisting clients. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security (CARES) Act was signed into law on 
March 27, 2020. At a total cost of $2.2 trillion, it was by 
far the largest economic stimulus initiative in our nation’s 
history, amounting to about 10% of U.S. GDP. Included 
in the bill was $300 billion in one-time payments to  
individuals, $260 billion in increased unemployment 
benefits, and $840 billion in loans and grants to  
corporations and local governments. 

 
RESPONDING TO THE PANDEMIC

Top left: As essential workers, CB&T Irvine Branch employees  
mask up and make preparations to safely serve bank clients. 
Top right: Zions Bancorporation supplier diversity program 
manager James Jackson adjusts to working remotely.  
Bottom left: Nevada State Bank branch relationship manager 
Carina Marino wears a mask to work safely in her branch 
office. Bottom right: Vectra Bank employees organize  
an essential items donation drive.

The CARES Act also included $350 billion (later increased 
to $669 billion) in forgivable, fully government-guaranteed  
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for small 
businesses. The PPP program was designed to help small 
businesses pay their employees and meet other pressing 
financial needs while their businesses were adversely  
affected by the pandemic, by providing for loan forgiveness 
if the proceeds were used to meet specific needs.

Three days after the CARES Act was signed into law, 
and even before the program’s final rules were in place, 
we’d begun training nearly 2,000 of our front-line bankers,  
encouraging them to reach out to their clients and to 
prospective clients in need of help. Within a week, we 
began taking loan applications, quickly introducing a 
digital application available via our websites and on 
mobile devices. 

remotely. One visiting our nearly vacant headquarters 
offices during those early weeks of the pandemic would 
never have guessed that a giant home-based invisible 
army of bankers was working through tens of thousands 
of applications, delivering help to their clients. 
Small businesses have always been one of our most 
important target market segments, and we understood 
the importance of going the extra mile to reach out to 
them during an incredibly stressful time. It was fascinating 
to witness how various competitors responded to the 
opportunity to deliver PPP aid to small businesses. At 
least two of the nation’s largest banks at one time or 
another posted notices on their websites suggesting 
that clients in need of a PPP loan might want to talk to 
another bank. Another initially indicated that it would 
accept applications only from clients who were existing 
borrowers. 

This was all being done a mere two weeks after moving 
thousands of our office-based bankers to working from 
home, and it was a great test of our ability to work 

Our own approach was to unite great technology with 
great bankers, and in so doing to provide an experience 
to clients that combined the simplicity and elegance of 

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PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM

Top left: The Commerce Bank of Oregon clients Jonathan, 
Abraham, Rhonda, and Hans Wrobel operate the family-owned 
business Higher Taste in Cornelius. Top right: Zions Bank 
employees Robert Rendon and Michael Brussock meet with 
Red Iguana restaurant owners Lucy Cardenes and Bill Coker in 
Salt Lake City. Bottom left: New clients through the Paycheck 
Protection Program, Mike Buich and his daughter Melissa 
Buich, are the owner and CFO of Tadich Grill in San Francisco. 
Bottom right: Vectra Bank client Dr. Jeff Patrician is the  
owner of Boulder Dental Arts in Boulder.

a digital application with the assurance and coaching of a 
helpful banker focused on seeing that client expectations 
were exceeded. 

employees, and the median size of the loans we made 
was $33,200. 

It was a huge success: By the time the “2020 round” of 
the PPP program concluded, Zions Bancorporation was 
the ninth largest PPP lender in the nation, providing more 
than $7 billion of loans to over 47,000 businesses, over 
30% of which were new clients. In total, our aggregate 
PPP lending in 2020 equaled 24% of the volume  
produced by the nation’s largest bank — a company  
41 times our asset size. 

We were particularly proud of the fact that approximately 
one-third of the dollars loaned were to businesses 
in low-to-moderate income census tracts, or where 
minority groups constitute over 50% of the population. 
This was the result, in part, of outreach to numerous 
Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander chambers of 
commerce throughout our market area. Seventy percent 
of our loans were to businesses with fewer than ten 

Our success with the PPP program generated approximately 
$220 million in fee-based revenue (all of which, under 
accounting rules, is being deferred and recognized as 

Top PPP Lenders

Rank

Lender Name

 Loan Count 

 Net Dollars 

Average Loan 
Size 

1 JP Morgan Chase Bank

280,185

$29,352,233,698 

$104,760 

2 Bank of America

343,626

$25,557,615,698

$74,376

3 PNC Financial Services

73,925

$13,003,814,963

$175,906

4 Truist Financial Corporation

82,047

$12,631,618,727

$153,956

5 Wells Fargo & Company 

194,451

$10,597,856,807

6 TD Bank

7 KeyCorp

85,970

43,172

$8,557,036,274

$8,211,676,707

$190,208

$54,501

$99,535

8 U.S. Bancorp

108,365

$7,608,550,070

$70,212

9 Zions Bancorporation

10 M&T Bank Corporation

47,828

34,651

$7,003,731,087

$146,436

$6,762,506,609

$195,161

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Report, August 8, 2020.

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interest income in our financial statements). We donated 
a portion of those fees, $30 million, to our charitable 
foundation, the earnings from which will be used in  
future years to benefit charities we help support 
throughout the Western United States.

was thrilled! When I asked her for her 2019 taxes, she 
started to cry and said she could not do them as she has 
no money to pay her accountant. I knew then that  
I needed to do everything in my power to get this  
application through and done quickly. 

The PPP experience served to validate our belief that 
the future of banking businesses and their owners — a 
focal point of our long-term strategy — will continue 
to be grounded in the intersection of technology and 
strong banker-to-client relationships. 
I want to share a sampling of a few of the stories,  
letters and emails I received during the course of the PPP  
campaign. I include them because they communicate, 
more eloquently and convincingly than I can, why we 
believe building strong relationships is critical to our 
success. Clients’ names have been changed, where  
appropriate:

FROM MIKE BUICH, OWNER OF TADICH GRILL IN  
SAN FRANCISCO, CA: “Since [we’ve had a] long relationship 
with [a major national bank], I was confident ’my bank’ 
would take care of me … My hope for assistance quickly 
turned to frustration when I realized [they] were not 
processing applications nor providing any direction 
or answers to my inquiries. On April 13, 2020 I called 
Zions Bank … and was immediately transferred to Mel 
Hugentobler, Vice President and Branch Manager, who 
took personal interest in my plight, and personally 
handled the application process for the PPP loan … My 
experience with Zions Bank and the PPP application was 
seamless. I know your employees have been working 
long hours, often dealing with clients that are scared, 
frustrated, and angry, however I wanted to take this 
time to give you some positive feedback and assure you 
that their hard work did pay off. I always felt like we 
were a team working together towards a common goal.”

FROM NANCY PEARCE, A ZIONS BANK BRANCH  
MANAGER IN BOUNTIFUL, UT: “Jane Anders is a single  
divorced woman who has her own photography 
business. Her business came to a screaming halt with 
the pandemic. She originally sent in an incomplete PPP 
application. I called Jane, and she was surprised to hear 
from me as she had heard the [PPP money was exhausted]. 
I assured her there was money available and I would be 
happy to help her if she still wanted to pursue it. She 

“After spending all day Friday with numerous obstacles 
of expired registration, unfiled 2019 taxes, and account 
issues I was able to help Jane and finally get her application 
submitted. With the assistance of Shelly Johnson, we 
were able to quickly get it moved through the queue. 
When I informed Jane Friday night she replied, ’Oh my 
goodness! Best news EVER! I cannot thank you enough. 
Just know that all your hard work and reopening my  
application is actually putting groceries in my fridge today.’” 

FROM THE OWNER OF A HOSPICE CARE BUSINESS IN 
BURBANK, CA: “It is with great gratitude that I write 
this letter of appreciation to Ms. Nhienle Mac [a relationship 
banker in Pasadena] for the exemplary service I received 
from her last week.

“I am a Small Business owner and … I was so frustrated 
with the process of trying to get a PPP loan from [a  
major national] bank. When I submitted my request 
for the loan, because of the numerous applications and 
[the] huge scale of the whole system, I didn't hear anything 
from the bank. Waiting and waiting and it's like it went 
into a dark hole. I almost gave up, until a friend of mine 
referred me to California Bank & Trust and I spoke directly 
to Ms. Nhienle Mac. It was a surprise that I finally was 
able to speak to a live person in the bank. 

“Ms. Nhienle Mac's enthusiastic, natural, and attentive 
tone of voice while on the phone helped me feel 
comfortable during our conversation. She answered my 
questions with sincerity and honesty that made me feel 
satisfied in moving forward with the application ... She 
worked on my loan tirelessly and got it done so swiftly. 
I got my PPP loan approval in less than 72 hours. Ms. 
Mac’s performance surpassed my expectations. [It’s] 
hard to find words to describe the positive experience 
I had with her. I am a Registered Nurse, and as part of 
the health care workers during this COVID-19 global 
pandemic crisis, we are being hailed as ‘heroes.‘ For me 
and for sure to many other small business applicants she 
is helping now, Ms. Nheinle Mac is a true ‘superhero.‘”

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One of my favorite stories to come out of the PPP  
experience was the client in Idaho’s Wood River Valley 
who took out a newspaper ad [see below], at his/her 
own expense, to laud Zions Bank for its performance  
in delivering PPP aid. 

FROM DR. JEFF PATRICIAN, A DENTIST IN BOULDER, CO: 
“I want to say how lucky I am to have a banking  
relationship with Vectra and the entire team, specifically 
Drew Britton [a business banker in Boulder]. Over close 
to a decade I have depended on Vectra for my business 
and personal banking needs … That relationship has 
now saved my office during this disaster. I read horror 
stories online of dentists who bank with the evil faceless 
Big Boys finding themselves thrown to the curb and  
scrambling completely on their own. 

“I want to thank Drew and everyone involved for their 
tireless efforts in the last few weeks. This was a heck 
of a test you were given, but your tremendous skill with 
what you do, combined with an inner sense of care for 
the people you serve … has saved my business, and surely 
many more. I know how long and hard you've been 
working, and I wish there was a way I could show my 
appreciation. This letter will have to do for now. Please feel 
free to pass it along to people who will want to know.”

AND A TWEET FROM ONE OF OUR NEW UTAH CLIENTS, 
in response to Shark Tank’s Mark Cuban, who asked for 
both positive and negative PPP experiences: 

After being with @[large credit union] for 17 years,  
they wouldn't even process our #PPPLoans app. I called 
@ZionsBank and they were AWESOME! I can't recommend 
them more highly! Very hands-on. We will definitely be 
sending all our deposit business to #zionsbank. What a 
phenomenal experience!

We helped our clients in other ways, as well. We provided 
payment deferrals or modifications on loans totaling 
$4.3 billion to clients impacted by COVID-19. At the end 
of the year, only 1% had payments that were past due 
90 days or more. We also participated in the Main Street 
Lending Program, a facility provided by the Federal 
Reserve System to assist certain middle market borrowers 
access the credit markets, originating $148 million in 
such deals during the year.

As you can imagine, I’m proud beyond words of the 
work of so many of our bankers — some of whom 
worked virtually around the clock, at home, for days 
on end — in helping many thousands of businesses. Of 
the many heroes we’ve read about in recent months, 
they certainly rank among them for their role in helping 
to rescue these businesses. They truly did the best of 
things in the worst of times, and provided hope in the 
most calamitous. 

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FINANCIAL RESULTS

The bank’s financial results in 2020 were materially  
impacted by the pandemic, which led the Federal 
Reserve to more vigorously promote a “zero interest rate 
policy” that adversely affected our primary revenue  
source — net interest income. The pandemic also  
resulted in a substantial addition to the bank’s loan loss 
reserves due to concerns about our borrowers’ ability 
to withstand the pandemic’s impact on their businesses 
and their personal financial situations. 

Net income available to common shareholders totaled 
$505 million, or $3.02 per share, a reduction from the 
prior year’s results of $782 million, or $4.16 per share. 
The most notable factor adversely impacting our 
performance in 2020 was a provision for credit losses 
of $414 million, as compared with $39 million in 2019. 
Aside from the pandemic, the increased provision was 
also precipitated in part by a new accounting standard 
that became effective at the beginning of 2020, known 
as Current Expected Credit Loss, or CECL. This standard, 
in many cases, requires larger reserves than previously, as 
reserves must be established for losses expected during 
the life of a loan, as opposed to only reserving for losses 
currently inherent in our loans under the prior standard. 

Actual net loan and lease charge-offs during the year 
were $105 million or 0.22% of average (non-PPP) loans, 
up from $37 million or 0.08% of average loans in 2019. 

PPNR-NCOs. This measure employs adjusted PPNR 
(which we reconcile to Generally Accepted Accounting 
Principles, or GAAP, in our financial statements), which 
adjusts tax-exempt revenue to its taxable equivalent 
value and further adjusts for non-recurring expenses. 
In 2020, the most significant adjustment was a one-time 
expense of $28 million to fully terminate our dormant 
defined-benefit pension plan.

PPNR-NCOs also substitutes actual net charge-offs 
for the provision for credit losses. Net charge-offs is a 
measure of actual losses during the period, while the 
provision for credit losses results from a forecast of 
future losses that is subject to the increased imprecision 
(certainly a feature of any forecast) inherent with the 
implementation of the CECL accounting standard. 

When measured by our PPNR-NCOs results, 2020 was a 
respectable year, considering the impact of the pandemic. 
PPNR-NCOs was $1.038 billion, a 7.7% reduction from 
$1.125 billion in 2019 — a year in which realized credit 
losses were exceptionally low. 

The pandemic had a sizable impact on loans and deposits. 
Average non-PPP loans increased only 0.5%, to $48.5 
billion, and non-PPP loans at year end were down $805 
million or 1.7%, and would have been down further but 
for $550 million, or 4.8%, growth in commercial real  
estate loans, and strong growth of $558 million or 
23.3% in municipal loans. 

Internally, and for many of our management incentive 
programs, we focus on a measure we refer to as adjusted  
Pre-provision Net Revenue, less Net Charge-offs, or 

Deposits, on the other hand, experienced massive 
growth as a result of the government stimulus programs 
and Fed monetary policy. Average deposits increased 

EARNINGS PER SHARE (DILUTED)

STOCK PRICE PERFORMANCE HISTORY

$4.08

$4.16

102.2%

79.3%

$3.02

59.1%

36.8%

$2.60

$1.99

Zions

Zions' Peers

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

10-year

5-year

3-year

1-year

(14.5%)

(10.6%)

(9.1%)

(16.3%)

Source for peer financial data throughout this report: S&P Global Market Intelligence; 
peer group corresponds with the peer group defined in the Bank’s proxy statement and 
found on page 16 of this report.

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NET CHARGE-OFFS / AVG LOANS (2020)

PRE-PROVISION NET REVENUE LESS NET  
CHARGE-OFFS / RISK-WEIGHTED ASSETS (2020)

0.70%

0.60%

0.50%

0.40%

0.30%

0.20%

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Excluding PPP loans, Zions’ NCO/Avg Loan ratio was 0.22% for 2020

15.6% to $63.7 billion, while average noninterest-bearing 
demand deposits increased 23.6% to $28.9 billion. At 
year end, noninterest-bearing demand deposits had 
increased a phenomenal 37.8% to $32.5 billion,  
constituting 47% of total deposits.

This enormous increase in money supply was accomplished 
through the open market purchase of securities, which 
injected immense amounts of cash into the economy.  
All that cash must end up somewhere, and much of it  
appears to be in deposit accounts on banks’ balance sheets.

The extraordinary economic stimulus consisted of 
both federal government fiscal policy, which produced 
a $3.1 trillion deficit equal to about 15% of GDP, and 
an equal dose of central bank money creation. The 
Federal Reserve System’s balance sheet, which had 
already swollen from $0.9 trillion prior to the 2008  
financial crisis to a pre-pandemic level of $4.3 trillion, 
was further inflated to $7.4 trillion by the end of 2020.  
To put this $3.1 trillion increase in money supply in  
context, a $3.1 trillion stack of dollar bills would reach 
to the moon; 3.1 trillion gallons of water would fill 
Lake Powell — a massive 185-mile-long reservoir that 
straddles the Utah-Arizona border and averages 132 
feet in depth.

DEPOSIT GROWTH
Average balances

15.6%

4.0%

3.2%

3.6%

1.9%

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

The purchase of securities by the Fed boosts the market 
value of those securities and, inversely, creates downward 
pressure on interest rates: the average 30-year Treasury 
rate in 2020, at a mere 1.56%, was a full percentage 
point lower than in 2019; the average 3-month Treasury 
rate dropped one and three quarters percentage points 
to 0.36% in 2020, from 2.11% in 2019.

All of this was wonderful for our residential mortgage 
business — total mortgage production increased 29% 
from 2019 to $3.5 billion, with another $1.5 billion in  
the pipeline at the end of December. The profit margins 
on mortgages we sold increased as well, resulting in  
an increase in loan sales income of more than 220% 
when compared with 2019. But the lower interest rates 
were decidedly less helpful to our net interest margin, 
which decreased to 3.15% in 2020, from 3.54% in 2019. 
Average earning asset yields fell 80 basis points  
(hundredths of a percentage point) as maturing loans 
were refinanced at current lower rates, while the total 
cost of deposits and interest-bearing liabilities dropped 
45 basis points. With such a large volume of noninterest- 
bearing demand deposits, and with other deposit rates 
nearing zero, margin compression is a great  
challenge in such a low rate environment.

Our taxable-equivalent net interest income, which was 
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aided by the amortization of deferred PPP revenue, 
which contributed $148 million to 2020 pretax results.
Noninterest income rose 2.1% to $574 million, with 
customer-related fee income — which excludes dividend 
income, securities gains and fair value adjustments on 
derivatives — increasing 4.6% to $549 million. Weakness 
in retail banking fees and card income was offset by the 
aforementioned strength in mortgage banking income, 
which more than tripled during the year, the result of 
the low interest rate environment and the introduction 
in 2019 of a very appealing digital mortgage application.

Noninterest expense was well controlled. Total  
noninterest expense was $1.7 billion, down 2.2% from 
2019. When adjusted for certain non-operating expenses, 
such as the termination of our defined-benefit pension 
plan, severance, and restructuring costs in both years, 
noninterest expense decreased $31 million, or $61 million 
when further adjusted for the one-time $30 million 
donation made to the Bank's charitable foundation in 
conjunction with our success in the PPP program. 

In late 2019, we had anticipated earnings pressure 
from a low interest rate environment during 2020, and 
implemented a staff reduction program that, when 
combined with other net workforce reductions 
accomplished through attrition and associated with 
lower branch transactional activity, reduced our full-time 
equivalent employee count by 510, and contributed to 
a $54 million, or 4.7%, reduction in salary and benefits 
expense. Travel, business development, and public  
relations expenses were also down $21 million, or 
75.9%, because of the pandemic. 

Our ability to reduce staffing levels has benefited from 
a focus on applying robotic automation to a wide range 
of tasks. In late 2018, we established a Business Process 
Automation Center of Excellence, with a dedicated team 
that has implemented over 240 automation solutions, 
reducing human error, improving consistency, and 
enhancing competitiveness by reducing costs. In 2020, 
281,000 manual hours were eliminated, and the team 
has established an ambitious goal to eliminate an  
additional 1 million hours by 2022.

I’ve told Ken Collins, an exceptional executive who oversees 
much of this process automation effort, that the bank of 
the future will have a person, a dog, and a computer. The 

person’s job will be to feed the dog, and the dog’s job will 
be to keep the person from touching the computer. When 
it comes to back-office processes, at least, I’m pretty sure 
that’s the future to which Ken is leading us!

Our Supply Chain Management group also produced 
strong results in 2020, with realized savings of $27.5 
million, arising from 81 different projects. 

We continued to rationalize our branch network in 
2020, closing 14 branches and consolidating their  
accounts and people into other branches, while  
rightsizing five other branches. At the same time, we 
opened two new branches during the year in growing 
markets. While we will continue to constantly evaluate 
and optimize our branch network, these physical locations 
remain a vitally important component of our strategy 
to locate empowered, well-trained, and long-tenured 
relationship bankers close to our clients.

CREDIT QUALITY

The strength and resiliency of our borrowing clients, 
combined with the impact of a great deal of government 
stimulus and high-quality asset selection, resulted in  
relatively healthy credit results in 2020, given the  
backdrop of the pandemic. 

We identified approximately $4 billion of non-PPP 
loans extended to borrowers in ten industries we 
deemed to have elevated risk due to the pandemic. 
We conducted extensive reviews of the significant 
loans in these portfolios and continue to carefully 

STRONG CAPITAL POSITION
COMMON EQUITY TIER 1 RATIO (CET1)

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monitor developments in our clients’ businesses. 
While a higher proportion of these businesses availed 
themselves of temporary relief through payment 
deferral programs, there was almost always a strong 
secondary source of repayment, and 98% of the loans 
were secured by collateral, generally with real estate 
and with a median loan-to-value ratio of 53%.

Non-performing asset levels increased during the year, 
from 0.51% of loans, leases and other real estate owned 
at the end of 2019 to 0.69% at the end of 2020, but  
remained at very acceptable levels. Classified loans, 
those with weaknesses that, if not mitigated, could lead 
to loss, doubled in 2020, primarily among borrowers in 
the high-risk COVID-19 industries.

CAPITAL AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT

We finished the year with a strong capital position, 
with a regulatory Common Equity Tier 1 ratio of 10.8%, 
up from 10.2% a year ago. Our Tier 1 Leverage ratio 
declined to 8.3%, from 9.2%, as a result of the strong 
deposit growth we experienced, and the coinciding 
increase in high-quality liquid assets.

As pandemic-related concerns produced a sharp decline 
in equity prices — including our own common share 
price — throughout the spring, 29.2 million of our 
ZIONW warrants, issued ten years ago in the aftermath 
of the financial crisis, expired “out of the money.” While 
this produced a loss for holders of the warrants (myself 
included!), it was a boon for the company and its common 
shareholders, as it eliminated over eight million shares 
from our fully diluted share count. While we purchased 
1.7 million shares of our common stock in the open 
market during the first quarter, we suspended any 
share buybacks for the remainder of the year after the 
onset of the pandemic, while maintaining our common 
dividend at its existing level.

Our balance sheet liquidity increased sharply during the 
year. At the end of 2019, interest-earning money market 
investments and securities totaling $15.7 billion comprised 
23% of our total assets. By the end of 2020, these liquid 
assets had increased to $23.5 billion, constituting 29% 
of total assets. We’ve maintained a reasonably short 
duration in our securities portfolio. We believe that a 
persistent negative interest rate environment is unlikely, 

and that our downside risk in such a scenario is very 
limited, while our models indicate that a 100 basis point 
increase in rates would result in a 9% increase in net 
interest income, and a 200 basis point increase would 
result in an 18% rise in such revenue. We continue to 
believe that the government’s posture toward fiscal 
policy, when combined with the immense amount of  
liquidity created through very accommodating monetary 
policy in recent years, creates an environment in which 
we would expect to see higher levels of inflation — and 
thus interest rates — in the years ahead.

OUR TECHNOLOGY JOURNEY

We continue to make substantial investments in  
technology, to ensure that we’ll be capable of competing 
in a world that’s become increasingly digital. As noted, 
we’re strong believers in the symbiotic combination of 
great bankers and great technology. The investments 
we’re making and the projects we’ve undertaken will  
allow us to create exceptional experiences for our 
clients and provide bankers with the products and  
tools they need to succeed.

Two of our primary projects, the replacement of our 
core loan and deposit systems (FutureCore), and the 
replacement of our online and mobile client-facing 
applications, experienced moderate setbacks due to 
the pandemic this past year. Work being performed 
offshore, in particular, was slowed or brought back to 
the U.S. primarily due to security concerns as contractors 
moved from working in cleanrooms to working in  
living rooms. 

We’re nevertheless proceeding at full speed to complete 
these two major projects, with the final release of 
FutureCore — a new and modern deposit system — 
slated for installation in early 2023; and with the new 
mobile and online platform beginning its rollout in the 
first quarter of 2021 with an initial implementation at 
National Bank of Arizona.
The risk of cyberattacks and data theft or compromise 
continues to escalate each year, as does our response. 
Over the past three years we have nearly tripled the size 
of our cybersecurity team, with a major increase in our 
associated investment in tools to prevent and detect 
data and network intrusions. Over that same period, 
we have increased the number of daily cybersecurity 

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“signals” or data sources we process and monitor by 
more than tenfold to secure our systems against this 
increasing threat.

    to help bankers identify solutions for clients.  
    Launched in August with 630 users, it will be rolled  
    out to 3,200 bankers over the next few months. 

In addition to the rapid deployment of a digital solution 
for PPP loans, a sampling of some of our achievements in 
2020 included:

   › The launch of a New Accounts Opening Platform  
    for our Treasury Management Select product,  
    streamlining the process of opening new accounts for  
    smaller treasury management clients. It was used to  
    open over 400 new treasury management accounts  
    subsequent to its launch in the fall.

   › The redesign and launch of a digital small business  
    loan application, using the platform we built for the  
    PPP program, and designed to speed the underwriting  
    and processing of unsecured small business loans of  
    under $50,000, and secured loans of up to $175,000.

   › The implementation of our Intelligent Real-time  
    Information System (IRIS), which uses machine learning  

   › The launch of our Mobile Banker project, equipping  
    hundreds of bankers with iPads that allow them to  
    connect to client data while on calls, and to  
    provide real-time solutions while meeting with clients. 

   › The introduction of an online scheduler, allowing  
    clients to schedule appointments with their  
    branch-based bankers, either in the office or via  
    videoconference — on their mobile phones.

   › The launch of a new Application Programming  
    Interface, or API, platform, allowing for faster  
    integration between our core systems and other  
    applications.

   › The completion of a branch teller “capture” project,  
    modernizing the manner in which deposited item  
    information is captured at the point of deposit,  
    eliminating the need for a deposit slip and dramatically  
    reducing balancing and reconciliation issues.

PEOPLE & TECHNOLOGY

Top: Zions Bank’s marketing team was recognized for their campaign  
to support local restaurants during the pandemic. Bottom left: Zions 
Bancorporation director of banking transformation Kristiane Koontz 
received the “Technology Transformation Excellence” award from the 
Women Tech Council in 2020. Bottom right: Zions Bancorporation’s 
enterprise digital strategy team meets virtually. 

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   › The upgrade of our telecommunications network and  
    Wi-Fi availability in our branches

workforce, in the workplace, and in the marketplace,  
in an effort we’re calling, “Everyone Counts.”

   › The launch of new workforce management software,  
    allowing the bank to schedule branch employees at  
    the best possible times and allowing employees to  
    view their schedules via an online tool.

We expect that the investments we’re making in  
foundational technology and digital tools will keep us 
at the forefront of the banking industry in providing 
both our bankers and our clients with the capabilities 
and products they need, and with elegant experiences 
interacting with us in the years ahead.

EVERYONE COUNTS

Beyond the pandemic, 2020 was marked by an increased 
awareness throughout our nation of the need to raise 
our commitment, both institutionally and individually, to 
inclusiveness. At Zions Bancorporation, we’re committed 
to ensuring this takes place in three areas: in the  

Following the tragic murder of George Floyd, we spent 
a great deal of time throughout the bank listening to 
colleagues from minority communities, with the objective 
of better understanding their hopes and challenges. I 
expressed my belief that tolerance should never be our 
objective; none of us aspires to be tolerated. We need 
to move beyond tolerance and form real friendships 
with those outside our usual circles and do all we can  
to help them succeed.

In this spirit, we expanded our company-wide Diversity, 
Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Council to advise the bank’s 
management on steps we can take to ensure that we’re 
a truly great place for all of our employees to work. 
Among the objectives we’ve established are expanding 
diversity training and ensuring that every new employee 
participates in it; including DEI questions in our periodic 
employee surveys; and seeking out more diverse  
candidates in our recruiting efforts. We’ve developed a 

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Top: Employees take part in diversity, equity and inclusion training. Bottom left: Chairman  
and CEO Harris H. Simmons presents a $100,000 donation to the Pastor France A. Davis  
Scholarship Foundation. Bottom right: Zions Bank President and CEO Scott Anderson 
 speaks at the presentation of the “Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion”  
at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. 

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supplier diversity program, with the goal of expanding 
the list of diverse suppliers with whom we currently do 
business.

We also conducted, as we’ve done for a number of 
years, a study with the help of an independent third 
party to review equity in employee compensation. We 
found that, after adjusting for relevant variables including 
education, experience and geography, women are paid, 
on average, above 99% of what men are paid, and  
minorities are paid above 98% of what non-minorities 
earn. In a relatively few cases we identified outlier  
situations that have subsequently been addressed. 
We’re committed to continue this focus on ensuring 
that Zions Bancorporation has a workplace where all are 
treated fairly in accordance with their qualifications and 
abilities, and that it’s a place where “everyone counts.”

I’m especially determined that we will do all in our power 
to make a difference for women and minority-owned 
businesses in the marketplace. Our most potent tool 
in creating positive change is to put our balance sheet 
and our bankers to work in funding the capital needs 
of deserving, underrepresented entrepreneurs. We’re 
working with our regulators at the Office of the  
Comptroller of the Currency in an effort they’re calling 
Project REACh to develop innovative and prudent  
methods for providing greater volumes of credit to 
these small business owners using both conventional 
and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed 
loans. We have a great opportunity to put our small 
business banking capabilities to work in better serving 
these communities.

We’ve also announced a partnership with Unity National 
Bank, a Black-owned community bank headquartered  
in Houston, Texas, to provide equity capital. More 
importantly, we’ll be providing Unity National with 
consulting in compliance and risk; and training, by 
reserving space in our Banker Development Program 
for one of their bankers. 

The events of this past summer brought tragedy to one 
of our great bankers, Angela Underwood, a most  
talented regional manager for California Bank & Trust 
in California’s Antelope Valley, and a woman who has 
very capably served her community in a number of 
capacities, including as deputy mayor of the city of 

Lancaster. During the nation-wide unrest that followed 
the killing of George Floyd, Angela’s brother, Patrick, 
was shot and killed while protecting a Department 
of Homeland Security building in Oakland. As we’ve 
worked on creating a more equal and inclusive  
society this year, I’ve thought often of my friend Angela 
and her late brother, Patrick, two extraordinary Black 
citizens who are frequent reminders to me of why this 
work is so important.

WHAT THE PRESENT MAY TEACH US 
ABOUT THE FUTURE

One of the pandemic’s not-so-minor miracles was the 
fact that the videoconferencing technology we and so 
many other businesses used to quickly pivot to working 
from home was so recently developed and deployed. In 
our case, we’d made Microsoft Teams® software available 
to employees in late 2019, only months before it became 
critical to our ability to function. By the end of the year, we 
were supporting 3.7 million monthly Teams® interactions.

It’s an open question as to how the capabilities we’ve 
developed will change the way we work and interact 
with others. I expect it will allow greater flexibility 
for occasional work from home for many of us. Long 
before the pandemic, we’d had a number of employees 
working remotely, including many of our customer care 
center employees and some of our technologists.

I also expect that we’ll see a reduction in business travel; 
there are many meetings that simply don’t warrant the 
cost and the travel time required to show up in person 
now that “virtual” participation has become a good 
substitute for being physically present.

At the same time, we’ve seen that it’s a real challenge, 
especially for newly hired employees, to develop the 
networks and relationships that are critical in our own, 
and most other businesses if we’re not interacting 
with the people we work with in informal settings — 
in hallways, break rooms and elevators. 

During 2020, we broke ground on two new significant 
building projects — a new headquarters facility for our 
Vectra Bank Colorado affiliate bank in Denver and a 
new technology and innovation campus in the Salt Lake 
Valley. In both cases, we’re consolidating employees 

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located in multiple locations into more efficient space in 
a single building. Our technology campus, for instance, 
will reduce by 20% the space we currently occupy in a 
dozen different buildings, and will do so in a building 
that’s substantially more energy-efficient and inviting. 

Certainly, the digitalization of banking will continue. It 
will allow all of us to reduce costs and provide greater 
convenience and access to our clients. We currently  
average over 85 million mobile and online banking  
logins annually — creating substantial savings relative 
to the alternative of providing service in a branch or by 
telephone. At the same time, when a client is frustrated, 
or needs coaching with respect to a solution, there’s 
no good substitute for a well-trained, highly qualified 
banker. Relationships still count. I believe that’s not 
likely to change anytime soon. 

As I write this letter, we’re delivering the second round 
of PPP loans to eligible businesses, with $284.5 billion 
in funding included in a coronavirus relief bill passed by 
Congress in late December. The SBA opened its  
web portal to accept applications submitted through 
participating banks in mid-January, and in its interim 
report on results through February 15, 2021, Zions  
Bancorporation was listed as the nation’s sixth largest 
PPP lender. Our bankers are at it again! 

Our support of small and middle-market businesses led 
Greenwich Associates, a leading global financial services 
research organization, to name Zions Bancorporation 
as one of only a small number of “Standout Commercial 
Banks” amid the crisis for the way our people went the 

extra mile in serving these clients. After conducting  
more than 23,000 interviews with small and middle  
market businesses, resulting in enough data to evaluate 
more than 600 banks, Greenwich Associates also awarded 
Zions Bancorporation 15 “Excellence” awards in a variety  
of categories — the sixth most of any bank in the  
nation in 2020. 

Finally, I want to express my appreciation to a long-time 
member of our Board of Directors who retired from his 
service with us this past year. During Jerry C. Atkin’s 27 
years as a board member he consistently challenged our 
thinking and added an abundance of common sense 
to our discourse. He also added the perspective of the 
kind of individual we seek out as a client — someone 
who worked hard over several decades to build a very 
small family-owned business — SkyWest Airlines — into 
a national leader in its field. We’ll greatly miss Jerry’s 
wisdom and good humor. At the same time, we were 
extremely pleased to welcome Claire A. Huang to our 
board. Claire brings us deep experience in financial 
services marketing with several of the nation’s leading 
banks and brokerage firms. We’re delighted to have her 
with us! 

My thanks to each of you as shareholders in Zions  
Bancorporation. You have every reason to be proud to 
be associated with one of the most extraordinary teams 
of bankers in the industry. We look forward with you to 
a new year that will, I hope, see a recovering economy 
and a brighter outlook — especially for businesses and 
individuals who’ve been particularly hard-hit by the 
pandemic. The future is very bright, and we appreciate 
your support in helping us to capitalize on the  
opportunities that lie ahead of us.

GREENWICH EXCELLENCE AWARDS:  
2009-2020 (YEARLY AVERAGE)
Zions has outranked several of the nation's largest banking companies

Sincerely,

14

5

Zions

JP Morgan 
Chase

3

US 
Bank

2

Wells 
Fargo

2

Bank of
America

Source: Greenwich Associates (February 2021) with multi-year averages calculated by 
Zions. Awards include recognition of excellence in a variety of banking product and 
service categories in both small and middle market business banking. Nationally, more 
than 600 banks were evaluated through the process of surveying more than 23,000 
commercial banking clients.

Harris H. Simmons,  
Chairman and CEO
February 15, 2021

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Financial Highlights

(Dollar amounts in millions, except per share amounts)

For the Year

Net interest income
Noninterest income
Total revenue
Provision for credit losses
Noninterest expense
Income before income taxes
Income taxes
Net income
Net earnings applicable to common shareholders

Per Common Share

Net earnings – diluted

Net earnings – basic

Dividends declared

Book value at year-end

Market price – end

Market price – high
Market price – low

At Year-End

Assets

Net loans and leases

Deposits

Long-term debt

Federal funds and other short-term borrowings

Preferred equity
Common equity

Performance Ratios 

Return on average assets

Return on average common equity

Tangible return on average tangible common equity

Net interest margin

Equity to assets

Common equity tier 1

Tier 1 leverage

Tier 1 risk-based capital

Total risk-based capital
Tangible common equity
Tangible equity

Selected Information

2020/2019 
Change (%)

2020

 2019 

 2018 

 2017 

 2016 

(2)
 2 
2 
 NM 
(2)
(36)
(2)
 (34 )
 (35 )

 (27 )

 (31 )

 +6 

 +8 

 (16 )

 +1 
 (40 )

 18 

 10 

 22 

 (22 )

 (23 )

 NM 
 8 

$2,216 
574
2,790
414
1,704
672
133
539
505

$3.02

3.06

1.36

44.61

43.44

52.48
23.58

$2,272 
562
2,834
39
1,742
1,053
237
816
782

$4.16

4.41

1.28

41.12

51.92

52.08
39.11

$2,230 
552
2,782
(40)
1,679
1,143
259
884
850

$4.08

4.36

1.04

37.39

40.74

59.19
38.08

$2,065 
544
2,609
17
1,656
936
344
592
550

$2.60

2.71

0.44

36.01

50.83

52.20
38.43

$1,867 
516
2,383
83
1,585
705
236
469
411

$1.99

2.00

0.28

34.10

43.04

44.15
19.65

$81,479

$69,172

$68,746

$66,288

$63,239

53,476

69,653

1,336

1,572

566
7,320

48,709

57,085

1,723

2,053

566
6,787

46,714

54,101

724

5,653

566
7,012

44,780

52,621

383

4,976

566
7,113

42,649

53,236

535

827

710
6,924

%

0.71

7.2 

8.4 

3.15 

9.7 

10.8 

8.3 

11.8 

14.1 
7.8 
8.5 

 %

1.17 

11.2 

13.1 

3.54 

10.6 

10.2 

9.2 

11.2 

13.2 
8.5 
9.3 

 %

1.33

12.1 

14.2 

3.61 

11.0 

11.7 

10.3 

12.7 

13.9 
8.9 
9.7

 %

0.91

7.7 

9.0 

3.45 

11.6 

12.1 

10.5 

13.2 

14.8 
9.3 
10.2 

 %

0.78

6.0 

7.1 

3.37 

12.1 

12.1 

11.1 

13.5 

15.2 
9.5 
10.6 

Weighted average diluted shares outstanding (in thousands)
Common shares repurchased (in thousands)
Common dividend payout ratio1
Capital distributed as a percentage of net earnings applicable to common shareholders2
Full-time equivalent employees
Branches

 -11% 
 -93% 

 -5% 
 -3% 

165,613
1,666
45 %
59 %
9,678
422

186,504
23,505
29 %
170 %
10,188
434

206,501
12,943
24 %
103 %
10,201
433

209,653
7,009
16 %
74 %
10,083
433

204,269
2,889
14 %
36 %
10,057
436

1The common dividend payout ratio is equal to common dividends paid divided by net earnings applicable to common shareholders.
2 Common dividends paid plus dollar amount used for share repurchases for the year, divided by net earnings applicable to common shareholders.

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GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation

(Dollar amounts in millions, except per share amounts)

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Pre-Provision Net Revenue (PPNR)

(a)

Total noninterest expense

LESS adjustments:

Severance costs
Other real estate expense
Debt extinguishment cost
Amortization of core deposit and other intangibles
Restructuring costs

Pension termination-related expense

(b)

Total adjustments

 $1,704 

 $1,742 

 $1,679 

 $1,656 

 $1,595 

 1 
 1 
 - 
 - 
 1 
 28 

 31 

 25 
 (3)
 - 
 1 
 15 
 - 

 38 

 3 
 1 
 - 
 1 
 2 
 - 

 7 

 7 
 (1)
 - 
 6 
 4 
 - 

 16 

 5 
 (2)
 - 
 8 
 5 
 - 

 16 

 (a-b)=(c)  Adjusted noninterest expense

 1,673 

 1,704 

 1,672 

 1,640 

 1,579 

(d)

 (e) 

Net interest income

Fully taxable-equivalent adjustments

(d+e)=(f)

Taxable-equivalent net interest income (TENII)

(g)

Noninterest Income

(f+g)=(h)

Combined Income

LESS adjustments:

Fair value and nonhedge derivative income (loss)

Securities gains, net

(i)

Total adjustments

 2,215 

 28 

 2,243 

 574 

 2,272 

 26 

 2,298 

 562 

 2,230 

 22 

 2,252 

 552 

 2,065 

 35 

 2,100 

 544 

 1,867 

 25 

 1,892 

 516 

2,817

 2,860 

 2,804 

 2,644 

 2,408 

 (6)
 7

1

 (9)
 3 

 (6)

 (1)
 1 

 - 

 (2)
 14 

 12 

 2 
 7 

 9 

(h-i)=(j)

Adjusted revenue

2,816

 2,866 

 2,804 

 2,632 

 2,399 

(j-c)

Adjusted pre-provision net revenue (PPNR)

1,143

 1,162 

 1,132 

 992 

 820 

Net Earnings Applicable to Common Shareholders (NEAC)

(k)

(l)

Net earnings applicable to common

Diluted Shares

Diluted EPS

PLUS Adjustments:

Adjustments to noninterest expense

Adjustments to revenue

Tax effect for adjustments

Preferred stock redemption

(m)

Total adjustments

(k+m)=(n) Adjusted net earnings applicable to common (NEAC)

(n)/(l)

Adjusted EPS

(o)
(p)

Average assets
Average tangible common equity

Profitability

(n)/(o)
(n)/(p)
(c)/(j)

Adjusted Return on Assets
Adjusted Return on Tangible Common Equity
Efficiency Ratio

 505

165,613 

3.02

 782 

 186,504 

 4.16 

 850 

 206,501 

 4.08 

 550 

 209,653 

 2.60 

 411 

 204,269 

 1.99 

31

(1)

 (7) 

 -

23

528 
3.19

76,057 
6,035

0.69%
8.7%
59.4%

 38 

 6 

 (11)

 -  

 33 

 815 
 4.37 

 69,571 
 5,951 

1.17%
13.7%
59.5%

 7 

 - 

 (2)

 -  

 5 

 855 
 4.14 

 66,569 
 6,009 

1.28%
14.2%
59.6%

 16 

 (12)

 (2)

 2 

 4 

 554 
 2.64 

 65,116 
 6,129 

0.85%
9.0%
62.3%

 16 

 (9)

 (3)

 10 

 14 

 425 
 2.08 

 60,050 
 5,888 

0.71%
7.2%
65.8%

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ZIONS’ PEER GROUP
Ticker Symbol / Company Name

ASB       Associated Banc-Corp

BOKF     BOK Financial Corporation

CFG      Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

CMA     Comerica Incorporated

EWBC   East West Bancorp, Inc.

FHN       First Horizon National Corporation

FITB       Fifth Third Bancorp

FNB       F.N.B. Corporation

FRC       First Republic Bank

HBAN   Huntington Bancshares Inc.

KEY       KeyCorp

MTB      M&T Bank Corp.

PBCT     People’s United Financial, Inc.

RF          Regions Financial Corp.

SNV      Synovus Financial Corp.

WAL     Western Alliance Bancorporation

WTFC   Wintrust Financial Corp.

Zions Bancorporation, N.A.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CORPORATE OFFICERS

Harris H. Simmons
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Zions Bancorporation 

Gary L. Crittenden
Private Investor

Suren K. Gupta
Executive Vice President of
Technology and Strategic Ventures
Allstate Insurance Company

J. David Heaney
Chairman
Heaney Rosenthal, Inc.

Claire A. Huang
Former Chief Marketing Officer
J.P. Morgan Chase and Company

Vivian S. Lee
President, Health Platforms
Verily Life Sciences

Scott J. McLean
President and Chief Operating Officer
Zions Bancorporation

Edward F. Murphy
Former Chief Financial Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Stephen D. Quinn
Lead Director
Former Managing Director and  
General Partner
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Aaron B. Skonnard
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pluralsight, Inc.

Barbara A. Yastine
Former Chair, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Ally Bank

Harris H. Simmons
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Scott J. McLean
President and Chief Operating Officer

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS

Bruce K. Alexander
CEO, Vectra Bank Colorado

A. Scott Anderson
CEO, Zions Bank

Paul E. Burdiss
Chief Financial Officer

Kenneth J. Collins
Enterprise Program Management

Eric Ellingsen
Chief Executive Officer
California Bank & Trust

Travis E. Finstad
Chief Audit Executive

Alan M. Forney
CEO, The Commerce Bank
of Washington

Olga T. Hoff
Retail Banking

Thomas E. Laursen
General Counsel

Scott A. Law
Chief Human Resources Officer

Keith D. Maio
Chief Risk Officer

Michael Morris
Chief Credit Officer

Rebecca K. Robinson
Wealth Management

Terry A. Shirey
CEO, Nevada State Bank

Jennifer A. Smith
Chief Information Officer

Steven D. Stephens
CEO, Amegy Bank

Randy R. Stewart
Enterprise Mortgage Lending

Mark Young
CEO, National Bank of Arizona

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Corporate Information

EXECUTIVE OFFICES
One South Main Street
Salt Lake City, Utah 84133-1109
801-844-7637

ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
April 30, 2021, 1 p.m. MDT
Webcast details will be provided on the 
zionsbancorporation.com website

TRANSFER AGENT
Zions Bank
Corporate Trust Department
One South Main Street, 12th Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84133-1109
801-844-7545 or 888-416-5176

REGISTRAR
Zions Bank
One South Main Street, 12th Floor
Salt Lake City, Utah 84133-1109

AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP
15 W. South Temple
Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

NASDAQ GLOBAL SELECT
MARKET SYMBOL
ZION

OTHER LISTED SECURITIES
Series A Preferred Stock – NASDAQ: ZIONP
Series G Preferred Stock – NASDAQ: ZIONO
Series H Preferred Stock – NASDAQ: ZIONN
Series I Preferred Stock – CUSIP: 989701BD8
Series J Preferred Stock – CUSIP: 989701BF3

DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
Shareholders can reinvest their cash dividends
in additional shares of our common stock at
the market price on the dividend payment
date. Shareholders, as well as brokers and
custodians who hold our common stock for
clients, can obtain a prospectus of the plan
on the Zions Bancorporation website at
zionsbancorporation.com or by writing to:

Zions Bancorporation
Dividend Reinvestment Plan
P.O. Box 30880
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130-0880

CREDIT RATINGS
Credit ratings are updated regularly and may be
found on the Zions Bancorporation website at
zionsbancorporation.com.

OPTION MARKET MAKERS
Chicago Board Options Exchange
Philadelphia Stock Exchange

SELECTED INDEX MEMBERSHIPS
S&P 500
S&P Global 1200
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NASDAQ Financial 100

INVESTOR RELATIONS
For financial information about the corporation,
analysts, investors and news media
representatives should contact:
James R. Abbott
801-844-7637
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This document may contain statements that could be considered “forward looking.” Readers should review the forward-looking statement disclaimer
of Zions’ Annual Report on Form 10-K, which can be found on the website at zionsbancorporation.com and applies equally to this document.
Certain financial measures containing descriptive words such as “core” or “adjusted” are subject to GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation tables, which
can be found on page 15.

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