Prospectus excerpt:  Zions Bancorporation is offering to sell 5,750,000 depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th ownership interest in a share of Series F Fixed-Rate Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, with a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (equivalent to $25 per depositary share) (the ôSeries F Preferred Stockö). The depositary shares are represented by depositary receipts. As a holder of depositary shares, you will be entitled to all proportional rights and preferences of the Series F Preferred Stock (including dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights). You must exercise such rights through the depositary.

Dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock will be payable quarterly in arrears when, as and if declared by our board of directors or a duly authorized committee of the board at a rate per annum equal to 7.90%. The dividend payment dates will be the 15th day of March, June, September and December, commencing on June 15, 2012 or the next business day if any such date is not a business day.

Dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock will be non-cumulative. If our board of directors or a duly authorized committee of the board does not declare a dividend on the Series F Preferred Stock for any dividend period, such dividend will not accrue or be payable, and we will have no obligation to pay dividends for such dividend period, whether or not dividends on the Series F Preferred Stock are declared for any future dividend period.

The Series F Preferred Stock may be redeemed in whole, or in part, on and after June 15, 2017. The Series F Preferred Stock may be redeemed in whole, but not in part, prior to June 15, 2017, upon the occurrence of a ôregulatory capital treatment event,ö as described herein. The Series F Preferred Stock will not have any voting rights, except as set forth under ôDescription of Series F Preferred StockùVoting Rightsö on page S-30.