SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 11-K
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[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019
    
or

[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period From ______ to ______

Commission File Number 001-34034
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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
250 Riverchase Parkway East, 5th Floor
Hoover, Alabama 35244
    
(Full title of the plan and the address of the plan)


Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Center
1900 Fifth Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office)



 




























Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
(Modified Cash Basis)

Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018
With Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm





Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
(Modified Cash Basis)

For the Years Ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

Contents
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
1
 
 
Financial Statements
 
 
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits (Modified Cash Basis)
3
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits (Modified Cash Basis)
4
Notes to Financial Statements
5
 
 
Supplemental Schedule
 
 
 
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) (Modified Cash Basis)
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Plan Participants and the Plan Administrator of Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
The Benefits Management and Human Resources Committee

Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits (modified cash basis) of Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits (modified cash basis) for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits (modified cash basis) of the Plan at December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the changes in its nets assets available for benefits (modified cash basis) for the years then ended, on the basis of accounting as described in Note 2.
Modified Cash Basis of Accounting
As described in Note 2, the financial statements and supplemental schedule have been prepared on a modified cash basis of accounting, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
Basis of Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


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Supplemental Schedule
The accompanying supplemental schedule (modified cash basis) of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2019, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan's financial statements. The information in the supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the information, we evaluated whether such information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.                                        


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We have served as the Plan's auditor since at least 1993, but we are unable to determine the specific year.
Birmingham, Alabama

June 23, 2020



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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
(Modified Cash Basis)

 
 
December 31
 
 
2019
 
2018
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investments, at fair value
 
$
2,129,258,928

 
$
1,715,863,074

Dividends receivable
 
3,238,497

 
3,210,066

Notes receivable from participants
 
20,691,917

 
20,289,900

Net assets available for benefits
 
$
2,153,189,342

 
$
1,739,363,040

 
 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
 
 
 


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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
(Modified Cash Basis)

 
Year Ended December 31
 
2019
 
2018
Additions
 
 
 
Contributions from employer
$
75,282,086

 
$
66,452,520

Contributions from participants
92,625,314

 
89,040,908

Rollovers
19,007,135

 
19,435,783

Dividend and interest income
42,346,866

 
54,838,734

Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments
374,144,615

 
(178,633,387
)
Total additions
603,406,016

 
51,134,558

 
 
 
 
Deductions
 
 
 
Payments to participants
187,805,200

 
279,722,836

Administrative expenses
1,774,514

 
1,895,136

Total deductions
189,579,714

 
281,617,972

 
 
 
 
Net increase (decrease)
413,826,302

 
(230,483,414
)
 
 
 
 
Net assets available for benefits:
 
 
 
Beginning of year
1,739,363,040

 
1,969,846,454

End of year
$
2,153,189,342

 
$
1,739,363,040

 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes.
 
 
 



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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and 2018

1. Description of the Plan
The following description of the Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan (the Plan) provides only general information about the Plan’s provisions. Regions Financial Corporation (the Company) is the Plan Sponsor and the Benefits Management and Human Resources Committee, a committee established by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, is the Plan Administrator. Regions Bank serves as directed plan trustee and Mass Mutual is the record-keeper for the Plan. Effective December 7, 2018, Reliance Trust Company is the custodian of the Plan. Prior to December 7, 2018, the custodian of the Plan was State Street Bank & Trust Company. Participants should refer to the Plan document and the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions, copies of which may be obtained from the Plan Sponsor.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering certain employees of the Company and affiliates. Employees are eligible to participate in the Plan the first day of the payroll period following completion of the enrollment process by the Company. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA).
Contributions
Each year, participants may contribute up to a total of 80 percent of eligible compensation on a pre‑tax and/or Roth after-tax basis, as defined in the Plan document, subject to Internal Revenue Code (the Code) limitations. Participants may also rollover amounts representing distributions from other qualified plans and pre-tax contributions from individual retirement accounts. All employees who are eligible to make elective deferrals and who have attained age 50 before the close of the Plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions.
The Plan has an automatic deferral feature. Unless eligible employees opt out or elect during the enrollment window to contribute a different percentage, default elective deferrals are made on behalf of employees on a pre-tax basis in an amount equal to 2 percent of eligible compensation. Further, the Company adopted an automatic escalation feature for 2018 and 2019 to increase certain participants' deferral elections by 1 percent. Specifically, a deferral election of 2 percent of eligible compensation was increased to 3 percent, a deferral election of 3 percent of eligible compensation was increased to 4 percent, and additionally for 2019 a deferral election of 4 percent of eligible compensation was increased to 5 percent.
The Company matches dollar for dollar on participants' pre-tax contributions and Roth after-tax contributions, up to 4 percent of total eligible compensation. Effective January 1, 2019, the Plan was amended to increase the Company match to 5 percent of total eligible compensation. The matching contribution can be increased to a greater percentage applicable to a Plan year at the discretion of the Board of Directors pursuant to a Plan amendment. One year of service is required to be eligible for the Company match.
The Company also contributes an additional employer contribution of 2 percent of eligible compensation for participants who have one year of service, are employed at the end of the year, have 1,000 hours of service in the Plan year, and are not eligible to accrue benefits in the Company's qualified pension plans.
Upon enrollment, a participant may direct participant contributions, employer matching contributions and the additional 2 percent employer contribution in 1 percent increments to any of the Plan's investment options, which include an option to invest in the Regions Stock Fund. Participants can change their investment options daily, subject to designated insider restrictions and frequent trading limitations.



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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1. Description of the Plan (continued)
Effective June 1, 2018, the Plan was amended to grant the Plan Administrator the discretion to allow a participant loan to be directly rolled over to an eligible retirement plan if such plan is willing to accept such rollover.
The Plan was further amended on June 1, 2019, to limit participants' future contributions in the Regions Stock Fund to 10 percent of such contributions at the time compensation is deferred. There are no restrictions on participants' ability to transfer account balances into the Regions Stock Fund.
Participant Accounts
Each participant account is credited with the participant’s contributions, rollovers (if any) and allocations of (a) the Company’s contributions and (b) Plan earnings or losses, and is charged with certain record-keeping expenses. Allocations of earnings and losses are based on participants' account balances, as defined in the Plan document. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant's account less record-keeping expenses, which are charged per participant account. The Plan has an employee stock ownership plan component that allows participants to elect to receive a cash distribution of all of the dividends payable on the shares of Regions Financial Corporation stock allocated to the participants’ stock accounts as of the record date.
Participant Loans
Participants may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of 50 percent of eligible participant contributions or $50,000, reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance during the prior twelve-month period.
Eligible participant contributions include pre-tax elective deferrals, Roth after-tax elective deferrals, rollover contributions, and grandfathered qualified non-elective contributions. All loans must be repaid within 5 years. A participant may not have more than one loan outstanding at any point in time. Participants with a tax levy or garnishment against their wages are not eligible for a Plan loan. A loan is secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bears a fixed interest rate of 1 percent above the prime rate, as quoted in The Wall Street Journal. Principal and interest are paid ratably through regular payroll deductions. Upon termination of employment, a participant has up to 60 days from date of termination to repay the outstanding loan amount plus interest. If the loan is not repaid after 60 days, it will automatically be treated as a distribution to the participant.
Eligibility and Vesting
All employees other than seasonal or leased employees and BlackArch Partners LLC employees are eligible to participate in the Plan. Participants are immediately vested in their contributions, the Company contributions and any earnings thereon.
Payment of Benefits
Upon termination of service, death, disability or retirement, a participant (or his/her beneficiaries) may receive a lump sum amount equal to the vested value of his or her account, or an annual withdrawal. If a participant’s vested account balance is $1,000 or less, it will be paid in the form of a lump sum only. There were no benefit payments requested, approved and processed for payment but not yet disbursed as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.



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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1.
Description of the Plan (continued)
In-service withdrawals are available in certain limited circumstances, as defined by the Plan document. Hardship withdrawals are allowed for participants incurring an immediate and heavy financial need, as defined by the Plan document. Hardship withdrawals are strictly regulated by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and a participant must exhaust all available loan options and available distributions prior to requesting a hardship withdrawal.
Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA and the Plan document. In the event of a complete or partial termination of the Plan, the affected participants will have a 100 percent vested interest in the balances of their respective accounts. The Plan trustee will distribute account balances in a lump sum to affected participants after the payment of any taxes and expenses chargeable against the Plan.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The financial statements of the Plan have been prepared on the modified cash basis of accounting, which is a comprehensive basis of accounting other than U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The modified cash basis of accounting is an acceptable alternative method of reporting under regulations issued by the Department of Labor. Income on securities is recorded on an accrual basis and investments are recorded at fair value as stated below. All other transactions are recorded on a cash basis.
Payment of Benefits
Benefits are recorded when paid.

Notes Receivable from Participants
Notes receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2019 or 2018. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the Plan Administrator deems the participant loan to be a distribution, the participant’s loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). See Note 3, Fair Value of Financial Instruments, for further discussion and disclosures related to fair value measurements.



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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
The Company’s Benefits Management and Human Resources Committee is responsible for determining the Plan's valuation policies and analyzing information provided by the investment custodians and issuers that is used to determine the fair value of the Plan’s investments. The Benefits Management and Human Resources Committee is comprised of ten voting members and three non-voting members appointed by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee and reports to the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded as earned. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments includes the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought, sold and held during the year.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with the basis of accounting described above requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements, accompanying notes and supplemental schedule. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market volatility and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
Legal Contingencies
The Plan is subject to litigation and claims arising during the ordinary course of business and Plan activities. The Plan evaluates these contingencies based on information currently available, including advice of counsel and assessment of available insurance coverage. Although it is not possible to predict the ultimate resolution with respect to these litigation contingencies, management is currently of the opinion that the outcome of pending and threatened litigation would not have a material effect on the Plan’s statements of net assets available for benefits or its changes in net assets available for benefits. In pending litigation, the costs of defense are paid by the Company and therefore are not expected to impact the Plan’s net assets.
Administrative Expenses
The Plan’s administrative expenses are paid by either the Plan or the Company, as provided by the Plan’s provisions. Other than record-keeping fees, the Company pays all legal, accounting and other services on behalf of participants. Record-keeping fees are generally charged directly to the participant's account. Expenses relating to purchases, sales or transfers of the Plan’s investments, if any, are charged to the particular investment fund to which the expenses relate. Fees incurred by the Plan for the investment management services are included in net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of the investment, as they are paid through revenue sharing, rather than a direct payment. The Company pays directly any other fees related to the Plan’s operations, which are excluded from these financial statements.


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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Accounting Standards Codification 820 (ASC 820), “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” provides a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs when measuring fair value on the last business day of the Plan year.
The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following:
quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets
quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active
observable inputs other than quoted prices that are used in the valuation of the asset or liabilities (e.g., interest rate and yield curve quotes at commonly quoted intervals)
inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (i.e., supported by little or no market activity). Level 3 inputs include management’s own assumption about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk).
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is classified is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measure in its entirety.
Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for major categories of assets measured at fair value by the Plan.
Common Stock Fund and Mutual Funds: The Plan uses quoted market prices of identical assets on active exchanges, or Level 1 measurements.
The Regions Stock Fund may also hold cash or other short-term securities, although these are expected to be a small percentage of the fund. The Company has implemented a dividend pass through election for its participants.
Collective Investment Trust Funds: The Plan uses net asset value (NAV) per unit to value the collective investment trust funds. The NAV, as provided by the trustee, is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value. The NAV is based on the fair value of the underlying investments held by the fund less its liabilities divided by the number of units outstanding. This practical expedient is not used when it is determined to be probable that the fund will sell the investment for an amount different than the reported NAV.


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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (continued)
The Plan’s collective investment trust funds include the Pioneer Large Cap Core Equity Trust, the Pioneer US Balanced Trust, multiple T. Rowe Price Retirement Trusts, T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth, the Bank of New York Mellon EB US Small-Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund, and the Morley Stable Value Fund.
The Morley Stable Value Fund distributes income in the form of units, and provides a constant unit redemption value. The Morley Stable Value Fund invests in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts (FBRICs) and is presented at fair value based on its NAV. As a result, the Plan is an indirect investor in FBRICs since the Plan itself does not directly invest in FBRICs.
The following table presents investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2019:
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Regions stock fund
 
$
354,772,136

 
$

 
$

 
$
354,772,136

Mutual funds
 
632,449,763

 

 

 
632,449,763

Total assets in the fair value hierarchy
 
$
987,221,899


$


$


$
987,221,899

Investments measured at NAV:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collective investment trust funds(a)
 

 

 

 
1,142,037,029

Total investments at fair value
 
$
987,221,899

 
$

 
$

 
$
2,129,258,928

The following table presents investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2018:
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Regions stock fund
 
$
306,790,559

 
$

 
$

 
$
306,790,559

Mutual funds
 
666,324,773

 

 

 
666,324,773

Total assets in the fair value hierarchy
 
$
973,115,332

 
$

 
$

 
$
973,115,332

Investments measured at NAV:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Collective investment trust funds(a)
 

 

 

 
742,747,742

Total investments at fair value
 
$
973,115,332

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,715,863,074


(a) In accordance with ASC 820, certain investments that were measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient are not required to be classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of amounts reported in the fair value hierarchy to the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits. Also, in accordance with accounting guidance, if an investment is measured using the NAV per unit (or its equivalent) as the practical expedient and that investment is in a fund that files a Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan, as a direct filing entity, disclosure of that investment’s strategy is not required.

Assets in all levels could result in volatile and material price fluctuations.





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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments (continued)
The following table summarizes the Plan’s investments with a reported fair value using NAV per unit at December 31:
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
Unfunded Commitment
 
Redemption Period
 
Redemption Notice Period
Morley Stable Value Fund
 
$
232,792,762

 
$
219,993,306

 
$

 
Daily
 
N/A
Pioneer Large Cap Core Equity Trust
 
63,800,678

 
45,860,191

 

 
Daily
 
N/A
Pioneer US Balanced Trust
 
129,994,913

 
111,189,620

 

 
Daily
 
N/A
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2005 Trust
 
1,744,184

 
939,560

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2010 Trust
 
2,256,215

 
2,105,928

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Trust
 
11,449,130

 
10,244,867

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Trust
 
34,028,373

 
30,382,468

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Trust
 
56,066,884

 
38,535,284

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Trust
 
60,667,111

 
46,165,499

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Trust
 
54,112,763

 
38,430,032

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Trust
 
52,737,411

 
38,005,282

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Trust
 
49,671,913

 
33,608,920

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Trust
 
36,646,153

 
24,872,644

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Trust
 
25,987,820

 
16,584,123

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Retirement 2060 Trust
 
11,632,577

 
6,620,229

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth
 
213,547,739

 

 

 
Daily
 
30 days
BNYM EB US Small-Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund
 
104,900,403

 
79,209,789

 

 
Daily
 
N/A
Total
 
$
1,142,037,029


$
742,747,742

 
$

 
 
 
 
4. Related-Party and Party-in-Interest Transactions
Mass Mutual is the record-keeper and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Plan made payments to Mass Mutual in the amount of $1,774,514 and $1,895,136, respectively, for recordkeeping and administrative services.

Regions Bank (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) serves as the directed trustee of the Plan. Participants can direct how their contributions are invested within the Plan. During the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, the Plan earned $12,896,384 and $10,925,567, respectively, in common stock dividends and had $3,238,497 and $3,210,066 in dividends receivable from the Regions Stock Fund (an affiliate of the Company) at December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions; however, they are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules under ERISA.
5. Tax Status
The Plan received a determination letter from the IRS dated February 22, 2016, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Although the Plan has been amended subsequent to applying for the determination letter, the Plan Administrator believes the Plan is in compliance with and is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.


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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5. Tax Status (continued)
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States require plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. Plan management has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.
6. Subsequent Events
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted global commercial activity and contributed to significant declines and volatility in financial markets. The outbreak could have a continued material adverse impact on economic and market conditions and trigger a period of global economic slowdown. The rapid development and fluidity of this situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate material adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Nevertheless, the COVID-19 pandemic presents material uncertainty and risk with respect to the Plan, its performance, and its financial results.
The Plan was amended to incorporate the final regulations regarding hardship distributions effective as of January 1, 2020. The Plan was further amended, generally effective April 1, 2020, to add an automatic escalation feature for 2020 in which certain participants’ deferral elections were automatically increased by 1 percent. Specifically, a deferral election of 2 percent of eligible compensation was increased to 3 percent, a deferral election of 3 percent of eligible compensation was increased to 4 percent, a deferral election of 4 percent of eligible compensation was increased to 5 percent, and a deferral election of 5 percent of eligible compensation was increased to 6 percent.
The Benefits Management and Human Resources Committee also has approved certain changes to the Plan for 2020 permitted by the SECURE Act and the CARES Act, including increasing the onset of required minimum distributions from age 70½ to age 72, allowing penalty-free distributions for qualified birth and adoption expenses, allowing COVID-19 related distributions, extending the repayment of certain Plan loans for up to one year, and suspending required minimum distributions for 2020, and approved the participation of employees of Ascentium, LLC, a recently-acquired subsidiary of Regions Bank.





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Supplemental Schedule



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Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan
EIN #63-0589368 Plan #012
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets
(Held at End of Year)
(Modified Cash Basis)
December 31, 2019
(a)
 
(b)
Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party
(c)
Description of Investment including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest Collateral, Par or Maturity Value
(d)
Cost
(e)
Current Value
*
Regions Financial Corporation
 
 
 
 
 
Stock Fund
Common stock fund
**
$
354,772,136

 
Morley
 
 

 
 
Stable Value Fund
Collective investment trust
**
232,792,762

 
Pioneer
 
 

 
 
Pioneer Bond Fund
Mutual funds
**
43,318,141

 
 
Pioneer Large Cap Core Equity Trust
Collective investment trust
**
63,800,678

 
 
Pioneer US Balanced Trust
Collective investment trust
**
129,994,913

 
Vanguard
 
 

 
 
Windsor II Fund
Mutual funds
**
101,189,441

 
 
Institutional Index Fund
Mutual funds
**
156,291,026

 
Dodge & Cox
 
 

 
 
International Stock Fund
Mutual funds
**
98,172,467

 
 
Income Fund
Mutual funds
**
71,266,780

 
T. Rowe Price
 
 

 
 
Large Cap Growth
Collective investment trust
**
213,547,739

 
 
Retirement 2005 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
1,744,184

 
 
Retirement 2010 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
2,256,215

 
 
Retirement 2015 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
11,449,130

 
 
Retirement 2020 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
34,028,373

 
 
Retirement 2025 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
56,066,884

 
 
Retirement 2030 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
60,667,111

 
 
Retirement 2035 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
54,112,763

 
 
Retirement 2040 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
52,737,411

 
 
Retirement 2045 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
49,671,913

 
 
Retirement 2050 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
36,646,153

 
 
Retirement 2055 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
25,987,820

 
 
Retirement 2060 Trust
Collective investment trust
**
11,632,577

 
 
 
 
**

 
CRM
 
 

 
 
Small Cap Fund
Mutual funds
**
67,391,725

 
PIMCO
 
 

 
 
All Asset Fund
Mutual funds
**
13,921,691

 
The Bank of New York Mellon
 
 

 
 
EB US Small-Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund
Collective investment trust
**
104,900,403

 
Eaton Vance
 
 

 
 
Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap Fund
Mutual funds
**
80,898,492

*
Loans to participants
Interest rate ranges from 4.25% to 8.25% with various maturities
**
20,691,917

 
Total
 
 
$
2,149,950,845

*
Represents a party-in-interest
 
 
 
**
Cost has not been presented, as this information is not required.
 
 
 
 
 
 


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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
401(k) PLAN

REGIONS BANK, TRUSTEE



Date: June 23, 2020                By: /s/ Christopher Hussar         
Christopher Hussar
Regions Bank Vice President, Institutional Services
Trustee of the Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan




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EXHIBIT NO                    EXHIBIT

23                        Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 




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