X0201 42003-12-31 0000018568 COMPASS BANCSHARES INC CBSS 0001183687 HARRIS ERNEST LEE JR 15 SOUTH 20TH STREET BIRMINGHAM AL 35233 0001(Issuer Subsidiary)Phantom Stock Units (ESOP Benefit Restoration Plan)02003-12-312004-01-024A01.29639.8773A1988-08-081988-08-08Common Stock1.296121.733DThe units were acquired under the issuer's ESOP Benefit Restoration Plan and will be settled 1-for-1 in the issuer's common stock upon the reporting person's retirement.Jerry W. Powell, as attorney in fact2004-01-06