X0202 4 2007-03-15 0000018568 COMPASS BANCSHARES INC CBSS 0001197095 HELMS WILLIAM C 15 SOUTH 20TH STREET BIRMINGHAM AL 35233 0 0 0 1 Exec. VP (Issuer Subsidiary) Phantom Stock Units (ESOP Benefit Restoration Plan) 0 2007-03-15 2007-03-16 4 A 0 15.666 67.4197 A Common Stock 15.666 1184.794 D The phantom stock units were acquired under the issuer's ESOP Benefit Restoration Plan. Each unit represents the right to receive the cash value of one share of the issuer's common stock upon the reporting person's retirement or the occurence of other events, including termination of employment, death, unforeseeable emergency or change in control of the issuer. Subject to the terms of the plan, the reporting person may transfer amounts allocated to his phantom stock account into an alternative investment option at any time. Jerry W. Powell, as attorney-in-fact 2007-03-19