UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 9, 2011

 

First Horizon National Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

TN

001-15185

62-0803242

(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN

38103

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (901) 523-4444

 


(Former name or former address, if changed from last report)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On March 9, 2011, First Horizon National Corporation completed the purchase and cancellation of a common stock purchase warrant issued to the U.S. Department of the Treasury in 2008 in connection with First Horizon’s participation in the Treasury’s Capital Purchase Program. The warrant had given to the Treasury the right to purchase 14,842,321 of First Horizon’s common shares for $8.757 per share. First Horizon paid the Treasury $79.7 million to purchase the warrant. The warrant purchase was preceded by First Horizon’s purchase on December 22, 2010 of all outstanding shares of preferred stock which First Horizon had issued to the Treasury in 2008 under the Capital Purchase Program. The Treasury no longer holds any securities of First Horizon under that Program.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

First Horizon National Corporation

(Registrant)

 

Date: March 9, 2011

By:

/s/ Clyde A. Billings, Jr.

 

 

Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary