FIRST AMERICAN CORP /TN/
8-K, 1996-02-05
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                    FORM 8K

                                 CURRENT REPORT


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




Date of Report:                            February 5, 1996
Date of earliest event reported:           February 2, 1996


                           FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                   TENNESSEE
                 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)


         0-6198                                       62-0799975
(Commission File Number)                              (I.R.S. Employer
                                                      Identification No.)


FIRST AMERICAN CENTER, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE           37237-0700
(Address of principal executive offices)              (Zip Code)
                                                               

   Registrant's telephone number, including area code (615) 748-2000
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Item 5.          Other Event

                 As previously reported by Current Report on Form 8-K dated
                 July 5, 1995, First American has entered into a definitive
                 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 5, 1995 with First
                 City Bancorp, Inc.  Attached hereto and incorporated by
                 reference herein as Exhibit 2 (a) is an Amendment to the
                 Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between First American
                 Corporation and First City Bancorp, Inc. dated as of February
                 2, 1996.



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Exhibit No.               Description
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         2.               Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 5, 1995 by and between First American Corporation and
                          First City Bancorp, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 2 to a Current Report on Form 8-K dated
                          July 5, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference).

         2 (a).           Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between First American Corporation and First
                          City Bancorp, Inc. dated February 2, 1996.

         20.              Press Release dated July 5, 1995 (previously filed as Exhibit 20 to a Current Report on Form 8-
                          K dated July 5, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference).

         20(a).           Press Release dated February 2, 1996.
                                                               
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                                   SIGNATURES


         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 thereunto duly authorized.


                                     FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
                                     --------------------------
                                     (Registrant)
                                     
                                     
Date: February 5, 1996               /s/ Mary Neil Price                
                                     -----------------------------------
                                     Name:  Mary Neil Price
                                     Title: Senior Vice President
                                             and Assistant Secretary






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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX


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Exhibit No:               Description
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         2.               Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 5, 1995 by and between First American Corporation and
                          First City Bancorp, Inc. (previously filed as Exhibit 2 to a Current Report on Form 8-K dated
                          July 5, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference).

         2 (a).           Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger by and between First American Corporation and First
                          City Bancorp, Inc. dated February 2, 1996.

         20.              Press Release dated July 5, 1995 (previously filed as Exhibit 20 to a Current Report on Form 8-
                          K dated July 5, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference).

         20(a).           Press Release dated February 2, 1996.

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                                                                    Exhibit 2(a)

                                  AMENDMENT TO
                          AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER


                 This AMENDMENT (the "Amendment") to the AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER dated as of July 5, 1995 (the "Agreement"), between First American
Corporation, a Tennessee corporation ("FAC") and First City Bancorp, Inc., a
Tennessee corporation ("FCBI") is made and entered as of February 2, 1996.


                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS, the parties hereto have heretofore entered into the Agreement
and desire to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, the
parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.      Section 2.1(b) entitled "Conversion of FCBI Common Stock" is
hereby amended by substituting "third trading" for "fifth" in the sixteenth
line thereof.

                 Section 2.1(b) entitled "Conversion of FCBI Common Stock" is
hereby amended to delete the following phrase in the fifth and sixth lines
thereof "if the Average Closing Price is between $31.40 and $41.70",  and to
delete the following:

                 "If the Average Closing Price is greater than $41.70, then FAC
                 shall have the right to notify FCBI on the first day following
                 the end of the Measurement Period of its election to terminate
                 the Agreement effective three days thereafter unless the
                 Exchange Ratio is reduced to $26.50 divided by the Average
                 Closing Price, and in that event this Agreement will terminate
                 at the close of business on such third day unless prior
                 thereto FCBI shall have agreed to such reduction in the
                 Exchange Ratio. If the Average Closing Price is less than
                 $31.40, then FCBI shall have the right to notify FAC on the
                 first day following the end of the Measurement Period of its
                 election to terminate this Agreement effective three days
                 thereafter unless the Exchange Ratio is increased to $26.50
                 divided by the Average Closing Price, and in that event this
                 Agreement will terminate at the close of business on such
                 third day unless prior thereto FAC shall have agreed to such
                 increase in the Exchange Ratio."






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                 Section 2.1(b) entitled "Conversion of FCBI Common Stock" is
hereby amended to add the following:

                 "Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Average Closing Price
                 is greater than $44.06, then the Exchange Ratio shall be
                 determined by dividing $28.00 by the Average Closing Price;
                 provided that in such event the Exchange Ratio shall not be
                 less than .6000 shares of FAC Common Stock per share of FCBI
                 Common."

         so that Section 2.1(b) shall read in its entirety as follows:

                 (b)      Conversion of FCBI Common Stock.  Subject to Section
                 2.2(a), each issued and outstanding share of FCBI Common Stock
                 (other than shares to be canceled in accordance with Section
                 2.1(a)) shall, by virtue of this Agreement and without any
                 action on the part of the holder thereof, be converted into
                 and exchangeable for the right to receive the number of fully
                 paid and nonassessable shares of FAC Common Stock rounded to
                 the nearest thousandth of a share, determined by dividing
                 $26.50 by the Average Closing Price, as defined below (the
                 "Exchange Ratio") including the corresponding number of rights
                 associated with the FAC Common Stock pursuant to the FAC
                 Rights Agreement (as defined in Section 3.2(b)) provided, that
                 except as set forth below, the Exchange Ratio shall not exceed
                 .8440 shares of FAC Common per share of FCBI Common and shall
                 not be less than .6355 shares of FAC Common per share of FCBI
                 Common. The Average Closing Price shall mean the average
                 closing sale price per share of FAC Common Stock on the NASDAQ
                 national market system (as reported in The Wall Street
                 Journal, or if not reported thereby, any other authoritative
                 source) for the twenty (20) consecutive trading days ending on
                 and including the third trading day immediately preceding
                 closing (the "Measurement Period").

                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Average Closing Price is
                 greater than $44.06, then the Exchange Ratio shall be
                 determined by dividing $28.00 by the Average Closing Price;
                 provided that in such event the Exchange Ratio shall not be
                 less than .6000 shares of FAC Common Stock per share of FCBI
                 Common.

                 In the event that prior to the Effective Time the outstanding
                 shares of FAC Common Stock have been increased, decreased,
                 changed into or exchanged for a different number or kind of
                 shares through a reorganization, reclassification, stock
                 dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar
                 change applicable adjustments shall be made to the Average
                 Closing Price and the maximum and minimum number of shares to
                 be exchanged.






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                 All such shares of FCBI Common Stock shall no longer be
                 outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired
                 and shall cease to exist, and each certificate previously
                 representing any such shares shall thereafter represent the
                 shares of FAC Common Stock into which FCBI Common Stock has
                 been converted and the right to cash payment for fractional
                 shares, if any.  Certificates previously representing shares
                 of  FCBI Common Stock shall be exchanged for certificates
                 representing whole shares of  FAC Common Stock issued in
                 consideration therefor and cash for fractional shares, if any,
                 upon the surrender of such certificates in accordance with
                 Section 2.2.

         2.      Sections 2.1(b), (c), (d) and (e), respectively entitled
Conversion of FCBI Series A Preferred Stock, Conversion of FCBI Stock Options,
No Dissenters Rights and Shares of FAC Common Stock are hereby renumbered
Sections 2.1 (c), (d), (e) and (f), respectively.

         3.      The following language is hereby deleted from Section 4.2(c):

                 "provided that in the event that the Closing does not occur on
                 or before February 29, 1996 if as the result of action or
                 inaction on the part of FAC, FCBI may (to the extent allowable
                 under applicable law) accrue, declare and pay as a special
                 dividend on shares of FCBI Common Stock, an amount equal to
                 the difference between the FCBI dividend paid in the first and
                 succeeding calendar quarters of 1996 and the dividend which
                 would have been declared during the first and succeeding
                 calendar quarters of 1996 by FAC on the shares of FAC Common
                 Stock which would have been issuable in exchange for shares
                 FCBI Common Stock had Closing occurred on February 29, 1996;"

         4.      Section 7.1(3)(e) is hereby deleting in its entirety.

         5.      Section 7.1(4)(c) is hereby deleted in its entirety.

         6.      Section 1.1 entitled "Effective Time of the Merger" is hereby
amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, articles of
                 merger (the "Articles of Merger") including a plan of merger
                 consistent with this Agreement shall be duly prepared,
                 executed and acknowledged by the Surviving Corporation (as
                 defined in Section 1.3(b)) and thereafter delivered to the
                 Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee, for filing, as
                 provided in the Tennessee Business Corporation Act (the
                 "TBCA"), as soon as practicable on or after the Closing Date
                 (as defined in Section 1.2).  The Merger shall become
                 effective upon the filing of the Articles of Merger with the
                 Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee or at such time
                 thereafter as is provided in the Articles of Merger (the
                 "Effective Time").





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         7.      Section 1.2 entitled "Closing" is hereby amended to read in
                 its entirety as follows:  

                 The closing of the Merger (the "Closing") will take place at 
                 10:00 a.m. Central Time on the first business day following 
                 the satisfaction (or waiver) of each of the conditions set 
                 forth in Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 (other than the delivery of
                 the officers' certificate referred to in Sections 6.2(b) and 
                 6.3(b) (provided that the other closing conditions set forth 
                 in Article VI have been met or waived as provided in Article 
                 VI at or prior to the Closing (the "Closing Date"), at the 
                 offices of FAC, First American Center, Nashville, Tennessee 
                 37237, unless another time, date or place is agreed to in 
                 writing by the parties hereto.

         8.      Capitalized terms, not specifically defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement.

         9.      This Amendment shall become effective retroactively to the
execution of the Agreement. Except as expressly provided above, all of the
terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force
and effect.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, FAC and FCBI have caused this Amendment to be
signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of
February 2, 1996.


FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION


BY:/s/ Dennis C. Bottorff
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         Dennis C. Bottorff
         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Attest:


/s/ Mary Neil Price    
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         Mary Neil Price
Title:   Assistant Secretary




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FIRST CITY BANCORP, INC.


BY: /s/ William E. Rowland
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         William E. Rowland
         President and Chief Executive Officer

Attest:

/s/ Debbie Ferrell
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         Debbie Ferrell
Title:   Assistant Vice President




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                                                                   Exhibit 20(a)



Financial Contact:           Carroll Kimball, 615/748-2455, Fax 615/748-2755 
Media Contact:               Vicki Kessler, 615/748-2912, Fax 615/748-2535

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

           FIRST AMERICAN AND FIRST CITY BANCORP MODIFY MERGER TERMS

         NASHVILLE, TENN., FEB. 2, 1996 --  First American Corporation (NASDAQ:
FATN) and First City Bancorp, Inc.  (AMEX:FCT) today announced an amendment to
the terms outlined in First American's definitive agreement to acquire First
City.
         Under the original agreement, if the average price of First American
common stock (for the 20 business days preceding and including the fifth
business day prior to consummation) was above $41.70, the merger exchange ratio
was .6355, but First American had the right to terminate the transaction unless
First City agreed to lower the exchange ratio to equal a value of $26.50 per
share.  In view of the fact that First American common stock has traded at
prices in excess of $41.70 for several months, the amendment removes the
uncertainty of closing the transaction.
         Under the revised agreement, if the average closing price of First
American's common stock (for the 20 business days preceding and including the
third business day prior to consummation) is above $46.67, the exchange ratio
will be fixed at .6000 shares of First American for each share of First City.
If the price is between $44.06 and $46.67, a value equal to a fixed price of
$28.00 per share will be exchanged.  If the price is between $41.70 and $44.06,
the exchange ratio will be fixed at .6355 shares of First American for each
share of First City.  If the price is between $31.40 and $41.70, a value equal
to a fixed price of $26.50 per share will be exchanged.  Finally, if the price
is below $31.40, the exchange ratio will be fixed at


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FIRST AMERICAN AND FIRST CITY BANCORP MODIFY MERGER TERMS - PAGE 2

 .8440 shares of First American for each share of First City.  Both parties have
waived their rights to terminate the deal based on the average price of First
American stock.
         "We are pleased that First American and First City were able to amend
the terms of the transaction to the benefit of both parties," said Dennis C.
Bottorff, Chairman and CEO.  "First American's stock price has appreciated over
30 percent since the original agreement was signed.  It has raised some
uncertainty concerning our commitment to consummate the transaction in light of
our termination rights.  We were able to amend the terms and remove this
uncertainty while still meeting our financial and strategic objectives for the
transaction," he said.
         First City is a $340 million bank holding company headquartered in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee (Rutherford County).  First City has 11 banking offices
and nine consumer finance locations in the middle Tennessee area.  The addition
of First City will boost First American's market share to 22 percent in
Rutherford County, the fastest growing county in the state.
         First American Corporation is the Nashville-based parent company of
First American National Bank, First American National Bank of Kentucky, First
American Federal Savings Bank in Virginia and First American Enterprises, Inc.
Approximately 3,600 people work for First American in 163 offices.

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