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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 27, 1996
REGISTRATION NO. 333-16243
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Amendment No. 1
to
Form S-4
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FIRST AMERICAN CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Tennessee 6712 62-079975
(State or other (Primary Standard (I.R.S. Employer
jurisdiction Industrial Identification
of incorporation Classification Number)
or organization) Code Number)
First American Center
Nashville, Tennessee 37237-0700
(615) 748-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
Martin E. Simmons, Esq.
Executive Vice President -- Administration, General Counsel, Secretary,
and Principal Financial Officer
First American Corporation
First American Center
Nashville, Tennessee 37237-0606
(615) 748-2049
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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Copies to:
Mary Neil Price, Esq. Kathryn Reed Edge, Esq.
First American Corporation Miller & Martin
721 First American Center Suite 1225, SunTrust Center
Nashville, TN 37237 424 Church Street
(615) 736-6735 Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 244-3119
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As
soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement.
If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in
connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with
General Instruction G, check the following box. [ ]
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The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date
or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the
Registrant shall file a further statement which specifically states that this
Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with
Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement
shall become effective on such date as the Commission acting pursuant to said
Section 8(a), may determine.
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