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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION
PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(A) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION
(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement)
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14a-6(i)(3).
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0-11.
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______________________________
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Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was
paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.
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state how it was determined.
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"Preliminary Copies" March 14, 1994
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF
FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION
In connection with the annual meeting of shareholders of your
Corporation to be held on April 19, 1994, we enclose a notice of annual
shareholders' meeting, a proxy statement, and a form of proxy.
At the meeting, you will be asked to elect three Class I directors to
serve until the 1997 annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors
are duly elected and qualified, approve an amendment to the Corporation's
restated charter increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock,
and ratify the appointment of Arthur Andersen & Co. as the Corporation's
independent auditors for 1994. Information about these matters is contained in
the attached proxy statement.
Detailed information relating to the Corporation's activities and
operating performance during 1993 is contained in the Annual Report to
Shareholders of the Corporation, which is being mailed to you with this proxy
statement, but is not a part of the proxy soliciting material. If you do not
receive or have access to the 1993 Annual Report, please notify the Treasurer,
First Tennessee National Corporation, P.O. Box 84, Memphis, Tennessee 38101,
(901) 523-5630.
You are cordially invited to attend the annual meeting of shareholders
in person. We would appreciate your completing the enclosed form of proxy so
that your shares can be voted in the event that you are unable to attend the
meeting. If you are present at the meeting and desire to vote your shares
personally, your form of proxy will be withheld from voting upon your request
prior to the balloting. We urge you to return your proxy card to us in the
postage-paid envelope as soon as possible.
Sincerely yours,
Ronald Terry
Chairman of the Board
and Chief Executive Officer
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FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION
165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
NOTICE OF ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
April 19, 1994
The annual meeting of shareholders of First Tennessee National
Corporation will be held on April 19, 1994, at 10:00 a.m., in the Auditorium,
First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee. The items of
business are:
1. Election of three Class I directors to serve until the 1997
annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors are
duly elected and qualified.
2. Approval of an amendment to the Corporation's restated charter
increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock
from 50 million to 100 million shares.
3. Ratification of appointment of auditors.
These items are described more fully in the following pages, which are
made a part of this notice. The close of business February 23, 1994, is the
record date for the meeting. All shareholders of record at that time are
entitled to vote at the meeting.
Management would appreciate your signing and returning the
accompanying form of proxy promptly, so that if you are unable to attend the
meeting your shares can nevertheless be voted.
Lenore S. Creson
Secretary
Memphis, Tennessee
March 14, 1994
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO ASSURE THAT YOUR SHARES ARE REPRESENTED AT THE MEETING, PLEASE
PROMPTLY MARK, DATE, SIGN AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED FORM OF PROXY IN THE ENCLOSED
ENVELOPE.
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PROXY STATEMENT
FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION
165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
GENERAL
The following statement, first mailed to shareholders on or about
March 14, 1994, is furnished in connection with the solicitation by the Board
of Directors of First Tennessee National Corporation (the "Corporation" or
"FTNC") of proxies to be used at the annual meeting of the shareholders of the
Corporation to be held on April 19, 1994, at 10:00 A.M. in the Auditorium,
First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, and at any
adjournment or adjournments thereof.
The accompanying form of proxy is for use at the meeting if a
shareholder will be unable to attend in person. The proxy may be revoked by
the shareholder at any time before it is exercised. All shares represented by
valid proxies received pursuant to this solicitation, and not revoked before
they are exercised, will be voted in the manner specified therein. If no
specification is made, the proxies will be voted in favor of:
1. Election of three Class I directors to serve until the 1997
annual meeting of shareholders, or until their successors
are duly elected and qualified.
2. Approval of an amendment to the Corporation's restated charter
increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock
from 50 million to 100 million shares.
3. Ratification of appointment of auditors.
The entire cost of soliciting these proxies will be borne by the
Corporation. In following up the original solicitation of the proxies by mail,
the Corporation may request brokers and others to send proxies and proxy
material to the beneficial owners of the shares and may reimburse them for
their expenses in so doing. If necessary, the Corporation may also use several
of its regular employees to solicit proxies from the shareholders, either
personally or by telephone or by special letter, for which they will receive no
compensation in addition to their normal compensation.
The common stock of the Corporation is its only class of voting
securities. There were 30,174,189 shares of common stock outstanding and
entitled to vote as of February 23, 1994, the record date for the annual
shareholders' meeting. Each share is entitled to one vote. A majority of the
votes entitled to be cast at the annual meeting constitutes a quorum for
purposes of the meeting. With respect to the election of directors, a
plurality of
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the votes cast is required to elect the nominees as directors. With respect to
both the charter amendment and the ratification of the appointment of auditors,
to approve each item the votes cast in favor of the item must exceed the votes
cast in opposition to it. An "abstention" will be considered present for
quorum purposes but will not otherwise have any effect on any of the vote
items. Broker "non-votes" will not be considered present for quorum purposes
but will not otherwise have any effect on any of the vote items.
On December 31, 1993, only one person was known by management of the
Corporation to own beneficially, as that term is defined by Rule 13d-3 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, more than five percent (5%) of the
Corporation's common stock. According to its public filings, Pioneering
Management Corporation, 60 State Street, Boston, MA 02114, an investment
adviser, owned beneficially 2,677,750 shares, equal to approximately 9.5% of
the common stock. It had sole voting power with respect to all of such shares
and sole and shared dispositive power with respect to 168,000 and 2,509,750
shares, respectively.
The following table sets forth certain information as of December 31,
1993, concerning beneficial ownership of the Corporation's common stock by each
director and nominee, each executive officer named in the Summary Compensation
Table, and directors and executive officers as a group.
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Stock Ownership Table
Amount and Nature
Name of of Beneficial Ownership Percent
Beneficial Owner (Number of Shares)(1) of Class
Jack A. Belz 21,825 (2) 0.08
Robert C. Blattberg 1,590 (2) 0.01
John Hull Dobbs 113,998 (2) 0.40
J. Kenneth Glass 51,063 (3)(4) 0.18
Ralph Horn 148,991 (3)(4) 0.53
J. R. Hyde, III 33,216 (2) 0.12
John C. Kelley 56,833 (3)(4) 0.20
George P. Lewis 78,789 (3)(4) 0.28
Joseph Orgill, III 67,225 (2) 0.24
Cameron E. Perry 48,359 (2) 0.17
Richard E. Ray 3,356 (2) 0.01
Vicki G. Roman 1,527 (2)(5) 0.01
Michael D. Rose 10,815 (2) 0.04
William B. Sansom 1,721 (2) 0.01
Gordon P. Street, Jr. 1,725 (2) 0.01
Ronald Terry 166,214 (3)(4) 0.59
Norfleet R. Turner 24,164 (2) 0.09
Directors and Executive
Officers as a Group
(22 persons) 1,009,761 (3)(4) 3.49
(1) The respective directors and officers have sole voting and investment
powers with respect to all of such shares except as specified in note
(2) and note (4).
(2) Includes 1,500 shares of restricted stock, with respect to which each
nonemployee director possesses sole voting power, but no investment
power.
(3) Includes 13,339, 44,613, 14,249, 7,113 and 61,979 shares as to which
Messrs. Glass, Horn, Kelley and Lewis and the directors and executive
officers group, respectively, have the right to acquire beneficial
ownership within 60 days through the exercise of Corporation stock
options. Also includes shares held at September 30, 1993, for Savings
Plan accounts.
(4) Includes 13,517, 15,000, 13,517, 10,967, 11,111, and 45,620 shares of
restricted stock with respect to which Messrs. Glass, Horn, Kelley,
Lewis, Terry and the director and executive officer group,
respectively, have sole voting power but no investment power.
(5) Share ownership is as of January 18, 1994.
ITEM NO. 1 - ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors is divided into three Classes with the term of
office of each Class expiring in successive years. The term of Class I
directors expires at this annual meeting. The terms of Class II and Class III
directors expire as stated below. The Board of Directors proposes the election
of three Class I directors. Because the Corporation's charter requires each
class to be as nearly equal in number as possible, Ms. Roman, who is currently
a Class III director, has been nominated as a Class I director.
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Each director elected at the meeting will hold office until the specified
annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall be elected
and qualified.
Should any of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors be
unable to accept election, which the Board of Directors has no reason to
anticipate, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy will vote for the
election of such other persons as management may recommend, unless the Board
should determine to reduce the number of directors pursuant to the Bylaws.
Certain information about the nominees and directors (including age,
current principal occupation which has continued for at least five years unless
otherwise indicated, name and principal business of the organization in which
his or her occupation is carried on, directorships in other reporting
companies, and year first elected to the Corporation's Board) is provided as
follows:
NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR
Class I
For a Three-Year Term Expiring at 1997 Annual Meeting
JOSEPH ORGILL, III (56) is Chairman of the Board of West Union Corporation,
Memphis, Tennessee, wholesale distributors of hardware and manufacturers of
products primarily for the construction industry. Mr. Orgill has been a
director since 1969.
VICKI G. ROMAN (40) is Corporate Vice President and Treasurer of Coca-Cola
Enterprises Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, bottler of soft drink products. Prior to
February, 1992 she was Assistant Treasurer. Ms. Roman has been a director
since December 21, 1993.
WILLIAM B. SANSOM (52) is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
The H.T. Hackney Co., Knoxville, Tennessee, a diversified wholesale
distribution firm serving the food, gas, oil and industrial markets in the
Southeast. Mr. Sansom has been a director since 1984 and is a member of the
Human Resources Committee.
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CONTINUING DIRECTORS
Class II
Term Expiring at 1995 Annual Meeting
ROBERT C. BLATTBERG (51) is the Polk Brothers Distinguished Professor of
Retailing, J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois. Prior to September 1991, he was Professor of
Marketing at the University of Chicago. Dr. Blattberg has been a director
since 1984 and is Chairman of the Human Resources Committee.
J. R. HYDE, III (51) is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
AutoZone, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, retail auto parts. Mr. Hyde is a director
of one other public company, Federal Express Corporation. Mr. Hyde has been a
director since 1972 and is a member of the Human Resources Committee.
MICHAEL D. ROSE (52) is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
The Promus Companies Incorporated, Memphis, Tennessee, a hospitality company
with interests in casinos, hotels and restaurants. He held the same positions
with Holiday Corporation prior to the consummation of the Bass PLC merger
transaction on February 7, 1990. Mr. Rose is a director of two other public
companies, General Mills, Inc. and Ashland Oil, Inc. Mr. Rose has been a
director since 1984 and is Chairman of the Audit Committee.
GORDON P. STREET, JR. (55) is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
and President of North American Royalties, Inc., Chattanooga, Tennessee, a
manufacturer of gray iron castings and producer of oil and natural gas. He
has been a director since 1980.
Class III
Term Expiring at 1996 Annual Meeting
JACK A. BELZ (66) is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Belz Investment
Company, Inc., and affiliates, Memphis, Tennessee, a real estate development
and hotel organization with diversified operating interests. Mr. Belz has been
a director since 1984.
RALPH HORN (52) is President, Chief Operating Officer, and a Director of the
Corporation and First Tennessee Bank National Association. Mr. Horn has been a
director since August 1, 1991. Prior to August 1991, Mr. Horn was Manager of
the Bank's Bond Division.
RICHARD E. RAY (63) is President, RER and Associates, Knoxville, Tennessee,
management consultants. Prior to June 1992, he was Manager of the Tennessee
operations of Aluminum Company of America. Mr. Ray has been a director since
1984 and is a member of the Audit Committee.
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RONALD TERRY (63) is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the
Corporation and First Tennessee Bank National Association. Mr. Terry is a
director of two other public companies, The Promus Companies Incorporated and
BellSouth Corporation. He has been a director since 1971.
The Board of Directors and its Committees
During 1993, the Board of Directors of the Corporation held nine
meetings. The average attendance at regularly scheduled Board and committee
meetings exceeded 90%. Messrs. Hyde and Orgill were the only incumbent
directors who attended fewer than 75 percent of the meetings of the Board and
the committees of the Board on which they served. Mr. Orgill's absences were
primarly due to illness.
The Board has several standing committees, two of which are the Audit
Committee and the Human Resources Committee. The latter committee serves as
both a nominating committee and a compensation committee. The Audit Committee
and the Human Resources Committee are each composed of directors who are not
employees of the Corporation. Directors currently serving on each of these
committees are identified in the description of the nominees and directors
continuing in office beginning on page 3. Norfleet R. Turner will continue to
serve on the Audit Committee until his retirement in April of 1994.
The Audit Committee is responsible for causing audits and examinations
of the Corporation to be made by independent auditors and supervising the
Corporation's internal audit program. The Committee approves, subject to
shareholder ratification, the engagement of the Corporation's independent
auditors, and reviews the scope and results of their examination. Other
committee functions include review of the Corporation's internal controls and
the Corporation's annual report to the SEC and proxy materials. During 1993
the Audit Committee held five meetings.
As a nominating committee, the Human Resources Committee primarily
considers recommendations for nominees to the Board of Directors and reviews
the performance of incumbent directors and senior officers in determining
whether to recommend them to the Board of Directors for reelection. As a
compensation committee, the Human Resources Committee's primary functions
include: establishing major policies concerning compensation, fixing the
compensation of executive officers, reviewing remuneration structures for
non-executive officers, and making recommendations to the Board concerning
compensation arrangements for directors and adoption or amendment of employee
benefit and management compensation plans. During 1993 the Human Resources
Committee held six meetings.
It is the practice of the Corporation to encourage
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communication between management and shareholders. Management in turn
communicates appropriate information to the Board. The Human Resources
Committee, as a committee of the Board, follows this procedure in considering
nominations for directorships and does not receive nominations directly from
shareholders.
Section 7 of Article III and Section 11 of Article II of the
Corporation's Bylaws provide that a shareholder who wishes to nominate a person
for election to the Board or submit a proposal at a shareholder meeting must
comply with certain procedures, which require written notification to the
Corporation, generally not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date
of the shareholder meeting; provided that if fewer than 40 days' notice or
public disclosure of the shareholder meeting date has been given to
shareholders, then the shareholder notification must be received by the
Corporation not less than 10 days after the earlier of the date notice of the
shareholder meeting was mailed or publicly disclosed. The shareholder must
disclose certain information about the nominee or item proposed, the
shareholder and any other shareholders known to support the nominee or
proposal.
All of the directors of the Corporation are also directors of First
Tennessee Bank National Association (the "Bank" or "FTB"), the Corporation's
principal operating subsidiary.
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The Summary Compensation Table provides information for the years
indicated about the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and the other four most
highly compensated executive officers of the Corporation. The amounts include
all compensation earned during each year, including amounts deferred, by the
named officers for all services rendered in all capacities to the Corporation
and its subsidiaries. Information is provided for each entire year in which an
individual served during any portion of the year as an executive officer.
Additional information is provided in tabular form below about option exercises
in 1993, year-end option values, and pension benefits, along with a report of
the Board's Human Resources Committee on executive compensation and certain
other information concerning compensation of executive officers and directors.
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Summary Compensation Table
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Annual Compensation Long Term Compensation
Awards (4) Payouts
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)
Name Other Restricted
and Annual Stock Options/ LTIP All Other
Principal Salary Bonus Compensation Award(s) SARs Payouts Compensation
Position Year ($) ($) (1) ($) (1) ($) (2) (#) (3) $ (5) ($) (6)
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ronald Terry 1993 $472,357 $236,179 $383,850 $424,996 0 $ 0 $322,209
Chairman & CEO 1992 442,986 221,493 407,619 0 0 0 239,411
FTNC & FTB 1991 421,891 210,946 80,499 0 0 49,385 188,782
Ralph Horn 1993 370,192 185,096 5,733 0 0 0 248,294
President & COO 1992 335,577 167,789 3,882 0 10,206 0 164,023
FTNC and FTB 1991 196,565 912,472 149 965,625 45,000 0 94,861
J. Kenneth Glass 1993 203,581 73,289 5,999 299,995 0 0 73,993
President-Tennessee 1992 184,529 78,886 0 0 2,916 0 39,951
Banking Grp.-FTB 1991 174,565 75,412 0 0 0 19,759 34,262
John C. Kelley, Jr. 1993 198,558 71,481 5,999 299,995 0 0 44,703
President-Memphis 1992 179,287 64,140 0 0 2,916 0 17,687
Banking Grp.-FTB 1991 169,615 66,786 0 0 0 19,392 12,391
George P. Lewis 1993 175,554 63,199 0 240,019 0 0 38,662
Exec. Vice Pres., 1992 166,202 65,367 0 0 2,332 0 40,189
Manager Money Mgmt. 1991 159,294 82,859 0 0 0 18,345 36,636
Grp.-FTB
</TABLE>
(1) Other annual compensation for 1993 for Mr. Terry consists principally of
tax gross-up payments made at the accelerated vesting of 12,000 shares of
restricted stock in December of 1993, originally scheduled to vest in
April of 1994, and the accelerated vesting of 12,000 shares of restricted
stock upon achievement of performance goals in December of 1993,
originally scheduled to vest in April of 1994. The gross-up payments
were authorized at the time of the original grants of restricted stock.
Mr. Horn's bonus for 1991 includes a bonus received under the Bank's
Bond Division bonus plan while manager of the division and a one-time
bonus payment based on net profits of the Bond Division during the last
five months of 1991, primarily reflecting projects and initiatives in
progress at the time of his election as President of the Corporation.
Also included are tax gross-up payments for executive automobiles.
(2) Restricted stock awards are valued at the fair market value of the stock
($38.25) on the date of the award, 1/19/93. The 1993 awards vest
1/19/2003; however, vesting may be accelerated if performance criteria
established by the Human Resources Committee are met. On December 31,
1993, the named officers held the following shares of restricted stock
with market values as indicated: Mr. Terry - 11,111 shares ($427,774);
Mr. Horn - 15,000 shares ($577,500); Mr. Glass - 13,573 shares
($522,561); Mr. Kelley - 13,573 shares ($522,561); Mr. Lewis - 10,967
shares ($422,230). Dividends are paid on restricted stock at the same
rate as all other shares of the common stock of the Corporation. The
number of shares of restricted stock originally awarded to Mr. Horn in
1991 was 45,000 shares. Such shares vested in one-third increments on
December 16, 1992, and December 21, 1993, and will vest April 21, 1995 if
corporate perfermance criteria are met (such criteria were met for 1992
and 1993); otherwise, such shares vest July 16, 2001.
(3) All amounts represent shares subject to option. No stock appreciation
rights (SAR's) were awarded.
(4) All share amounts and share prices have been revised to reflect the
3-for-2 stock split (effected in the form of a 50% stock dividend), which
was paid on May 22, 1992.
(5) Performance goals under the long-term portion of the Corporation's
Management Incentive Plan were revised in December of 1991 with respect
to amounts reported in (h) in recognition of strategic results that had
been achieved.
(6) Elements of "All Other Compensation" for 1993 consist of the following:
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Mr. Terry Mr. Horn Mr. Glass Mr. Kelley Mr. Lewis
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
AboveMktRate: $251,142 $182,019 $38,566 $23,474 $13,573
SurBen/SERP: 58,372 53,480 17,397 3,074 14,524
Flex $ 8,148 8,148 4,760 4,983 5,918
401(k) Match: 4,497 4,497 3,970 3,872 4,497
Physical Exam: 150 150 150 150 150
Auto Allowance: 0 0 9,150 9,150 0
Total: $322,309 $248,294 $73,993 $44,703 $38,662
</TABLE>
"Above MKT Rate" represents above-market interest accrued on deferred
compensation.
"SUR BEN/SERP" represents insurance premiums with respect to the
Corporation's supplemental life insurance and excess pension plans. Under the
Survivor Benefits Plan a benefit of 2 1/2 times final annual base salary is
paid upon the participant's death prior to retirement (or 2 times final salary
upon death after retirement).
"Flex $" represents the Corporation's contribution to the Flexible
Benefits Plan, based on salary, service and corporate performance.
The following table provides information about stock options and SAR's
held at December 31, 1993, and exercises during 1993 by the officers named in
the Summary Compensation Table. The values in column (e) reflect the spread
between the market value at December 31, 1993 of the shares underlying the
option and the exercise price of the option.
Aggregate Option/SAR Exercises and
Fiscal Year-End Option/SAR Value Table
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Number of Value of
Securities Underlying Unexercised
Unexercised In-the-Money
Options/SARs at Options/SARs at
FY-End (#) FY-End ($)
Shares Acquired Value Exercisable/ Exercisable/
Name on Exercise (#) Realized ($) Unexercisable(1)(2) Unexercisable
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Ronald Terry 0 N/A 0/0 N/A
Ralph Horn 0 N/A 44,613/24,880 $776,167/$312,431
J. Kenneth Glass 0 N/A 13,339/16,408 $267,966/$318,057
John C. Kelley, Jr. 0 N/A 14,249/16,408 $299,374/$318,057
George P. Lewis 1,442 $28,299 7,113/3,581 $147,374/$45,312
</TABLE>
(1) Options with respect to 2,962, 1,470, 1,926 and 0 shares granted to
Messrs. Horn, Glass, Kelley and Lewis, respectively, have tandem SAR's
attached, all of which were exercisable. SAR's are subject to identical
terms as the tandem option and may be exercised in cash or stock. An
exercise reduces, share for share, the number of option shares
exercisable. Option values are based on a 12/31/93 price of $38.50 per
share.
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The following table provides information about estimated combined
benefits under both the Corporation's Pension Plan and Pension Restoration
Plan.
Pension Plan Table
Covered
Compensation Years of Service*
15 Yrs. 20 Yrs. 25 Yrs. 30 Yrs. 35 Yrs.
$100,000 $ 40,636 $ 49,672 $ 58,706 $ 62,801 $ 66,900
150,000 55,438 69,410 83,379 89,938 96,504
200,000 70,240 89,148 108,051 117,075 126,108
250,000 85,042 108,886 132,724 144,212 155,712
300,000 99,844 128,624 157,396 171,349 185,316
350,000 114,646 148,362 182,069 198,486 214,920
400,000 129,448 168,100 206,741 225,623 244,524
450,000 144,250 187,838 231,414 252,760 274,128
500,000 159,052 207,576 256,086 279,897 303,732
550,000 173,854 227,314 280,759 307,034 333,336
600,000 188,656 247,052 305,431 334,171 362,940
*Benefit shown is subject to limitations fixed by the Secretary of the
Treasury pursuant to Section 415 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. The limitation is $115,641 for 1993 or 100% of the employee's
average income in his three highest paid years, whichever is less.
However, a benefit as high as $136,425 could be accrued prior to 1983 and
such higher benefit may be paid to the employee who attained that level
prior to 1983.
The Pension Plan is integrated with social security under an "offset"
formula, applicable to all participants. Retirement benefits are based upon a
participant's average base salary for the highest 60 consecutive months of the
last 120 months of service ("Covered Compensation"), service, and social
security benefits. Benefits are normally payable in monthly installments after
age 65. The normal form of benefit payment for a married participant is a
qualified joint and survivor annuity with the surviving spouse receiving for
life 50% of the monthly amount the participant received. The normal form of
benefit payment for an unmarried participant is an annuity payable for life and
10 years certain. For purposes of the plan "compensation" is defined as the
total cash remuneration reportable on the employee's IRS form W-2, plus pre-tax
contributions under the Savings Plan and employee contributions under the
Flexible Benefits Plan, excluding bonuses, commissions, and incentive and
contingent compensation. The Corporation's Pension Restoration Plan is an
unfunded plan covering employees in the highest salary grades, including
Messrs. Terry, Horn, Glass, and Kelley, whose benefits under the Pension Plan
have been limited under the Tax Code as described in the note to the Pension
Table. The amount of compensation covered by the plan is computed based on
"salary," as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Under that plan
participants receive the difference between the monthly pension payable if tax
code limitations did not apply and the actual pension payable. The estimated
credited years of service and the compensation covered by the plans for each of
the individuals named in the Summary Compensation Table are as follows: Mr.
Terry, 36 ($472,357); Mr. Horn, 30 ($370,192); Mr. Glass, 19 ($132,328); Mr.
Kelley, 24 ($129,063); Mr. Lewis, 32 ($175,554).
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Employment Contracts and Termination of Employment
and Change-in-Control Arrangements
The Corporation has entered into a contract with each of the named
executive officers which provides generally for a payment equal to one times
annual base salary in the event of a termination of the officer's employment by
the Corporation other than "for cause" or by the employee for "good reason"
within 36 months after a "Change-in-Control" and provides generally for an
excise tax gross-up with respect to any taxes incurred under Internal Revenue
Code Section 4999 following a Change-in-Control. The term "Change-in-Control"
is defined to include (1) shareholder approval of a merger or other business
combination, sale of substantially all of the Corporation's assets, or
liquidation in which the shareholders of the Corporation prior to the
transaction do not continue to represent 50 percent of the shareholders of the
Corporation or its successor after the transaction, (2) the acquisition by a
person or other entity of 20 percent of the Corporation's outstanding voting
stock, or (3) a change in a majority of the Board of Directors.
A "Change-in-Control" has the following effect on certain benefit plans
in which the named executive officers participate: annual bonuses are prorated
through the date of the Change-in-Control and paid. Restricted stock and stock
options vest. Excess funding in the pension plan is allocated, according to a
formula, to participants and retirees. Deferred compensation and certain other
benefits are paid over to previously established rabbi trusts. Funds in such
trusts will remain available for the benefit for the Corporation's general
creditors prior to distribution. The Corporation's Pension Restoration and
Survivor Benefits Plan generally cannot be amended to reduce benefits, and
interest accrued through the date of the Change-in-Control under the Directors
and Executives Deferred Compensation Plan vests.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of the
Corporation's previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might incorporate future
filings by reference, including this proxy statement, in whole or in part, the
following Board Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation and the
Total Shareholder Return Performance Graph shall not be incorporated by
reference into any such filings.
Board Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation
The Corporation's Bylaws require the Board of Directors or a committee of
the Board of Directors to determine executive compensation. The Board of
Directors has designated the Human Resources Committee ("Committee") to perform
this function in addition to its other duties listed above in the section
entitled "The Board of Directors and its Committees". The Committee is
composed entirely of non-employee directors who are "disinterested persons"
under SEC regulations and who have no "interlocking" relationship with the
Corporation. Acting pursuant to SEC rules, the Committee has set
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forth below its report on the Corporation's compensation policies applicable to
executive officers and the bases for the compensation of the Corporation's
Chief Executive Officer ("CEO").
The Corporation's executive compensation programs are designed to align
the interests of the executives with the performance of the Corporation and
interests of the shareholders. Approximately 60 percent of the executive
officers' compensation potential which may be received annually is at risk
based on corporate performance and total shareholder return (defined below).
Compensation programs have been designed to reward executives in both cash and
stock of the Corporation based on performance that also rewards shareholders.
When corporate performance does not meet criteria established by the Committee,
incentive compensation is reduced accordingly. In addition, the executive
compensation program has been designed to attract and retain qualified
executives. Executive compensation consists generally of the following
components: base salary, annual incentive bonus, long-term incentive awards,
deferral of compensation at above-market rates, and customary employee and
other benefits typically offered to similarly situated executives. Base salary
and annual bonus are based on an evaluation of the individual's position and
responsibilities according to independent criteria and external market data and
personal and corporate performance. External market data was provided by an
independent consulting firm and was based on a peer group of banking
organizations ranging in asset size from $5 to $15 billion, with a median of
$10.9 billion, the same size as the peer group used to compare shareholder
returns. This peer group was smaller than the peer group used to compare
shareholder returns because compensation data on every organization included in
the Total Shareholder Return Performance Graph was not available. Long-term
incentive awards consist of restricted stock awards containing provisions for
acceleration of vesting upon achievement of corporate performance criteria and
stock options. It is not the practice of the Corporation to "reprice" stock
options or to price them at less than fair market value on the date of grant.
Except for the Corporation's stock fund within its 401(k) plan, other benefits
provided to the executive officers are not tied to corporate performance.
All compensation paid to executive officers during 1993 is fully
deductible by the Corporation for federal income tax purposes. Section 162(m),
which was added to the Internal Revenue Code in 1993, generally disallows a tax
deduction to public companies such as the Corporation for compensation
exceeding $1 million paid during the tax year to the CEO and the four other
highest paid executive officers at year end. Proposed regulations contain
certain transition rules, and certain performance-based compensation is not
subject to the deduction limit. The Corporation currently intends to structure
the performance-based portion of its future compensation plans in a manner that
complies with Section 162(m).
(i) The CEO's Compensation
Base Salary: The CEO's base salary is established annually by the
Committee based on the Corporation's performance, achievement of objectives in
his individualized written personal plan, and competitive practices within
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the industry. A salary increase of 7 percent was approved in March of 1993
based on achievement of 1992 corporate return on equity objectives, Bank return
on assets objectives, and personal plan objectives. This adjustment maintains
the CEO's salary at a competitive level within the industry. Base salary is
intended to represent approximately 30 percent of the CEO's total compensation
potential.
Annual bonus: The CEO's annual bonus is based entirely on the
Corporation's performance against financial objectives established by the
Committee at the beginning of each year. The financial objectives for 1993
were based on return on equity (ROE) and earnings per share (EPS). The degree
of success in reaching these targets determines a payout of zero percent to 100
percent of the annual bonus potential. The CEO may be awarded as a bonus a
maximum of 50 percent of his salary dollars earned during the year. During
1993, the financial objectives set by the Committee were exceeded, resulting in
a maximum payout.
Long-term awards: The restricted stock program was amended in 1990 to
add performance criteria as a condition to early vesting of future awards to
executive officers and of a portion of previous awards made to the CEO. The
objective of this time accelerated restricted stock award plan ("TARSAP")
feature was to associate more closely the long-term compensation of executives
with shareholder interests. Under the TARSAP feature restricted stock is
granted with accelerated vesting if performance criteria established by the
Committee are met with respect to specified performance periods. Performance
periods are for three years and overlap; e.g. 1990-1992, 1991-93, 1992-94.
Performance criteria since inception have been based, for all participants,
including the CEO, on total shareholder return (appreciation in the market
value of the Corporation's common stock with dividends reinvested-"TSR")
targets established at the beginning of each performance period. Targets are
based on the corporation's percentile ranking in a peer group of approximately
the 100 largest banking organizations by asset size traded on U.S. exchanges,
including NASDAQ's National Market System, with the condition that TSR must be
a positive number. In December of 1993 the Committee approved vesting four
months early for the TARSAP shares for the 1991-1993 performance period and for
the CEO's other restricted stock which was scheduled to vest in April of 1994.
The Committee's decision was based on a TSR for the period January 1, 1991
through November 30, 1993 of 174 percent, which substantially exceeded the
target and ranked the Corporation at the 68th percentile of the peer group and
on changes in the federal income tax laws contained in 1993 tax legislation.
The CEO's restricted stock award of 11,111 shares in January of 1993 was
equal to 50% of the CEO's salary grade midpoint divided by the market value of
a share of the Corporation's stock on the grant date for each of the two
performance periods covered by the award.
Other benefits: The CEO's compensation reported in the Summary
Compensation Table also includes amounts for a tax gross-up relating to the
vesting of restricted stock, approved at the time of the original grant,
accrual of above-market rates of interest on deferred compensation, and the
cost of insurance to fund a supplemental retirement plan and life insurance
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benefit, which are not directly based on corporate performance.
(ii) Other Executive Officer Compensation
Base Salary: Base salary for executive officers other than the CEO is
recommended by the CEO and approved by the Committee. Recommendations are
generally based on corporate performance, individual overall performance during
the prior year and competitiveness in the market place. Corporate performance
objectives for 1992, which were achieved, were the same for executive officers
as the CEO-corporate return on equity and Bank return on assets objectives. It
is the Corporation's policy to maintain a competitive salary commensurate with
the duties and responsibilities of the executive officers. Salary is intended
to represent approximately 40 percent of an executive's potential annual
compensation.
Annual Bonus: Executive officers' annual bonus is based on achievement
of corporate financial objectives and performance against personal objectives
for the year, which are recorded in individualized written personal plans.
Individual objectives must include financial, quality and strategic goals. The
degree of completion of goals determines the award. Financial objectives for
1993 were based on ROE and EPS. Although the Chief Operating Officer has an
individualized personal plan, his annual bonus is based entirely on corporate
financial performance as described above for the CEO, and the Chief Credit
Officer's annual bonus is based solely on his individualized personal plan.
The maximum annual bonus of executive officers is between 30 percent and 50
percent of salary dollars during the year, based on salary grade.
Long-term Awards: The executive officers named in Summary Compensation
Table and all but one of the other executive officers participate in the TARSAP
program described above with respect to the CEO. The performance criteria are
identical. The number of shares awarded for a three-year performance period is
50 percent of the participant's salary grade mid-point, which for the awards in
1993 was approximately 50 percent of the salary of each of the participants,
based on market value of the shares at the time of the award. Except as
described above for the CEO, no federal income tax gross-up is provided to
executive officers at the vesting of restricted stock.
In addition to performance-based restricted stock awards, the Committee
generally awards stock options on the Corporation's common stock biennially to
executive officers, the amount of which is a function of salary grade and stock
price. The number of shares awarded is generally equal to approximately 50
percent of salary divided by the market value of one share of stock at the time
of the award. The exercise price is the market value at the time of the grant.
Options are awarded as an incentive to future performance and for retention
purposes (with a term of ten years and vesting over the first five years) and
are not granted based on prior performance of the individual or the
Corporation.
Other benefits: The Corporation has adopted certain broad-based employee
benefit plans in which executive officers participate and certain other
retirement, life and health insurance plans and provides customary personal
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benefits. Except for the Corporation's stock fund within its 401(k) plan, the
benefits under these plans are not tied to corporate performance. Except for
the tax gross-up, the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation
Table participate in the other benefits described above with respect to the
CEO.
Human Resources Committee
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Robert C. Blattberg, Chairman
J. R. Hyde, III
William B. Sansom
The following graph compares the yearly percentage change in the
Corporation's cumulative total shareholder return with returns based on the
Standard and Poor's 500 index and a peer group index, which is described in a
footnote to the graph. It should be noted that the "total shareholder return"
reflected in the graph is not comparable to the "total shareholder return"
described in the Compensation Committee Report because the former has a
different measurement period and it has been adjusted and weighted for the
market capitalization of the companies in the peer group, as required by SEC
regulations.
<TABLE>
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Total Shareholder Return Performance Graph
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
First Tennessee $100 $107 $105 $203 $279 $304
S&P 500 $100 $132 $127 $166 $179 $197
Peer Group $100 $116 $ 84 $147 $207 $222
</TABLE>
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The graph assumes $100 is invested on December 31, 1988, and dividends
are reinvested. Returns are market-capitalization weighted. The peer group is
composed of banking organizations whose assets ranged from $5 to $15 billion at
the end of the most recent fiscal year. The peer group criteria did not change
from the criteria used for fiscal year 1992. The following banks, however,
moved into the asset size range: Midlantic Corp., Fourth Financial Corp.,
Synovus Financial Corp., United Missouri Bancshares, Southern National Corp.,
and Bank South Corp. Also, the following banks fell outside the asset size
range: Huntington Bancshares, Northern Trust Corp., and Riggs National Corp.
Central Bancshares of the South changed its name to Compass Bancshares, Inc.
The 1993 peer group consisted of the following:
<TABLE>
<S> <C> <C>
1. Amsouth Bancorporation 14. First Citizens Bancshares 27. Meridian Bancorp, Inc.
2. BB & T Financial Corp. 15. First Commerce Corp. 28. Michigan National Corp.
3. Bancorp Hawaii, Inc. 16. First Empire State Corp. 29. Midlantic Corp.
4. Bank South Corp. 17. First Hawaiian, Inc. 30. Old Kent Financial Corp.
5. Banponce, Corp. 18. First Security Corp - Utah 31. Signet Banking Corp.
6. Baybanks, Inc. 19. First Virginia Banks, Inc. 32. Southern National Corp.
7. Central Fidelity Banks, Inc. 20. Firstar Corp. 33. Southtrust Corp.
8. Commerce Bancshares, Inc. 21. Fourth Financial Corp. 34. Star Banc Corp.
9. Compass Bancshares Inc. 22. Integra Financial Corp. 35. Synovus Financial Corp.
10. Crestar Financial Corp. 23. MBNA Corp. 36. UJB Financial Corp.
11. Fifth Third Bancorp. 24. Marshall & Ilsley, Corp. 37. Union Planters Corp.
12. First Alabama Bancshares, Inc. 25. Mercantile Bancorporation 38. United Missouri Bancshares
13. First American Corp. - Tennessee 26. Mercantile Bankshares Corp. 39. West One Bancorp
</TABLE>
Compensation of Directors
During 1993, each non-employee director was paid a retainer monthly at an
annual rate of $20,000 ($16,200 prior to May 1, 1993), plus a fee of $1,000 for
each Board meeting attended and $1,000 ($500 prior to May 1, 1993), for each
committee meeting attended. The chairmen of the Audit and Human Resources
Committees were paid monthly an additional retainer at an annual rate of $2,400
each. Directors who are officers of the Corporation are not separately
compensated for their services as directors. Under the terms of the
Corporation's 1992 Restricted Stock Incentive Plan, which was approved by the
shareholders, all nonemployee directors received an automatic, nondiscretionary
award of 1,500 shares of restricted stock on May 1, 1992, and all new
nonemployee directors will receive such award upon election to the Board.
Restrictions lapse at the rate of 10 percent annually. Such shares are
forfeited if the director terminates for any reason other than death,
disability, retirement, or the acquisition by a person of 20 percent of the
voting power of the Corporation. Upon termination for any of the four listed
reasons all shares vest. Directors may elect to defer their retainers and
fees. Under one plan, under which up to six annual deferrals may be elected,
amounts deferred accrue interest at rates between 17 percent and 22 percent
annually, based on age at the time of deferral, with a reduction to a
guaranteed rate based on 10-year Treasury obligations if a participant
terminates prior to a change-in-control for a reason other than death,
disability or retirement. Interim distributions in an amount between 85% and
100% of the amount originally deferred are made in the eighth through the
eleventh years following the year of deferral, with the amount remaining in a
participant's account and accrued interest generally paid monthly over the 15
years following retirement at age 65. Certain restrictions and limitations
apply on payments and distributions. Under other deferral agreements,
nonemployee directors may defer amounts which generally accrue interest at a
rate tied to 10-year Treasury obligations.
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Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
The Corporation's banking subsidiaries have had banking transactions in
the ordinary course of business with executive officers and directors of the
Corporation and their associates which are reported in a note to the
Corporation's financial statements, and they expect to have such transactions
in the future. Such transactions, which at December 31, 1993, amounted to 11.0
percent of the Corporation's shareholders' equity, have been on substantially
the same terms, including interest rates, except for one individual as
described below, and collateral on loans, as those prevailing at the same time
for comparable transactions with others and have not involved more than normal
risk of collectibility or presented other unfavorable features. Two loans were
made to a person not individually named in the Summary Compensation Table
aggregating an amount less than $40,000 under an employee program which
provided a below market interest rate at a time prior to that person becoming
an executive officer.
In December of 1985 the Bank sold the headquarters building of the
Corporation and the Bank at 165 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, in a series
of transactions to Buffalo Motel Corp. ("Buffalo"), a company controlled by Mr.
Belz, a director of the Corporation and Bank. Mr. Belz is president and
controlling shareholder of Buffalo, which subsequently transferred the building
to BWS Associates ("BWS"), a partnership 50% of which is owned by Buffalo and
50% by an unrelated party. The Bank entered into a lease initially covering
approximately 64% of the building for terms averaging 7 years with the longest
term 9 years, with renewal options for an additional 20 years. The parties
renegotiated the lease terms, under which approximately 50% of the building is
leased through 2002. In May of 1993 the building was sold and the lease was
transferreed to a party unrelated to the Corporation or Mr. Belz. Rental
payments to BWS for 1993 totalled $1.1 million. The terms of the lease with
BWS were comparable to those that would have been obtainable from an
unaffiliated party in a similar transaction.
Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
("Exchange Act") requires the Corporation's directors and officers to file with
the SEC initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of
Corporation common stock and to furnish the Corporation with copies of all
forms filed.
To the Corporation's knowledge, based solely on review of the copies of
such reports furnished to the Corporation and written representations that no
other reports were required, during the past fiscal year all Section 16(a)
filing requirements applicable to its officers and directors were complied with
except that one report covering one transaction that was exempt from
short-swing profit liability under Section 16(b) was filed late by Ronald
Terry.
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ITEM NO. 2 - APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT TO CORPORATION'S RESTATED CHARTER INCREASING
NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK FROM 50 MILLION TO 100 MILLION
SHARES
On January 18, 1994, the Corporation's Board of Directors unanimously
adopted resolutions approving a proprosal to amend Article 6 of the
Corporation's restated charter, as amended ("Charter"), to increase the number
of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $2.50 par value, authorized to be
issued by the Corporation from 50 million to 100 million shares and
recommending it to the Corporation's shareholders for approval. The following
is the full text of the proposed amendment:
Section (a) of Article 6 of the Company's Restated Charter is amended to
read as follows:
"(a) One Hundred Million (100,000,000) shares of common stock of a par
value of $2.50 each; and".
Under the Charter, the Corporation presently has authority to issue 50
million shares of common stock, of which 30,174,189 shares were issued and
outstanding on February 23, 1994, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
without par value, none of which are outstanding. As of such date,
approximately 3.3 million shares of common stock were reserved for issuance
under various employee stock plans and the Corporation's dividend reinvestment
plan, approximately 1.6 million shares were reserved for issuance in connection
with pending acquisitions, and 301,742 shares of preferred stock were reserved
for issuance under the Rights Plan (defined below). Authorized shares of the
Corporation's common stock may be issued for any proper corporate purpose and
upon such terms as are approved by the Board of Directors without further
authorization by the shareholders. Any such issuance, however, would be
subject to the requirements of applicable law, governmental and regulatory
bodies, and any securities exchange or registered national securities
association on which shares of the Corporation's common stock are listed, such
as the National Association of Securities Dealers-National Market System
("NASDAQ"). The NASDAQ, on which shares of the Corporation's common stock are
now listed, currently requires shareholder approval in certain instances,
including acquisitions where the present or potential issuance of common stock
could increase the number of shares outstanding prior to the acquisition by 20
percent or more.
The Board believes that the availability for issuance of additional
shares of common stock will provide the Corporation with greater flexibility to
take advantage of favorable business opportunities (such as the opportunity to
acquire banks or closely related businesses through the issuance of shares),
facilitate future capital transactions, and meet business needs as they arise.
Purposes, thus, could include acquisitions, stock dividends and stock splits,
conversions of future issues of convertible debt, stock awards and options,
contributions to employee benefit plans and financing capital expenditures. No
issuance of additional shares of common stock is currently contemplated other
than issuances with respect to shares reserved for award under existing
employee stock plans, the dividend reinvestment plan and pending and possible
future acquisitions. The Board believes it is important
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to have additional shares of common stock available for issuance as and when
needed to avoid the expense and delay associated with the need to call special
meetings of shareholders to secure authorization each time a need may arise.
The last increase in the number of authorized shares of the Corporation's
common stock was approved in April of 1987, at which time the Corporation had
consolidated total assets of $5.6 billion with 13.9 million shares
outstanding. Since that time, total assets have increased by 72.5% and shares
outstanding have increased by 103.3%.
In certain instances issuance of authorized but unissued shares of common
stock may have an antitakeover effect. It is possible that shares of common
stock may be issued at such time and under such certain circumstances that may
dilute or increase earnings per share and increase or decrease the book value
per share of shares currently held. Such shares could be used to dilute the
stock ownership of persons seeking to obtain control of the Corporation. Sale
of a substantial number of shares to persons who may have an understanding with
the Corporation concerning the voting of such shares, or the distribution or
dividend of shares of common stock (or the right to receive common stock) to
shareholders of the Corporation may have the effect of discouraging or
increasing the cost of unsolicited attempts to acquire control of the
Corporation. Issuance of shares of preferred stock may also, under certain
circumstances, have an antitakeover effect. The Board does not currently
anticipate using additional shares of common stock or preferred stock for
antitakeover purposes and knows of no attempt to gain control of the
Corporation.
In September of 1989, the Corporation adopted a Shareholder Protection
Rights Agreement (the "Rights Plan") and distributed a dividend of one right on
each outstanding share of common stock at the time outstanding or issued
thereafter and prior to the time the rights separate.
The Rights Plan, which was adopted to deter abusive takeover tactics that
can be used to deprive shareholders of the full value of their investment,
provides that until a person or group acquires 10 percent or more of the
Corporation's common stock or commences a tender offer that will result in such
a person or group owning 10 percent or more of the Corporation's common stock,
the rights will be evidenced by the common stock certificates, will
automatically trade with the common stock and will not be exerciseable.
Thereafter, separate rights certificates will be distributed and each right
will entitle its holder to purchase 1 1/100th of a share of participating
preferred stock having economic and voting terms similar to those of one share
of common stock for an exercise price of $76.67, subject to adjustment. If any
person or group acquires ten percent or more of the Corporation's common stock,
then each right (other than rights beneficially owned by holders of ten percent
or more of the common stock or transferees thereof, which rights become void)
will entitle its holder to purchase, for the exercise price, a number of shares
of the Corporation's common stock or participating preferred stock having a
market value of twice the exercise price. Also, if the Corporation is involved
in a merger or sells more than 50 percent of its assets or earning power, each
right will entitle its holder to purchase, for the exercise price, a number of
shares of common stock of the acquiring company having a market value of twice
the exercise price. If
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any person or group acquires between 10 percent and 50 percent of the
Corporation's common stock, the Corporation's Board of Directors may, at its
option, exchange one share of the Corporation's common stock or 1 1/100th of a
share of participating preferred stock for each right. The rights will expire
on the earliest of the time of the exchange described in the preceding
sentence, September 18, 1999, and the date the rights are redeemed as described
in the following sentence. The rights may be redeemed by the Board of
Directors for $0.01 per right prior to the day when any person or group
acquires ten percent or more of the Corporation's common stock. The rights
will not prevent a takeover of the Corporation, but may have certain
anti-takeover effects. The rights may cause substantial dilution to a person
or group that acquires ten percent or more of the common stock unless the
rights are first redeemed by the Board. Nevertheless, the right should not
interfere with a transaction that is in the best interest of the Corporation
and its shareholders, on or prior to the date a person or group acquires ten
percent or more of the Corporation's common stock, because the rights can be
redeemed before consummation of such transaction.
Tennessee has adopted a number of statutes which could be characterized
as "anti-takeover" statutes. These consist of the Tennessee Investor
Protection Act, the Tennessee Business Combination Act, the Tennessee Control
Share Acquisition Act, the Tennessee Authorized Corporation Protection Act, and
the Tennessee Greenmail Act. In certain circumstances certain provisions of
these statutes may affect, restrict or otherwise prohibit an attempt to take
control of the Corporation.
The Corporation's Charter and Bylaws contain a number of provisions which
may be deemed to have the effect of discouraging or delaying attempts to gain
control of the Corporation. The Corporation's Board of Directors is divided
into three classes, which results in approximately one-third of the directors
being elected each year. In addition, the Charter and the Bylaws, among other
things, generally give to the Board the authority to fix the number of
directors and to remove directors from and fill vacancies on the Board, other
than removal for cause and the filling of vacancies created thereby which are
reserved to the shareholders exercising at least a majority of the voting power
of all outstanding voting stock of the Corporation. To change these provisions
of the Bylaws, other than by action of the Board, and to amend these provisions
of the Charter or to adopt any provision of the Charter inconsistent with such
Bylaw provision, would require approval by the holders of at least 80 percent
of the voting power of all outstanding voting stock. Such classification of
the Board and such other provisions of the Charter and the Bylaws may have a
significant effect on the ability of the shareholders to change the composition
of an incumbent Board or to benefit from certain transactions which are opposed
by the Board.
Shareholders of common stock have one vote per share, may not cumulate
votes in the election of directors and have no pre-emptive rights to subscribe
for or purchase from the Corporation any additional shares of common stock, and
do not have any dissenters' rights in connection with this vote item.
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THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" ITEM
NO. 2 AMENDING THE CHARTER TO INCREASE THE AUTHORIZED SHARES OF COMMON STOCK.
ITEM NO. 3 - RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS
The Board of Directors has appointed, subject to ratification by the
shareholders at the annual meeting, the firm of Arthur Andersen & Co.,
independent accountants, to be the Corporation's auditors for the year 1993.
Representatives of Arthur Andersen & Co. are expected to be present at the
annual meeting of shareholders with the opportunity to make a statement and to
respond to appropriate questions.
SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS
Shareholders' proposals intended to be presented at the 1994 annual
meeting of the Corporation must be received by the Corporate Secretary, First
Tennessee National Corporation, P. O. Box 84, Memphis, Tennessee, 38101, not
later than November 14, 1994, for inclusion in the proxy statement and form of
proxy relating to that meeting.
OTHER MATTERS
The Board of Directors, at the time of the preparation of this proxy
statement, knows of no business to come before the meeting other than that
referred to herein. If any other business should come before the meeting, the
persons named in the enclosed proxy will have discretionary authority to vote
all proxies in accordance with their best judgment.
AVAILABILITY OF ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
A copy of the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K, including the
financial statements and schedules thereto, which is filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, is available free of charge to each shareholder of
record upon written request to the Treasurer, First Tennessee National
Corporation, P. O. Box 84, Memphis, Tennessee, 38101. Each such written
request must set forth a good faith representation that as of the record date
specified in the notice of annual shareholders' meeting the person making the
request was a beneficial owner of a security entitled to vote at the annual
meeting of shareholders.
The exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K will also be supplied upon
written request to the Treasurer and payment to the Corporation of its cost of
furnishing the requested exhibit or exhibits. A document containing a list of
each exhibit to Form 10-K, as well as a brief description and the cost of
furnishing each such exhibit, will accompany the Annual Report on Form 10-K.
BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Secretary
March 14, 1994
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[FRONT]
PROXY
FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION
PROXY SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned appoints James L. Boren, Jr., Edward Lawler, and Lewis
R. Donelson, and any one or more of them with full power of substitution, as
Proxy or Proxies, to represent and vote all shares of stock standing in my name
on the books of the Corporation at the close of business on February 23, 1994,
which I would be entitled to vote if personally present at the Annual Meeting
of Shareholders of First Tennessee National Corporation to be held in the
Auditorium, First Tennessee Building, 165 Madison Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee,
April 19, 1994, at 10 a.m. or any adjournments thereof, upon the matters set
forth in the notice of said meeting as stated on the reverse side. The Proxies
are further authorized to vote in their discretion as to any other matters
which may come before the meeting. The Board of Directors, at the time of
preparation of the Proxy Statement, knows of no business to come before the
meeting other than that referred to in the Proxy Statement.
THE SHARES COVERED BY THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN ON THE REVERSE SIDE AND WHEN NO INSTRUCTIONS ARE GIVEN WILL
BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSALS DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANYING NOTICE OF ANNUAL
MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT AND ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS PROXY.
(Continued, and to be signed and dated on reverse side)
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/x/ Please mark votes as in this example.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR ALL ITEMS.
1. Election of three Class I Directors to serve until the 1997 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders.
Nominees: Joseph Orgill, III, Vicki G. Roman, and William B. Sansom
/ / FOR / / WITHHELD
all nominees from all nominees
For, except vote withheld from the following nominee(s):
/ / ______________________________________________________________
2. Approval of amendment to Corporation's restated charter increasing
number of authorized shares of common stock from 50 million to 100
million shares.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
3. Ratification of appointment of Arthur Andersen & Co. as auditors.
FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN
/ / / / / /
Mark here for address change and note at left / /
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of notice of said meeting
and the related proxy statement.
Shareholder sign here exactly as shown on the imprint on this card. When
signing as Attorney, Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian, please give
full name. If more than one Trustee, all should sign. All Joint Owners should
sign.
Signature _____________________________ Date _____________________
Signature _____________________________ Date _____________________
