UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

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): December 21, 2011

 

First Horizon National Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


 

 

 

TN

001-15185

62-0803242

(State or Other Jurisdiction

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

Identification No.)


 

 

165 MADISON AVENUE

 

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

38103

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

(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 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On December 21, 2011, the Company and Charles G. Burkett, a former executive officer of the Company, entered into a consulting arrangement. Under the arrangement Mr. Burkett has agreed to serve as an Executive Director of First Horizon Foundation. The Company has agreed to pay Mr. Burkett a monthly consulting fee of $9,166.66 for his services. Mr. Burkett’s engagement may be terminated by either party on four weeks’ notice.

The Foundation is a private charitable foundation established in 1993 by the Company to support nonprofit organizations primarily in the communities served by First Tennessee Bank. The engagement of Mr. Burkett is intended to take advantage of Mr. Burkett’s extensive experience with those communities.

A memorandum evidencing the arrangement is filed as an exhibit to this Report. The foregoing descriptions are subject to the legal terms of the arrangement.

 

 

ITEM 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

 

 

 

Exhibit #

 

Description

 


 


 

 

 

10.1

Memorandum concerning consulting arrangement with Charles G. Burkett

All summaries and descriptions of documents, and of amendments thereto, set forth above are qualified in their entirety by the documents themselves, whether filed as an exhibit hereto or filed as an exhibit to a later report.

In many agreements filed as exhibits, each party makes representations and warranties to other parties. Those representations and warranties are made only to and for the benefit of those other parties in the context of a business contract. Exceptions to such representations and warranties may be partially or fully waived by such parties, or not enforced by such parties, in their discretion. No such representation or warranty may be relied upon by any other person for any purpose.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

First Horizon National Corporation

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

Date: December 22, 2011

By:

 /s/ Clyde A. Billings, Jr.

 

 

 


 

 

 

Senior Vice President, Assistant

 

 

General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary



EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

EX-10.1

Memorandum concerning consulting arrangement with Charles G. Burkett