UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 5, 2008

 

First Horizon National Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

TN

001-15185

62-0803242

(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

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

 

165 Madison Avenue
Memphis, TN

38103

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

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

 


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

 

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

 

(b)

Departure of Named Executive Officer.

 

First Horizon National Corp. announced that Mark Medford, president of FTN Financial, has resigned today and will be leaving the company effective immediately.  Based on Medford’s decision to pursue other opportunities within the industry, twenty-five year FTN Financial veteran Frank Gusmus will be appointed interim president of FTN Financial.  Medford is a named executive officer in the company’s 2008 proxy statement.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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

 

 

First Horizon National Corporation

(Registrant)

 

Date: August 5, 2008

By:

/s/ Clyde A. Billings, Jr.

 

 

Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary