Exhibit
3.2
WARRANT TO PURCHASE
COMMON STOCK
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF EXCEPT WHILE A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING THERETO
IS IN EFFECT UNDER SUCH ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT OR SUCH
LAWS. THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TRANSFER AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF A SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF THESE SECURITIES AND THE INVESTOR REFERRED TO
THEREIN, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE ISSUER. THE SECURITIES
REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT. ANY SALE OR
OTHER TRANSFER NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SAID AGREEMENT WILL BE
VOID.
WARRANT
to
purchase
12,743,235
Shares of Common
Stock
of
First Horizon
National Corporation
Issue Date: November 14, 2008
1.
Definitions
. Unless
the context otherwise requires, when used herein the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated.
“
Affiliate ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the
Purchase Agreement.
“
Appraisal Procedure ” means a procedure whereby two
independent appraisers, one chosen by the Company and one by the
Original Warrantholder, shall mutually agree upon the
determinations then the subject of appraisal. Each party shall
deliver a notice to the other appointing its appraiser within 15
days after the Appraisal Procedure is invoked. If within 30 days
after appointment of the two appraisers they are unable to agree
upon the amount in question, a third independent appraiser shall be
chosen within 10 days thereafter by the mutual consent of such
first two appraisers. The decision of the third appraiser so
appointed and chosen shall be given within 30 days after the
selection of such third appraiser. If three appraisers shall be
appointed and the determination of one appraiser is disparate from
the middle determination by more than twice the amount by which the
other determination is disparate from the middle determination,
then the determination of such appraiser shall be excluded, the
remaining two determinations shall be averaged and such average
shall be binding and conclusive upon the
Company and the
Original Warrantholder; otherwise, the average of all three
determinations shall be binding upon the Company and the Original
Warrantholder. The costs of conducting any Appraisal Procedure
shall be borne by the Company.
“ Board of
Directors ” means the board of directors of the Company,
including any duly authorized committee thereof.
“ Business
Combination ” means a merger, consolidation, statutory
share exchange or similar transaction that requires the approval of
the Company’s stockholders.
“ business
day ” means any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day
on which banking institutions in the State of New York generally
are authorized or required by law or other governmental actions to
close.
“ Capital
Stock ” means (A) with respect to any Person that is a
corporation or company, any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital
or capital stock of such Person and (B) with respect to any Person
that is not a corporation or company, any and all partnership or
other equity interests of such Person.
“
Charter ” means, with respect to any Person, its
certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association,
or similar organizational document.
“ Common
Stock ” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
“
Company ” means the Person whose name, corporate or
other organizational form and jurisdiction of organization is set
forth in Item 1 of Schedule A hereto.
“
conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section
13(B).
“
convertible securities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(B).
“ CPP
” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Purchase
Agreement.
“ Exchange
Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Exercise
Price ” means the amount set forth in Item 2 of Schedule
A hereto.
“
Expiration Time ” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.
“ Fair
Market Value ” means, with respect to any security or
other property, the fair market value of such security or other
property as determined by the Board of Directors, acting in good
faith or, with respect to Section 14, as determined by the Original
Warrantholder acting in good faith. For so long as the Original
Warrantholder holds this Warrant or any portion thereof, it may
object in writing to the Board of Director’s calculation of
fair market value within 10 days of receipt of written notice
thereof. If the Original Warrantholder and the Company are unable
to agree on fair market value during the 10-day period following
the delivery of the Original Warrantholder’s objection, the
Appraisal Procedure may be invoked by either party to
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determine Fair
Market Value by delivering written notification thereof not later
than the 30 th day after delivery of the Original
Warrantholder’s objection.
“
Governmental Entities ” has the meaning ascribed to it
in the Purchase Agreement.
“ Initial
Number ” has the meaning set forth in Section
13(B).
“Issue
Date” means the date set
forth in Item 3 of Schedule A hereto.
“ Market
Price ” means, with respect to a particular security, on
any given day, the last reported sale price regular way or, in case
no such reported sale takes place on such day, the average of the
last closing bid and ask prices regular way, in either case on the
principal national securities exchange on which the applicable
securities are listed or admitted to trading, or if not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the
average of the closing bid and ask prices as furnished by two
members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
selected from time to time by the Company for that purpose.
“Market Price” shall be determined without reference to
after hours or extended hours trading. If such security is not
listed and traded in a manner that the quotations referred to above
are available for the period required hereunder, the Market Price
per share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be (i) in the event
that any portion of the Warrant is held by the Original
Warrantholder, the fair market value per share of such security as
determined in good faith by the Original Warrantholder or (ii) in
all other circumstances, the fair market value per share of such
security as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors in
reliance on an opinion of a nationally recognized independent
investment banking corporation retained by the Company for this
purpose and certified in a resolution to the Warrantholder. For the
purposes of determining the Market Price of the Common Stock on the
"trading day" preceding, on or following the occurrence of an
event, (i) that trading day shall be deemed to commence immediately
after the regular scheduled closing time of trading on the New York
Stock Exchange or, if trading is closed at an earlier time, such
earlier time and (ii) that trading day shall end at the next
regular scheduled closing time, or if trading is closed at an
earlier time, such earlier time (for the avoidance of doubt, and as
an example, if the Market Price is to be determined as of the last
trading day preceding a specified event and the closing time of
trading on a particular day is 4:00 p.m. and the specified event
occurs at 5:00 p.m. on that day, the Market Price would be
determined by reference to such 4:00 p.m. closing
price).
“ Ordinary
Cash Dividends ” means a regular quarterly cash dividend
on shares of Common Stock out of surplus or net profits legally
available therefor (determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time),
provided that Ordinary Cash Dividends shall not include any
cash dividends paid subsequent to the Issue Date to the extent the
aggregate per share dividends paid on the outstanding Common Stock
in any quarter exceed the amount set forth in Item 4 of Schedule A
hereto, as adjusted for any stock split, stock dividend, reverse
stock split, reclassification or similar transaction.
“ Original
Warrantholder ” means the United States Department of the
Treasury. Any actions specified to be taken by the Original
Warrantholder hereunder may only be taken by such Person and not by
any other Warrantholder.
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“
Permitted Transactions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(B).
“
Person ” has the meaning given to it in Section
3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and as used in Sections 13(d)(3) and
14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.
“ Per
Share Fair Market Value ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 13(C).
“Preferred
Shares ” means the
perpetual preferred stock issued to the Original Warrantholder on
the Issue Date pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.
“ Pro Rata
Repurchases ” means any purchase of shares of Common
Stock by the Company or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to (A) any
tender offer or exchange offer subject to Section 13(e) or 14(e) of
the Exchange Act or Regulation 14E promulgated thereunder or (B)
any other offer available to substantially all holders of Common
Stock, in the case of both (A) or (B), whether for cash, shares of
Capital Stock of the Company, other securities of the Company,
evidences of indebtedness of the Company or any other Person or any
other property (including, without limitation, shares of Capital
Stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of a
subsidiary), or any combination thereof, effected while this
Warrant is outstanding. The “ Effective Date ”
of a Pro Rata Repurchase shall mean the date of acceptance of
shares for purchase or exchange by the Company under any tender or
exchange offer which is a Pro Rata Repurchase or the date of
purchase with respect to any Pro Rata Repurchase that is not a
tender or exchange offer.
“ Purchase
Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase Agreement
– Standard Terms incorporated into the Letter Agreement,
dated as of the date set forth in Item 5 of Schedule A hereto, as
amended from time to time, between the Company and the United
States Department of the Treasury (the “ Letter
Agreement ”), including all annexes and schedules
thereto.
“
Qualified Equity Offering ” has the meaning ascribed
to it in the Purchase Agreement.
“
Regulatory Approvals ” with respect to the
Warrantholder, means, to the extent applicable and required to
permit the Warrantholder to exercise this Warrant for shares of
Common Stock and to own such Common Stock without the Warrantholder
being in violation of applicable law, rule or regulation, the
receipt of any necessary approvals and authorizations of, filings
and registrations with, notifications to, or expiration or
termination of any applicable waiting period under, the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended,
and the rules and regulations thereunder.
“ SEC
” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“
Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.
“trading
day” means (A) if the
shares of Common Stock are not traded on any national or regional
securities exchange or association or over-the-counter market, a
business day or (B) if the shares of Common Stock are traded on any
national or regional securities exchange or
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association or
over-the-counter market, a business day on which such relevant
exchange or quotation system is scheduled to be open for business
and on which the shares of Common Stock (i) are not suspended from
trading on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market for any period or periods
aggregating one half hour or longer; and (ii) have traded at least
once on the national or regional securities exchange or association
or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the
trading of the shares of Common Stock.
“ U.S.
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting
principles.
“
Warrantholder ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.
“
Warrant ” means this Warrant, issued pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement.
2.
Number of Shares;
Exercise Price . This certifies
that, for value received, the United States Department of the
Treasury or its permitted assigns (the “ Warrantholder
”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth, to acquire from the Company, in whole or in
part, after the receipt of all applicable Regulatory Approvals, if
any, up to an aggregate of the number of fully paid and
nonassessable shares of Common Stock set forth in Item 6 of
Schedule A hereto, at a purchase price per share of Common Stock
equal to the Exercise Price. The number of shares of Common Stock
(the “ Shares ”) and the Exercise Price are
subject to adjustment as provided herein, and all references to
“Common Stock,” “Shares” and
“Exercise Price” herein shall be deemed to include any
such adjustment or series of adjustments.
3.
Exercise of
Warrant; Term . Subject to Section
2, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, the
right to purchase the Shares represented by this Warrant is
exercisable, in whole or in part by the Warrantholder, at any time
or from time to time after the execution and delivery of this
Warrant by the Company on the date hereof, but in no event later
than 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the tenth anniversary of the
Issue Date (the “ Expiration Time ”), by (A) the
surrender of this Warrant and Notice of Exercise annexed hereto,
duly completed and executed on behalf of the Warrantholder, at the
principal executive office of the Company located at the address
set forth in Item 7 of Schedule A hereto (or such other office or
agency of the Company in the United States as it may designate by
notice in writing to the Warrantholder at the address of the
Warrantholder appearing on the books of the Company), and
(B)
payment of the Exercise Price for the Shares thereby
purchased:
(i)
by having the Company withhold, from the shares of Common Stock
that would otherwise be
delivered to the Warrantholder upon such exercise, shares of Common
stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant equal in value to the
aggregate Exercise Price as to which this Warrant is so exercised
based on the Market Price of the Common Stock on the trading day on
which this Warrant is exercised and the Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company pursuant to this Section 3, or
(ii)
with the consent of both the Company and the Warrantholder, by
tendering in cash, by certified or cashier’s check payable to
the order of the Company, or by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated by the Company.
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If the
Warrantholder does not exercise this Warrant in its entirety, the
Warrantholder will be entitled to receive from the Company within a
reasonable time, and in any event not exceeding three business
days, a new warrant in substantially identical form for the
purchase of that number of Shares equal to the difference between
the number of Shares subject to this Warrant and the number of
Shares as to which this Warrant is so exercised. Notwithstanding
anything in this Warrant to the contrary, the Warrantholder hereby
acknowledges and agrees that its exercise of this Warrant for
Shares is subject to the condition that the Warrantholder will have
first received any applicable Regulatory Approvals.
4.
Issuance of Shares;
Authorization; Listing . Certificates for
Shares issued upon exercise of this Warrant will be issued in such
name or names as the Warrantholder may designate and will be
delivered to such named Person or Persons within a reasonable time,
not to exceed three business days after the date on which this
Warrant has been duly exercised in accordance with the terms of
this Warrant. The Company hereby represents and warrants that any
Shares issued upon the exercise of this Warrant in accordance with
the provisions of Section 3 will be duly and validly authorized and
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all taxes, liens
and charges (other than liens or charges created by the
Warrantholder, income and franchise taxes incurred in connection
with the exercise of the Warrant or taxes in respect of any
transfer occurring contemporaneously therewith). The Company agrees
that the Shares so issued will be deemed to have been issued to the
Warrantholder as of the close of business on the date on which this
Warrant and payment of the Exercise Price are delivered to the
Company in accordance with the terms of this Warrant,
notwithstanding that the stock transfer books of the Company may
then be closed or certificates representing such Shares may not be
actually delivered on such date. The Company will at all times
reserve and keep available, out of its authorized but unissued
Common Stock, solely for the purpose of providing for the exercise
of this Warrant, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock
then issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time. The
Company will (A) procure, at its sole expense, the listing of the
Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant at any time, subject
to issuance or notice of issuance, on all principal stock exchanges
on which the Common Stock is then listed or traded and (B) maintain
such listings of such Shares at all times after issuance. The
Company will use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Shares
may be issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation
or of any requirement of any securities exchange on which the
Shares are listed or traded.
5.
No
Fractional Shares or Scrip . No fractional
Shares or scrip representing fractional Shares shall be issued upon
any exercise of this Warrant. In lieu of any fractional Share to
which the Warrantholder would otherwise be entitled, the
Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive a cash payment equal to
the Market Price of the Common Stock on the last trading day
preceding the date of exercise less the pro-rated Exercise Price
for such fractional share.
6.
No
Rights as Stockholders; Transfer Books . This Warrant does
not entitle the Warrantholder to any voting rights or other rights
as a stockholder of the Company prior to the date of exercise
hereof. The Company will at no time close its transfer books
against transfer of this Warrant in any manner which interferes
with the timely exercise of this Warrant.
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7.
Charges, Taxes and
Expenses . Issuance of
certificates for Shares to the Warrantholder upon the exercise of
this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Warrantholder for
any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in respect of
the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company.
8.
Transfer/Assignment
.
(A) Subject to
compliance with clause (B) of this Section 8, this Warrant and all
rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in p