MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 21, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Horizon National Corp.'s (NYSE: FHN ) board of directors has approved payment of a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.06 per share. This represents a 20 percent increase over the $0.05 per share quarterly cash dividend paid for the last two years. The increase raises the regular annual common dividend rate from $0.20 per share to $0.24 per share. The dividend is payable on April 1, 2015, to the common shareholders of record on March 13, 2015.
The board of directors has also approved payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $1,550.00 per share on FHN's Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, Series A ("Series A Preferred Stock"). This equates to a cash dividend of $0.387500 per Depositary Share (NYSE:FHN PrA), which each represent a 1/4000th interest in a share of the Series A Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on April 10, 2015, to shareholders of record on March 26, 2015.
About First Horizon
The 4,300 employees of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE: FHN ) provide financial services through more than 170 First Tennessee Bank locations in and around Tennessee and 27 FTN Financial offices in the U.S. and abroad. The company was founded during the Civil War in 1864 and has the 14th oldest national bank charter in the country. First Tennessee has one of the highest customer retention rates of any bank in the country, and FTN Financial is a capital markets industry leader in fixed income sales, trading and strategies for institutional customers in the U.S. and abroad. First Horizon has been recognized as one of the nation's best employers by Working Mother and American Banker magazines. More information is available at www.FirstHorizon.com .
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First Horizon Investor Relations, Aarti Bowman, (901) 523-4017 First Horizon Media Relations, Jack Bradley, (901) 523-4813
