First Horizon National CorporationUnderwriting Agreement • December 22nd, 2010 • First Horizon National Corp • National commercial banks • New York
Goldman, Sachs & Co. J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated As the Representatives of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule A hereto
December 20, 2010First Horizon National Corp • December 22nd, 2010 • National commercial banks
In connection with the issuance and sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2015 (the “Notes”) of First Horizon National Corporation, a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated December 15, 2010, between the Company and Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated as the Representatives of the several Underwriters listed therein, I (or counsel acting under my supervision) have examined such corporate records, certificates and other documents, and such questions of law, as I (or counsel acting under my supervision) have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion. Upon the basis of such examination, it is my opinion that:
