Acquisitions and Divestitures

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

On November 4, 2019, FHN and IBERIABANK Corporation (“IBKC”) announced that they had entered into an agreement and plan of merger under which IBKC will merge with FHN in a merger-of-equals transaction. IBKC, headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana, has 319 offices in 12 states, mostly in the southern and southeastern U.S., and has reported $31.7 billion of total assets, $23.7 billion in loans, and $25.0 billion in deposits, at September 30, 2019. IBKC‘s common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC under the symbol IBKC. Under the merger agreement, each share of IBKC common stock will be converted into 4.584 shares of FHN common stock. After closing, FHN expects IBKC common shares will be converted into approximately 44 percent of the then-outstanding shares of FHN common stock. The merger agreement requires FHN to expand its board of directors to seventeen persons; after closing, eight board positions will be held by current IBKC directors, and nine will be held by current FHN directors. FHN expects the transaction to close in second quarter 2020, subject to regulatory approvals, approval by the shareholders of FHN and of IBKC, and other customary conditions.

On November 8, 2019, FHN announced an agreement to purchase 30 branches from SunTrust Banks, Inc. in connection with SunTrust’s proposed merger with BB&T Corporation. As part of the agreement, FHN will assume approximately $2.4 billion of branch deposits for a 3.40 percent deposit premium and purchase approximately $410 million of branch loans. The branches are in communities in North Carolina (20 branches), Virginia (8 branches), and Georgia (2 branches). FHN expects the purchase to close in first quarter 2020, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.

On November 30, 2017, FHN completed its acquisition of Capital Bank Financial Corporation ("CBF") and its subsidiaries, including Capital Bank Corporation for an aggregate of 92,042,232 shares of FHN common stock and $423.6 million in cash in a transaction valued at $2.2 billion. In second quarter 2018, FHN canceled 2,373,220 common shares which had been issued but set aside for certain shareholders of CBF who have commenced a dissenters' appraisal process resulting in a reduction in equity consideration and an increase in cash consideration of $46.0 million. In October 2019 this matter was resolved; the financial statement effects were not significant. CBF operated 178 branches in North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Virginia at the time of closing. In relation to the acquisition, FHN acquired approximately $9.9 billion in assets, including approximately $7.3 billion in loans and $1.2 billion in AFS securities, and assumed approximately $8.1 billion of CBF deposits. FHN recorded goodwill of approximately $1.2 billion, representing the excess of acquisition consideration over the estimated fair value of net assets acquired.

On March 23, 2018, FHN divested two branches, including approximately $30 million of deposits and $2 million of loans. The branches, both in Greeneville, Tennessee, were divested in connection with First Horizon's agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice and commitments to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, which were entered into in connection with a customary review of FHN's merger with CBF.

In second quarter 2018, FHN sold approximately $120 million UPB of subprime auto loans. These loans, originally acquired as part of the CBF acquisition, did not fit within FHN's risk profile. Based on the sales price, a measurement period adjustment to the acquisition-date fair value of the subprime auto loans was recorded in second quarter 2018. A measurement period adjustment was made in fourth quarter 2018 for other consumer loans acquired from CBF based on pricing information received from potential buyers.

See Note 2- Acquisitions and Divestitures in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, for additional information about the CBF acquisition and other acquisitions.

Expenses related to FHN's merger and integration activities are recorded in FHN's Corporate segment.

Total merger and integration expense recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018 are presented in the table below:



	Three Months Ended September 30					Nine Months Ended September 30
(Dollars in thousands)	2019			2018		2019		2018
Professional fees (a)	$	3,507		$	4,593	$	9,852	$	19,217
Employee compensation, incentives and benefits (b)	1,473			3,112		4,462		12,198
Contract employment and outsourcing (c)	223			599		240		3,701
Occupancy (d)	(76		)	115		1,547		2,374
Miscellaneous expense (e)	1,022			1,381		2,170		6,514
All other expense (f)	2,840			1,549		5,025		41,835
Total	$	8,989		$	11,349	$	23,296	$	85,839

Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to agree with current presentation.

(a) Primarily comprised of fees for legal, accounting, and merger consultants.

(b) Primarily comprised of fees for severance and retention.

(d) Primarily relates to expenses associated with lease exits.

(e) Consists of fees for operations services, communications and courier, equipment rentals, depreciation, and maintenance,

supplies, travel and entertainment, computer software, and advertising and public relations.

(f) Primarily relates to contract termination charges, lease buyouts, costs of shareholder matters and asset impairments related to the integration, as well as other miscellaneous expenses.

In addition to the transactions mentioned above, FHN acquires or divests assets from time to time in transactions that are considered business combinations or divestitures but are not material to FHN individually or in the aggregate. In April 2019, FHN sold a subsidiary acquired as part of the CBF acquisition that did not fit within FHN's risk profile. The sale resulted in the removal of approximately $25 million UPB of subprime consumer loans from Loans held-for-sale on FHN's Consolidated Condensed Statements of Condition.