Union Planters 10-Q 2002 Q3 Quarterly report

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Union Planters Corporation (the "Company") for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report") I, Jackson W. Moore, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company

By: /s/ Jackson W. Moore                

Jackson W. Moore, Chairman,

President and Chief Executive Officer

Date: November 13, 2002