EXHIBIT 10.5(c)

                      AGREEMENT TO DEFER RECEIPT OF SHARES
                            FOLLOWING OPTION EXERCISE

Fill in all of the following blanks with respect to your election to defer
receipt of shares following an option exercise. Please print. Complete a
separate Agreement to Defer for each option grant for which you elect to defer.

Date:
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Name:
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Date of Option Grant:
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Option Grant Number (e.g. 001462):
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Name of Option Plan
(e.g., 1990 Stock Option Plan):
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Number of Shares Remaining to be Exercised in Option:
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Number of Shares Covered by this Deferral Election:
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Date of Distribution:
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                      (See Paragraph 7 below for instructions.)

Beneficiary designation:
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                            (See Paragraph 12 and 13 below.)

     This Agreement is made and entered into as of the date stated above by and
between the individual named above (the "Participant") and First Tennessee
National Corporation (the "Corporation").

                                   WITNESSETH

     WHEREAS, the Corporation has established a stock option enhancement program
(the "Program") for certain employees of the Corporation and its subsidiaries
pursuant to which the grantee of a stock option who complies with the terms and
conditions of the Program is permitted to elect to defer receipt of shares
covered by an option and thereby defer recognition of income for federal income
tax purposes at the time of the option exercise; and

     WHEREAS, Participant has been selected to participate in the Program,
subject to the right of the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors
to cancel the Program as to any unexercised options;


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     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises made herein, Participant
and the Corporation do agree as follows:

     1.   Subject to the terms and conditions of the Program described below,
          Participant hereby irrevocably elects to defer receipt of the shares
          specified following the exercise of the option, or portion thereof,
          specified for the period of time specified, and the Corporation agrees
          to deliver to Participant at the time specified the shares whose
          receipt has been deferred (adjusted to reflect any stock splits and
          stock dividends as described below) and an amount of cash equivalent
          to the dividends that would have been paid had Participant received
          the shares immediately following the exercise of the option plus
          interest on such dividend equivalents at a 10-year Treasury rate of
          interest, all as described below.

     2.   Participant is permitted to exercise the option covered by this
          Agreement at any time beginning at least 6 months after the date of
          this deferral agreement and ending on the last day of the term of the
          option.

     3.   If Participant has elected to defer receipt of a number of shares that
          is less than the number of shares that is exercisable under the
          option, then the receipt of shares will be deferred as follows: on the
          first (and, if necessary, subsequent) exercise of the option occurring
          at least 6 months following the date of this deferral agreement,
          receipt of shares will be deferred until the number of shares elected
          for deferral has been reached.

     4.   The option cannot be exercised by tendering cash in payment of the
          exercise price. Participant must pay the exercise price with
          Corporation common stock. Participant must use the "attestation"
          method of exercising the option. Under the attestation method,
          Participant (and, if applicable, Participant's broker or bank or other
          party) must sign an attestation form, which must be submitted at the
          time of the option exercise, certifying ownership of a sufficient
          number of shares of Corporation common stock to pay the exercise
          price. Actual share certificates are not to be delivered to the
          Corporation.

     5.   The shares attested to must be "mature" shares; that is, the shares
          must either have been purchased on the open market by Participant or
          if the shares were acquired directly from the Corporation pursuant to
          an employee benefit plan, the shares must have been owned without any
          restrictions on transfer for at least six months prior to the option
          exercise.

     6.   Participant must be a current employee of the Corporation or one of
          its subsidiaries both at the time of execution of this Agreement and
          at the time of the exercise of the option. If Participant's employment
          terminates for any reason prior to the exercise of the option, then
          this Agreement is canceled.


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     7.   Participant must select a deferral period, at the end of which shares
          whose receipt has been deferred and earnings thereon will be paid to
          Participant, subject to Paragraph 12 herein. The payment date is
          referred to herein as the "Date of Distribution." Participant may
          specify any future date, not to exceed actual retirement plus five
          years, as the Date of Distribution. Alternatively, Participant may
          specify payment to be made "on retirement" or "on retirement plus
          ___________ years and __________ months." Under this alternative, the
          payment date may not exceed actual retirement plus five years. For all
          purposes hereof, the term "retirement" includes any retirement,
          whether it is a normal or an early retirement. If the Date of
          Distribution is not a business day, payment will be made on the next
          day that is a business day.

     8.   When Participant decides to exercise the option, Participant must
          exercise the option for all of the shares covered by this deferral
          election. Upon the exercise of the option, no shares will be
          transferred to Participant and a deferral account will be established
          by the Corporation, consisting of a subaccount reflecting phantom
          stock units and a subaccount representing cash equal to the earnings
          credited to the account with respect to dividend equivalents and
          interest thereon. Participant's phantom stock subaccount will be
          credited with phantom stock units, based on the number of shares
          covered by this deferral election with respect to which the option was
          exercised by Participant, net of the number of shares attested to in
          payment of the exercise price, with each phantom stock unit being
          equivalent to one share of the Corporation's common stock. (NOTE: The
          number of phantom stock units credited to Participant's account is
          equal to the number of shares covered by the deferral election minus
          the number of shares attested to in payment of the option exercise
          price.)

     9.   Any stock split and stock dividend that is declared with respect to
          the Corporation's common stock having a payment date that occurs after
          exercise of the option and before the deferral period has terminated
          will result in a corresponding stock split or stock dividend being
          made with respect to the phantom shares of the Corporation's common
          stock in Participant's deferral account. In other words, Participant
          will be issued that number of shares of the Corporation's common stock
          at the termination of the deferral period that Participant would have
          owned had he or she exercised the option without deferring receipt of
          the shares and then maintained ownership of such common stock through
          the payment date of the stock dividend or stock split.

     10.  Earnings will be credited to Participant's cash subaccount and accrued
          on the phantom stock units as follows: on each date on which the
          Corporation pays a dividend on its shares of common stock, an amount
          equal to such dividend will be credited to Participant's account with
          respect to each phantom stock unit. Then, as of January 1st of each
          year, an additional amount will be credited to Participant's account
          to reflect earnings on the dividend equivalents from the time they
          were credited to the account for the prior plan year. The rate of
          earnings credited for the year will be the rate disclosed under the
          caption "Annualized Ten Year Treasury Rate" in the Federal Reserve
          Statistical Release in January of the year following the


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          year with respect to which earnings are to be credited, and the amount
          will be computed by multiplying the dividend equivalent by the rate by
          a factor representing the fraction of the year (100% for a January 1
          dividend equivalent, 75% for an April 1 dividend equivalent, 50% for a
          July 1 dividend equivalent, and 25% for a October 1 dividend
          equivalent) remaining after the dividend equivalent was credited to
          Participant's account. Interest will compound as follows: for any cash
          credited to the account that existed on the first day of the prior
          plan year (excluding any dividend equivalent that is credited to the
          account on such day), earnings will be credited in an amount equal to
          the amount of such cash multiplied by the applicable ten year treasury
          rate factor. For the portion of the Plan year in which the Date of
          Distribution occurs, earnings will be credited on any cash credited to
          the account during such year from the time such cash is credited
          through the Date of Distribution at the rate employed for the previous
          year.

     11.  Payment from Participant's deferral account will be made in a single
          lump sum, computed as follows: with respect to Participant's phantom
          stock subaccount, one share of the Corporation's common stock will be
          paid to Participant for each phantom stock unit credited to such
          subaccount, and with respect to Participant's cash subaccount, cash in
          the amount credited to the subaccount will be paid to Participant.

     12.  Payment from Participant's deferral account will be made to
          Participant (or, in the event of Participant's death, his or her
          beneficiary) on the earliest of the date selected by Participant as
          the Date of Distribution, the date of a change in control as defined
          in the Plan specified above or a date selected by the Corporation
          following Participant's death, disability, or termination of
          employment for any reason other than normal or early retirement that
          is no later than the last day of the month following the month in
          which there occurs the death, disability, or termination of employment
          of Participant for any reason other than normal or early retirement.

     13.  For any and all purposes of this deferral agreement and the Plan
          specified above, Participant designates the person specified above as
          his/her beneficiary under the Plan.

     14.  Participant is limited to one deferral agreement per option grant
          outstanding at any one time.

     15.  The Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors retains the
          right to cancel the Program and prohibit deferral of receipt of shares
          following an option exercise with respect to any unexercised options
          then held by Participant upon notice to Participant.

     16.  The Human Resources Committee is authorized to interpret and
          administer the Program and the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Participant has executed and the Corporation has caused
its duly
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authorized officer to execute this Agreement, each as of the day and year first
above written.

FIRST TENNESSEE NATIONAL CORPORATION


By:
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    Executive Vice President,           Participant
    Division Manager Personnel,
    or other authorized signatory

Risk Statement:

If the fair market value of Corporation common stock drops below the fair market
value on the date of exercise of the option (with respect to which receipt of
shares is deferred) and does not recover before the end of the deferral period,
a portion of the value of such shares will be lost. Thereafter, the value of
such shares may increase or decrease further.

If Participant does not exercise the option covered by this Agreement in
accordance with all of the terms of this Agreement, the option will be forfeited
by Participant and canceled by the Corporation.


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