1 EXHIBIT 21 PARENTS AND SUBSIDIARIES The following is a list of all subsidiaries of First Tennessee National Corporation ("FTNC") and information on an unconsolidated entity at December 31, 2000. Each subsidiary is 100% owned by its immediate parent, except as described below in note (3), and all are included in the Consolidated Financial Statements: Type of Ownership Jurisdiction of Subsidiary by FTNC Incorporation ---------- ----------------- --------------- Cleveland Bank & Trust Company Direct Tennessee First National Bank of Springdale Direct United States First Tennessee Bank National Association (1) Direct United States Check Consultants, Incorporated Indirect Tennessee Check Consultants Company of Tennessee, Inc. Indirect Tennessee Community Leasing Corporation* Indirect Tennessee Community Money Center, Inc.* Indirect Tennessee East Tennessee Service Corporation* Indirect Tennessee Upper East Tennessee Insurance Agency* Indirect Tennessee Federal Flood Certification Corporation Indirect Texas First Express Remittance Processing, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Funds, Inc.* Indirect Tennessee First Horizon Insurance Services, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Horizon Merchant Services, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Horizon Money Center, Inc.* Indirect Tennessee First Horizon Strategic Alliances, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee ABS, Inc. Indirect Delaware First Tennessee Brokerage, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee Capital Assets Corporation Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee Commercial Loan Management, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee Equipment Finance Corporation Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee Housing Corporation Indirect Tennessee CC Community Development Holdings, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee Merchant Equipment, Inc.* Indirect Tennessee FT Real Estate Information Mortgage Solutions Holdings, Inc. Indirect Delaware FT Real Estate Information Mortgage Solutions, Inc. Indirect Delaware FT Real Estate Securities Holding Company, Inc. Indirect Arkansas FT Real Estate Securities Company, Inc. Indirect Arkansas First Tennessee Securities Corporation Indirect Tennessee FT Insurance Corporation Indirect Tennessee FT Mortgage Holding Corporation Indirect Delaware First Horizon Home Loan Corporation (2) Indirect Kansas First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc. Indirect Tennessee First Horizon Asset Securities, Inc. Indirect Delaware FT Reinsurance Company Indirect South Carolina Hickory Venture Capital Corporation Indirect Alabama 2 JPO, Inc. Indirect Tennessee TSMM Corporation Indirect Tennessee FTB Futures Corporation* Direct Tennessee Hickory Capital Corporation Direct Tennessee Highland Capital Management Corp. Direct Tennessee Martin & Company, Inc. Direct Tennessee Mountain Financial Company* Direct Tennessee Norlen Life Insurance Company Direct Arizona Peoples and Union Bank Direct Tennessee Peoples Bank Direct Mississippi *Inactive. (1) Divisions of this subsidiary do business in certain jurisdictions under the following names: First Express, First Horizon Equity Lending, First Horizon Money Center, First Securities Company in Mobile, First Tennessee Capital Markets, Garland Capital Management, Garland Trust, Gulf Pacific Mortgage. (2) Divisions of this subsidiary do business in certain jurisdictions under the following names: Atlantic Coast Mortgage, Carl I. Brown Mortgage, CIB Mortgage, Customer One Mortgage, Elliott Ames, Emerald Mortgage, EquiBanc Mortgage Corporation, 1st Coastal Mortgage, First Tennessee Mortgage Company, Inc., FTB Mortgage Services, Keystone Mortgage, McGuire Mortgage, MNC Mortgage, Mortgage Resources, Patriot Financial Group, Premier Mortgage, Premier Mortgage Resources, Priority One, Mortgage Bankers, Select Mortgage Resources, Sunbelt National Mortgage. (3) The following subsidiaries are not wholly-owned by their immediate parent: FT Real Estate Securities Company, Inc. - FTNC owns <1% of the common stock with the balance of the common stock owned by the subsidiary's immediate parent. Some preferred stock is not owned directly or indirectly by FTNC. FT Real Estate Securities Holding Company, Inc. - FTNC owns <1% of the common stock directly with the balance of the common stock owned by the subsidiary's immediate parent. First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc. - FTNC owns <2% of the common stock directly with the balance of the common stock owned by the subsidiary's immediate parent. In addition, FTNC has an investment in the following unconsolidated entity: First Tennessee Capital I, a Delaware business trust - 100% of the Trust's common securities owned by FTNC