1 EXHIBIT 21 PARENTS AND SUBSIDIARIES The following is a list of all subsidiaries of First Tennessee National Corporation at December 31, 1996. Each subsidiary is 100% owned by its immediate parent, and all are included in the Consolidated Financial Statements: Type of Ownership Jurisdiction of Subsidiary By the Corporation Incorporation ---------- ------------------ ------------- Cleveland Bank & Trust Company Direct Tennessee First National Bank of Springdale Direct United States First Tennessee Bank National Association (1) Direct United States "A" PLUS Strategic Alliances, Inc. Indirect Tennessee 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 First Funds, Inc.* Indirect Tennessee 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 Merchant Equipment, Inc Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee Merchant Services, Inc. Indirect Tennessee FT Mortgage Holding Corporation Indirect Illinois FT Mortgage Companies (2) Indirect Kansas First Tennessee Mortgage Services, Inc. Indirect Tennessee Hickory Venture Capital Corporation Indirect Alabama JPO, Inc. Indirect Tennessee TSMM Corporation Indirect Tennessee First Tennessee Bank National Association Mississippi Direct United States FTB Futures Corporation* Direct Tennessee Hickory Capital Corporation Direct Tennessee Highland Capital Management Corp. Direct Tennessee Mountain Financial Company* Direct Tennessee Norlen Life Insurance Company Direct Arizona Peoples and Union Bank Direct Tennessee Peoples Bank Direct Mississippi Planters Bank Direct Mississippi *Inactive. (1) Divisions of this subsidiary do business in certain jurisdictions under the following names: First Express, First Money Center, First Securities Company in Mobile, 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, Capital Mortgage, Carl I. Brown Mortgage, CIB Funding, CIB Mortgage, Emerald Mortgage, First Tennessee Mortgage Company, Inc., Flagship Mortgage Bankers, FTB Mortgage Services, HomeBanc Mortgage Corporation, MNC Mortgage, Mortgage Resources, Premier Mortgage Resources, Priority One, Provision Mortgage Bankers, Select Mortgage Resources, SNMC National Mortgage, Sunbelt National Mortgage.