AmSouth Bancorporation Board Announces Quarterly Dividend; Dividend Yield at 4.3 Percent.

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AmSouth Bancorporation AmSouth Bancorporation was a bank holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, operated as a subsidiary of Regions Financial Corporation. AmSouth was previously known as First National Bank of Birmingham first organized in 1872. (NYSE NYSE

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AmSouth holds Mergent's "Dividend Achiever" designation for its record of increasing dividends for 33 consecutive years.

About AmSouth

AmSouth is a regional bank holding company with $47 billion in assets, more than 660 branch banking offices and over 1,200 ATMs. AmSouth operates in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. AmSouth is a leader among regional banks in the Southeast in several key business segments, including consumer and commercial banking, small business banking, mortgage lending, equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits

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, annuity and mutual fund sales, and trust and investment management services. AmSouth also offers a complete line of banking products and services at its web site, www.amsouth.com.

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