SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2002 REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION ----------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 0-6159 63-0589368 ---------------- ------------- ------------------ (State or other (Commission (IRS Employer jurisdiction of File Number) Identification No.) incorporation) 417 North 20th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35203 ------------------------------------------------------------ (Address, including zip code, of principal executive office) (205) 944-1300 ---------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE. On August 12, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Carl E. Jones, Jr., and Principal Financial Officer, Richard D. Horsley, of Regions Financial Corporation submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460. A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1). SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION By: /s/ D. Bryan Jordan D. Bryan Jordan Executive Vice President and Comptroller Date: August 12, 2002 INDEX TO EXHIBITS Exhibit ------- 99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer dated August 9, 2002 Exhibit 99.1 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Carl E. Jones, Jr., state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Regions Financial Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: - No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and - No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": - Annual Report of Regions Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001; - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Regions Financial Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and - any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Carl E. Jones Jr. Subscribed and sworn to Name: Carl E. Jones, Jr. before me this 9th day of Date: August 9, 2002 August, 2002. /s/ Nancy S. Morrow Notary Public My Commission Expires: July 10, 2004 STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS I, Richard D. Horsley, state and attest that: (1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Regions Financial Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report: - No covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and - No covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). (2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee. (3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report": - Annual Report of Regions Financial Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001; - all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Regions Financial Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and - any amendments to any of the foregoing. /s/ Richard D. Horsley Subscribed and sworn to Name: Richard D. Horsley before me this 9th day of Date: August 9, 2002 August, 2002. /s/ Nancy S. Morrow Notary Public My Commission Expires: July 10, 2004