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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission May 16, 2002.<BR>
File No. 333- __________</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
<B>___________________________</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8</B><BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>UNION PLANTERS CORPORATION</B><BR>
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)</FONT>

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<B>62-0859007</B></FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>6200 Poplar Avenue<BR>
Memphis, Tennessee 38119<BR>
(901)&nbsp;580-6000</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Union Planters Corporation Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Titles of the Plan)</FONT>

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>E. JAMES
HOUSE, JR.</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Copy to:</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Secretary and Manager of the Legal Department<BR>
Union Planters Corporation<BR>
6200 Poplar Avenue<BR>
Memphis, Tennessee 38119<BR>
(901)&nbsp;580-5768</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></TD>
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<B>LAURA G. THATCHER<BR>
Alston &#038; Bird LLP<BR>
One Atlantic Center<BR>
1201 West Peachtree Street, NW<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424<BR>
(404)&nbsp;881-7546</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $5.00
par value (and
associated
Preferred Share
Rights)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">7,000,000 </FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Determined in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), the registration fee
calculation is based on the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May
&nbsp;9, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Amount to be registered includes 7,000,000 shares to be issued pursuant
to the exercise of awards granted to employees, officers and directors
under the Union Planters Corporation Amended and Restated 1992 Stock
Incentive Plan; plus such additional shares as may be issued by reason of
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">PART II.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g76436ex5-1.txt">Opinion of E. James House, Jr.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g76436ex23-2.txt">Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g76436ex99-1.txt">Amended & Restated 1992 Stock Incentive Plan</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon written or oral request, the Registrant will provide, without
charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this
registration statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the
Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus. The Registrant will also provide, without charge,
upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to
employees pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b). Requests for the above mentioned
information, should be directed to E. James House, Jr., Secretary and Manager
of the Legal Department, at (901)&nbsp;580-5768.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by Union Planters Corporation (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such documents:
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2001 (provided that any information included or incorporated by
reference in response to Items 402(a)(8), (i), (k), or (l)&nbsp;of Regulation&nbsp;S-K of
the Securities and Exchange Commission shall not be deemed to be incorporated
herein and is not part of the Registration Statement);
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2002;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed January&nbsp;17, 2002, April&nbsp;18, 2002 and April&nbsp;23, 2002;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the period since December&nbsp;31,
2001;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the current management and Board of Directors of
the Registrant contained in the Proxy Statement of the Registrant filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April&nbsp;18, 2002;
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A dated January&nbsp;19,
1989, filed on February&nbsp;1, 1989, (SEC File No.&nbsp;0-6919) in connection with the
Registrant&#146;s designation and authorization of its Series&nbsp;F Preferred Stock; and
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement under Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2">and filed prior to the filing hereof shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein modifies or supersedes such statement, and any
statement contained herein or in any other document incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Description of Securities</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock offered
pursuant to the Registration Statement will be passed upon by E. James House,
Jr., Secretary and Manager of the Legal Department of the Registrant. E. James
House, Jr. is an officer of and receives compensation from the Registrant.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></FONT>

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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Restated Charter of the Registrant provides as follows:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;TWELFTH:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the fullest extent permitted by Tennessee law, the Corporation
may indemnify or purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents and any persons who may serve at
the request of the Corporation as directors, officers, employees,
trustees or agents of any other corporation, firm, association, national
banking association, state-chartered bank, trust company, business trust,
organization or any other type of entity whether or not the Corporation
shall have any ownership interest in such entity. Such
indemnification(s) may be provided for in the Bylaws, or by resolution of
the Board of Directors or by appropriate contract with the person
involved.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;V, INDEMNIFICATION, of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Bylaws provides as follows:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Corporation does hereby indemnify its directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Tennessee and by
ARTICLE TWELFTH of its Charter. The Corporation may indemnify any other
person to the extent permitted by the Charter and by applicable law.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of corporate directors and officers is governed by
Sections&nbsp;48-18-501 through 48-18-509 of the Tennessee Business
Corporation Act (the &#147;Act&#148;). Under the Act, a person may be indemnified
by a corporation against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and necessarily
incurred by him in connection with any threatened or pending suit or
proceeding or any appeal thereof (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation), whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer,
employee or agent of another corporation of any type or kind,</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">domestic or foreign, if such director or officer acted in good faith for
a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in the best interest of the
corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings only, in addition,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A
Tennessee corporation may indemnify a director or officer thereof in a
suit by or in the right of the corporation against amounts paid in
settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, actually
and necessarily incurred as a result of such suit unless such director or
officer did not act in good faith or with the degree of diligence, care
and skill which ordinary prudent men exercise under similar circumstances
and in like positions.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A person who has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in the defense of any of the foregoing types of suits or proceedings is
entitled to indemnification for the foregoing amounts. A person who has
not been wholly successful in any such suit or proceeding may be
indemnified only upon the order of a court or a finding that the director
or officer met the required statutory standard of conduct by (i)&nbsp;a
majority vote of a disinterested quorum of the Board of Directors, (ii)
the Board of Directors based upon the written opinion of independent
legal counsel to such effect, or (iii)&nbsp;a vote to the shareholders.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exhibits</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Undertakings</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><FONT size="2"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities being offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, on the 14th day of
May, 2002.
</FONT>
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        <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="51%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan="4" align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">UNION PLANTERS CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jackson W.
Moore</FONT></TD>
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<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Jackson W. Moore</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Chairman of the
Board, President and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Jackson W. Moore and E. James House, Jr., and
each of them, with the power to act without the other, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her, and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 has been signed below by the following
persons as of the 14th day of May, 2002 in the capacities indicated.
</FONT>
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        <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Capacity</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade width="50%"></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade width="50%"></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jackson W. Moore<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jackson W. Moore</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Chairman of the
Board, President<BR>
Chief Executive Officer, Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>



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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Bobby L. Doxey<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Bobby L. Doxey</FONT>
</TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Senior Executive Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer (Principal<BR>
Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>


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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Albert M. Austin<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Albert M. Austin</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>


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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Capacity</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;George W. Bryan<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
George W. Bryan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;James E. Harwood<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
James E. Harwood</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Parnell S. Lewis, Jr.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Parnell S. Lewis, Jr.</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Jorge M. Perez<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jorge M. Perez</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>


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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Lou Ann Poynter<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Lou Ann Poynter</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;John R. Roberts<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
John R. Roberts</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Michael S. Starnes<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael S. Starnes</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Richard A. Trippeer, Jr.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard A. Trippeer, Jr.</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/&nbsp;Spence L. Wilson<BR>
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Spence L. Wilson</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May&nbsp;14, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Charter of Union Planters Corporation.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A dated and filed on January&nbsp;22, 1999
(SEC File No.&nbsp;001-10160))</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of Union Planters Corporation. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001 and filed on March&nbsp;15, 2002
(SEC File No.&nbsp;001-10160))</FONT></TD>
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Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;19, 1999 as amended on
December&nbsp;3, 2001, by and between Union Planters
Corporation and Union Planters Bank, N.A. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A dated
and filed on January&nbsp;22, 1999 and Exhibit&nbsp;4 to Amendment
No.&nbsp;1 to such Form&nbsp;8-A on Form&nbsp;8-A/A dated and filed
on December&nbsp;3, 2001 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-10160))</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of E. James House, Jr., Secretary and Manager of the Legal
Department of Union Planters Corporation, as to the validity of the
shares of the Common Stock of Union Planters Corporation.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of E. James House, Jr., Secretary and Manager of the Legal
Department of Union Planters Corporation (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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Union Planters Corporation Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Incentive Plan.</FONT></TD>
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Union Planters Corporation
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission May 16, 2002.
File No. 333- __________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
___________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
UNION PLANTERS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)
Tennessee
62-0859007
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
6200 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38119
(901) 580-6000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)
Union Planters Corporation Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Titles of the Plan)
E. JAMES
HOUSE, JR.
Copy to:
Secretary and Manager of the Legal Department
Union Planters Corporation
6200 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38119
(901) 580-5768
(Name and address of agent for service)
LAURA G. THATCHER
Alston & Bird LLP
One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424
(404) 881-7546
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Per Unit (1)
Offering Price (1)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $5.00
par value (and
associated
Preferred Share
Rights)
7,000,000
(2)
$
49.71875
$
348,031,250
$
32,019
(1)
Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the registration fee
calculation is based on the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant's Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May
 9, 2002.
(2)
Amount to be registered includes 7,000,000 shares to be issued pursuant
to the exercise of awards granted to employees, officers and directors
under the Union Planters Corporation Amended and Restated 1992 Stock
Incentive Plan; plus such additional shares as may be issued by reason of
stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II.    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of E. James House, Jr.
Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
Amended & Restated 1992 Stock Incentive Plan
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(a)    The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(b)    Upon written or oral request, the Registrant will provide, without
charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
registration statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the
Section 10(a) prospectus. The Registrant will also provide, without charge,
upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to
employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above mentioned
information, should be directed to E. James House, Jr., Secretary and Manager
of the Legal Department, at (901) 580-5768.
PART II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by Union Planters Corporation (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), are incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be a part hereof from
the date of the filing of such documents:
(a)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2001 (provided that any information included or incorporated by
reference in response to Items 402(a)(8), (i), (k), or (l) of Regulation S-K of
the Securities and Exchange Commission shall not be deemed to be incorporated
herein and is not part of the Registration Statement);
(b)    The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002;
(c)    The Registrant's Current Reports on
Form 8-K filed January 17, 2002, April 18, 2002 and April 23, 2002;
(d)    All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the period since December 31,
2001;
(e)    The description of the current management and Board of Directors of
the Registrant contained in the Proxy Statement of the Registrant filed
pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the
Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on April 18, 2002;
(f)    The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 19,
1989, filed on February 1, 1989, (SEC File No. 0-6919) in connection with the
Registrant's designation and authorization of its Series F Preferred Stock; and
(g)    The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement under Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein
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and filed prior to the filing hereof shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein modifies or supersedes such statement, and any
statement contained herein or in any other document incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any other
subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the shares of the Registrant's Common Stock offered
pursuant to the Registration Statement will be passed upon by E. James House,
Jr., Secretary and Manager of the Legal Department of the Registrant. E. James
House, Jr. is an officer of and receives compensation from the Registrant.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Restated Charter of the Registrant provides as follows:
TWELFTH:    INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS:
To the fullest extent permitted by Tennessee law, the Corporation
may indemnify or purchase and maintain insurance to indemnify any of its
directors, officers, employees or agents and any persons who may serve at
the request of the Corporation as directors, officers, employees,
trustees or agents of any other corporation, firm, association, national
banking association, state-chartered bank, trust company, business trust,
organization or any other type of entity whether or not the Corporation
shall have any ownership interest in such entity. Such
indemnification(s) may be provided for in the Bylaws, or by resolution of
the Board of Directors or by appropriate contract with the person
involved.
Article V, INDEMNIFICATION, of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Bylaws provides as follows:
The Corporation does hereby indemnify its directors and officers to
the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Tennessee and by
ARTICLE TWELFTH of its Charter. The Corporation may indemnify any other
person to the extent permitted by the Charter and by applicable law.
Indemnification of corporate directors and officers is governed by
Sections 48-18-501 through 48-18-509 of the Tennessee Business
Corporation Act (the "Act"). Under the Act, a person may be indemnified
by a corporation against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and necessarily
incurred by him in connection with any threatened or pending suit or
proceeding or any appeal thereof (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation), whether civil or criminal, by reason of the fact
that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer,
employee or agent of another corporation of any type or kind,
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domestic or foreign, if such director or officer acted in good faith for
a purpose which he reasonably believed to be in the best interest of the
corporation and, in criminal actions or proceedings only, in addition,
had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A
Tennessee corporation may indemnify a director or officer thereof in a
suit by or in the right of the corporation against amounts paid in
settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually
and necessarily incurred as a result of such suit unless such director or
officer did not act in good faith or with the degree of diligence, care
and skill which ordinary prudent men exercise under similar circumstances
and in like positions.
A person who has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise,
in the defense of any of the foregoing types of suits or proceedings is
entitled to indemnification for the foregoing amounts. A person who has
not been wholly successful in any such suit or proceeding may be
indemnified only upon the order of a court or a finding that the director
or officer met the required statutory standard of conduct by (i) a
majority vote of a disinterested quorum of the Board of Directors, (ii)
the Board of Directors based upon the written opinion of independent
legal counsel to such effect, or (iii) a vote to the shareholders.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
this Registration Statement;
(iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
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(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities being offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)    To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b)    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee, on the 14th day of
May, 2002.
UNION PLANTERS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Jackson W.
Moore
Jackson W. Moore
Chairman of the
Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Jackson W. Moore and E. James House, Jr., and
each of them, with the power to act without the other, his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her, and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following
persons as of the 14th day of May, 2002 in the capacities indicated.
Name
Capacity
Date
/s/ Jackson W. Moore
Jackson W. Moore
Chairman of the
Board, President
Chief Executive Officer, Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 14, 2002
/s/ Bobby L. Doxey
Bobby L. Doxey
Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 14, 2002
/s/ Albert M. Austin
Albert M. Austin
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.
Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.
Director
May 14, 2002
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Name
Capacity
Date
/s/ George W. Bryan
George W. Bryan
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ James E. Harwood
James E. Harwood
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ Parnell S. Lewis, Jr.
Parnell S. Lewis, Jr.
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ Jorge M. Perez
Jorge M. Perez
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ Lou Ann Poynter
Lou Ann Poynter
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ John R. Roberts
John R. Roberts
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ Michael S. Starnes
Michael S. Starnes
Director
May 14, 2002
/s/ Richard A. Trippeer, Jr.
Richard A. Trippeer, Jr.
Director
May 14, 2002
Robert R. Waller, M.D.
Director
, 2002
/s/ Spence L. Wilson
Spence L. Wilson
Director
May 14, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Charter of Union Planters Corporation.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated and filed on January 22, 1999
(SEC File No. 001-10160))
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Union Planters Corporation. (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and filed on March 15, 2002
(SEC File No. 001-10160))
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated January 19, 1999 as amended on
December 3, 2001, by and between Union Planters
Corporation and Union Planters Bank, N.A. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
and filed on January 22, 1999 and Exhibit 4 to Amendment
No. 1 to such Form 8-A on Form 8-A/A dated and filed
on December 3, 2001 (SEC File No. 001-10160))
5.1
Opinion of E. James House, Jr., Secretary and Manager of the Legal
Department of Union Planters Corporation, as to the validity of the
shares of the Common Stock of Union Planters Corporation.
23.1
Consent of E. James House, Jr., Secretary and Manager of the Legal
Department of Union Planters Corporation (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
Union Planters Corporation Amended and Restated 1992 Stock Incentive Plan.