EX-99.3 5 dex993.htm PERIODIC REPORT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Periodic Report of Chief Executive Officer
 
EXHIBIT 99.3
 
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
 
In connection with the Quarterly Report of AmSouth Bancorporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 (the “Report”), I, C. Dowd Ritter, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
 
 
1)
 
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
2)
 
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
 
/S/    C. DOWD RITTER
C. Dowd Ritter
Chief Executive Officer
 
August 7, 2002