EX-99.1 3 dex991.htm CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT BY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Certification of Periodic Report by Chief Executive Officer

EXHIBIT 99.1

 

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

 

In connection with the Annual Report of AmSouth Bancorporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 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/    DOWD RITTER        

C. Dowd Ritter

Chief Executive Officer

 

March 19, 2003