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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 11-K

  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

OR

    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from (not applicable)

Commission file number 1-6880

 

MERCANTILE BANCORPORATION INC.
HORIZON INVESTMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4302

(Full title of the plan and the address of the plan)

U.S. BANCORP
800 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-4302

(Name and address of principal executive offices of the issuer of the securities)




REQUIRED INFORMATION
SIGNATURE
EX-13 Annual Report for year end December 31, 2002
EX-23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
EX-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
EX-99.1 Certification Pursuant to Section 906
EX-99.2 Certification Pursuant to Section 906


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REQUIRED INFORMATION

Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust (“the Plan”), is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Therefore, in lieu of the requirements of Items 1-3 of Form 11-K, the financial statements and schedules of the Plan for the two years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001, which have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA, are attached hereto as Exhibit 13 and incorporated herein by this reference.

The following exhibits are filed with this report:

             
Exhibit Number   Description  
13
  Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2002
23.1
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
99.1
  Certification of Annual Report on Form 11-K pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
99.2
  Certification of Annual Report on Form 11-K pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust
         
/s/ Sandi Boller
Sandi Boller
Benefits Manager
      June 27, 2003

  EX-13 3 c77880exv13.htm EX-13 ANNUAL REPORT FOR YEAR END DECEMBER 31, 2002 exv13

 

Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and
Savings Plan and Trust

Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
For the Years Ended
December 31, 2002 and 2001


 

Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Index to Financial Statements
         
    Page(s)
   
Report of Independent Accountants     1  
Report of Independent Auditors     2  
Financial Statements:        
        Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits at December 31, 2002 and 2001     3  
        Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001     4  
Notes to Financial Statements     5-9  
Supplemental Schedule:        
        Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) at December 31, 2002     10  

 


 

Report of Independent Accountants

To the Participants and Plan Committee of the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust as of December 31, 2002, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2002, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2002 is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audit of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 27, 2003

 


 

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Participants and Plan Committee of the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2001, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 28, 2002

 


 

Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
At December 31, 2002 and 2001

                     
      2002     2001
     
   
Assets
               
Investments, at fair value
$ 259,498,231     $ 289,221,600  
Interest and dividends receivable
  1,374,380       1,478,947  
Cash
    143,644       817,013  
 
   
     
 
 
Total assets
261,016,255       291,517,560  
 
   
     
 
Liabilities
             
Accrued expenses
        23,769  
 
   
     
 
Net assets available for benefits
$ 261,016,255     $ 291,493,791  
 
   
     
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
For the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001

                     
        2002     2001  
       
   
 
Additions
               
Additions to net assets attributed to:
               
 
Interest and dividends
  $ 7,715,408     7,257,483  
 
Contributions:
               
   
Participants
    11,008,364       11,989,384  
   
Employer
    6,151,331       6,794,551  
 
 
   
 
   
Total additions
    24,875,103       26,041,418  
 
 
   
 
Deductions
               
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
               
 
Net depreciation in fair value of investments
    16,941,759       31,716,761  
 
Benefits paid to participants
    38,277,155       62,732,134  
 
Administrative expenses
    133,725       266,515  
 
 
   
 
   
Total deductions
    55,352,639       94,715,410  
 
 
   
 
Net decrease
    (30,477,536 )     (68,673,992 )
Net assets available for benefits:
               
 
Beginning of year
    291,493,791       360,167,783  
 
 
   
 
 
End of year
  $ 261,016,255     291,493,791  
 
 
   
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

1.   Description of the Plan
 
    The following description of the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust (the “Plan”) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
 
    Participation and Administration
The Plan, which was adopted in 1969, is a defined contribution plan which covers all employees of U.S. Bancorp (the “Company”) who were previously employees of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. who have completed 1 year of eligible service or employees with an account balance resulting from a qualified rollover. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The Company serves as the trustee and plan administrator. The plan administrator manages and directs the operation of the Plan.
 
    On February 27, 2001, Firstar Corporation merged with U.S. Bancorp through a tax-free exchange of shares. Under the terms of the merger agreement, shareholders of Firstar Corporation received one share of common stock of the combined company for each share of Firstar common stock.
 
    Mergers
Effective January 1, 2003, the Plan, with total assets of $261,016,255, merged with the U.S. Bancorp 401(k) Savings Plan. Such merger has been reflected as if it occurred on December 31, 2002, for Form 5500 reporting purposes.
 
    Contributions
Participants may elect to make voluntary tax deferred deposits to the Plan up to 15 percent of their compensation in each plan year. The Plan provides for Company matching contributions equal to 100 percent of the first three percent of the participant’s base compensation, as defined by the Plan, that a participant contributes to the Plan, plus 50 percent of the next 3 percent of the participant’s base compensation that a participant contributes to the Plan. All Company contributions are invested exclusively in the U.S. Bancorp Stock Fund, and may be made in the form of cash or in shares of Company stock. Effective March 1, 2002, the participants of the Plan became eligible to transfer all or any portion of their nonparticipant-directed Company stock fund account to one or more of the investment funds. Contributions are not to exceed the maximum limits allowed by the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). Participants are fully vested in all contributions immediately.
 
    Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, the participant’s share of the Company’s contributions and an allocation of plan earnings net of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant account balances, as defined by the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s account.
 
    Investment Options
Employee contributions to the Plan are invested in one or more of the available investment funds, including the U.S. Bancorp Stock Fund. Each participant is responsible for designating multiples of 1 percent of employee contributions among the available investment funds. Such designations may be changed daily at the participant’s discretion.

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Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

    Participant Notes Receivable
Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of their account balance. Loan terms range from 1 to 5 years or up to 15 years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate commensurate with the rate which would be charged by commercial lenders for similar loans.
 
    Payment of Benefits
Upon termination of employment, participants with an account balance less than $5,000 are paid in a lump sum. Participants with an account balance of $5,000 or more, upon termination of employment, may elect to be paid the balance of their account, either immediately or upon retirement, in a lump sum or installments over a period not to exceed 10 years in accordance with plan provisions.
 
    Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.
 
2.   Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
    Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.
 
    Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
    Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan’s investments are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investments and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the values of investments, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near term would materially affect the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits and the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits.
 
    Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value. Shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year-end. The Company stock is valued at its quoted market price. Participant loans are valued at their principal balance, which approximates fair value. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest and dividend income is recorded on the accrual basis.
 
    Brokers’ commissions and other expenses incurred upon the purchase of securities are included in the cost of the securities. Brokers’ commissions and other expenses incurred upon the sale of securities are reflected as a reduction in the proceeds from the sale.
 
    The change from the beginning to the end of the year in the difference between current value and the cost of investments is reflected in the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits in net appreciation or depreciation in the fair value of securities.
 
    The net gain (loss) on sale of securities is the difference between the proceeds received and the average cost of investments sold. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on the trade date. If a trade is open at the end of the year, a settlement receivable or payable is reflected in the statements of net assets available for benefits. The net gain (loss) on sales of securities is reflected in the statements of changes in net assets available for benefits.

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Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

    Administrative Expenses
Certain expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company.
 
    Benefit Payments
Benefits are recorded when paid.
 
3.   Investments
 
    The following presents investments that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets:

           
December 31, 2002
       
U.S. Bancorp common stock, 6,994,443 shares
  $ 148,422,080  
First American Funds, Inc. Equity Income Fund, 2,916,063 shares
    29,918,809  
First American Funds, Inc. Balanced Fund, 1,983,669 shares
    17,357,105  
First American Funds, Inc. Prime Obligations Fund, 15,088,155 shares
    15,088,155  
First American Funds, Inc. Equity Index Fund, 852,710 shares
    14,078,247  
 
       
December 31, 2001
       
U.S. Bancorp common stock, 7,771,070 shares
  $ 162,648,495  
First American Funds, Inc. Growth & Income Fund, 1,138,625 shares
    38,633,534  
First American Funds, Inc. Balanced Fund, 2,042,091 shares
    20,747,646  
First American Funds, Inc. Equity Index Fund, 740,457 shares
    15,919,824  
First American Funds, Inc. Small Cap Index Fund, 1,305,863 shares
    15,213,306  
           
During 2002 and 2001, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) depreciated in value by $16,941,759 and 31,716,761 as follows:
                 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2002
  Year Ended
December 31,
2001
   
 
Common stock
$ 2,974,661     $ (17,827,936
Mutual funds
  (19,916,420 )     (13,888,825 )
 
   
     
 
 
  $ (16,941,759 )   $ (31,716,761 )
 
   
     
 

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Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

4.   Nonparticipant-Directed Investments
 
    Information about the net assets and the significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments is as follows:

                   
      December 31,
     
      2002   2001
     
 
Net assets:
               
 
Common stock
  $     $ 162,648,495  
 
Accrued dividends
          1,478,533  
 
   
     
 
 
  $     $ 164,127,028  
 
   
     
 
                   
      Year Ended   Year Ended
      December 31,   December 31,
      2002   2001
     
 
Changes in net assets:
               
 
Dividends
  $     $ 6,025,424  
 
Contributions
    1,865,963       9,632,905  
 
Net depreciation
    (617,609     (17,827,936
 
Benefits paid to participants
    (2,933,460     (37,714,704
 
Administrative expenses
    (4,124     (114,720
 
Transfers to participant-directed investments
    (162,437,798     (5,120,700
 
   
     
 
 
  $ (164,127,028   (45,119,731
 
   
     
 

5.   Tax Status of the Plan
 
    The Plan has applied for but has not received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). However, the plan administrator believes that the plan is qualified and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation.

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Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Notes to Financial Statements

6.   Transactions with Parties-In-Interest
 
    On December 31, 2002 and 2001, the Plan owned 6,994,443 and 7,771,070 shares of U.S. Bancorp common stock, respectively.
 
    Fees paid for trust services rendered by parties-in-interest were based on customary and reasonable rates for such services.
 
    Other expenses incurred represent professional fees paid to the Plan’s benefit consultants and the costs of printing enrollment forms, summary plan descriptions and other miscellaneous items. These expenses were paid directly by the Plan for the years ended December 31, 2002 and 2001.
 
7.   Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500
 
    The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to Form 5500:

           
      December 31,
     
      2001
     
Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
  $ 291,493,791  
Benefits payable
    (622,488 )
 
 
   
 
Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
  $ 290,871,303  
 
 
   
 

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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 


 

Mercantile Bancorporation Inc.
Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
At December 31, 2002

             
    Identity of Issue,       Current
    Lessor or Similar Party   Description   Value
   
 
 
    Corporate Stock:        
*       U.S. Bancorp   Common Stock   $148,422,080
    Mutual Funds:        
        First American Prime Obligations Fund   Mutual Fund   15,088,155
        First American Balanced Fund   Mutual Fund   17,357,105
        First American Equity Income Fund   Mutual Fund   29,918,809
        First American Equity Index Fund   Mutual Fund   14,078,247
        First American Fixed Income Fund   Mutual Fund   11,040,275
        First American International Fund   Mutual Fund   5,823,614
        First American Small Cap Index Fund   Mutual Fund   12,468,396
    Participant loans  
Principal loan amount, interest rates ranging from 5.25 percent to 10.50 percent, with varied maturies from January 15, 2003 to October 31, 2017
  5,301,550
           
Total assets held for investment purposes   $259,498,231
           


*   Denotes party-in-interest to the Plan.

10 EX-23.1 4 c77880exv23w1.htm EX-23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP exv23w1

 

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-48532) pertaining to the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust of our report dated June 27, 2003, with respect to the financial statements and schedule of the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2002.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 27, 2003

EX-23.2 5 c77880exv23w2.htm EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP exv23w2

 

Exhibit 23.2

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-48532) of U.S. Bancorp of our report dated June 28, 2002 relating to the financial statements of Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust, which appears in this Form 11-K.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Minneapolis, Minnesota
June 27, 2003

EX-99.1 6 c77880exv99w1.htm EX-99.1 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 exv99w1

 

EXHIBIT 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. section 1350), the undersigned, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, of U.S. Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust (the “Plan”), does hereby certify that:

(1)   The Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (the “Form 11-K”) of the Plan 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 Form 11-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Plan.

     
Dated: June 27, 2003   /s/ JENNIE P. CARLSON
Jennie P. Carlson
Executive Vice President, Human Resources

     The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. section 1350) and is not being filed as part of the Form 11-K or as a separate disclosure document.

     A signed original of this written statement required by section 906 has been provided to U.S. Bancorp and will be retained by U.S. Bancorp and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

  EX-99.2 7 c77880exv99w2.htm EX-99.2 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 exv99w2

 

EXHIBIT 99.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. section 1350), the undersigned, Senior Vice President, Compensation Benefits, of U.S. Bancorp, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Horizon Investment and Savings Plan and Trust (the “Plan”), does hereby certify that:

(1)   The Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 (the “Form 11-K”) of the Plan 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 Form 11-K fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Plan.

     
Dated: June 27, 2003   /s/ BRUCE L. WILSON
Bruce L. Wilson
Senior Vice President, Compensation Benefits

     The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (18 U.S.C. section 1350) and is not being filed as part of the Form 11-K or as a separate disclosure document.

     A signed original of this written statement required by section 906 has been provided to U.S. Bancorp and will be retained by U.S. Bancorp and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

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