AmSouth Bank
2000 Annual Report
AmSouth Bancorporation and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For purposes of pro forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options is amortized to expense over the options’ vesting period. AmSouth’s pro forma information follows (in thousands except for earnings per share information):
2000 
1999 
1998 
Net income:
As reported $ 329,127  $ 340,468  $ 474,074 
Pro forma 319,120  315,232  465,272 
Earnings per common share:
As reported $ 0.86  $ 0.87  $ 1.22 
Pro forma 0.84  0.81  1.19 
Diluted earnings per common share:
As reported $ 0.86  $ 0.86  $ 1.20 
Pro forma 0.83  0.80  1.17 
The following table summarizes AmSouth’s stock option activity and related information during 1998, 1999 and 2000:  
Number
Option Price
Weighted-Average
of Shares
per Share
Exercise Price
Balance at January 1, 1998  11,825,697  $ 2.47 - $25.52  $ 10.13 
Options exercised (2,227,431) 4.67 - 27.43  18.89 
Options forfeited (407,883) 4.67 - 27.49  16.85 
Options granted 2,062,817  19.07 - 27.49  24.97 
Balance at December 31, 1998  11,253,200  2.47 - 27.49  12.83 
Options exercised (1,964,123) 2.47 - 24.52  20.88 
Options forfeited (866,531) 3.69 - 27.49  17.18 
Options granted 5,576,049  22.08 - 32.92  23.31 
Balance at December 31, 1999  13,998,595  2.91 - 32.92  16.94 
Options exercised (2,319,473) 2.91 - 17.84  9.31 
Options forfeited (2,855,369) 6.11 - 27.49  20.12 
Options granted 7,821,044  12.00 - 19.19  16.08 
Balance at December 31, 2000  16,644,797  $ 3.17 - $32.92  $ 17.01 
Of the options outstanding at December 31, 2000, those options granted since October 1, 1999, have vesting periods between one and three years from the date of grant. All other options outstanding were exercisable. At December 31, 2000 and 1999, options exercisable totaled 8,668,858 and 12,677,731, respectively, and had a weighted-average option price per share of $17.07 and $16.18, respectively.