May 4 (Reuters) - Canadian lender Toronto-Dominion Bank Group (TD.TO) has called off its deal to acquire First Horizon Corp (FHN.N) for $13.4 billion on Thursday, sending the U.S. bank's shares down 44.5% in premarket trading.
As part of the termination, TD will pay $200 million to First Horizon in addition to a $25 million fee reimbursement, the banks said.
TD first agreed to buy First Horizon in February last year to expand its presence in the United States.
Since then, the lender has acquired New York-based boutique investment bank Cowen Inc for $1.3 billion this year.
ORTEX data from early last month showed the second-largest Canadian lender was the world's most shorted banking stock.