ITEM 8.01 Other Events



On December 6, 2019, Truist Financial Corporation (previously, BB&T Corporation,
the "Company") completed its previously announced merger of equals (the
"Merger") with SunTrust Banks, Inc. ("SunTrust"), as previously disclosed in the
Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 9, 2019.

This Current Report on Form 8-K is being filed to provide certain financial
information of SunTrust and update certain pro forma financial information of
the Company into one or more registration statements filed or to be filed by the
Company. The historical audited consolidated balance sheets of SunTrust as of
December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income,
comprehensive income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three
years in the period ended December 31, 2018, the related notes thereto and the
Report of Ernst and Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm,
dated February 22, 2019, are filed as exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by
reference. The historical unaudited consolidated balance sheet of SunTrust as of
September 30, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of income,
comprehensive income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the nine months
ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and the related notes thereto, are filed as
Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference. The unaudited pro forma
condensed combined statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2019,
giving effect to the Merger as if it had been completed on January 1, 2019, and
related notes thereto, are filed as Exhibit 99.3 and incorporated herein by
reference.


ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.                 Description of Exhibit
        99.1                Historical audited consolidated balance             Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
                            sheets of SunTrust as of December 31, 2018          the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
                            and 2017, and the related consolidated              filed with the Commission on March 11, 2019.
                            statements of income, comprehensive income,
                            shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
                            of the three years in the period ended
                            December 31, 2018, the related notes thereto
                            and the Report of Ernst & Young LLP,
                            Independent registered public accounting
                            firm, dated February 22, 2019.
        99.2                Historical unaudited consolidated balance           Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to
                            sheet of SunTrust as of September 30, 2019,         the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
                            and the related consolidated statements of          filed with the Commission on December 3,
                            income, comprehensive income, shareholders'         2019.
                            equity and cash flows for the nine months
                            ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, and the
                            related notes thereto.
        99.3                Unaudited pro forma condensed combined              Filed herewith
                            statements of income for the year ended
                            December 31, 2019, giving effect to the
                            Merger as if it had been completed on January
                            1, 2019, and related notes thereto.

       104                  The cover page from this Current Report on          Filed herewith
                            Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL



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