ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

BB&T Corporation ("BB&T") and SunTrust Banks, Inc. ("SunTrust") issued a joint press release on November 19, 2019, announcing that BB&T has received regulatory approval from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and all required state regulators to complete the merger of equals with SunTrust pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 7, 2019 and amended as of June 14, 2019, by and between SunTrust and BB&T. A copy of the joint press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Completion of the merger remains subject to customary closing conditions. Assuming such conditions are satisfied, the merger closing is expected to occur on December 6, 2019.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d)  Exhibits.

 Exhibit
   No.           Description

   99.1            Joint Press Release issued by BB&T and SunTrust, dated November
                 19, 2019.

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

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