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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