Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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Form 8-K

Current Report

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Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

March 5, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

  

BB&T Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Commission file number : 1-10853

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North Carolina	56-0939887
(State of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

200 West Second Street
Winston-Salem, North Carolina	27101
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

 

[phone]

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

ITEM 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On March 5, 2015, BB&T Corporation released the results of its annual company-run stress tests conducted in accordance with regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the FDIC under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The results are available in the Additional Disclosures section of the Investor Relations site on www.BBT.com/about.

 

The information in Items 7.01 and 9.01 of this report is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing. None of the information available through the attached press release or BB&T’s Investor Relations site shall be deemed incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

ITEM 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Copy of press release announcing that BB&T Corporation released the results of its annual company-run stress tests.

 

 

S I G N A T U R E

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	BB&T CORPORATION
	(Registrant)
	By: /s/ Cynthia B. Powell
	Cynthia B. Powell
	Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller
	(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Date: March 9, 2015

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

March 5, 2015

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contacts:
Alan Greer		Tamera Gjesdal		Cynthia Williams
Executive Vice President		Senior Vice President		Senior Executive Vice President
BB&T Investor Relations		BB&T Investor Relations		BB&T Corporate Communications
[phone]		[phone]		[phone]
[e-mail]		[e-mail]		[e-mail]

 

BB&T releases results of its annual stress test

 

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) today released the results of its annual company-run stress tests conducted in accordance with regulations of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System and the FDIC under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The results are available in the Additional Disclosures section of the Investor Relations site on BBT.com/about. This disclosure precedes BB&T’s planned release of its Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review results, which are expected to be available March 11.

 

About BB&T

BB&T is one of the largest financial services holding companies in the U.S. with $186.8 billion in assets and market capitalization of $26.8 billion, as of Dec. 31, 2014. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the company operates 1,839 financial centers in 12 states and Washington, D.C., and offers a full range of consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage and insurance products and services. A Fortune 500 company, BB&T is recognized consistently for outstanding client satisfaction by the U.S. Small Business Administration, Greenwich Associates, and others. More information about BB&T and its full line of products and services is available at BBT.com.

 

 

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