UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
March 11, 2016
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.) |
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200 West Second Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina | | 27101 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
(336) 733-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On March 11, 2016, BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), closed the sale of 1,600,000 depositary shares (the “Depositary Shares”), with each Depositary Share representing ownership of 1/1,000th of a share of the Company’s Series H Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $5.00 per share and a liquidation preference of $25,000 per share, which were registered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (SEC File No. 333-197375) which was automatically effective on July 11, 2014 (the “Registration Statement”). The Depositary Shares were sold pursuant to a partial exercise of an option to purchase additional depositary shares by the underwriters under the Underwriting Agreement, dated March 2, 2016, between the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, BB&T Capital Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the underwriters identified in Schedule II thereto. The validity opinion with respect to the Depositary Shares and the Preferred Stock is being filed with this report on Form 8-K and shall be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. | | Description of Exhibit |
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| 5.1 | | Validity opinion of Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer of the Company. |
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| 23.1 | | Consent of Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer of the Company (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
SIGNATURE
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.
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BB&T CORPORATION (Registrant) |
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| By: | | /s/ Hal S. Johnson |
| Name: | | Hal S. Johnson |
| Title: | | Executive Vice President and Treasurer |
Date: March 11, 2016
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. | | Description of Exhibit |
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| 5.1 | | Validity opinion of Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer of the Company. |
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| 23.1 | | Consent of Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer of the Company (included as part of Exhibit 5.1). |
