Truist Financial Corporation
March 2, 2021
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We, or others who report to either of us, have examined (i) the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as may have been, from time to time, amended and restated, and the Bylaws of the Company, as amended and restated; (ii) the Registration Statement and the Senior Notes Prospectus; (iii) the Syndicated Underwriting Agreement; (iv) the Distribution Agreement; (v) the Senior Indenture; and (vi) duplicates of the global notes representing the Senior Notes.
We are familiar with the corporate proceedings of the Company to date with respect to the issuance and sale of the Senior Notes, and we have examined such corporate records of the Company and such other documents and certificates as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter expressed. In rendering this opinion, we have assumed, without any independent investigation, that (i) all documents that have been submitted to us as originals are authentic, and that all documents that have been submitted to us as copies conform to authentic, original documents; and (ii) all persons executing agreements, instruments or documents examined or relied upon by us had the capacity to sign such agreements, instruments or documents, and all such signatures are genuine. We have also relied upon certificates of public officials and officers of the Company with respect to the accuracy of the factual matters contained in such certificates.
We have assumed that each of the documents has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto other than the Company and that each of the documents constitutes valid and legally binding obligations of such parties enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity, constitutional rights and public policy, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.
Based on the foregoing, and having regard for such legal considerations as we have deemed relevant, we are of the opinion that (i) the Company is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of North Carolina; (ii) the Company has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Senior Notes; and (iii) the Senior Notes have been duly and validly authorized by the Company.
The Chief Legal Officer of the Company is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the Deputy General Counsel — Corporate and Employment of the Company is a member of the Bar of the State of North Carolina. We express no opinion in this letter other than as to the federal law of the United States of America and the laws of the State of North Carolina, each as in effect on the date hereof. For purposes of the opinions expressed above, all matters of North Carolina law have been passed upon solely by the Deputy General Counsel — Corporate and Employment of the Company, and all matters as to the federal law of the United States of America have been passed upon solely by the Chief Legal Officer of the Company in reliance upon the matters of North Carolina law passed upon by the Deputy General Counsel — Corporate and Employment of the Company. This opinion is limited to the laws of the State of North Carolina, excluding local laws of the State of North Carolina (i.e., the statutes and ordinances, the administrative decisions and the rules and regulations of counties, towns, municipalities and special political subdivisions of, or authorities or quasi-governmental bodies constituted under the laws of, the State of North Carolina and judicial decisions to the extent they deal with any of the foregoing) and the laws of the United States of America that are, in each of
