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SunTrust Banks, Inc. ("we," "us," "our," "SunTrust," or "the Company") is a leading provider of financial services, with our headquarters located in Atlanta, Georgia. We are an organization driven by our Company purpose of Lighting the Way to Financial Well-Being - helping instill a sense of confidence in the financial circumstances of clients, communities, teammates, and owners is at the center of everything we do. Our principal subsidiary is SunTrust Bank ("the Bank"). The Company was incorporated in the State of Georgia in 1984 and offers a full line of financial services for consumers, businesses, corporations, institutions, and not-for-profit entities, both through branches (located primarily in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia) and through other digital and national delivery channels. The Bank offers deposit, credit, mortgage banking, and trust and investment services to its clients through a selection of full-, self-, and assisted-service channels, including branch, call center, Teller Connect™ machines, ATMs, online, mobile, and tablet. Other subsidiaries provide capital markets, securities brokerage, investment banking, and wealth management services. At December 31, 2018, the Company had total assets of $216 billion and total deposits of $163 billion. We operate two business segments: Consumer and Wholesale, with functional activities included in Corporate Other. On February 7, 2019, SunTrust entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with BB&T Corporation ("BB&T"), a North Carolina corporation. The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, SunTrust will merge with and into BB&T (the "Merger"), with BB&T as the surviving entity in the Merger. Immediately following the Merger, SunTrust's wholly owned subsidiary, SunTrust Bank, will merge with and into BB&T's wholly owned subsidiary, Branch Banking and Trust Company (the "Bank Merger"), with Branch Banking and Trust Company as the surviving entity in the Bank Merger. The Merger Agreement was unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of each of BB&T and SunTrust.
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