BBT BB and T Corporation

Registration No. 333-200959

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-3

(POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4)

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

BB&T CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

North Carolina		56-0939887
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

200 West Second Street

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

(336) 733-2000

(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Esq.

Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel,

Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer

BB&T Corporation

200 West Second Street

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

Phone: (336) 733-2000

(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

 

With copies to:

Matthew M. Guest, Esq.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

(212) 403-1000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: From time to time.

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.  ¨

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.  x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  x

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer		x		Accelerated filer		¨
Non-accelerated filer		¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		¨

All filing fees payable in connection with the securities on this Registration Statement were previously paid upon the filing of the Registration Statement on December 15, 2014.

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

BB&T Corporation (“BB&T”, the “registrant”, “we” or “our”) hereby amends its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (No. 333-200959) (the “Form S-4”) by filing this Post–Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 on Form S–3 (the “Form S-3”) containing an updated prospectus relating to the offer and sale of 475,000 shares of the registrant’s common stock issuable upon the exercise of certain outstanding equity awards held by former employees of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (“Susquehanna”), which merged with and into BB&T effective August 1, 2015 pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 11, 2014, by and between BB&T and Susquehanna. These securities were initially registered by the registrant on the Form S-4, which became effective on January 16, 2015. The Form S-3 is being filed to convert 475,000 shares of the registrant’s common stock covered by the Form S-4 to be covered by the Form S-3.

 

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BB&T CORPORATION

We are a financial holding company headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. BB&T conducts its business operations primarily through its commercial bank subsidiary, Branch Banking and Trust Company, which has offices in North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, Texas, Washington D.C., Indiana and Ohio. In addition, BB&T also operates several nonbank subsidiaries, which offer financial services products. Substantially all of the loans made by BB&T’s subsidiaries are to businesses and individuals in these market areas.

BB&T’s subsidiaries offer a variety of services targeted to retail and commercial clients. BB&T’s objective is to offer clients a full array of products to meet all their financial needs.

 

Retail Services:		Commercial Services:
Asset management		Asset management
Automobile lending		Association services
Bankcard lending		Capital markets services
Consumer finance		Commercial deposit services
Home equity lending		Commercial finance
Home mortgage lending		Commercial middle market lending
Insurance		Commercial mortgage lending
Investment brokerage services		Corporate banking
Mobile/online banking		Institutional trust services
Payment solutions		Insurance
Retail deposit services		Insurance premium finance
Sales finance		International banking services
Small business lending		Leasing
Wealth management/private banking		Merchant services
		Mortgage warehouse lending
		Payment solutions
		Private equity investments
		Real estate lending
		Supply chain management

For further discussion of the material elements of our business, please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and any subsequent reports we file with the SEC, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Our principal executive offices are located at 200 West Second Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101, and our telephone number is (336) 733-2000.

 

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RISK FACTORS

Our business is subject to uncertainties and risks. You should carefully consider and evaluate all of the information included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, including the risk factors incorporated by reference from BB&T’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 under the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and from time to time in other filings with the SEC. We encourage you to read these risk factors in their entirety. In addition to these risks, other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also adversely affect our business operations and financial condition. Such risks could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. This could cause the trading price of our common stock to decline, perhaps significantly, and you may lose part or all of your investment.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus, including information incorporated by reference, contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements may relate to our financial condition, results of operations, business plans and the future performance of BB&T that are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of BB&T and the information available to management at the time that these disclosures were prepared. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and may be beyond our control. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “forecasts,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” and other similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

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general economic or business conditions, either nationally or regionally, may be less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, a deterioration in credit quality and/or a reduced demand for credit, insurance or other services;

 

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disruptions to the credit and financial markets, either nationally or globally, including the impact of a downgrade of U.S. government obligations by one of the credit ratings agencies and the adverse effects of recessionary conditions in Europe;

 

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changes in the interest rate environment and cash flow reassessments may reduce NIM and/or the volumes and values of loans made or held as well as the value of other financial assets held;

 

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competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions may increase significantly;

 

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legislative, regulatory or accounting changes, including changes resulting from the adoption and implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act may adversely affect the businesses in which BB&T is engaged;

 

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local, state or federal taxing authorities may take tax positions that are adverse to BB&T;

 

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a reduction may occur in BB&T’s credit ratings;

 

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adverse changes may occur in the securities markets;

 

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competitors of BB&T may have greater financial resources and develop products that enable them to compete more successfully than BB&T and may be subject to different regulatory standards than BB&T;

 

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cyber-security risks, including “denial of service,” “hacking” and “identity theft,” could adversely affect our business and financial performance, or our reputation.

 

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natural or other disasters could have an adverse effect on BB&T in that such events could materially disrupt BB&T’s operations or the ability or willingness of BB&T’s customers to access the financial services BB&T offers;

 

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costs related to the integration of the businesses of BB&T and its merger partners may be greater than expected;

 

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failure to execute on strategic or operational plans, including the ability to successfully complete and/or integrate mergers and acquisitions or fully achieve expected cost savings or revenue growth associated with mergers and acquisitions within the expected time frames could adversely impact financial condition and results of operations;

 

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significant litigation could have a material adverse effect on BB&T; and

 

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deposit attrition, customer loss and/or revenue loss following completed mergers and acquisitions may be greater than expected.

These and other risk factors are more fully described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 under the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors,” and from time to time in other filings with the SEC. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, BB&T undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

USE OF PROCEEDS

We will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares of our common stock covered by this prospectus other than proceeds from the exercise of the options whose underlying shares of common stock are covered by this prospectus. We have no plans for the application of any of these proceeds other than for general corporate purposes. We have no assurance that any of the options will be exercised.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We are registering 475,000 shares of our common stock issuable upon the exercise of the options.

Pursuant to the terms of the applicable options, shares of our common stock will be issued to those option holders who elect to exercise and provide payment of the exercise price. We do not know if or when the options will be exercised. We also do not know whether any of the shares of common stock acquired upon exercise of any options will subsequently be resold.

LEGAL OPINION

The validity of the shares of BB&T common stock offered hereby has been passed upon for BB&T by Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President, Secretary, General Counsel and Chief Corporate Governance Officer of BB&T. At the time of rendering the legal opinion, Mr. Johnson owned shares of common stock and held restricted stock units and options to purchase additional shares of common stock.

EXPERTS

The consolidated financial statements and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy these documents at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains a website that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC’s website is http://www.sec.gov. Our website address is http://www.BBT.com. You can also inspect reports and other information we file at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.

Additional prospectuses or prospectus supplements that we file with the SEC may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Any statement that we make in this prospectus will be modified or superseded by any inconsistent statement made by us in a later prospectus supplement. You should read this prospectus together with additional information described under the heading “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this prospectus or in later filed documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. The following documents previously filed with the SEC are incorporated by reference:

 

(1)

our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014;

 

(2)

our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015;

 

(3)

our current reports on Forms 8-K filed on January 28, 2015, April 30, 2015, June 22, 2015, June 25, 2015, June 29, 2015 (Acc. No. 0000092230-15-000060), June 29, 2015 (Acc. No. 0000092230-15-000062), July 8, 2015 and August 1, 2015; and

 

(4)

the description of our common stock, par value $5.00 per share, contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on September 4, 1991.

All future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to the termination of the offering of the securities are incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than information in such future filings deemed, under SEC rules or otherwise, not to have been filed with the SEC). Information filed with the SEC after the date of this prospectus will automatically update and supersede information contained in or previously incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

We will provide without charge to each person (including any beneficial owner) who receives a copy of this prospectus, upon the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of these filings (other than exhibits to such documents, unless that exhibit is specifically incorporated by reference to that filing). Requests should be directed to: BB&T Corporation, 150 South Stratford Road, Suite 300, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27104, Attention: Shareholder Services, Telephone: (336) 733-3065.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating any document or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules.

 

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PART II: INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

The following table sets forth the estimated expenses in connection with the offering described in this Registration Statement.

 

Amount to be Paid
Securities and Exchange Commission filing fee		$	—
Legal fees and expenses			10,000
Accounting fees and expenses			10,000
Printing expenses			2,500
Total expenses		$	22,500

BB&T will pay all of the above fees and expenses. All expenses are estimated.

Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the NCBCA contain specific provisions relating to indemnification of directors and officers of North Carolina corporations. In general, such sections provide that: (i) a corporation must indemnify a director or officer who is wholly successful in his defense of a proceeding to which he is a party because of his status as such, unless limited by the articles of incorporation and (ii) a corporation may indemnify a director or officer if he is not wholly successful in such defense if it is determined as provided by statute that the director or officer meets a certain standard of conduct, except that when a director or officer is liable to the corporation or is adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him, the corporation may not indemnify him. A director or officer of a corporation who is a party to a proceeding may also apply to a court for indemnification, and the court may order indemnification under certain circumstances set forth in the statute. A corporation may, in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or by contract or resolution of the board of directors, provide indemnification in addition to that provided by statute, subject to certain conditions.

BB&T’s bylaws provide for the indemnification of any director or officer of the registrant against liabilities and litigation expenses arising out of his status as such, excluding any liabilities or litigation expenses relating to activities that were at the time taken known or believed by such person to be clearly in conflict with the best interest of BB&T.

BB&T’s articles of incorporation provide for the elimination of the personal liability of each director of BB&T to the fullest extent permitted by law.

BB&T maintains directors’ and officers’ liability insurance that, in general, insures: (i) BB&T’s directors and officers against loss by reason of any of their wrongful acts and (ii) BB&T against loss arising from claims against the directors and officers by reason of their wrongful acts, all subject to the terms and conditions contained in the policy.

Certain rules of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limit the ability of certain depository institutions, their subsidiaries and their affiliated depository institution holding companies to indemnify affiliated parties, including institution directors. In general, subject to the ability to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and to advance professional expenses under certain circumstances, the rules prohibit such institutions from indemnifying a director for certain costs incurred with regard to an administrative or enforcement action commenced by any federal banking agency that results in a final order or settlement pursuant to which the director is assessed a civil money penalty, removed from office, prohibited from participating in the affairs of an insured depository institution or required to cease and desist from or take an affirmative action described in Section 8(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. § 1818(b)).

Item 16. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement.

 

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Item 17. Undertakings

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i), (1)(ii) and (1)(iii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:

(A) Each prospectus filed by a registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which the prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

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(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on the 3rd day of August, 2015.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 3rd day of August, 2015:

 

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Name:		Kelly S. King				Name:		Daryl N. Bible
Title:		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)				Title:		Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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Name:		Cynthia B. Powell				Name:		Jennifer S. Banner
Title:		Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)				Title:		Director
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Name:		K. David Boyer Jr.				Name:		Anna R. Cabilik
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
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Name:		Ronald E. Deal				Name:		James A. Faulkner
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
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Name:		I. Patricia Henry				Name:		John P. Howe III, M.D.
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
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Name:		Eric C. Kendrick				Name:		Louis B. Lynn
Title:		Director				Title:		Director

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Name:		Edward C. Milligan				Name:		Charles A. Patton
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
		*						/s/ William J. Reuter, Jr.
Name:		Nido R. Qubein				Name:		William J. Reuter, Jr.
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
		*						/s/ Christine Sears
Name:		Tollie W. Rich, Jr.				Name:		Christine Sears
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
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Name:		Thomas E. Skains				Name:		Thomas N. Thompson
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
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Name:		Edwin H. Welch, Ph.D.				Name:		Stephen T. Williams
Title:		Director				Title:		Director
*By:		/s/ Robert J. Johnson, Jr.
Name:		Robert J. Johnson, Jr.
Title:		Attorney-in-Fact

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
4.1		Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of BB&T Corporation, filed April 30, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Current Report on Form 8-K of BB&T dated April 29, 2014).
4.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of BB&T Corporation, effective December 17, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.ii to the Current Report on Form 8-K of BB&T dated December 17, 2013).
5.1		Opinion of Robert J. Johnson, Jr. as to validity of the securities being registered.
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2		Consent of Robert J. Johnson, Jr. (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1		Power of Attorney.*

 

*	Previously filed.

Exhibit 5.1

[BB&T Corporation Letterhead]

August 3, 2015

BB&T Corporation

200 West Second Street

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

 

Re:

Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 on Form S-3

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer of BB&T Corporation, a financial holding company that is subject to regulation under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and is organized under the laws of the State of North Carolina (the “Company”). I am familiar with Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 on Form S-3 (such Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”) being filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), relating to up to 475,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $5.00 per share (the “Shares”), that may be issued upon the exercise of certain outstanding equity awards held by certain individuals who qualify as former employees or directors of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. or its subsidiaries immediately prior to the acquisition of Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. by the Company. This opinion is provided pursuant to the requirements of Item 16 of Form S-3 and Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K.

In connection with the foregoing, I and attorneys on my staff who are licensed to practice law in North Carolina have examined such records, documents and proceedings as we have deemed relevant as a basis for the opinion expressed herein. Based on and subject to the foregoing and the qualifications and limitations set forth herein, and having regard for such legal considerations as we have deemed relevant, I am of the opinion that when the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act, the terms of the sale of the Shares have been duly established in conformity with the Company’s certificate of incorporation so as not to violate any applicable law or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Company and so as to comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, and the Shares have been duly issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Shares offered pursuant to the Registration Statement will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable).

This opinion is delivered as of the date hereof, and I undertake no obligation to advise you of any changes in applicable law or any other matters that may come to my attention after the date hereof.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of my name in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement under the caption “Legal Opinion.” In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder.

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Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated February 25, 2015 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in BB&T Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Greensboro, North Carolina

August 3, 2015