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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

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   April 25, 2011

SunTrust Banks, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Georgia 001-08918 58-1575035
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(State or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
303 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia   30308
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (404) 558-7711

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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:

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On April 25, 2011, the Registrant announced that SunTrust Chief Financial Officer Mark Chancy has been named Wholesale Banking Executive, a newly-created post, and that Aleem Gillani, currently Corporate Treasurer, will succeed him as Chief Financial Officer. The appointments were approved at a meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors this afternoon. Both executives will report to William H. Rogers, Jr., who was named President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company last week as part of a planned management transition with newly-named Executive Chairman James M. Wells III. That transition will formally conclude June 1, 2011. A copy of the news release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.





Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

99.1 News release dated April 25, 2011.






SIGNATURES

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.

         
    SunTrust Banks, Inc.
          
April 25, 2011   By:   /s/ David A. Wisniewski
       
        Name: David A. Wisniewski
        Title: Group Vice President and Associate General Counsel


Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description

 
99.1
  News release dated April 25, 2011.