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

December 31, 2011
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


North Carolina  56-0939887 
(State of incorporation)  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 
 
 
 
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 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. 

 

     On December 31, 2011, J. Holmes Morrison retired from the board of directors of BB&T Corporation (“BB&T”) pursuant to BB&T’s director retirement policy. Under the director retirement policy, a director is permitted to serve through the calendar year in which such director reaches age 70.   

 



S I G N A T U R E

     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.

BB&T CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
By: /s/ Cynthia B. Powell
Cynthia B. Powell
Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller 
(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Date: January 4, 2012