SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Weaver David Hudson (Last) (First) (Middle) 214 N. TRYON STREET (Street) CHARLOTTE NC 28202 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP [ TFC ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Sr. Executive Vice President
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 02/22/2021
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	02/22/2021		A		5,111(1)	A	$0.0000	27,778.905(2)	D
Common Stock	02/22/2021		A		2,570(3)	A	$0.0000	30,348.905	D
Common Stock	02/22/2021		A		1,875(4)	A	$0.0000	32,223.905	D
Common Stock	02/22/2021		A		1,364(5)	A	$0.0000	33,587.905	D
Common Stock								19,034.235(6)	I	By 401(k)
Common Stock								811.011(7)	I	By UTMA C/F Daughter

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. On February 20, 2018, the reporting person was granted 4,089 performance-vested restricted stock units at the Target Level of Achievement, which vest and become earned based on the pre-established three-year (January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020) performance period's ROCE and TSR performance measures. Transaction represents the satisfaction of performance measures at greater than the Target Level of Achievement, resulting in 5,111 shares being earned.

2. Includes 85.623 shares acquired between September 2020 and December 2020, under the Issuer's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

3. On February 24, 2020, the reporting person was granted 10,282 restricted stock units, which shall vest and become earned ratably over four years based on certain performance criteria for each vesting year ending March 15, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The performance criteria for 2021 were met, resulting in 2,570 restricted stock units being earned.

4. On February 26, 2019, the reporting person was granted 5,624 restricted stock units, which shall vest and become earned ratably over three years based on certain performance criteria for each vesting year ending March 15, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The performance criteria for 2021 were met, resulting in 1,875 restricted stock units being earned.

5. On February 20, 2018, the reporting person was granted 4,089 restricted stock units, which shall vest and become earned ratably over three years based on certain performance criteria for each vesting year ending March 15, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The performance criteria for 2021 were met, resulting in 1,364 restricted stock units being earned.

6. Includes 391.240 shares acquired between August 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, under the Issuer's 401(k) plan. The information in this report is based on plan statements dated August 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020.

7. Includes 16.608 shares acquired between September 2020 and December 2020, under the Issuer's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

	Carla Brenwald, Attorney-in-fact	02/24/2021
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