8-K

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

May 5, 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)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure 

     BB&T Corporation's (“BB&T”) Chief Financial Officer, Daryl Bible, will participate in the RBC Capital Markets' Financial Institutions Conference in Boston on May 5, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. (ET).  A live audio webcast will be available on BB&T's website at http://www.BBT.com/webcasts. A copy of the presentation and a replay of the webcast will be available at http://www.BBT.com following the live event and remain on the site for 30 days.

     A copy of the press release announcing the events described above is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated in this report by reference.

ITEM 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit No.	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Copy of press release announcing Daryl Bible's participation in the RBC Capital Markets' Financial Institutions Conference in Boston on May 5, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. (ET).

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: May 5, 2011

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

May 3, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:
Tamera Gjesdal	Cynthia Williams
Senior Vice President	Executive Vice President
Investor Relations	Corporate Communications
(336) 733-3058	(336) 733-1478
tgjesdal@bbandt.com	cynthia.williams@bbandt.com

BB&T Corporation CFO to speak May 5
at RBC Capital Markets’ Financial Institutions Conference

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) today announced that Chief Financial Officer Daryl Bible will participate in the RBC Capital Markets’ Financial Institutions Conference in Boston May 5 at 10:30 a.m. (ET).

A live audio webcast of Bible’s presentation will be available at www.BBT.com/webcasts and will be archived for 30 days.

About BB&T

BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) is one of the largest financial services holding companies in the U.S. with $157 billion in assets and market capitalization of $19.1 billion, as of March 31, 2011. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the company operates approximately 1,800 financial centers in 12 states and Washington, D.C., and offers a full range of consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage and insurance products and services. A Fortune 500 company, BB&T is consistently recognized for outstanding client satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Greenwich Associates and others. More information about BB&T and its full line of products and services is available at www.BBT.com.

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