SEC FORM 4

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Thompson Joseph M

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

214 N. TRYON STREET

(Street)

CHARLOTTE

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)
02/13/2020

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)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	02/13/2020		M		1,822	A	$54.82	9,505	D
Common Stock	02/13/2020		F		549	D	$54.82	8,956	D
Common Stock	02/14/2020		M		19,329	A	$54.94	28,285	D
Common Stock	02/14/2020		M		2,123	A	$54.94	30,408	D
Common Stock	02/14/2020		F		958	D	$54.94	29,450	D
Common Stock	02/14/2020		F		7,876	D	$54.94	21,574	D
Common Stock								1,699.7838	I	By 401(k)

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)
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)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹⁾	02/13/2020		M			1,822	02/13/2020	02/13/2020	Common Stock	1,822	⁽²⁾	0.0000	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽³⁾	02/14/2020		M			19,329	02/14/2020	02/14/2020	Common Stock	19,329	⁽⁴⁾	2,804	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹⁾	02/14/2020		M			2,123	02/14/2020	02/14/2020	Common Stock	2,123	⁽⁵⁾	0.0000	D
Phantom Stock Units - Deferred Comp	⁽⁶⁾							⁽⁶⁾	⁽⁶⁾	Common Stock	1,490		1,490⁽⁷⁾	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽¹⁾							02/08/2022	02/08/2022	Common Stock	8,165		8,165⁽⁸⁾	D
Restricted Stock Unit	⁽³⁾							02/13/2021	02/13/2021	Common Stock	16,858		16,858⁽⁹⁾	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹⁾							02/08/2021	02/08/2021	Common Stock	8,166		8,166⁽¹⁰⁾	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹⁾							02/08/2022	02/08/2022	Common Stock	24,497		24,497⁽¹¹⁾	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹⁾							02/13/2021	02/13/2021	Common Stock	1,821		1,821⁽¹²⁾	D
Restricted Stock Units	⁽¹⁾							10/01/2022	10/01/2022	Common Stock	60,274		60,274⁽¹³⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents time-vested restricted stock units, each convertible into one share of common stock, under the SunTrust Banks, Inc. 2009 Stock Plan or the SunTrust Banks, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement at the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding SunTrust time-vested restricted stock unit automatically converted into a BB&T time-vested restricted stock unit convertible into shares of BB&T common stock, with the number of underlying shares of BB&T common stock determined as set forth in the Merger Agreement. Following and in connection with the Merger, BB&T changed its name to Truist. Each Truist time- vested restricted stock unit is subject to the same terms and conditions (including vesting terms) as applied to the corresponding SunTrust time-vested restricted stock unit immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

2. These time-vested restricted stock units replaced SunTrust time-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 1,406.955 shares of SunTrust common stock.

3. Represents performance-vested restricted stock units, each convertible into one share of common stock, under the SunTrust Banks, Inc. 2009 Stock Plan. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding SunTrust performance-vested restricted stock unit automatically converted into a BB&T restricted stock unit convertible into shares of BB&T common stock, with the number of underlying shares of BB&T common stock determined as set forth in the Merger Agreement. Following and in connection with the Merger, BB&T changed its name to Truist. Each Truist restricted stock unit is subject to the same terms and conditions (including service-based vesting terms) as applied to the corresponding SunTrust time-vested restricted stock unit immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

4. These restricted stock units replaced SunTrust performance-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 17,091.215 shares of SunTrust common stock.

5. These time-vested restricted stock units replaced SunTrust time-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 1,639.906 shares of SunTrust common stock.

6. Represents phantom stock units under the SunTrust Banks, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement at the effective time of the Merger, each outstanding SunTrust phantom stock unit automatically converted into a BB&T phantom stock unit in respect of shares of BB&T common stock, with the number of underlying shares of BB&T common stock determined as set forth in the Merger Agreement. Following and in connection with the Merger, BB&T changed its name to Truist. Each Truist phantom stock unit is subject to the same terms and conditions (including service-based vesting terms) as applied to the corresponding SunTrust phantom stock units immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger.

7. These phantom stock units replaced SunTrust phantom stock units in respect of an aggregate 1,150.8843 shares of SunTrust common stock.

8. These time-vested restricted stock units replaced SunTrust time-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 6,304.802 shares of SunTrust common stock.

9. These restricted stock units replaced SunTrust performance-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 13,071.672 shares of SunTrust common stock.

10. These time-vested restricted stock units replaced SunTrust time-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 6,305.833 shares of SunTrust common stock.

11. These time-vested restricted stock units replaced SunTrust time-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 18,916.468 shares of SunTrust common stock.

12. These time-vested restricted stock units replaced SunTrust time-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 1,405.894 shares of SunTrust common stock.

13. These time-vested restricted stock units replaced SunTrust time-vested restricted stock units in respect of an aggregate 46,543.455 shares of SunTrust common stock.

	Carla Brenwald, Attorney-in-fact	02/18/2020
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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