0001193125-16-498449.txt : 20160309 0001193125-16-498449.hdr.sgml : 20160309 20160309161536 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-16-498449 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-A12B PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BB&T CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000092230 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: NATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANKS [6021] IRS NUMBER: 560939887 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NC FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-A12B SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10853 FILM NUMBER: 161494758 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 WEST SECOND STREET CITY: WINSTON-SALEM STATE: NC ZIP: 27101 BUSINESS PHONE: 3367332000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 200 WEST SECOND STREET CITY: WINSTON-SALEM STATE: NC ZIP: 27101 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SOUTHERN NATIONAL CORP /NC/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-A12B 1 d130870d8a12b.htm 8-A12B 8-A12B

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2016

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(B) OR (G) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

BB&T Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

North Carolina   56-0939887

(State of Incorporation

or Organization)

  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

200 West Second Street

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

  

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

Depositary Shares each representing 1/1,000th interest in a share of Series H Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

 

If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box.  ¨

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this Form relates: 333-197375

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.

 

 

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 1. Description of Securities to Be Registered.

The description of the Depositary Shares being registered hereby, including the Series H Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock which is represented by the Depositary Shares, is set forth in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-197375) of BB&T Corporation, as filed with the Commission on July 11, 2014, and the final Prospectus Supplement, dated March 2, 2016, as filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The foregoing Prospectus and Prospectus Supplement are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

4.1    Articles of Amendment of BB&T Corporation with respect to Series H Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock filed March 7, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of BB&T Corporation filed March 9, 2016).
4.2    Deposit Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2016, between BB&T Corporation and Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as Depositary (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of BB&T Corporation filed March 9, 2016).
4.3    Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.2).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to be requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

BB&T CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Hal S. Johnson
Name:       Hal S. Johnson
Title:       Executive Vice President and Treasurer

Date: March 9, 2016

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

4.1    Articles of Amendment of BB&T Corporation with respect to Series H Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock filed March 7, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of BB&T Corporation filed March 9, 2016).
4.2    Deposit Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2016, between BB&T Corporation and Computershare Inc. and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., jointly as Depositary (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Current Report on Form 8-K of BB&T Corporation filed March 9, 2016).
4.3    Form of Depositary Receipt (included as part of Exhibit 4.2).