UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form
Current Report
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May 10, 2024 (
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| Item 2.01 | Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets |
As previously disclosed in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Truist Financial Corporation (the “Company”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 20, 2024 (the “Initial Form 8-K”), on February 20, 2024, Truist Bank, a North Carolina-chartered state nonmember bank (“Truist”) and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Equity Interest Purchase Agreement (as amended, the “Purchase Agreement”) with Trident Butterfly Investor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer Entity 1”), Panther Blocker I, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Buyer Entity 2”), Panther Blocker II, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with Buyer Entity 1 and Buyer Entity 2, the “Buyer Entities”), Truist TIH Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Truist Holdings”), Truist TIH Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Truist Partners”), TIH Management Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Management Holdings”), TIH Management Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with Truist, Truist Holdings, Truist Partners and Management Holdings, the “Truist Parties”), and Truist Insurance Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Truist Insurance”), pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, Truist will (i) transfer its remaining equity interests in Truist Insurance to an investor group led by Stone Point Capital LLC, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC and Mubadala Investment Company for a purchase price that implies an enterprise value for Truist Insurance of $15.5 billion and (ii) receive after-tax cash proceeds of approximately $10.1 billion, reflecting certain adjustments (the “Transaction”).
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Initial Form 8-K, which agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
On May 6, 2024, Truist, Truist Holdings, Truist Partners, Truist Insurance, Buyer Entity 1 and Buyer Entity 2 entered into the second amended and restated limited liability company agreement of Truist Insurance, pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, among other things, the parties made modifications to reflect a recapitalization of the interests of Truist Insurance based on business line (the “Recapitalization”). Also on May 6, 2024, the Truist Parties, the Buyer Entities and Truist Insurance entered into an amendment to the Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment”), pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, among other things, the parties made modifications to the Purchase Agreement to reflect the Recapitalization.
The foregoing description of the Amendment does not purport to be complete, and the foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
On May 6, 2024, the parties consummated the Transaction.
The Purchase Agreement and the Amendment have been incorporated by reference to provide investors with information regarding their respective terms. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, the Truist Parties, Truist Insurance or the Buyer Entities. In particular, the assertions embodied in the representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement were made as of a specified date, are modified or qualified by information in a confidential disclosure letter prepared in connection with the execution and delivery of the Purchase Agreement, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to shareholders, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement are not necessarily characterizations of the actual state of facts about the Company, the Truist Parties, Truist Insurance or the Buyer Entities at the time they were made or otherwise and should only be read in conjunction with the other information that the Company makes publicly available in reports, statements and other documents filed with the SEC.
| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
At the completion of the Transaction, effective May 6, 2024, Mr. John M. Howard departed from the Company to continue serving as Chief Executive Officer of Truist Insurance.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.
The unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2024 and related notes thereto, are attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 9.01.
(d) Exhibits.
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Description of Exhibits | |
| 2.1 | Amendment No. 1 to Equity Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2024, by and among Trident Butterfly Investor, Inc., Panther Blocker I, Inc., Panther Blocker II, Inc., Truist Bank, Truist TIH Holdings, Inc., Truist TIH Partners, Inc., TIH Management Holdings, LLC, TIH Management Holdings II, LLC and Truist Insurance Holdings, LLC* | |
| 99.1 | Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Statements | |
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL | |
| * | Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request. |
SIGNATURE
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.
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATION | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| By: | /s/ Cynthia B. Powell | |
| Name: | Cynthia B. Powell | |
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Corporate | |
| Controller | ||
Date: May 10, 2024