[BB&T Letterhead]
June 18, 2019
VIA EDGAR
Ms. Erin M. Purnell, Esq.
Division of Corporation Finance
Office of Financial Services
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
| Re: | BB&T Corporation |
Registration Statement on Form S-4
File No. 333-230179
Request for Effectiveness
Dear Ms. Purnell:
Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-230179) filed by BB&T Corporation (the “Company”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 2019, as amended on May 7, 2019, June 14, 2019 and June 18, 2019 (the “Registration Statement”).
The Company hereby requests the Registration Statement be made effective at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on June 19, 2019, or as soon as possible thereafter, in accordance with Rule 461 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Please contact Matthew M. Guest of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz at (212) 403-1341 or MGuest@wlrk.com with any questions you may have concerning this letter, or if you require any additional information. Please notify Mr. Guest when this request for acceleration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been granted.
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| Very truly yours,
BB&T CORPORATION | ||
| By: | /s/ Robert J. Johnson, Jr. | |
| Name: | Robert J. Johnson, Jr. | |
| Title: | Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Corporate Governance Officer | |
| cc: | Ellen M. Fitzsimmons, SunTrust Banks, Inc. |
| Edward Herlihy, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
| Matthew M. Guest, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz |
| H. Rodgin Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
| Mitchell S. Eitel, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
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