CURRENT REPORT

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

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 12, 2003

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Georgia

  

001-08918

  

58-1575035

(State of incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

303 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia

  

30308

(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 404-588-7165

 

 

Item 7.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (c) Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished herewith.

Exhibit No. 99.1 Press release.

 

Item 9.    Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (the “Company”) will issue the press release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto announcing that (i) J.Hicks Lanier has joined the Company’s Board of Directors, (ii) certain functions of the Company’s Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee have been designated to a newly established Governance and Nominating Committee, and (iii) the existing Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee has been renamed the Compensation Committee.

 

The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1 referenced therein, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: November 12, 2003

  

SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.

 

 

   

By: /s/    Raymond D. Fortin

    Raymond D. Fortin
    Senior Vice President

 

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