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)        January 27, 2005                                                            


SunTrust Banks, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia   001-08918   58-1575035
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

303 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia   30308
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code        (404) 588-7711                                                            

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

Representatives of SunTrust Banks, Inc. (the "Registrant") are scheduled to make a presentation to analysts at a financial services conference held by Citigroup / Smith Barney in New York, New York on Thursday, January 27, 2005, at approximately 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the slide package to be used by the Registrant at this conference is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into Item 2.02 and Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. Such slide package will also be available on the Registrant's web site at www.suntrust.com. Information contained on the Registrant's website is expressly not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933 if such subsequent filing specifically references this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

99.1  Slide package to be presented on January 27, 2005 (Furnished with the Commission as a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K).

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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, thereunto duly authorized.


  SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
  (Registrant)
Date: January 27, 2005 By: /s/ Kimberly N. Rhodes                
    Kimberly N. Rhodes
    First Vice President and Senior Counsel —
    Corporate and Regulatory

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