TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP - Quarter Report: 2019 March (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended: March 31, 2019

Commission File Number: 1-10853

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BB&T CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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North Carolina	56-0939887
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)



200 West Second Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina	27101
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(336) 733-2000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ý No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer	ý	Accelerated filer	¨
Non-accelerated filer	¨	Smaller reporting company	¨
		Emerging growth company	¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No ý

At March 31, 2019, 765,919,922 shares of the registrant's common stock, $5 par value, were outstanding.



		10-Q
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BB&T CORPORATION
FORM 10-Q
March 31, 2019
		Page No.
PART I - Financial Information
	Glossary of Defined Terms	1
	Forward-Looking Statements	3
Item 1.	Financial Statements
	Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)	4
	Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)	5
	Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)	6
	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited)	7
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)	8
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Note 1. Basis of Presentation	9
	Note 2. Business Combinations	11
	Note 3. Securities	11
	Note 4. Loans and ACL	13
	Note 5. Other Assets and Liabilities	16
	Note 6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets	17
	Note 7. Loan Servicing	17
	Note 8. Deposits	19
	Note 9. Long-Term Debt	19
	Note 10. Shareholders' Equity	19
	Note 11. AOCI	20
	Note 12. Income Taxes	20
	Note 13. Benefit Plans	20
	Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies	21
	Note 15. Fair Value Disclosures	22
	Note 16. Derivative Financial Instruments	27
	Note 17. Computation of EPS	31
	Note 18. Operating Segments	31
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	33
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk (see Market Risk Management)	46
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	53
PART II - Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	53
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	53
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	53
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities - (none)
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures - (not applicable)
Item 5.	Other Information - (none to be reported)
Item 6.	Exhibits	54

Glossary of Defined Terms

The following terms may be used throughout this Report, including the consolidated financial statements and related notes.



Term	Definition
2018 Repurchase Plan	Plan for the repurchase of up to $1.7 billion of BB&T's common stock for the one-year period ended June 30, 2019
ACL	Allowance for credit losses
AFS	Available-for-sale
Agency MBS	Mortgage-backed securities issued by a U.S. government agency or GSE
ALLL	Allowance for loan and lease losses
AOCI	Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
Basel III	Global regulatory standards on bank capital adequacy and liquidity published by the BCBS
BB&T	BB&T Corporation and subsidiaries
BCBS	Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
BHC	Bank holding company
Branch Bank	Branch Banking and Trust Company
BU	Business Unit
CB-Commercial	Community Banking Commercial, an operating segment
CB-Retail	Community Banking Retail and Consumer Finance, an operating segment
CCAR	Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review
CCRC	Culture and Conduct Risk Committee
CD	Certificate of deposit
CDI	Core deposit intangible assets
CEO	Chief Executive Officer
CFO	Chief Financial Officer
CET1	Common equity Tier 1
CMO	Collateralized mortgage obligation
Company	BB&T Corporation and subsidiaries (interchangeable with "BB&T" above)
CRE	Commercial real estate
DIF	Deposit Insurance Fund administered by the FDIC
Dodd-Frank Act	Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
EPS	Earnings per common share
EVE	Economic value of equity
Exchange Act	Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
FASB	Financial Accounting Standards Board
FDIC	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FHA	Federal Housing Administration
FHC	Financial Holding Company
FHLB	Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC	Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA	Federal National Mortgage Association
FRB	Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
FS&CF	Financial Services and Commercial Finance, an operating segment
FTE	Full-time equivalent employee
GAAP	Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
GNMA	Government National Mortgage Association
Grandbridge	Grandbridge Real Estate Capital, LLC
GSE	U.S. government-sponsored enterprise
HFI	Held for investment
HTM	Held-to-maturity
IH	Insurance Holdings, an operating segment
IPV	Independent price verification
LCR	Liquidity Coverage Ratio
LHFS	Loans held for sale
LIBOR	London Interbank Offered Rate
MBS	Mortgage-backed securities
MRLCC	Market Risk, Liquidity and Capital Committee
MRM	Model Risk Management
MSR	Mortgage servicing right

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Term	Definition
MSRB	Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
N/A	Not applicable
NCCOB	North Carolina Office of the Commissioner of Banks
NIM	Net interest margin, computed on a TE basis
NM	Not meaningful
NPA	Nonperforming asset
NPL	Nonperforming loan
NYSE	NYSE Euronext, Inc.
OAS	Option adjusted spread
OCI	Other comprehensive income (loss)
OPEB	Other post-employment benefit
OREO	Other real estate owned
ORMC	Operational Risk Management Committee
OT&C	Other, Treasury and Corporate
OTTI	Other-than-temporary impairment
Parent Company	BB&T Corporation, the parent company of Branch Bank and other subsidiaries
PCI	Purchased credit impaired loans
Peer Group	Financial holding companies included in the industry peer group index
PSU	Performance share units
Re-REMICs	Re-securitizations of Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
Regions Insurance	Regions Insurance Group, acquired by BB&T effective July 2, 2018
ROU Assets	Right-of-use assets
RSU	Restricted stock unit
RUFC	Reserve for unfunded lending commitments
SBIC	Small Business Investment Company
SEC	Securities and Exchange Commission
Short-Term Borrowings	Federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements and other short-term borrowed funds with original maturities of less than one year
Simulation	Interest sensitivity simulation analysis
SunTrust	SunTrust Banks, Inc.
TBA	To be announced
TDR	Troubled debt restructuring
TE	Taxable-equivalent
U.S.	United States of America
U.S. Treasury	United States Department of the Treasury
UPB	Unpaid principal balance
VaR	Value-at-risk
VIE	Variable interest entity

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Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, regarding the financial condition, results of operations, business plans and the future performance of BB&T that are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of BB&T and the information available to management at the time that these disclosures were prepared. Words such as "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends," "plans," "projects," "may," "will," "should," "could," and other similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from anticipated results. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following:



l	risks, uncertainties and other factors relating to the merger of SunTrust with and into BB&T, including the ability to obtain regulatory approvals and meet other closing conditions to the merger, including approval of the merger by BB&T shareholders and SunTrust shareholders and delay in closing the merger;
l	general economic or business conditions, either nationally or regionally, may be less favorable than expected, resulting in, among other things, slower deposit and/or asset growth, and a deterioration in credit quality and/or a reduced demand for credit, insurance or other services;
l	disruptions to the national or global financial markets, including the impact of a downgrade of U.S. government obligations by one of the credit ratings agencies, the economic instability and recessionary conditions in Europe;
l	changes in the interest rate environment, including interest rate changes made by the Federal Reserve, the discontinuation of LIBOR as an interest rate benchmark, as well as cash flow reassessments may reduce net interest margin and/or the volumes and values of loans and deposits as well as the value of other financial assets and liabilities;
l	competitive pressures among depository and other financial institutions may increase significantly;
l	legislative, regulatory or accounting changes, including changes resulting from the adoption and implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act may adversely affect the businesses in which BB&T is engaged;
l	local, state or federal taxing authorities may take tax positions that are adverse to BB&T;
l	a reduction may occur in BB&T's credit ratings;
l	adverse changes may occur in the securities markets;
l	competitors of BB&T may have greater financial resources or develop products that enable them to compete more successfully than BB&T and may be subject to different regulatory standards than BB&T;
l	cyber security risks could adversely affect BB&T's business and financial performance or reputation, and BB&T could be liable for financial losses incurred by third parties due to breaches of data shared between financial institutions;
l	higher-than-expected costs related to information technology infrastructure or a failure to successfully implement future system enhancements could adversely impact BB&T's financial condition and results of operations and could result in significant additional costs to BB&T;
l	natural or other disasters, including acts of terrorism, could have an adverse effect on BB&T, materially disrupting BB&T's operations or the ability or willingness of customers to access BB&T's products and services;
l	costs related to the integration of the businesses of BB&T and its merger partners may be greater than expected;
l	failure to execute on strategic or operational plans, including the ability to successfully complete and/or integrate mergers and acquisitions or fully achieve expected cost savings or revenue growth associated with mergers and acquisitions within the expected time frames could adversely impact financial condition and results of operations;
l	significant litigation and regulatory proceedings could have a material adverse effect on BB&T;
l	unfavorable resolution of legal proceedings or other claims and regulatory and other governmental investigations or other inquiries could result in negative publicity, protests, fines, penalties, restrictions on BB&T's operations or ability to expand its business and other negative consequences, all of which could cause reputational damage and adversely impact BB&T's financial conditions and results of operations;
l	risks resulting from the extensive use of models;
l	risk management measures may not be fully effective;
l	deposit attrition, customer loss and/or revenue loss following completed mergers/acquisitions may exceed expectations; and
l	widespread system outages, caused by the failure of critical internal systems or critical services provided by third parties, could adversely impact BB&T's financial condition and results of operations.

These and other risk factors are more fully described in this report and in BB&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 under the sections entitled "Item 1A. Risk Factors" and from time to time, in other filings with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in or implied by any forward-looking statement. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, BB&T undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason. Readers should, however, consult any further disclosures of a forward-looking nature BB&T may make in any subsequent Annual Reports on Form 10‑K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10‑Q, or Current Reports on Form 8‑K.

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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

BB&T CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES



Unaudited (Dollars in millions, except per share data, shares in thousands)	March 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
Assets
Cash and due from banks	$	1,873		$	2,753
Interest-bearing deposits with banks	751			984
Cash equivalents	252			143
Restricted cash	96			107
AFS securities at fair value	26,315			25,038
HTM securities (fair value of $19,886 and $20,047 at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)	20,095			20,552
LHFS at fair value	834			988
Loans and leases	149,057			149,013
ALLL	(1,561		)	(1,558		)
Loans and leases, net of ALLL	147,496			147,455
Premises and equipment	2,078			2,118
Goodwill	9,818			9,818
CDI and other intangible assets	726			758
MSRs at fair value	1,036			1,108
Other assets	16,313			13,875
Total assets	$	227,683		$	225,697
Liabilities
Deposits	$	159,766		$	161,199
Short-term borrowings	6,305			5,178
Long-term debt	24,729			23,709
Accounts payable and other liabilities	6,000			5,433
Total liabilities	196,800			195,519
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Shareholders' Equity
Preferred stock, $5 par, liquidation preference of $25,000 per share	3,053			3,053
Common stock, $5 par	3,830			3,817
Additional paid-in capital	6,843			6,849
Retained earnings	18,518			18,118
AOCI, net of deferred income taxes	(1,421		)	(1,715		)
Noncontrolling interests	60			56
Total shareholders' equity	30,883			30,178
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	227,683		$	225,697
Common shares outstanding	765,920			763,326
Common shares authorized	2,000,000			2,000,000
Preferred shares outstanding	126			126
Preferred shares authorized	5,000			5,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

BB&T CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES



Unaudited Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
Interest Income
Interest and fees on loans and leases	$	1,839		$	1,605
Interest and dividends on securities	302			291
Interest on other earning assets	32			25
Total interest income	2,173			1,921
Interest Expense
Interest on deposits	253			118
Interest on short-term borrowings	32			20
Interest on long-term debt	192			150
Total interest expense	477			288
Net Interest Income	1,696			1,633
Provision for credit losses	155			150
Net Interest Income After Provision for Credit Losses	1,541			1,483
Noninterest Income
Insurance income	510			436
Service charges on deposits	171			165
Investment banking and brokerage fees and commissions	111			113
Mortgage banking income	63			99
Trust and investment advisory revenues	68			72
Bankcard fees and merchant discounts	70			69
Checkcard fees	55			52
Operating lease income	35			37
Income from bank-owned life insurance	28			31
Other income	91			106
Securities gains (losses), net
Gross realized gains	22			—
Gross realized losses	(22		)	—
Total securities gains (losses), net	—			—
Total noninterest income	1,202			1,180
Noninterest Expense
Personnel expense	1,087			1,039
Occupancy and equipment expense	187			194
Software expense	72			65
Outside IT services	30			32
Regulatory charges	18			40
Amortization of intangibles	32			33
Loan-related expense	25			29
Professional services	31			30
Merger-related and restructuring charges, net	80			28
Other expense	206			196
Total noninterest expense	1,768			1,686
Earnings
Income before income taxes	975			977
Provision for income taxes	177			186
Net income	798			791
Noncontrolling interests	6			3
Dividends on preferred stock	43			43
Net income available to common shareholders	$	749		$	745
Basic EPS	$	0.98		$	0.96
Diluted EPS	0.97			0.94
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	764,135			779,617
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding	774,071			791,005

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

BB&T CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES



Unaudited Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
Net income	$	798		$	791
OCI, net of tax:
Change in unrecognized net pension and postretirement costs	17			14
Change in unrealized net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges	(34		)	78
Change in unrealized net gains (losses) on AFS securities	309			(268		)
Other, net	2			(2		)
Total OCI	294			(178		)
Total comprehensive income	$	1,092		$	613
Income Tax Effect of Items Included in OCI:
Change in unrecognized net pension and postretirement costs	$	6		$	4
Change in unrealized net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges	(11		)	26
Change in unrealized net gains (losses) on AFS securities	95			(84		)
Other, net	—			1

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

BB&T CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES



Unaudited (Dollars in millions, shares in thousands)	Shares of Common Stock		Preferred Stock		Common Stock			Additional Paid-In Capital			Retained Earnings			AOCI			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Shareholders' Equity
Balance, January 1, 2018	782,006		$	3,053	$	3,910		$	7,893		$	16,259		$	(1,467	)	$	47		$	29,695
Add (Deduct):
Net income	—		—		—			—			788			—			3			791
OCI	—		—		—			—			—			(178		)	—			(178		)
Issued in connection with equity awards, net	3,599		—		18			(31		)	—			—			—			(13		)
Repurchase of common stock	(5,853	)	—		(29		)	(291		)	—			—			—			(320		)
Cash dividends declared on common stock	—		—		—			—			(292		)	—			—			(292		)
Cash dividends declared on preferred stock	—		—		—			—			(43		)	—			—			(43		)
Equity-based compensation expense	—		—		—			31			—			—			—			31
Other, net	—		—		—			(9		)	—			—			—			(9		)
Balance, March 31, 2018	779,752		$	3,053	$	3,899		$	7,593		$	16,712		$	(1,645	)	$	50		$	29,662
Balance, January 1, 2019	763,326		$	3,053	$	3,817		$	6,849		$	18,118		$	(1,715	)	$	56		$	30,178
Add (Deduct):
Net income	—		—		—			—			792			—			6			798
OCI	—		—		—			—			—			294			—			294
Issued in connection with equity awards, net	2,594		—		13			(41		)	—			—			—			(28		)
Cash dividends declared on common stock	—		—		—			—			(309		)	—			—			(309		)
Cash dividends declared on preferred stock	—		—		—			—			(43		)	—			—			(43		)
Equity-based compensation expense	—		—		—			32			—			—			—			32
Other, net	—		—		—			3			(40		)	—			(2		)	(39		)
Balance, March 31, 2019	765,920		$	3,053	$	3,830		$	6,843		$	18,518		$	(1,421	)	$	60		$	30,883

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

BB&T CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES



Unaudited Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
Net income	$	798		$	791
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
Provision for credit losses	155			150
Depreciation	105			105
Amortization of intangibles	32			33
Equity-based compensation expense	32			31
Net change in operating assets and liabilities:
LHFS	77			(90		)
Trading and equity securities	(1,131		)	10
Other assets, accounts payable and other liabilities	(1,006		)	(583		)
Other, net	193			(139		)
Net cash from operating activities	(745		)	308
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
Proceeds from sales of AFS securities	1,797			95
Proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of AFS securities	861			959
Purchases of AFS securities	(3,525		)	(1,863		)
Proceeds from maturities, calls and paydowns of HTM securities	450			626
Purchases of HTM securities	—			(39		)
Originations and purchases of loans and leases, net of principal collected	(193		)	385
Other, net	133			40
Net cash from investing activities	(477		)	203
Cash Flows From Financing Activities:
Net change in deposits	(1,432		)	830
Net change in short-term borrowings	1,127			(617		)
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt	2,015			7
Repayment of long-term debt	(1,103		)	(41		)
Repurchase of common stock	—			(320		)
Cash dividends paid on common stock	(309		)	(292		)
Cash dividends paid on preferred stock	(43		)	(43		)
Other, net	(48		)	(7		)
Net cash from financing activities	207			(483		)
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash	(1,015		)	28
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, January 1	3,987			3,083
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, March 31	$	2,972		$	3,111
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information:
Net cash paid (received) during the period for:
Interest expense	$	419		$	256
Income taxes	62			15

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTE 1. Basis of Presentation

General

See the Glossary of Defined Terms at the beginning of this Report for terms used herein. These consolidated financial statements and notes are presented in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q and, therefore, do not include all information and notes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations and cash flow activity required in accordance with GAAP. In the opinion of management, all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations have been made. The year-end consolidated balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP. The information contained in the financial statements and notes included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 should be referred to in connection with these unaudited interim consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts reported in prior periods' consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation.

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change include the determination of the ACL, determination of fair value for financial instruments, valuation of MSRs, goodwill, intangible assets and other purchase accounting related adjustments, benefit plan obligations and expenses, and tax assets, liabilities and expense.

Leases - Lessee

BB&T has operating and finance leases for data centers, corporate offices, branches, retail centers, and certain equipment. BB&T determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating leases with an original lease term in excess of one year are included in other assets and accounts payable and other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Finance leases are included in premises and equipment and long-term debt in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. BB&T uses an implicit interest rate in determining the present value of lease payments when readily determinable, and a collateralized incremental borrowing rate when an implicit rate is not available. Lease terms consider options to extend or terminate based on the determination of whether such renewal or termination options are deemed reasonably certain. Rent expense and rental income on operating leases is generally recorded using the straight-line method over the appropriate lease terms.

Lease agreements that contain non-lease components are generally accounted for as a single lease component. Variable costs, such as maintenance expenses, property and sales taxes, association dues and index based rate increases, are expensed as they are incurred.

Leases - Lessor

BB&T's commercial lease portfolio consists of dealer-based financing of equipment for small businesses and commercial equipment leasing. The fair market value of the leased asset is generally equal to the original capitalized cost. Assets under operating leases are included in other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Depreciation expense for assets under operating leases is generally recorded using the straight-line method over the appropriate lease terms in other expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

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Changes in Accounting Principles and Effects of New Accounting Pronouncements



Standard/Adoption Date	Description	Effects on the Financial Statements
Standards Adopted During the Current Year
Leases Jan 1, 2019	Requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities related to certain operating leases on the balance sheet, requires additional disclosures by lessees, and contains targeted changes to accounting by lessors.	BB&T established ROU assets of $860 million and lease liabilities of $997 million. The net impact to equity was a reduction of $40 million. There was no material impact to its Consolidated Statements of Income. BB&T adopted the guidance on a prospective basis and did not reassess whether any expired or existing contract contains a lease, the classification of leases or the initial direct costs.
Standards Not Yet Adopted
Credit Losses Jan 1, 2020	Replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with an expected credit loss methodology and requires consideration of a broader range of information to determine credit loss estimates. Financial assets measured at amortized cost will be presented at the net amount expected to be collected by using an allowance for credit losses. Purchased credit deteriorated loans will receive an allowance for expected credit losses. Any credit impairment on AFS debt securities for which the fair value is less than cost will be recorded through an allowance for expected credit losses. The standard also requires expanded disclosures related to credit losses and asset quality.	BB&T expects that the ACL could be materially higher; however, the magnitude of the increase, which is highly dependent on existing and forecasted economic conditions at the time of adoption, has not yet been quantified. Model development and fit-for-purpose testing is substantially complete for most portfolios, and significant progress has been made on testing designed to evaluate the sensitivity of the models to economic forecasts, length of the reasonable and supportable period and reversion to historical loss information. BB&T expects to continue limited parallel testing in the second quarter of 2019, with plans for a more comprehensive parallel testing program in the second half of the year that will include consideration of new or modified internal controls.

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NOTE 2. Business Combinations

On February 7, 2019, BB&T and SunTrust announced that both companies' Boards of Directors unanimously approved an agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals. Upon closing, each SunTrust share will be exchanged for 1.295 shares of BB&T stock. The merger is expected to close late in the third or fourth quarter of 2019, subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals and approval by the shareholders of each company. The merger is subject to a break-up fee of approximately $1.1 billion, payable in customary circumstances.

NOTE 3. Securities

The following tables summarize AFS and HTM securities:



March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized				Fair Value
March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
AFS securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,920	$	1	$	43	$	1,878
GSE	238		1		6		233
Agency MBS	23,450		65		468		23,047
States and political subdivisions	607		31		12		626
Non-agency MBS	313		184		—		497
Other	34		—		—		34
Total AFS securities	$	26,562	$	282	$	529	$	26,315
HTM securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,099	$	—	$	2	$	1,097
GSE	2,199		6		15		2,190
Agency MBS	16,792		25		223		16,594
States and political subdivisions	4		—		—		4
Other	1		—		—		1
Total HTM securities	$	20,095	$	31	$	240	$	19,886

December 31, 2018 (Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized				Fair Value
December 31, 2018 (Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Gains		Losses		Fair Value
AFS securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	3,503	$	22	$	84	$	3,441
GSE	209		—		9		200
Agency MBS	20,927		15		787		20,155
States and political subdivisions	694		25		18		701
Non-agency MBS	321		184		—		505
Other	35		1		—		36
Total AFS securities	$	25,689	$	247	$	898	$	25,038
HTM securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,099	$	—	$	6	$	1,093
GSE	2,199		4		43		2,160
Agency MBS	17,248		27		487		16,788
States and political subdivisions	5		—		—		5
Other	1		—		—		1
Total HTM securities	$	20,552	$	31	$	536	$	20,047

Certain securities issued by FNMA and FHLMC exceeded 10% of shareholders' equity at March 31, 2019. The FNMA investments had total amortized cost and fair value of $14.2 billion and $13.9 billion, respectively. The FHLMC investments had total amortized cost and fair value of $10.3 billion and $10.2 billion, respectively.

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The amortized cost and estimated fair value of the securities portfolio by contractual maturity are shown in the following table. The expected life of MBS may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers have the right to prepay the underlying mortgage loans.



	AFS				HTM
March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Amortized Cost		Fair Value		Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	285	$	285	$	1	$	1
Due after one year through five years	1,674		1,631		3,300		3,289
Due after five years through ten years	502		503		597		591
Due after ten years	24,101		23,896		16,197		16,005
Total debt securities	$	26,562	$	26,315	$	20,095	$	19,886

The following tables present the fair values and gross unrealized losses of investments based on the length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position:



	Less than 12 months				12 months or more				Total
March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
AFS securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	49	$	—	$	1,442	$	43	$	1,491	$	43
GSE	12		—		179		6		191		6
Agency MBS	1,165		2		16,679		466		17,844		468
States and political subdivisions	44		—		241		12		285		12
Total	$	1,270	$	2	$	18,541	$	527	$	19,811	$	529
HTM securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	400	$	—	$	496	$	2	$	896	$	2
GSE	—		—		1,768		15		1,768		15
Agency MBS	1,121		5		13,748		218		14,869		223
Total	$	1,521	$	5	$	16,012	$	235	$	17,533	$	240

	Less than 12 months				12 months or more				Total
December 31, 2018 (Dollars in millions)	Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Unrealized Losses
AFS securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	111	$	—	$	2,121	$	84	$	2,232	$	84
GSE	3		—		176		9		179		9
Agency MBS	322		2		18,478		785		18,800		787
States and political subdivisions	100		1		288		17		388		18
Total	$	536	$	3	$	21,063	$	895	$	21,599	$	898
HTM securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	698	$	3	$	395	$	3	$	1,093	$	6
GSE	—		—		1,749		43		1,749		43
Agency MBS	264		3		14,976		484		15,240		487
Total	$	962	$	6	$	17,120	$	530	$	18,082	$	536

Substantially all of the unrealized losses on the securities portfolio were the result of changes in market interest rates compared to the date the securities were acquired rather than the credit quality of the issuers or underlying loans.

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NOTE 4. Loans and ACL

The following tables present loans and leases HFI by aging category:



	Accruing
March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Current		30-89 Days Past Due		90 Days Or More Past Due		Nonperforming		Total
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	61,746	$	36	$	—	$	196	$	61,978
CRE	20,751		3		—		75		20,829
Lease financing	2,094		3		—		1		2,098
Retail:
Residential mortgage	30,596		478		377		121		31,572
Direct	11,337		67		7		53		11,464
Indirect	17,122		316		5		80		17,523
Revolving credit	3,111		27		14		—		3,152
PCI	395		18		28		—		441
Total	$	147,152	$	948	$	431	$	526	$	149,057

	Accruing
December 31, 2018 (Dollars in millions)	Current		30-89 Days Past Due		90 Days Or More Past Due		Nonperforming		Total
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	61,701	$	34	$	—	$	200	$	61,935
CRE	20,990		5		—		65		21,060
Lease financing	2,014		1		—		3		2,018
Retail:
Residential mortgage	30,413		456		405		119		31,393
Direct	11,463		61		7		53		11,584
Indirect	16,901		436		6		82		17,425
Revolving credit	3,090		28		14		—		3,132
PCI	413		23		30		—		466
Total	$	146,985	$	1,044	$	462	$	522	$	149,013

The following table presents the carrying amount of loans by risk rating. PCI loans are excluded because their related ALLL is determined by loan pool performance and revolving credit loans are excluded as the loans are charged-off rather than reclassifying to nonperforming:



	March 31, 2019						December 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions)	Commercial & Industrial		CRE		Lease Financing		Commercial & Industrial		CRE		Lease Financing
Commercial:
Pass	$	60,514	$	20,460	$	2,082	$	60,655	$	20,712	$	2,012
Special mention	395		71		3		216		61		—
Substandard-performing	873		223		12		864		222		3
Nonperforming	196		75		1		200		65		3
Total	$	61,978	$	20,829	$	2,098	$	61,935	$	21,060	$	2,018

	Residential Mortgage		Direct		Indirect		Residential Mortgage		Direct		Indirect
Retail:
Performing	$	31,451	$	11,411	$	17,443	$	31,274	$	11,531	$	17,343
Nonperforming	121		53		80		119		53		82
Total	$	31,572	$	11,464	$	17,523	$	31,393	$	11,584	$	17,425

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The following tables present activity in the ACL:



(Dollars in millions)	Balance at Jan 1, 2018		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		Provision (Benefit)			Balance at Mar 31, 2018
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	522	$	(23	)	$	8	$	15		$	522
CRE	160		(6		)	2		19			175
Lease financing	9		(1		)	—		2			10
Retail:
Residential mortgage	209		(4		)	—		11			216
Direct	106		(19		)	6		6			99
Indirect	348		(107		)	15		91			347
Revolving credit	108		(21		)	5		12			104
PCI	28		—			—		(3		)	25
ALLL	1,490		(181		)	36		153			1,498
RUFC	119		—			—		(3		)	116
ACL	$	1,609	$	(181	)	$	36	$	150		$	1,614

(Dollars in millions)	Balance at Jan 1, 2019		Charge-Offs			Recoveries		Provision (Benefit)			Balance at Mar 31, 2019
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	546	$	(17	)	$	6	$	13		$	548
CRE	190		(8		)	1		13			196
Lease financing	11		(1		)	—		1			11
Retail:
Residential mortgage	232		(5		)	1		(3		)	225
Direct	97		(18		)	6		11			96
Indirect	356		(109		)	17		94			358
Revolving credit	117		(26		)	6		22			119
PCI	9		—			—		(1		)	8
ALLL	1,558		(184		)	37		150			1,561
RUFC	93		—			—		5			98
ACL	$	1,651	$	(184	)	$	37	$	155		$	1,659

The following table provides a summary of loans that are collectively evaluated for impairment:



	March 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions)	Recorded Investment		Related ALLL		Recorded Investment		Related ALLL
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	61,683	$	522	$	61,629	$	521
CRE	20,721		175		20,960		181
Lease financing	2,097		11		2,015		11
Retail:
Residential mortgage	30,697		159		30,539		164
Direct	11,398		91		11,517		92
Indirect	17,194		299		17,099		299
Revolving credit	3,123		108		3,104		106
PCI	441		8		466		9
Total	$	147,354	$	1,373	$	147,329	$	1,383

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The following tables set forth certain information regarding impaired loans, excluding PCI and LHFS, that were individually evaluated for impairment:



	UPB		Recorded Investment				Related ALLL		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
As of / For The Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	UPB		Without an ALLL		With an ALLL		Related ALLL		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	308	$	90	$	205	$	26	$	308	$	1
CRE	113		18		90		21		112		—
Lease financing	2		—		1		—		2		—
Retail:
Residential mortgage	927		126		749		66		869		8
Direct	84		26		40		5		66		1
Indirect	339		5		324		59		328		12
Revolving credit	29		—		29		11		29		—
Total	$	1,802	$	265	$	1,438	$	188	$	1,714	$	22

	UPB		Recorded Investment				Related ALLL		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
As of / For The Year Ended December 31, 2018 (Dollars in millions)	UPB		Without an ALLL		With an ALLL		Related ALLL		Average Recorded Investment		Interest Income Recognized
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	318	$	95	$	211	$	25	$	343	$	6
CRE	102		29		71		9		97		2
Lease financing	3		—		3		—		6		—
Retail:
Residential mortgage	904		122		732		68		841		34
Direct	86		26		41		5		72		4
Indirect	335		6		320		57		306		46
Revolving credit	28		—		28		11		29		1
Total	$	1,776	$	278	$	1,406	$	175	$	1,694	$	93

The following table presents a summary of TDRs, all of which are considered impaired:



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018
Performing TDRs:
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	63	$	65
CRE	9		10
Retail:
Residential mortgage	669		656
Direct	54		55
Indirect	306		305
Revolving credit	29		28
Total performing TDRs	1,130		1,119
Nonperforming TDRs (also included in NPL disclosures)	178		176
Total TDRs	$	1,308	$	1,295
ALLL attributable to TDRs	$	146	$	146

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The primary reason loan modifications were classified as TDRs is summarized below. Balances represent the recorded investment at the end of the quarter in which the modification was made. Rate modifications consist of TDRs made with below market interest rates, including those that also have modifications of loan structures.



	2019						2018
Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	Type of Modification				ALLL Impact		Type of Modification				ALLL Impact
	Rate		Structure				Rate		Structure
Newly designated TDRs:
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	26	$	3	$	1	$	10	$	10	$	—
CRE	1		—		—		19		1		—
Retail:
Residential mortgage	73		8		4		82		10		5
Direct	3		1		—		2		—		—
Indirect	48		1		6		42		1		5
Revolving credit	6		—		1		5		—		1
Re-modification of previously designated TDRs	23		5		—		21		5		—

Charge-offs and forgiveness of principal and interest for TDRs were immaterial for all periods presented.

The pre-default balance for modifications that had been classified as TDRs during the previous 12 months that experienced a payment default was $18 million and $23 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Payment default is defined as movement of the TDR to nonperforming status, foreclosure or charge-off, whichever occurs first.

Unearned income, discounts and net deferred loan fees and costs were immaterial for all periods presented. Residential mortgage loans in the process of foreclosure were $258 million at March 31, 2019 and $253 million at December 31, 2018.

NOTE 5. Other Assets and Liabilities

Lessee Operating and Finance Leases

Operating leases costs were $49 million and finance lease costs were immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

The following table presents additional information on operating and finance leases:



March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
ROU assets	$	822		$	19

Maturities of lease liabilities:
2019	$	138		$	6
2020	188			7
2021	164			6
2022	139			5
2023	109			3
2024	85			2
Thereafter	264			3
Total lease payments	1,087			32
Less: imputed interest	128			5
Total lease liabilities	$	959		$	27

Weighted average remaining term	7.5 years			5.1 years
Weighted average discount rate	3.1		%	7.0		%

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Lessor Operating Leases

The following tables present a summary of assets under operating leases and activity related to assets under operating leases. These tables exclude subleases on assets included in premises and equipment.



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019			Dec 31, 2018
Assets held under operating leases	$	1,365		$	1,378
Accumulated depreciation	(389		)	(374		)
Net	$	976		$	1,004



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019		2018
Depreciation expense for assets under operating leases	$	29	$	30

The residual value of assets no longer under operating leases was immaterial.

NOTE 6. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

The following table, which excludes fully amortized intangibles, presents information for identifiable intangible assets:



	March 31, 2019							December 31, 2018
March 31, (Dollars in millions)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
CDI	$	605	$	(471	)	$	134	$	605	$	(460	)	$	145
Other, primarily customer relationship intangibles	1,318		(726		)	592		1,329		(716		)	613
Total	$	1,923	$	(1,197	)	$	726	$	1,934	$	(1,176	)	$	758

NOTE 7. Loan Servicing

Residential Mortgage Banking Activities

The following tables summarize residential mortgage banking activities:



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019			Dec 31, 2018
UPB of residential mortgage loan servicing portfolio	$	117,980		$	118,605
UPB of residential mortgage loans serviced for others, primarily agency conforming fixed rate	86,119			87,270
Mortgage loans sold with recourse	404			419
Maximum recourse exposure from mortgage loans sold with recourse liability	217			223
Indemnification, recourse and repurchase reserves	22			24

As of / For the Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
UPB of residential mortgage loans sold from LHFS	$	1,300		$	2,553
Pre-tax gains recognized on mortgage loans sold and held for sale	17			39
Servicing fees recognized from mortgage loans serviced for others	61			65
Approximate weighted average servicing fee on the outstanding balance of residential mortgage loans serviced for others	0.28		%	0.28		%
Weighted average interest rate on mortgage loans serviced for others	4.06			4.00

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The following table presents a roll forward of the carrying value of residential MSRs recorded at fair value:



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
Residential MSRs, carrying value, January 1	$	957		$	914
Additions	15			28
Change in fair value due to changes in valuation inputs or assumptions:
Prepayment speeds	(55		)	61
OAS	4			2
Servicing costs	—			—
Realization of expected net servicing cash flows, passage of time and other	(33		)	(32		)
Residential MSRs, carrying value, March 31	$	888		$	973
Gains (losses) on derivative financial instruments used to mitigate the income statement effect of changes in residential MSR fair value	$	52		$	(63	)

The sensitivity of the fair value of the residential MSRs to changes in key assumptions is presented in the following table:



	March 31, 2019							December 31, 2018
	Range				Weighted Average			Range				Weighted Average
(Dollars in millions)	Min		Max		Weighted Average			Min		Max		Weighted Average
Prepayment speed	9.7	%	12.0	%	11.2		%	9.1	%	10.5	%	9.9		%
Effect on fair value of a 10% increase					$	(36	)					$	(34	)
Effect on fair value of a 20% increase					(70		)					(66		)
OAS	6.5	%	8.2	%	6.8		%	6.6	%	8.3	%	7.0		%
Effect on fair value of a 10% increase					$	(22	)					$	(24	)
Effect on fair value of a 20% increase					(42		)					(47		)
Composition of loans serviced for others:
Fixed-rate residential mortgage loans					99.2		%					99.2		%
Adjustable-rate residential mortgage loans					0.8							0.8
Total					100.0		%					100.0		%
Weighted average life					5.6 years							6.1 years

The sensitivity calculations above are hypothetical and should not be considered to be predictive of future performance. As indicated, changes in fair value based on adverse changes in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, in the above table, the effect of an adverse variation in one assumption on the fair value of the MSRs is calculated without changing any other assumption; while in reality, changes in one factor may result in changes in another, which may magnify or counteract the effect of the change.

Commercial Mortgage Banking Activities

The following table summarizes commercial mortgage banking activities for the periods presented:



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018
UPB of CRE mortgages serviced for others	$	27,749	$	27,761
CRE mortgages serviced for others covered by recourse provisions	4,685		4,699
Maximum recourse exposure from CRE mortgages sold with recourse liability	1,312		1,317
Recorded reserves related to recourse exposure	6		6
CRE mortgages originated during the year-to-date period	1,261		7,072
Commercial MSRs at fair value	148		151

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NOTE 8. Deposits

The composition of deposits is presented in the following table:



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	53,021	$	53,025
Interest checking	28,028		28,130
Money market and savings	63,739		63,467
Time deposits	14,978		16,577
Total deposits	$	159,766	$	161,199
Time deposits greater than $250,000	$	3,880	$	5,713

NOTE 9. Long-Term Debt

The following table presents a summary of long-term debt:



	Mar 31, 2019											Dec 31, 2018
				Stated Rate				Effective Rate		Carrying Amount		Carrying Amount
(Dollars in millions)	Maturity			Min		Max		Effective Rate		Carrying Amount		Carrying Amount
BB&T Corporation:
Fixed rate senior notes	2019	to	2025	2.05	%	6.85	%	3.28	%	$	11,147	$	10,408
Floating rate senior notes	2020		2022	2.95		3.50		3.26		1,948		2,398
Fixed rate subordinated notes	2019		2029	3.88		5.25		2.90		1,562		903
Branch Bank:
Fixed rate senior notes	2019		2022	1.45		2.85		3.02		4,918		4,895
Floating rate senior notes	2019		2020	2.85		3.27		3.22		1,149		1,149
Fixed rate subordinated notes	2025		2026	3.63		3.80		3.61		2,114		2,075
FHLB advances (1)	2019		2034	—		5.50		2.98		1,746		1,749
Other long-term debt										145		132
Total long-term debt										$	24,729	$	23,709


(1)	FHLB advances had a weighted average maturity of 3.8 years at March 31, 2019.

The effective rates above reflect the impact of fair value hedges and debt issuance costs. Subordinated notes with a remaining maturity of one year or greater qualify under the risk-based capital guidelines as Tier 2 supplementary capital, subject to certain limitations.

NOTE 10. Shareholders' Equity

Dividends

The following table presents the dividends declared related to common stock. For information related to preferred stock dividends, see Note 10. Shareholders' Equity of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.



Three Months Ended March 31,	2019		2018
Cash dividends declared per share	$	0.405	$	0.375

Equity-Based Compensation Plans

The following table presents the activity related to awards of RSUs, PSUs and restricted shares:



(Shares in thousands)	Units/Shares		Wtd. Avg. Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2019	12,060		$	38.03
Granted	3,914		44.39
Vested	(3,181	)	35.02
Forfeited	(50	)	39.73
Nonvested at March 31, 2019	12,743		40.72

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NOTE 11. AOCI

AOCI includes the after-tax change in unrecognized net costs related to defined benefit pension and OPEB plans, and unrealized gains and losses on cash flow hedges and AFS securities.



Three Months Ended (Dollars in millions)	Pension and OPEB Costs			Cash Flow Hedges			AFS Securities			Other, net			Total
AOCI balance, January 1, 2018	$	(1,004	)	$	(92	)	$	(356	)	$	(15	)	$	(1,467	)
OCI before reclassifications, net of tax	—			70			(282		)	(2		)	(214		)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI:
Before tax	18			11			19			—			48
Tax effect	4			3			5			—			12
Amounts reclassified, net of tax	14			8			14			—			36
Total OCI, net of tax	14			78			(268		)	(2		)	(178		)
AOCI balance, March 31, 2018	$	(990	)	$	(14	)	$	(624	)	$	(17	)	$	(1,645	)
AOCI balance, January 1, 2019	$	(1,164	)	$	(31	)	$	(500	)	$	(20	)	$	(1,715	)
OCI before reclassifications, net of tax	—			(30		)	314			2			286
Amounts reclassified from AOCI:
Before tax	23			(5		)	(6		)	—			12
Tax effect	6			(1		)	(1		)	—			4
Amounts reclassified, net of tax	17			(4		)	(5		)	—			8
Total OCI, net of tax	17			(34		)	309			2			294
AOCI balance, March 31, 2019	$	(1,147	)	$	(65	)	$	(191	)	$	(18	)	$	(1,421	)
Primary income statement location of amounts reclassified from AOCI	Other expense			Net interest income			Net interest income			Net interest income

NOTE 12. Income Taxes

The effective tax rates for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 were 18.2% and 19.0%, respectively.

NOTE 13. Benefit Plans

The components of net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit pension plans are summarized in the following table:



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	Location	2019			2018
Service cost	Personnel expense	$	54		$	60
Interest cost	Other expense	57			50
Estimated return on plan assets	Other expense	(113		)	(112		)
Amortization and other	Other expense	25			20
Net periodic benefit cost		$	23		$	18

BB&T makes contributions to the qualified pension plans in amounts between the minimum required for funding and the maximum deductible for federal income tax purposes. Discretionary contributions totaling $549 million were made during the three months ended March 31, 2019. There are no required contributions for the remainder of 2019.

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NOTE 14. Commitments and Contingencies

The following table summarizes certain commitments and contingencies. Refer to Note 15. Fair Value Disclosures for additional disclosures related to off-balance sheet financial instruments.



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018
Investments in affordable housing projects:
Carrying amount	$	2,152	$	2,088
Amount of future funding commitments included in carrying amount	949		919
Lending exposure	455		460
Tax credits subject to recapture	489		523
Private equity investments:
Carrying amount	460		458
Amount of future funding commitments not included in carrying amount	313		331

Legal Proceedings

The nature of BB&T's business ordinarily results in a certain amount of claims, litigation, investigations and legal and administrative cases and proceedings, all of which are considered incidental to the normal conduct of business. BB&T believes it has meritorious defenses to the claims asserted against it in its currently outstanding legal proceedings and, with respect to such legal proceedings, intends to continue to defend itself vigorously, litigating or settling cases according to management's judgment as to what is in the best interests of BB&T and its shareholders.

On at least a quarterly basis, liabilities and contingencies in connection with outstanding legal proceedings are assessed utilizing the latest information available. For those matters where it is probable that BB&T will incur a loss and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, and is more than nominal, a liability is recorded in the consolidated financial statements. These legal reserves may be increased or decreased to reflect any relevant developments on at least a quarterly basis. For other matters, where a loss is not probable or the amount of the loss is not estimable, legal reserves are not accrued. While the outcome of legal proceedings is inherently uncertain, based on information currently available, advice of counsel and available insurance coverage, management believes that the established legal reserves are adequate and the liabilities arising from legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the consolidated financial position, consolidated results of operations or consolidated cash flows. However, in the event of unexpected future developments, it is possible that the ultimate resolution of these matters, if unfavorable, may be material to the consolidated financial position, consolidated results of operations or consolidated cash flows of BB&T.

Following the announcement of the proposed merger with SunTrust, five civil actions were filed challenging, among other things, the adequacy of the disclosures contained in the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. Four of these suits were filed by purported SunTrust stockholders against SunTrust and its board of directors and assert claims under Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 challenging the adequacy of the public disclosures made concerning the proposed transaction. One of these suits asserts a claim against BB&T under Section 20(a). The fifth suit was filed by a purported BB&T stockholder against BB&T and its board of directors and asserts claims under state law challenging, among other things, the adequacy of the public disclosures made concerning the proposed transaction. The plaintiffs in these actions seek, among other things, an injunction preventing consummation of the proposed transaction, rescission of the proposed transaction or damages in the event it is consummated, and the award of attorneys' fees and expenses. BB&T believes the claims asserted in these actions are without merit.

Pledged Assets

Certain assets were pledged to secure municipal deposits, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, borrowings and borrowing capacity, subject to any applicable asset discount, at the FHLB and FRB as well as for other purposes as required or permitted by law. The following table provides the total carrying amount of pledged assets by asset type, of which the majority are pursuant to agreements that do not permit the other party to sell or repledge the collateral, excluding assets related to employee benefit plans:



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018
Pledged securities	$	14,070	$	13,237
Pledged loans	78,430		77,847

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NOTE 15. Fair Value Disclosures

The following tables present fair value information for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:



March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
AFS securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	1,878	$	—	$	1,878	$	—
GSE	233		—		233		—
Agency MBS	23,047		—		23,047		—
States and political subdivisions	626		—		626		—
Non-agency MBS	497		—		111		386
Other	34		—		34		—
Total AFS securities	26,315		—		25,929		386
LHFS	834		—		834		—
MSRs	1,036		—		—		1,036
Other assets:
Trading and equity securities	1,898		371		1,516		11
Derivative assets	338		1		327		10
Private equity investments	388		—		—		388
Total assets	$	30,809	$	372	$	28,606	$	1,831
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	180	$	—	$	177	$	3
Securities sold short	250		—		250		—
Total liabilities	$	430	$	—	$	427	$	3

December 31, 2018 (Dollars in millions)	Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Assets:
AFS securities:
U.S. Treasury	$	3,441	$	—	$	3,441	$	—
GSE	200		—		200		—
Agency MBS	20,155		—		20,155		—
States and political subdivisions	701		—		701		—
Non-agency MBS	505		—		114		391
Other	36		—		36		—
Total AFS securities	25,038		—		24,647		391
LHFS	988		—		988		—
MSRs	1,108		—		—		1,108
Other assets:
Trading and equity securities	767		374		390		3
Derivative assets	246		—		234		12
Private equity investments	393		—		—		393
Total assets	$	28,540	$	374	$	26,259	$	1,907
Liabilities:
Derivative liabilities	$	247	$	1	$	246	$	—
Securities sold short	145		—		145		—
Total liabilities	$	392	$	1	$	391	$	—

Accounting standards define fair value as the exchange price that would be received on the measurement date to sell an asset or the price paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market available to the entity in an orderly transaction between market participants, with a three level valuation input hierarchy. The following discussion focuses on the valuation techniques and significant inputs for Level 2 and Level 3 assets and liabilities.

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A third-party pricing service is generally utilized in determining the fair value of the securities portfolio. Management independently evaluates the fair values provided by the pricing service through comparisons to other external pricing sources, review of additional information provided by the pricing service and other third party sources for selected securities and back-testing to compare the price realized on any security sales to the daily pricing information received from the pricing service. Fair value measurements are derived from market-based pricing matrices that were developed using observable inputs that include benchmark yields, benchmark securities, reported trades, offers, bids, issuer spreads and broker quotes. As described by security type below, additional inputs may be used, or some inputs may not be applicable. In the event that market observable data was not available, which would generally occur due to the lack of an active market for a given security, the valuation of the security would be subjective and may involve substantial judgment by management.

U.S. Treasury securities: Treasury securities are valued using quoted prices in active over-the-counter markets.

GSE securities and agency MBS: GSE pass-through securities are valued using market-based pricing matrices that reference observable inputs including benchmark TBA security pricing and yield curves that were estimated based on U.S. Treasury yields and certain floating rate indices. The pricing matrices for these securities may also give consideration to pool-specific data supplied directly by the GSE. GSE CMOs are valued using market-based pricing matrices that are based on observable inputs including offers, bids, reported trades, dealer quotes and market research reports, the characteristics of a specific tranche, market convention prepayment speeds and benchmark yield curves as described above.

States and political subdivisions: These securities are valued using market-based pricing matrices that reference observable inputs including MSRB reported trades, issuer spreads, material event notices and benchmark yield curves.

Non-agency MBS: Pricing matrices for these securities are based on observable inputs including offers, bids, reported trades, dealer quotes and market research reports, the characteristics of a specific tranche, market convention prepayment speeds and benchmark yield curves as described above. Non-agency MBS also include investments in Re-REMIC trusts that primarily hold non-agency MBS, which are valued based on broker pricing models that use baseline securities yields and tranche-level yield adjustments to discount cash flows modeled using market convention prepayment speed and default assumptions.

Other securities: These securities consist primarily of corporate bonds. These securities are valued based on a review of quoted market prices for assets as well as through the various other inputs discussed previously.

LHFS: Certain mortgage loans are originated to be sold to investors, which are carried at fair value. The fair value is primarily based on quoted market prices for securities backed by similar types of loans. The changes in fair value of these assets are largely driven by changes in interest rates subsequent to loan funding and changes in the fair value of servicing associated with the mortgage LHFS.

MSRs: Residential MSRs are valued using an OAS valuation model to project cash flows over multiple interest rate scenarios, which are discounted at risk-adjusted rates. The model considers portfolio characteristics, contractually specified servicing fees, prepayment assumptions, delinquency rates, late charges, other ancillary revenue, costs to service and other economic factors. Fair value estimates and assumptions are compared to industry surveys, recent market activity, actual portfolio experience and, when available, other observable market data. Commercial MSRs are valued using a cash flow valuation model that calculates the present value of estimated future net servicing cash flows. BB&T considers actual and expected loan prepayment rates, discount rates, servicing costs and other economic factors that are determined based on current market conditions.

Trading and equity securities: Trading and equity securities primarily consist of exchange traded equity securities, and debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, GSEs, or states and political subdivisions. The valuation techniques for debt securities are more fully discussed above.

Derivative assets and liabilities: The fair values of derivatives are determined based on quoted market prices and internal pricing models that use market observable data. The fair values of interest rate lock commitments, which are related to mortgage loan commitments and are categorized as Level 3, are based on quoted market prices adjusted for commitments that are not expected to fund and include the value attributable to the net servicing fees.

Private equity investments: In many cases there are no observable market values for these investments and therefore management must estimate the fair value based on a comparison of the operating performance of the company to multiples in the marketplace for similar entities. This analysis requires significant judgment, and actual values in a sale could differ materially from those estimated.

Securities sold short: Securities sold short represent debt securities sold short that are entered into as a hedging strategy for the purposes of supporting institutional and retail client trading activities.

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Activity for Level 3 assets and liabilities is summarized below:



Three Months Ended (Dollars in millions)	Trading and Equity Securities			Non-agency MBS			MSRs			Net Derivatives			Private Equity Investments
Balance at January 1, 2018	$	—		$	432		$	1,056		$	3		$	404
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings	—			(1		)	68			—			6
Included in unrealized net holding gains (losses) in OCI	—			23			—			—			—
Purchases	—			—			—			—			24
Issuances	—			—			37			(5		)	—
Sales	—			—			—			—			(24		)
Settlements	—			(13		)	(42		)	9			(10		)
Balance at March 31, 2018	$	—		$	441		$	1,119		$	7		$	400
Balance at January 1, 2019	$	3		$	391		$	1,108		$	12		$	393
Total realized and unrealized gains (losses):
Included in earnings	—			2			(54		)	8			23
Included in unrealized net holding gains (losses) in OCI	—			1			—			—			—
Purchases	15			—			—			—			7
Issuances	—			—			22			17			—
Sales	(7		)	—			—			—			(33		)
Settlements	—			(8		)	(40		)	(30		)	(2		)
Balance at March 31, 2019	$	11		$	386		$	1,036		$	7		$	388
Change in unrealized gains (losses) included in earnings for the period, attributable to assets and liabilities still held at March 31, 2019	$	—		$	2		$	(54	)	$	7		$	4
Primary income statement location of realized gains (losses) included in earnings	Interest income			Interest income			Mortgage banking income			Mortgage banking income			Other income

The non-agency MBS categorized as Level 3 represent ownership interests in various tranches of Re-REMIC trusts. These securities are valued at a discount, which is unobservable in the market, to the fair value of the underlying securities owned by the trusts. The Re-REMIC tranches do not have an active market and therefore are categorized as Level 3. At March 31, 2019, the fair value of Re-REMIC non-agency MBS represented a discount of 20.3% to the fair value of the underlying securities owned by the Re-REMIC trusts.

The majority of private equity investments are in SBIC qualified funds, which primarily focus on equity and subordinated debt investments in privately-held middle market companies. The majority of these VIE investments are not redeemable and distributions are received as the underlying assets of the funds liquidate. The timing of distributions, which are expected to occur on various dates on an approximately ratable basis through 2029, is uncertain and dependent on various events such as recapitalizations, refinance transactions and ownership changes among others. As of March 31, 2019, restrictions on the ability to sell the investments include, but are not limited to, consent of a majority member or general partner approval for transfer of ownership. These investments are spread over numerous privately-held middle market companies, and thus the sensitivity to a change in fair value for any single investment is limited. The significant unobservable inputs for these investments are EBITDA multiples that ranged from 5x to 14x, with a weighted average of 9x, at March 31, 2019.

The following table details the fair value and UPB of LHFS that were elected to be carried at fair value:



	March 31, 2019						December 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions)	Fair Value		UPB		Difference		Fair Value		UPB		Difference
LHFS at fair value	$	834	$	824	$	10	$	988	$	975	$	13

Excluding government guaranteed, LHFS that were nonperforming or 90 days or more past due and still accruing interest were not material at March 31, 2019.

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The following table provides information about certain assets measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis, which are primarily collateral dependent and may be subject to liquidity adjustments. The carrying values represent end of period values, which approximate the fair value measurements that occurred on the various measurement dates throughout the period. The valuation adjustments represent the amounts recorded during the period regardless of whether the asset is still held at period end. These assets are considered to be Level 3 assets (excludes PCI).



	2019					2018
As of / For The Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	Carrying Value		Valuation Adjustments			Carrying Value		Valuation Adjustments
Impaired loans	$	154	$	(18	)	$	185	$	(12	)
Foreclosed real estate	33		(63		)	40		(66		)

For financial instruments not recorded at fair value, estimates of fair value are based on relevant market data and information about the instrument. Values obtained relate to one trading unit without regard to any premium or discount that may result from concentrations of ownership, possible tax ramifications, estimated transaction costs that may result from bulk sales or the relationship between various instruments.

An active market does not exist for certain financial instruments. Fair value estimates for these instruments are based on current economic conditions, currency and interest rate risk characteristics, loss experience and other factors. Many of these estimates involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment and cannot be determined with precision. Therefore, the fair value estimates in many instances cannot be substantiated by comparison to independent markets and, in many cases, may not be realizable in a current sale of the instrument. In addition, changes in assumptions could significantly affect these fair value estimates. The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of these financial instruments.

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash: For these short-term instruments, the carrying amounts are a reasonable estimate of fair values.

HTM securities: The fair values of HTM securities are based on a market approach using observable inputs such as benchmark yields and securities, TBA prices, reported trades, issuer spreads, current bids and offers, monthly payment information and collateral performance.

Loans receivable: The fair values for loans are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses, applying interest rates currently being offered for loans with similar terms and credit quality, which are deemed to be indicative of orderly transactions in the current market. For commercial loans and leases, discount rates may be adjusted to address additional credit risk on lower risk grade instruments. For residential mortgage and other consumer loans, internal prepayment risk models are used to adjust contractual cash flows. Loans are aggregated into pools of similar terms and credit quality and discounted using a LIBOR based rate. The carrying amounts of accrued interest approximate fair values.

Deposit liabilities: The fair values for demand deposits are equal to the amount payable on demand. Fair values for CDs are estimated using a discounted cash flow calculation that applies current interest rates to aggregate expected maturities. BB&T has developed long-term relationships with its deposit customers, commonly referred to as CDIs, that have not been considered in the determination of the deposit liabilities' fair value.

Short-term borrowings: The carrying amounts of short-term borrowings, excluding securities sold short, approximate their fair values.

Long-term debt: The fair values of long-term debt instruments are estimated based on quoted market prices for the instrument if available, or for similar instruments if not available, or by using discounted cash flow analyses, based on current incremental borrowing rates for similar types of instruments.

Contractual commitments: The fair values of commitments are estimated using the fees charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the present creditworthiness of the counterparties. The fair values of guarantees and letters of credit are estimated based on the counterparties' creditworthiness and average default rates for loan products with similar risks. These respective fair value measurements are categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Retail lending and revolving credit commitments have an immaterial fair value as BB&T typically has the ability to cancel such commitments.

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Financial assets and liabilities not recorded at fair value are summarized below:



		March 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions)	Fair Value Hierarchy	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Financial assets:
HTM securities	Level 2	$	20,095	$	19,886	$	20,552	$	20,047
Loans and leases HFI, net of ALLL	Level 3	147,496		146,077		147,455		145,591
Financial liabilities:
Time deposits	Level 2	14,978		15,026		16,577		16,617
Long-term debt	Level 2	24,729		24,977		23,709		23,723

The following is a summary of selected information pertaining to off-balance sheet financial instruments:



	March 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions)	Notional/Contract Amount		Fair Value		Notional/Contract Amount		Fair Value
Commitments to extend, originate or purchase credit	$	73,918	$	302	$	72,435	$	280
Residential mortgage loans sold with recourse	404		3		419		3
CRE mortgages serviced for others covered by recourse provisions	4,685		6		4,699		6
Letters of credit	2,267		17		2,389		18

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NOTE 16. Derivative Financial Instruments

The following table provides a summary of derivative strategies and the related accounting treatment:



	Cash Flow Hedges	Fair Value Hedges	Derivatives Not Designated as Hedges
Risk exposure	Variability in cash flows of interest payments on floating rate business loans, overnight funding and various LIBOR funding instruments.	Changes in value on fixed rate long-term debt, CDs, FHLB advances, loans and state and political subdivision securities due to changes in interest rates.	Risk associated with an asset or liability, including mortgage banking operations and MSRs, or for client needs. Includes exposure to changes in market rates and conditions subsequent to the interest rate lock and funding date for mortgage loans originated for sale.
Risk management objective	Hedge the variability in the interest payments and receipts on future cash flows for forecasted transactions related to the first unhedged payments and receipts of variable interest.	Convert the fixed rate paid or received to a floating rate, primarily through the use of swaps.	For interest rate lock commitment derivatives and LHFS, use mortgage-based derivatives such as forward commitments and options to mitigate market risk. For MSRs, mitigate the income statement effect of changes in the fair value of the MSRs. For client swaps, hedges are executed with dealer counterparties to offset market risk.
Treatment during the hedge period	Changes in value of the hedging instruments are recognized in AOCI until the related cash flows from the hedged item are recognized in earnings.	Changes in value of both the hedging instruments and the assets or liabilities being hedged are recognized in the income statement line item associated with the instrument being hedged.	Entire change in fair value recognized in current period income.
Treatment if hedge ceases to be highly effective or is terminated	Hedge is dedesignated. Changes in value recorded in AOCI before dedesignation are amortized to yield over the period the forecasted hedged transactions impact earnings.	If hedged item remains outstanding, the basis adjustment that resulted from hedging is amortized into earnings over the lesser of the designated hedged period or the maturity date of the instrument, and cash flows from terminations are reported in the same category as the cash flows from the hedged item.	Not applicable
Treatment if transaction is no longer probable of occurring during forecast period or within a short period thereafter	Hedge accounting ceases and any gain or loss in AOCI is reported in earnings immediately.	Not applicable	Not applicable

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Impact of Derivatives on the Consolidated Balance Sheets

The following table presents the notional amount and estimated fair value of derivative instruments:



		March 31, 2019								December 31, 2018
	Hedged Item or Transaction	Notional Amount		Fair Value						Notional Amount		Fair Value
(Dollars in millions)	Hedged Item or Transaction	Notional Amount		Gain			Loss			Notional Amount		Gain			Loss
Cash flow hedges:
Interest rate contracts:
Pay fixed swaps	3 mo. LIBOR funding	$	6,500	$	—		$	—		$	6,500	$	—		$	—
Fair value hedges:
Interest rate contracts:
Receive fixed swaps	Long-term debt	13,029		40			(54		)	12,908		5			(74		)
Options	Long-term debt	4,785		—			(2		)	4,785		—			(2		)
Pay fixed swaps	Commercial loans	499		1			—			505		2			—
Pay fixed swaps	Municipal securities	259		—			—			259		—			—
Total		18,572		41			(56		)	18,457		7			(76		)
Not designated as hedges:
Client-related and other risk management:
Interest rate contracts:
Receive fixed swaps		12,452		228			(46		)	11,577		128			(98		)
Pay fixed swaps		11,774		9			(43		)	11,523		19			(32		)
Other		1,384		1			(2		)	1,143		2			(3		)
Forward commitments		5,042		12			(11		)	2,883		11			(13		)
Foreign exchange contracts		568		3			(2		)	529		5			(2		)
Total		31,220		253			(104		)	27,655		165			(148		)
Mortgage banking:
Interest rate contracts:
Interest rate lock commitments		1,092		10			(3		)	702		12			—
When issued securities, forward rate agreements and forward commitments		2,314		1			(15		)	1,753		2			(20		)
Other		198		1			—			271		2			(1		)
Total		3,604		12			(18		)	2,726		16			(21		)
MSRs:
Interest rate contracts:
Receive fixed swaps		4,629		1			—			4,328		—			—
Pay fixed swaps		3,822		—			(1		)	3,224		—			—
Options		2,080		25			—			3,155		48			(2		)
When issued securities, forward rate agreements and forward commitments		2,517		6			(1		)	1,590		10			—
Other		54		—			—			103		—			—
Total		13,102		32			(2		)	12,400		58			(2		)
Total derivatives not designated as hedges		47,926		297			(124		)	42,781		239			(171		)
Total derivatives		$	72,998	338			(180		)	$	67,738	246			(247		)
Gross amounts not offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
Amounts subject to master netting arrangements not offset due to policy election				(44		)	44					(47		)	47
Cash collateral (received) posted				(50		)	64					(53		)	82
Net amount				$	244		$	(72	)			$	146		$	(118	)

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The following table presents additional information for fair value hedging relationships:



	March 31, 2019							December 31, 2018
			Hedge Basis Adjustment							Hedge Basis Adjustment
(Dollars in millions)	Hedged Asset / Liability Basis		Items Currently Designated		Items No Longer Designated			Hedged Asset / Liability Basis		Items Currently Designated			Items No Longer Designated
AFS securities	$	497	$	12	$	53		$	493	$	5		$	54
Loans and leases	563		8		(2		)	562		—			(3		)
Long-term debt	15,505		18		5			15,397		(98		)	12

Impact of Derivatives on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income

No portion of the change in fair value of derivatives designated as hedges has been excluded from effectiveness testing.

The following table summarizes amounts related to cash flow hedges, which consist of interest rate contracts.



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
Pre-tax gain (loss) recognized in OCI:
Deposits	$	(10	)	$	21
Short-term borrowings	(10		)	—
Long-term debt	(20		)	72
Total	$	(40	)	$	93
Pre-tax gain (loss) reclassified from AOCI into interest expense:
Deposits	$	2		$	(2	)
Short-term borrowings	1			—
Long-term debt	2			(9		)
Total	$	5		$	(11	)

The following table summarizes the impact on net interest income related to fair value hedges, which consist of interest rate contracts.



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
AFS securities:
Amounts related to interest settlements	$	—		$	(2	)
Recognized on derivatives	(7		)	11
Recognized on hedged items	5			(11		)
Net income (expense) recognized	(2		)	(2		)
Loans and leases:
Amounts related to interest settlements	—			—
Recognized on derivatives	(8		)	3
Recognized on hedged items	8			(3		)
Net income (expense) recognized	—			—
Long-term debt:
Amounts related to interest settlements	(22		)	8
Recognized on derivatives	116			(181		)
Recognized on hedged items	(108		)	192
Net income (expense) recognized	(14		)	19
Net income (expense) recognized, total	$	(16	)	$	17

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The following table presents pre-tax gain (loss) recognized in income for derivative instruments not designated as hedges:



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	Location	2019			2018
Client-related and other risk management:
Interest rate contracts	Other noninterest income	$	10		$	15
Foreign exchange contracts	Other noninterest income	2			7
Mortgage banking:
Interest rate contracts	Mortgage banking income	(3		)	4
MSRs:
Interest rate contracts	Mortgage banking income	54			(67		)
Total		$	63		$	(41	)

The following table presents information about BB&T's cash flow and fair value hedges:



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019			Dec 31, 2018
Cash flow hedges:
Net unrecognized after-tax gain (loss) on active hedges recorded in AOCI	$	(49	)	$	(18	)
Net unrecognized after-tax gain (loss) on terminated hedges recorded in AOCI (to be recognized in earnings through 2022)	(16		)	(13		)
Estimated portion of net after-tax gain (loss) on active and terminated hedges to be reclassified from AOCI into earnings during the next 12 months	(10		)	4
Maximum time period over which BB&T has hedged a portion of the variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions excluding those transactions relating to the payment of variable interest on existing instruments	3 years			4 years
Fair value hedges:
Unrecognized pre-tax net gain (loss) on terminated hedges (to be recognized as interest primarily through 2029)	$	(46	)	$	(39	)
Portion of pre-tax net gain (loss) on terminated hedges to be recognized as a change in interest during the next 12 months	7			15

Derivatives Credit Risk – Dealer Counterparties

Credit risk related to derivatives arises when amounts receivable from a counterparty exceed those payable to the same counterparty. The risk of loss is addressed by subjecting dealer counterparties to credit reviews and approvals similar to those used in making loans or other extensions of credit and by requiring collateral. Dealer counterparties operate under agreements to provide cash and/or liquid collateral when unsecured loss positions exceed minimal limits.

Derivative contracts with dealer counterparties settle on a monthly, quarterly or semiannual basis, with daily movement of collateral between counterparties required within established netting agreements. BB&T only transacts with dealer counterparties with strong credit standings.

Derivatives Credit Risk – Central Clearing Parties

With the exception of the central clearing party used for TBA transactions that does not post variation margin to BB&T, central clearing parties exchange cash on a daily basis to settle changes in exposure. Certain derivatives are cleared through central clearing parties that require initial margin collateral. Initial margin collateral requirements are established on varying bases, with such amounts generally designed to offset the risk of non-payment. Initial margin is generally calculated by applying the maximum loss experienced in value over a specified time horizon to the portfolio of existing trades.

Derivatives Credit Risk – Risk Participation Agreements

BB&T has entered into risk participation agreements to share the credit exposure with other financial institutions on client-related interest rate derivative contracts. The notional amount of interest rate derivative risk participation agreements was $674 million at March 31, 2019 and $446 million at December 31, 2018, reported in Other in the table above. Assuming all underlying third party customers referenced in the interest rate contracts defaulted in a zero LIBOR rate environment, the maximum exposure from these agreements would be $38 million at March 31, 2019 and $26 million at December 31, 2018.

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The following table summarizes collateral positions with counterparties:



(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018
Dealer counterparties:
Cash collateral received from dealer counterparties	$	53	$	56
Derivatives in a net gain position secured by collateral received	52		55
Unsecured positions in a net gain with dealer counterparties after collateral postings	2		2
Cash collateral posted to dealer counterparties	56		75
Derivatives in a net loss position secured by collateral received	59		76
Additional collateral that would have been posted had BB&T's credit ratings dropped below investment grade	3		1
Central clearing parties:
Cash collateral, including initial margin, posted to central clearing parties	14		17
Derivatives in a net loss position	22		8
Securities pledged to central clearing parties	141		124

NOTE 17. Computation of EPS

Basic and diluted EPS calculations are presented in the following table:



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions, except per share data, shares in thousands)	2019		2018
Net income available to common shareholders	$	749	$	745
Weighted average number of common shares	764,135		779,617
Effect of dilutive outstanding equity-based awards	9,936		11,388
Weighted average number of diluted common shares	774,071		791,005
Basic EPS	$	0.98	$	0.96
Diluted EPS	$	0.97	$	0.94
Anti-dilutive awards	—		90

NOTE 18. Operating Segments

BB&T's business segment structure aligns with how management reviews performance and makes decisions by client, segment and business unit. There are four major reportable business segments: CB-Retail, CB-Commercial, FS&CF and IH. In addition, there is an OT&C segment. For additional information, see Note 19. Operating Segments of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.

The following table presents results by segment:



Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	CB-Retail				CB-Commercial				FS&CF
Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019		2018		2019		2018		2019		2018
Net interest income (expense)	$	843	$	837	$	536	$	464	$	189	$	159
Net intersegment interest income (expense)	109		48		44		70		21		18
Segment net interest income	952		885		580		534		210		177
Allocated provision for credit losses	130		122		19		37		1		(5		)
Segment net interest income after provision	822		763		561		497		209		182
Noninterest income	322		340		109		106		284		301
Noninterest expense	645		660		251		253		297		301
Income (loss) before income taxes	499		443		419		350		196		182
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	120		109		91		79		40		38
Segment net income (loss)	$	379	$	334	$	328	$	271	$	156	$	144

Identifiable assets (period end)	$	73,379	$	70,102	$	56,702	$	56,438	$	33,141	$	29,766

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	IH						OT&C (1)						Total
	2019			2018			2019			2018			2019		2018
Net interest income (expense)	$	34		$	26		$	94		$	147		$	1,696	$	1,633
Net intersegment interest income (expense)	(11		)	(6		)	(163		)	(130		)	—		—
Segment net interest income	23			20			(69		)	17			1,696		1,633
Allocated provision for credit losses	3			1			2			(5		)	155		150
Segment net interest income after provision	20			19			(71		)	22			1,541		1,483
Noninterest income	515			439			(28		)	(6		)	1,202		1,180
Noninterest expense	417			375			158			97			1,768		1,686
Income (loss) before income taxes	118			83			(257		)	(81		)	975		977
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	30			21			(104		)	(61		)	177		186
Segment net income (loss)	$	88		$	62		$	(153	)	$	(20	)	$	798	$	791

Identifiable assets (period end)	$	6,376		$	5,789		$	58,085		$	58,634		$	227,683	$	220,729


(1)	Includes financial data from business units below the quantitative and qualitative thresholds requiring disclosure.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

BB&T is a financial holding company organized under the laws of North Carolina. BB&T conducts operations through its principal bank subsidiary, Branch Bank, and its nonbank subsidiaries.

Regulatory Considerations

The extensive regulatory framework applicable to financial institutions is intended primarily for the protection of depositors, the DIF and the stability of the financial system, rather than for the protection of shareholders and creditors. In addition to banking laws, regulations and regulatory agencies, BB&T is subject to various other laws, regulations, supervision and examination by other regulatory agencies, all of which affect the operations and management of BB&T and its ability to make distributions to shareholders. Refer to BB&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for additional disclosures with respect to significant laws and regulations affecting BB&T.

In April 2019, the FRB terminated its cease and desist order related to BB&T's anti-money laundering program. No money laundering activity was identified and no financial penalty was levied in relation to this order.

Executive Overview

Overview of Significant Events and Financial Results

On February 7, 2019, BB&T entered into an agreement and plan of merger, by and between BB&T and SunTrust, pursuant to which SunTrust will merge with and into BB&T, with BB&T as the surviving entity in the merger. Immediately following the merger, SunTrust's wholly owned subsidiary, SunTrust Bank, will merge with and into Branch Bank, with Branch Bank as the surviving entity. Under the terms of the merger agreement, shareholders of SunTrust will receive 1.295 shares of BB&T common stock for each share of SunTrust common stock. The merger agreement was unanimously approved by both companies' Boards of Directors. The merger is expected to close late in the third or fourth quarter of 2019, subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, including receipt of regulatory approvals and approval by the shareholders of each company. The merger is subject to a mutual break-up fee of approximately $1.1 billion, payable in customary circumstances.

Consolidated net income available to common shareholders for the first quarter of 2019 was $749 million. On a diluted per common share basis, earnings for the first quarter of 2019 were $0.97, an increase of $0.03 compared to the first quarter of 2018.

BB&T's results of operations for the first quarter of 2019 produced an annualized return on average assets of 1.43% and an annualized return on average common shareholders' equity of 11.08%, compared to ratios for the same quarter of the prior year of 1.45% and 11.43%, respectively.

Total revenues on a TE basis were $2.9 billion for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of $86 million compared to the same period in 2018, which reflects an increase of $64 million in TE net interest income and an increase of $22 million in noninterest income.

The provision for credit losses was $155 million compared to $150 million for the first quarter of 2018. Net charge-offs were 0.40% of average loans and leases on an annualized basis for the first quarter of 2019, down one basis point compared to the first quarter of 2018.

Noninterest income for the first quarter of 2019 was up $22 million compared to the earlier quarter. Noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2019 was up $82 million compared to the earlier quarter. Merger-related and restructuring charges increased $52 million, primarily due to the announced merger of equals with SunTrust. Excluding these charges, noninterest expense was up $30 million.

The provision for income taxes was $177 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to $186 million for the earlier quarter. This produced an effective tax rate for the first quarter of 2019 of 18.2%, compared to 19.0% for the earlier quarter.

BB&T declared common dividends of $0.405 per share during the first quarter of 2019, which resulted in a dividend payout ratio of 41.3%. As previously communicated, BB&T has suspended its share repurchase program until after the completion of the merger of equals.

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Analysis of Results of Operations

Net Interest Income and NIM

First Quarter 2019 compared to First Quarter 2018

Net interest income on a TE basis was $1.7 billion for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of $64 million compared to the same period in 2018. Interest income increased $253 million, which primarily reflects higher rates. Interest expense increased $189 million primarily due to higher funding costs reflecting the impact of rate increases.

Net interest margin was 3.51%, up seven basis points compared to the earlier quarter. Average earning assets increased $3.2 billion. The increase in average earning assets reflects a $4.9 billion increase in average total loans and leases, partially offset by a decrease of $1.6 billion in average securities. Average interest-bearing liabilities increased $3.7 billion compared to the earlier quarter. Average interest-bearing deposits increased $4.0 billion, while average long-term debt decreased $430 million. The annualized yield on the total loan portfolio for the first quarter of 2019 was 5.06%, up 49 basis points compared to the earlier quarter, reflecting the impact of rate increases. The annualized yield on the average securities portfolio was 2.60%, up 16 basis points compared to the earlier period.

The average annualized cost of total deposits was 0.64%, up 34 basis points compared to the earlier quarter. The average annualized cost of interest-bearing deposits was 0.95%, up 49 basis points compared to the earlier quarter. The average annualized rate on long-term debt was 3.30%, up 76 basis points compared to the earlier quarter. The average annualized rate on short-term borrowings was 2.32%, up 89 basis points compared to the earlier quarter. The higher rates on interest-bearing liabilities reflect the impact of rate increases.

The major components of net interest income and the related annualized yields and rates as well as the variances between the periods caused by changes in interest rates versus changes in volumes are summarized below.

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Table 1: TE Net Interest Income and Rate / Volume Analysis (1)
Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	Average Balances (6)				Annualized Yield/Rate				Income/Expense				Incr. (Decr.)			Change due to
Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019		2018		2019		2018		2019		2018		Incr. (Decr.)			Rate			Volume
Assets
Total securities, at amortized cost: (2)
U.S. Treasury	$	3,302	$	3,538	2.01	%	1.77	%	$	16	$	15	$	1		$	2		$	(1	)
GSE	2,418		2,385		2.24		2.23		14		13		1			—			1
Agency MBS	40,044		40,813		2.58		2.42		258		248		10			15			(5		)
States and political subdivisions	620		1,215		3.73		3.78		6		11		(5		)	—			(5		)
Non-agency MBS	315		375		12.51		7.73		10		7		3			4			(1		)
Other	35		48		3.96		2.28		—		—		—			—			—
Total securities	46,734		48,374		2.60		2.44		304		294		10			21			(11		)
Other earning assets (3)	2,197		2,250		6.01		4.54		33		25		8			9			(1		)
Loans and leases, net of unearned income: (4)(5)
Commercial and industrial	61,370		58,627		4.33		3.72		656		537		119			93			26
CRE	20,905		21,398		5.06		4.47		261		234		27			33			(6		)
Lease financing	2,021		1,872		3.33		3.00		17		14		3			2			1
Residential mortgage	31,370		28,824		4.13		4.00		324		289		35			9			26
Direct	11,493		11,791		5.75		4.90		163		141		22			26			(4		)
Indirect	17,337		16,914		7.91		7.31		338		304		34			26			8
Revolving credit	3,110		2,798		9.49		8.94		73		67		6			2			4
PCI	455		631		17.99		19.21		20		30		(10		)	(2		)	(8		)
Total loans and leases HFI	148,061		142,855		5.06		4.57		1,852		1,616		236			189			47
LHFS	729		1,051		4.38		3.66		8		9		(1		)	2			(3		)
Total loans and leases	148,790		143,906		5.06		4.57		1,860		1,625		235			191			44
Total earning assets	197,721		194,530		4.49		4.04		2,197		1,944		253			221			32
Nonearning assets	27,852		26,889
Total assets	$	225,573	$	221,419
Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
Interest-bearing deposits:
Interest-checking	$	27,622	$	27,270	0.59		0.37		40		25		15			15			—
Money market and savings	63,325		61,690		0.96		0.44		150		67		83			81			2
Time deposits	16,393		13,847		1.50		0.68		60		23		37			32			5
Foreign deposits - interest-bearing	422		935		2.43		1.42		3		3		—			2			(2		)
Total interest-bearing deposits (7)	107,762		103,742		0.95		0.46		253		118		135			130			5
Short-term borrowings	5,624		5,477		2.32		1.43		32		20		12			11			1
Long-term debt	23,247		23,677		3.30		2.54		192		150		42			45			(3		)
Total interest-bearing liabilities	136,633		132,896		1.41		0.87		477		288		189			186			3
Noninterest-bearing deposits (7)	52,283		53,396
Other liabilities	6,116		5,599
Shareholders' equity	30,541		29,528
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$	225,573	$	221,419
Average interest-rate spread					3.08	%	3.17	%
NIM/net interest income					3.51	%	3.44	%	$	1,720	$	1,656	$	64		$	35		$	29
Taxable-equivalent adjustment									$	24	$	23


(1)	Yields are stated on a TE basis utilizing the marginal income tax rates. The change in interest not solely due to changes in rate or volume has been allocated on a pro-rata basis based on the absolute dollar amount of each.


(2)	Total securities include AFS and HTM securities.


(3)	Includes cash equivalents, interest-bearing deposits with banks, trading securities, FHLB stock and other earning assets.


(4)	Loan fees, which are not material for any of the periods shown, are included for rate calculation purposes.


(5)	NPLs are included in the average balances.


(6)	Excludes basis adjustments for fair value hedges.


(7)	Total deposit costs were 0.64% and 0.30% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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Provision for Credit Losses

First Quarter 2019 compared to First Quarter 2018

The provision for credit losses was $155 million, compared to $150 million for the earlier quarter. Net charge-offs for the first quarter of 2019 totaled $147 million compared to $145 million in the earlier period.

Net charge-offs were 0.40% of average loans and leases on an annualized basis for the first quarter of 2019, down one basis point compared to the first quarter of 2018.

Noninterest Income

Noninterest income is a significant contributor to BB&T's financial results. Management focuses on diversifying its sources of revenue to further reduce BB&T's reliance on traditional spread-based interest income, as certain fee-based activities are a relatively stable revenue source during periods of changing interest rates.



Table 2: Noninterest Income
Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019		2018		% Change
Insurance income	$	510	$	436	17.0	%
Service charges on deposits	171		165		3.6
Investment banking and brokerage fees and commissions	111		113		(1.8	)
Mortgage banking income	63		99		(36.4	)
Trust and investment advisory revenues	68		72		(5.6	)
Bankcard fees and merchant discounts	70		69		1.4
Checkcard fees	55		52		5.8
Operating lease income	35		37		(5.4	)
Income from bank-owned life insurance	28		31		(9.7	)
Other income	91		106		(14.2	)
Total noninterest income	$	1,202	$	1,180	1.9

First Quarter 2019 compared to First Quarter 2018

Noninterest income for the first quarter of 2019 was up $22 million compared to the earlier quarter. Insurance income increased $74 million to record levels due to higher production and the acquisition of Regions Insurance. Mortgage banking income decreased $36 million primarily due to lower residential mortgage sales, as well as a decrease in commercial mortgage banking revenue. Other income decreased $15 million due to sundry items.

Noninterest Expense

The following table provides a breakdown of BB&T's noninterest expense:



Table 3: Noninterest Expense
Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019		2018		% Change
Personnel expense	$	1,087	$	1,039	4.6	%
Occupancy and equipment expense	187		194		(3.6	)
Software expense	72		65		10.8
Outside IT services	30		32		(6.3	)
Regulatory charges	18		40		(55.0	)
Amortization of intangibles	32		33		(3.0	)
Loan-related expense	25		29		(13.8	)
Professional services	31		30		3.3
Merger-related and restructuring charges, net	80		28		185.7
Other expense	206		196		5.1
Total noninterest expense	$	1,768	$	1,686	4.9

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First Quarter 2019 compared to First Quarter 2018

Noninterest expense for the first quarter of 2019 was up $82 million compared to the earlier quarter. Merger-related and restructuring charges increased $52 million, primarily due to the announced merger of equals with SunTrust. Excluding these charges, noninterest expense was up $30 million. Personnel expense increased $48 million compared to the earlier quarter, primarily due to higher incentives, partially due to the Regions Insurance acquisition, and lower capitalized employee costs. The lower capitalized employee costs reflect efficiencies in the loan closing process. Regulatory charges decreased $22 million as a result of the DIF reaching the targeted level.

Merger-Related and Restructuring Charges

The following table presents a summary of merger-related and restructuring charges and the related accruals:



Table 4: Merger-Related and Restructuring Accrual Activity
Three Months Ended March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Accrual at Jan 1, 2019		Expense		Utilized			Accrual at Mar 31, 2019
Severance and personnel-related	$	43	$	16	$	(49	)	$	10
Occupancy and equipment (1)	—		9		(9		)	—
Professional services	1		51		(8		)	44
Systems conversion and related costs	—		—		—			—
Other adjustments	—		4		(2		)	2
Total	$	44	$	80	$	(68	)	$	56

(1) Certain lease reserves are no longer required as a result of new lease accounting guidance adopted in the first quarter of 2019. See additional information in Note 1. Basis of Presentation.

Provision for Income Taxes

Three Months of 2019 compared to Three Months of 2018

Segment Results

See Note 18. Operating Segments herein and Note 19. Operating Segments in BB&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, for additional disclosures related to BB&T's reportable business segments. Fluctuations in noninterest income and noninterest expense incurred directly by the segments are more fully discussed in the Noninterest Income and Noninterest Expense sections above.



Table 5: Net Income by Reportable Segment
Three Months Ended March 31, (Dollars in millions)	2019			2018			% Change
Community Banking Retail and Consumer Finance	$	379		$	334		13.5	%
Community Banking Commercial	328			271			21.0
Financial Services and Commercial Finance	156			144			8.3
Insurance Holdings	88			62			41.9
Other, Treasury & Corporate	(153		)	(20		)	NM
BB&T Corporation	$	798		$	791		0.9

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First Quarter 2019 compared to First Quarter 2018

Community Banking Retail and Consumer Finance

CB-Retail serves retail clients by offering a variety of loan and deposit products, payment services, bankcard products and other financial services by connecting clients to a wide range of financial products and services. CB-Retail includes Dealer Retail Services, which originates loans on an indirect basis to consumers for the purchase of automobiles, boats and recreational vehicles. Additionally, CB-Retail includes specialty finance lending, small equipment leasing and other products for consumers. CB-Retail also includes Residential Mortgage Banking, which originates and purchases mortgage loans to either hold for investment or sell to third parties. BB&T generally retains the servicing rights to loans sold. Mortgage products include fixed and adjustable-rate government guaranteed and conventional loans used for the purpose of constructing, purchasing or refinancing residential properties. Substantially all of the properties are owner-occupied. Residential Mortgage Banking also includes Mortgage Warehouse Lending, which provides short-term lending solutions to finance first-lien residential mortgages held-for-sale by independent mortgage companies.

CB-Retail net income was $379 million for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of $45 million compared to the earlier quarter. Segment net interest income increased $67 million primarily due to higher funding spreads on deposits and average loan growth, partially offset by lower credit spreads on loans. Noninterest income decreased primarily due to a decline in mortgage banking income due to a lower volume of loan sales. Noninterest expense decreased primarily due to lower personnel expense.

CB-Retail average loans and leases held for investment increased $3.1 billion, or 4.9%, compared to the earlier period. The increase was primarily driven by growth in average residential mortgage loans of $2.5 billion, or 8.8% and growth in indirect loans of $429 million, or 2.5%.

CB-Retail average total deposits increased $167 million, or 0.2%, compared to the earlier period. The increase was primarily driven by growth in average money market and savings of $706 million, or 2.0% and noninterest-bearing deposits of $460 million, or 2.8%. These increases were mostly offset by a decrease in interest checking of $1.1 billion, or 6.6%.

Community Banking Commercial

CB-Commercial serves large, medium and small business clients by offering a variety of loan and deposit products and connecting clients to the combined organization's broad array of financial services. CB-Commercial includes CRE lending, commercial and industrial lending, corporate banking, asset-based lending, dealer inventory financing, tax-exempt financing, cash management and treasury services, and commercial deposit products.

CB-Commercial net income was $328 million for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of $57 million compared to the earlier quarter. Segment net interest income increased $46 million primarily driven by higher funding spreads, partially offset by lower credit spreads on loans. Noninterest income was essentially flat compared to the earlier quarter. The allocated provision for credit losses decreased primarily due to the impact of average loan growth in the earlier quarter and lower net charge offs. Noninterest expense was essentially flat compared to the earlier quarter.

CB-Commercial average loans and leases held for investment increased $295 million, or 0.6%, compared to the earlier period. Average commercial and industrial loans increased $984 million, or 3.0%, while average commercial real estate loans declined $590 million, or 3.0% and average PCI loans declined $91 million, or 32.7%.

Average total deposits decreased $660 million, or 1.1%, compared to the earlier period driven by declines in average noninterest bearing deposits of $1.3 billion, or 3.7%, partially offset by an increase in average money market and savings of $477 million, or 3.2%, and time deposits of $147 million, or 17.3%.

Financial Services and Commercial Finance

FS&CF provides personal trust administration, estate planning, investment counseling, wealth management, asset management, corporate retirement services, capital markets and corporate banking services, specialty finance and corporate trust services to individuals, corporations, institutions, foundations and government entities. In addition, the segment includes BB&T Securities, a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm, which offers clients a variety of investment services, including discount brokerage services, equities, annuities, mutual funds and government bonds. The Corporate Banking Division originates and services large corporate relationships, syndicated lending relationships and client derivatives while the specialty finance products offered by FS&CF include equipment finance, tax-exempt financing for local governments and special-purpose entities, and full-service commercial mortgage banking lending.

FS&CF net income was $156 million for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of $12 million compared to the earlier quarter. Segment net interest income increased $33 million primarily driven by average loan growth and higher funding spreads, partially offset by lower credit spreads on loans. Noninterest income decreased primarily due to a decline in commercial mortgage banking income.

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FS&CF average loans and leases held for investment increased $2.1 billion, or 7.8%, compared to the earlier period. The increase was primarily driven by higher loans held for investment for Corporate Banking of $1.8 billion, or 11.8%, and Wealth and Retirement Services of $185 million, or 10.0%.

FS&CF average total deposits increased $676 million, or 2.4%, compared to the earlier period primarily driven by growth in average total deposits for Wealth and Retirement Services of $459 million, or 2.8%.

Insurance Holdings and Premium Finance

BB&T's insurance agency / brokerage network is the fifth largest in the world. IH provides property and casualty, employee benefits and life insurance to businesses and individuals. It also provides small business and corporate services, such as workers compensation and professional liability, as well as surety coverage and title insurance. In addition, IH includes commercial and retail insurance premium finance.

IH net income was $88 million for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of $26 million compared to the earlier quarter. Noninterest income increased $76 million, primarily due to higher production and the acquisition of Regions Insurance, which contributed $46 million. Noninterest expense increased $42 million primarily due to the acquisition of Regions Insurance.

Other, Treasury & Corporate

Net income in OT&C can vary due to the changing needs of the Corporation, including the size of the investment portfolio, the need for wholesale funding and income received from derivatives used to hedge the balance sheet.

OT&C generated a net loss of $153 million in the first quarter of 2019, compared to a net loss of $20 million in the earlier quarter. Segment net interest income decreased $86 million primarily due to an increase in the rates on long-term debt, and an increase in the net credit for funds provided to other operating segments. Noninterest income decreased $22 million primarily due to sundry items. Noninterest expense increased $61 million primarily due to merger-related charges in the current quarter. The benefit for income taxes increased $43 million primarily due to a higher pre-tax loss and a higher tax benefit from discrete items compared to the earlier quarter.

Analysis of Financial Condition

Investment Activities

The securities portfolio totaled $46.4 billion at March 31, 2019, compared to $45.6 billion at December 31, 2018, primarily driven by a $2.4 billion increase in agency MBS, partially offset by a $1.6 billion decrease in U.S. Treasury securities.

As of March 31, 2019, approximately 6.4% of the securities portfolio was variable rate, compared to 6.5% as of December 31, 2018. The effective duration of the securities portfolio was 4.2 years at March 31, 2019, compared to 4.8 years at December 31, 2018. The duration of the securities portfolio excludes certain non-agency MBS.

U.S. Treasury, GSE and Agency MBS represented 97.5% of the total securities portfolio as of March 31, 2019, compared to 97.3% as of prior year end.

Lending Activities

Loans HFI totaled $149.1 billion at March 31, 2019, compared to $149.0 billion at December 31, 2018. Management continuously evaluates the composition of the loan portfolio taking into consideration the current and expected market conditions, interest rate environment and risk profiles to optimize profitability. Based upon this evaluation, management may decide to focus efforts on growing or decreasing exposures in certain portfolios through both organic changes and portfolio acquisitions or sales.

Certain residential mortgage loans have an initial period where the borrower is only required to pay the periodic interest. After the interest-only period, the loan will require the payment of both interest and principal over the remaining term. The outstanding balances of variable rate residential mortgage loans in the interest-only phase were approximately $60 million and $64 million at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively. At March 31, 2019, approximately 96.6% of the interest-only balances will begin amortizing within the next three years compared to 95.9% at December 31, 2018.

The direct retail portfolio includes variable rate home equity lines and other lines of credit whose rate typically reset on a monthly basis. Home equity lines generally require interest-only payments during the first 15 years after origination. After this initial period, the outstanding balance begins amortizing and requires the payment of both interest and principal. The following table presents additional information over variable rate lines of credit:

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Table 6: Variable Rate Lines of Credit
	Home Equity Lines						Other Lines of Credit
(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019			Dec 31, 2018			Mar 31, 2019			Dec 31, 2018
Total variable rate lines	$	6,979		$	7,201		$	1,064		$	1,067
Amount in interest-only phase	5,580			5,730			952			949
Percent in interest-only phase that will begin amortizing within 3 years	10.5		%	10.3		%	15.0		%	15.9		%

The following table presents the most recent composition of average loans and leases:



Table 7: Composition of Average Loans and Leases
For the Three Months Ended (Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018		Sep 30, 2018		Jun 30, 2018		Mar 31, 2018
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	61,370	$	60,553	$	59,900	$	59,548	$	58,627
CRE	20,905		21,301		21,496		21,546		21,398
Lease financing	2,021		1,990		1,941		1,862		1,872
Retail:
Residential mortgage	31,370		31,103		30,500		29,272		28,824
Direct	11,493		11,600		11,613		11,680		11,791
Indirect	17,337		17,436		17,282		16,804		16,914
Revolving credit	3,110		3,070		2,947		2,831		2,798
PCI	455		486		518		559		631
Total average loans and leases HFI	$	148,061	$	147,539	$	146,197	$	144,102	$	142,855

Average loans held for investment for the first quarter of 2019 were $148.1 billion, up $522 million, or 1.4% annualized compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.

Average commercial and industrial loans increased $817 million driven by strong growth in corporate banking, as well as growth from the community bank, partially offset by a decline in mortgage warehouse lending. Average CRE loans decreased $396 million, primarily due to a decrease in construction loans. Average residential mortgage loans increased $267 million primarily due to the retention of a portion of the conforming mortgage production.

Average direct loans decreased $107 million. The decrease was primarily due to acquired portfolio run off.

Average indirect retail loans decreased $99 million. The decrease was primarily due to seasonality for power sports, partially offset by growth in automobile lending.

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Asset Quality

The following tables summarize asset quality information for the past five quarters:



Table 8: Asset Quality
(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018		Sep 30, 2018		Jun 30, 2018		Mar 31, 2018
NPAs:
NPLs:
Commercial and industrial	$	196	$	200	$	238	$	243	$	257
CRE	75		65		46		61		67
Lease financing	1		3		6		9		13
Residential mortgage	121		119		120		119		127
Direct	53		53		55		58		64
Indirect	80		82		72		68		74
Total NPLs HFI	526		522		537		558		602
Foreclosed real estate	33		35		39		43		40
Other foreclosed property	25		28		25		23		27
Total nonperforming assets (1)	$	584	$	585	$	601	$	624	$	669
Performing TDRs:
Commercial and industrial	$	63	$	65	$	56	$	44	$	38
CRE	9		10		12		11		12
Residential mortgage	669		656		643		647		627
Direct	54		55		56		58		59
Indirect	306		305		295		284		277
Revolving credit	29		28		28		29		29
Total performing TDRs (2)(3)	$	1,130	$	1,119	$	1,090	$	1,073	$	1,042
Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing:
Residential mortgage	$	377	$	405	$	367	$	374	$	420
Direct	7		7		6		4		6
Indirect	5		6		6		4		5
Revolving credit	14		14		12		10		11
PCI	28		30		40		43		48
Total loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing	$	431	$	462	$	431	$	435	$	490
Loans 30-89 days past due:
Commercial and industrial	$	36	$	34	$	35	$	26	$	31
CRE	3		5		4		4		10
Lease financing	3		1		1		2		1
Residential mortgage	478		456		510		441		400
Direct	67		61		59		52		55
Indirect	316		436		418		337		272
Revolving credit	27		28		27		21		21
PCI	18		23		21		22		24
Total loans 30-89 days past due	$	948	$	1,044	$	1,075	$	905	$	814

Excludes loans held for sale.


(1)	Sales of nonperforming loans totaled $30 million, $30 million, $20 million, $12 million and $33 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, December 31, 2018, September 30, 2018, June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively.


(2)	Excludes TDRs that are nonperforming totaling $178 million, $176 million, $176 million, $191 million and $196 million at March 31, 2019, December 31, 2018, September 30, 2018, June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively. These amounts are included in total nonperforming assets.


(3)	Sales of performing TDRs, which were primarily residential mortgage loans, totaled $33 million, $15 million, $34 million, $17 million and $29 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, December 31, 2018, September 30, 2018, June 30, 2018 and March 31, 2018, respectively.

Nonperforming assets totaled $584 million at March 31, 2019, essentially flat compared to December 31, 2018. Nonperforming loans and leases represented 0.35% of loans and leases held for investment, unchanged compared to December 31, 2018.

Performing TDRs were up $11 million during the first quarter primarily in residential mortgage loans.

Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing totaled $431 million at March 31, 2019, down $31 million compared to the prior quarter. The ratio of loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing as a percentage of loans and leases was 0.29% at March 31, 2019, compared to 0.31% for the prior quarter. Excluding government guaranteed and PCI loans, the ratio of loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing as a percentage of loans and leases was 0.04% at March 31, 2019, unchanged from the prior quarter.

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Loans 30-89 days past due and still accruing totaled $948 million at March 31, 2019, down $96 million compared to the prior quarter, primarily due to an expected seasonal decline in indirect automobile lending.

Problem loans include NPLs and loans that are 90 days or more past due and still accruing as disclosed in Table 8. In addition, for the commercial portfolio segment, loans that are rated special mention or substandard performing are closely monitored by management as potential problem loans. Refer to Note 4. Loans and ACL herein for additional disclosures related to these potential problem loans.



Table 9: Asset Quality Ratios
As of / For the Three Months Ended	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018		Sep 30, 2018		Jun 30, 2018		Mar 31, 2018
Loans 30-89 days past due and still accruing as a percentage of loans and leases HFI	0.64	%	0.70	%	0.73	%	0.62	%	0.57	%
Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing as a percentage of loans and leases HFI	0.29		0.31		0.29		0.30		0.34
NPLs as a percentage of loans and leases HFI	0.35		0.35		0.37		0.38		0.42
NPAs as a percentage of:
Total assets	0.26		0.26		0.27		0.28		0.30
Loans and leases HFI plus foreclosed property	0.39		0.39		0.41		0.43		0.47
Net charge-offs as a percentage of average loans and leases HFI	0.40		0.38		0.35		0.30		0.41
ALLL as a percentage of loans and leases HFI	1.05		1.05		1.05		1.05		1.05
Ratio of ALLL to:
Net charge-offs	2.62x		2.76x		3.05x		3.49x		2.55x
NPLs	2.97x		2.99x		2.86x		2.74x		2.49x
Loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing as a percentage of loans and leases HFI (1)	0.04	%	0.04	%	0.04	%	0.04	%	0.04	%

Applicable ratios are annualized.

(1)

This asset quality ratio has been adjusted to remove the impact of government guaranteed mortgage loans and PCI. Management believes the inclusion of such assets in this asset quality ratio results in distortion of this ratio such that it might not be reflective of asset collectability or might not be comparable to other periods presented or to other portfolios that do not have government guarantees or were not impacted by PCI accounting requirements.

The following table presents activity related to NPAs:



Table 10: Rollforward of NPAs
(Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
Balance, January 1	$	585		$	627
New NPAs	294			363
Advances and principal increases	64			89
Disposals of foreclosed assets (1)	(122		)	(119		)
Disposals of NPLs (2)	(30		)	(33		)
Charge-offs and losses	(71		)	(64		)
Payments	(106		)	(152		)
Transfers to performing status	(30		)	(41		)
Other, net	—			(1		)
Ending balance, March 31	$	584		$	669


(1)	Includes charge-offs and losses recorded upon sale of $58 million and $23 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.


(2)	Includes charge-offs and losses recorded upon sale of $6 million and $10 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

TDRs occur when a borrower is experiencing, or is expected to experience, financial difficulties in the near-term and a concession has been granted to the borrower. As a result, BB&T will work with the borrower to prevent further difficulties and ultimately improve the likelihood of recovery on the loan. To facilitate this process, a concessionary modification that would not otherwise be considered may be granted, resulting in classification of the loan as a TDR.

The following table provides a summary of performing TDR activity:

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Table 11: Rollforward of Performing TDRs
(Dollars in millions)	2019			2018
Balance, January 1	$	1,119		$	1,043
Inflows	152			133
Payments and payoffs	(55		)	(42		)
Charge-offs	(16		)	(17		)
Transfers to nonperforming TDRs, net	(19		)	(27		)
Removal due to the passage of time	(14		)	(14		)
Non-concessionary re-modifications	(4		)	(5		)
Transferred to LHFS and/or sold	(33		)	(29		)
Balance, March 31	$	1,130		$	1,042

The following table provides further details regarding the payment status of TDRs outstanding at March 31, 2019:



Table 12: Payment Status of TDRs (1)
March 31, 2019 (Dollars in millions)	Current				Past Due 30-89 Days				Past Due 90 Days Or More				Total
Performing TDRs:
Commercial:
Commercial and industrial	$	62	98.4	%	$	1	1.6	%	$	—	—	%	$	63
CRE	9		100.0		—		—		—		—		9
Retail:
Residential mortgage	384		57.4		121		18.1		164		24.5		669
Direct	52		96.3		2		3.7		—		—		54
Indirect	261		85.3		45		14.7		—		—		306
Revolving credit	25		86.3		3		10.3		1		3.4		29
Total performing TDRs	793		70.2		172		15.2		165		14.6		1,130
Nonperforming TDRs	85		47.8		13		7.3		80		44.9		178
Total TDRs	$	878	67.2		$	185	14.1		$	245	18.7		$	1,308


(1)	Past due performing TDRs are included in past due disclosures and nonperforming TDRs are included in NPL disclosures.

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ACL

Activity related to the ACL is presented in the following tables:



Table 13: Activity in ACL
	As of / For The Three Months Ended
(Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019			Dec 31, 2018			Sep 30, 2018			Jun 30, 2018			Mar 31, 2018
Balance, beginning of period	$	1,651		$	1,648		$	1,640		$	1,614		$	1,609
Provision for credit losses (excluding PCI loans)	156			147			141			142			153
Provision (benefit) for PCI loans	(1		)	(1		)	(6		)	(7		)	(3		)
Charge-offs:
Commercial and industrial	(17		)	(18		)	(28		)	(23		)	(23		)
CRE	(8		)	(5		)	—			(2		)	(6		)
Lease financing	(1		)	(1		)	(1		)	(1		)	(1		)
Residential mortgage	(5		)	(8		)	(4		)	(5		)	(4		)
Direct	(18		)	(18		)	(17		)	(17		)	(19		)
Indirect	(109		)	(108		)	(94		)	(82		)	(107		)
Revolving credit	(26		)	(22		)	(20		)	(21		)	(21		)
PCI	—			—			(2		)	—			—
Total charge-offs	(184		)	(180		)	(166		)	(151		)	(181		)
Recoveries:
Commercial and industrial	6			7			13			11			8
CRE	1			4			1			1			2
Lease financing	—			—			—			1			—
Residential mortgage	1			1			—			1			—
Direct	6			5			6			6			6
Indirect	17			15			15			17			15
Revolving credit	6			5			4			5			5
Total recoveries	37			37			39			42			36
Net charge-offs	(147		)	(143		)	(127		)	(109		)	(145		)
Balance, end of period	$	1,659		$	1,651		$	1,648		$	1,640		$	1,614
ALLL (excluding PCI loans)	$	1,553		$	1,549		$	1,528		$	1,512		$	1,473
ALLL for PCI loans	8			9			10			18			25
RUFC	98			93			110			110			116
Total ACL	$	1,659		$	1,651		$	1,648		$	1,640		$	1,614

The ACL consists of the ALLL, which is presented separately on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and the RUFC, which is included in other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The ACL totaled $1.7 billion at March 31, 2019, up $8 million compared to December 31, 2018.

The ALLL, excluding PCI, was $1.6 billion, up $4 million compared to December 31, 2018. The allowance for PCI loans was $8 million, down $1 million compared to December 31, 2018. As of March 31, 2019, the total allowance for loan and lease losses was 1.05% of loans and leases held for investment, unchanged compared to December 31, 2018. These amounts include acquired loans, which were marked to fair value and did not receive an ALLL at the acquisition date.

The ALLL was 2.97 times NPLs held for investment, compared to 2.99 times at December 31, 2018. At March 31, 2019, the ALLL was 2.62 times annualized quarterly net charge-offs, compared to 2.98 times annual net-charge-offs at December 31, 2018.

Net charge-offs during the first quarter of 2019 totaled $147 million, or 0.40% of average loans and leases, down one basis point compared to the first quarter of 2018.

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The following table presents an allocation of the ALLL at the periods shown. This allocation of the ALLL is calculated on an approximate basis and is not necessarily indicative of future losses or allocations. The entire amount of the allowance is available to absorb losses occurring in any category of loans and leases.



Table 14: Allocation of ALLL by Category
	March 31, 2019				December 31, 2018
(Dollars in millions)	Amount		% Loans in each category		Amount		% Loans in each category
Commercial and industrial	$	548	41.5	%	$	546	41.5	%
CRE	196		14.0		190		14.1
Lease financing	11		1.4		11		1.4
Residential mortgage	225		21.2		232		21.1
Direct	96		7.7		97		7.8
Indirect	358		11.8		356		11.7
Revolving credit	119		2.1		117		2.1
PCI	8		0.3		9		0.3
Total ALLL	1,561		100.0	%	1,558		100.0	%
RUFC	98				93
Total ACL	$	1,659			$	1,651

BB&T monitors the performance of its home equity loans and lines secured by second liens similarly to other consumer loans and utilizes assumptions specific to these loans in determining the necessary ALLL. BB&T also receives notification when the first lien holder, whether BB&T or another financial institution, has initiated foreclosure proceedings against the borrower. When notified that the first lien is in the process of foreclosure, BB&T obtains valuations to determine if any additional charge-offs or reserves are warranted. These valuations are updated at least annually thereafter.

BB&T has limited ability to monitor the delinquency status of the first lien, unless the first lien is held or serviced by BB&T. As a result, using migration assumptions that are based on historical experience and adjusted for current trends, BB&T estimates the volume of second lien positions where the first lien is delinquent and adjusts the ALLL to reflect the increased risk of loss on these credits. Finally, BB&T also provides additional reserves for second lien positions when the estimated combined current loan to value ratio for the credit exceeds 100%. As of March 31, 2019, BB&T held or serviced the first lien on 29.7% of its second lien positions.

Funding Activities

Deposits

Deposits totaled $159.8 billion at March 31, 2019, a decrease of $1.4 billion from December 31, 2018, primarily due to a decline in commercial time deposits.

The following table presents the most recent composition of average deposits:



Table 15: Composition of Average Deposits
Three Months Ended (Dollars in millions)	Mar 31, 2019		Dec 31, 2018		Sep 30, 2018		Jun 30, 2018		Mar 31, 2018
Noninterest-bearing deposits	$	52,283	$	53,732	$	54,174	$	53,963	$	53,396
Interest checking	27,622		26,921		26,655		26,969		27,270
Money market and savings	63,325		62,261		62,957		62,105		61,690
Time deposits	16,393		14,682		13,353		13,966		13,847
Foreign office deposits - interest-bearing	422		246		132		673		935
Total average deposits	$	160,045	$	157,842	$	157,271	$	157,676	$	157,138

Average deposits for the first quarter of 2019 were $160.0 billion, up $2.2 billion compared to the prior quarter. Average noninterest-bearing deposits decreased $1.4 billion, reflecting seasonality and decreases in commercial balances.

Average interest checking increased $701 million primarily due to increases in commercial and public fund balances. Average money market and savings deposits increased $1.1 billion primarily due to increases in personal and commercial balances. Average time deposits increased $1.7 billion primarily due to an increase in commercial balances. Average foreign office deposits increased $176 million due to changes in the overall funding mix.

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Noninterest-bearing deposits represented 32.7% of total average deposits for the first quarter, compared to 34.0% for the prior quarter and the same quarter a year ago. The cost of total deposits was 0.64% for the first quarter, up 12 basis points compared to the prior quarter. The cost of interest-bearing deposits was 0.95% for the first quarter, up 17 basis points compared to the prior quarter.

Borrowings

At March 31, 2019, short-term borrowings totaled $6.3 billion, an increase of $1.1 billion compared to December 31, 2018. Short-term borrowings fluctuate based on the Company's funding needs. Average short-term borrowings were $5.6 billion or 2.5% of total funding on average in the first quarter of 2019 as compared to $5.5 billion or 2.5% in the same period of 2018.

Long-term debt provides funding and, to a lesser extent, regulatory capital, and primarily consists of senior and subordinated notes issued by BB&T and Branch Bank. Long-term debt totaled $24.7 billion at March 31, 2019, an increase of $1.0 billion compared to December 31, 2018. The corporation issued $1.4 billion of senior notes and $650 million of subordinated notes, which was partially offset by the maturity of $1.1 billion of senior notes. The average cost of long-term debt was 3.30% in the first quarter of 2019, up 11 basis points compared to the fourth quarter of 2018.

FHLB advances represented 7.1% of total outstanding long-term debt at March 31, 2019, compared to 7.4% at December 31, 2018. See Note 9. Long-Term Debt for additional disclosures.

Shareholders' Equity

Total shareholders' equity was $30.9 billion at March 31, 2019, an increase of $705 million from December 31, 2018. Significant additions include net income of $798 million and an increase in AOCI of $294 million, which was partially offset by a decrease of $352 million for common and preferred dividends. BB&T's book value per common share at March 31, 2019 was $36.26, compared to $35.46 at December 31, 2018.

Risk Management

BB&T has a strong and consistent risk culture, based on established risk values, which promotes predictable and consistent performance within an environment of open communication and effective challenge. The strong culture influences all associates in the organization daily and helps them evaluate whether risks are acceptable or unacceptable while making decisions that balance quality, profitability and growth appropriately. BB&T's effective risk management framework establishes an environment which enables it to achieve superior performance relative to peers, ensures that BB&T is viewed among the safest of banks and assures the operational freedom to act on opportunities.

BB&T ensures that there is an appropriate return for the amount of risk taken, and that the expected return is in line with its strategic objectives and business plan. Risk-taking activities are evaluated and prioritized to identify those that present attractive risk-adjusted returns while preserving asset value. BB&T only undertakes risks that are understood and can be managed effectively. By managing risk well, BB&T ensures sufficient capital is available to maintain and grow core business operations in a safe and sound manner.

Regardless of financial gain or loss to the Company, associates are held accountable if they do not follow the established risk management policies and procedures. Compensation decisions take into account an associate's adherence to, and successful implementation of, BB&T's risk values. The compensation structure supports the Company's core values and sound risk management practices in an effort to promote judicious risk-taking behavior.

BB&T's risk culture encourages transparency and open dialogue between all levels in the performance of organizational functions, such as the development, marketing and implementation of a product or service.

The principal types of inherent risk include compliance, credit, liquidity, market, operational, cyber security, model, reputation and strategic risks. Refer to BB&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for disclosures related to each of these risks under the section titled "Risk Management."

Market Risk Management

The effective management of market risk is essential to achieving BB&T's strategic financial objectives. As a financial institution, BB&T's most significant market risk exposure is interest rate risk in its balance sheet; however, market risk also includes product liquidity risk, price risk and volatility risk in BB&T's BUs. The primary objectives of market risk management are to minimize any adverse effect that changes in market risk factors may have on net interest income, net income and capital and to offset the risk of price changes for certain assets recorded at fair value. At BB&T, market risk management also includes the enterprise-wide IPV function.

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Interest Rate Market Risk (Other than Trading)

BB&T actively manages market risk associated with asset and liability portfolios with a focus on the strategic pricing of asset and liability accounts and management of appropriate maturity mixes of assets and liabilities. The goal of these activities is the development of appropriate maturity and repricing opportunities in BB&T's portfolios of assets and liabilities that will produce reasonably consistent net interest income during periods of changing interest rates. These portfolios are analyzed for proper fixed-rate and variable-rate mixes under various interest rate scenarios.

The asset/liability management process is designed to achieve relatively stable NIM and assure liquidity by coordinating the volumes, maturities or repricing opportunities of earning assets, deposits and borrowed funds. Among other things, this process gives consideration to prepayment trends related to securities, loans and leases and certain deposits that have no stated maturity. Prepayment assumptions are developed using a combination of market data and internal historical prepayment experience for residential mortgage-related loans and securities, and internal historical prepayment experience for client deposits with no stated maturity and loans that are not residential mortgage related. These assumptions are subject to monthly review and adjustment, and are modified as deemed necessary to reflect changes in interest rates relative to the reference rate of the underlying assets or liabilities. On a monthly basis, BB&T evaluates the accuracy of its Simulation model, which includes an evaluation of its prepayment assumptions, to ensure that all significant assumptions inherent in the model appropriately reflect changes in the interest rate environment and related trends in prepayment activity. It is the responsibility of the MRLCC to determine and achieve the most appropriate volume and mix of earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, as well as to ensure an adequate level of liquidity and capital, within the context of corporate performance goals. The MRLCC also sets policy guidelines and establishes long-term strategies with respect to interest rate risk exposure and liquidity. The MRLCC meets regularly to review BB&T's interest rate risk and liquidity positions in relation to present and prospective market and business conditions, and adopts funding and balance sheet management strategies that are intended to ensure that the potential impacts on earnings and liquidity as a result of fluctuations in interest rates are within acceptable tolerance guidelines.

BB&T uses derivatives primarily to manage economic risk related to securities, commercial loans, MSRs and mortgage banking operations, long-term debt and other funding sources. BB&T also uses derivatives to facilitate transactions on behalf of its clients. As of March 31, 2019, BB&T had derivative financial instruments outstanding with notional amounts totaling $73.0 billion, with a net fair value of $158 million. See Note 16. Derivative Financial Instruments for additional disclosures.

The majority of BB&T's assets and liabilities are monetary in nature and, therefore, differ from most commercial and industrial companies that have significant investments in fixed assets or inventories. Fluctuations in interest rates and actions of the FRB to regulate the availability and cost of credit have a greater effect on a financial institution's profitability than do the effects of higher costs for goods and services. Through its balance sheet management function, which is monitored by the MRLCC, management believes that BB&T is positioned to respond to changing needs for liquidity, changes in interest rates and inflationary trends.

Management uses the Simulation to measure the sensitivity of projected earnings to changes in interest rates. The Simulation projects net interest income and interest rate risk for a rolling two-year period of time. The Simulation takes into account the current contractual agreements that BB&T has made with its customers on deposits, borrowings, loans, investments and commitments to enter into those transactions. Furthermore, the Simulation considers the impact of expected customer behavior. Management monitors BB&T's interest sensitivity by means of a model that incorporates the current volumes, average rates earned and paid, and scheduled maturities and payments of asset and liability portfolios, together with multiple scenarios that include projected prepayments, repricing opportunities and anticipated volume growth. Using this information, the model projects earnings based on projected portfolio balances under multiple interest rate scenarios. This level of detail is needed to simulate the effect that changes in interest rates and portfolio balances may have on the earnings of BB&T. This method is subject to the accuracy of the assumptions that underlie the process, but management believes that it provides a better illustration of the sensitivity of earnings to changes in interest rates than other analyses such as static or dynamic gap. In addition to the Simulation, BB&T uses EVE analysis to focus on projected changes in asset and liability values given potential changes in interest rates. This measure also allows BB&T to analyze interest rate risk that falls outside the analysis window contained in the Simulation. The EVE model is a discounted cash flow of the portfolio of assets, liabilities, and derivative instruments. The difference in the present value of assets minus the present value of liabilities is defined as the economic value of equity.

The asset/liability management process requires a number of key assumptions. Management determines the most likely outlook for the economy and interest rates by analyzing external factors, including published economic projections and data, the effects of likely monetary and fiscal policies, as well as any enacted or prospective regulatory changes. BB&T's current and prospective liquidity position, current balance sheet volumes and projected growth, accessibility of funds for short-term needs and capital maintenance are also considered. This data is combined with various interest rate scenarios to provide management with the information necessary to analyze interest sensitivity and to aid in the development of strategies to reach performance goals.

The following table shows the effect that the indicated changes in interest rates would have on net interest income as projected for the next twelve months assuming a gradual change in interest rates as described below. Key assumptions in the preparation of the table include prepayment speeds of mortgage-related and other assets, cash flows and maturities of derivative financial instruments, loan volumes and pricing, deposit beta, customer preferences and capital plans. The resulting change in net interest income reflects the level of interest rate sensitivity that income has in relation to the investment, loan and deposit portfolios.

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Table 16: Interest Sensitivity Simulation Analysis
Interest Rate Scenario					Annualized Hypothetical Percentage Change in Net Interest Income
Linear Change in Prime Rate	Prime Rate
Linear Change in Prime Rate	Mar 31, 2019		Mar 31, 2018		Mar 31, 2019		Mar 31, 2018
Up 200	7.50	%	6.75	%	1.33	%	3.76	%
Up 100	6.50		5.75		1.04		2.40
No Change	5.50		4.75		—		—
Down 100	4.50		3.75		(3.89	)	(5.64	)
Down 200	3.50		N/A		(7.25	)	N/A

Rate sensitivity decreased from March 31, 2018, primarily driven by loan and deposit mix changes partially offset by higher balances of fixed rate long-term debt.

Management considers how the balance sheet and interest rate risk position could be impacted by changes in balance sheet mix. Liquidity in the banking industry has been very strong during the current economic cycle. Much of this liquidity increase has been due to a significant increase in noninterest-bearing demand deposits. Consistent with the industry, Branch Bank has seen a significant increase in this funding source. The behavior of these deposits is one of the most important assumptions used in determining the interest rate risk position of BB&T. A loss of these deposits in the future would reduce the asset sensitivity of BB&T's balance sheet as the Company increases interest-bearing funds to offset the loss of this advantageous funding source.

Beta represents the correlation between overall market interest rates and the rates paid by BB&T on interest-bearing deposits. BB&T applies an average deposit beta of approximately 55% to its non-maturity interest-bearing deposit accounts for determining its interest rate sensitivity. Non-maturity interest-bearing deposit accounts include interest checking accounts, savings accounts and money market accounts that do not have a contractual maturity. The actual deposit beta on non-maturity interest-bearing deposits has been less than 40% since rates began to rise in December 2015. BB&T regularly conducts sensitivity on other key variables to determine the impact they could have on the interest rate risk position. This allows BB&T to evaluate the likely impact on its balance sheet management strategies due to a more extreme variation in a key assumption than expected.

The following table shows the results of BB&T's interest-rate sensitivity position assuming the loss of demand deposits and an associated increase in managed rate deposits under various scenarios. For purposes of this analysis, BB&T modeled the incremental beta for the replacement of the lost demand deposits at 100%.



Table 17: Deposit Mix Sensitivity Analysis
Linear Change in Rates	Base Scenario at March 31, 2019 (1)		Results Assuming a Decrease in Noninterest-Bearing Demand Deposits

			$1 Billion		$5 Billion
Up 200 bps	1.33	%	1.13	%	0.31	%
Up 100	1.04		0.91		0.40

(1) The base scenario is equal to the annualized hypothetical percentage change in net interest income at March 31, 2019 as presented in the preceding table.

If rates increased 200 basis points, BB&T could absorb the loss of $6.5 billion, or 12.3%, of noninterest-bearing deposits and replace them with managed rate deposits with a beta of 100% before becoming neutral to interest rate changes.

The following table shows the effect that the indicated changes in interest rates would have on EVE. Key assumptions in the preparation of the table include prepayment speeds of mortgage-related and other assets, cash flows and maturities of derivative financial instruments, loan volumes and pricing and deposit sensitivity.



Table 18: EVE Simulation Analysis
Change in Interest Rates	EVE/Assets		Hypothetical Percentage Change in EVE
Change in Interest Rates	Mar 31, 2019	Mar 31, 2018	Mar 31, 2019		Mar 31, 2018
Up 100	11.9	12.4	1.1		(2.2	)
No Change	11.8	12.7	—		—
Down 100	10.5	12.3	(11.0	)	(3.5	)

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Market Risk from Trading Activities

BB&T also manages market risk from trading activities which consists of acting as a financial intermediary to provide its customers access to derivatives, foreign exchange and securities markets. Trading market risk is managed through the use of statistical and non-statistical risk measures and limits. BB&T utilizes a historical VaR methodology to measure and aggregate risks across its covered trading BUs. This methodology uses two years of historical data to estimate economic outcomes for a one-day time horizon at a 99% confidence level. The average 99% one-day VaR and the maximum daily VaR for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were each less than $1 million. Market risk disclosures under Basel II.5 are available in the Additional Disclosures section of the Investor Relations site on BBT.com.

Liquidity

Liquidity represents the continuing ability to meet funding needs, including deposit withdrawals, timely repayment of borrowings and other liabilities, and funding of loan commitments. In addition to the level of liquid assets, such as cash, cash equivalents and AFS securities, many other factors affect the ability to meet liquidity needs, including access to a variety of funding sources, maintaining borrowing capacity in national money markets, growing core deposits, the repayment of loans and the ability to securitize or package loans for sale. BB&T has the ability to utilize sources such as FHLB letters of credit to reduce the securities we have pledged.

BB&T monitors the ability to meet customer demand for funds under both normal and stressed market conditions. In considering its liquidity position, management evaluates BB&T's funding mix based on client core funding, client rate-sensitive funding and national markets funding. In addition, management also evaluates exposure to rate-sensitive funding sources that mature in one year or less. Management also measures liquidity needs against 30 days of stressed cash outflows for Branch Bank and BB&T. To ensure a strong liquidity position, management maintains a liquid asset buffer of cash on hand and highly liquid unpledged securities. BB&T follows the FRB's enhanced prudential standards for purposes of determining the liquid asset buffer. BB&T's policy is to use the greater of either 5% of total assets or a range of projected net cash outflows over a 30 day period. As of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, BB&T's liquid asset buffer was 14.8% and 14.7%, respectively, of total assets.

BB&T is considered to be a "modified LCR" holding company. BB&T would be subject to full LCR requirements if its assets were to increase above $250 billion or if it were to be considered internationally active. In October 2018, the federal banking agencies proposed changes to applicability thresholds for liquidity requirements that would amend the full LCR such that BHC's with assets between $250 billion and $700 billion, and less than $75 billion in certain other risk related exposures, would be subject to a reduced full LCR. See additional disclosures in the "Regulatory Considerations" section.

BB&T produces LCR calculations to effectively manage the position of high-quality liquid assets and the balance sheet deposit mix to optimize BB&T's liquidity position. BB&T's preliminary modified average LCR was approximately 130% for the three months ended March 31, 2019, compared to the regulatory minimum for such entities of 100%, which puts BB&T in full compliance with the rule. The LCR can experience volatility due to issues like maturing debt rolling into the 30 day measurement period, or client inflows and outflows. The daily change in BB&T's modified LCR averaged less than 2% for the three months ended March 31, 2019 with a maximum daily change of approximately 7%.

BB&T routinely evaluates the impact of becoming subject to the full LCR requirement. This includes an evaluation of the changes to the balance sheet and investment strategy that would be necessary to comply with the requirement. Management does not currently expect the required changes to have a material impact on BB&T's financial condition or results of operations.

Parent Company

The purpose of the Parent Company is to serve as the primary source of capital for the operating subsidiaries. The Parent Company's assets primarily consist of cash on deposit with Branch Bank, equity investments in subsidiaries, advances to subsidiaries, accounts receivable from subsidiaries, and other miscellaneous assets. The principal obligations of the Parent Company are payments on long-term debt. The main sources of funds for the Parent Company are dividends and management fees from subsidiary, repayments of advances to subsidiaries, and proceeds from the issuance of equity and long-term debt. The primary uses of funds by the Parent Company are for investments in subsidiaries, advances to subsidiaries, dividend payments to common and preferred shareholders, retirement of common stock and payments on long-term debt.

The primary source of funds used for Parent Company cash requirements was dividends received from subsidiaries. See Note 15. Parent Company Financial Information of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for additional information regarding dividends from subsidiaries and debt transactions.

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Liquidity at the Parent Company is more susceptible to market disruptions. BB&T prudently manages cash levels at the Parent Company to cover a minimum of one year of projected cash outflows which includes unfunded external commitments, debt service, common and preferred dividends and scheduled debt maturities without the benefit of any new cash infusions. Generally, BB&T maintains a significant buffer above the projected one year of cash outflows. In determining the buffer, BB&T considers cash requirements for common and preferred dividends, unfunded commitments to affiliates, being a source of strength to its banking subsidiary and being able to withstand sustained market disruptions that could limit access to the capital markets. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Parent Company had 36 months and 28 months, respectively, of cash on hand to satisfy projected contractual cash outflows, and 25 months and 19 months, respectively, taking into account common stock dividends.

Branch Bank

BB&T carefully manages liquidity risk at Branch Bank. Branch Bank's primary source of funding is customer deposits. Continued access to customer deposits is highly dependent on the confidence the public has in the stability of Branch Bank and its ability to return funds to the client when requested. BB&T maintains a strong focus on its reputation in the market to ensure continued access to client deposits. BB&T integrates its risk appetite into its overall risk management framework to ensure Branch Bank does not exceed its risk tolerance through its lending and other risk taking functions and thus risk becoming undercapitalized. BB&T believes that sufficient capital is paramount to maintaining the confidence of its depositors and other funds providers. BB&T has extensive capital management processes in place to ensure it maintains sufficient capital to absorb losses and maintain a highly capitalized position that will instill confidence in Branch Bank and allow continued access to deposits and other funding sources. Branch Bank monitors many liquidity metrics including funding concentrations, diversification, maturity distribution, contingent funding needs and ability to meet liquidity requirements under times of stress.

Branch Bank has several major sources of funding to meet its liquidity requirements, including access to capital markets through issuance of senior or subordinated bank notes and institutional CDs, access to the FHLB system, dealer repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements with commercial clients, access to the overnight and term Federal funds markets, use of a Cayman branch facility, access to retail brokered CDs and a borrower in custody program with the FRB for the discount window. At March 31, 2019, Branch Bank has approximately $83.1 billion of secured borrowing capacity, which represents approximately 5.5 times the amount of one year wholesale funding maturities.

Contractual Obligations, Commitments, Contingent Liabilities and Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Refer to BB&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for discussion with respect to BB&T's quantitative and qualitative disclosures about its fixed and determinable contractual obligations. Additional disclosures about BB&T's contractual obligations, commitments and derivative financial instruments are included in Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies, Note 15. Fair Value Disclosures and Note 16. Derivative Financial Instruments.

Capital

The maintenance of appropriate levels of capital is a management priority and is monitored on a regular basis. BB&T's principal goals related to the maintenance of capital are to provide adequate capital to support BB&T's risk profile consistent with the Board-approved risk appetite, provide financial flexibility to support future growth and client needs, comply with relevant laws, regulations, and supervisory guidance, achieve optimal credit ratings for BB&T and its subsidiaries and provide a competitive return to shareholders. Risk-based capital ratios, which include CET1 capital, Tier 1 capital and Total capital are calculated based on regulatory guidance related to the measurement of capital and risk-weighted assets.

BB&T regularly performs stress testing on its capital levels and is required to periodically submit the company's capital plans to the banking regulators. On February 5, 2019, the FRB notified banks with less than $250 billion in assets that they will not need to participate in the 2019 supervisory stress test. However, as a result of the pending merger with SunTrust, BB&T is required to submit a joint supervisory stress test and capital plan in May 2019.

Management regularly monitors the capital position of BB&T on both a consolidated and bank-level basis. In this regard, management's overriding policy is to maintain capital at levels that are in excess of internal capital targets, which are above the regulatory "well capitalized" levels. Management has implemented stressed capital ratio minimum targets to evaluate whether capital ratios calculated with planned capital actions are likely to remain above minimums specified by the FRB for the annual CCAR. Breaches of stressed minimum targets prompt a review of the planned capital actions included in BB&T's capital plan.

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Table 19: Capital Requirements Under Basel III
	Minimum Capital		Well-Capitalized		Minimum Capital Plus Capital Conservation Buffer		BB&T Targets
	Minimum Capital		Well-Capitalized		Minimum Capital Plus Capital Conservation Buffer		Operating (1)		Stressed
CET1 capital to risk-weighted assets	4.5	%	6.5	%	7.0	%	8.5	%	6.0	%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets	6.0		8.0		8.5		10.0		7.5
Total capital to risk-weighted assets	8.0		10.0		10.5		12.0		9.5
Leverage ratio	4.0		5.0		N/A		8.0		5.5


(1)	BB&T's goal is to maintain capital levels above all regulatory minimums.

While nonrecurring events or management decisions may result in the Company temporarily falling below its operating minimum guidelines for one or more of these ratios, it is management's intent to return to these targeted operating minimums within a reasonable period of time through capital planning. Such temporary decreases below the operating minimums shown above are not considered an infringement of BB&T's overall capital policy, provided a return above the minimums is forecasted to occur within a reasonable time period.

BB&T's capital ratios are presented in the following table:



Table 20: Capital Ratios - BB&T Corporation
(Dollars in millions, except per share data, shares in thousands)	Mar 31, 2019			Dec 31, 2018
Risk-based:	(preliminary)
CET1 capital to risk-weighted assets	10.3		%	10.2		%
Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets	11.9			11.8
Total capital to risk-weighted assets	14.2			13.8
Leverage ratio	10.1			9.9
Non-GAAP capital measure (1):
Tangible common equity per common share	$	22.78		$	21.89
Calculation of tangible common equity (1):
Total shareholders' equity	$	30,883		$	30,178
Less:
Preferred stock	3,053			3,053
Noncontrolling interests	60			56
Intangible assets, net of deferred taxes	10,326			10,360
Tangible common equity	$	17,444		$	16,709
Risk-weighted assets	$	183,377		$	181,260
Common shares outstanding at end of period	765,920			763,326

(1)

Tangible common equity and related measures are non-GAAP measures that exclude the impact of intangible assets, net of deferred taxes, and their related amortization. These measures are useful for evaluating the performance of a business consistently, whether acquired or developed internally. BB&T's management uses these measures to assess the quality of capital and returns relative to balance sheet risk and believes investors may find them useful in their analysis of the Corporation. These capital measures are not necessarily comparable to similar capital measures that may be presented by other companies.

Capital levels remained strong at March 31, 2019. BB&T declared common dividends of $0.405 per share during the first quarter of 2019, which resulted in dividend and total payout ratios of 41.3%. As previously communicated, BB&T has suspended its share repurchases under the 2018 Repurchase Plan until after the completion of the merger of equals.

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Share Repurchase Activity



Table 21: Share Repurchase Activity
(Dollars in millions, except per share data, shares in thousands)	Total Shares Repurchased (1)	Average Price Paid Per Share (2)		Total Shares Repurchased Pursuant to Publicly-Announced Plan (3)	Maximum Remaining Dollar Value of Shares Available for Repurchase Pursuant to Publicly-Announced Plan
January 2019	1	$	49.14	—	$	1,125
February 2019	26	51.41		—	1,125
March 2019	48	50.13		—	1,125
Total	75	50.56		—


(1)	Includes shares exchanged or surrendered in connection with the exercise of equity-based awards under BB&T's equity-based compensation plans.


(2)	Excludes commissions.


(3)	Pursuant to the 2018 Repurchase Plan, announced on June 28, 2018, which authorized up to $1.7 billion of share repurchases over the one-year period ending June 30, 2019.

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Critical Accounting Policies

The accounting and reporting policies of BB&T are in accordance with GAAP and conform to the accounting and reporting guidelines prescribed by bank regulatory authorities. BB&T's financial position and results of operations are affected by management's application of accounting policies, including estimates, assumptions and judgments made to arrive at the carrying value of assets and liabilities and amounts reported for revenues and expenses. Different assumptions in the application of these policies could result in material changes in the consolidated financial position and/or consolidated results of operations and related disclosures. The more critical policies include accounting for the ACL, determining fair value of financial instruments, intangible assets, and costs and benefit obligations associated with pension and postretirement benefit plans. Understanding BB&T's accounting policies is fundamental to understanding the consolidated financial position and consolidated results of operations. The critical accounting policies are discussed in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in BB&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Significant accounting policies and changes in accounting principles and effects of new accounting pronouncements are discussed in Note 1. Basis of Presentation in Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Additional disclosures regarding the effects of new accounting pronouncements are included in the Note 1. Basis of Presentation included herein. There have been no other changes to the significant accounting policies during 2019.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the management of the Company, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's CEO and CFO, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Refer to the Legal Proceeding section in Note 14. Commitments and Contingencies, which is incorporated by reference into this item.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in BB&T's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to BB&T or that management has deemed to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect BB&T's business, financial condition, and/or operating results.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Refer to the Share Repurchase Activity section in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section, which is incorporated by reference into this item.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS



Exhibit No.	Description	Location
2.1**	Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 7, 2019, by and between SunTrust Banks, Inc. and BB&T Corporation.	Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 13, 2019.
3.1	Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended and restated January 29, 2019.	Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed January 29, 2019.
10.1*	Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (Non-Employee Directors) for the BB&T 2012 Incentive Plan (effective 2019).	Filed herewith.
10.2*	Form of LTIP Award Agreement for the BB&T Corporation 2012 Incentive Plan (effective 2019).	Filed herewith.
10.3*	Form of Performance Unit Award Agreement for the BB&T Corporation 2012 Incentive Plan (effective 2019).	Filed herewith.
10.4*	Amended and Restated Employment Agreement by and among BB&T Corporation, Branch Banking and Trust Co. and Kelly S. King dated as of February 7, 2019.	Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed February 13, 2019.
10.5*	Form of Notice of Term Non-Renewal under Employment Agreements	Incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Current Report on Form 8-K, filed March 6, 2019.
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	Filed herewith.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	Filed herewith.
32	Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.	Filed herewith.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.	Filed herewith.
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.	Filed herewith.
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.	Filed herewith.
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.	Filed herewith.
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.	Filed herewith.
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase.	Filed herewith.
* Management compensatory plan or arrangement.
** Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, certain schedules and similar attachments have been omitted. The registrant hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any omitted schedule or similar attachment to the SEC upon request.

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SIGNATURES

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.



		BB&T CORPORATION (Registrant)

Date:	April 29, 2019	By:	/s/ Daryl N. Bible
			Daryl N. Bible
			Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer)

Date:	April 29, 2019	By:	/s/ Cynthia B. Powell
			Cynthia B. Powell
			Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller
			(Principal Accounting Officer)

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