UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): APRIL 20, 2004
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia 001-08918 58-1575035
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(State of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
303 Peachtree Street, N.E. 30308
Atlanta, Georgia ---------------
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(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 404-588-7165
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits.
The following exhibit is furnished herewith.
Exhibit No. 99.1 Press release.
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
SunTrust Banks, Inc. (the "Company") will issue the press release
furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto announcing that Jeffrey C. Crowe and
Robert M. Beall, II have been elected to the Company's Board of
Directors and Summerfield K. Johnston, Jr., R. Randall Rollins and
James B. Williams, having reached mandatory retirement age, are
retiring from the Company's Board of Directors.
The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1
referenced therein, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section
18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall it be
deemed incorporated by reference in any filings under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
Date: April 20, 2004 SUNTRUST BANKS, INC.
By: /s/ Raymond D. Fortin
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Raymond D. Fortin
Senior Vice President
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