BB&T To Announce Third-quarter Earnings Oct. 18

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) will announce its third-quarter earnings at 8 a.m. (EDT) Oct. 18.

To access a live webcast of BB&T's third-quarter earnings conference call:

The webcast and presentation, including an appendix reconciling non-GAAP disclosures, will be available at www.BBT.com. Click on "About BB&T" and proceed to "Investor Relations." The webcast link will be under "Webcasts" and the presentation can be found under "View Recent Presentations." The webcast will also available at www.media-server.com/m/p/58rb9om9.

The earnings presentation will be available at www.BBT.com and also may be accessed on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website at www.SEC.gov. In the upper right corner of the SEC homepage, make sure "Company Filings" appears in the drop-down menu, key "BB&T" in the "Search for" field and then click "Go." Select "BB&T Corp." from the list of companies. The presentation will be attached as an exhibit to the Form 8-K filed on Oct. 18.

Replays of the conference call will be available on the BB&T website until Friday, Nov. 2, or by dialing 1-888-203-1112 (access code 4313363) until Oct. 23. To view the replay, click on "About BB&T" and then the "Investor Relations" link. The webcast link can be found under "Webcasts" and the presentation can be found under "View Recent Presentations." This information will be available until Friday, Nov. 2, or by dialing 1-888-203-1112 (access code 4313363) until Oct. 23.

About BB&T

BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) is one of the largest financial services holding companies in the U.S. with $178.5 billion in assets and market capitalization of $21.6 billion, as of June 30, 2012. Based in Winston-Salem, N.C., the company operates approximately 1,800 financial centers in 12 states and Washington, D.C., and offers a full range of consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage and insurance products and services. A Fortune 500 company, BB&T is consistently recognized for outstanding client satisfaction by J.D. Power and Associates, the U.S. Small Business Administration, Greenwich Associates and others. More information about BB&T and its full line of products and services is available at www.BBT.com.

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