75,000,000 Shares BB&T Corporation Common Stock ($5.00 par value) Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • May 18th, 2009 • Bb&t Corp • National commercial banks • New York
BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 75,000,000 shares (the “Firm Shares”) and, at the election of Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (together, the “Representatives”), up to 11,250,000 additional shares (the “Optional Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $5.00 par value (the “Common Stock”). The Firm Shares and the Optional Shares may be collectively referred to herein as the “Shares.”
