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BB&T First Quarter 2011 Earnings Conference Call

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^{Published in Business and Finance on Wednesday, March 16th 2011 at 12:50 GMT by Market Wire}  

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT), a regional financial holding company, will report its first quarter 2011 earnings on April 21 prior to market opening. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kelly S. King, Chief Financial Officer Daryl N. Bible, and Chief Risk Officer Clarke R. Starnes will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2011 performance beginning at 8 a.m. (ET).

This conference call is being webcast live by CCBN and may be accessed at BB&Ta™s Website at [ www.BBT.com ]. A replay of the call will also be available at the same Web address until 5 p.m. (ET) on May 6, 2011.

The webcast is also being distributed over CCBNa™s Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors may listen to the call through CCBNa™s individual investor center at [ www.fulldisclosure.com ] or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBNa™s Individual Investor Network. Institutional investors may access the call via CCBNa™s password-protected event management site, StreetEvents ([ www.streetevents.com ]).

About BB&T:

BB&T Corporation (NYSE: BBT) is among the nationa™s top financial services holding companies in the U.S. with $157.1 billion in assets and market capitalization of $18.3 billion, as of Dec. 31, 2010. 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 ].