BB&T and SunTrust have agreed to merge into a new and as-yet-unnamed bank, in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $66 billion. The new bank, which would have its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., will be the sixth-largest in the U.S. based on assets and deposits.
Both of the banks are calling it a “merger of equals.” But the deal is weighted toward BB&T, whose shareholders will own around 57 percent of the new bank compared with SunTrust shareholders’ 43 percent.
BB&T Chairman and CEO Kelly S. King will perform those same roles in the new bank until 2021 — when current SunTrust Chairman and CEO William H. Rogers Jr. will take over as CEO. Until then, Rogers will serve as president and chief operating officer. The new company’s board will be evenly split between the banks’ current boards of directors.
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