Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (the "Registrant" or "SunTrust") is scheduled to meet with and make a presentation to certain institutional investors beginning on Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 10:00 AM Eastern Time and beginning on Friday, August 21, 2009 at 7:15 AM Eastern Time. Mark A. Chancy, Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Jerome T. Lienhard, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, will make SunTrust's presentation. A copy of the slide package to be used by the Registrant during these meetings is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein. Such slide package will also be available on the Registrant's web site at www.suntrust.com. Information contained on the Registrant's website expressly is not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in the preceding paragraph, as well as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. It may only be incorporated by reference into another filing under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933 if such subsequent filing specifically references Section 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. All information in the slide package speaks as of the date thereof and the Registrant does not assume any obligation to update said information in the future. In addition, the Registrant disclaims any inference regarding the materiality of such information which otherwise may arise as a result of its furnishing such information under Item 7.01 of this report on Form 8-K.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Slide package to be presented on August 20 and 21, 2009 (furnished with the Commission as a part of this Current Report on Form 8-K).

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