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SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
303 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
404/588-7711
CORPORATE MAILING ADDRESS
SunTrust Banks, Inc.
P. O. Box 4418
Center 645
Atlanta, GA 30302-4418
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Tuesday,
April 20, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. in Suite 105, first floor of the SunTrust
Garden Offices at 303 Peachtree Center Avenue in Atlanta.
STOCK TRADING
SunTrust Banks, Inc. common stock is traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol “STI.”
QUARTERLY COMMON STOCK PRICES AND DIVIDENDS
The quarterly high, low and close prices of SunTrust’s common
stock for each quarter of 2003 and 2002 and the dividends paid
per share are shown below.
Quarter Market Price Dividends
Ended High Low Close Paid
2003
December 31 71.73 60.45 71.50 $0.45
September 30 63.00 58.00 60.37 0.45
June 30 61.98 51.44 59.34 0.45
March 31 59.95 51.73 52.65 0.45
2002
December 31 63.25 51.48 56.92 $0.43
September 30 69.12 55.90 61.48 0.43
June 30 70.20 65.10 67.72 0.43
March 31 68.47 58.32 66.73 0.43
DEBT RATINGS
Ratings as of December 31, 2003.
Moody’s Standard &
Investors Poor’s Fitch
Corporate Ratings
Long Term Debt Ratings
Senior Debt Aa3 A+ AA-
Subordinated Debt A1 A A+
Short Term
Commercial Paper P-1 A-1 F1+
Bank Ratings
Long Term Debt Ratings
Senior Debt Aa2 AA- AA-
Subordinated Debt Aa3 A+ A+
Short Term P-1 A-1+ F1+
NUMBER OF SHAREHOLDERS
As of December 31, 2003, 35,811 Registered Shareholders
(Shareholders of Record)
Approximately 68,000 Street Name Shareholders
Approximately 28,000 Employee Shareholders
There could be overlapping shareholders among the three
shareholder groups.
SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
Shareholders who wish to change the name, address or ownership
of stock, to report lost certificates or to consolidate accounts should
contact the Transfer Agent:
SunTrust Bank
P. O. Box 4625
Atlanta, GA 30302-4625
404/588-7815
800/568-3476
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT
SunTrust offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan that provides auto-
matic reinvestment of dividends in additional shares of SunTrust
common stock. For more information contact:
Stock Transfer Department
SunTrust Bank
P. O. Box 4625
Atlanta, GA 30302-4625
404/588-7822
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
To obtain information on SunTrust, contact:
Gary Peacock, Jr.
Director of Investor Relations and
Corporate Communications
404/658-4879
For information online, visit www.suntrust.com:
• 2003 Annual Report (including select
information translated in Spanish)
• Quarterly earnings releases
• Press releases
WEB SITE ACCESS TO UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION FILINGS
All reports filed electronically by SunTrust Banks, Inc. with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including
the annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q,
and current event reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those
reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act are accessible as soon as reasonably practicable at
no cost in the Investor Relations section of the corporate Web site
at www.suntrust.com
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES
SunTrust has adopted the SunTrust Corporate Governance Guidelines,
which can be found on the Corporate Governance Web page in the
“About SunTrust” subsection on SunTrust’s corporate Web site at
www.suntrust.com. In addition, SunTrust will provide a print version
of the guidelines to shareholders who request it by contacting
Gary Peacock, Jr., Director of Investor Relations and Corporate
Communications, at 404/658-4879.
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Annual Report 2003 SunTrust Banks, Inc.