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PART II
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The principal market in which the common stock of the Company is traded is the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). See
Item 6 and Table 17 in the MD&A for information on the high and the low closing sales prices of the SunTrust Banks, Inc.
common stock (“Common Stock”) on the NYSE, which is incorporated herein by reference. During the twelve months ended
December 31, 2007 and 2006, we paid a quarterly dividend of $0.73 and $0.61 per share of common stock, respectively. Our
Common Stock is held by approximately 36,702 Registered Shareholders as of December 31, 2007. See Table 23 in the
MD&A for information on the monthly share repurchases activity, including total common shares repurchased and
announced programs, weighted average per share price and the remaining buy-back authority under the announced programs,
which is incorporated herein by reference.
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on
SunTrust Common Stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P Composite-500 Stock Index, and the S&P
Commercial Bank Industry Index for the five years commencing December 31, 2002 and ending December 31, 2007.
COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among SunTrust Banks, Inc., The S&P 500 Index
And The S & P Commercial Bank Industry Index
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$20
$40
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$180
$200
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. S&P 500 S & P Commercial Bank Industry
* $100 invested on 12/31/02 in stock or index-including reinvestment of dividends. Fiscal year ending December 31.
Copyright ©2008, Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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SunTrust Banks, Inc. $100.00 $129.36 $137.58 $139.65 $167.32 $128.39
S&P 500 100.00 128.68 142.69 149.70 173.34 182.87
S & P Commercial Bank Industry 100.00 128.56 140.40 142.00 165.06 126.59
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