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PART II
Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
The principal market in which the common stock of the Company is traded is the NYSE. See Item 6 and Table 36 in the
MD&A for information on the high and the low sales prices of SunTrust common stock on the NYSE, which is incorporated
herein by reference. During the year ended December 31, 2012, we paid a quarterly dividend on common stock of $0.05 per
common share compared to a quarterly dividend on common stock of $0.01 per common share for the first two quarters of
2011 and $0.05 per common share for the third and fourth quarters of 2011. Our common stock is held of record by approximately
32,077 holders as of December 31, 2012. See "Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds" below for
information on share repurchase activity, announced programs, and the remaining buy-back authority under the announced
programs, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Please also refer to Item 1, “Business—Government Supervision and Regulation,” for a discussion of legal restrictions which
affect our ability to pay dividends; Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for a discussion of some risks related to our dividend, and Item
7, “Management’ s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Capital Resources,” for a
discussion of the dividends paid during the year and factors that may affect the future level of dividends.
The information under the caption “Equity Compensation Plans” in our definitive proxy statement to be filed with the SEC
is incorporated by reference into this Item 5.
Set forth below is a line graph comparing the yearly percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on our
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, 2007 and ending December 31, 2012. The foregoing analysis
assumes an initial $100 investment in our stock and each index and the reinvestment of all dividends during the periods
presented.
Cumulative Total Return for the Years Ended December 31
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
SunTrust Banks, Inc. 100.00 51.83 37.38 52.20 33.49 50.86
S&P 500 100.00 63.45 79.40 90.66 92.45 106.06
S&P Commercial Bank Index 100.00 53.63 50.06 59.07 53.33 64.80