BBTsq4 2008 Fourth Quarte 2008 Shareholders_Report

BB&T reported 2008 net income of $1.5 billion and earnings per common share of $2.71. For the fourth quarter of 2008, net income totaled $305 million and net income available to common shareholders totaled $284 million, or $.51 per diluted common share. For the full year 2008, BB&T's net income available to common shareholders was $1.50 billion compared to $1.73 billion earned in 2007, a decrease of 13.6%.