BB&T CORP
8-K, 1999-04-09
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     Of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                  April 9, 1999

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event recorded)

                                BB&T Corporation

             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                         Commission file number: 1-10853

                            North Carolina 56-0939887
          (State of Incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                             200 West Second Street
                       Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101

               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (336) 733-2000
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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                           This Form 8-K has 3 pages.



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Item 5. Other Events


     The purpose of this  Current  Report on Form 8-K is to  announce  that BB&T
Corporation ("BB&T") and Matewan BancShares,  Inc. ("Matewan") have extended the
due diligence period in the reorganization  agreement between the two companies,
which provides for Matewan's acquisition by BB&T.

     As originally  executed on February 24, 1999, the agreement allowed BB&T to
terminate the  transaction on the basis of its due diligence  review at any time
through April 9, 1999. As amended, the agreement provides that the due diligence
period will run through April 28, 1999.

     Winston-Salem-based  BB&T,  with  $37.8  billion in  assets,  operates  581
banking  offices in the  Carolinas,  Virginia,  Maryland  and  Washington,  D.C.
Matewan,  with $676  million in assets,  operates  22  banking  offices  and one
mortgage  loan office in  southwestern  Virginia,  southern  West  Virginia  and
eastern Kentucky.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                              BB&T Corporation
                                                (Registrant)

                             By:         /s/ Sherry A. Kellett                  

                                             Sherry A. Kellett
                        Senior Executive Vice President and Controller
                                   (Principal Accounting Officer)

Date:  April 9, 1999.




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