File by SunTrust Banks, Inc.
Pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act of 1933 and deemed filed pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Subject Company: Wachovia Corporation
Commission File No. 1-9021
Date: July 2, 2001

     The following is an advertisement which ran in various publications in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia and Florida on July 1, 2001.