Wachovia

Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the largest providers of financial services to retail, brokerage and corporate customers, with banking operations from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas, and retail brokerage operations nationwide. Wachovia had assets of $520.8 billion, market capitalization of $82.3 billion and stockholders’ equity of $47.6 billion at December 31, 2005. Its four core businesses, the General Bank, Capital Management, Wealth Management, and the Corporate and Investment Bank, serve more than 13 million household and business relationships primarily through 3,131 offices in 15 states and Washington, D.C. Its full-service retail brokerage firm, Wachovia Securities, LLC, also serves clients through 719 offices in 49 states, Washington, D.C., and six Latin American countries. The Corporate and Investment Bank serves clients in selected industries nationwide. Global services are offered through 40 offices around the world. Online banking and brokerage products and services also are available through wachovia.com. Wachovia's Corporate and Investment Bank (CIB) provides the full range of capital raising, market making, financial advisory and transaction processing services to meet the needs of corporate and institutional clients. The division is comprised of several primary business units, including Investment Banking, Fixed Income, Treasury Services, Credit Capital Markets, Equity Linked Products, Equity Capital Markets, Capital Finance, International and Principal Investing. The Corporate and Investment Banking group is headquartered in Charlotte with primary offices in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and London.