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September 08, 2006
Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson to Present at Lehman Brothers Financial Services Conference

CHARLOTTE, N.C.— Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson will present on Wednesday, September 13, at the Lehman Brothers Financial Services Conference. His presentation will be available via live audio webcast beginning at 7:45 a.m. EDT September 13 through Wachovia’s Investor Relations Web site at Wachovia.com/investor. A replay will be available from 7:00 p.m. EDT September 13 until 5:00 p.m. EDT Monday, October 16.

Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services companies, providing 13.4 million household and business relationships with a broad range of banking, asset management, wealth management and corporate and investment banking products and services. Wachovia has retail and commercial banking operations in 16 states with 3,109 offices from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California. Two core businesses operate under the Wachovia Securities brand name: retail brokerage in 49 states and in Latin America, and corporate and investment banking in selected industries nationwide. Globally, Wachovia serves clients through more than 40 international offices. Online banking is available at wachovia.com; online brokerage products and services at wachoviasec.com, and investment products and services at evergreeninvestments.com. Wachovia had assets of $553.6 billion, market capitalization of $86.0 billion and stockholders’ equity of $48.9 billion at June 30, 2006.
The merger with Golden West Financial Corporation (NYSE: GDW), parent of World Savings Bank, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006, pending regulatory approval. With this merger, Wachovia will strengthen its position in California, Texas, Florida, New Jersey and New York, and enter attractive metropolitan areas in five additional states: Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas and Nevada. Combined, the company will serve banking customers through 3,400 offices in 21 states and Washington, D.C. In addition, Wachovia will gain mortgage lending operations under the World Savings Bank name in 39 states.

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