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Corporate฀Address
Bank฀of฀the฀West
180฀Montgomery฀Street
San฀Francisco฀CA฀94104
Phone:฀925.฀942.8300
www.bankofthewest.com
Essex฀Credit฀Corporation
2200฀Powell฀Street,฀Suite฀1200
Emeryville฀CA฀94608
Phone:฀866.฀377.3948
www.essexcredit.com
General฀Information
Contact฀for฀news฀media฀and฀others฀฀
seeking฀general฀information:
Roberta฀Wong฀Murray
Senior฀Vice฀President฀
Corporate฀Communications
Phone:฀415.฀399.8220
roberta.wong@bankofthewest.com
Form฀10-K
To฀obtain฀Form฀10-K฀and฀other฀financial฀฀
information฀about฀BancWest฀Corporation
and฀financial฀information฀about฀Bank฀of฀฀
the฀West,฀contact:
Doug฀Grigsby
EVP/Chief฀Financial฀Officer,฀฀
BancWest฀Corporation
Vice฀Chairman/Finance,฀Bank฀of฀the฀West
doug.grigsby@bankofthewest.com
Credit฀Ratings
Standard฀&฀Poor’s
Bank฀of฀the฀West฀uninsured฀CDs:฀฀
long-term฀A+,฀short฀term฀A-1
Moody’s
Bank฀of฀the฀West฀deposits:฀฀
long-term฀Aa3;฀short-term฀P-1
Fitch
Bank฀of฀the฀West฀deposits:฀฀
long-term฀AA-;฀short-term฀F1+
(Ratings฀as฀of฀December฀31,฀2005)
Headquartered฀and฀chartered฀in฀San฀Francisco,฀California,฀Bank฀of฀the฀West฀is฀a฀full-service฀
commercial฀bank฀with฀ $55.2฀billion฀in฀assets฀and฀$33.9฀billion฀in฀deposits฀at฀December฀ 31,฀
2005.฀ The฀bank฀has฀681฀branch฀banking฀locations฀in฀ 19฀ Midwestern฀and฀Western฀states฀—฀฀
Arizona,฀California,฀Colorado,฀Idaho,฀Iowa,฀Kansas,฀Minnesota,฀Missouri,฀Nebraska,฀Nevada,฀New฀
Mexico,฀North฀Dakota,฀Oklahoma,฀Oregon,฀South฀Dakota,฀Utah,฀Washington,฀Wisconsin฀and฀Wyoming.฀฀Founded฀in฀
1874,฀Bank฀of฀the฀West฀originates฀commercial,฀small฀business฀and฀consumer฀loans฀and฀leases,฀and฀offers฀a฀range฀
of฀individual฀and฀other฀ commercial฀banking,฀insurance,฀trust฀and฀investment฀products.฀Subsidiary฀Essex฀Credit฀
Corporation฀offers฀loans฀on฀pleasure฀craft฀and฀recreational฀vehicles.฀฀See฀www.bankofthewest.com.
Bank฀of฀the฀West฀is฀a฀subsidiary฀of฀BancWest฀Corporation,฀a฀holding฀company฀with฀assets฀of฀
$66.3฀billion฀at฀December฀31,฀2005.฀฀Headquartered฀in฀Honolulu,฀Hawaii,฀with฀administrative฀฀
offices฀in฀San฀Francisco,฀BancWest฀Corporation฀also฀owns฀First฀Hawaiian฀Bank,฀with฀$11.6฀billion฀
in฀assets฀at฀December฀31,฀2005฀and฀61฀branches฀in฀Hawaii,฀Guam฀and฀Saipan.฀See฀www.bancwestcorp.com.
BancWest฀Corporation฀is฀a฀subsidiary฀of฀BNP฀Paribas,฀a฀global฀financial฀institution฀of฀European฀heri-
tage฀with฀offices฀in฀more฀than฀85฀countries฀and฀nearly฀110,000฀employees.฀BNP฀Paribas฀is฀the฀second฀
largest฀bank฀in฀the฀Euro฀zone฀by฀market฀valuation.฀With฀total฀assets฀of฀$1.49฀trillion฀(฀฀฀1.26฀trillion)฀at฀
December฀31,฀2005,฀a฀significant฀and฀growing฀presence฀in฀the฀United฀States฀and฀leading฀positions฀in฀Asia,฀BNP฀Paribas฀is฀
a฀major฀provider฀of฀retail,฀commercial,฀insurance,฀investment฀and฀investment฀banking฀products฀and฀services฀worldwide.฀
See฀www.bnpparibas.com.