Bank of the West 2006 Annual Report Download - page 23

Corporate Address
Bank of the West
180 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: [phone]
www.bankofthewest.com
Essex Credit Corporation
401 Lennon Lane
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: [phone]
www.essexcredit.com
General Information
Contact for news media and others
seeking general information:
Roberta Wong Murray
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications
Phone: [phone]
[e-mail]
Headquartered and chartered in San Francisco, California, Bank of the West is a
full-service commercial bank with $55.6 billion in assets and $37.4 billion in deposits
at December 31, 2006. The bank operates more than 700 branch and commercial
banking offices in nineteen states — Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas,
Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Nebraska, North Dakota, 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 bank holding company
with assets of $67.3 billion at December 31, 2006. Headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii,
with administrative offices in San Francisco, BancWest Corporation also owns First
Hawaiian Bank, with $12.0 billion in assets at December 31, 2006 and 62 branches in Hawaii, Guam and
Saipan. See www.bancwestcorp.com.
BancWest Corporation is a subsidiary of BNP Paribas, a global financial institution of
European heritage with offices in more than 85 countries and nearly 140,000 employees.
BNP Paribas is the second largest bank in the Euro zone by market valuation. With
total assets of $1.90 trillion (€ 1.44 trillion) at December 31, 2006, 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.
To obtain financial information about
BancWest Corporation and financial
information about Bank of the West,
contact:
Thibault Fulconis
Vice Chairman
Finance Group
[e-mail]
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, 2006)