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Wachovia Overview

Strength in Attractive Growth Markets
(IMAGE)
Determination to succeed
and devotion to
customer service are part
of Wachovia’s heritage


4,100 financial
centers and
brokerage offices
across the U.S.
Business Description
Wachovia Corporation (NYSE:WB) is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services companies, serving 13 million customers with a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services.
We operate the nation’s fourth largest banking company, serving retail and commercial banking customers through 3,400 retail banking offices in 21 states from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California. In addition, we are pleased to serve customers’ brokerage and asset management needs through the nation’s third largest retail brokerage firm, with 750 Wachovia Securities, LLC, offices in 47 states and through service affiliate offices in Latin America. We also serve corporate and investment banking clients in selected corporate and institutional sectors globally. Our other nationwide businesses include mortgage lending in all 50 states and auto finance covering 46 states. Globally, Wachovia provides international correspondent banking services and trade finance 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.
At December 31, 2006:
§   Assets: $707 billion
§   Market capitalization: $108 billion
§   Stockholders’ equity: $69.7 billion
§   Common shares outstanding: 1.9 billion
§   Listing: NYSE
§   Ticker symbol: WB


Contents
         
Letter to Our Shareholders
    2
Corporate Citizenship
    7
Corporate Overview
    8
Overview of Major Businesses
    9
Guide to Our Financial Discussion
    12
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
    14
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
    62
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
    63
Consolidated Financial Statements
    65
Glossary of Financial Terms
    130
Board of Directors and Operating Committee
    132
Shareholder Information (Dividend and Stock Price tables on pages 1, 31, 45, 46, 47 and 49)
  Inside Back Cover


 


 

Financial Highlights
The Year at a Glance
g   5th consecutive year of double-digit earnings growth
 
g   133% increase in dividends since year-end 2001
 
g   No. 1 in customer service among banking peers for six years
 
g   Entered attractive new markets with Golden West and Westcorp
Revenue
(In billions)
(BAR GRAPH)


Common stock dividends up 60% since 4Q03
Including predecessor Union National Bank, dividends paid every year since 1910
Dividends Per Share and Payout Ratio
(BAR GRAPH)
Net Income
(In billions)
(BAR GRAPH)


Earnings up 22% on a compound annual basis since 2004
Financial Performance Highlights
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Total revenue (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 29,949       26,119       22,990  
Income from continuing operations
    7,745       6,429       5,214  
Net income
    7,791       6,643       5,214  
Diluted earnings per common share
                       
Income from continuing operations
    4.61       4.05       3.81  
Net income
  $ 4.63       4.19       3.81  
Return on average tangible common stockholders’ equity
    30.16 %     27.85       24.61  
Total assets
  $ 707,121       520,755       493,324  
Stockholders’ equity
  $ 69,716       47,561       47,317  
Actual common shares (In millions)
    1,904       1,557       1,588  
Dividends paid per common share
  $ 2.14       1.94       1.66  
Book value per common share
    36.61       30.55       29.79  
Common stock price
    56.95       52.86       52.60  
Market capitalization
  $ 108,443       82,291       83,537  
Financial centers/brokerage offices
    4,126       3,850       3,971  
Employees
    108,238       93,980       96,030  
 
For an explanation of our use of non-GAAP financial measures, please see
     Table 1 on page 45
Diluted EPS
(Dollars per share)
(BAR GRAPH)
 
*   Compound annual growth rate.
Includes acquisitions.


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Letter to Our Shareholders

     




5-Year Total Return
exceeds industry
benchmarks
     













Total Return 2001-2006
(LINE GRAPH)
Beginning December 31, 2001. More information
     is on page 46.
Dear Shareholders,
I am proud of the performance of our entire team in 2006 in delivering double-digit earnings growth while at the same time strengthening Wachovia’s future prospects. Wachovia’s earnings rose 17 percent from 2005 to $7.8 billion, and earnings per share rose 11 percent to $4.63. These results include the addition of Golden West Financial on October 1, 2006, and Westcorp on March 1, 2006.
We achieved these results despite the impact of the inverted yield curve, which squeezed industry profit margins and caused our net interest income growth to be lower than we’d expected. But we benefitted from robust fee income and stellar credit quality, and delivered the bottom line we’d expected when we presented our 2006 outlook to investors in January a year ago.
I am disappointed, however, that our shareholders were not rewarded in 2006 with a higher share price commensurate with the quality and strength of our financial results. Our stock price underperformance was primarily due to the market’s reluctance to embrace our acquisition of Golden West. We believe this reluctance largely stemmed from short-term concerns over the perceived difficulty of combining our business models and fears of a weakening mortgage market. While these will be challenges in 2007, we considered them thoroughly when we evaluated this acquisition. We concluded that the extraordinary opportunity to leverage Golden West’s lending model across our entire marketplace and to gain important retail locations in fast-growing western states provided significant opportunities that outweighed any short-term concerns surrounding the weak mortgage market.
Expanding the Possibilities
With our expansion into California, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Texas and other states, we’re leapfrogging ahead in our plans to build new branch offices, and we’re establishing a beachhead to build our commercial, small business and wealth clientele. We have long said we do not need to be in all 50 states; instead, we have been strategically focused on expanding into fast-growing markets, and our western expansion clearly supports this strategy. California alone represents 13 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product and the Far West is one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation.
In addition, Wachovia has other significant strengths that I believe will also help afford us a superior share price over time:
  <   We have a mix of businesses with scale and relevance to our customers;
 
  <   We have both traditional and market-related businesses that provide earnings growth during differing economic conditions without requiring us to take unacceptable risks; and
 
  <   We have a proven management team recognized by investors, analysts, and competitors for its ability to execute.
These strengths have driven our performance over the past five years, even while we integrated First Union and Wachovia, SouthTrust, Prudential’s retail brokerage business, Westcorp, and a number of smaller acquisitions. As a result, over the five-year period between the end of 2001 and the end of 2006, Wachovia was the best performing stock among the 20 largest banking companies in the United States, with an average annual return nearly 7 percent higher than that achieved by the broad KBW Bank index.
2006 further reinforced my confidence that our mix of businesses provides the best route to strong performance across a broad range of economic environments. We saw record results in our capital markets-oriented businesses in a year in which the industry was challenged by an inverted yield curve, a slowing mortgage market, a dramatic slowdown in deposit growth and the migration of deposit balances to higher cost products. For many banks, these trends translated into weak earnings growth in 2006 and even weaker prospects for 2007. Wachovia’s 2006 earnings were within 1 percent


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(PHOTO OF KEN THOMPSON)
“We take great pride in delivering on what we promise.” Ken Thompson Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Letter to Our Shareholders

     

We’ve outperformed our peers over
the long term
     

Strong Growth in EPS vs. Peers*
vs. 1 Year Ago vs. 2001 (CAGR)
(BAR GRAPH)
*   Represents net income excluding merger-related and restructuring expenses, discontinued operations and other noncash charges.
     
5-Year Total Return Outperformance
                         
            KBW    
            Bank   S&P
    WB   Index   500
     
     
2002
    20 %     -11 %     -22 %
2003
    32 %     34 %     29 %
2004
    17 %     10 %     11 %
2005
    4 %     3 %     5 %
2006
    12 %     17 %     16 %
 
                       
 
Year-end
2001-2006
    115 %     60 %     35 %
 
of our expectations in the fall of 2005, at which time the challenges facing banks were much less severe.
Our success was enhanced by the strong performance of the markets-related businesses in our Corporate and Investment Bank and in our Capital Management Group, but it was founded on the performance of our General Banking Group.
Balanced, Diversified Businesses
The General Bank, which is led by Ben Jenkins, generated 65 percent of our segment earnings in 2006. Delivering double-digit net income growth in the challenging environment of 2006 is testimony to the quality of this team. In addition to driving day-to-day performance, the General Bank added Westcorp’s attractive auto lending platform, launched Wachovia’s reentry into the credit card business, opened 85 de novo financial centers, built and began implementing the Golden West integration strategy, and executed numerous strategies to improve its efficiency. All of these initiatives enhance the prospects of our General Banking business.
We are committed to continued investment in our banking franchise. New business lines, new geographies and new financial centers are evidence of this commitment. What is not so easy to see is the significant investment in our core execution strategies. Wachovia’s success in leading the industry in customer service for the last six years has attracted attention, and competitors are trying very hard to replicate our success. Eventually, some will be successful and that competitive advantage will be diminished. So in response we remain obsessive about our attention to service, but we also are focused now on improving customer loyalty. Service has permitted Wachovia to enjoy industry-leading customer retention. Now we look to build upon our competitive advantage in acquiring new customers and in developing a complete set of relationships with those customers. While we earn high marks for the quality and breadth of our product offerings, we are challenging ourselves to be better at seamless coordination between delivery channels, alignment of incentive plans, and ensuring that competing priorities do not hurt our results. We have great untapped potential to improve profitability by fixing these issues and we are all about executing on these priorities. Today, 52 percent of our customers are measured as loyal compared with under 40 percent when we began measuring customer loyalty in 2002.
Our second traditional banking business is Wealth Management, headed by Stan Kelly. Wealth Management posted earnings growth of 8 percent in 2006. That was short of goal, but when I assess the business environment and the progress Stan’s team made in repositioning the business for future growth, I am pleased with the performance. This business, which is focused on meeting the financial needs of high net worth clients and serving the insurance needs of commercial customers, was challenged by all the factors affecting traditional banking and, in addition, by a “soft” or weak market for insurance brokerage commissions. As we looked to the future, it was clear that to be relevant to our affluent clients we needed to dramatically enhance our investment advisory offering and to take cost out of our delivery model. So in 2006, Wealth Management implemented a new “open architecture” investment platform called Advantage, while at the same time it reduced management layers to provide more direct lines of accountability. Because of the quality of Advantage, our Wealth Management Group was named Platform Provider of the Year by Private Asset Management, a publication of Institutional Investor. About one-third of our clients were presented with the Advantage model in 2006 and the vast majority elected to move their assets to the new model. This gives me confidence that Wealth Management is positioned for strong earnings growth in 2007 and beyond.
The Corporate and Investment Bank, led by Steve Cummings, generated 25 percent of our segment earnings in 2006 and organically grew overall market share in virtually every domestic investment banking category. Nearly 30 percent of the group’s 2006 revenue came from annuity-like businesses aligned with Wachovia’s commercial banking strengths such as cash management, trade finance and asset-based lending, with the remaining 70 percent of revenues driven by capital markets activity. Our capital markets business is heavily weighted to fixed income and focuses on high margin, non-commodity businesses.


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Our business is client-driven and we are intensely focused on clients where we can add value by providing both intellectual and balance sheet capital. This approach has allowed Steve and his team to double our domestic market share and grow faster than our major investment banking competitors over the past five years while actually reducing the capital needed to support the business.
The financial landscape is rapidly changing with growing capital markets opportunities in Europe, the acceleration of Asian economies and the increasing importance of the financial sponsors business both in the U.S. and internationally. Transactions are trending larger and are more complex. To some extent, this risk is being offset by the emergence of new institutional investors and generally greater financial transparency and enhanced corporate governance. But to be relevant to our clients and institutional investors we will need to continue to deliver innovative new solutions and serve new markets. Our approach will be to focus our people and our investments only in those businesses where we have a clear competitive advantage. Structured products and real estate capital markets are demonstrated areas of leadership for Wachovia where client focus can extend our reach into profitable markets while enhancing the risk return profile of our businesses.
Our second markets-related business is our Capital Management Group, led by David Carroll. This business includes Wachovia Securities, LLC, which is the nation’s third largest retail brokerage firm, and a growing asset management business that includes Evergreen Investments and our retirement business. These businesses had a very successful year, with revenue up 12 percent and earnings up 34 percent.
The Capital Management team has identified its businesses’ core competencies, implemented efficiency improvements and successfully integrated several acquisitions. As a result, they’ve improved their overhead efficiency from above 85 percent two years ago to 75.65 percent in 2006. Particularly encouraging is the progress this team has made in growing bottom line profits while transitioning to a business with more recurring, annuity-like revenue streams. In 2006, recurring revenues represented 61 percent of total revenue in our brokerage business, up from 50 percent in 2004.
Over the past two years, David and his team also have been very focused on improving performance in our asset management business. We have made strategic acquisitions where we needed to enhance our core competencies in asset classes that are relevant to our clients, including Metropolitan West Capital Management and Golden Capital Management, two top decile performers in large cap value and large cap core investment styles. As 2007 begins, this team is intently focused on developing its majority interest partnership with European Credit Management, a London-based fixed income investment management firm, which adds additional asset management expertise and strengthens Evergreen’s global distribution platform.
We also have made progress in capitalizing on synergies between our large retail brokerage business and other business segments, yet this remains one of the most substantive opportunities for Wachovia. Providing investment product to General Bank and Wealth customers, offering loans and deposits to brokerage customers, and distributing product originated by our Investment Bank to brokerage customers are all examples of early successes that can produce outstanding results in 2007 and beyond if we execute properly.
Valuing Team Contributions
I’ve often said that the passion, creativity and performance discipline of our people are what defines our long-term competitive advantage. There’s a palpable sense of pride in being with Wachovia. We firmly believe our success in building customer loyalty is no accident, but a direct link to our emphasis on ensuring that our employees are fully engaged and know how their work contributes to our success.
Valuing employees and satisfying customers lead the list of the six strategic priorities that have guided our company for the past three years. Our strategic priorities build upon each other: Because of our employees’ dedication, Wachovia has become the acknowledged industry leader in providing superior customer service. As a result, customer attrition
Strategic Priorities
<   Employee Engagement
 
<   Customer Loyalty
 
<   Revenue Growth
 
<   Expense Control
 
<   Merger Integration
 
<   Corporate Governance
No. 1 for 6th Consecutive Year
2006 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)
                 
    Score  
    2006     vs. 2001  
 
Wachovia
    80       + 11 %
Bank of America
    72       + 6 %
JP Morgan Chase/ Bank One
    72       + 9 %
Wells Fargo
    72       + 9 %
Retail Banks Industry Average
    77       + 7 %
Source: ACSI independent survey fourth quarter 2006.
Percentage Loyal Customers*
(BAR GRAPH)
*   Defined as a customer who rates Wachovia a “7” on three loyalty questions.


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Letter to Our Shareholders

     


Revenue growth and expense
efficiency are equal
priorities
     


Revenue Outpaces Expense Growth*
(In billions)
(BAR GRAPH)
*   Excluding merger-related and restructuring charges and intangible amortization.
     
Improved Overhead Efficiency*
(BAR GRAPH)
*   Overhead efficiency ratio excludes merger-related and restructuring expenses, changes in accounting principle and other intangible amortization.
has dramatically declined, which enhances revenue growth and expense control. As you read this report, we have completed the Westcorp merger integration and we are well into our Golden West integration effort. Through good partnership and sound execution, the integration is “on plan.”
Corporate Governance.
By listing corporate governance among the six strategic priorities that guide us, we’re emphasizing our pledge to shareholders to remain committed to delivering best-in-class corporate governance. A key element of corporate governance is transparency in financial disclosure. Because we value financial transparency, we have previously been disclosing much of the additional information around executive compensation and benefits that the Securities and Exchange Commission is now requiring in 2007. We believe our executive compensation and benefit policies will compare favorably because we have a long record of making sure that our executives’ interests are aligned closely with shareholder interests. For example:
<   As CEO, I do not have an employment contract or a severance agreement or golden parachute.
<   We elected a lead independent director in 2000.
<   We long ago strengthened stock ownership guidelines for management and directors.
<   We adopted a policy requiring shareholder approval of any future senior executive severance agreements providing benefits over 2.99 times the executive’s annual base salary plus bonus as described in the policy.
Goals for 2007
For the next year, we will maintain our focus on execution as we migrate the Golden West mortgage model to Wachovia channels and as we introduce Wachovia’s General Banking model to our new western markets. At the same time, we will continue to grow our core businesses by capitalizing on the opportunities I have discussed in this letter. I believe that the wealth of opportunities available to us are a great indication of the strength and potential of this company.
Pride With Wachovia
Determination is one of the defining strengths of our company. We take great pride in delivering on what we promise. In 2007 we are more determined than ever to ensure our investors share in our success, and we will not rest until the markets respond with a valuation that reflects our financial performance. We fully expect to deliver on our goal of being a top quartile performer for our investors.
2006 was an important year for Wachovia for many reasons. One of the most important was that it brought Herb and Marion Sandler into our corporate family. Herb and Marion built a company, Golden West, which had perhaps the greatest record of any American corporation over the last 25 years. For the last few months Wachovia has been the beneficiary of their management skills and wisdom. Both will be available to us over the next two years in a consulting capacity and I look forward to their frequent counsel.
I want to thank our employees for their consistently superb quality of work and their dedication. It is thrilling to work with these teammates every day. I also want to offer my appreciation to our board, whose work ethic, diligence and strategic advice are invaluable. And, especially, I’d like to thank our customers for their continued business with Wachovia.
     
 
  Sincerely,
 
  -s- G. KENNEDY THOMPSON
 
  G. Kennedy Thompson
 
  Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
 
  February 23, 2007


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Wachovia’s Community Commitment

Wachovia is committed to building strong, vibrant communities, improving the quality of life and making a positive difference where we live and work. Every year, Wachovia invests billions of dollars to improve neighborhoods and education in the markets we serve.
But giving back to the community means more than just making financial contributions. We also encourage our employees to provide leadership through civic efforts and volunteering. We support their efforts through our Time Away From Work for Community Service policy, which allows employees to take four paid hours per month to volunteer. We also forge partnerships with local and regional nonprofit organizations to deliver services and programs, and help hundreds of lower-income families achieve the dream of home ownership every week.
Community Loans and Investments*
(In billions)
(BAR GRAPH)
Affordable housing, Small Business/farm, consumer credit and community development loans.
Charitable Giving*
(In millions)
 
(BAR GRAPH)
Primarily Support for education, community development, health and human services, and arts and culture.


One of the nation’s leading community development lenders
<   Helped nearly 15,000 low- to moderate-income families buy homes each week
 
<   Invested nearly $210 million in equity to create over 1,700 affordable rental housing units
 
<   Received a $143 million fourth round allocation of New Markets Tax Credits, making Wachovia the third largest recipient and single largest bank recipient under this program. In 2006, created nearly 1,850 jobs in lower-income communities through $74 million in lending through New Markets Tax Credits projects
<   Trained 26,000 families and individuals in personal computer, Internet and money management skills through our financial literacy programs led by employee volunteers in conjunction with community groups; offered in English and Spanish
 
<   Launched “Extra Credit,” a financial literacy lesson that addresses debt management and how to establish and maintain good credit


One of the nation’s leaders in corporate philanthropy and community involvement
<   Reading First, our early childhood literacy program, involved employees in nearly 6,100 partnerships with local classrooms, with 121,000 books donated to classroom libraries
 
<   Logged more than 700,000 employee volunteer hours, including building homes, mentoring children, reading in schools and tutoring adults in financial literacy
<   Over 1,960 grants amounting to $268,400 to the charity of choice for employees who volunteered at least 24 hours with that organization
 
<   Donated $1 million in proceeds from Wachovia Championship PGA TOUR golf tournament to Teach For America
 
<   Launched the 32nd chapter of WachoviaVolunteers!, the community involvement network for employees. One in four employees is now a member


Providing corporate leadership in environmental stewardship
In 2006, Wachovia adopted a set of Environmental Principles to guide its business. The complete set of principles are accessible through the Company Information link at Wachovia.com. Highlights include:
Forest Protection
<   Established policy prohibiting the financing of illegal logging and any logging operations in primary tropical moist forests, areas in which high conservation values are endangered or World Heritage sites
 
<   Encouraged clients to adopt a credible forest certification program and show third-party verification of sustainable forestry practices
 
<   Became a signatory to the Equator Principles, which commit financial institutions to mitigating social and environmental risk factors in global project financing
Waste Reduction
<   Recycled more than 20,000 tons of paper in 2006
 
<   Used recycled paper for 86 percent of 2006 print materials, including customer correspondence, the Annual Report, marketing collateral and direct mail
Climate Change
<   Committed to reduce Wachovia’s absolute carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent from 2005 levels by 2010
 
<   Designed a new 1.2 million square foot office tower in accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification standards
 
<   Opened first LEED-certified financial center in Austin, Texas
 
<   Purchased renewable energy where available; in Texas, 10 percent of electricity supplied by wind power
Industry Leadership
<   Signatory to the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEPFI)
 
<   Founding member of the Environmental Bankers Association
 
<   Included in the FTSE4Good Global Index and the Carbon Disclosure Project


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Corporate Overview

Segment Revenue Contribution
(In millions)
(BAR GRAPH)
An uncommon partnership
of banking and
brokerage businesses
to bridge a lifetime
of customer needs
     
















Diversified Business Mix
<   Steady revenue stream in a challenging environment and upside potential in an improving economy
<   Relatively stable mix of interest income and fee income
<   About half of Wachovia’s 2006 revenue came from banking and wealth management operations and half from a broad array of corporate and investment banking, brokerage and asset management businesses
Broad Distribution Network
<   4,100 financial centers and brokerage offices, 5,200 ATMs, telephone and Internet
<   Sales force of 43,000 bank sales and service associates; 10,600 registered representatives, including 2,500 licensed financial specialists and 8,100 full-service brokers, 1,300 of whom are in financial centers; 950 wealth management advisors; 255 insurance brokers in 40 insurance brokerage offices; 1,500 commercial, small business and private advisory relationship managers; and 1,200 corporate and institutional coverage officers
Preferred by Customers
<   Record customer satisfaction and loyalty rankings among industry best in class
<   No. 1 among major U.S. banks (Consumer Reports); No. 1 among major U.S. banks and No. 5 among all U.S. banks (J.D. Power and Associates)
Growth Potential
<   Core relationship products drive growth — average core deposits up 11 percent and average loans up 35 percent
<   Broad product array with expanded branch network, credit card and mortgage offerings, and auto dealer services
<   Positioned for growth in global payments industry


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Overview of Major Businesses

General Bank
Our General Bank provides a broad range of banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, commercial enterprises and governmental institutions in 21 states and Washington, D.C. We focus on small business customers with annual revenues up to $3 million; business banking customers with annual revenues between $3 million and $15 million; and commercial customers with revenues between $15 million and $250 million. In addition, we serve mortgage customers in 50 states and provide auto finance covering 46 states.
2006 Business Fundamentals
<   $15.7 billion total revenue
<   $223.4 billion average loans
<   $232.7 billion average core deposits
<   $4.1 billion investment sales
<   11.5 million households and businesses
<   55,600 employees
<   2,500 licensed financial specialists
<   12.3 million online product and service enrollments and 4.0 million active online customers


Wealth Management
With nearly 200 years of experience in managing wealth, Wealth Management tailors the capabilities of a major financial institution to the individual needs of high net worth individuals, their families and businesses. Teams of relationship managers and specialty advisors serve clients with $2 million or more in investable assets, while four family offices focus on families with $25 million or more in investable assets. Wachovia Insurance Services provides commercial insurance brokerage and risk management services, employee benefits, life insurance, executive benefits and personal insurance services to businesses and individuals.
2006 Business Fundamentals
<   $1.4 billion total revenue
<   $16.2 billion average loans
<   $14.5 billion average core deposits
<   $72.4 billion assets under management
<   $143.9 billion assets under administration
<   950 wealth management advisors
<   255 insurance brokers


Corporate and Investment Bank
Our Corporate and Investment Bank offers a full suite of products and services to public and private companies, institutional investors, financial institutions and the financial sponsor community. Investment banking and the global markets businesses (fixed income and equities) operate under the Wachovia Securities brand and have become a global force in the capital markets arena by providing comprehensive advisory, capital raising, structuring and execution services. This business also includes the nation’s third largest Treasury Services business, as well as asset-based lending, global correspondent banking services and principal investing activities.
2006 Business Fundamentals
<   $6.7 billion total revenue
<   $107.2 billion lending commitments
<   $44.9 billion average loans
<   $26.2 billion average core deposits
<   3,600 corporate client relationships
<   2,500 institutional investor relationships


Capital Management
Capital Management leverages its multi-channel distribution to provide a full line of proprietary and nonproprietary investment and retirement products and services to retail and institutional clients. Retail brokerage services are offered through the 2,700 offices of Wachovia Securities in 47 states and Washington, D.C., and through affiliate offices in Latin America. Evergreen Investments, a large and diversified asset management company, provides investment solutions to individuals, institutional investors and endowments. Securities lending services are offered through Metropolitan West Securities, LLC. The Retirement and Investment Products Group is a leading provider of retirement services for individual investors, corporations and plan participants.
2006 Business Fundamentals
<   $6.0 billion total revenue
<   $760.0 billion broker client assets
<   $276.0 billion assets under management
<   $108.0 billion mutual fund assets
<   $168.0 billion separate account assets
<   $110.4 billion retirement plan assets
<   10,600 registered representatives


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General Bank
     
Average Core Deposit Growth*
(In billions)
  Revenue per Financial Center*
(In millions)
 
   
(BAR GRAPH)

Include acquisitions.
  (BAR GRAPH)

Excludes acquisitions.

Operating Leverage*
(In billions)
(BAR GRAPH)
Includes acquisitions.
Market Position
<   Dominant East Coast presence No. 3 nationwide deposit share
 
<   No. 3 nationwide deposit share
 
<   No. 1 in Southeast
 
<   Top 5 in Western U.S.
 
<   A leading middle-market lender
 
<   Top 10 U.S. mortgage lender
 
<   Top 10 auto loan originator
 
<   No. 4 domestic online bank
 
<   No. 1 small business and home equity customer satisfaction; mortgage lending ranks N0. 3 (J.D. Power and Associates)


Value Proposition
The General Bank provides deposit, lending and investment products and services for customers at every stage of life, whether they are saving for a home, for a child’s education or for a business ... whether they are building wealth or building a business ... or planning for retirement. The General Bank’s 43,000 sales and service associates and 1,500 commercial and small business relationship managers provide knowledgeable and reliable guidance, whether customers choose to meet with them personally, visit one of our 3,400 financial centers or 5,200 automated teller machines, call our telephone banking center or visit online at wachovia.com.
The General Bank also serves the specialized financial needs of businesses large and small with a variety of business checking and savings products, treasury services, global trade services, loans, leases and capital markets products and services.
Wealth Management
     
Assets Under Management
(In billions)
  Revenue per Relationship
Manager

(In millions)
 
   
(BAR GRAPH)
  (BAR GRAPH)

Trust and Investment
Management Fee Growth

(In millions)


(BAR GRAPH)
Market Position
<   5th largest in wealth market based on Wachovia Securities and Wealth Management assets under management for clients with $1 million or more (Barron’s 2006 survey)
 
<   Platform Provider of the Year for Advantage (Private Asset Management 2006)
 
<   Top 5 personal trust provider
 
<   Top 10 commercial insurance brokerage firm (Business Insurance)
 
<   Top 5 multifamily office practice (Family Wealth Alliance report)


     


Value Proposition
Wealth Management offers a fully integrated and objective approach that incorporates all the disciplines related to managing our clients’ wealth — from creation and growth to preservation and transfer to future generations. Beginning with a comprehensive financial planning process, a dedicated relationship manager coordinates a team of financial advisors to meet each client’s individual needs. Through a separate, independent practice called Calibre, we also provide sophisticated family office solutions to ultra high net worth families that go beyond meeting financial needs by ensuring each future generation is prepared to be effective stewards of the family’s legacy.
Wachovia Insurance Services provides commercial property casualty insurance brokerage, risk management services, employee benefits, life insurance, executive benefits and personal insurance nationwide through 40 offices in 19 states and Washington, D.C.


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Corporate and Investment Bank
     
Fee Income Growth   CIB Loan Growth
(In billions)   (In billions)
     
(BAR GRAPH)
  (BAR GRAPH)

Significant Growth in
Market Share

Based on Fees Generated
(BAR GRAPH)
Source: Dealogic.
Market Position
n   Top 10 in U.S. leveraged finance, high grade, preferred stock and equities
 
n   Market leader in Real Estate and Structured Products:
  § No. 1 Master Servicer of U.S. CMBS
 
  § No. 1 in CMBS Fixed Rate Loans
 
  § No. 3 Lead Manager of U.S. CDOs
n   CMBS Bank of the Year (Real Estate Finance & Investments)
 
n   No. 1 Stock Pickers — Wachovia Equity Research Team (Forbes)
 
n   No. 1 correspondent bank for overall institutional satisfaction (FImetrix)
 
n   Top 3 U.S. asset-based lending lead arranger
 
n   Top 3 treasury management provider


Value Proposition
The Corporate and Investment Bank has become a premier partner to corporations and institutional investors through an intense focus on understanding their clients needs and delivering innovative solutions through a highly integrated platform. The Corporate and Investment Bank’s integrated team approach and deep industry expertise enable delivery of a breadth of products and services to clients at any stage and in any economic environment. Clients in this arm of Wachovia Securities are middle-market and large-cap companies and private equity investors as well as a broad array of institutional investors around the world.
The Corporate and Investment Bank’s 5,700 employees provide Wachovia with a deep pool of relationship coverage officers, product specialists, portfolio managers, and fixed income and equity sales, trading and research professionals.
Capital Management
     
Assets Under Management*   Brokerage Clients Assets
(In billions)   (In billions)
     
(BAR GRAPH)
* Includes acquisitions.
  (BAR GRAPH)

Annualized Revenue
per Series 7 Broker

(In thousands)
(BAR GRAPH)
Market Position
n   3rd largest full-service retail brokerage firm
 
n   4.2 million broker client accounts
 
n   2.1 million participants in retirement plans
 
n   Top 20 largest mutual fund company (FRC)
 
n   2nd largest bank annuity provider based on Kehrer-LIMRA survey
 
n   32 Best in Class awards for retire- ment services (PlanSponsor magazine)
 
n   2006 Dalbar Customer Service Award to Evergreen Investments for ninth year


Value Proposition
Capital Management is focused on helping clients achieve a lifetime of financial goals with many choices and resources structured around their individual needs.
Our 8,100 financial advisors and 2,500 financial specialists help clients make educated decisions regarding their investments and help them plan their financial future using our proprietary Envision product, with an emphasis on disciplined investing and unbiased advice. Evergreen Investments provides comprehensive investment solutions to individuals, institutions and endowments. Securities lending services are offered through Metropolitan West Securities, LLC. The Retirement and Investment Products Group is a leading provider of retirement services for individual investors, corporations and plan participants, offering individual retirement accounts, variable and fixed annuities, full-service defined contribution, defined benefit and nonqualified plan administration, and reinsurance services.





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Guide to Our Financial Discussion
We value our relationship with our investors and pledge to keep you informed about our company. On the following pages, we strive to help you understand more about our financial results, our sources of earnings and our financial condition.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
                 
Executive Summary
     Tables on pages 14 and 47
  14   We begin with an executive summary of our company and our strategy of balance and diversity in our lines of business. We also summarize our financial results and the underlying trends and factors that affected these results.
 
               
 
Outlook   15   We discuss our expectations for the future and provide a financial outlook for the upcoming year.
 
               
 
Critical Accounting Policies   16   We describe the more significant accounting policies that affect our results, and the extent to which we use judgment and estimates in applying those policies.
 
               
 
Corporate Results of Operations
  19, 43   We describe in more detail the topics highlighted in the
 
 
Net interest income and margin (tables on pages 19,
45-47, 49, 59, 60, 66, 77 and 101)
          Executive Summary.
 
 
Fee and other income (tables on pages 20, 46-47, 49, 66 and 101)
           
 
 
Noninterest expense (tables on pages 21, 47, 49, 66 and 101)
           
 
 
Merger-related and restructuring expenses (tables on pages 21, 45, 47, 49, 66, 101 and 106)
           
 
 
Income taxes (tables on pages 14, 46, 47, 49, 66, 68, 101 and 108) 
           
 
               
 
Business Segments   21, 43   Then we review results from our business segments in depth, including the metrics we used to evaluate segment results.
 
 
Key performance metrics (tables on pages 23-26 and 100-102)
         
 
 
General Bank (tables on pages 23 and 100-102)
         
 
 
Wealth Management (tables on pages 24 and 100-102)
         
 
 
Corporate and Investment Bank (tables on pages 24 and 100-102)
         
 
 
Capital Management (tables on pages 25 and 100-102)
         
 
 
Parent (tables on pages 26 and 100-102)
         
 
               
 
Balance Sheet Analysis
      Earning assets (tables on pages 19 and 59-60)
  27, 44   The two primary groups of assets that we hold on our balance sheet are securities and loans, which we call earning assets. We discuss these earning assets and related topics such as the mix of our loan portfolio and asset quality here.
 
 
Securities (tables on pages 19, 27, 59-60, 65, 68, 76, 81, 82 and 84)
         
 
 
Loans (tables on pages 19, 27-28, 50-51, 59-60, 65, 87 and 90)
         
 
     Asset quality (tables on pages 29, 46, 52-54 and 91)            
 
     Charge-offs (tables on pages 29, 46, 52 and 54)            
 
     Commercial real estate (tables on pages 27-28 and 50-53)            
 
     Commitments (tables on pages 23-26 and 101-102)            
 
     Industry concentrations (table on page 28)            
 
  Goodwill (tables on pages 55, 65 and 92)            
 
               
 
Liquidity and Capital Adequacy   30, 44   Here we describe our funding strategies and our management of liquidity — or the ease with which an asset may be converted into cash at no or little risk, or how funds may be raised in various markets.
 
 
Core deposits (other deposit tables on pages 19, 56, 59-60 and 68)
         
 
 
Purchased funds (tables on pages 19, 59, 60, 65, 68 and 93)
         
 
 
Long-term debt (tables on pages 19, 47, 59, 60, 65, 68 and 94)
         
 
 
Stockholders’ equity (tables on pages 1, 31, 47-49, 65 and 67)
           
 
  Subsidiary dividends (table on page 128)            
 
  Regulatory capital (tables on pages 46, 58 and 98)            
 
  Debt ratings   Inside Back Cover    
 
               
 
Off-Balance Sheet Transactions   32   We also provide information about our “off-balance sheet” activities such as guarantees and retained interests from securitizations.
 
 
Off-balance sheet summary tables on pages 32, 121 and 126
         
 
               
 
Risk Management   33   This section discusses the types of risk to which our business is exposed in the ordinary course of business and our strategies for mitigating that risk.
 
 
Allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments (tables on pages 29, 46, 52-53 and 91)
         
 
  Credit risk management            
 
  Derivatives (tables on pages 112-119)            
 
  Earnings sensitivity (table on page 39)            
 
  Interest rate risk management (graph on page 38)            
 
  Liquidity risk management (table on page 36)            
 
  Market risk management (graphs on page 35)            
 
  Operational risk management            
 
 
Trading activities (tables on pages 48, 59-60, 65-66, 68 and 80)
           
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Selected Financial Data   45-49   These tables provide often-requested information, including multi-year and quarterly comparisons of our results.
 
  Explanation of our use of non-GAAP financial measures        
 
  Selected statistical data            
 
  Five-year summaries of income            
 
  Selected ratios            
 
  Selected quarterly data            
 
               
 
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting   62   In this letter, we affirm our responsibilities related to the reliability of our financial reporting. We are committed to presenting financial results that are complete, transparent and understandable.
 
             
 
             
 
               
 
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   63-64   In these reports, our auditor, KPMG, expresses its independent opinions on our consolidated financial statements and on internal controls over financial reporting.
 
             
 
             
 
               
 
Consolidated Financial Statements   65-68   These four statements, and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements that accompany them, have been prepared by management and are audited by KPMG, our independent registered public accounting firm.
 
  Consolidated balance sheets          
 
  Consolidated statements of income          
 
  Consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity          
 
  Consolidated statements of cash flows            
 
               
 
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   69-129   In these notes, we describe the policies we use in accounting for our assets, liabilities and operating activities. We also discuss our significant acquisitions and divestitures and provide additional information about our primary assets, including securities and loans, and funding sources, such as short-term borrowings and long-term debt, along with our off-balance sheet commitments. Specific details are included for our stock-based compensation, income taxes and business segments. We believe you will find useful information to help you more fully understand our financial statements in these disclosures, which are provided to meet accounting and reporting requirements and are presented in stipulated formats.
 
  Summary of significant accounting policies          
 
  Business combinations and dispositions          
 
  Trading account assets and liabilities          
 
  Securities          
 
  Variable interest entities, securitizations and retained
   beneficial interests, and servicing asset
         
 
  Loans, net of unearned income          
 
  Allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending
    commitments
         
 
  Goodwill and other intangible assets          
 
  Other assets          
 
  Short-term borrowings          
 
  Long-term debt            
 
  Common and preferred stock and capital ratios            
 
  Accumulated other comprehensive income, net            
 
  Business segments            
 
  Personnel expense and retirement benefits            
 
  Merger-related and restructuring expenses            
 
  Income taxes            
 
  Basic and diluted earnings per common share            
 
  Derivatives            
 
  Commitments, guarantees, litigation and other regulatory
    matters
           
 
  Fair value of financial instruments            
 
  Wachovia Corporation (parent company)            
 
               
 
Ratios   45-49   Throughout this document, we provide information about the key performance indicators by which we measure our success in driving shareholder value, including measures that serve as benchmarks for our management team’s compensation
 
  Capital and leverage (tables on pages 46 and 58)   31
 
  Common stockholders’ equity to assets (table on page 49)        
 
  Dividend payout ratio (tables on pages 1, 45 and 48)   15
 
  Economic profit (tables on pages 23-26)   22  
 
  Efficiency ratio (tables on pages 23-26)   16    
 
  Net interest margin (table on page 60)   19    
 
  Profitability (ROA and ROE) (tables on pages 46, 48 and 49)            
 
  Risk-adjusted return on capital (tables on pages 23-26)   22    
 
               
 
Glossary of Financial Terms   130   More definitions to help you understand our businesses.
Geographic Reach   131   Includes market share and market rank in our banking states.
Board of Directors and Operating Committee   132   These are the people who lead our company.
 
               
 
Stockholder Information   Inside Back Cover   We end with information about our Annual Meeting, how to contact us, and for our fixed income investors, we provide a summary table of our debt ratings.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

The following discussion and analysis is based primarily on amounts presented in our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. This discussion contains forward-looking statements. Please refer to our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of various factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements.
Summary Results of Operations
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(In millions, except per share data)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Net interest income (GAAP)
  $ 15,249       13,681       11,961  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    155       219       250  
 
Net interest income (a)
    15,404       13,900       12,211  
Fee and other income
    14,545       12,219       10,779  
 
Total revenue (a)
    29,949       26,119       22,990  
Provision for credit losses
    434       249       257  
Other noninterest expense
    16,874       15,139       13,791  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    179       292       444  
Other intangible amortization
    423       416       431  
 
Total noninterest expense
    17,476       15,847       14,666  
Minority interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    414       342       184  
Income taxes
    3,725       3,033       2,419  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    155       219       250  
 
Income from continuing operations
    7,745       6,429       5,214  
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
    46       214        
 
Net income
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,214  
 
Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations
  $ 4.61       4.05       3.81  
 
Diluted earnings per common share based on net income
  $ 4.63       4.19       3.81  
 
(a) Tax-equivalent.    
Executive Summary
Our earnings are primarily generated through four core businesses, two of which largely conduct traditional banking activities — the General Bank and Wealth Management — and two with businesses that are largely related to financial market activities — the Corporate and Investment Bank and Capital Management. In the following discussion, we explain this diverse group of businesses and why we believe our shareholders and customers benefit from this balance and diversity. In addition, throughout this document, we address key performance indicators of our financial position and results of operations that drive shareholder value and serve as benchmarks to compensate management. We discuss trends and uncertainties affecting our businesses, and analyze liquidity and capital resources.
Our business model is based on a mix of businesses that provide a broad range of financial products and services, delivered through multiple distribution channels. This means that in addition to the typical lending and deposit-taking activities of traditional banking companies, we also offer investment products and services for retail customers,
and capital markets financing alternatives for institutional and corporate clients. This business mix produces revenue from the interest income earned on loans and securities, as well as fee income from faster-growth but less predictable asset management, retail brokerage and investment banking businesses. Fee and other income represented 49 percent of total revenue in 2006 compared with 47 percent in 2005.
Wachovia’s net income in 2006 was $7.8 billion, up 17  percent from 2005, and diluted earnings per common share were up 11 percent to $4.63. After-tax net merger-related and restructuring expenses were 7 cents per share in 2006 and 11 cents per share in 2005. Results reflect the impact of acquisitions from the date on which each closed, including Golden West Financial Corporation of Oakland, California, from October 1, 2006, and Westcorp and WFS Financial of Irvine, California (collectively Westcorp), from March 1, 2006. Golden West is the parent of World Savings Bank, FSB, with a retail branch presence primarily in the Western United States and mortgage lending operations in 39 states.
Westcorp is an auto dealer financial services business that covers 46 states and also has a small retail branch network in California. In addition, results reflect divestitures of our Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses in late 2005 and our subprime mortgage servicing operation in late 2006.
In addition, key factors in 2006 compared with 2005 included:
n   15 percent revenue growth driven by a 19 percent increase in fee and other income largely from our market-driven businesses, as well as growth in service charges, other banking fees and other income.
 
n   Net interest income growth of 11 percent reflecting a larger balance sheet, although growth was dampened by margin compression. Average loans grew 35 percent, including the addition for three months of $124.0 billion from Golden West and the addition for 10 months of $13.5 billion from Westcorp.
 
n   10 percent growth in noninterest expense, reflecting the impact of acquisitions on personnel expense, revenue-related and other incentives and efficiency initiative costs.
Wachovia is one of the nation’s largest lenders, and the credit quality of our loan portfolio can have a significant impact on earnings. Our credit quality remained among the best in the banking industry in 2006, with a net charge-off ratio of 0.12 percent and a ratio of nonperforming assets to loans, net, foreclosed properties and loans held for sale of 0.32 percent. Provision expense increased 74 percent to $434 million, largely reflecting the Westcorp acquisition and organic loan growth. We continue to mitigate risk and volatility on our balance sheet by actively monitoring and reducing potential problem loans, including their sale when prudent. We are optimistic about our outlook for credit quality as we enter 2007 given the highly collateralized


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nature of our loan portfolio. While we expect modest increases in credit costs, we believe overall credit quality will remain strong.
The 35 percent increase from 2005 in average net loans to $307.7 billion included average consumer loan growth of 67 percent, driven by the addition of an average balance of $31.7 billion from Golden West and of $12.1 billion from Westcorp, and the transfer of $12.5 billion of home equity lines to the loan portfolio from loans held for sale at year-end 2005. Excluding these effects, average consumer loans increased 8 percent, reflecting increased consumer real estate secured activity. In addition, loans reflected organic growth in middle-market commercial and commercial real estate construction lending, large corporate lending and international lending. Average core deposits increased 11 percent from 2005 to $309.0 billion, including the average balance impact of $17.2 billion from Golden West, and average low-cost core deposits increased 2 percent from 2005 to $244.2 billion.
Our four major businesses continued to generate strong sales activity and market share gains in 2006. The General Bank’s earnings rose 37 percent to $5.2 billion, reflecting the addition of Golden West and Westcorp, as well as organic growth. Wealth Management’s earning grew 8 percent to $267 million and reflected the introduction of a new investment platform. Our Corporate and Investment Bank increased earnings 15 percent to $2.0 billion, reflecting strong investment banking results, primarily real estate capital markets and client origination activity, as well as higher principal investing results. Capital Management grew earnings 34 percent to $931 million, reflecting a strong focus on growing retail brokerage managed account fees as well as higher net interest income as deposit spreads improved.
Controlling expense growth and improving revenue growth continue to be a strategic focus, with our business units and the company progressing in 2006 toward overhead efficiency targets for 2007. Noninterest expense in 2006 included $81 million relating to our efficiency initiatives. Further information about our goals for improving efficiency is in the Outlook section.
We have expanded our focus on consumer lending, particularly in mortgage, auto and credit card. We also continue to enhance the efficiency of our financial center network and expand our presence in higher growth markets. This has resulted in higher expenses, largely in the General Bank. In 2006, we opened 85 de novo (or new) branches, consolidated 152 branches and expanded our commercial banking presence, which increased noninterest expense by $96 million.
In January 2006, we reentered the credit card business with a focus on our existing customers and received a $100 million credit
card-related MBNA termination fee. In 2006, noninterest expense associated with the credit card
business amounted to $50 million and the provision for credit losses in the Parent segment included $38 million related to credit card outstandings.
In June 2006, we announced the divestiture of our subprime mortgage servicing business, HomEq Servicing. This transaction closed on November 1, 2006, for proceeds of $489 million, and disposition-related costs of $41 million were recorded as merger-related and restructuring expenses. In December 2006, we reported as discontinued operations an additional $46 million after-tax gain related to the divestiture of Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses in the fourth quarter of 2005.
We paid common stockholders dividends of $3.6 billion, or $2.14 per share, in 2006, and $3.0 billion, or $1.94 per share in 2005. Our target is to return 40 percent to 50 percent of our earnings to shareholders as dividends, and in 2006, our dividend payout ratio was 46.22 percent, or 44.21 percent excluding merger-related and restructuring expenses, other intangible amortization and discontinued operations, which is the basis we use in measuring our goal.
Our balance sheet is strong and well capitalized under regulatory guidelines with a tier 1 capital ratio of 7.42 percent, a leverage ratio of 6.01 percent and a tangible capital ratio of 4.45 percent at December 31, 2006. The adoption of FIN 48 and FSP 13-2, both effective on January 1, 2007, reduced these same capital measurements by approximately 27 basis points for the tier 1 capital ratio, 22 basis points for the leverage ratio and 21 basis points for the tangible capital ratio. We remain focused on maintaining our capital ratio targets, some of which are measured on a different basis, as discussed in the Outlook section. FIN 48 and FSP 13-2 are defined and explained in the Accounting and Regulatory Matters section.
Outlook
Based on our consistent performance, confidence in our business model and our capital strength, we have updated our financial outlook for 2007.
This outlook computes growth rates from an illustrative combined Wachovia and Golden West as if the two companies had been merged on January 1, 2006. This illustrative combined 2006 basis includes Wachovia full year 2006 results before merger-related and restructuring expenses, plus Golden West's results from January 1, 2006, to September 30, 2006. These combined results add purchase accounting and other closing adjustments to Golden West’s results prior to the closing date. In addition, these results include funding costs, which represent interest expense calculated at a rate of 5.35 percent on the cash portion of the purchase price. The illustrative combined basis also excludes certain immaterial fourth quarter 2006 adjustments, which are described in more detail in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and the effect of Golden West’s third quarter 2006 charitable contribution


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

of appreciated securities. The effect of Golden West’s Contribution in their pre-merger results was an increase in fee and other income of $367 million, an increase in noninterest expense of $372 million and a decrease in income taxes of $130 million.
Additionally, this outlook reflects our expectations before the effect of implementation of FIN 48 and FSP 13-2 as outlined in more detail below and in the Accounting and Regulatory Matters section.
For full year 2007 compared with full year illustrative combined 2006, and before merger-related and restructuring expenses, we expect:
n   Net interest income growth in the low single-digit percentage range on a tax-equivalent basis compared with $18.1 billion.
 
n   Fee income growth in the low double-digits percentage range from $14.5 billion.
 
n   Noninterest expense growth in the mid single-digit percentage range from $18.1 billion.
 
n   Minority interest expense increase in the high single-digit percentage range from $414 million.
 
n   Loan growth in the high single-digit percentage range from $398.4 billion, including consumer loan growth in the low double-digits percentage range from $249.6 billion, and commercial loan growth in the mid single-digit percentage range from $148.8 billion.
 
n   Net charge-offs in the mid-teens basis point range as a percentage of average net loans, up from 8 basis points; and provision expense may be modestly higher.
 
n   An effective income tax rate in the range of 33.5 percent to 34 percent on a tax-equivalent basis.
 
n   A targeted leverage ratio above 6.0 percent and a tangible capital to tangible asset ratio no lower than 4.7 percent, excluding the effect on tangible capital of the unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities and certain risk management derivatives, and the pension accounting adjustment discussed in the Stockholders’ Equity section.
 
n   A dividend payout ratio of 40 percent to 50 percent of earnings before other intangible amortization.
 
n   Use of excess capital to opportunistically repurchase shares, to reinvest in our businesses and to undertake financially attractive, shareholder-friendly acquisitions.
In addition, we expect the implementation of FSP 13-2 will reduce 2007 net interest income by $75 million and increase
income taxes by a net $16 million. Further, the impact on stockholders’ equity of the adoption of FSP 13-2 will lower the 2007 tangible capital to tangible asset ratio, which was 4.75 percent as measured on the above basis at December 31, 2006, by approximately 21 basis points. While this tangible capital ratio, including the effect of adoption of FSP 13-2, will temporarily be below our targeted levels, we believe it is reasonable to operate below those targets for an interim period, and we intend to deploy a balanced approach between rebuilding capital to targeted levels and using capital in other activities as outlined above.
We continue to evaluate our operations and organizational structures to ensure they are closely aligned with our goal of maximizing performance through increased efficiency and competitiveness in our four core businesses. We are striving to make Wachovia a more efficient company, but it is not our intention to have the lowest overhead efficiency ratio in our peer group because we expect to continue to invest in higher growth businesses. In January 2005, we set a goal of reducing our annual expense growth by $600 million to $1.0 billion by the end of 2007. We have identified expense reduction opportunities that are expected to result in incremental cost savings of approximately $200 million in 2007 for total annual savings at the high end of our goal. Our efficiency efforts include enhancing the effectiveness of our branch network. We expect to consolidate up to 100 branches and open up to 130 branches in 2007.
As a result of our merger with Golden West, we have revised our year-end 2007 targeted overhead efficiency ratio for the overall company to 51.5 percent to 53.5 percent excluding merger-related and restructuring expenses, and other intangible amortization. Because our business mix has changed largely due to merger activity, we have not set revised targets for our four business segments.
We also will focus on ensuring successful integration of Westcorp and Golden West and have begun deposit system conversions in California with Westcorp, which was completed in the first quarter of 2007. Golden West deposit system conversions are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2007 and be completed by mid-2008.
When consistent with our overall business strategy, we may consider disposing of certain assets, branches, subsidiaries or lines of business. We continue to routinely explore acquisition opportunities in areas that would complement our core businesses, and frequently conduct due diligence activities in connection with possible acquisitions. As a result, acquisition discussions and, in some cases, negotiations frequently take place and future acquisitions involving cash, debt or equity securities could occur.
Critical Accounting Policies
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the applicable industries. We use a significant amount of judgment, and estimates based on assumptions for which the actual results are uncertain when we make the estimations. We have identified five policies as being particularly sensitive in terms of judgments and the extent to which significant estimates are used: allowance for loan losses and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments (which is recorded in other liabilities); fair value of certain financial instruments; consolidation; goodwill impairment; and contingent liabilities.
Other accounting policies, such as pension liability measurement and stock option fair value determination, also involve a significant amount of judgment and estimates, but the impact of the estimates involved is not significant to our consolidated results of operations. The Audit Committee of our board of directors reviews these policies, the judgment and estimation processes involved, and related disclosures.
Our policy on the allowance for loan losses applies to all loans, but is different from the methodology used to allocate the provision for credit losses for segment reporting purposes, which is discussed in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The policy on fair value of certain financial instruments applies largely to the Corporate and Investment Bank and the Parent, both of which hold large portfolios of securities and derivatives. The policy on consolidation also affects the Corporate and Investment Bank and the Parent, both of which are involved in structuring securitization transactions. The policies on goodwill impairment and contingent liabilities affect all segments.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Reserve for Unfunded Lending Commitments The allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments, which we refer to collectively as the allowance for credit losses, are maintained at levels we believe are adequate to absorb probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio and unfunded lending commitments as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. We monitor qualitative and quantitative trends, including changes in the levels of past due, criticized and nonperforming loans. In addition, we rely on estimates and exercise judgment in assessing credit risk.
We employ a variety of modeling and estimation tools for measuring credit risk. These tools are periodically reevaluated and refined as appropriate. The following provides a description of each component of our allowance for credit losses, the techniques we currently use and the estimates and judgments inherent to each.
Our model for the allowance for loan losses has four components: formula-based components for both the commercial and consumer portfolios, each including an adjustment for historical loss variability; a reserve for impaired commercial loans; and an unallocated component.
For commercial loans, the formula-based component of the allowance for loan losses is based on statistical estimates of the average losses observed by credit grade. Average losses for each credit grade reflect the annualized historical default rate and the average losses realized for defaulted loans.
For consumer loans, the formula-based component of the allowance for loan losses is based on statistical estimates of the average losses observed by product classification. Average losses for each product class are computed using historical loss data, including analysis of delinquency patterns, origination vintage and various credit risk forecast indicators.
For both commercial and consumer loans, the formula-based components include additional amounts to establish reasonable ranges that consider observed historical variability in losses. Factors we may consider in setting these amounts include, but are not limited to, industry-specific data, portfolio-specific risks or concentrations, and macroeconomic conditions. At December 31, 2006, the formula-based components of the allowance were $1.9 billion for commercial loans and $1.3 billion for consumer loans, compared with $1.9 billion and $730 million, respectively, at December 31, 2005. The increase in the consumer component reflects the Golden West and Westcorp acquisitions.
We have established a specific reserve within the allowance for loan losses for impaired loans. We define impaired loans as commercial loans on nonaccrual status. We individually review any impaired loan with a minimum total exposure of $10 million in the Corporate and Investment Bank and $5 million in other segments. The reserve for each individually reviewed loan is based on the difference between the loan’s carrying amount and the loan’s estimated fair value. No other reserve is provided on impaired loans that are individually reviewed. At December 31, 2006, the allowance for loan losses included $14 million and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments included $5 million for individually reviewed impaired loans and facilities. At December 31, 2005, these amounts were $10 million and $7 million, respectively.
The allowance for loan losses is supplemented with an unallocated component, which reflects the inherent uncertainty of our estimates. The amount of this component and its relationship to the total allowance for loan losses may change from one period to another as facts and circumstances dictate. We anticipate the unallocated component of the allowance will generally not exceed 5 percent of the total allowance for loan losses. At December 31, 2006, the unallocated component of the allowance for loan losses was $160 million, or 5 percent of the allowance for loan losses, compared with $135 million, or 5 percent, at December 31, 2005.
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process that is consistent with the methodology described above for the commercial portion of the allowance. In addition, this model includes as a key factor the historical average rate at which unfunded commercial exposures have been funded at the time of default. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the reserve for unfunded lending commitments was $154 million and $158 million, respectively.
The factors supporting the allowance for loan losses and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments as described above do not diminish the fact that the entire allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments are available to absorb losses in the loan portfolio and related commitment portfolio, respectively. Our principal focus, therefore, is on the adequacy of the total allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments. Additionally, our primary bank regulators regularly conduct examinations of the allowance for credit losses and make assessments regarding its adequacy and the methodology employed in its determination.
Fair Value of Certain Financial Instruments Fair value is defined as the amount at which a financial instrument could be exchanged in a transaction between willing, unrelated parties in a normal business transaction. Financial instruments recorded at fair value include:
n   Instruments held for trading, including debt and equity securities and derivatives, with unrealized gains and losses recorded in earnings.
 
n   Debt and equity securities and retained interests in securitizations classified as available for sale, with unrealized gains and losses recorded in stockholder’s equity
 
n   Derivatives designated as fair value or cash flow accounting hedges, with unrealized gains and losses recorded in earnings for fair value hedges and stockholders’ equity for cash flow hedges.
 
n   Principal investments, which are classified in other assets and which include public equity and private investments, with realized and unrealized gains and losses recorded in earnings.
In addition, the determination of fair value affects loans held for sale, which are recorded at the lower of cost or market value, with any changes in value recorded in earnings.
If market prices are not available, we estimate fair value using models employing techniques such as discounted cash flow analyses. The assumptions used in the models, which typically include assumptions for interest rates, credit losses and prepayments, are independently verified against market observable data where possible. Where market observable data is not available, the valuation of
financial instruments become more subjective and involves a high degree of judgment. Certain principal investments are recorded at values such that gains are not recorded until certain events confirm the value has changed, such as a subsequent round of funding by the investee or receipt of distributions from private equity funds.
At December 31, 2006, 22 percent of our total assets and 3 percent of our total liabilities were recorded at fair value. Of this total, 77 percent were valued using quoted market prices, vendor prices or third party broker quotations for the same or similar securities; 21 percent using modeling techniques where the significant assumptions were based on market observations; and 2 percent using modeling techniques where significant assumptions were based on internal estimates rather than market observations.
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, (SFAS 157), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value under U.S. GAAP, expands disclosure about fair value measurement and provides new income recognition criteria for certain derivative contracts. SFAS 157 is required to be implemented on January 1, 2008. The Accounting and Regulatory Matters section has additional information about this new standard.
Consolidation In certain asset securitization transactions that meet the applicable criteria to be accounted for as sales, we sell assets to an entity referred to as a qualifying special purpose entity (QSPE), which we do not consolidate. In order for a special purpose entity to be considered a QSPE, it must meet a series of requirements at the inception of the transaction and on an ongoing basis. These requirements strictly limit the activities in which a QSPE may engage and the types of assets and liabilities it may hold. In some cases, these criteria are subject to interpretation. To the extent any QSPE fails to meet these criteria, we may be required to consolidate its assets and liabilities.
We also sell assets to and have involvement with other special purpose entities, some of which are variable interest entities (VIE). These include certain financing activities primarily conducted for corporate clients, including conduits that we administer, transactions such as collateralized debt obligations and collateralized mortgage obligations, partnerships, synthetic lease trusts and trust preferred securities.
Under the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FIN 46R), a VIE is consolidated by a company holding the variable interest that will absorb a majority of the VIE’s expected losses, or receive a majority of the expected residual returns, or both. The company that consolidates a VIE is referred to as the primary beneficiary.


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A variety of complex estimation processes involving both qualitative and quantitative factors are used to determine whether an entity is a VIE, and to analyze and calculate its expected losses and its expected residual returns. These processes involve estimating the future cash flows of the VIE, analyzing the variability in those cash flows, and allocating the losses and returns among the parties holding variable interests. This involves a significant amount of judgment in interpreting the provisions of FIN 46R and other related guidance and applying them to specific transactions.
The FASB has a project under way addressing what activities a QSPE may perform. The outcome of this project may affect the entities we consolidate in future periods. The Accounting and Regulatory Matters section has additional information on this FASB project.
Goodwill Impairment We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances indicate there may be impairment. If the carrying amount of reporting unit goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, we would recognize an impairment loss in an amount equal to that excess.
As discussed in the Business Segments section, we operate in four core business segments. Our reporting units for testing goodwill are our lines of business that are one level below the core business segments, where applicable. These reporting units are General Bank: Commercial, and Retail and Small Business; Wealth Management; Corporate and Investment Bank: Corporate Lending, Treasury and International Trade Finance, and Investment Banking; and Capital Management: Retail Brokerage Services and Asset Management.
Fair values of reporting units in 2006 were determined using two methods, one based on market earnings multiples of peer companies for each reporting unit, and one based on discounted cash flow models with estimated cash flows based on internal forecasts of revenues and expenses. The earnings multiples for the first method ranged between 11.2 times and 20.5 times. The estimated cash flows for the second method were discounted using market-based discount rates ranging from 10.4 percent to 13.9 percent.
Our goodwill impairment testing for 2006 indicated that none of our goodwill was impaired. Applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provide additional information.
Contingent Liabilities We are subject to contingent liabilities, including judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings, tax and other claims arising from the conduct of our business activities. These proceedings include actions brought against us and/or our subsidiaries with respect to transactions in which we and/or our subsidiaries acted as a lender, an underwriter, a financial advisor, a broker, or in a related capacity. Reserves are established for legal and
other claims when it becomes probable we will incur a loss and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Changes in the probability assessment can lead to changes in recorded reserves. In addition, the actual costs of resolving these contingencies may be substantially higher or lower than the amounts reserved for these claims. Applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provide more information.
Corporate Results of Operations
Results reflect the impact of Golden West and Westcorp only from the dates on which each merger closed, and the divestitures described above.
Average Balance Sheets and Interest Rates
                                 
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2006   2005  
    Average     Interest     Average     Interest  
(In millions)   Balances     Rates     Balances     Rates  
 
Interest-bearing bank balances
  $ 2,793       5.16 %   $ 2,516       3.23 %
Federal funds sold
    18,911       4.82       24,008       3.31  
Trading account assets
    29,695       5.44       33,800       4.94  
Securities
    118,170       5.38       115,107       5.14  
Commercial loans, net
    148,459       6.91       132,504       5.69  
Consumer loans, net
    159,263       7.18       95,418       5.81  
 
Total loans, net
    307,722       7.05       227,922       5.74  
 
Loans held for sale
    10,428       6.78       15,293       5.71  
 
Other earning assets
    6,343       7.54       9,944       5.36  
 
Risk management derivatives
          0.11             0.23  
 
Total earning assets
    494,062       6.56       428,590       5.58  
 
Interest-bearing deposits
    279,144       3.20       242,152       2.00  
Federal funds purchased
    48,457       4.56       54,302       3.08  
Commercial paper
    4,775       4.50       11,898       3.05  
Securities sold short
    9,168       3.41       10,279       3.31  
Other short-term borrowings
    6,431       2.26       6,675       1.87  
Long-term debt
    87,178       5.28       47,774       4.46  
Risk management derivatives
          0.13             0.14  
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities
    435,153       3.91       373,080       2.68  
 
Net interest income and margin
  $ 15,404       3.12 %   $ 13,900       3.24 %
 
Net Interest Income and Margin We earn net interest income on the difference between interest income on earning assets, primarily loans and securities, and interest expense on interest-bearing liabilities, primarily deposits and other funding sources. Tax-equivalent net interest income increased 11 percent in 2006 from 2005, reflecting a larger balance sheet. The net interest margin declined 12 basis points to 3.12 percent, primarily due to growth in lower spread loans and other assets, lower trading-related net interest income, a modest shift in deposits to lower spread categories and the impact of an inverted yield curve. The Westcorp acquisition added a large portfolio of higher spread consumer loans for 10 months of 2006 while the October acquisition of Golden West added lower spread consumer real estate-secured loans. Growth in retail, small business and commercial deposits was somewhat offset


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by decreases in retail brokerage deposits. The average federal funds rate in 2006 was 175 basis points higher than the average rate for 2005, while the average longer-term two-year treasury note rate increased 97 basis points and the average 10-year treasury note rate increased 50 basis points.
In order to maintain our targeted interest rate risk profile, derivatives are often used to manage the interest rate risk inherent in our assets and liabilities. We routinely deploy hedging strategies designed to protect future net interest income. These strategies may reduce current income in the short-term, although we expect them to benefit future periods. In 2006, net interest rate risk management-related derivatives reduced net interest income by $55 million, or 1 basis point on our net interest margin, compared with an income contribution of $432 million, or 10 basis points, in 2005. The decline in the impact from derivatives largely reflects deposit growth, the effect of receive fixed/pay floating interest rate swaps in a rising rate environment, and greater use of cash securities instead of derivatives to maintain our targeted interest rate risk profile.
Fee and Other Income
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Service charges
  $ 2,480       2,151       1,978  
Other banking fees
    1,756       1,491       1,226  
Commissions
    2,406       2,343       2,554  
Fiduciary and asset management fees
    3,248       3,011       2,819  
Advisory, underwriting and other investment banking fees
    1,345       1,109       911  
Trading account profits
    535       286       151  
Principal investing
    525       401       261  
Securities gains (losses)
    118       89       (10 )
Other income
    2,132       1,338       889  
 
Total fee and other income
  $ 14,545       12,219       10,779  
 
Fee and Other Income Traditionally banks earn fee and other income from service charges on deposit accounts and other banking products and services, and these continue to be a significant component of our fee income. In addition, we have balanced our earnings with a diversified mix of businesses that provide alternative investment and financing products and services for the more sophisticated needs of our clients. These alternative products produce income in our brokerage, asset management and investment banking businesses from commissions and fees for financial advice, custody, insurance, loan syndications and asset securitizations. Additionally, we realize gains when we sell our investments in debt and equity securities. The fees on many of these products and services are based on market valuations and therefore are sensitive to movements in the financial markets.
Fee and other income growth of 19 percent in 2006 from 2005 came in every category, and reflected:
n   Increased service charges and other banking fees driven by strength in consumer service charges and higher interchange income on higher rates and increased volume.
 
n   A modest increase in commissions reflecting growth in insurance commissions, including the impact of acquisitions, and flat retail brokerage commissions as customers migrated to retail brokerage managed account relationships.
 
n   Strong growth in retail brokerage managed account assets, which drove higher fiduciary and asset management fees. This growth was offset by lower trust fees from the divestiture of our Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses in late 2005.
 
n   Strong results in advisory and underwriting largely related to record performance in real estate capital markets, merger and acquisition advisory services, equities underwriting, investment grade debt and loan syndications.
 
n   Stronger trading account profits with increases in global rate products and leveraged finance.
 
n   Higher principal investing income related to our strong results in the fund portfolio, which included higher realized gains and a second quarter 2006 unrealized gain of $116 million on the sale of an interest in certain fund investments, while results in the direct portfolio declined $36 million.
 
n   Net securities gains of $118 million, of which $75 million related to the corporate portfolio, including the fourth quarter securitization of certain residual interests, and $34 million related to our Corporate and Investment Bank corporate lending activities.
 
n   Increased other income including $311 million of higher income related to commercial mortgage securitization activity, which was included in trading account profits prior to 2006; the $100 million MBNA termination fee; a $93 million fourth quarter 2006 adjustment for certain discontinued hedging relationships; $74 million related to continued servicing of the divested Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses; and a $68 million increase in consumer asset sale and securitization income. In 2005, there was a gain of $122 million from the sale of equity securities received in settlement of loans.
Noninterest Expense Noninterest expense increased 10 percent in 2006 from 2005, largely reflecting acquisition activity. In addition, expenses reflected higher revenue-based and other incentives; $198 million in fourth quarter 2006 adjustments for additional accruals for employee paid time off and for certain other sundry expenses; a $107 million increase in employee stock compensation,


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Noninterest Expense
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Salaries and employee benefits
  10,903       9,671       8,703  
Occupancy
    1,173       1,064       947  
Equipment
    1,184       1,087       1,052  
Advertising
    204       193       193  
Communications and supplies
    653       633       620  
Professional and consulting fees
    790       662       548  
Sundry expense
    1,967       1,829       1,728  
 
Other noninterest expense
    16,874       15,139       13,791  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    179       292       444  
Other intangible amortization
    423       416       431  
 
Total noninterest expense
  17,476       15,847       14,666  
 
which is included in salaries and employee benefits; and costs related to our de novo expansion and efficiency initiatives. A favorable resolution of franchise tax matters partially offset the increase in noninterest expense.
We grant stock-based awards to employees in the form of stock options and restricted stock. We adopted the fair value method of accounting for stock options in 2002, and salaries and employee benefits expense included $522 million in 2006 and $333 million in 2005 related to options and restricted stock. The employee stock compensation expense increase related to the implementation of a new share-based payment accounting standard, which applied to annual stock awards beginning in 2006. The increased expense is primarily due to the impact of awards granted to retirement-eligible employees. These awards are now expensed in full at the date of the grant rather than over the full contractual three-to five-year vesting period. Applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements have additional information.
We sponsor a defined benefit pension plan for our employees, and salaries and employee benefits expense included $136 million in 2006 and $65 million in 2005 of retirement benefits cost for this plan. This expense reflected estimated returns on the plan assets of 8.5 percent in 2006 and 2005, while actual returns were 8.9 percent and 11.7 percent, respectively. In accordance with current accounting principles, the differences between estimated and actual returns are deferred, and along with other amounts, are recognized over the estimated remaining service periods of the plan participants. At December 31, 2006, we had deferred net losses and other items of $1.6 billion, which will be recognized as a component of retirement benefits cost over the next 12 years on a straight-line basis. Applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements have additional information related to this and other pension and post-retirement plans, including how we determine the key assumptions used to measure the benefit obligation and retirement benefits expense. The funding of our pension obligation does not represent a significant liquidity commitment for us.
Merger-Related and Restructuring Expenses
Merger-related and restructuring expenses in 2006 of $179 million included $64 million related to SouthTrust, which is now completed; $41 million related to the HomEq servicing business divestiture; $40 million related to Golden West; and $34 million related to other acquisitions. In 2005, we recorded $292 million of these expenses, of which $227 million related to SouthTrust, $63 million related to the retail brokerage integration, and $2 million related to the Palmer & Cay commercial insurance brokerage acquisition.
Income Taxes Income taxes based on income from continuing operations were $3.7 billion in 2006, an increase of $692 million from 2005. The related effective income tax rates were 32.49 percent in 2006 and 32.05 percent in 2005. The increase in this rate was primarily the result of higher pretax income in 2006. On a fully tax-equivalent basis, the related income tax rates were 33.39 percent in 2006 and 33.59 percent in 2005.
Business Segments
We provide diversified banking and nonbanking financial services and products primarily through four core business segments, the General Bank, Wealth Management, the Corporate and Investment Bank, and Capital Management. In this section, we discuss the performance and results of these core business segments and the Parent in 2006 compared with 2005. The Comparison of 2005 with 2004 section has details on business segment trends over that period.
We originate and securitize commercial loans, principally commercial mortgages, and consumer loans, including consumer real-estate secured, mortgage, auto and student loans. The General Bank results include sales and securitizations of mortgage loans, where we generally do not retain significant interests, other than servicing rights, and gains on sales are included in other fee income. The Corporate and Investment Bank results include securitizations of commercial loans, with gains reflected in other fee income and, prior to 2006, in trading. We generally retain servicing rights on commercial loan securitizations, but not significant retained interests. In addition, the Corporate and Investment Bank securitizes assets on behalf of customers for whom we may have warehoused the collateral on our balance sheet prior to the transaction. Gains and losses on these transactions are recorded in trading account profits, along with any gains or losses on the assets while we held them. The Parent results include securitizations of other consumer loans in which we have retained interests and/or servicing rights. Gains and losses on these consumer loan securitizations are recorded in other fee income. Certain of these consumer loans are included in the General Bank results as if they had not been securitized; the Parent results include the impact of de-recognizing these loans from the consolidated balance sheet by recording a negative, or contra, loan balance.


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Business segment data excludes merger-related and restructuring expenses, other intangible amortization, the gain on sale of discontinued operations and the effect of changes in accounting principle.
Applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements discusses in detail the management reporting model on which our segment information is based and also provides a reconciliation of business segment earnings to the consolidated results of operations.
Key Performance Metrics Business segment earnings are the primary measure of segment profit or loss we use to assess segment performance and to allocate resources. Economic profit, risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) and efficiency ratios are additional metrics, all of which are based on and calculated directly from segment earnings, that assist management in evaluating segment results. The first two measures are calculated as follows:
Economic Profit = Economic Net Income – Capital Charge
RAROC = Economic Net Income / Economic Capital
Economic profit is a measure of the earnings above an explicit charge for the capital used to support a transaction or business line. It is calculated as a dollar amount of return. RAROC is a ratio of return to risk and is stated as a percentage.
The return component of both of these measures is economic net income, which reflects two adjustments to segment earnings. First, we replace current period provision expense with expected losses (a statistically derived, forward-looking number that represents the average expected loan losses over time), and we remove certain noncash expenses. The risk component for these measures is economic capital, which is discussed below, as is the capital charge used in calculating economic profit.
Economic Capital A disciplined and consistent approach to quantifying risk is required to achieve an accurate risk-based pricing and value-based performance reporting system.
We employ an economic capital framework developed to measure the declines in economic value that a transaction, portfolio or business unit could incur given an extreme event or business environment. The greater the frequency and severity of potential negative outcomes, the greater the levels of capital required.
The five types of risk to which we attribute economic capital are:
§   Credit Risk: Credit risk, which represented 56 percent of our economic capital in 2006, is the risk of loss due to adverse changes in a borrower’s ability to meet its financial obligations under agreed-upon terms.
§   Market Risk: The major components of market risk, which represented 20 percent of economic capital in 2006, are interest rate risk inherent in our balance sheet, price risk in our principal investing portfolio and market value risk in our trading portfolios.
 
§   Operational, Business and Other Risk: Operational risk is the risk of loss from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events. This risk is inherent in all our businesses. Business risk is the potential losses our business lines could suffer that have not been captured elsewhere (such as losses from a difficult business environment). Business and operational risk capital are the primary types of capital held by non-balance sheet intensive businesses such as trust, asset management and brokerage. Other risk represents the loss in value that other miscellaneous and fixed assets could realize that are not captured as market risk. Operational, business and other risk represented 24 percent of our economic capital in 2006.
Our economic capital models are calibrated to achieve a standard of default protection equivalent to a “AA” rated institution. These models were developed to determine economic capital under a consistent, specific, internal definition of risk (that is, uncertainty in economic value). Accordingly, our required aggregate economic capital can be materially different from other capital measures developed under GAAP, regulatory or rating agency frameworks.
We measure the financial returns achieved by a transaction or business unit after deducting a charge for the economic capital required to support the risks taken. We calculate this charge by multiplying the attributed economic capital times the cost of our equity capital (derived through a capital asset pricing model approach).
Since 2002, the cost of capital has been 11 percent. The cost of capital is reviewed annually by our treasury division and approved by the RAROC Advisory Committee, which is a subcommittee of the Asset and Liability Management Committee. The Risk Governance section has more information about these committees.
We use RAROC and economic profit measures in a variety of ways. They are used in the pricing of transactions such as loans, commitments and credit substitutes in each of our business segments. These transactional measures are aggregated to provide portfolio, business line, and ultimately business segment RAROC and economic profit measures. Incremental activities such as new product analysis, business line extensions and acquisitions are also measured using these tools. RAROC and/or economic profit are significant components of line incentive compensation programs and senior management incentive plans.
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our businesses. For example, in 2006, we moved deposit balances relating to certain brokerage sweep accounts originated in the General Bank to Capital Management, which resulted in these brokerage sweep accounts being included in Capital Management’s results consistent with how they are managed. In addition, we transferred certain customer relationships and investment advisors to Wealth Management from Capital Management relating to a new investment management platform in Wealth Management. While these changes are not significant to the results of operations of our segments, we have updated the information for 2005 and 2004 to reflect these and other changes. The impact to segment earnings as a result of these changes was:
§   A $115 million decrease in the General Bank in 2005 and a $43 million decrease in 2004.
 
§   An $8 million decrease in Wealth Management in 2005 and a $6 million decrease in 2004.
 
§   A $4 million decrease in the Corporate and Investment Bank in 2005 and no change in 2004.
 
§   A $116 million increase in Capital Management in 2005 and a $4 million decrease in 2004.
 
§   An $11 million increase in the Parent in 2005 and a $53 million increase in 2004.
In January 2007, we moved cross-border leasing activity from the Corporate and Investment Bank to the Parent. Our current and historical financial reporting in 2007 will reflect this change. Accordingly, Corporate and Investment Bank segment earnings of $81 million and $106 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively, and the related average loans, net of $6.0 billion and $6.3 billion, respectively, will be included in the Parent prior period information beginning in 2007.
General Bank The General Bank includes our Retail and Small Business and Commercial lines of business. The General Bank’s products by business line include:
§   Retail Bank: Checking, savings and money market accounts; time deposits and IRAs; home equity, residential mortgage, student and personal loans; debit and credit cards; mutual funds and annuities.
 
§   Small Business: Deposit, loan and investment products and services to businesses with annual revenues up to $3 million.
 
§   Commercial Banking: Commercial deposit, lending, treasury management, dealer financial services and commercial real estate solutions to businesses typically with annual revenues between $3 million and $250 million.
General Bank
Performance Summary
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(Dollars in millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Income statement data
                       
Net interest income (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 11,922       9,486       7,888  
Fee and other income
    3,580       2,878       2,434  
Intersegment revenue
    198       194       157  
 
Total revenue (Tax-equivalent)
    15,700       12,558       10,479  
Provision for credit losses
    428       277       314  
Noninterest expense
    7,117       6,296       5,453  
Income taxes (Tax-equivalent)
    2,976       2,196       1,711  
 
Segment earnings
  $ 5,179       3,789       3,001  
 
Performance and other data
                       
Economic profit
  $ 4,008       2,872       2,278  
Risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC)
    54.61 %     51.87       52.42  
Economic capital, average
  $ 9,191       7,027       5,499  
Cash overhead efficiency ratio
(Tax-equivalent)
    45.33 %     50.13       52.04  
Lending commitments
  $ 139,940       111,202       93,608  
Average loans, net
    223,445       163,411       128,056  
Average core deposits
  $ 232,720       201,711       165,721  
FTE employees
    55,622       42,022       43,206  
 
The General Bank’s earnings rose 37 percent to $5.2 billion, reflecting the addition of Golden West for three months and Westcorp for 10 months, as well as organic growth. Key General Bank trends in 2006 compared with 2005 included:
§   25 percent revenue growth, led by 26 percent growth in net interest income related to a larger balance sheet. Organic strength in loan production, particularly in commercial, also contributed to net interest income growth. Golden West contributed $938 million and Westcorp contributed $903 million to net interest income.
 
§   24 percent growth in fee and other income included growth in service charges and strong debit card interchange income, as well as the $100 million MBNA termination fee. In addition, a larger mortgage servicing portfolio and higher mortgage originations contributed to growth.
 
§   Commercial loan growth was driven by commercial real estate and middle-market commercial. Consumer loan growth included the impact of the October 2006 addition of $124.0 billion from Golden West, principally variable rate consumer real estate-secured loans; and the impact of the March 2006 addition of $13.5 billion from Westcorp, with additional organic growth in mortgages and home equity loans. Higher interest spreads in the Westcorp portfolio partially offset slowing growth in home equity lines as customers shifted from variable rate to fixed rate products.
 
§   Deposit growth was led by consumer certificates of deposit and money market funds. Net new retail checking accounts increased 555,000 in 2006, compared with an increase of 535,000 in 2005.


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

§   13 percent growth in noninterest expense included higher personnel costs related to the impact of Golden West and Westcorp, as well as increased revenue-based incentive compensation, hiring and employee stock incentive compensation, de novo branch activity and branch consolidations, and costs related to reentering the credit card business.
 
§   Continued improvement in the overhead efficiency ratio to 45.33 percent, due to merger efficiencies, expense management efforts and revenue growth.
Wealth Management
Performance Summary
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(Dollars in millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Income statement data
                       
Net interest income (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 602       581       497  
Fee and other income
    779       718       593  
Intersegment revenue
    6       6       5  
 
Total revenue (Tax-equivalent)
    1,387       1,305       1,095  
Provision for credit losses
    2       6       (1 )
Noninterest expense
    964       908       781  
Income taxes (Tax-equivalent)
    154       143       115  
 
Segment earnings
  $ 267       248       200  
 
Performance and other data
                       
Economic profit
  $ 196       184       131  
Risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC)
    48.07 %     48.89       39.41  
Economic capital, average
  $ 528       486       460  
Cash overhead efficiency ratio
(Tax-equivalent)
    69.51 %     69.56       71.36  
Lending commitments
  $ 6,504       5,840       4,711  
Average loans, net
    16,205       13,916       11,055  
Average core deposits
  $ 14,493       13,605       11,964  
FTE employees
    4,411       4,739       3,890  
 
Wealth Management Wealth Management includes private banking, personal trust, investment advisory services, financial planning and insurance brokerage. Products and services include:
§   Private Banking: Customized deposit, credit and debt structuring services, including professional practice lending, insurance premium, marine and aircraft financing.
 
§   Trust and Investment Management: Legacy management such as personal trust, estate settlement and charitable services; investment management products and services including independent manager search and selection; family office services and administration.
 
§   Insurance: Risk management services encompassing property and casualty, group health and benefit, and life insurance.
Wealth Management’s earnings increased by 8 percent to $267 million in 2006. Key Wealth Management trends in 2006 compared with 2005 included:
§   6 percent revenue growth driven by 8 percent growth in fee and other income and a 4 percent increase in net interest income.
  §   Fee and other income growth reflected increased commissions due to the May 2005 acquisition of Palmer & Cay, a commercial insurance brokerage firm, and modest growth in trust and investment management fees.
 
  §   Net interest income growth driven by a 16 percent increase in average loans, largely in commercial accounts and consumer mortgages, and a 7 percent increase in average core deposits.
§   6 percent growth in noninterest expense, including costs related to the transition to a new investment management platform, the impact of Palmer & Cay, and increased employee stock compensation expense.
 
§   10 percent growth in assets under management from year-end 2005 to $72.4 billion at year-end 2006.
Corporate and Investment Bank
Performance Summary
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(Dollars in millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Income statement data
                       
Net interest income (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 2,037       2,220       2,387  
Fee and other income
    4,799       3,696       2,924  
Intersegment revenue
    (179 )     (169 )     (128 )
 
Total revenue (Tax-equivalent)
    6,657       5,747       5,183  
Provision for credit losses
    (32 )     (27 )     (41 )
Noninterest expense
    3,547       3,037       2,579  
Income taxes (Tax-equivalent)
    1,160       1,018       974  
 
Segment earnings
  $ 1,982       1,719       1,671  
 
Performance and other data
                       
Economic profit
  $ 1,141       1,005       1,042  
Risk adjusted return on capital (RAROC)
    28.73 %     29.48       33.64  
Economic capital, average
  $ 6,436       5,438       4,604  
Cash overhead efficiency ratio
(Tax-equivalent)
    53.28 %     52.85       49.77  
Lending commitments
  $ 107,155       103,079       81,461  
Average loans, net
    44,906       38,754       31,681  
Average core deposits
  $ 26,231       23,607       18,325  
FTE employees
    5,711       5,789       4,723  
 
Corporate and Investment Bank Our Corporate and Investment Bank includes the following lines of business:
§   Corporate Lending: Large corporate lending and commercial leasing.
 
§   Investment Banking: Equities, merger and acquisition advisory services, the activities of our fixed income division (including interest rate products, leveraged finance, high grade, structured products and non-dollar products), and principal investing (which encompasses


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    direct investments primarily in private equity and mezzanine securities, and investments in funds sponsored by select private equity and venture capital groups).
 
§   Treasury and International Trade Finance: Treasury management products and services, domestic and international correspondent banking operations, and international trade services.
Our Corporate and Investment Bank increased earnings 15 percent to $2.0 billion, reflecting strong investment banking results, primarily real estate capital markets and corporate client origination activity, as well as higher principal investing results. Key Corporate and Investment Bank trends in 2006 compared with 2005 included:
§   16 percent revenue growth driven by a 30 percent increase in fee and other income offsetting an 8 percent decline in net interest income.
  §   Net interest income declined as solid loan and deposit growth was offset by spread compression in asset-based lending, runoff in higher spread leasing assets and a decline in trading-related interest income that was offset in trading profits.
 
  §   The growth in fee income reflected strong investment banking results, including strength in advisory and underwriting activities; strong structured products results driven by commercial mortgage securitization activity; the impact of the fourth quarter 2005 acquisitions of AmNet Mortgage, Inc., a nationwide residential mortgage broker, and Union Bank of California’s (UBOC) international correspondent banking business; and the previously mentioned principal investing gains and higher trading account profits, which were partially offset by lower trading-related net interest income. In 2005, fee income included a gain of $122 million from the sale of equity securities received in settlement of loans.
 
  §   A total contribution from principal investing of $538 million in 2006 compared with $406 million in 2005. This included a $116 million unrealized gain in 2006 in our fund portfolio recognized on the portion we retained following the sale of a minority interest in an entity holding certain of our fund investments. Additionally, realized gains on the fund portfolio were higher in 2006 compared with 2005. The direct portfolio realized gains of $195 million, down $36 million from 2005.
§   A 17 percent increase in noninterest expense due primarily to higher revenue-based incentive compensation; investment in both revenue and efficiency projects; the impact of acquisitions, including AmNet and UBOC’s international correspondent banking business; and increased employee stock compensation expense.
§   Strong core deposit growth of 11 percent primarily from higher commercial mortgage servicing and international correspondent banking, and 16 percent higher loans primarily reflecting increased corporate loans and the international correspondent banking business acquisition. In commercial mortgage servicing, we service commercial mortgages and commercial mortgage-backed securities and hold the related escrow and other deposits.
Capital Management
Performance Summary
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(Dollars in millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Income statement data
                       
Net interest income (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 1,013       834       564  
Fee and other income
    5,041       4,591       4,703  
Intersegment revenue
    (32 )     (34 )     (34 )
 
Total revenue (Tax-equivalent)
    6,022       5,391       5,233  
Provision for credit losses
                 
Noninterest expense
    4,555       4,293       4,484  
Income taxes (Tax-equivalent)
    536       403       272  
 
Segment earnings
  $ 931       695       477  
 
Performance and other data
                       
Economic profit
  $ 757       531       328  
Risk adjusted return on capital(RAROC)
    58.84 %     46.52       35.30  
Economic capital, average
  $ 1,582       1,494       1,352  
Cash overhead efficiency ratio
(Tax-equivalent)
    75.65 %     79.64       85.69  
Lending commitments
  $ 219       208       119  
Average loans, net
    711       357       290  
Average core deposits
  $ 31,393       34,659       31,729  
FTE employees
    17,556       17,364       18,913  
 
Capital Management Capital Management includes Retail Brokerage Services, which encompasses retail brokerage and our annuity and reinsurance businesses, and Asset Management, which includes mutual funds, customized advisory services and defined benefit and defined contribution retirement services. Capital Management provides a full line of investment products and financial and retirement services including:
§   Retail Brokerage Services: Stocks, bonds, mutual funds, fixed and variable annuities, reinsurance, asset management accounts, and other investment products and services.
 
§   Asset Management: Mutual funds, customized advisory services and defined benefit and defined contribution retirement services.
Capital Management grew earnings 34 percent to $931 million, reflecting growth in retail brokerage managed account fees as well as higher net interest income as deposit spreads improved. Key Capital Management trends in 2006 compared with 2005 included:
§   12 percent revenue growth driven by strength in retail brokerage managed account fees as managed assets grew 26 percent to $133.7 billion. Momentum in building


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis
    recurring revenue streams continued as this growth reflected strong client demand for managed accounts. Net interest income rose 21 percent as a result of improved deposit spreads.
  §   $5.1 billion in revenue from our retail brokerage businesses included transactional revenues of $1.9 billion and recurring and other income of $3.2 billion.
 
  §   $957 million in revenue from our asset management businesses, an increase of $93 million reflecting the June 2006 acquisitions of the Ameriprise 401(k) record-keeping business and Metropolitan West Capital Management, and Golden West, as well as core growth in assets under management.
§   6 percent growth in noninterest expense, primarily due to increased commissions and other incentives, acquisition impact, and employee stock compensation expense.
Mutual Funds
                                                 
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2006     2005     2004  
(In billions)   Amount     Mix     Amount     Mix     Amount     Mix  
 
Assets under management
                                               
Equity
  $ 36       33 %   $ 32       35 %   $ 29       31 %
Fixed income
    23       21       23       25       26       29  
Money market
    49       46       37       40       37       40  
 
Total mutual fund assets
  $ 108       100 %   $ 92       100 %   $ 92       100 %
 
Assets Under Management and Securities Lending
                                                 
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2006     2005     2004  
(In billions)   Amount     Mix     Amount     Mix     Amount     Mix  
 
Assets under management
                                               
Equity
  $ 101       37 %   $ 82       35 %   $ 81       35 %
Fixed income
    114       41       105       46       104       46  
Money market
    61       22       43       19       44       19  
 
Total assets under management
  $ 276       100 %   $ 230       100 %   $ 229       100 %
Securities lending
    57             57             41        
 
Total assets under management and securities lending
  $ 333           $ 287           $ 270        
 
Total assets under management increased 20 percent from 2005 to $276.0 billion at December 31, 2006, including a $17.8 billion addition of assets retained from $24.0 billion transferred to the Parent in the fourth quarter of 2005 in connection with the divestiture of our Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses. In addition, assets under management increased $5.5 billion from Metropolitan West Capital Management and $3.2 billion from Golden West. Total net inflows in assets under management were $9.0 billion in 2006, while net asset appreciation was $10.8 billion. Equity assets reached $100.8 billion, up 22 percent from year-end 2005. Total brokerage client assets grew 11 percent from year-end 2005 to $760.0 billion at December
31, 2006, and included the addition of $23.0 billion in certain mutual fund assets not previously included as a component of client assets. This increase was offset by a decline in client assets of $29.9 billion due to the loss of assets from a clearing client that was acquired by another firm.
Parent
Performance Summary
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(Dollars in millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Income statement data
                       
Net interest income (Tax-equivalent)
  $ (170 )     779       875  
Fee and other income
    346       336       125  
Intersegment revenue
    7       3        
 
Total revenue (Tax-equivalent)
    183       1,118       1,000  
Provision for credit losses
    36       (7 )     (15 )
Noninterest expense
    1,114       1,021       925  
Minority interest
    412       367       297  
Income taxes (Tax-equivalent)
    (880 )     (408 )     (275 )
 
Segment earnings (loss)
  $ (499 )     145       68  
 
Performance and other data
                       
Economic profit
  $ (541 )     55       35  
Risk adjusted return on capital(RAROC)
    (8.49 )%     12.98       12.52  
Economic capital, average
  $ 2,770       2,848       2,324  
Cash overhead efficiency ratio
(Tax-equivalent)
    374.90 %     54.08       49.23  
Lending commitments
  $ 597       508       408  
Average loans, net
    22,455       11,484       951  
Average core deposits
  $ 4,189       5,139       3,869  
FTE employees
    24,938       24,066       25,298  
 
Parent Parent includes all asset and liability management functions, including managing our securities portfolio for liquidity and interest rate risk. Parent also includes goodwill and other intangible assets, and related funding costs, certain revenues and expenses that are not allocated to the business segments; and the results of wind-down or divested businesses, including our HomEq Servicing business, which was divested on November 1, 2006; and the Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses that were divested in December 2005.
Key trends in the Parent segment in 2006 compared with 2005 included:
§   Lower net interest income, reflecting reduced spreads on funding the securities portfolio and growth in wholesale borrowings due to the addition of Westcorp, partially offset by growth in the securities portfolio. In addition, the contribution from hedge-related derivatives was lower.
 
§   A $10 million increase in fee and other income reflecting a $115 million increase related to fourth quarter 2006 adjustments to record certain fees when earned rather than when billed and for certain discontinued hedging relationships, partially offset by a $110 million decrease due to the divested trust businesses.


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§   Net securities gains of $75 million compared with losses of $3 million in the year-ago period.
 
§   A 9 percent increase in noninterest expense reflecting fourth quarter 2006 accounting adjustments for additional accruals for employee paid time off and for certain other sundry expenses.
This segment reflects the impact of Prudential Financial’s 38 percent minority interest in Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings, LLC. Total minority interest expense, which also includes other subsidiaries, was $412 million in 2006 compared with $367 million in 2005.
Balance Sheet Analysis
Earning Assets Our primary types of earning assets are securities and loans. The increase in earning assets from $451.8 billion at year-end 2005 to $614.5 billion at year-end 2006 largely reflected the impact of acquisitions. Average earning assets in 2006 were $494.1 billion, which represented a 15 percent increase from 2005, primarily from Golden West and Westcorp.
Securities The securities portfolio, all of which is classified as available for sale, consists primarily of high quality, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, principally obligations of U.S. Government agencies and sponsored entities. We use this portfolio primarily to manage liquidity, interest rate risk and regulatory capital, and to take advantage of market conditions that create more economically attractive returns on these investments. The decrease in securities available for sale from December 31, 2005, reflects the sale of securities at the end of the third quarter of 2006 to achieve our desired asset/liability profile in preparation for our merger with Golden West. Unrealized net securities losses in 2006 increased $455 million due to the effect of higher rates primarily on our fixed rate mortgage-backed securities. The average duration of this portfolio increased to 3.4 years from 3.3 years due to the extension of mortgage-backed securities in the higher rate environment.
We retain interests in the form of either bonds or residual interests in connection with certain securitizations. The retained interests result primarily from the securitization of residential mortgage loans, home equity lines, auto loans and student loans. Included in securities available for sale at December 31, 2006, were residual interests with a market value of $816 million, which included a net unrealized gain of $251 million, and retained bonds from securitizations with a market value of $6.6 billion, which included a net unrealized loss of $15 million.
The average rate earned on securities available for sale was 5.38 percent in 2006 and 5.14 percent in 2005. The Interest Rate Risk Management section further explains our interest rate risk management practices.
Securities Available for Sale
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(In billions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Market value
  $ 108.6       113.7       109.6  
Net unrealized gain (loss)
  $ (1.0 )     (0.5 )     1.8  
 
Memoranda (Market value)
                       
Residual interests
  $ 0.8       0.9       0.9  
Retained bonds
Investment grade (a)
    6.6       5.1       5.2  
Other
          0.1        
 
Total
  $ 6.6       5.2       5.2  
 
 
(a) $6.1 billion had credit ratings of AA and above at December 31, 2006.
Loans — On-Balance Sheet
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Commercial
                       
Commercial, financial and agricultural
  $ 96,285       87,327       75,095  
Real estate — construction and other
    16,182       13,972       12,673  
Real estate — mortgage
    20,026       19,966       20,742  
Lease financing
    25,341       25,368       25,000  
Foreign
    13,464       10,221       7,716  
 
Total commercial
    171,298       156,854       141,226  
 
Consumer
                       
Real estate secured
    225,826       94,748       74,161  
Student loans
    7,768       9,922       10,468  
Installment loans
    22,660       6,751       7,684  
 
Total consumer
    256,254       111,421       92,313  
 
Total loans
    427,552       268,275       233,539  
Unearned income
    7,394       9,260       9,699  
 
Loans, net (On-balance sheet)
  $ 420,158       259,015       223,840  
 
Loans — Managed Portfolio (Including on-balance sheet)
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Commercial
  $ 180,358       161,941       145,072  
Real estate secured
    241,297       110,299       97,021  
Student loans
    10,948       11,974       11,059  
Installment loans
    26,355       10,598       10,359  
 
Total managed portfolio
  $ 458,958       294,812       263,511  
 
Loans We have taken several steps to enhance loan growth through acquisitions and investments that we expect will strengthen our loan portfolio mix with a greater proportion of consumer loans, including auto loans through our expanded dealer financial services network, direct issuance of credit cards, and by offering a broader suite of mortgage loan products through our bank branch network and World Savings Bank offices. In commercial lending, we have pursued risk reduction strategies in recent years to actively reduce potential problem loans and certain large corporate loans. We will continue to actively monitor loan quality and take proactive steps to reduce risk when warranted.
The 62 percent increase in net loans from year-end 2005 included the addition of $124.0 billion in loans related to Golden West and the addition of $13.5 billion in largely


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

Year-End 2006 Commercial and Industrial Loans and Leases Industry Classification
                 
            Committed  
(In millions)   Outstanding     Exposure (a)  
 
Manufacturing
               
Consumer products
  $ 1,426       4,228  
Steel and metal products
    1,147       3,418  
Food and beverage
    1,216       3,341  
Publishing and printing
    1,544       3,139  
Chemicals
    712       3,114  
Construction and construction materials
    980       2,421  
Electronics
    844       2,022  
All other manufacturing
    5,059       18,892  
 
Total manufacturing
    12,928       40,575  
Financial services
    19,928       46,510  
Services
    16,963       44,422  
Retail trade
    14,689       22,679  
Property management
    9,591       20,161  
Wholesale trade
    8,082       15,738  
Public utilities
    1,423       13,919  
Public administration
    1,985       13,185  
Individuals
    6,989       10,225  
Insurance
    3,751       8,861  
Building contractors
    2,951       8,371  
Transportation
    652       8,331  
Mining
    2,005       5,963  
Telecommunications and cable
    1,390       3,492  
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
    843       1,385  
All other (b)
    21,719       21,747  
 
Total
  $ 125,889       285,564  
 
 
(a)   Committed exposure includes amounts outstanding and unfunded lending commitments and letters of credit. It does not include risk mitigating credit swap derivatives.
 
(b)   Leases included in “All other.”
Year-End 2006 Commercial Real Estate Loans
Project Type Classification
                 
            Committed  
(In millions)   Outstanding     Exposure (a)  
 
Single family
  $ 4,071       7,787  
Office buildings
    5,654       7,341  
Retail
    5,477       7,182  
Land-improved
    4,151       6,610  
Apartments
    4,578       6,204  
Condominiums
    2,752       5,124  
Industrial
    2,494       2,996  
Land-unimproved
    2,173       2,625  
Lodging
    1,050       1,254  
Other
    3,808       4,377  
 
Total
  $ 36,208       51,500  
 
 
(a)   Committed exposure includes amount outstanding.
                 
Distribution by Facility Size (Percent)
               
 
Less than $10 million
    42 %     37  
$10 million to $25 million
    26       27  
$25 million to $50 million
    20       24  
All other
    12       12  
 
Total
    100 %     100  
 
auto loans related to Westcorp. Nine percent growth in commercial loans reflected strength in middle-market lending, commercial real estate construction, large corporate lending and international lending, partially offset by declines in our leasing portfolio. In addition to the acquisitions, growth in consumer loans from year-end 2005 reflected increased consumer real estate-secured activity in our financial centers.
Our loan portfolio is broadly diversified by industry, concentration and geography. Additionally, the portfolio is well collateralized:
§   Commercial loans represented 40 percent and consumer loans 60 percent of the loan portfolio at December 31, 2006.
 
§   79 percent of the commercial loan portfolio is secured by collateral.
 
§   99 percent of the consumer loan portfolio is secured by collateral or guaranteed.
Of our $225.8 billion consumer real estate-secured loan portfolio:
§   87 percent is secured by a first lien.
 
§   83 percent has a loan-to-value ratio of 80 percent or less.
 
§   95 percent has a loan-to-value ratio of 90 percent or less.
Our managed loan portfolio grew 56 percent from year-end 2005, reflecting the growth discussed above. In addition, beginning in 2006, commercial mortgage warehouse activity is reflected in loans held for sale. The managed loan portfolio includes the on-balance sheet loan portfolio; loans held for sale, loans securitized for which the retained interests are classified in securities; and the off-balance sheet portfolio of securitized loans sold where we service the loans.
Nonperforming Assets Nonperforming assets increased from year-end 2005 to 0.32 percent of loans, foreclosed properties and loans held for sale. Nonaccrual loans nearly doubled from year-end 2005, primarily driven by the addition of $700 million associated with Golden West. New inflows to commercial nonaccrual loans in 2006 were $621 million compared with new inflows of $751 million in 2005. Impaired commercial loans were $319 million at December 31, 2006, and $392 million at December 31, 2005.
Past Due Loans Accruing loans 90 days or more past due, excluding loans that are classified as loans held for sale, were $650 million at December 31, 2006, compared with $625 million at December 31, 2005. Of the total past due loans, $52 million were commercial loans or commercial real estate loans and $598 million were consumer loans.


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Net Charge-offs Net charge-offs as a percentage of average net loans of 0.12 percent in 2006 were up slightly from 2005. In 2006, commercial net charge-offs were $24 million compared with $36 million in 2005. Consumer net charge-offs were $342 million, up from $171 million in 2005, largely reflecting Westcorp. The low level of net charge-offs reflects a continuing robust credit environment and the highly collateralized nature of our portfolio, and our careful management of the inherent credit risk in our loan portfolio. Golden West has a long record of extremely low net charge-offs, including none for the past eight years, reflecting their strong underwriting and credit risk management. Accordingly, the addition of Golden West also reduced our annual charge-off percentage.
Provision for Credit Losses Provision expense rose 74 percent to $434 million, largely reflecting the effect of Westcorp and $38 million related to our new credit card portfolio. More information on the provision for credit losses, including the impact of transfers to loans held for sale, is in Table 10: Allowance for Loan Losses and Nonperforming Assets.
Allowance for Loan Losses and Reserve for Unfunded Lending Commitments The allowance for loan losses increased $636 million from year-end 2005 to $3.4 billion at December 31, 2006, including $303 million from Golden West. The unallocated portion of the allowance increased from year-end 2005 by $25 million primarily reflecting the addition of the Golden West portfolio, partially offset by a reduction from updated analyses of exposures to the 2005 hurricanes. The reserve for unfunded lending commitments was $154 million at December 31, 2006, and $158 million at December 31, 2005. The reserve for unfunded lending commitments relates to commercial lending activity and is included in other liabilities.
Further information is in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Information on the methodology we use in maintaining these balances is in the Critical Accounting Policies section.
Loans Held for Sale Loans held for sale include loans originated for sale or securitization as part of our core business strategy and the activities related to our ongoing portfolio risk management strategies to reduce exposure to areas of perceived higher risk. At December 31, 2006, and at year-end 2005, core business activity, which includes residential and commercial mortgages and auto loans that we originate with the intent to sell to third parties, represented substantially all loans held for sale.
In 2006, we sold or securitized $54.8 billion in loans out of the loans held for sale portfolio, including $27.0 billion of commercial loans and $27.8 billion of consumer loans. Of these loans, $3 million were nonperforming. In 2005, we sold or securitized $32.8 billion of loans out of the loans
Asset Quality
                         
    Years Ended December 31,
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Loans, net
  $ 420,158       259,015       223,840  
Allowance for loan losses
  $ 3,360       2,724       2,757  
Allowance as % of loans, net
    0.80 %     1.05       1.23  
Allowance as % of nonaccrual and restructured loans
    272       439       289  
Allowance as % of nonperforming assets
    246 %     378       251  
Net charge-offs
  $ 366       207       300  
Net charge-offs as % of average loans, net
    0.12 %     0.09       0.17  
Nonperforming assets
Nonaccrual loans
  $ 1,234       620       955  
Foreclosed properties
    132       100       145  
Loans held for sale
    16       32       157  
 
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 1,382       752       1,257  
 
Nonperforming assets to loans, net, foreclosed properties and loans held for sale
    0.32 %     0.28       0.53  
 
Year-End 2006 Nonaccrual
Commercial and Industrial Loans and Leases
Industry Classification
         
(In millions)   Outstanding  
 
Services
  $ 62  
Manufacturing
    43  
Retail and wholesale trade
    27  
Property management
    21  
Telecommunications
    20  
Building contractors
    15  
Finance
    4  
All other
    34  
 
Total
  $ 226  
 
held for sale portfolio, including $12.6 billion of commercial loans and $20.2 billion of consumer loans, primarily residential mortgages. Of these loans, $56 million were nonperforming. We also transferred $1.2 billion of auto loans to loans held for sale in connection with securitization activity in 2005.
Goodwill In connection with acquisitions, we record purchase accounting adjustments to reflect the respective fair values of the assets and liabilities of acquired entities, as well as certain exit costs related to these mergers. Purchase accounting adjustments are preliminary and are subject to refinement for up to one year following consummation.
We recorded preliminary fair value and exit cost purchase accounting adjustments amounting to a net increase in goodwill of $905 million ($572 million after tax) related to Golden West. In addition, we recorded a deposit base intangible amounting to $409 million ($261 million after tax). Based on a purchase price of $24.3 billion and Golden West tangible stockholders’ equity of $9.7 billion, this resulted in goodwill of $14.9 billion at December 31, 2006.


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

We recorded preliminary fair value and exit cost purchase accounting adjustments amounting to a net decrease in goodwill of $341 million ($210 million after tax) related to Westcorp. In addition, we recorded dealer relationship and deposit base intangibles amounting to $405 million ($253 million after tax). Based on a purchase price of $3.8 billion and Westcorp tangible stockholders’ equity of $1.9 billion, this resulted in goodwill of $1.5 billion at December 31, 2006. Further information on business combinations is in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Liquidity and Capital Adequacy
Liquidity planning and management are necessary to ensure we maintain the ability to fund operating costs effectively and to meet current and future obligations such as loan commitments and deposit outflows. Funding sources primarily include customer-based core deposits but also include purchased funds, maturing assets and other cash flows from operations. Wachovia is one of the nation’s largest core deposit-funded banking institutions. Our large deposit base, which now stretches from Connecticut to Florida and west to Texas and California, creates considerable funding diversity and stability. In addition to core deposits, wholesale funding sources provide a broad and diverse supplemental source of funds on both a secured and unsecured basis. Typically wholesale funding can be obtained for a broader range of maturities than core deposits, which adds flexibility in liquidity planning and management.
We manage our balance sheet in a manner we believe will provide adequate liquidity in a variety of underlying circumstances, ranging from current conditions to multiple, progressively more adverse situations. We estimate funding requirements and funding sources appropriate to each scenario and make current balance sheet adjustments if needed to maintain positive estimated liquidity in all identified circumstances. The Liquidity Risk Management section has more information.
Our senior and subordinated debt securities and commercial paper are highly rated by the major debt rating agencies, which reduces our funding costs. A table inside the back cover shows the current ratings. As noted below, we remained “well capitalized” for regulatory purposes at December 31, 2006.
Core Deposits Core deposits, which include savings, interest-bearing checking accounts, noninterest-bearing and other consumer time deposits, and deposits held in certain brokerage sweep accounts, increased from year-end 2005 to $371.8 billion at December 31, 2006. Compared with 2005, average core deposits in 2006, which included the impact of the October 2006 addition of $67.0 billion from Golden West and the impact of the March 2006 addition of $2.2 billion from Westcorp, increased 11 percent to $309.0 billion and average low-cost core deposits, which
exclude consumer certificates of deposit, increased 2 percent to $244.2 billion. Average consumer certificates of deposit rose $25.2 billion from 2005.
The ratio of average noninterest-bearing deposits to average core deposits was 21 percent in 2006 and 22 percent in 2005. The portion of core deposits in higher rate, other consumer time deposits was 31 percent at December 31, 2006, and 15 percent at December 31, 2005, with the increase largely reflecting the impact of the October 2006 addition of $54.9 billion in certificates of deposit from Golden West. Other consumer time and other noncore deposits usually pay higher rates than savings and transaction accounts, but they generally are not available for immediate withdrawal. They are also less expensive to service.
Purchased Funds Average purchased funds, which include wholesale borrowings with maturities of 12 months or less, were $93.9 billion in 2006, including the impact of the October 2006 addition of $4.5 billion from Golden West, and $98.7 billion in 2005. Purchased funds were $84.8 billion at December 31, 2006, compared with $93.3 billion at December 31, 2005, as higher foreign deposits were partially offset by the effect of greater use of long-term debt for funding rather than short-term borrowings.
Long-term Debt Long-term debt (defined as an original maturity greater than 12 months) was $138.6 billion at December 31, 2006, and $49.0 billion at December 31, 2005, reflecting the addition of $48.1 billion of Golden West debt, $13.0 billion of Westcorp debt, the issuance of $38.3 billion of debt including the multi-currency and WITS hybrid securities noted below, and $4.1 billion of on-balance sheet securitizations. In 2007, scheduled maturities of long- term debt amount to $31.1 billion. We anticipate replacing the maturing obligations.
In July 2006, Wachovia and Wachovia Bank, National Association established a $20.0 billion Euro Medium Term Note Programme (EMTN), under which we may issue senior and subordinated debt securities. These securities are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and may not be offered in the United States without applicable exemptions from registration. Under EMTN, Wachovia and Wachovia Bank issued an aggregate $9.7 billion of debt securities in 2006 and had up to $10.3 billion available for issuance at December 31, 2006.
The WITS transaction included a junior subordinated note and a forward contract for the sale of noncumulative perpetual preferred stock to a trust. The trust then issued $2.5 billion of securities to investors. The junior subordinated note qualifies as tier 1 capital.
Under our current shelf registration statement filed with the SEC at December 31, 2006, we had $14.0 billion of senior or subordinated debt securities, common stock or preferred


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stock available for issuance under this program. In addition at December 31, 2006, we had available for issuance up to $4.5 billion under a medium-term note program covering senior or subordinated debt securities. Also, at December 31, 2006, Wachovia Bank had a global note program for the issuance of up to $21.1 billion of senior and subordinated notes. In 2006, we issued $14.8 billion of senior and subordinated bank notes under this program.
In February 2007, we issued $875 million in hybrid trust preferred securities that qualify as tier 1 capital under a trust preferred shelf registration.
The issuance of debt or equity securities continues under all our programs and depends on future market conditions, funding needs and other factors.
Credit Lines Wachovia Bank has a $1.9 billion committed back-up line of credit that expires in 2010. This credit facility contains a covenant that requires us to maintain a minimum level of adjusted total equity capital. We have not used this line of credit. A nonbank subsidiary has a $2.0 billion committed backup line of credit that expires in 2011. This credit facility has no financial covenants associated with it. In connection with initiating this line, we borrowed $250 million in September 2006, and repaid this amount in October 2006.
Dividend and Share Activity
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
(In millions, except per share data)   2006     2005     2004  
 
Dividends on common stock
  $ 3,589       3,039       2,306  
Dividends per common share
  $ 2.14       1.94       1.66  
Common shares repurchased
    82       52       47  
Average diluted common shares outstanding
    1,681       1,585       1,370  
 
Stockholders’ Equity The management of capital in a regulated banking environment requires a balance between optimizing leverage and return on equity while maintaining sufficient capital levels and related ratios to satisfy regulatory requirements. Our goal is to generate attractive returns on equity to stockholders while maintaining sufficient regulatory capital ratios. Stockholders’ equity increased 47 percent from year-end 2005, to $69.7 billion at December 31, 2006, including $18.5 billion related to the purchase of Golden West and $3.8 billion related to the purchase of Westcorp; repurchases of 82 million common shares at a cost of $4.5 billion in connection with our share repurchase programs; and net depreciation in the securities portfolio. The higher level of share repurchases in 2006 compared with 2005 reflected opportunistic deployment of excess capital partially related to higher earnings. At December 31, 2006, we were authorized to buy back 42 million shares of common stock. Our 2006 Form 10-K has additional information related to share repurchases.
We adopted SFAS No. 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets, (SFAS 156), effective January 1, 2006,
which is discussed further in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Accordingly, we recorded a cumulative effect adjustment to January 1, 2006, retained earnings of $41 million after tax.
We also adopted SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, (SFAS 158), effective December 31, 2006, which is discussed further in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Accordingly, we recorded a $1.1 billion after-tax reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income on December 31, 2006. This reduction to accumulated other comprehensive income represents the net effect of certain pension and postretirement amounts previously deferred and recorded on the balance sheet in other assets and liabilities and regularly disclosed in the related Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The adoption of FSP 13-2 and FIN 48 on January 1, 2007, resulted in a $1.4 billion after-tax reduction to beginning retained earnings on that date.
Subsidiary Dividends Wachovia Bank is the largest source of subsidiary dividends paid to the parent company. Capital requirements established by regulators limit dividends that this subsidiary and certain other of our subsidiaries can pay. Under these and other limitations, which include an internal requirement to maintain all deposit-taking banks at the well capitalized level, at December 31, 2006, our subsidiaries had $7.9 billion available for dividends that could be paid without prior regulatory approval. Our subsidiaries paid $4.3 billion in dividends to the parent company in 2006.
Regulatory Capital Our capital ratios were above regulatory minimums in 2006 and we continued to be classified as well capitalized. The tier 1 capital ratio decreased 8 basis points from December 31, 2005, to 7.42 percent at December 31, 2006, driven primarily by the impact of the cash payment associated with the Golden West acquisition and by additional risk-weighted assets, offset by the issuance of securities noted above and a benefit resulting from the purchase of credit protection from a securitization trust on a portion of $9.8 billion of consumer real estate-secured loans. Our total capital ratio was 11.33 percent and our leverage ratio was 6.01 percent at December 31, 2006, and 10.82 percent and 6.12 percent, respectively, at December 31, 2005.
Banking regulators have issued an interim rule under which the reduction of stockholders’ equity associated with SFAS 158 is not reflected in the determination of regulatory capital. Accordingly, the adoption of SFAS 158 does not at this time have an effect on our regulatory capital. Information regarding our pension and other postretirement plans is included in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. However, adoption of FSP 13-2 and FIN 48 have not been similarly treated by banking regulators and therefore our regulatory capital was reduced on January 1, 2007. More information is in the Executive Summary.


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
In the normal course of business, we engage in a variety of financial transactions that under GAAP either are not recorded on the balance sheet or are in amounts that differ from the full contract or notional amounts. These transactions involve varying elements of market, credit and liquidity risk. The following discussion also includes retained interests from securitization transactions.
Summary of Off-Balance Sheet Exposures
                 
    December 31, 2006  
    Carrying        
(In millions)   Amount     Exposure  
   
Guarantees
               
Securities and other lending indemnifications
  $       61,715  
Standby letters of credit
    115       37,783  
Liquidity agreements
    9       27,610  
Loans sold with recourse
    50       7,543  
Residual value guarantees
          1,131  
   
Total guarantees
  $ 174       135,782  
   
Guarantees Guarantees are contracts that contingently require us to make payments to a guaranteed party based on an event or change in an underlying asset, liability, rate or index. Our guarantees are generally in the form of securities and other lending indemnifications, standby letters of credit, liquidity agreements, loans sold with recourse or residual value guarantees.
Securities and Other Lending Indemnifications We indemnify clients of our securities lending business. Our clients’ securities are loaned, on a fully collateralized basis, to third party broker/dealers. We indemnify our clients against broker default and support these indemnifications with collateral that is marked to market daily. We generally require cash or other highly liquid collateral from the broker/dealer. At December 31, 2006, there was $63.5 billion in collateral supporting the $61.7 billion loaned. There is no carrying amount associated with these indemnifications.
Standby Letters of Credit We issue standby letters of credit to customers in the normal course of our commercial lending businesses. Standby letters of credit are guarantees of performance primarily issued to support private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financings and similar transactions. We also assist commercial, municipal, nonprofit and other customers in obtaining long-term tax-exempt funding through municipal bond issues and by providing credit enhancements in the form of standby letters of credit. Under these agreements and under certain conditions, if the bondholder requires the issuer to repurchase the bonds prior to maturity and the issuer cannot remarket the bonds, we are obligated to provide funding to the issuer to finance the repurchase of the bonds. We were not required to provide any funding to finance the repurchase of the bonds under these agreements in 2006.
Undrawn standby letters of credit amounted to $37.8 billion at December 31, 2006, and $35.6 billion at December 31, 2005. For letters of credit, we typically charge a fee equal to a percentage of the unfunded commitment. We recognized fee income on unfunded letters of credit of $266 million in 2006 and $251 million in 2005. The risk associated with standby letters of credit is incorporated in the overall assessment of our liquidity risk as described in the Liquidity Risk Management section. The Credit Risk Management section describes how we manage on- and off-balance sheet credit risk.
Liquidity Agreements We arrange financing for certain customer transactions through multi-seller commercial paper conduits that provide customers with access to the commercial paper market. Conduits purchase a variety of asset-backed loans and receivables, trade receivables, securities and other assets from borrowers and issuers, and issue commercial paper to fund those assets.
We provide a liquidity facility on substantially all the commercial paper issued by the conduit we administer. The conduit is considered a VIE under the provisions of FIN 46R, and our liquidity facility exposure is considered a variable interest, although we are not the primary beneficiary. The deconsolidated conduit had $11.4 billion of commercial paper outstanding at December 31, 2006. We also provide liquidity on certain transactions of the structured lending vehicle we administer. The vehicle is a VIE and our liquidity facility exposure along with certain other interests are considered variable interests. We are not the primary beneficiary and do not consolidate the vehicle. The structured lending vehicle had total assets with a fair value of $7.6 billion at December 31, 2006.
We securitize assets originated through our normal loan production channels or purchased in the open market, including fixed rate municipal bonds. In securitization transactions, assets are typically sold to a QSPE, which then issues beneficial interests in the form of senior and subordinated interests, including residual interests, collateralized by the assets. The QSPE is a legally distinct, bankruptcy remote entity that is used in these transactions to isolate the cash flows associated with the assets from originator default. This legal isolation and the allocation of risk to different tranches of securities issued by the QSPE allow securitization transactions to generally receive cost-advantaged funding rates. In certain cases, the investors in the debt issued by the QSPE are conduits that are administered by other parties. We provide liquidity agreements on the commercial paper issued by the conduits to fund the purchase of the QSPE’s debt.
The provisions of the liquidity agreements require us to purchase an interest in the assets financed by the conduits if the conduits are unable to continue to issue commercial paper to finance those assets. The ability to market commercial paper is affected by general economic conditions


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and by the credit rating of the party providing the liquidity agreement. To date, there has not been a situation where these conduits could not issue commercial paper. We received fees of $2 million in 2006 and in 2005 for providing these liquidity agreements.
In addition, at the discretion of the conduit administrator and in accordance with the provisions of the liquidity agreements, we may be required to purchase assets from the conduits we administer and/or those administered by third parties. In some cases, the fair value of the assets may be less than their par value, and consequently, we record a loss for the difference between these values. Any losses for assets purchased from the deconsolidated conduit would be after losses absorbed by the third-party holder of the subordinated note. In 2006 and in 2005, we did not have significant losses associated with these purchases.
We received fees of $84 million in 2006 and $69 million in 2005 for servicing assets held by QSPEs to which we provide liquidity or in which we have retained interests.
In fixed rate municipal bond securitizations, similar to other securitization transactions, the bonds are sold to a QSPE, which issues short-term tax-exempt securities and residual interests collateralized by the assets. Investors purchase these tax-exempt debt securities and generally we retain the residual interests. We also provide liquidity agreements on these debt securities issued by the QSPEs. The market for tax-exempt securities is generally very liquid, but in the event the debt securities could not be remarketed due to market conditions, the liquidity agreements would require us to purchase the debt securities from the QSPE at par value.
Loans Sold with Recourse In certain loan sales or securitizations, we provide recourse to the buyer that requires us to repurchase loans at par value plus accrued interest on the occurrence of certain credit-related events within a certain period of time. In many cases, we are able to recover amounts paid from the sale of the underlying collateral. In 2006 and in 2005, we did not repurchase a significant amount of loans associated with these agreements.
Residual Value Guarantees We provide residual value guarantees as part of certain leasing transactions of corporate assets, including railcars, office buildings and corporate aircraft. The lessors in these leases are generally large financial institutions or their leasing subsidiaries. These guarantees protect the lessor from loss on sale of the related asset at the end of the lease term. To the extent that a sale results in proceeds less than a stated percent (generally 80 percent to 89 percent) of the asset’s cost less depreciation, we would be required to reimburse the lessor under our guarantee. Residual value guarantees outstanding at December 31, 2006, included $1.1 billion representing assets under operating leases, of which $852 million related to operating leases of railcars.
Retained Interests As discussed above, we periodically securitize assets originated through our normal loan production channels or warehoused on behalf of clients through purchases in the open market. In securitization transactions, assets are typically sold to off-balance sheet, special purpose entities. Certain securitization transactions result in a complete transfer of risk to investors, and in others, we retain risk in the form of senior or subordinated notes or residual interests in the securities issued by the off-balance sheet entities. Retained interests from securitizations recorded as either available for sale securities, trading account assets or loans amounted to $8.2 billion at December 31, 2006, and $6.4 billion at December 31, 2005.
In 2006, we securitized and sold $3.2 billion of consumer loans, retaining $97 million in the form of residual interests. Included in other income were net gains of $9 million in 2006 related to these securitizations. This compares with net gains of $10 million related to securitizations in 2005, when we securitized and sold $9.6 billion of consumer loans, retaining $191 million in the form of investment grade securities and $210 million in the form of residual interests.
We have credit, liquidity and market risk associated with our retained interests. Determining the fair value of our retained interests is subjective and is described in more detail in the Critical Accounting Policies section. In addition, the Securities section includes further information.
Risk Governance and Administration
Overview Our business exposes us to several risk types including strategic business risks, credit, market, liquidity, operational, compliance, reputation, litigation and other risks. Our corporate risk governance structure enables us to weigh risk and return to produce sustainable revenue, reduce earnings volatility and increase shareholder value.
Board of Director Committees and Management
Operating Committee Our risk governance structure begins with our board of directors, which evaluates risk and oversees the management of risk through its Risk Committee and Audit Committee.
The board of directors has approved management account- abilities and supporting committee structures to effect risk governance. Our chief executive officer is responsible for the overall risk governance structure. Our chief risk officer reports directly to our chief executive officer and is responsible for independent evaluation and oversight of our credit, market and operational risk-taking activities and our risk governance processes.
We oversee strategic business risk and our general business affairs through the Management Operating Committee. This committee meets monthly and is composed of the senior management of the company, including all executives who report directly to the chief executive officer.


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

Four Components of Risk Governance Our risk management strategy is aligned around four components of risk governance: our business units; our independent risk management function joined by other corporate staff functions including legal, finance, human resources and technology; internal audit; and risk committees.
Our business units are responsible for identifying, acknowledging, quantifying, mitigating and managing all risks. Business unit management determines and executes our strategies, which puts them closest to the changing nature of risks, and makes them best able to take action to manage and mitigate those risks. Our management processes, structure and policies help us to comply with laws and regulations, and provide clear lines of sight for decision-making and accountability.
Our risk management organization provides objective oversight of our risk-taking activities and translates our overall risk appetite into approved limits. Risk management works with the business units and functional areas to establish appropriate standards and also monitors business practices in relation to those standards. Risk management proactively works with the businesses and senior management to ensure we have continuous focus on key risks in our businesses and emerging trends that may change our risk profile.
Our internal audit group, which reports directly to the Audit Committee of the board of directors, provides an objective assessment of the design and execution of our internal control system including our management systems, risk governance, and policies and procedures. Internal audit activities are designed to provide reasonable assurance that resources are safeguarded; that significant financial, managerial and operating information is complete, accurate and reliable; and that employee actions comply with our policies and applicable laws and regulations.
Our risk committees provide a mechanism to bring together the many perspectives of our management team to discuss emerging risk issues, monitor risk-taking activities and evaluate specific transactions and exposures. All risk committees ultimately report to the Senior Risk Committee, which is chaired by the chief executive officer, which in turn reports to the board of directors, and is composed of certain members of the Management Operating Committee. The Senior Risk Committee is charged with monitoring the direction and trend of risks relative to business strategies set by the Management Operating Committee and relative to market conditions and other external factors. It reviews identified emerging risks and directs action to appropriately mitigate those risks. This committee also ensures that responsibilities and accountabilities for risk management and corrective action on control matters are properly delegated to appropriate individuals and implemented on a timely basis. The Senior Risk Committee
directly oversees the activities of these five key management committees: Credit Risk, Market Risk, Operational Risk, Asset and Liability, and Conflicts of Interest.
Credit Risk Management Credit risk is the risk of loss due to adverse changes in an issuer’s, borrower’s or counterparty’s ability to meet its financial obligations under agreed upon terms. The nature and amount of credit risk depends on the type of transaction, the structure of that transaction and the parties involved. While we are subject to some credit risk in our trading, investing, liquidity, funding and asset management activities, it is typically only incidental in these businesses. Credit risk is central to the profit strategy in lending and other financing activities, and as a result, the majority of our credit risk is associated with these activities.
Credit risk is managed through a combination of policies and procedures and authorities that are tracked and regularly updated in a centralized database. The board of directors grants credit authority to the chief executive officer, who in turn, has delegated that authority to the chief risk officer. Credit authorities are further delegated through the independent risk management organization. Most authority to approve credit exposure is granted to officers in the risk management organization, who are experienced in the industries and loan structures over which they have responsibility, and are independent of the officers who are responsible for generating new business.
There are two processes for approving credit risk exposures.
The first process involves standard approval structures (such as rapid decision scorecards) for use in retail, certain small business lending and most trading activities. The second process involves individual approval of commercial exposures based, among other factors, on the financial strength of the borrower, assessment of the borrower’s management, industry sector trends, the type of exposure, the transaction structure and the general economic outlook.
Credit Risk Review is an independent unit that performs risk process reviews and evaluates a representative sample of individual credit extensions. Credit Risk Review has the authority to change internal risk ratings and has the responsibility to assess the adequacy of credit underwriting and servicing practices. This unit reports directly to the Risk Committee of the board of directors.
Economic capital for all credit risk assets is calculated by the credit risk management group within the risk management organization.
Commercial Credit All commercial exposures, both in the form of loans and commitments to lend, are assigned internal risk ratings that reflect the probability of borrower default on any obligation and the probable loss in the event of a default. Commercial credit extensions are also evaluated


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VAR Profile by Risk Type
                                                         
(In millions)           2006             2005          
             
Risk Category
          High   Low   Avg   High   Low   Avg
 
Interest rate
      $     11.2       4.6       6.8       25.9       10.0       15.1  
Foreign exchange
            3.7       0.2       0.9       2.1       0.2       0.8  
Credit products
            34.8       14.3       21.2                    
Equity
            20.3       1.3       10.1       16.2       5.6       10.4  
Commodity
            0.9       0.2       0.4       1.3       0.1       0.5  
 
Aggregate
      $     31.1       12.8       19.0       28.4       11.9       19.2  
 
Daily VAR Backtesting
(Dollars of revenue in millions)
(LINE GRAPH)
Histogram of Daily Profit and Loss in 2006
(Dollars of revenue in millions)
(BAR GRAPH)
using a RAROC model that considers pricing, internal risk ratings, loan structure and tenor, among other variables. This produces a risk and return analysis, enabling the efficient use of economic capital attributable to credit risk.
The Credit Risk Committee approves policy guidelines that limit the maximum level of credit exposure to individual commercial borrowers or a related group of borrowers. These guidelines are based on the internal ratings associated with the credit facilities extended to each borrower as well as on the economic capital associated with them. Concentration risk is also managed through geographic and industry diversification and loan quality factors. The Credit Risk Committee approves industry concentration and country exposure limits.
Borrower exposures may be designated as “watch list” accounts when warranted as a result of either environmental factors or individual company performance. Such accounts are subjected to additional review by the business line management, risk management and credit risk review staffs, and our chief risk officer in order to adequately assess the borrower’s credit status and to take appropriate action. In addition, projections of both nonperforming assets and losses for future quarters are performed monthly. We have also established special teams composed of highly skilled and experienced lenders to manage problem credits and to handle commercial recoveries, workouts and problem loan sales.
Commercial credit checks and balances, the independence of risk management functions and specialized processes are all designed to avoid credit problems where possible, and to recognize and address problems early when they do occur.
Retail Credit In retail lending, we manage credit risk primarily from a portfolio view. The risk management division, working with the lines of business, determines the appropriate risk and return profile for each portfolio, using a variety of tools including quantitative models and scorecards tailored to meet our specific needs.
By incorporating these models and policies into computer programs or “decisioning engines,” much of the underwriting is automated. Once a line of credit or other retail loan is extended, it is included in the overall portfolio, which is continuously monitored for changes in delinquency trends and other asset quality indicators. Delinquency action on individual credits is taken monthly or as needed if collection efforts are required.
Market Risk Management Market risk represents the risk of declines in value that on- and off-balance sheet positions could realize depending on a variety of market movements, such as changes in interest rates, equity prices and foreign exchange rates. We trade a variety of equities, debt securities, foreign exchange instruments and other derivatives to provide customized solutions for the risk management needs of our customers and for proprietary trading. Market risk is inherent in all these activities.
Market risk management activities are overseen by an independent market risk group, which reports outside the business units to the risk management group. Risk measures include the use of value-at-risk (VAR) methodology with limits approved by the Market Risk Committee and subsequently by the Risk Committee of the board. The Market Risk Committee also approves a variety of other trading limits designed to match trading activities to our appetite for risk and to our strategic objectives.
The VAR methodology assesses market volatility over the most recent 252 trading days to estimate within a given


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level of confidence the maximum trading loss over a period of time that we would expect to incur from an adverse movement in market rates and prices over the period. We calculate 1-day VAR at the 97.5 percent and 99 percent confidence levels, and 10-day VAR at the 99 percent confidence level. The VAR model is supplemented by stress testing on a daily basis. The analysis captures all financial instruments that are considered trading positions. Our 1-day VAR limit in 2006 was $30 million. The total 1-day VAR was $30 million at December 29, 2006, and $18 million at December 31, 2005, and primarily related to interest rate risk and equity risk. The high, low and average VARs in 2006 were $31 million, $13 million and $19 million, respectively.
Operational Risk Management Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems or from external events. This risk is inherent in all our businesses. Operational risk is divided into the following functional risk areas: vendor risk, compliance, technology, financial, fiduciary, human capital, business continuity planning, legal, change and implementation risk, and internal and external fraud.
Operational risk is managed through an enterprise-wide framework for organizational structure, processes and technologies. This framework has been developed and implemented by an independent operational risk team that reports to the risk management group. This team is composed of a corporate operational risk group and operational risk leaders aligned with our business units and support functions. In addition to our governance process, we devote significant emphasis and resources to continuous refinement of processes and tools that aid us in proactive identification and management of material operational risks, including a rigorous self-assessment process. Additionally, we focus on training, education and development of a risk management culture that reinforces the message that all employees are responsible for the management of operational risk. We believe proactive management of operational risk is a competitive advantage due to lower earnings volatility, greater customer satisfaction and enhanced reputation.
One component of operational risk is compliance risk. This risk is managed by our compliance group, which works within the business lines but reports centrally to the risk management group under the leadership of our chief compliance officer, who reports to our chief executive officer. This structure allows compliance risk management to consult with the business unit as policies and procedures are developed, and it enables close monitoring of daily activities. As part of our compliance program, we devote significant resources to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, and to safeguard our customers’ data.
Managing merger risk and change in general is another key component of operational risk. We use a well-documented, disciplined process to manage the inherent risk of change
(for example, merger integrations, outsourcing and new product developments) and to assess organizational readiness. The organizational readiness assessment process provides readiness and risk information related to staffing, training, customer communication, compliance, vendors, corporate real estate, technology infrastructure, application systems, operational support and reconcilement. We pay close attention to the overall organizational capacity and interdependencies, and to our ability to execute. To further strengthen our governance processes, we combined our financial and implementation risk governance committees into a single investment review board in 2006. This committee provides executive management oversight to the portfolio of significant projects.
We also focus on managing other key operational risks such as business continuity, reliance on vendors, and privacy and information security. These risks are not unique to our institution and are inherent in the financial services industry. We link business performance measurements to operational risk through risk profiles, quality of the internal controls and capital allocation.
Liquidity Risk Management Liquidity risk involves the risk of being unable to fund assets with the appropriate duration and rate-based liabilities, as well as the risk of not being able to meet unexpected cash needs. In our liquidity management process, we focus on both assets and liabilities and on the manner in which they combine to provide adequate liquidity to meet our needs.
The Liquidity Risk Management table focuses only on future obligations. In this table, all deposits with indeterminate maturities, such as demand deposits, checking accounts, savings accounts and money market accounts, are presented as having a maturity of one year or less.
Funding sources primarily include customer-based core deposits, purchased funds, collateralized borrowings, cash flows from operations, and asset securitizations and sales.
Liquidity Risk Management
                                         
December 31, 2006  
                    Over One     Over Three        
            One Year     Year Through     Years Through     Over  
(In millions)   Total     or Less     Three Years     Five Years     Five Years  
 
Contractual
Commitments
                                       
Deposit maturities
  $ 407,458       395,527       8,633       3,207       91  
Long-term debt
    138,594       31,131       39,509       30,228       37,726  
Operating lease obligations
    6,195       687       1,258       1,803       2,447  
Capital lease obligations
    16       3       5       4       4  
Investment obligations
    844       844                    
Other purchase obligations
    655       428       181       46        
 
Total
  $ 553,762       428,620       49,586       35,288       40,268  
 


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Cash flows from operations are a significant component of liquidity risk management and consider both deposit maturities and the scheduled cash flows from loan and investment maturities and payments, along with dividend payments.
We purchase funds on an unsecured basis in the federal funds, commercial paper, bank note, national certificate of deposit and long-term debt markets. In addition, we routinely use securities in our trading portfolio and in our available for sale portfolio as collateral for secured borrowings. In the event of severe market disruptions, we have access to secured borrowings through the Federal Reserve Bank. Our ability to access unsecured funding markets and the cost of funds acquired in these markets are primarily dependent on our credit rating, which is currently P-1/A-1+/F1+ for short-term paper and Aa3/AA-/AA- for senior debt (Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, respectively). Our goal is to maintain a long-term AA credit rating. We believe a long-term credit rating of AA will provide us with many benefits, including access to additional funding sources at lower rates (assuming a static interest rate environment). Conversely, a downgrade from our current long-term debt ratings would have an adverse impact, including higher costs of funds, access to fewer funding sources and possibly the triggering of liquidity agreements. Providing funding under liquidity agreements could result in our forgoing more profitable lending and investing opportunities as well as dividend payments because of funding constraints.
Asset securitizations provide an alternative source of funding. Except for the customer-oriented conduit activities, we do not rely heavily on the securitization markets as a source of funds but instead we use securitizations to diversify risk and manage regulatory capital levels. Widening of the credit spreads in the securitization market may make accessing these markets undesirable. If securitizations become undesirable, we may discontinue certain lending activities and/or increase our reliance on alternative funding sources.
The Asset and Liability Committee is responsible for liquidity risk management. This committee approves liquidity limits and receives thorough periodic reports on our liquidity position. Liquidity reports detail compliance with limits and with guidelines. They include a review of forecasted liquidity needs based on scheduled and discretionary asset and liability maturities. They evaluate the adequacy of funding sources to meet these needs. In addition, stress tests are evaluated to determine required levels of funding in an adverse environment. These stress tests include reduced access to traditional funding sources in addition to unexpected draw-downs of contingent liquidity exposures (for example, liquidity agreements with conduits).
Derivatives We use derivatives to manage our exposure to interest rate risk, to generate profits from proprietary trad-
ing and to assist our customers with their risk management objectives. All derivatives are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with realized and unrealized gains and losses included either in the results of operations or in other comprehensive income, depending on the nature, purpose and designation of the derivative transaction. Derivative transactions are often measured in terms of notional amount, but this amount is not recorded on the balance sheet and is not, when viewed in isolation, a meaningful measure of the risk profile of the instruments. The notional amount is not usually exchanged, but is used only as the basis on which interest or other payments are calculated.
For interest rate risk management, we use derivatives as a cost- and capital-efficient way to hedge on-balance sheet assets, liabilities and future financial transactions. Derivatives used for interest rate risk management include various interest rate swap, futures, forward and option structures with indices that relate to the pricing of specific on-balance sheet instruments. Trading and customer derivatives include a wide array of interest rate, commodity, foreign currency, credit and equity derivatives.
Swap contracts are commitments to settle in cash at a future date or dates, which may range from a few days to a number of years, based on differentials between specified financial indices as applied to a notional principal amount. Futures and forward contracts are commitments to buy or sell at a future date a financial instrument, commodity or currency at a contracted price and may be settled in cash or through delivery. Option contracts give the purchaser, for a fee, the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell within a limited time, a financial instrument or commodity at a contracted price that may also be settled in cash, based on differentials between specified indices. Credit derivatives are contractual agreements that in exchange for a fee provide insurance against a credit event including bankruptcy, insolvency, credit downgrade and failure to meet payment obligations of one or more referenced credits.
We measure credit exposure on our derivative contracts by taking into account both the current market value of each contract in a gain position, which is reported on the balance sheet, and a prudent estimate of potential change in value over each contract’s life. The measurement of the potential future exposure for each derivative is based on a simulation of market rates and generally takes into account legally enforceable risk mitigating agreements for each obligor such as netting and collateral.
We manage the credit risk of these instruments in much the same way we manage credit risk of our loan portfolios, by establishing credit limits for each counterparty and by requiring collateral agreements for dealer transactions.
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on the financial strength of the counterparty. Credit risk is also reduced significantly by entering into legally enforceable master netting agreements. When we have more than one transaction with a counterparty and there is a legally enforceable master netting agreement in place, the exposure represents the net of the gain and loss positions with that counterparty. The Credit Risk Management section has more information on the management of credit risk.
The market risk associated with interest rate risk management derivatives is fully incorporated into our earnings simulation model in the same manner as financial instruments for which the interest-bearing balance is reflected on the balance sheet. The Interest Rate Risk Management section describes the way in which we manage this risk. The market risk associated with trading and customer derivative positions is managed using VAR methodology, as described in the Market Risk Management section.
More information on our derivatives used for interest rate risk management is included in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Interest Rate Risk Management One of the fundamental roles in banking is the management of interest rate risk, or the risk that changes in interest rates may diminish net interest income we earn on loans, securities and other earning assets. The following discussion explains how we oversee the interest rate risk management process and describes the actions we take to protect earnings from interest rate risk.
A balance sheet is considered asset sensitive when its assets (loans and securities) reprice faster or to a greater extent than liabilities (deposits and borrowings). An asset- sensitive balance sheet will produce more net interest income when interest rates rise and less net interest income when interest rates decline. Historically, our large and relatively rate-insensitive deposit base has funded a portfolio of primarily floating rate commercial and consumer loans. This mix naturally creates a highly asset-sensitive balance sheet. Furthermore, our focus on new customer acquisition and quality customer service has historically enabled us to generate deposit growth that has matched or outpaced loan growth, adding to our naturally asset-sensitive position. To achieve more neutrality or to establish a liability-sensitive position, we maintain a large portfolio of fixed rate discretionary instruments such as loans, securities and derivatives.
We often elect to use derivatives to protect assets, liabilities and future financial transactions from changes in interest rates. When deciding whether to use derivatives instead of investing in securities to reach the same goal, we consider a number of factors, such as cost, efficiency, the effect on our liquidity and capital, and our overall interest rate risk management strategy. We choose to use derivatives when they provide greater relative value or more efficient execu-
Market Rate Scenarios
(LINE GRAPH)
tion of our strategy than securities. The derivatives we use for interest rate risk management include various interest rate swaps, futures and forwards and in many cases are designated and accounted for as accounting hedges. We fully incorporate the market risk associated with interest rate risk management derivatives into our earnings simulation model in the same manner as other on-balance sheet financial instruments.
We analyze and manage the amount of risk we are taking to changes in interest rates by forecasting a wide range of interest rate scenarios for time periods as long as 36 months. In analyzing interest rate sensitivity for policy measurement, we compare forecasted earnings per share in both “high rate” and “low rate” scenarios to the “market forward rate.” The policy measurement period is 12 months in length, beginning with the first month of the forecast. Our objective is to ensure we prudently manage interest-bearing assets and liabilities in ways that improve financial performance without unduly putting earnings at risk. Our policy is to limit the risk we can take through balance sheet management actions to 5 percent of earnings per share in both falling and rising rate environments.
The “market forward rate” is constructed using currently implied market forward rate estimates for all points on the yield curve over the next 36 months. Our standard approach evaluates expected earnings in a 400 basis point range, or 200 basis points both above and below the “market forward rate” scenario. Based on our January 2007 forward rate expectation, our various scenarios together measure earnings volatility to a December 2007 federal funds rate ranging from 2.78 percent to 6.78 percent.
We simultaneously measure the impact of a parallel and nonparallel shift in rates on each of our interest rate scenarios. A parallel shift would, as the term implies, shift all points on the yield curve by the same increments. For example, by the twelfth month in our policy measurement period, short-term rates such as the federal funds rate would increase by 200 basis points over the “market forward rate,” while longer term rates such as the 10-year treasury note rate and 30-year treasury note rate would increase by 200 basis points as well. A nonparallel shift would consist


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of a 200 basis point increase in short-term rates, while long-term rates would increase by a different amount. A rate shift in which short-term rates rise to a greater degree than long-term rates is referred to as a “flattening” of the yield curve. Conversely long-term rates rising to a greater degree than short-term rates would lead to a steepening of the yield curve.
The impact of a nonparallel shift in rates depends on the types of assets in which funds are invested and the shape of the yield curve implicit in the “market forward rate” scenario. In the first six months of 2004, the threat of rising rates, but uncertain timing, kept the yield curve very steep. Before the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee’s tightening campaign began in late June 2004, our investment and hedging strategies were designed to manage both repricing risk and curve flattening that typically accompanies a rapid rise in short-term rates. Much of the anticipated flattening occurred throughout 2004, 2005 and 2006. At December 31, 2006, the spread between the 10-year treasury note rate and the federal funds rate was inverted at a negative 46 basis points, which is considerably different from the long-term average spread of a positive 119 basis points. While we still believe further inversion is possible, and we will continue to measure the impact of a nonparallel shift in rates, we feel the risk of earnings volatility due to further inversion has somewhat subsided.
Considering the balance of risks for 2007, we will focus primarily on managing the value created through our expanded deposit base as we protect the net interest margin against the pressures of higher short-term rates, and relative to prior years, a flatter yield curve. We expect to rely on our large base of low-cost core deposits to fund incremental investments in loans and securities. The characteristics of the loans we add will prompt different strategies. Fixed rate loans, for example, diminish the need to buy discretionary investments, so if more fixed rate loans were added to our loan portfolio, we would likely allow existing discretionary investments to mature or we would liquidate them. If more variable rate loans were added to our loan portfolio, we would likely allow fixed rate securities to mature or we would liquidate them, and then add new derivatives that, in effect, would convert the incremental variable rate loans to fixed rate loans. For example, Golden West option ARMs, despite being a monthly floating rate product, reprice on an index that generally lags changes in short-term rates. A portion of these option ARMs are funded with short-term floating rate notes, which together create a profile that is liability-sensitive as measured under our earnings sensitivity analysis. Therefore, in advance of the Golden West merger, we reduced the size of our fixed rate exposure in residential mortgage-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities in order to help achieve the desired interest rate risk profile for the combined company.
Policy Period Sensitivity Measurement
                         
    Actual     Implied        
    Fed Funds     Fed Funds        
    Rate at     Rate at     Percent  
    January 1,     December 31,     Earnings  
(In percent)   2007     2007     Sensitivity  
 
Market Forward
Rate Scenarios (a)
    5.25 %     4.78        
High Rate Composite
            6.78       (1.9 )
Low Rate
            2.78       3.6  
 
 
    (a)Assumes base federal funds rate mirrors market expectations.
Earnings Sensitivity The Policy Period Sensitivity
Measurement table provides a summary of our interest rate sensitivity measurements.
The January 2007 forward rate expectations imply a high probability that the federal funds rate will decline 50 basis points by the end of the policy period in December 2007. If this occurs, the spread between the 10-year treasury note rate and the federal funds rate would compress from a negative 67 basis points of slope in January 2007, to a less inverted yield curve of a negative 22 basis points of slope by December 2007. Because it is unlikely under this scenario that federal fund rates would rise an additional 200 basis points in parallel, our high rate sensitivity to the “market forward rate” scenario is measured using three different yield curve shapes. These yield curves are constructed to represent the more likely range of yield curve shapes that may prevail in an environment where short-term rates rise 200 basis points above current market expectations. The reported high rate sensitivity is a composite of these three scenarios.
In January 2007, our earnings simulation model indicated earnings would be negatively affected by 1.9 percent in a “high rate composite” scenario relative to the “market forward rate” over the policy period. Additionally, we measure a scenario where short-term rates gradually decline 200 basis points over a 12-month period while the longer-term 10-year treasury note rate and the 30-year treasury note rate each decline by less than 200 basis points relative to the “market forward rate” scenario. The model indicates earnings would be positively affected by 3.6 percent in this scenario. These percentages are for a full year, but may be higher or lower in individual reporting periods.
While our interest rate sensitivity modeling assumes management takes no action, we regularly assess the viability of strategies to reduce unacceptable risks to earnings and we implement such strategies when we believe those actions are prudent. As new monthly outlooks become available, we formulate strategies aimed at protecting earnings from the potential negative effects of changes in interest rates.
Financial Disclosure We have always maintained internal controls over financial reporting, which generally include those controls relating to the preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP. As a bank holding company, we are subject to the internal control


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reporting and attestation requirements of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act, and therefore, we are very familiar with the process of maintaining and evaluating our internal controls over financial reporting. We also are focused on our disclosure controls and procedures, which as defined by the SEC, are generally those controls and procedures designed to ensure that financial and non-financial information required to be disclosed in our reports filed with the SEC is reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is communicated to management, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Our Disclosure Committee, which includes senior representatives from our treasury, risk, legal, accounting and investor relations departments, as well as from our four core business segments, assists senior management in its oversight of the accuracy and timeliness of our disclosures, as well as in implementing and evaluating our overall disclosure process. As part of our disclosure process, accounting representatives in our finance division and representatives from our four core business segments prepare and review monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports, which also are reviewed by each of the business segment’s chief financial officers and senior management. Accounting representatives in our finance division also conduct further reviews with our senior management team, other appropriate personnel involved in the disclosure process, including the Disclosure Committee and internal audit, and our independent auditors and counsel, as appropriate. Financial results and other financial information also are reviewed with the Audit Committee of the board of directors on at least a quarterly basis.
In addition, accounting representatives in our finance division meet with representatives of our primary federal banking regulators on a quarterly basis to review, among other things, income statement and balance sheet trends, any significant or unusual transactions, changes in or implementation of significant accounting policies, and other significant non-financial data, as identified by our representatives. The chief executive officer and the chief financial officer also meet with the federal banking regulators on a semiannual basis.
As required by applicable regulatory law, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer review and make various certifications regarding the accuracy of our periodic public reports filed with the SEC, our disclosure controls and procedures, and our internal control over financial reporting. Assisted by the Disclosure Committee, we will continue to assess and monitor our disclosure controls and procedures, and our internal controls over financial reporting, and we will make refinements as necessary.
Accounting and Regulatory Matters
The following information addresses significant new developments in accounting standard setting that will affect us, as well as new or proposed legislation that will continue to have a significant impact on our industry.
Income Taxes In July 2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, which clarifies the criteria for recognition and measurement of income tax benefits in accordance with SFAS 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. Under FIN 48, evaluation of income tax benefits is a two-step process. First, income tax benefits can be recognized in financial statements for a tax position only if it is considered “more likely than not,” as defined in SFAS 5, Accounting for Contingencies, of being sustained on audit based solely on the technical merits of the income tax position. Second, if the recognition criteria are met, the amount of income tax benefits to be recognized is measured based on the largest income tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized on ultimate resolution of the tax position. See below for a discussion of the impact of FIN 48 for leveraged lease transactions. FIN 48 became effective on January 1, 2007, and the impact of adopting FIN 48 on other positions did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position.
Leveraged Lease Accounting In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position FAS 13-2, Accounting for a Change or Projected Change in the Timing of Cash Flows Relating to Income Taxes Generated by a Leveraged Lease Transaction, (FSP 13-2). FSP 13-2 amends SFAS 13, Accounting for Leases, to provide that changes affecting the timing of income tax cash flows but not the total net income under a leveraged lease trigger a recalculation of the net investment in the lease. Prior to FSP 13-2, only a change in an important lease assumption that changed the total estimated net income under a leveraged lease triggered a recalculation of the net investment. Under FSP 13-2, recalculations affecting existing leveraged leases result in a one-time noncash charge to be recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle through a reduction of beginning retained earnings on January 1, 2007. Amounts that in the aggregate approximate the amount of the charge initially recorded will be recognized as income over the remaining terms of the affected leases. Any additional recalculations for subsequent changes in the timing of income tax cash flows will be recorded in the results of operations.
We have two primary classes of leveraged lease transactions that are affected by FSP 13-2: Lease-In, Lease-Out transactions (LILOs) and a second group of transactions the Internal Revenue Service broadly refers to as SILOs. SILOs principally include service contract and qualified technological equipment leases.
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position on LILOs entered into by First Union Corporation and legacy Wachovia Corporation. The resolution of these LILO issues with the IRS led to a change in the timing of cash flows under the lease transactions, and accordingly, FSP 13-2 requires a recalculation of the LILO leases.
FSP 13-2 also affects our SILOs. The IRS has announced its intention to challenge the industry-wide tax treatment of SILOs. While we believe our tax treatment of SILOs is consistent with well-established tax law and that it is more likely than not that we would prevail if litigation were to become necessary, it is possible that, upon resolution of a potential dispute with the IRS, we may not realize some of the income tax benefits originally recorded. Because of this possibility, the combination of FSP 13-2 and FIN 48 requires that we estimate the timing of income tax benefits to recognize and recalculate the net investment in the leases.
We have completed our assessment of the impact of FSP 13-2 and FIN 48 on our leveraged lease portfolio, and on January 1, 2007, we recorded a $1.4 billion after-tax charge to beginning retained earnings related solely to our portfolio of LILOs and SILOs. The impact of FSP 13-2 on our regulatory capital is discussed in the Outlook section.
The amount of the reduction to January 1, 2007, beginning retained earnings from the affected LILO and SILO trans- actions will be recognized as income over the remaining terms of the affected leases, generally 35 years to 40 years. The amounts to be recognized as income over the remaining terms of the affected leases will not have a material impact to our results of operations in future periods.
Financial Instruments The FASB has an ongoing project addressing the accounting for the transfer of financial instruments and retention of an interest in such financial instruments. As part of this project, the FASB issued two pronouncements in 2006, SFAS 155, Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments, (SFAS 155), which is discussed below, and SFAS 156, Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets, which we implemented effective January 1, 2006, and is discussed in applicable Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The FASB is continuing its deliberations relating to an amendment to SFAS 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishment of Liabilities, (SFAS 140). This amendment would revise or clarify the criteria for derecognition of financial assets after a transfer and address the permitted activities of a QSPE. The FASB is considering the need for clarifying guidance, which may result in changes to the structure of and/or the accounting for these transactions. We cannot predict with certainty whether any guidance will be issued or what the transition provisions for implementing the guidance will be from these deliberations.
Hybrid Financial Instruments SFAS 155 amends SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activity, and SFAS 140. Hybrid financial instruments contain an embedded derivative within a single instrument, either a debt or equity host contract. SFAS 155 permits entities the option to record certain hybrid financial instruments at fair value as individual financial instruments, with corresponding changes in value recorded in earnings. Prior to this amendment, certain hybrid financial instruments were required to be separated into two instruments, the derivative and the host, and generally only the derivative was recorded at fair value. SFAS 155 also removes an existing exception for evaluating certain interests in securitized assets for embedded derivatives. SFAS 155 is effective for all financial instruments acquired or issued after January 1, 2007. Additionally, SFAS 155 provides a one-time opportunity to elect fair value for hybrid financial instruments existing at the date of implementation other than those interests in securitized assets now subject to evaluation for embedded derivitives. For any instruments included in this one-time transition, the difference between the carrying amount of the derivative and host component of the existing hybrid financial instruments and the fair value of the single financial instrument will be recorded as a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings. We do not expect the impact of adopting SFAS 155 on January 1, 2007, to have a material impact on stockholders’ equity.
Fair Value In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurement, (SFAS 157), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value in U.S. GAAP, expands disclosures about fair value measurement and provides new income recognition criteria for certain derivative contracts. SFAS 157 does not establish any new fair value measurements itself, but applies to other accounting standards that require the use of fair value for recognition or disclosure. In particular, the framework in SFAS 157 will be required for financial instruments for which fair value is elected, such as under SFAS 155 discussed above or under the newly issued SFAS 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.
SFAS 157 eliminates the income deferral requirements of Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 02-03, Issues Involved in Accounting for Derivative Contracts Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities, for derivative contracts with valuation inputs that are not directly observable from market data. Application of the SFAS 157 framework may also lead to changes in the measurement of fair value in our consolidated financial statements. Any transition adjustments will be recorded as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle through an adjustment to beginning retained earnings on the date of adoption. Both SFAS 157 and SFAS 159 are effective January 1, 2008, with earlier implementation permitted on January 1, 2007, provided financial statements for any period in 2007 have not yet been


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issued. We are currently assessing the impact of SFAS 157 on our consolidated financial position and results of operations, and we anticipate a January 1, 2008, adoption date.
Regulatory Matters Various legislative and regulatory proposals concerning the financial services industry are pending in Congress, the legislatures in states in which we conduct operations and before various regulatory agencies that supervise our operations. Given the uncertainty of the legislative and regulatory process, we cannot assess the impact of any such legislation or regulations on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. For a more detailed description of the laws and regulations governing our business operations, please see our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In June 2004, the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision published new international guidelines for determining regulatory capital that are designed to be more risk sensitive than the current framework. In the fourth quarter of 2006, the U.S. regulatory agencies published a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for Basel II that represents the U.S. version of the international guidelines. Under the NPR, we must develop an implementation plan within six months of the effective date of the final rule with the transitional period for capital calculation to begin within 36 months of the effective date of the final rule. Regulatory efforts in the U.S. for Basel II have experienced continued timing delays, and the date of a final rule remains unknown. The NPR currently proposes to make 2008 the first possible year for a bank to conduct its parallel run (the first step towards Basel II implementation) for measuring regulatory capital under the new regulatory capital rules and the existing general risk-based capital rules. The NPR also proposes 2009-2011 as the first possible years for the transitional periods. We have established necessary project management infrastructure and funding to ensure we will fully comply with the new regulations.
Earnings Analysis for Fourth Quarter 2006
In the fourth quarter of 2006 compared with the fourth quarter of 2005, net income rose 35 percent to $2.3 billion from $1.7 billion, and diluted earnings per common share rose 10 percent to $1.20 from $1.09. These amounts included Golden West in the fourth quarter of 2006, and reflect after-tax net merger-related and restructuring expenses of 1 cent per share in the fourth quarter of 2006 and 2 cents per share in the fourth quarter of 2005. In addition, the fourth quarter a year ago included an after-tax gain of $214 million, or 14 cents per common share, presented as discontinued operations related to the divestiture of our Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses. Results in 2006 included a gain of $46 million after-tax, or 2 cents per share, relating to this divestiture.
In the fourth quarter of 2006 compared with the fourth quarter of 2005, Wachovia grew revenue 31 percent on
higher loans and deposits primarily due to Golden West and Westford, with equally strong fee income growth, and increased net interest income 29 percent, reflecting higher average commercial loans, up 12 percent, and average consumer loans, up 161 percent, including the impact of the acquisitions.
Commercial loan growth was led by middle-market and business banking, commercial real estate and large corporate lending, while consumer loan growth was led by higher real estate-secured loans, which included the impact of year-end 2005 loan transfers from loans held for sale, as well as Golden West and Westcorp. Average core deposits rose 26 percent and average low-cost core deposits were up 3 percent. Growth in lower spread loans, a shift in deposit mix and the effects of the inverted yield curve resulted in 16 basis points of margin compression.
Fee and other income grew 33 percent, led by record investment banking fees, strength in service charges and higher securitization income. Asset management fees reached a new high, reflecting continued growth in retail brokerage managed account relationships, while commissions reflected improving retail brokerage transaction activity as well. Trading results recovered from losses in the fourth quarter of 2005 and securities gains were higher.
Noninterest expense rose 18 percent largely reflecting the acquisitions, and also included higher incentives on revenue growth in the Corporate and Investment Bank and in Capital Management.
In the General Bank, a 47 percent increase in revenue was driven by increased loans and deposits primarily reflecting Golden West and Westcorp. In addition, earnings were $1.7 billion on revenue of $4.8 billion. The business mix continued to shift, reflecting customer preference for fixed rate instead of variable rate loans and certificates of deposit over demand deposits.
An increase in average loans reflected the addition of $124.0 billion from Golden West and the addition of $13.5 billion from Westcorp. Organic growth was led by middle- market commercial, business banking and commercial real estate. Deposit growth was led by consumer certificates of deposit and money market funds.
Growth in fee and other income of 27 percent included 19 percent growth in consumer service charges and 16 percent growth in interchange income.
Noninterest expense growth of 20 percent included the acquisitions, de novo branch activity and costs related to reentering the credit card business. Despite the increased expense, the General Bank’s overhead efficiency ratio improved 909 basis points to 41.98 percent. Increased provision expense was a result of higher retail losses and lower recoveries.


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Wealth Management generated modest revenue growth driven by fee and other income growth, including increased commissions and higher banking fees. In addition, a dip in net interest income was due to margin compression, which offset strong momentum in loans and a modest increase in average core deposits. Noninterest expense declined.
In the Corporate and Investment Bank, revenue growth of 28 percent was driven by higher advisory and origination activity in corporate client businesses and strength in real estate capital markets. An 8 percent decline in net interest income reflected spread compression in asset-based lending and leasing, lower trading-related interest income and cross-border leasing runoff. A 50 percent increase in fee and other income reflected strength in real estate capital markets, merger and acquisition advisory services, equities under-writing, high grade debt and loan syndications, and improved trading revenue, as well as slightly improved principal investing results. A 26 percent increase in noninterest expense primarily related to higher variable compensation expense on higher revenues.
In Capital Management, a 15 percent increase in revenue reflected strength in retail brokerage managed account fees as well as higher brokerage transaction activity. Results also reflected the impact of 2006 acquisitions, higher net interest income, higher asset management fees and higher valuations on investments. Eight percent growth in noninterest expense was primarily due to higher commissions, deferred compensation, other brokerage production costs and acquisitions.
Total assets under management of $276.0 billion at December 31, 2006, were up 20 percent from December 31, 2005, including $17.8 billion of assets retained from $24.0 billion transferred to the Parent in the fourth quarter of 2005 in connection with the divested Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses, $10.8 billion in market appreciation, $9.0 billion in net inflows, $5.5 billion in assets from Metropolitan West Capital Management, and $3.2 billion from Golden West. Equity assets reached $100.8 billion, up 22 percent in the same period.
In the Parent, total revenue declined $112 million primarily due to the compression of spreads in funding the securities portfolio and lower contribution of hedge-related derivatives, in addition to the wholesale borrowing growth being partially offset by growth in the securities portfolio.
An increase in fee and other income of $136 million included $124 million in higher securities gains and fourth quarter 2006 adjustments of $115 million. The increase was partially offset by a $51 million decline in fiduciary fees from the effect of the divested Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses as well as a $24 million decline in trading profits on higher economic hedging losses. Noninterest expense increased $139 million primarily due to the aforementioned fourth quarter 2006 adjustments of $198 million.
Comparison of 2005 with 2004
Results in 2005 include the full year impact of the acquisition of SouthTrust, which closed on November 1, 2004, as well as the gain from the divested Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses in 2005.
Corporate Results of Operations In 2005, we earned $6.6 billion in net income, up 27 percent from 2004, and diluted earnings per common share were $4.19, up 10 percent from 2004. Total revenue grew 14 percent to $26.1 billion, with strong balance sheet growth overcoming margin compression largely related to the addition of lower-spread trading assets and the effects of a flattening yield curve.
Key factors in these results included 14 percent growth in tax-equivalent net interest income on 20 percent growth in average earning assets due to SouthTrust and to organic growth; 13 percent growth in fee and other income; and 8 percent growth in noninterest expense.
The 13 percent increase in fee and other income included the addition of SouthTrust, increased debit card interchange fees, capital markets fees and trading revenues, as well as, in 2005, gains on the sale of equity securities received in settlement of loans. Lower market activity dampened retail brokerage commissions, while growth in managed account assets contributed to higher fiduciary and asset management fees.
Total noninterest expense rose 8 percent from 2004, primarily reflecting the SouthTrust addition, increased revenue-based incentive compensation, and continued investments that better positioned us for future earnings growth. Expense growth was offset in part by merger and expense efficiencies.
Income taxes based on income from continuing operations were $3.0 billion in 2005, an increase of $614 million from 2004. The related effective income tax rates were 32.05 percent in 2005 and 31.70 percent in 2004. The increase in this rate was primarily the result of higher pretax income in 2005. On a fully tax-equivalent basis, the related income tax rates were 33.59 percent in 2005 and 33.87 percent in 2004.
Business Segments General Bank segment earnings were $3.8 billion in 2005, an increase of 26 percent, reflecting 20 percent revenue growth driven by organic growth with strength in low-cost core deposits and higher commercial and consumer loans, as well as higher earning assets related to SouthTrust. Wealth Management’s segment earnings were $248 million, an increase of 24 percent on 19 percent higher revenues due to higher volume in both consumer and commercial lending, deposit growth, Palmer & Cay and improved trust and investment management fees on higher valuations. Noninterest expense rose 16 percent primarily due to the commercial insurance brokerage addition and higher personnel costs. Corporate and Investment Bank segment earnings increased 3 percent to $1.7 billion, reflecting rev-


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Management’s Discussion and Analysis

enue growth of 11 percent as higher fee and other income overcame a decline in net interest income. Noninterest expense rose 18 percent due to higher personnel costs. Capital Management’s segment earnings increased 46 percent as an increase in net interest income and expense efficiencies achieved from retail brokerage integration more than offset lower retail brokerage commissions. Revenue from the asset management businesses declined $12 million to $864 million including a $17 million decline from the 2004 sales of two nonstrategic businesses, partially offset by higher equity assets under management and a modest benefit from SouthTrust.
The Parent segment had earnings of $145 million compared with $68 million in 2004. Total revenue in the Parent increased primarily due to higher fee and other income related to a $122 million increase in securities gains and a $117 million increase in other income. Other income included a gain of $38 million associated with the sale of an asset-based lending subsidiary in the United Kingdom and a $35 million increase in income from asset securitizations, which included $74 million of losses related to auto loan securitization activity. Other income in 2004 included a loss of $68 million associated with a sale and leaseback of corporate real estate.
Balance Sheet Analysis The majority of the year-over-year 20 percent increase in average earning assets to $428.6 billion in 2005 came from the addition of $49.3 billion in SouthTrust earning assets. The increase in securities available for sale from December 31, 2004, reflected proceeds from deposit growth and higher balance sheet positions, as well as greater use of cash securities in lieu of derivatives to maintain our relatively neutral interest rate risk position. The increase in loans from year-end 2004 reflected 11 percent growth in commercial loans, with an increase in commercial lending activity in the latter half of the year, and 21 percent growth in consumer loans from year-end 2004, which reflected the net impact of transfers from and to loans held for sale, including $12.5 billion of home equity loans transferred to the loan portfolio at year-end 2005. Additionally, the increase reflected movement into fixed rate products, particularly in the home equity market. Nonperforming assets, including loans held for sale, declined 40 percent from 2004.
Provision expense declined 3 percent from 2004, reflecting sustained improvement in credit quality. The allowance for loan losses declined by $33 million from year-end 2004 to $2.7 billion at December 31, 2005, reflecting in part a $53 million reduction related to loans sold or transferred to loans held for sale, as well as to reduced overall risk in the loan portfolio. We sold or securitized $32.8 billion in loans out of the loans held for sale portfolio, including $12.6 billion of commercial loans and $20.2 billion of consumer loans, primarily residential mortgages and home equity loans.
Liquidity and Capital Adequacy Core deposits increased 7 percent from December 31, 2004, to $293.6 billion at December 31, 2005. Compared with 2004, average core deposits increased $47.1 billion to $278.7 billion and average low-cost core deposits increased $35.7 billion to $239.0 billion, including SouthTrust.
Average purchased funds were $98.7 billion in 2005 and $81.7 billion in 2004. The increase was primarily related to SouthTrust. Purchased funds were $93.3 billion at December 31, 2005, and $83.9 billion at December 31, 2004, reflecting higher foreign and other time deposits, offset by the impact of the fourth quarter 2005 deconsolidation of a conduit we administer. Long-term debt increased $2.2 billion from December 31, 2004, to $49.0 billion at December 31, 2005, and included $1.5 billion of floating rate notes issued by an insurance subsidiary in 2005. Stockholders’ equity increased modestly from year-end 2004 to $47.6 billion at December 31, 2005, including repurchases of 52 million common shares at a cost of $2.7 billion in connection with our share repurchase programs and net depreciation in the securities portfolio. The higher level of share repurchases in 2005 compared with 2004 reflected opportunistic deployment of excess capital partially related to SouthTrust as well as to higher earnings.
We paid $3.0 billion, or $1.94 per share, in dividends to common stockholders in 2005 compared with $2.3 billion, or $1.66 per share, in 2004. Our tier 1 capital ratio decreased 51 basis points from December 31, 2004, to 7.50 percent, driven primarily by balance sheet growth.


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Financial Table
Table 1
EXPLANATION OF OUR USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
 
     In addition to the results of operations presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), our management uses certain non-GAAP financial measures such as expenses excluding merger-related and restructuring expenses; the dividend payout ratio on a basis that excludes other intangible amortization, merger-related and restructuring expenses, discontinued operations and the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle; and net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis.
     We believe these non-GAAP financial measures provide information useful to investors in understanding our underlying operational performance and our business and performance trends, and they facilitate comparisons with the performance of others in the financial services industry. Specifically, we believe the exclusion of merger-related and restructuring expenses permits evaluation and comparison of results for ongoing business operations, and it is on this basis that our management internally assesses our performance. Those non-operating items also are excluded from our segment measures used internally to evaluate segment performance in accordance with GAAP because management does not consider them particularly relevant or useful in evaluating the operating performance of our business segments. For additional information related to segment performance, see the Business Segments section and Note 14 to Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. This report contains information relating to estimates of our future expenses excluding merger-related and restructuring expenses. The amount and timing of those future merger-related and restructuring expenses, however, are not estimable until such expenses actually occur, and therefore, reconciliation information relating to those future expenses and GAAP expenses has not been provided.
     In addition, because of the significant amount of deposit base intangible amortization, we believe the exclusion of this expense provides investors with consistent and meaningful comparisons to other financial service firms. Also, our management makes recommendations to our board of directors about dividend payments based on reported earnings excluding other intangible amortization, merger-related and restructuring expenses, discontinued operations and the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and has communicated certain dividend payout ratio goals to investors on this basis. We believe this dividend payout ratio is useful to investors because it provides investors with a better understanding of and permits investors to monitor our dividend payout policy.
     This report also includes net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis. We believe the presentation of net interest income on a tax-equivalent basis ensures comparability of net interest income arising from both taxable and tax-exempt sources and is consistent with industry practice.
     Although we believe the above mentioned non-GAAP financial measures enhance investors’ understanding of our business and performance, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered an alternative to GAAP. The reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures from GAAP to non-GAAP is presented below.
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,
 
(In millions, except per share data)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
Net interest income (GAAP)
  $ 15,249       13,681       11,961       10,607       9,955  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    155       219       250       256       218  
 
Net interest income (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 15,404       13,900       12,211       10,863       10,173  
 
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIOS ON COMMON SHARES
                                       
Diluted earnings per common share (GAAP)
  $ 4.63       4.19       3.81                  
Other intangible amortization
    0.16       0.17       0.20                  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    0.07       0.11       0.14                  
Discontinued operations (GAAP)
    (0.02 )     (0.14 )                      
                 
Earnings per share (a)
  $ 4.84       4.33       4.15                  
                 
Dividends paid per common share
  $ 2.14       1.94       1.66                  
Dividend payout ratios (GAAP) (b)
    46.22 %     46.30       43.57                  
Dividend payout ratios (a) (b)
    44.21 %     44.80       40.00                  
                 
(a) Excludes other intangible amortization, merger-related and restructuring expenses, and discontinued operations.
(b) Dividend payout ratios are determined by dividing dividends per common share by earnings per common share.
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Financial Tables
Table 2
SELECTED STATISTICAL DATA
 
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,
 
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
PROFITABILITY
                                       
Return on average common stockholders’ equity
    14.36 %     14.13       14.77       13.25       11.72  
Net interest margin (a)
    3.12       3.24       3.41       3.72       3.97  
Fee and other income as % of total revenue
    48.57       46.78       46.88       46.61       43.68  
Effective income tax rate from continuing operations
    32.49 %     32.05       31.70       30.16       23.29  
 
ASSET QUALITY
                                       
Allowance for loan losses as % of loans, net
    0.80 %     1.05       1.23       1.42       1.60  
Allowance for loan losses as % of nonperforming assets (b)
    246       378       251       205       150  
Allowance for credit losses as % of loans, net
    0.84       1.11       1.30       1.51       1.72  
Net charge-offs as % of average loans, net
    0.12       0.09       0.17       0.41       0.73  
Nonperforming assets as % of loans, net, foreclosed properties and loans held for sale
    0.32 %     0.28       0.53       0.69       1.11  
 
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
                                       
Tier 1 capital ratio
    7.42 %     7.50       8.01       8.52       8.22  
Total capital ratio
    11.33       10.82       11.11       11.82       12.01  
Leverage
    6.01       6.12       6.38       6.36       6.77  
Tangible capital ratio
    4.45       4.93       5.15       5.13       5.96  
Tangible capital ratio (c)
    4.75 %     5.06       4.99       4.83       5.34  
 
OTHER DATA
                                       
FTE employees
    108,238       93,980       96,030       86,114       80,868  
Total financial centers/brokerage offices
    4,126       3,850       3,971       3,328       3,250  
ATMs
    5,212       5,119       5,321       4,408       4,560  
Registered common stockholders
    173,486       177,924       185,647       170,205       181,455  
Actual common shares (In millions)
    1,904       1,557       1,588       1,312       1,357  
Common stock price
  $ 56.95       52.86       52.60       46.59       36.44  
Market capitalization
  $ 108,443       82,291       83,537       61,139       49,461  
 
TOTAL RETURN PERFORMANCE (d)
                                       
Wachovia
  $ 214.98       191.93       184.03       157.56       119.52  
S&P 500
    135.02       116.61       111.15       100.24       77.90  
BKX
  $ 159.87       136.62       132.41       120.08       89.33  
 
(a) Tax-equivalent.
(b) These ratios do not include nonperforming loans included in loans held for sale.
(c) These ratios exclude the effect on tangible capital of the unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, certain risk management derivatives and the 2006 pension accounting adjustment discussed in the Stockholders’ Equity section.
(d) This information should be read in conjunction with the Total Return 2001-2006 graph on page 2. The information compares (i) the yearly change in the cumulative total stockholder return on Wachovia common stock with (ii) the cumulative return of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index (“S&P 500”), and the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. Bank Stock Index (“BKX”). The graph assumes that the value of an investment in Wachovia common stock and in each index was $100 on December 31, 2001, and that all dividends were reinvested. The performance shown in the graph represents past performance and should not be considered an indication of future performance.
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Table 3
SUMMARIES OF INCOME, PER COMMON SHARE AND BALANCE SHEET DATA
 
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                     
(In millions, except per share data)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
SUMMARIES OF INCOME
                                       
Interest income
  $ 32,265       23,689       17,288       15,080       15,632  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    155       219       250       256       218  
 
Interest income (a)
    32,420       23,908       17,538       15,336       15,850  
Interest expense
    17,016       10,008       5,327       4,473       5,677  
 
Net interest income (a)
    15,404       13,900       12,211       10,863       10,173  
Provision for credit losses
    434       249       257       586       1,479  
 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses (a)
    14,970       13,651       11,954       10,277       8,694  
Securities gains (losses)
    118       89       (10 )     45       169  
Fee and other income
    14,427       12,130       10,789       9,437       7,721  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    179       292       444       443       387  
Other noninterest expense
    17,297       15,555       14,222       12,837       11,306  
Minority interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    414       342       184       143       6  
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle (a)
    11,625       9,681       7,883       6,336       4,885  
Income taxes
    3,725       3,033       2,419       1,833       1,088  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    155       219       250       256       218  
 
Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
    7,745       6,429       5,214       4,247       3,579  
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
    46       214                    
 
Income before cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
    7,791       6,643       5,214       4,247       3,579  
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle, net of income taxes
                      17        
 
Net income
    7,791       6,643       5,214       4,264       3,579  
Dividends on preferred stock
                      5       19  
 
Net income available to common stockholders
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,214       4,259       3,560  
 
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
                                       
Basic
                                       
Income from continuing operations before change in accounting principle
  $ 4.70       4.13       3.87       3.20       2.62  
Net income
    4.72       4.27       3.87       3.21       2.62  
Diluted
                                       
Income from continuing operations before change in accounting principle
    4.61       4.05       3.81       3.17       2.60  
Net income
    4.63       4.19       3.81       3.18       2.60  
Cash dividends
  $ 2.14       1.94       1.66       1.25       1.00  
Average common shares — Basic
    1,651       1,556       1,346       1,325       1,356  
Average common shares — Diluted
    1,681       1,585       1,370       1,340       1,369  
Average common stockholders’ equity
  $ 54,263       47,019       35,295       32,135       30,384  
Book value per common share
    36.61       30.55       29.79       24.71       23.63  
Common stock price
                                       
High
    59.85       56.01       54.52       46.59       39.50  
Low
    51.09       46.49       43.56       32.72       28.75  
Year-end
  $ 56.95       52.86       52.60       46.59       36.44  
To earnings ratio (b)
    12.30 X     12.62       13.81       14.65       14.02  
To book value
    156 %     173       177       189       154  
BALANCE SHEET DATA
                                       
Assets
  $ 707,121       520,755       493,324       401,188       342,033  
Long-term debt
  $ 138,594       48,971       46,759       36,730       39,662  
 
(a) Tax-equivalent.
(b) Based on diluted earnings per common share.
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Financial Tables
Table 4
NET TRADING REVENUE - INVESTMENT BANKING (a)

 
                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                 
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004
 
Net interest income (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 235       453       557  
Trading accounts profits
    524       220       108  
Other fee income
    302       264       288  
 
Total net trading revenue (Tax-equivalent)
  $ 1,061       937       953  
 
(a) Certain amounts presented in prior years have been reclassified to conform to the presentation in 2006.
Table 5
SELECTED RATIOS
 
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                                 
    2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
PERFORMANCE RATIOS (a)
                                       
Assets to stockholders’ equity
    10.69 X     10.83       12.09       11.25       10.55  
Return on assets
    1.34 %     1.31       1.22       1.18       1.12  
Return on common stockholders’ equity
    14.36       14.13       14.77       13.25       11.72  
Return on total stockholders’ equity
    14.36 %     14.13       14.77       13.27       11.78  
 
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIOS
                                       
Common shares
    46.22 %     46.30       43.57       39.31       38.46  
Preferred and common shares
    46.22 %     46.30       43.57       39.15       38.72  
 
(a) Based on average balances and net income.
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Table 6
SELECTED QUARTERLY DATA
 
                                                                 
    2006   2005
                                                 
(In millions, except per                                
share data)   Fourth   Third   Second   First   Fourth   Third   Second   First
 
Interest income
  $ 10,370       7,784       7,404       6,707       6,490       6,044       5,702       5,453  
Interest expense
    5,793       4,243       3,763       3,217       2,967       2,657       2,344       2,040  
 
Net interest income
    4,577       3,541       3,641       3,490       3,523       3,387       3,358       3,413  
Provision for credit losses
    206       108       59       61       81       82       50       36  
 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
    4,371       3,433       3,582       3,429       3,442       3,305       3,308       3,377  
Securities gains (losses)
    47       94       25       (48 )     (74 )     29       136       (2 )
Fee and other income
    3,933       3,371       3,558       3,565       3,063       3,229       2,841       2,997  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    49       38       24       68       58       83       90       61  
Other noninterest expense
    4,882       4,007       4,237       4,171       4,125       3,921       3,698       3,811  
Minority interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    125       104       90       95       103       104       71       64  
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
    3,295       2,749       2,814       2,612       2,145       2,455       2,426       2,436  
Income taxes
    1,040       872       929       884       652       790       776       815  
 
Income from continuing operations
    2,255       1,877       1,885       1,728       1,493       1,665       1,650       1,621  
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
    46                         214                    
 
Net income
  $ 2,301       1,877       1,885       1,728       1,707       1,665       1,650       1,621  
 
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
                                                               
Basic earnings
                                                               
Income from continuing operations
  $ 1.20       1.19       1.19       1.11       0.97       1.07       1.05       1.03  
Net income
    1.22       1.19       1.19       1.11       1.11       1.07       1.05       1.03  
Diluted earnings
                                                               
Income from continuing operations
    1.18       1.17       1.17       1.09       0.95       1.06       1.04       1.01  
Net income
    1.20       1.17       1.17       1.09       1.09       1.06       1.04       1.01  
Cash dividends
    0.56       0.56       0.51       0.51       0.51       0.51       0.46       0.46  
Common stock price
                                                               
High
    57.49       56.67       59.85       57.69       55.13       51.34       53.07       56.01  
Low
    53.37       52.40       52.03       51.09       46.49       47.23       49.52       49.91  
Period-end
  $ 56.95       55.80       54.08       56.05       52.86       47.59       49.60       50.91  
 
SELECTED RATIOS (a)
                                                               
Return on assets
    1.31 %     1.34       1.39       1.34       1.30       1.29       1.31       1.31  
Return on total stockholders’ equity
    13.09       14.85       15.41       14.62       14.60       13.95       14.04       13.92  
Stockholders’ equity to assets
    9.98 %     9.03       9.03       9.18       8.92       9.25       9.36       9.44  
 
(a) Based on average balances and net income.
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Financial Tables
Table 7
LOANS - ON-BALANCE SHEET, AND MANAGED AND SERVICING PORTFOLIOS

 
                                         
    December 31,
                         
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
ON-BALANCE SHEET LOAN PORTFOLIO
                                       
COMMERCIAL
                                       
Commercial, financial and agricultural
  $ 96,285       87,327       75,095       55,453       57,728  
Real estate - construction and other
    16,182       13,972       12,673       5,969       4,542  
Real estate - mortgage
    20,026       19,966       20,742       15,186       17,735  
Lease financing
    25,341       25,368       25,000       23,978       22,667  
Foreign
    13,464       10,221       7,716       6,880       6,425  
 
Total commercial
    171,298       156,854       141,226       107,466       109,097  
 
CONSUMER
                                       
Real estate secured
    225,826       94,748       74,161       50,726       46,706  
Student loans
    7,768       9,922       10,468       8,435       6,921  
Installment loans
    22,660       6,751       7,684       8,965       10,249  
 
Total consumer
    256,254       111,421       92,313       68,126       63,876  
 
Total loans
    427,552       268,275       233,539       175,592       172,973  
Unearned income
    (7,394 )     (9,260 )     (9,699 )     (10,021 )     (9,876 )
 
Loans, net (On-balance sheet)
  $ 420,158       259,015       223,840       165,571       163,097  
 
 
                                       
MANAGED PORTFOLIO (a)
                                       
 
COMMERCIAL
                                       
On-balance sheet loan portfolio
  $ 171,298       156,854       141,226       107,466       109,097  
Securitized loans - off-balance sheet
    194       1,227       1,734       2,001       2,218  
Loans held for sale
    8,866       3,860       2,112       2,574       1,140  
 
Total commercial
    180,358       161,941       145,072       112,041       112,455  
 
CONSUMER
                                       
Real estate secured
                                       
On-balance sheet loan portfolio
    225,826       94,748       74,161       50,726       46,706  
Securitized loans - off-balance sheet
    5,611       8,438       7,570       8,897       11,236  
Securitized loans included in securities
    6,440       4,817       4,838       10,905       17,316  
Loans held for sale
    3,420       2,296       10,452       9,618       4,254  
 
Total real estate secured
    241,297       110,299       97,021       80,146       79,512  
 
Student
                                       
On-balance sheet loan portfolio
    7,768       9,922       10,468       8,435       6,921  
Securitized loans - off-balance sheet
    3,128       2,000       463       1,658       2,306  
Securitized loans included in securities
    52       52                    
Loans held for sale
                128       433       618  
 
Total student
    10,948       11,974       11,059       10,526       9,845  
 
Installment
                                       
On-balance sheet loan portfolio
    22,660       6,751       7,684       8,965       10,249  
Securitized loans - off-balance sheet
    3,276       3,392       2,184              
Securitized loans included in securities
    137       206       195              
Loans held for sale
    282       249       296              
 
Total installment
    26,355       10,598       10,359       8,965       10,249  
 
Total consumer
    278,600       132,871       118,439       99,637       99,606  
 
Total managed portfolio
  $ 458,958       294,812       263,511       211,678       212,061  
 
 
                                       
SERVICING PORTFOLIO (b)
                                       
Commercial
  $ 250,652       173,428       136,578       85,693       59,336  
Consumer
  $ 21,039       56,741       38,442       13,279       2,272  
 
(a) The managed portfolio includes the on-balance sheet loan portfolio, loans securitized for which the retained interests are classified in securities on-balance sheet, loans held for sale on-balance sheet and the off-balance sheet portfolio of securitized loans sold, where we service the loans.
(b) The servicing portfolio consists of third party commercial and consumer loans for which our sole function is that of servicing the loans for the third parties.
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Table 8
LOANS HELD FOR SALE
 
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                     
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
Core business activity, beginning of year (a)
  $ 6,388       12,293       12,504       5,488       6,991  
Balance of acquired entities at purchase date
    193       873       653              
Originations and/or purchases
    62,085       47,130       38,192       35,831       27,443  
Transfer from loans held for sale, net
    (335 )     (12,743 )     (9,374 )     (806 )     (3,800 )
Lower of cost or market value adjustments
                (2 )     (67 )     (52 )
Performing loans sold or securitized
    (54,827 )     (32,156 )     (20,824 )     (24,399 )     (23,755 )
Nonperforming loans sold
                (2 )     (47 )     (11 )
Other, principally payments
    (938 )     (9,009 )     (8,854 )     (3,496 )     (1,328 )
 
Core business activity, end of year
    12,566       6,388       12,293       12,504       5,488  
Portfolio management activity, end of year (a)
    2       17       695       121       524  
 
Total loans held for sale (b)
  $ 12,568       6,405       12,988       12,625       6,012  
 
(a) Core business activity means we originate and/or purchase loans with the intent to sell them to third parties, and portfolio management activity means we look for market opportunities to reduce risk in the loan portfolio by transferring loans to loans held for sale.
(b) Nonperforming loans included in loans held for sale at December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, were $16 million, $32 million, $157 million, $82 million and $138 million, respectively.
Table 9
COMMERCIAL LOAN MATURITIES AND SENSITIVITY TO CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES (a)
 
                                         
    December 31, 2006
                         
            Real            
    Commercial,   Estate-            
    Financial   Construction   Real        
    and   and   Estate-        
(In millions)   Agricultural   Other   Mortgage   Foreign   Total
 
FIXED RATE
                                       
1 year or less
  $ 2,403       50       240       6,124       8,817  
1-5 years
    6,406       148       1,307       231       8,092  
After 5 years
    8,399       100       795       53       9,347  
 
Total fixed rate
    17,208       298       2,342       6,408       26,256  
 
ADJUSTABLE RATE
                                       
1 year or less
    25,938       7,671       5,867       5,120       44,596  
1-5 years
    40,030       7,874       9,631       1,824       59,359  
After 5 years
    13,109       339       2,186       112       15,746  
 
Total adjustable rate
    79,077       15,884       17,684       7,056       119,701  
 
Total
  $ 96,285       16,182       20,026       13,464       145,957  
 
(a) Excludes lease financing.
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Financial Tables
Table 10
ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES AND NONPERFORMING ASSETS
 
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                     
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES (a)
                                       
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 2,724       2,757       2,348       2,604       2,813  
Provision for credit losses
    430       227       290       549       1,110  
Provision for credit losses relating to loans transferred to loans held for sale or sold
    8       18       (31 )     75       357  
Balance of acquired entities at purchase date
    603             510              
Allowance relating to loans acquired, transferred to loans held for sale or sold
    (39 )     (71 )     (60 )     (228 )     (554 )
Net charge-offs
    (366 )     (207 )     (300 )     (652 )     (1,122 )
 
Balance, end of year
  $ 3,360       2,724       2,757       2,348       2,604  
 
as % of loans, net
    0.80 %     1.05       1.23       1.42       1.60  
 
as % of nonaccrual and restructured loans (b)
    272 %     439       289       227       164  
 
as % of nonperforming assets (b)
    246 %     378       251       205       150  
 
LOAN LOSSES
                                       
Commercial, financial and agricultural
  $ 116       156       221       471       890  
Commercial real estate - construction and mortgage
    22       22       9       18       22  
Consumer
    503       278       296       396       377  
 
Total loan losses
    641       456       526       885       1,289  
 
LOAN RECOVERIES
                                       
Commercial, financial and agricultural
    111       136       148       148       93  
Commercial real estate - construction and mortgage
    3       6       3       4       2  
Consumer
    161       107       75       81       72  
 
Total loan recoveries
    275       249       226       233       167  
 
Net charge-offs
  $ 366       207       300       652       1,122  
 
Commercial loan net charge-offs as % of average commercial loans, net
    0.02 %     0.03       0.08       0.37       0.84  
Consumer loan net charge-offs as % of average consumer loans, net
    0.21       0.18       0.30       0.47       0.54  
Total net charge-offs as % of average loans, net
    0.12 %     0.09       0.17       0.41       0.73  
 
NONPERFORMING ASSETS
                                       
Nonaccrual loans
                                       
Commercial, financial and agricultural
  $ 226       307       585       765       1,269  
Commercial real estate - construction and mortgage
    93       85       127       54       105  
Consumer real estate secured
    900       221       230       192       208  
Installment loans
    15       7       13       24       3  
 
Total nonaccrual loans
    1,234       620       955       1,035       1,585  
Foreclosed properties (c)
    132       100       145       111       150  
 
Total nonperforming assets
  $ 1,366       720       1,100       1,146       1,735  
 
Nonperforming loans included in loans held for sale
  $ 16       32       157       82       138  
Nonperforming assets included in loans and in loans held for sale
  $ 1,382       752       1,257       1,228       1,873  
 
as % of loans, net, and foreclosed properties (b)
    0.32 %     0.28       0.49       0.69       1.06  
 
as % of loans, net, foreclosed properties and loans held for sale (d)
    0.32 %     0.28       0.53       0.69       1.11  
 
Accruing loans past due 90 days
  $ 650       625       522       341       304  
 
(a) See Note 7 in “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” for information related to the reserve for unfunded lending commitments.
(b) These ratios do not include nonperforming loans included in loans held for sale.
(c) Restructured loans are not significant.
(d) These ratios reflect nonperforming loans included in loans held for sale. Loans held for sale are recorded at the lower of cost or market value, and accordingly, the amounts shown and included in the ratios are net of the transferred allowance for loan losses and the lower of cost or market value adjustments.
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Table 11
ALLOCATION OF THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
 
                                                                                 
    December 31,
                             
    2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
            Loans           Loans           Loans           Loans           Loans
            % of           % of           % of           % of           % of
            Total           Total           Total           Total           Total
(In millions)   Amt.   Loans   Amt.   Loans   Amt.   Loans   Amt.   Loans   Amt.   Loans
 
COMMERCIAL
                                                                               
Commercial, financial and agricultural
  $ 1,423       22 %   $ 1,348       33 %   $ 1,384       32 %   $ 582       32 %   $ 864       33 %
Real estate - Construction and other
    157       4       141       5       155       5       59       3       75       3  
Mortgage
    206       5       273       7       268       9       113       8       128       10  
Lease financing
    41       6       39       9       35       11       57       14       66       13  
Foreign
    40       3       58       4       67       3       64       4       77       4  
CONSUMER
                                                                               
Real estate secured
    497       53       305       35       382       32       221       29       196       27  
Student loans
    16       2       91       4       56       5       39       5       4       4  
Installment loans
    820       5       334       3       320       3       156       5       192       6  
UNALLOCATED
    160             135             90             1,057             1,002        
 
Total
  $ 3,360       100 %   $ 2,724       100 %   $ 2,757       100 %   $ 2,348       100 %   $ 2,604       100 %
 
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Financial Tables
Table 12
NONACCRUAL LOAN ACTIVITY (a)
 
                                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                     
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 620       955       1,035       1,585       1,534  
 
COMMERCIAL NONACCRUAL LOAN ACTIVITY
                                       
Commercial nonaccrual loans, beginning of year
    392       712       819       1,374       1,381  
Balance of acquired entities at purchase date
                321              
 
New nonaccrual loans and advances
    621       751       575       1,051       2,275  
Gross charge-offs
    (138 )     (178 )     (230 )     (489 )     (912 )
Transfers to loans held for sale
          (25 )     (134 )     (69 )     (239 )
Transfers to other real estate owned
    (4 )     (27 )     (3 )     (12 )     (12 )
Sales
    (158 )     (313 )     (135 )     (256 )     (278 )
Other, principally payments
    (394 )     (528 )     (501 )     (780 )     (841 )
 
Net commercial nonaccrual loan activity
    (73 )     (320 )     (428 )     (555 )     (7 )
 
Commercial nonaccrual loans, end of year
    319       392       712       819       1,374  
 
CONSUMER NONACCRUAL LOAN ACTIVITY
                                       
Consumer nonaccrual loans, beginning of year
    228       243       216       211       153  
Balance of acquired entities at purchase date
    589             21              
 
New nonaccrual loans and advances, net
    98       (29 )     10       106       178  
Transfers from (to) loans held for sale
          15       (4 )     (58 )     (58 )
Sales and securitizations
          (1 )           (43 )     (62 )
 
Net consumer nonaccrual loan activity
    98       (15 )     6       5       58  
 
Consumer nonaccrual loans, end of year
    915       228       243       216       211  
 
Balance, end of year
  $ 1,234       620       955       1,035       1,585  
 
(a) Excludes nonaccrual loans included in loans held for sale and foreclosed properties.
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Table 13
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
                                         
    December 31,
                     
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
Goodwill
  $ 38,379       21,807       21,526       11,149       10,880  
Deposit base
    883       705       1,048       757       1,225  
Customer relationships
    662       413       443       396       239  
Tradename
    90       90       90       90       90  
 
Total goodwill and other intangible assets
  $ 40,014       23,015       23,107       12,392       12,434  
 
                                 
    Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
                 
    Employee   Occupancy        
    Termination   and        
(In millions)   Benefits   Equipment   Other   Total
 
 
EXIT COST PURCHASE ACCOUNTING ACCRUAL ACTIVITY
                               
Wachovia/Golden West - October 1, 2006
                               
Purchase accounting adjustments
  $ 11             30       41  
Cash payments
                (29 )     (29 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
  $ 11             1       12  
 
EXIT COST PURCHASE ACCOUNTING ACCRUAL ACTIVITY
                               
Wachovia/Westcorp - March 1, 2006
                               
Purchase accounting adjustments
  $ 5             12       17  
Cash payments
    (3 )           (12 )     (15 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
  $ 2                   2  
 
EXIT COST PURCHASE ACCOUNTING ACCRUAL ACTIVITY
                               
Wachovia/SouthTrust - November 1, 2004
                               
Purchase accounting adjustments
  $ 168             21       189  
Cash payments
    (1 )           (17 )     (18 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2004
    167             4       171  
Purchase accounting adjustments
    54       62       33       149  
Cash payments
    (98 )     (27 )     (34 )     (159 )
Noncash write-downs
          (26 )           (26 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
    123       9       3       135  
Cash payments
    (72 )     (3 )     (1 )     (76 )
Noncash write-downs
          (6 )           (6 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
  $ 51             2       53  
 
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report     55

 


 

Financial Tables
Table 14
DEPOSITS
 
                                         
    December 31,
                     
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
CORE DEPOSITS
                                       
Noninterest-bearing
  $ 66,572       67,487       64,197       48,683       44,640  
Savings and NOW accounts
    86,106       81,536       83,678       63,011       51,691  
Money market accounts
    105,428       100,220       91,184       65,045       45,649  
Other consumer time
    113,665       44,319       35,529       27,921       33,763  
 
Total core deposits
    371,771       293,562       274,588       204,660       175,743  
OTHER DEPOSITS
                                       
Foreign
    21,988       18,041       9,881       9,151       6,608  
Other time
    13,699       13,291       10,584       7,414       9,167  
 
Total deposits
  $ 407,458       324,894       295,053       221,225       191,518  
 
Table 15
TIME DEPOSITS IN AMOUNTS OF $100,000 OR MORE
 
         
    December 31,
     
(In millions)   2006
 
MATURITY OF
       
3 months or less
  $ 16,800  
Over 3 months through 6 months
    16,331  
Over 6 months through 12 months
    11,597  
Over 12 months
    4,593  
 
Total time deposits in amounts of $100,000 or more
  $ 49,321  
 
56     Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report

 


 

Table 16
RATES AND AMOUNTS OF SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS (a)

 
                 
    December 31,
         
    2006
         
(In millions)   Rate   Amount
 
Deposits
               
Interest-bearing checking accounts
    1.60 %   $ 3,844  
Savings accounts
    3.12       9,287  
Term certificate accounts with original maturities of
4 weeks to 1 year
    5.27       44,988  
1 to 2 years
    4.95       7,969  
2 to 3 years
    3.87       573  
3 to 4 years
    3.49       551  
4 years and over
    4.34       1,988  
Retail jumbo certificates of deposits
    0.76       12  
 
Total
    4.69 %   $ 69,212  
 
(a) The weighted average rates and amounts of deposits are for World Savings Bank, FSB at December 31, 2006. These rates and amounts represent actual product rates and amounts and do not include purchase accounting or other adjustments.
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report      57

 


 

Financial Tables
Table 17
CAPITAL RATIOS

 
                                         
    December 31,
                     
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002
 
CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL RATIOS (a)
                                       
Qualifying capital
                                       
Tier 1 capital
  $ 39,428       30,308       28,583       23,863       21,411  
Total capital
    60,194       43,709       39,633       32,307       30,732  
Adjusted risk-weighted assets
    531,303       404,068       356,766       279,979       260,609  
Adjusted leverage ratio assets
  $ 656,428       495,601       448,205       375,447       316,473  
Ratios
                                       
Tier 1 capital
    7.42 %     7.50       8.01       8.52       8.22  
Total capital
    11.33       10.82       11.11       11.54       11.79  
Leverage
    6.01       6.12       6.38       6.36       6.77  
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY TO ASSETS
                                       
Year-end
    9.86       9.13       9.59       8.09       9.38  
Average
    9.35 %     9.24       8.27       8.89       9.49  
 
BANK CAPITAL RATIOS
                                       
Tier 1 capital
                                       
Wachovia Bank, National Association
    7.58 %     7.45       7.86       7.60       7.42  
Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association
    16.27       14.07       15.76       15.46       14.35  
World Savings Bank, FSB (b)
    13.77                          
Total capital
                                       
Wachovia Bank, National Association
    11.08       10.70       11.52       11.72       11.81  
Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association
    17.84       16.27       18.28       18.28       16.58  
World Savings Bank, FSB (b)
    14.16                          
Leverage
                                       
Wachovia Bank, National Association
    6.66       6.26       6.15       5.85       6.25  
Wachovia Bank of Delaware, National Association
    11.18       10.52       12.18       9.72       11.04  
World Savings Bank, FSB (b)
    7.30 %                        
 
(a) Risk-based capital ratio guidelines require a minimum ratio of tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of 4.00 percent and a minimum ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets of 8.00 percent. The minimum leverage ratio of tier 1 capital to adjusted average quarterly assets is from 3.00 percent to 4.00 percent.
(b) World Savings Bank, FSB is an affiliate of Golden West.
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Table 18
INTEREST DIFFERENTIAL

 
                                                 
    2006 Compared with 2005   2005 Compared with 2004
    Interest                   Interest    
    Income/   Variance   Income/   Variance
    Expense   Attributable to (b)   Expense   Attributable to (b)
(In millions)   Variance   Rate   Volume   Variance   Rate   Volume
 
EARNING ASSETS
                                               
Interest-bearing bank balances
  $ 63       51       12       30       55       (25 )
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements
    115       322       (207 )     453       475       (22 )
Trading account assets (a)
    (53 )     160       (213 )     429       205       224  
Securities (a)
    440       279       161       962       252       710  
Loans (a)
    8,596       3,494       5,102       4,676       1,706       2,970  
Loans held for sale
    (167 )     137       (304 )     135       208       (73 )
Other earning assets
    (54 )     178       (232 )     167       215       (48 )
 
Total earning assets excluding derivatives
    8,940       4,621       4,319       6,852       3,116       3,736  
Risk management derivatives
    (428 )     (428 )           (482 )     (482 )      
 
Total earning assets including derivatives
  $ 8,512       4,193       4,319       6,370       2,634       3,736  
 
INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES
                                               
Deposits
    4,094       3,131       963       2,649       1,931       718  
Short-term borrowings
    383       898       (515 )     1,328       1,176       152  
Long-term debt
    2,472       552       1,920       544       206       338  
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities excluding derivatives
    6,949       4,581       2,368       4,521       3,313       1,208  
Risk management derivatives
    59       59             160       160        
 
Total interest-bearing liabilities including derivatives
    7,008       4,640       2,368       4,681       3,473       1,208  
 
Net interest income
  $ 1,504       (447 )     1,951       1,689       (839 )     2,528  
 
(a) Yields related to securities and loans exempt from federal and state income taxes are stated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. They are reduced by the nondeductible portion of interest expense, assuming a federal tax rate of 35 percent and applicable state tax rates. Lease financing amounts include related deferred income taxes.
(b) Changes attributable to rate/volume are allocated to both rate and volume on an equal basis.
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report      59

 


 

Financial Tables
WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NET INTEREST INCOME SUMMARIES

 
                                                 
    YEAR ENDED 2006     YEAR ENDED 2005  
                                                 
                    Average                     Average  
            Interest     Rates             Interest     Rates  
    Average     Income/     Earned/     Average     Income/     Earned/  
(In millions)   Balances     Expense     Paid     Balances     Expense     Paid  
 
ASSETS
                                               
Interest-bearing bank balances
  $ 2,793       144       5.16 %   $ 2,516       81       3.23 %
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements
    18,911       910       4.82       24,008       795       3.31  
Trading account assets (a) (c)
    29,695       1,615       5.44       33,800       1,668       4.94  
Securities (a) (c)
    118,170       6,353       5.38       115,107       5,913       5.14  
Loans (a) (b) (c)
                                               
Commercial
                                               
Commercial, financial and agricultural
    92,100       6,365       6.91       80,901       4,554       5.63  
Real estate - construction and other
    15,259       1,139       7.46       13,158       760       5.78  
Real estate - mortgage
    19,904       1,477       7.42       20,187       1,194       5.92  
Lease financing
    9,836       684       6.95       10,223       727       7.12  
Foreign
    11,360       588       5.18       8,035       303       3.77  
                         
Total commercial
    148,459       10,253       6.91       132,504       7,538       5.69  
                        
Consumer
                                               
Real estate secured
    130,275       9,008       6.91       77,152       4,511       5.85  
Student loans
    9,975       633       6.35       11,126       548       4.92  
Installment loans
    19,013       1,787       9.40       7,140       488       6.84  
                        
Total consumer
    159,263       11,428       7.18       95,418       5,547       5.81  
                        
Total loans
    307,722       21,681       7.05       227,922       13,085       5.74  
                        
Loans held for sale
    10,428       707       6.78       15,293       874       5.71  
Other earning assets
    6,343       479       7.54       9,944       533       5.36  
                        
Total earning assets excluding derivatives
    494,062       31,889       6.45       428,590       22,949       5.35  
Risk management derivatives (d)
          531       0.11             959       0.23  
                        
Total earning assets including derivatives
    494,062       32,420       6.56       428,590       23,908       5.58  
                             
Cash and due from banks
    12,300                       12,524                  
Other assets
    73,972                       67,896                  
                                          
Total assets
  $ 580,334                     $ 509,010                  
                                          
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                               
Interest-bearing deposits
                                               
Savings and NOW accounts
    79,194       1,389       1.75       79,762       833       1.04  
Money market accounts
    100,824       3,209       3.18       96,826       1,950       2.01  
Other consumer time
    64,872       2,730       4.21       39,695       1,206       3.04  
Foreign
    20,305       906       4.46       13,922       422       3.03  
Other time
    13,949       707       5.07       11,947       436       3.66  
                        
Total interest-bearing deposits
    279,144       8,941       3.20       242,152       4,847       2.00  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements
    48,457       2,212       4.56       54,302       1,673       3.08  
Commercial paper
    4,775       215       4.50       11,898       363       3.05  
Securities sold short
    9,168       313       3.41       10,279       341       3.31  
Other short-term borrowings
    6,431       144       2.26       6,675       124       1.87  
Long-term debt
    87,178       4,605       5.28       47,774       2,133       4.46  
                        
Total interest-bearing liabilities excluding derivatives
    435,153       16,430       3.78       373,080       9,481       2.54  
Risk management derivatives (d)
          586       0.13             527       0.14  
                        
Total interest-bearing liabilities including derivatives
    435,153       17,016       3.91       373,080       10,008       2.68  
                             
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    64,136                       62,438                  
Other liabilities
    26,782                       26,473                  
Stockholders’ equity
    54,263                       47,019                  
                                          
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 580,334                     $ 509,010                  
                                          
Interest income and rate earned — including derivatives
          $ 32,420       6.56 %           $ 23,908       5.58 %
Interest expense and equivalent rate paid — including derivatives
            17,016       3.44               10,008       2.34  
                
Net interest income and margin — including derivatives (d)
          $ 15,404       3.12 %           $ 13,900       3.24 %
                
(a) Yields related to securities and loans exempt from federal and state income taxes are stated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. They are reduced by the nondeductible portion of interest expense, assuming a federal tax rate of 35 percent and applicable state tax rates. Lease financing amounts include related deferred income taxes. (b) The loan averages are stated net of unearned income, and the averages include loans on which the accrual of interest has been discontinued.
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    YEAR ENDED 2004     YEAR ENDED 2003     YEAR ENDED 2002  
                                                                   
                    Average                     Average                     Average  
            Interest     Rates             Interest     Rates             Interest     Rates  
    Average     Income/     Earned/     Average     Income/     Earned/     Average     Income/     Earned/  
(In millions)   Balances     Expense     Paid     Balances     Expense     Paid     Balances     Expense     Paid  
 
ASSETS
                                                                       
Interest-bearing bank balances
  $ 3,578       51       1.43 %   $ 3,836       50       1.31 %   $ 3,312       63       1.90 %
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements
    24,940       342       1.37       16,780       172       1.02       10,702       195       1.83  
Trading account assets (a) (c)
    28,944       1,239       4.28       18,395       814       4.43       14,774       769       5.20  
Securities (a) (c)
    100,960       4,951       4.90       78,593       4,143       5.27       62,142       3,924       6.32  
Loans (a) (b) (c)
                                                                       
Commercial
                                                                       
Commercial, financial and agricultural
    59,970       2,653       4.43       56,404       2,390       4.24       59,724       2,858       4.78  
Real estate - construction and other
    7,395       296       4.00       5,393       190       3.52       5,305       217       4.10  
Real estate - mortgage
    16,050       725       4.52       16,388       720       4.39       18,365       942       5.13  
Lease financing
    8,467       721       8.51       6,915       739       10.69       7,235       762       10.54  
Foreign
    7,144       187       2.61       6,652       189       2.84       6,875       239       3.48  
                                      
Total commercial
    99,026       4,582       4.63       91,752       4,228       4.61       97,504       5,018       5.15  
                                      
Consumer
                                                                       
Real estate secured
    54,928       2,981       5.43       48,894       2,824       5.78       41,971       2,884       6.87  
Student loans
    9,891       372       3.76       7,919       305       3.85       3,916       183       4.66  
Installment loans
    8,188       474       5.79       9,762       630       6.45       11,061       829       7.50  
                                      
Total consumer
    73,007       3,827       5.24       66,575       3,759       5.65       56,948       3,896       6.84  
                                      
Total loans
    172,033       8,409       4.89       158,327       7,987       5.04       154,452       8,914       5.77  
                                      
Loans held for sale
    16,735       739       4.42       9,110       395       4.34       7,401       375       5.06  
Other earning assets
    11,064       366       3.30       7,199       243       3.38       3,388       178       5.25  
                                      
Total earning assets excluding derivatives
    358,254       16,097       4.49       292,240       13,804       4.72       256,171       14,418       5.63  
Risk management derivatives (d)
          1,441       0.41             1,532       0.53             1,432       0.56  
                                      
Total earning assets including derivatives
    358,254       17,538       4.90       292,240       15,336       5.25       256,171       15,850       6.19  
                                           
Cash and due from banks
    11,311                       10,888                       10,313                  
Other assets
    57,202                       58,373                       54,119                  
                                                                 
Total assets
  $ 426,767                     $ 361,501                     $ 320,603                  
                                                                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                                                                       
Interest-bearing deposits
                                                                       
Savings and NOW accounts
    72,078       369       0.51       53,117       260       0.49       49,091       464       0.95  
Money market accounts
    79,526       794       1.00       55,816       565       1.01       41,711       657       1.57  
Other consumer time
    28,304       757       2.67       30,553       923       3.02       36,492       1,442       3.95  
Foreign
    7,933       115       1.45       8,101       104       1.28       7,323       131       1.78  
Other time
    8,301       163       1.98       7,700       143       1.86       7,285       153       2.10  
                                      
Total interest-bearing deposits
    196,142       2,198       1.12       155,287       1,995       1.28       141,902       2,847       2.01  
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements
    47,321       637       1.35       44,326       525       1.19       32,242       558       1.73  
Commercial paper
    12,034       163       1.35       7,196       72       1.00       3,063       34       1.10  
Securities sold short
    11,025       318       2.88       7,925       209       2.64       6,322       155       2.45  
Other short-term borrowings
    6,087       55       0.90       5,166       40       0.77       2,630       27       1.04  
Long-term debt
    39,780       1,589       4.00       36,676       1,476       4.02       38,902       1,667       4.29  
                                      
Total interest-bearing liabilities excluding derivatives
    312,389       4,960       1.59       256,576       4,317       1.68       225,061       5,288       2.35  
Risk management derivatives (d)
          367       0.12             156       0.06             389       0.17  
                                      
Total interest-bearing liabilities including derivatives
    312,389       5,327       1.71       256,576       4,473       1.74       225,061       5,677       2.52  
                                           
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    51,700                       43,636                       38,972                  
Other liabilities
    27,383                       29,154                       26,178                  
Stockholders’ equity
    35,295                       32,135                       30,392                  
                                                                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 426,767                     $ 361,501                     $ 320,603                  
                                                                 
Interest income and rate earned — including derivatives
          $ 17,538       4.90 %           $ 15,336       5.25 %           $ 15,850       6.19 %
Interest expense and equivalent rate paid — including derivatives
            5,327       1.49               4,473       1.53               5,677       2.22  
                              
Net interest income and margin — including derivatives (d)
          $ 12,211       3.41 %           $ 10,863       3.72 %           $ 10,173       3.97 %
                              
(c) Tax-equivalent adjustments included in trading account assets, securities, commercial, financial and agricultural loans, and lease financing are (in millions): $40, $74, $38 and $3, respectively, in 2006; $87, $89, $38 and $5, respectively, in 2005; and $92, $113, $40 and $5, respectively, in 2004. (d) The rates earned and the rates paid on risk management derivatives are based on off-balance sheet notional amounts. The fair value of these instruments is included in other assets and other liabilities.
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Management’s Report
WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

 
     Management of Wachovia Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
     Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation under the framework in Internal Control – Integrated Framework, management of the Company has concluded the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Rules 13a-15(f), as of December 31, 2006.
     Internal control over financial reporting cannot provide absolute assurance of achieving financial reporting objectives because of its inherent limitations. Internal control over financial reporting is a process that involves human diligence and compliance and is subject to lapses in judgment and breakdowns resulting from human failures. Internal control over financial reporting can also be circumvented by collusion or improper management override. Because of such limitations, there is a risk that material misstatements may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis by internal control over financial reporting. However, these inherent limitations are known features of the financial reporting process. Therefore, it is possible to design into the process safeguards to reduce, though not eliminate, this risk.
     Management is also responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements and other financial information contained in this report. The accompanying consolidated financial statements were prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and include, as necessary, best estimates and judgments by management.
     KPMG LLP, an independent, registered public accounting firm, has audited the Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006, and the Company’s assertion as to the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, as stated in their reports, which are included herein.
     
-s- G. Kennedy Thompson
  -s- Thomas J. Wurtz
G. Kennedy Thompson
  Thomas J. Wurtz
Chairman, President and
  Senior Executive Vice President and
Chief Executive Officer
  Chief Financial Officer
 
   
February 23, 2007
   
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Independent Auditors’ Report
WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Wachovia Corporation
We have audited management’s assessment, included in the accompanying Wachovia Corporation and Subsidiaries: Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, that Wachovia Corporation maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Wachovia Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
     We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
     Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
     In our opinion, management’s assessment that Wachovia Corporation maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Also, in our opinion, Wachovia Corporation maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”).
     We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Wachovia Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, and our report dated February 23, 2007, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
(KPMG LLP)
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 23, 2007
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Independent Auditors’ Report
WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
Board of Directors and Stockholders
Wachovia Corporation
     We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Wachovia Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
     We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
     In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Wachovia Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
     As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, Wachovia Corporation changed its method of accounting for mortgage servicing rights, stock-based compensation and pension and other postretirement plans in 2006.
     We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Wachovia Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), and our report dated February 23, 2007, expressed an unqualified opinion on management’s assessment of, and the effective operation of, internal control over financial reporting.
(KPMG LLP)
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 23, 2007
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Audited Financial Statements
WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
                 
    December 31,
     
(In millions, except per share data)   2006   2005
 
ASSETS
               
Cash and due from banks
  $ 15,826       15,072  
Interest-bearing bank balances
    2,167       2,638  
Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements
    16,923       19,915  
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
    34,916       37,625  
 
Trading account assets
    45,529       42,704  
Securities (amortized cost $109,589 in 2006; $114,213 in 2005)
    108,619       113,698  
Loans, net of unearned income ($7,394 in 2006; $9,260 in 2005)
    420,158       259,015  
Allowance for loan losses
    (3,360 )     (2,724 )
 
Loans, net
    416,798       256,291  
 
Loans held for sale
    12,568       6,405  
Premises and equipment
    6,141       4,910  
Due from customers on acceptances
    855       824  
Goodwill
    38,379       21,807  
Other intangible assets
    1,635       1,208  
Other assets
    41,681       35,283  
 
Total assets
  $ 707,121       520,755  
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Deposits
               
Noninterest-bearing deposits
    66,572       67,487  
Interest-bearing deposits
    340,886       257,407  
 
Total deposits
    407,458       324,894  
Short-term borrowings
    49,157       61,953  
Bank acceptances outstanding
    863       892  
Trading account liabilities
    18,228       17,598  
Other liabilities
    20,004       15,986  
Long-term debt
    138,594       48,971  
 
Total liabilities
    634,304       470,294  
 
Minority interest in net assets of consolidated subsidiaries
    3,101       2,900  
 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Preferred stock, Class A, 40 million shares, no par value; 10 million shares, no par value; none issued
           
Dividend Equalization Preferred shares, no par value, outstanding 97 million shares in 2006 and in 2005
           
Non-Cumulative Perpetual Class A Preferred Stock, Series I, $100,000 liquidation preference per share, 25,010 shares authorized
           
Common stock, $3.33-1/3 par value; authorized 3 billion shares, outstanding 1.904 billion shares in 2006; 1.557 billion shares in 2005
    6,347       5,189  
Paid-in capital
    51,746       31,172  
Retained earnings
    13,723       11,973  
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net
    (2,100 )     (773 )
 
Total stockholders’ equity
    69,716       47,561  
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 707,121       520,755  
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Audited Financial Statements
WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
 
                         
    Years Ended December 31,
     
(In millions, except per share data)   2006   2005   2004
 
INTEREST INCOME
                       
Interest and fees on loans
  $ 21,976       13,970       9,858  
Interest and dividends on securities
    6,433       5,783       4,639  
Trading account interest
    1,575       1,581       1,147  
Other interest income
    2,281       2,355       1,644  
 
Total interest income
    32,265       23,689       17,288  
 
INTEREST EXPENSE
                       
Interest on deposits
    9,119       5,297       2,853  
Interest on short-term borrowings
    3,114       2,777       1,503  
Interest on long-term debt
    4,783       1,934       971  
 
Total interest expense
    17,016       10,008       5,327  
 
Net interest income
    15,249       13,681       11,961  
Provision for credit losses
    434       249       257  
 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
    14,815       13,432       11,704  
 
FEE AND OTHER INCOME
                       
Service charges
    2,480       2,151       1,978  
Other banking fees
    1,756       1,491       1,226  
Commissions
    2,406       2,343       2,554  
Fiduciary and asset management fees
    3,248       3,011       2,819  
Advisory, underwriting and other investment banking fees
    1,345       1,109       911  
Trading account profits
    535       286       151  
Principal investing
    525       401       261  
Securities gains (losses)
    118       89       (10 )
Other income
    2,132       1,338       889  
 
Total fee and other income
    14,545       12,219       10,779  
 
NONINTEREST EXPENSE
                       
Salaries and employee benefits
    10,903       9,671       8,703  
Occupancy
    1,173       1,064       947  
Equipment
    1,184       1,087       1,052  
Advertising
    204       193       193  
Communications and supplies
    653       633       620  
Professional and consulting fees
    790       662       548  
Other intangible amortization
    423       416       431  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    179       292       444  
Sundry expense
    1,967       1,829       1,728  
 
Total noninterest expense
    17,476       15,847       14,666  
 
Minority interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    414       342       184  
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
    11,470       9,462       7,633  
Income taxes
    3,725       3,033       2,419  
 
Income from continuing operations
    7,745       6,429       5,214  
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
    46       214        
 
Net income
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,214  
 
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
                       
Basic
                       
Income from continuing operations
  $ 4.70       4.13       3.87  
Net income
    4.72       4.27       3.87  
Diluted
                       
Income from continuing operations
    4.61       4.05       3.81  
Net income
    4.63       4.19       3.81  
Cash dividends
  $ 2.14       1.94       1.66  
AVERAGE COMMON SHARES
                       
Basic
    1,651       1,556       1,346  
Diluted
    1,681       1,585       1,370  
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
                                                 
    Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004
     
                                    Accumulated    
                                    Other    
    Common Stock   Paid-in   Retained   Comprehensive    
(In millions, except per share data)   Shares   Amount   Capital   Earnings   Income, Net   Total
 
Balance, December 31, 2003
    1,312     $ 4,374       17,811       8,904       1,339       32,428  
Comprehensive income
                                               
Net income
                      5,214             5,214  
Minimum pension liability
                            (65 )     (65 )
Net unrealized losses, net of reclassification adjustments on
                                               
Debt and equity securities
                            (245 )     (245 )
Derivative financial instruments
                            (304 )     (304 )
 
Total comprehensive income
                      5,214       (614 )     4,600  
Purchases of common stock
    (47 )     (159 )     (651 )     (1,547 )           (2,357 )
Common stock issued for
                                               
Stock options and restricted stock
    25       85       890                   975  
Acquisitions
    298       994       13,006                   14,000  
Deferred income taxes on subsidiary stock
                      (87 )           (87 )
Deferred compensation, net
                64                   64  
Dividends at $1.66 per common share
                      (2,306 )           (2,306 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2004
    1,588       5,294       31,120       10,178       725       47,317  
Comprehensive income
                                               
Net income
                      6,643             6,643  
Minimum pension liability
                            (19 )     (19 )
Net unrealized losses, net of reclassification adjustments on
                                               
Debt and equity securities
                            (1,424 )     (1,424 )
Derivative financial instruments
                            (55 )     (55 )
 
Total comprehensive income
                      6,643       (1,498 )     5,145  
Purchases of common stock
    (52 )     (173 )     (711 )     (1,809 )           (2,693 )
Common stock issued for
                                               
Stock options and restricted stock
    21       68       830                   898  
Acquisitions
                3                   3  
Deferred compensation, net
                (70 )                 (70 )
Dividends at $1.94 per common share
                      (3,039 )           (3,039 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2005, as reported
    1,557       5,189       31,172       11,973       (773 )     47,561  
Cumulative effect of an accounting change, net of income taxes
                      41             41  
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
    1,557       5,189       31,172       12,014       (773 )     47,602  
Comprehensive income
                                               
Net income
                      7,791             7,791  
Minimum pension liability
                            29       29  
Net unrealized gains (losses), net of reclassification adjustments on
                                               
Debt and equity securities
                            (293 )     (293 )
Derivative financial instruments
                            23       23  
 
Total comprehensive income
                      7,791       (241 )     7,550  
Adjustment to initially apply SFAS 158, net of income taxes
                            (1,086 )     (1,086 )
Purchases of common stock
    (82 )     (274 )     (1,746 )     (2,493 )           (4,513 )
Common stock issued for
                                               
Stock options and restricted stock
    25       83       1,037                   1,120  
Acquisitions
    404       1,349       21,098                   22,447  
Deferred compensation, net
                185                   185  
Dividends at $2.14 per common share
                      (3,589 )           (3,589 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
    1,904     $ 6,347       51,746       13,723       (2,100 )     69,716  
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Audited Financial Statements
WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 
                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                 
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
                       
Net income
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,214  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities
                       
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
    (46 )     (214 )      
Accretion and amortization of securities discounts and premiums, net
    (37 )     216       191  
Provision for credit losses
    434       249       257  
Gain on securitization transactions
    (278 )     (210 )     (113 )
Gain on sale of mortgage servicing rights
    (29 )     (26 )     (34 )
Securities transactions
    (118 )     (89 )     10  
Depreciation and other amortization
    1,686       1,449       1,415  
Deferred income taxes
    530       803       (1,534 )
Trading account assets, net
    (2,825 )     3,241       (11,071 )
(Gain) loss on sales of premises and equipment
    (1 )     107       101  
Contribution to qualified pension plan
    (600 )     (330 )     (279 )
Excess income tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
    (152 )     (162 )     (70 )
Loans held for sale, net
    (6,339 )     (5,527 )     (4,356 )
Deferred interest on certain loans
    (362 )            
Other assets, net
    (2,550 )     3,917       559  
Trading account liabilities, net
    630       (4,111 )     2,464  
Other liabilities, net
    4,209       (250 )     (608 )
 
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities
    1,943       5,706       (7,854 )
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                       
Increase (decrease) in cash realized from
                       
Sales of securities
    31,595       54,571       55,393  
Maturities of securities
    18,848       40,877       29,834  
Purchases of securities
    (40,204 )     (101,001 )     (89,110 )
Origination of loans, net
    (25,512 )     (23,565 )     (12,236 )
Sales of premises and equipment
    292       2,155       580  
Purchases of premises and equipment
    (1,756 )     (2,762 )     (960 )
Goodwill and other intangible assets
    (100 )     (501 )     (471 )
Divestiture of Corporate and Institutional Trust businesses
          740        
Purchase of bank-owned separate account life insurance, net
    (2,544 )     (1,791 )     (372 )
Cash equivalents acquired, net of purchases of banking organizations
    (2,532 )     34       1,110  
 
Net cash used by investing activities
    (21,913 )     (31,243 )     (16,232 )
 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                       
Increase (decrease) in cash realized from
                       
Increase in deposits, net
    13,268       29,841       36,727  
Securities sold under repurchase agreements and other short-term borrowings, net
    (17,246 )     (2,240 )     (12,031 )
Issuances of long-term debt
    42,429       10,486       8,495  
Payments of long-term debt
    (13,904 )     (8,283 )     (5,079 )
Issuances of common stock, net
    664       337       646  
Purchases of common stock
    (4,513 )     (2,693 )     (2,357 )
Excess income tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
    152       162       70  
Cash dividends paid
    (3,589 )     (3,039 )     (2,306 )
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
    17,261       24,571       24,165  
 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (2,709 )     (966 )     79  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    37,625       38,591       38,512  
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
  $ 34,916       37,625       38,591  
 
CASH PAID FOR
                       
Interest
  $ 16,379       9,629       5,207  
Income taxes
    2,471       3,032       3,954  
NONCASH ITEMS
                       
Transfer to securities from loans resulting from securitizations
    2,422       931       213  
Transfer to securities from loans held for sale resulting from securitizations
    60       212        
Transfer to loans from securities resulting from terminated securitizations
                980  
Transfer to loans held for sale from securities resulting from terminated securitizations
                3,918  
Transfer to loans from loans held for sale
    335       12,636       8,558  
Cumulative effect of an accounting change, net of income taxes
    41              
Issuance of common stock for purchase accounting acquisitions
  $ 22,447             14,000  
 
See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
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WACHOVIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2006, 2005 AND 2004

 
NOTE 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
GENERAL
     Wachovia Corporation (the “Parent Company”) is a bank holding company whose principal wholly owned subsidiaries are Wachovia Bank, National Association (“Wachovia Bank”), a national banking association; World Savings Bank, FSB, a federally-chartered savings bank; and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, an institutional and investment banking company. The Company also holds a 62 percent interest in Wachovia Securities Financial Holdings, LLC, the parent company of Wachovia Securities, LLC (“Wachovia Securities”), a retail brokerage company, as well as a majority interest in Wachovia Preferred Funding Corp., a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”), which has publicly traded preferred stock outstanding. Wachovia Corporation and subsidiaries (together the “Company”) is a diversified financial services company whose operations are principally domestic.
     The accounting and reporting policies of the Company are in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and they conform to general practices within the applicable industries. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Parent Company and all its majority-owned subsidiaries as well as variable interest entities where the Company is the primary beneficiary. In consolidation, all significant intercompany accounts and transactions are eliminated.
     Management has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities to prepare these consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
     Cash and cash equivalents include cash and due from banks, interest-bearing bank balances and federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements. Generally, cash and cash equivalents have maturities of three months or less, and accordingly, the carrying amount of these instruments is deemed to be a reasonable estimate of fair value.
SECURITIES PURCHASED AND SOLD AGREEMENTS
     Securities purchased under resale agreements and securities sold under repurchase agreements are generally accounted for as collateralized financing transactions and are recorded at the amount at which the securities were acquired or sold plus accrued interest. It is the Company’s policy to take possession of securities purchased under resale agreements, which are primarily U.S. Government and Government agency securities. The Company monitors the market value of securities purchased and sold and obtains collateral from or returns it to counterparties when appropriate.
SECURITIES AND TRADING ACTIVITIES
     Securities are classified at the date of commitment or purchase as trading or as available for sale securities. The fair value of securities is based on quoted market prices, or if quoted market prices are not available, then the fair value is estimated using quoted market prices for similar securities, pricing models or discounted cash flow analyses, using observable market data where available. The determination of fair value includes various factors such as exchange or over-the-counter market price quotations; time value and volatility factors for options, warrants and derivatives; observed prices for equivalent or synthetic instruments; and counterparty credit quality.
Trading Account Assets and Liabilities
     Trading account assets and liabilities include primarily debt securities, securities sold short and trading derivatives, and are recorded at fair value with realized and unrealized gains and losses recorded in trading account profits in the results of operations. Trading derivatives include interest rate, commodity, currency, equity and credit default swap agreements; options, caps, and floors; and financial futures and forward contracts. Interest and dividends on trading account debt and equity securities, including securities sold short, are recorded in interest income or interest expense on an accrual basis. Interest and dividends on trading account derivatives are included in trading account profits in the results of operations. The fair value of derivatives in a gain position, as well as purchased options, are reported as trading account assets. Similarly, the fair value of derivatives in a loss position, as well as written options, are reported as trading account liabilities. The reported amounts related to trading derivatives include the effect of master netting agreements, where applicable.
Securities Available for Sale
     Securities available for sale are used as part of the Company’s interest rate risk management strategy, and they may be sold in response to changes in interest rates, changes in prepayment risks and other factors. Securities available for sale are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses recorded net of income taxes as a component of other comprehensive income. Interest and dividends on securities are recognized in interest income on an accrual basis. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized as an adjustment to yield over the contractual term of the security. If a prepayment occurs on a security, any related premium or discount is recognized as an adjustment to yield in the results of operations in the period in which the prepayment occurs. Realized gains and losses are recognized on a specific identification, trade date basis. Realized gains and losses are included in fee and other income as securities gains (losses) in the results of operations.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
     On a quarterly basis, the Company makes an assessment to determine whether there have been any events or economic circumstances to indicate that a security on which there is an unrealized loss is impaired on an other-than-temporary basis. The Company considers many factors including the severity and duration of the impairment; the intent and ability of the Company to hold the security for a period of time sufficient for a recovery in value; recent events specific to the issuer or industry; and for debt securities, external credit ratings and recent downgrades. Securities on which there is an unrealized loss that is deemed to be other-than-temporary are written down to fair value with the write-down recorded as a realized loss in securities gains (losses).
Derivatives
     See Note 19 for the applicable policies for trading account derivatives (including economic hedges), and derivatives designated and accounted for as accounting hedges.
SERVICING RIGHTS
     In connection with certain transactions where the Company securitizes and sells originated or purchased loans with servicing retained, servicing assets or liabilities are recorded based on the fair value of the servicing rights on the date the loans are sold (allocated cost based on relative fair value for servicing assets recorded prior to 2006). The Company also purchases certain servicing assets.
     With the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets”, (“SFAS 156”), the Company determined that certain servicing assets would be recognized at fair value on an ongoing basis, with subsequent changes in fair value recorded in the results of operations. See Note 5 for additional information on the adoption of SFAS 156. Servicing assets recorded at amortized cost are amortized in proportion to and over the estimated period of net servicing income.
CONSOLIDATION
     The Company consolidates those entities in which it holds a controlling financial interest, which is typically measured as a majority of the outstanding common stock. However, in certain situations, a voting interest may not be indicative of control, and in those cases, control is measured by other factors. Variable interest entities (“VIEs”), certain of which are also referred to as special-purpose entities (“SPE”), are entities in which equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest. A company is deemed to be the “primary beneficiary”, and thus required to consolidate a VIE, if the company has a variable interest (or combination of variable interests) that will absorb a majority of the VIE’s expected losses, that will receive a majority of the VIE’s expected residual returns, or both. A “variable interest” is a contractual, ownership or other interest that changes with changes in the fair value of the VIE’s net assets. “Expected losses” and “expected residual returns” are measures of variability in the expected cash flows of a VIE.
SECURITIZATIONS AND BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
     In certain asset securitization transactions that meet the applicable criteria to be accounted for as a sale, assets are sold to an entity referred to as a “qualifying special purpose entity” (“QSPE”), which then issues beneficial interests in the form of senior and subordinated interests collateralized by the assets. In some cases, the Company may retain as much as 90 percent of the beneficial interests. Additionally, from time to time, the Company may also resecuritize certain assets in a new securitization transaction. The assets and liabilities sold to a QSPE are excluded from the Company’s consolidated balance sheet, subject to a quarterly evaluation to ensure the entity continues to meet the requirements to be a QSPE. When the Company’s portion of the beneficial interests exceeds 90 percent, a QSPE would no longer qualify for off-balance sheet treatment and the Company may be required to consolidate the SPE, subject to determining whether the entity is a VIE and to determining who is the primary beneficiary. In these cases, any beneficial interests previously held by the Company are derecognized from the balance sheet and the underlying assets and liabilities of the SPE are recorded at fair value to the extent interests were previously held by outside parties.
     The carrying amount of the assets transferred to a QSPE, excluding servicing rights, is allocated between the assets sold and the retained interests based on their relative fair values at the date of transfer. A gain or loss is recorded in other fee income for the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the assets sold. Fair values are based on quoted market prices, quoted market prices for similar assets, or if market prices are not available, then the fair value is estimated using discounted cash flow analyses with market or Company-specific assumptions for credit losses, prepayments and discount rates. Retained interests from securitizations with off-balance sheet entities, including QSPEs and VIEs where the Company is not the primary beneficiary, are classified as either available for sale securities, trading account assets or loans and are accounted for as described herein.
LOANS
     Loans are recorded at the principal balance outstanding, net of unearned income. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Loan origination fees and direct costs as well as premiums and discounts are amortized as an adjustment to yield over the term of the loan. Loan commitment fees are generally deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the commitment period.
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     Loans include direct financing leases that are recorded at the aggregate of lease payments receivable plus the estimated residual value of the leased property, less unearned income. Leveraged leases, which are a form of direct financing leases, are recorded net of nonrecourse debt. Unearned income on leases is amortized under a method that results in an approximate level rate of return. The net investment in leveraged leases is recalculated upon changes in important lease assumptions if the assumptions change the total estimated net income under the lease. In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Staff Position FAS 13-2, “Accounting for a Change or Projected Change in the Timing of Cash Flows Relating to Income Taxes Generated by a Leveraged Lease Transaction”, (“FSP 13-2”). FSP 13-2 amends SFAS 13, “Accounting for Leases”, to provide that, effective January 1, 2007, changes affecting only the timing of income tax cash flows, but not the total net income under a leveraged lease also trigger a recalculation of the net investment in the lease.
     A loan is considered to be impaired when based on current information, it is probable the Company will not receive all amounts due in accordance with the contractual terms of a loan agreement. The fair value is measured based on either the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, the loan’s observable market price or the fair value of the collateral if the loan is collateral dependent. A loan is also considered impaired if its terms are modified in a troubled debt restructuring. When the ultimate collectibility of the principal balance of an impaired loan is in doubt, all cash receipts are applied to principal. Once the recorded principal balance has been reduced to zero, future cash receipts are recorded as recoveries of any amounts previously charged off, and then to interest income to the extent any interest has been forgone.
     The accrual of interest is generally discontinued on commercial loans and leases that become 90 days past due as to principal or interest, or where reasonable doubt exists as to collection, unless well secured and in the process of collection. Certain consumer loans that become 120 days past due are placed on nonaccrual status. Consumer real estate secured loans that become 180 days past due are placed on nonaccrual status, with the exception of certain non-traditional loans which are placed on nonaccrual status at 90 days past due. Generally, consumer loans that become 180 days past due are charged off. When borrowers demonstrate over an extended period the ability to repay a loan in accordance with the contractual terms of a loan classified as nonaccrual, the loan is returned to accrual status.
ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES AND RESERVE FOR UNFUNDED LENDING COMMITMENTS
     The allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments are maintained at levels that are adequate to absorb probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio and in unfunded commercial lending commitments, respectively, as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. The Company has developed policies and procedures for assessing the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments that reflect the assessment of credit risk considering all available information. Where appropriate, this assessment includes monitoring qualitative and quantitative trends including changes in the levels of past due, criticized and nonperforming loans. In developing this assessment, the Company must rely on estimates and exercise judgment in assessing credit risk. Depending on changes in circumstances, future assessments of credit risk may yield materially different results from the estimates, which may require an increase or a decrease in the allowance for loan losses or reserve for unfunded lending commitments.
     The Company employs a variety of modeling and estimation tools for measuring credit risk, which are used in developing an appropriate allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments. The allowance for loan losses consists of formula-based components for both the commercial and consumer portfolios, each of which includes an adjustment for historical loss variability, a reserve for impaired commercial loans and an unallocated component. The factors supporting the allowance for loan losses and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments do not diminish the fact that the entire allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments are available to absorb losses in the loan portfolio and related commitment portfolio, respectively. The Company’s principal focus, therefore, is on the adequacy of the total allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments.
     The allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments are subject to review by banking regulators. The Company’s primary bank regulators regularly conduct examinations of the allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments and make assessments regarding their adequacy and the methodology employed in their determination.
LOANS HELD FOR SALE
     Loans are classified as held for sale based on management’s intent to sell the loans, either as part of a core business strategy or related to a risk mitigation strategy. Loans held for sale and any related unfunded commercial lending commitments are recorded at the lower of cost (which is the carrying amount net of deferred fees and costs and applicable allowance for loan losses and reserve for unfunded lending commitments) or market value less costs to sell. At the time of the transfer to loans held for sale, if the market value is less than cost, the difference is recorded as additional provision for credit losses in the results of operations. Market value is determined, generally in the aggregate, based on quoted market prices for the same or similar loans, outstanding investor commitments or discounted cash flow analyses using market assumptions.
     At December 31, 2006, market values for substantially all the loans in loans held for sale were obtained by reference to prices for the same or similar loans from recent transactions. For a relationship that includes an unfunded commercial lending commitment, the cost basis is the outstanding balance of the loan net of the allowance for loan losses and net of any reserve for unfunded lending commitments. This cost basis is compared to the market value of the entire relationship including the unfunded lending commitment, where applicable.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
     The market values of loans in loans held for sale are reviewed at least quarterly. Subsequent declines or recoveries of previous declines in the market value are recorded in other fee income in the results of operations. Market value changes occur due to changes in interest rates, the borrower’s credit, the secondary loan market or the market for a particular borrower’s debt.
     Individual loans or pools of loans are transferred from the loan portfolio to loans held for sale when the intent to hold the loans has changed and there is a plan to sell the loans within a reasonable period of time. When the Company no longer has the intent to sell loans, individual loans or pools of loans are transferred from loans held for sale to the loan portfolio.
     If an unfunded commercial lending commitment expires before a sale occurs, the reserve associated with the unfunded commercial lending commitment is recognized as a credit to other fee income in the results of operations.
PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT
     Premises and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are recognized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Depreciation is discontinued at the time an asset is determined to be held for disposal. Premises and equipment include certain costs associated with the acquisition or development of internal-use software, leasehold improvements and capitalized leases. For leasehold improvements, the estimated useful life is the lesser of the remaining lease term or estimated useful life. For capitalized leased assets, the estimated useful life is generally the lease term.
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
     Goodwill and identified intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not subject to amortization. Rather they are subject to impairment testing on an annual basis, or more often if events or circumstances indicate there may be impairment. This test involves assigning tangible assets and liabilities, identified intangible assets and goodwill to reporting units and comparing the fair value of each reporting unit to its carrying amount. If the fair value is less than the carrying amount, a further test is required to measure the amount of impairment. The Company determined that lines of business that are one level below operating segments are its reporting units.
     Identified intangible assets that have a finite useful life are amortized over that life in a manner that approximates the estimated decline in the economic value of the identified intangible asset. Identified intangible assets that have a finite useful life are periodically reviewed to determine whether there have been any events or circumstances to indicate the recorded amount is not recoverable from projected undiscounted net operating cash flows. If the projected undiscounted net operating cash flows are less than the carrying amount, a loss is recognized to reduce the carrying amount to fair value, and when appropriate, the amortization period is also reduced.
     Unamortized intangible assets associated with disposed assets are included in the determination of gain or loss on sale of the disposed assets and for businesses sold, a portion of the goodwill, based on the relative fair value of the business sold as compared with the fair value of the applicable reporting unit, is included in the determination of the gain or loss.
     The Company’s impairment evaluations for the year ended December 31, 2006, indicated that none of the Company’s goodwill or identified intangible assets with an indefinite useful life are impaired.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS
     Principal investments are recorded at fair value in other assets on the balance sheet with realized and unrealized gains and losses included in principal investing income in the results of operations. For public equity investments, fair value is based on quoted market prices, net of applicable discounts for trading restrictions and liquidity. Investments in non-public securities are recorded at the Company’s estimate of fair value, which is generally the original cost basis unless either the investee has raised additional debt or equity capital and the Company believes the transaction, taking into consideration differences in the terms of securities, is a better indicator of fair value; or the Company believes the fair value is less than original cost.
     For investments in private equity funds, the Company uses information provided by the fund managers in the initial determination of estimated fair value. Valuation factors such as the age of the fund and industry concentrations are used in the final determination of estimated fair value. In situations where a portion of an investment in a fund is sold, the Company recognizes a realized gain or loss on the portion sold and an unrealized gain or loss on the portion retained.
EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENTS
     Except for investments recorded at fair value, the Company accounts for investments in which the Company has significant influence under the equity method of accounting. Equity method investments are recorded at cost adjusted to reflect the Company’s portion of income, loss or dividends of the investee. The Company recognizes gain or loss in the results of operations on transactions where a subsidiary or an equity method investee issues common stock subject to a determination that the gain is realizable and that there are no plans to reacquire the shares; otherwise, the gain or loss is recorded net of income taxes directly in stockholders’ equity.
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REVENUE RECOGNITION
     Revenue is recognized when the earnings process is complete and collectibility is assured. Specifically, brokerage commission fees are recognized in income on a trade date basis. Asset management fees, measured by assets at a particular date, are accrued as earned. Advisory and underwriting fees are recognized when the transaction is complete. Commission expenses are recorded when the related revenue is recognized. Transaction-related expenses are recognized as incurred.
     For derivative contracts, gains and losses at inception are recognized only if the fair value of the contract is evidenced by a quoted market price in an active market, an observable price of other market transactions or other observable data supporting a valuation technique. For those gains and losses that are not evidenced by market data, the transaction price is used as the fair value of the contract. Any difference is an unrecognized gain or loss, which is deferred and recognized when realized.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
     The Company has stock option plans under which incentive and nonqualified stock options may be granted periodically to certain employees. The options are granted at an exercise price equal to the fair value of the underlying shares at the date of grant, vest based on continued service with the Company for a specified period, generally three years to five years following the date of grant, and have a contractual life of ten years. Restricted stock may also be granted under the stock option plans. The restricted stock generally vests over three years to five years, during which time the holder receives dividends and has full voting rights.
     The Company adopted the fair value method of accounting for stock options effective as of the beginning of the year in which the decision was made, or January 1, 2002, and only for stock option awards made in 2002 and thereafter (the “prospective method”). All awards made prior to January 1, 2002, had fully vested by December 31, 2005. Under the fair value method, fair value is measured on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with market assumptions. This amount is amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period for all recipients. Option pricing models require the use of highly subjective assumptions, including expected stock price volatility, which if changed can materially affect fair value estimates. Awards prior to 2002 continue to be accounted for under the intrinsic value method.
     For restricted stock, which generally vests based on continued service with the Company, the deferred compensation is measured as the fair value of the shares on the date of grant, and the deferred compensation is amortized as salaries and employee benefits expense in the results of operations in accordance with the applicable vesting schedule, generally straight-line over three years to five years. See Note 12 for additional information related to compensation expense recognized for restricted stock.
     The Company adopted SFAS 123 (revised), “Share-Based Payments”, (“SFAS 123R”), effective January 1, 2006, and the primary impact of this new standard on the Company was the different treatment of awards granted after January 1, 2006, to retirement-eligible employees, which must now be expensed in full at the date of grant, or from the date of grant to the date that an employee will become retirement-eligible, if that is before the end of the stated vesting period.
     The effect on net income and earnings per share as if the fair value method had been applied to all outstanding and unvested awards for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,
                 
(In millions, except per share data)   2006   2005   2004
 
Net income, as reported
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,214  
 
Add stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income, net of income taxes
                       
Stock-based employee compensation expense
    174       103       130  
Income taxes
    (61 )     (36 )     (45 )
 
Stock-based employee compensation expense, net of income taxes
    113       67       85  
 
Deduct total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under the fair value method for all awards, net of income taxes
    (113 )     (67 )     (119 )
 
Pro forma net income
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,180  
 
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
                       
Basic - as reported
  $ 4.72       4.27       3.87  
Basic - pro forma
    4.72       4.27       3.85  
Diluted - as reported
    4.63       4.19       3.81  
Diluted - pro forma
  $ 4.63       4.19       3.78  
 
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Audited Financial Statements
EARNINGS PER SHARE
     Basic earnings per share is determined by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share is determined by dividing income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares adjusted to include the effect of potentially dilutive shares.
NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
     In addition to the 2006 adoption of the new pronouncements noted above including SFAS 156 and SFAS 123R, the Company also adopted SFAS 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans”, which amends several existing pronouncements that address employers’ accounting and reporting for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans. SFAS 158 was effective on December 31, 2006. See Note 15 for additional information on the adoption of this new accounting standard.
     In September 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements”, (“SAB 108”). SAB 108 requires the use of both an income statement approach and a balance sheet approach when evaluating whether an error is material to an entity’s financial statements, based on all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. The SEC issued SAB 108 to address what the SEC identified as diversity in practice whereby entities were using either an income statement approach or a balance sheet approach, but not both. The Company consistently used an income statement approach in prior periods. SAB 108 became effective December 31, 2006, and any material adjustments arising from the adoption of SAB 108 were required to be recorded as a cumulative effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings.
     In the fourth quarter of 2006, the Company completed its analysis in accordance with SAB 108 using both the income statement approach and the balance sheet approach and concluded the Company had no prior year misstatements that were material to its consolidated financial statements. However, in the process of performing the above analysis, the Company elected to record certain adjustments that were not significant on an individual or aggregate basis to a number of income statement line items.
     The Company recorded adjustments to net interest income and service charges to reflect certain items that in the past had been recorded either when billed to the customer or on a lagged basis, but going forward will be recorded as earned. The Company recorded additional salaries and employee benefits expense to reflect the carryover of prior year’s unused paid time off and additional sundry expense relating to prior year’s invoices received and processed after year-end, but for which the services had been rendered prior to year-end. The Company also recorded additional other noninterest income for amounts recorded in other comprehensive income relating to a hedging relationship that had been discontinued in a prior year. In income taxes, the Company recorded the income tax effect of the above-referenced items and certain other adjustments to current income taxes payable. The net after-tax impact of all of these adjustments was a $13 million increase to net income.
RECLASSIFICATIONS
     Certain amounts in 2005 and 2004 were reclassified to conform with the presentation in 2006. These reclassifications had no effect on the Company’s previously reported consolidated financial position or results of operations.
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NOTE 2: BUSINESS COMBINATIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
     The Company employs a disciplined, deliberate and methodical process of integration for its mergers. As part of this process, detailed plans are developed and then approved by senior management prior to execution of the plans. Amounts are recorded as exit cost purchase accounting adjustments only after approval of the associated plan by senior management.
     The Company believes each of the mergers noted below will enhance stockholder value by building a financial services company able to provide more products and services for customers, more investment opportunities for clients and significant capital to deploy in the future. These mergers enhance the Company’s range of products and services and increase the distribution channels available to customers.
Wachovia/Golden West Merger
     In May 2006, the Company announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with Golden West Financial Corporation (“Golden West”). The acquisition of this California-based retail banking and mortgage lending franchise was completed on October 1, 2006, and accordingly, the results in 2006 include a full year of Wachovia and three months of Golden West. The terms of this transaction called for 77 percent of a Golden West shareholder’s common shares to be converted into 1.365 shares of the Company’s common stock and 23 percent of a Golden West shareholder’s common shares to be converted into $81.07 in cash. This was equivalent to 1.05105 shares of the Company’s common stock plus cash of $18.6461 for each share of Golden West common stock. Based on the weighted average of the Company’s closing prices for a period two trading days before the announcement of the merger and two trading days after the announcement (which includes the day of announcement) of $55.69, the transaction is valued at $24.3 billion.
     On completion of the merger, the Company issued 326 million common shares and $5.8 billion in cash to holders of Golden West common shares. Additionally, employees of Golden West held 8.3 million options which were converted into 11.4 million options of the Company. These options fully vested on October 1, 2006. The fair value of the options issued amounted to $344 million, which is included in the computation of the purchase price.
     Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of Golden West were recorded at their respective fair values at October 1, 2006. The fair values are preliminary and are subject to refinement as information relative to the fair values at October 1, 2006, becomes available. Certain plans relative to the disposition of assets and the termination of employees are still preliminary, and when finalized, may result in adjustments to goodwill. Based on the ending Golden West tangible equity of $9.7 billion, an aggregate purchase price of $24.3 billion and purchase accounting adjustments amounting to a net write-down of $720 million, the merger resulted in total intangible assets of $15.3 billion ($15.1 billion net of deferred income taxes). Of the total intangible assets, $409 million ($261 million net of deferred income taxes) was allocated to deposit base intangible and $14.9 billion to goodwill. None of the intangible assets are tax deductible; however, deferred income tax liabilities were recorded on the deposit base intangible asset. The deferred income tax liabilities will be reflected as an income tax benefit in the consolidated statement of income in proportion to and over the amortization period of the related deposit base intangible. The deposit base intangible is being amortized over an estimated useful life of 15 years using an accelerated method that reflects the estimated pattern in which the economic benefits will be consumed.
     In 2006, exit cost liabilities of $41 million were recorded as purchase accounting adjustments and $29 million was charged against the accrual.
     Included in the exit costs were employee termination benefits of $12 million, which included severance payments and related benefits for 334 employees terminated or notified of their pending termination in connection with the merger. Of the terminated employees in 2006, approximately 3.5 percent were from the General Bank segment, 3.5 percent were from the Wealth Management segment, 25 percent were from the Capital Management segment and 68 percent were from the Parent segment. The remaining exit costs were primarily employee relocation and transaction costs.
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Audited Financial Statements
     The statement of net assets acquired at fair value at October 1, 2006, and the computation of the purchase price and goodwill related to the merger of Wachovia and Golden West are presented below.
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS ACQUIRED (At fair value)
         
    October 1,  
(In millions)   2006  
 
ASSETS
       
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 2,249  
Securities
    265  
Loans, net of unearned income
    123,974  
Allowance for loan losses
    (303 )
 
Loans, net
    123,671  
 
Goodwill
    14,854  
Other intangible assets
    409  
Other assets
    3,390  
 
Total assets
  $ 144,838  
 
LIABILITIES
       
Deposits
    67,055  
Short-term borrowings
    4,450  
Other liabilities
    946  
Long-term debt
    48,125  
 
Total liabilities
    120,576  
 
Net assets acquired
  $ 24,262  
 
PURCHASE PRICE AND GOODWILL
         
    October 1,
(In millions)   2006
 
Purchase price
  $ 24,262  
Golden West tangible stockholders’ equity
    (9,719 )
 
Excess of purchase price over carrying amount of net tangible assets acquired
    14,543  
 
Purchase accounting adjustments
       
Securities
    23  
Loans, net of unearned income
    804  
Premises and equipment
    (106 )
Other assets
    37  
Deposits
    74  
Other liabilities
    (145 )
Long-term debt
    33  
 
Total intangible assets
    15,263  
Deposit base intangible
    (409 )
 
Goodwill
  $ 14,854  
 
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PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)
     The pro forma consolidated condensed statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, are presented below. The unaudited pro forma information presented below is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that would have resulted had the merger been completed at the beginning of the applicable periods presented, nor is it necessarily indicative of the results of operations in future periods.
     The pro forma purchase accounting adjustments related to securities, loans, deposits and long-term debt are being accreted or amortized into income using methods which approximate a level yield over their respective estimated lives. Interest expense also includes an estimated funding cost of 5.35 percent related to an assumed $5.8 billion of merger-related debt. Purchase accounting adjustments related to premises and equipment and to the deposit base intangible are being amortized into noninterest expense over their respective estimated lives using the straight-line method for premises and equipment and using an accelerated method for the deposit base intangible.
                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2006 (Unaudited)  
    The     Golden     Pro Forma     Pro Forma  
(In millions, except per share data)   Company (a)     West (b)     Adjustments     Combined  
 
Interest income
  $ 32,265       6,518       212       38,995  
Interest expense
    17,016       3,838       181       21,035  
 
Net interest income
    15,249       2,680       31       17,960  
Provision for credit losses
    434       7             441  
 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
    14,815       2,673       31       17,519  
Securities gains
    118       368             486  
Fee and other income
    14,427       96             14,523  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    179       23             202  
Noninterest expense
    17,297       1,222       116       18,635  
Minority interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    414                   414  
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
    11,470       1,892       (85 )     13,277  
Income taxes
    3,725       626       (33 )     4,318  
 
Income from continuing operations
  $ 7,745       1,266       (52 )     8,959  
 
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
                               
Basic earnings from continuing operations
  $ 4.70       4.10             4.73  
Diluted earnings from continuing operations
  $ 4.61       4.06             4.65  
AVERAGE SHARES
                               
Basic
    1,651       309       (66 )     1,894  
Diluted
    1,681       312       (66 )     1,927  
 
(a)   Includes Wachovia for the year ended December 31, 2006, and Golden West for the three months ended December 31, 2006.
(b)   Includes Golden West for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
                                 
    Year Ended December 31, 2005 (Unaudited)  
            Golden     Pro Forma     Pro Forma  
(In millions, except per share data)   Wachovia     West     Adjustments     Combined  
 
CONSOLIDATED SUMMARIES OF INCOME
                               
Interest income
  $ 23,689       6,544       289       30,522  
Interest expense
    10,008       3,263       233       13,504  
 
Net interest income
    13,681       3,281       56       17,018  
Provision for credit losses
    249       7             256  
 
Net interest income after provision for credit losses
    13,432       3,274       56       16,762  
Securities gains
    89                   89  
Fee and other income
    12,130       111             12,241  
Merger-related and restructuring expenses
    292                   292  
Other noninterest expense
    15,555       958       176       16,689  
Minority interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    342                   342  
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
    9,462       2,427       (120 )     11,769  
Income taxes
    3,033       941       (47 )     3,927  
 
Income from continuing operations
  $ 6,429       1,486       (73 )     7,842  
 
PER COMMON SHARE DATA
                               
Basic earnings from continuing operations
  $ 4.13       4.83             4.17  
Diluted earnings from continuing operations
  $ 4.05       4.77             4.10  
AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
                               
Basic
    1,556       307       16       1,879  
Diluted
    1,585       312       16       1,913  
 
OTHER MERGERS
Wachovia/Westcorp
     In September 2005, the Company announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with Westcorp (“Westcorp”) and WFS Financial Inc (“WFS”) the common stock of which 84 percent was owned by Westcorp and 16 percent was held by the public. The acquisition of this California-based auto loan originator business was completed on March 1, 2006. The terms of this transaction called for the Company to exchange 1.2749 shares of its common stock for each share of Westcorp common stock and 1.4661 shares of its common stock for each share of WFS common stock. Based on the weighted average of the Company’s closing prices for a period two trading days before the announcement of the merger and two trading days after the announcement (which includes the day of announcement) of $49.60 ($63.24 for each share of Westcorp common stock and $72.72 for each share of WFS common stock), the transaction is valued at $3.8 billion.
     On completion of the merger, the Company issued an aggregate of 77 million common shares to holders of Westcorp and WFS common shares. Additionally, employees of Westcorp held 1.3 million options which were converted into 1.6 million options of the Company. These options vest in accordance with their original vesting schedule. The fair value of the options issued, based on a Black-Scholes valuation, amounted to $29 million, which is included in the computation of the purchase price. The portion of the fair value of the unvested options attributable to future service was recorded as deferred compensation and is being amortized over the remaining vesting period.
     Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of Westcorp were recorded at their respective fair values at March 1, 2006. The fair values are preliminary and are subject to refinement as information relative to the fair values at March 1, 2006, becomes available. Certain plans relative to the disposition of assets and the termination of employees are still preliminary, and when finalized, may result in adjustments to goodwill. The Westcorp March 1, 2006, allowance for loan losses recorded by the Company excluded Westcorp’s allowance for loan losses related to impaired loans. Based on the ending Westcorp tangible equity of $1.9 billion, an aggregate purchase price of $3.8 billion and purchase accounting adjustments amounting to a net write-up of $58 million, the merger resulted in total intangible assets of $1.9 billion ($1.8 billion net of deferred income taxes). Of the total intangible assets, $52 million ($32 million net of deferred income taxes) was allocated to deposit base intangible, $353 million ($221 million net of deferred income taxes) was allocated to the customer relationship intangible and $1.5 billion to goodwill. The customer relationship intangible arises from the relationship Westcorp has with auto dealers. None of the intangible assets are tax deductible; however, deferred income tax liabilities were recorded on the deposit base and customer relationship intangible assets. The deferred income tax liabilities will be reflected as an income tax benefit in the consolidated statement of income in proportion to and over the amortization period of the related deposit base intangible and customer relationship intangible. The deposit base intangible and the customer relationship intangible are each being amortized over estimated useful lives of 15 years, using an accelerated method that reflects the estimated pattern in which the economic benefits will be consumed.
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     In 2006, exit cost liabilities of $17 million were recorded as purchase accounting adjustments and $15 million was charged against the accrual.
     Included in the exit costs were employee termination benefits of $5 million, which included severance payments and related benefits for 77 employees terminated or notified of their pending termination in connection with the merger. All the terminated employees in 2006 were from the General Bank segment.
Wachovia/SouthTrust
     In June 2004, the Company announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement with SouthTrust Corporation (“SouthTrust”), and the merger was completed on November 1, 2004. The terms of this transaction called for the Company to exchange 0.89 shares of its common stock for each share of SouthTrust common stock. Based on the average of the Company’s closing prices for a period beginning two trading days before the announcement of the merger and ending two trading days after the merger announcement of $45.86 ($40.82 for each share of SouthTrust common stock), the transaction was valued at $14.0 billion.
     Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of SouthTrust were recorded at their respective fair values as of November 1, 2004, and the results of operations in 2004 include only two months of SouthTrust. In 2005, the Company recorded certain refinements to its initial estimates of the fair value of the assets and liabilities and made final decisions and approved integration plans related to the South Trust merger. At that time, additional exit cost liabilities of $147 million were recorded as purchase accounting adjustments and a $72 million adjustment to deferred income taxes was also recorded. Together, these adjustments resulted in an increase to goodwill of $75 million. In 2006, certain exit cost liabilities were reduced by $5 million resulting in total exit costs of $202 million. Included in total exit costs, recorded as purchase accounting adjustments, were employee termination benefits of $222 million, which included severance and related benefits for 3,300 employees terminated or notified of their pending termination in connection with the combination. The terminated employees were primarily in staff and support areas.
Wachovia/Prudential Financial, Inc.
     In July 2003, the Company consummated the combination of its retail brokerage business with the retail brokerage business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”). Under the terms of the agreement, Prudential Financial exchanged its retail brokerage business for a 38 percent interest in the combined entity. The Company owns 62 percent of the combined entity, which continues to be a consolidated subsidiary of the Company. The combined entity operates under the name Wachovia Securities.
     Under the purchase method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of the retail brokerage business of Prudential Financial were recorded at their respective fair values as of July 1, 2003. The assets and liabilities of the Company’s retail brokerage business continue to be recorded at their pre-combination basis and were not adjusted to fair value as a result of the combination. The difference between the Company’s pre-combination basis in the net assets of its retail brokerage business and 62 percent of the net assets of the combined entity was $224 million. The terms of the agreement provide that the minority owner has the ability to require the Company to repurchase its shares after two years and that the Company has the ability to repurchase the shares after 15 years. Because of these terms, the Company concluded that subsequent reacquisition of the shares was possible, and accordingly, the Company recorded the $224 million directly to stockholders’ equity.
     In 2004, the Company recorded certain refinements to its initial estimates of the fair value of the assets and liabilities recorded in connection with the retail brokerage transaction of $74 million and recorded a net $96 million adjustment to deferred income taxes. The Company also recorded an additional $402 million in exit cost purchase accounting adjustments that principally included finalization of real estate requirements in New York City and employee terminations. In addition, the Company reduced certain liabilities by $5 million associated with exit cost purchase accounting adjustments, which resulted in a reduction to goodwill.
     In 2005, the Company favorably resolved certain exit cost liabilities related to the retail brokerage transaction and recorded a $61 million ($47 million net of deferred income taxes) reduction in goodwill, resulting in total intangible assets of $684 million, of which $151 million ($113 million net of deferred income taxes) was allocated to customer relationships and $533 million to goodwill. Included in total exit cost liabilities of $454 million recorded as purchase accounting adjustments were employee termination benefits of $129 million, which included severance and employee termination benefits for 2,129 employees terminated or notified of their pending termination in connection with the combination. The terminated employees were primarily in staff and support areas.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
DISPOSITIONS
     In December 2005, the Company completed the divestiture of most of its Corporate and Institutional Trust (“CIT”) businesses in two separate transactions for $740 million. In 2006, an additional $76 million, or $46 million after tax, was recorded based on the level of business retained in the 12-month period following the completion of the transaction and the reversal of related disposition cost accruals. The 2005 after tax gain of $214 million ($447 million pre-tax), and the $46 million after tax gain in 2006, have been presented as a gain on sale of discontinued operations in the results of operations in 2005 and 2006, respectively, and reduced goodwill and other intangible assets by $210 million in 2005. Financial results of the CIT businesses have not been presented as discontinued operations based on materiality, but have been excluded from the Capital Management business segment and included in the Parent in Note 14 for each of the years in the two year-period ended December 31, 2005. These businesses did not have significant assets or liabilities associated with them and substantially all activities are reflected in operating cash flows on the consolidated statements of cash flows. Financial results of the CIT business included in the statements of income information for each of the years in the two year-period ended December 31, 2005, are presented below.
                 
    Years Ended  
    December 31,  
(In millions)   2005     2004  
 
Interest income
  $ 6       3  
Interest expense
    36       13  
Fee and other income
    183       188  
Noninterest expense
    123       114  
Income taxes
    11       23  
 
Net income
  $ 19       41  
 
NOTE 3: TRADING ACCOUNT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
                 
    December 31,  
(In millions)   2006     2005  
 
TRADING ACCOUNT ASSETS
               
U. S. Treasury
  $ 970       1,293  
U. S. Government agencies
    2,459       2,154  
State, county and municipal
    2,193       2,180  
Mortgage-backed securities
    1,816       2,582  
Other asset-backed securities
    8,697       7,486  
Corporate bonds and debentures
    4,320       4,932  
Equity securities
    3,803       5,665  
Derivative financial instruments
    12,609       10,010  
Sundry
    8,662       6,402  
 
Total trading account assets
  $ 45,529       42,704  
 
TRADING ACCOUNT LIABILITIES
               
Securities sold short
    8,205       8,790  
Derivative financial instruments
    10,023       8,808  
 
Total trading account liabilities
  $ 18,228       17,598  
 
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NOTE 4: SECURITIES
                                                                         
    December 31, 2006  
                                                                    Average  
    1 Year     1-5     5-10     After 10             Gross Unrealized     Amortized     Maturity  
(In millions)   or Less     Years     Years     Years     Total     Gains     Losses     Cost     in Years  
 
MARKET VALUE
                                                                       
U.S. Treasury
  $ 1,066       162       140       41       1,409             9       1,418       1.93  
Mortgage-backed securities, principally obligations of U.S. Government agencies and sponsored entities
    84       24,908       47,583       22       72,597       61       1,382       73,918       6.01  
Asset-backed
                                                                       
Residual interests from securitizations
    72       544       192       8       816       251             565       3.57  
Retained bonds from securitizations
    345       2,303       102       12       2,762       19       2       2,745       1.79  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    268       5,615       2,866       5       8,754       40       89       8,803       4.67  
Commercial mortgage-backed
    37       1,365       1,237       26       2,665       96       37       2,606       5.28  
Other
    70       385       156       18       629       4       7       632       4.29  
State, county and municipal
    71       685       569       2,178       3,503       178       4       3,329       13.99  
Sundry
    1,096       2,181       6,405       5,802       15,484       144       233       15,573       10.15  
         
Total market value
  $ 3,109       38,148       59,250       8,112       108,619       793       1,763       109,589       6.48  
 
MARKET VALUE
                                                                       
Debt securities
  $ 3,109       38,148       59,250       6,324       106,831       707       1,755       107,879          
Equity securities
                      1,788       1,788       86       8       1,710          
         
Total market value
  $ 3,109       38,148       59,250       8,112       108,619       793       1,763       109,589          
         
AMORTIZED COST
                                                                       
Debt securities
  $ 3,089       38,278       60,152       6,360       107,879                                  
Equity securities
                      1,710       1,710                                  
                                 
Total amortized cost
  $ 3,089       38,278       60,152       8,070       109,589                                  
                                 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD
                                                                       
U.S. Treasury
    5.08 %     2.10       2.63       5.08       4.48                                  
Mortgage-backed securities,
principally obligations of
U.S. Government agencies
and sponsored entities
    4.74       5.11       5.23       5.97       5.19                                  
Asset-backed
                                                                       
Residual interests
from securitizations
    42.53       18.83       19.89       92.00       21.63                                  
Retained bonds
from securitizations
    6.51       6.13       6.46       5.00       6.19                                  
Collateralized mortgage
obligations
    4.42       5.37       5.65       6.00       5.43                                  
Commercial mortgage-backed
    5.97       7.67       5.04       11.17       6.41                                  
Other
    7.20       5.58       5.50       7.43       5.79                                  
State, county and municipal
    8.21       8.08       8.44       6.46       7.12                                  
Sundry
    4.66       4.95       4.48       5.23       4.84                                  
Consolidated
    5.79 %     5.46       5.23       5.61       5.35                                  
                                 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
                                                                         
    December 31, 2005  
                                                                    Average  
    1 Year     1-5     5-10     After 10             Gross Unrealized     Amortized     Maturity  
(In millions)   or Less     Years     Years     Years     Total     Gains     Losses     Cost     in Years  
 
MARKET VALUE
                                                                       
U.S. Treasury
  $ 782       161       140       41       1,124       2       4       1,126       2.63  
Mortgage-backed securities, principally obligations of U.S. Government agencies and sponsored entities
    259       10,595       65,530       8       76,392       87       1,232       77,537       6.81  
Asset-backed                                                                        
Residual interests from securitizations
    68       667       125             860       215       1       646       3.23  
Retained bonds from securitizations
    144       2,717       159       54       3,074       35       2       3,041       2.99  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    49       6,563       1,273             7,885       31       92       7,946       3.82  
Commercial mortgage-backed
    11       3,042       3,709       7       6,769       194       65       6,640       5.49  
Other
    202       351       118             671       6       6       671       3.28  
State, county and municipal
    34       691       592       2,162       3,479       219       3       3,263       14.78  
Sundry
    1,299       5,093       3,768       3,284       13,444       150       49       13,343       7.62  
         
Total market value
  $ 2,848       29,880       75,414       5,556       113,698       939       1,454       114,213       6.65  
 
MARKET VALUE
                                                                       
Debt securities
  $ 2,848       29,880       75,414       4,213       112,355       919       1,447       112,883          
Equity securities
                      1,343       1,343       20       7       1,330          
         
Total market value
  $ 2,848       29,880       75,414       5,556       113,698       939       1,454       114,213          
         
AMORTIZED COST
                                                                       
Debt securities
  $ 2,825       29,539       76,434       4,085       112,883                                  
Equity securities
                      1,330       1,330                                  
                                 
Total amortized cost
  $ 2,825       29,539       76,434       5,415       114,213                                  
                                 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE YIELD
                                                                       
U.S. Treasury
    3.93 %     2.01       2.59       4.95       3.52                                  
Mortgage-backed securities, principally obligations of U.S. Government agencies and sponsored entities
    5.82       4.89       5.06       5.01       5.04                                  
Asset-backed                                                                        
Residual interests from securitizations
    27.23       16.46       21.52             18.12                                  
Retained bonds from securitizations
    4.16       5.24       8.38       4.61       5.32                                  
Collateralized mortgage obligations
    7.26       5.02       5.47             5.11                                  
Commercial mortgage-backed
    4.65       6.97       5.04       6.06       5.88                                  
Other
    5.99       5.30       5.78             5.59                                  
State, county and municipal
    8.03       8.68       8.67       6.89       7.55                                  
Sundry
    4.65       4.84       4.20       5.68       4.85                                  
Consolidated
    5.15 %     5.41       5.07       6.12       5.21                                  
                                 
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     At December 31, 2006 and 2005, all securities not classified as trading were classified as available for sale.
     At December 31, 2006, mortgage-backed securities included Federal National Mortgage Association and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation securities with an amortized cost of $53.8 billion and a market value of $52.8 billion ($56.6 billion and $55.7 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2005), and an amortized cost of $17.6 billion and a market value of $17.3 billion ($18.7 billion and $18.4 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2005), respectively.
     Also included in mortgage-backed securities are U.S. Government agency and Government-sponsored entity securities retained from the securitization of residential mortgage loans. These securities had an amortized cost and market value of $3.9 billion at December 31, 2006 (amortized cost and market value of $2.1 billion at December 31, 2005).
     Included in asset-backed securities are retained bonds primarily from the securitization of commercial and consumer real estate, SBA, student and auto loans. At December 31, 2006, retained bonds with an amortized cost and market value of $2.7 billion were considered investment grade based on external ratings, with $2.2 billion having credit ratings of AA and above. At December 31, 2005, retained bonds with an amortized cost and market value of $3.0 billion were considered investment grade based on external ratings, with $2.2 billion having credit ratings of AA and above.
     Securities with an aggregate amortized cost of $56.3 billion at December 31, 2006, are pledged to secure U.S. Government and other public deposits and for other purposes as required by various statutes or agreements.
     Expected maturities of beneficial interests and the contractual maturities of all other securities are summarized in the table. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties. Average maturity excludes equity securities and money market funds.
     Yields related to securities exempt from federal and state income taxes are stated on a fully tax-equivalent basis. They are reduced by the nondeductible portion of interest expense, assuming a federal tax rate of 35 percent and applicable state tax rates.
     At December 31, 2006 and 2005, there were forward commitments to purchase securities on both a regular way and non-regular way basis at a cost that approximates a market value of $664 million and $5.8 billion, respectively. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, there were commitments to sell securities at a cost that approximates a market value of $1.2 billion and $3.5 billion, respectively.
     Gross gains and losses realized on the sale of debt securities in 2006 were $254 million and $195 million (including $60 million of impairment losses), respectively, and gross gains and losses realized on the sale of equity securities were $61 million and $2 million (no impairment losses), respectively. Gross gains and losses realized on the sale of debt securities in 2005 were $498 million and $471 million (including $135 million of impairment losses), respectively, and gross gains and losses realized on the sale of equity securities were $66 million and $4 million (including $3 million of impairment losses), respectively. Gross gains and losses realized on the sale of debt securities in 2004 were $275 million and $364 million (including $47 million of impairment losses), respectively, and gross gains and losses realized on the sale of equity securities were $91 million and $12 million (including $11 million of impairment losses), respectively.
     The reference point for determining when securities are in an unrealized loss position is quarter-end. As such, it is possible that a security had a market value that exceeded its amortized cost on other days during the past twelve-month period. The gross unrealized losses at December 31, 2006 and 2005, were primarily caused by interest rate changes. The Company has reviewed these securities in accordance with its accounting policy for other-than-temporary impairment, which is discussed in Note 1, and does not consider them other-than-temporarily impaired. The market value and unrealized loss on securities at December 31, 2006 and 2005, segregated by those securities that have been in an unrealized loss position for less than one year and one year or more follows.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
                                                 
    December 31, 2006  
    Less Than 1 Year     1 Year or More     Total  
    Market     Unrealized     Market     Unrealized     Market     Unrealized  
(In millions)   Value     Loss     Value     Loss     Value     Loss  
 
AAA/AA-RATED SECURITIES                                                      
U.S. Treasury   $             300       (9 )     300       (9 )
U.S. Government agencies and sponsored entities
    30,912       (528 )     34,654       (854 )     65,566       (1,382 )
Asset-backed
    2,614       (16 )     6,015       (119 )     8,629       (135 )
State, county and municipal
                81       (3 )     81       (3 )
Sundry     4,654       (122 )     1,709       (86 )     6,363       (208 )
 
Total AAA/AA-rated securities
    38,180       (666 )     42,759       (1,071 )     80,939       (1,737 )
 
A/BBB-RATED SECURITIES                                                      
Sundry     580       (11 )     155       (6 )     735       (17 )
 
Total A/BBB-rated securities
    580       (11 )     155       (6 )     735       (17 )
 
BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE OR NON-RATED SECURITIES
                                               
State, county and municipal
    37       (1 )                 37       (1 )
Sundry
    226       (5 )     346       (3 )     572       (8 )
 
Total below investment grade or non-rated securities
    263       (6 )     346       (3 )     609       (9 )
 
Total
  $ 39,023       (683 )     43,260       (1,080 )     82,283       (1,763 )
 
                                                 
    December 31, 2005  
    Less Than 1 Year     1 Year or More     Total  
    Market     Unrealized     Market     Unrealized     Market     Unrealized  
(In millions)   Value     Loss     Value     Loss     Value     Loss  
 
AAA/AA-RATED SECURITIES                                                      
U.S. Treasury   $ 251       (3 )     86       (1 )     337       (4 )
U.S. Government agencies and sponsored entities
    52,855       (878 )     11,954       (354 )     64,809       (1,232 )
Asset-backed
    8,367       (130 )     1,248       (31 )     9,615       (161 )
State, county and municipal
                112       (3 )     112       (3 )
Sundry
    2,705       (24 )     59       (1 )     2,764       (25 )
 
Total AAA/AA-rated securities
    64,178       (1,035 )     13,459       (390 )     77,637       (1,425 )
 
A/BBB-RATED SECURITIES
                                               
Asset-backed
    167       (2 )     94       (2 )     261       (4 )
Sundry
    496       (8 )     51       (5 )     547       (13 )
 
Total A/BBB-rated securities
    663       (10 )     145       (7 )     808       (17 )
 
BELOW INVESTMENT GRADE OR NON-RATED SECURITIES
                                               
Asset-backed
    10       (1 )                 10       (1 )
Sundry
    695       (9 )     42       (2 )     737       (11 )
 
Total below investment grade or non-rated securities
    705       (10 )     42       (2 )     747       (12 )
 
Total
  $ 65,546       (1,055 )     13,646       (399 )     79,192       (1,454 )
 
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NOTE 5: VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES, SECURITIZATIONS AND RETAINED BENEFICIAL INTERESTS, AND SERVICING ASSETS
VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
     The Company administers multi-seller commercial paper conduits through which it arranges financing for certain customer transactions that provide customers with access to the commercial paper market. The Company provides liquidity agreements to these multi-seller conduits that are discussed further in Note 20. These conduits are VIEs and the liquidity agreements are considered variable interests. In November 2005, one of the conduits administered by the Company issued a subordinated note to an unaffiliated third party that absorbed the majority of the expected variability in the conduit, and accordingly, the Company deconsolidated the conduit. Subsequently, the deconsolidated conduit purchased assets from the other conduit administered by the Company and at December 31, 2006 and 2005, the consolidated conduit did not have any assets or commercial paper outstanding. At December 31, 2006, the deconsolidated conduit administered by the Company had total assets of $11.4 billion and the Company had a maximum exposure to losses of $20.0 billion relating to its liquidity agreements. At December 31, 2005, the deconsolidated conduit administered by the Company had total assets of $9.7 billion and the Company had a maximum exposure to losses of $19.9 billion relating to its liquidity agreements.
     The Company administers a structured lending vehicle engaged in the business of purchasing or otherwise financing interests in financial assets for certain customer transactions by underwriting reverse repurchase agreements and total return swaps. These transactions not only are financed primarily through the issuance of commercial paper, medium-term notes and capital notes, but also may involve repurchase agreements. This vehicle is a VIE and the Company has certain variable interests in the vehicle, including certain transaction specific liquidity agreements. The Company is not the primary beneficiary and it does not consolidate the vehicle. At December 31, 2006, the structured lending vehicle administered by the Company had total assets with a fair value of $7.6 billion, unused commitments of $1.3 billion and a maximum exposure to loss of $998 million related to its variable interests.
     The Company has an ownership interest in two investment funds that are VIEs. At December 31, 2006, these investment funds had total assets of $17.0 billion and the Company’s maximum exposure to losses was $2.9 billion. In January 2007, the Company purchased a majority interest in the investment manager for these funds. This purchase did not alter the Company’s conclusion that the Company is not the primary beneficiary, and therefore, these funds are still not subject to consolidation.
SECURITIZATIONS AND RETAINED BENEFICIAL INTERESTS
     The Company originates, securitizes, sells and services primarily commercial and consumer real estate loans, student loans and auto loans. The Company may also provide liquidity agreements to investors in the beneficial interests and credit enhancements in the form of standby letters of credit. Subordinated and residual interests for which there are no quoted market prices are valued using discounted cash flow analyses with assumptions for credit losses, prepayments and discount rates.
     The Company recognized gains of $311 million, $254 million and $181 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to the securitization and sale of commercial real estate loans, including gains and losses related to economic hedges; gains of $23 million, $60 million and $77 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to the securitization and sale of consumer real estate loans; gains of $5 million and $24 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to the sale and securitization of student loans; and losses of $20 million, $74 million and $57 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, related to the securitization and sale of auto loans. All securitization and sale gains are included in other income with the exception of $207 million in 2005 and $118 million in 2004, which were included in trading account profits.
     At December 31, 2006, the Company had $8.2 billion of retained interests from securitizations, which included $3.9 billion of retained government-sponsored entities securities, $3.5 billion of senior and subordinated notes, receivables and servicing assets, and $816 million of residual interests. Of the $8.2 billion of retained interests, $4.6 billion (including the $3.9 billion of retained agency securities) were valued using quoted market prices or quoted market prices for sales of similar assets. The remaining $3.6 billion of retained interests consists of subordinated and residual interests for which there are no quoted market prices.
     At December 31, 2005, the Company had $6.4 billion of retained interests from securitizations, which included $2.1 billion of retained government-sponsored entities securities, $3.4 billion of senior and subordinated notes, receivables and servicing assets, and $860 million of residual interests. Of the $6.4 billion of retained interests, $3.0 billion (including the $2.1 billion of retained agency securities) were valued using quoted market prices or quoted market prices for sales of similar assets. The remaining $3.4 billion of retained interests consists of subordinated and residual interests, receivables and servicing assets for which there are no quoted market prices.
     At December 31, 2004, the Company had $6.5 billion of retained interests from securitizations, which included $1.9 billion of retained government-sponsored entities securities, $3.7 billion of senior and subordinated notes, receivables and servicing assets, and $894 million of residual interests. Of the $6.5 billion of retained interests, $3.0 billion (including the $1.9 billion of retained agency securities) were valued using quoted market prices or quoted market prices for sales of similar assets. The remaining $3.5 billion of retained interests consists of subordinated and residual interests for which there are no quoted market prices. In 2004, the Company purchased the beneficial interests held by third parties for certain consumer real estate and student loan securitizations, and the trusts were subsequently terminated.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
     Original economic assumptions used for valuing certain retained interests in securitizations using discounted cash flow analyses and the cash flow activity from those securitizations completed in 2006, 2005 and 2004 are presented below.
                                 
    December 31, 2006  
    Commercial     Consumer     Auto     Student  
(In millions)   Real Estate     Real Estate     Loans     Loans  
 
ORIGINAL ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS (a)
                               
Prepayment speed (CPR)
    —  %           16.42       6.93  
Weighted average life
  —  yrs           3.00       8.75
Expected credit losses
    —  %           4.95       0.16  
Discount rate
    —  %           10.57       11.71  
 
CASH FLOW ACTIVITY
                               
Proceeds from
                               
New securitizations
  $ 20,669             1,295       1,604  
Collections used by trust to purchase new balances in revolving securitizations
          667              
Service fees received
    23             3       3  
Cash flow received from retained interests
                3        
Servicing advances, net
  $ 40                    
 
                                                         
    December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    Commercial     Consumer     Auto     Student     Commercial     Consumer     Auto  
(In millions)   Real Estate     Real Estate     Loans     Loans     Real Estate     Real Estate     Loans  
 
ORIGINAL ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS (a)
                                                       
Prepayment speed (CPR)
    —  %     34.69       18.66       6.00             41.37       25.75  
Weighted average life
  — 
yrs     2.33       1.91       8.58             4.31       2.81
Expected credit losses
    —  %     1.39       0.95       0.17             0.44       1.33  
Discount rate
    —  %     11.73       10.54       11.71             11.00       12.00  
 
CASH FLOW ACTIVITY
                                                       
Proceeds from
                                                       
New securitizations
  $ 16,190       4,344       2,774       1,737       7,122       2,989       2,793  
Collections used by trust to purchase new balances in
revolving securitizations
          1,661                         1,391        
Service fees received
    19       8       5             12       6       5  
Cash flow received from retained interests
          8       4                   2       12  
Servicing advances, net
  $ 31       9                   21              
 
 
(a)   There were no beneficial interests in commercial real estate loan securitizations retained in 2006, 2005 and 2004 that were valued using discounted cash flow analyses.
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     At December 31, 2006, the Company had $3.0 billion of retained interests in consumer real estate securitizations valued using weighted average prepayment speeds of 18.42 percent to 42.41 percent and expected credit losses of 0.38 percent to 4.33 percent. Discount rates fluctuate based on the credit rating of the retained interest; AAA/AA rated securities — LIBOR plus 0.35 percent to LIBOR plus 0.55 percent (5.68 percent to 5.88 percent), A/BBB rated securities — LIBOR plus 0.75 percent (6.08 percent) to 7.60 percent, below investment grade securities — 8.33 percent to 17.29 percent and non-rated securities — 9.36 percent to 27.24 percent.
    The price sensitivity for all retained interests in securitizations valued using discounted cash flow analysis is insignificant. Managed loans at December 31, 2006 and 2005, loans past due 90 days or more and net loan losses are presented below.
                                                 
    December 31,  
    2006     2005  
            Loans Past     Loan             Loans Past     Loan  
            Due 90     Losses,             Due 90     Losses,  
(In millions)   Balance     Days (a)     Net     Balance     Days (a)     Net  
 
MANAGED LOANS
                                               
Commercial
                                               
Loans held in portfolio
  $ 171,298       52       24       156,854       52       36  
Securitized loans (b)
    194       2       (6 )     1,227       5       2  
Loans held for sale
    8,866                   3,860              
Consumer
                                               
Loans held in portfolio
    256,254       598       342       111,421       573       171  
Securitized loans (b)
    12,015       58       54       13,830       58       61  
Securitized loans included in securities
    6,629       35       18       5,075       42       30  
Loans held for sale
    3,702       5       5       2,545       2       27  
 
Total managed loans
    458,958       750       437       294,812       732       327  
Less
                                               
Securitized loans (b)
    (12,209 )     (60 )     (48 )     (15,057 )     (63 )     (63 )
Securitized loans included in securities
    (6,629 )     (35 )     (18 )     (5,075 )     (42 )     (30 )
Loans held for sale
    (12,568 )     (5 )     (5 )     (6,405 )     (2 )     (27 )
 
Loans held in portfolio
  $ 427,552       650       366       268,275       625       207  
 
 
(a)   Includes bankruptcies and foreclosures.
(b)   Excludes securitized loans the Company continues to service but for which the Company has no other continuing involvement except market-making activities.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
SERVICING ASSETS
     SFAS 156, effective January 1, 2006, requires that all servicing assets and liabilities initially be recognized at fair value, rather than at allocated cost based on relative fair value. Additionally, SFAS 156 permits entities to choose to recognize individual classes of servicing assets at fair value on an ongoing basis, with subsequent changes in fair value recorded in earnings. The Company determined its classes of servicing assets based on the asset type being serviced along with the methods used to manage the risk inherent in the servicing assets, which includes the market inputs used to value the servicing assets. The risks inherent in these servicing assets vary based on asset class but include changes in market interest rates, prepayments, default rates and cost to service in event of default, among other factors. The Company elected to record a class of originated residential mortgage servicing assets at fair value on an ongoing basis with the adoption of SFAS 156. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a $41 million after-tax cumulative effect adjustment to beginning retained earnings, as required by SFAS 156, for the difference between the carrying amount of originated residential mortgage servicing assets and their fair value at the date of adoption. Valuation of the originated residential mortgage servicing assets recorded at fair value is estimated using discounted cash flows with prepayment speeds and discount rates as significant assumptions. At December 31, 2006, the weighted average prepayment speed assumption was 17.29 percent and the weighted average discount rate used was 11.03 percent.
     Valuation of the servicing assets carried at amortized cost is also estimated using discounted cash flows with key assumptions including prepayment speeds, discount rates, estimated default rates and cost to service. Servicing assets carried at amortized cost are periodically evaluated for impairment based on the fair value of those assets. If, by individual stratum, the carrying amount of servicing assets exceeds fair value, a valuation reserve is established. The valuation reserve is adjusted as the fair value changes. For purposes of impairment evaluation and measurement, the Company stratifies servicing assets based on predominant risk characteristics of the underlying loans, including loan type, amortization type, loan coupon rate, and in certain circumstances, period of origination.
     At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of servicing assets carried at amortized cost were $1.2 billion and $477 million, respectively, and $1.6 billion and $634 million, respectively. In connection with certain acquisitions and transactions in 2006, the Company recorded fair value servicing assets of $166 million and servicing assets carried at amortized cost of $490 million. In connection with certain acquisitions and transactions in 2005, the Company recorded servicing assets carried at amortized cost of $558 million. Servicing assets carried at amortized cost have weighted average amortization periods of 8 years in 2006 and 7 years in 2005. Amortization expense related to servicing assets carried at amortized cost in 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $260 million, $292 million and $162 million, respectively. Servicing fee income in 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $424 million, $404 million and $267 million, respectively, and is included in other banking fees on the consolidated statements of income. Changes in the fair value and amortization of servicing assets are included in other banking fees.
     Amortization expense for servicing assets carried at amortized cost in each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, is as follows (in millions): 2007, $144; 2008, $119; 2009, $100; and 2010, $87; and 2011, $76.
     The change in the fair value of originated residential mortgage servicing assets and the change in the carrying amount of servicing assets which are carried at amortized cost for the year ended December 31, 2006, follows.
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    Year Ended December 31, 2006  
    Servicing Assets  
    Fair Value     Amortized Cost        
            Fixed Rate              
    Originated     Commercial              
    Residential     Mortgage-              
(In millions)   Mortgages     Backed     Other     Total  
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
  $ 195       372       400       967  
Cumulative effect of an accounting change, pre-tax
    64                   64  
 
Balance, January 1, 2006
    259       372       400       1,031  
Fair value of servicing assets purchased, assumed or originated, or retained from securitizations
    166       252       238       656  
Servicing sold or otherwise disposed of
    (37 )     (1 )     (248 )     (286 )
Change in fair value due to changes in model inputs and/or assumptions
    (2 )                 (2 )
Other changes in fair value, primarily principal repayments
    (60 )                 (60 )
Amortization of servicing assets
          (99 )     (161 )     (260 )
Impairment
                (5 )     (5 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
  $ 326       524       224       1,074  
 
FAIR VALUE
                               
December 31, 2005
  $ 259       516       515       1,290  
December 31, 2006
  $ 326       725       268       1,319  
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
NOTE 6: LOANS, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME
                 
    December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005  
 
COMMERCIAL
               
Commercial, financial and agricultural
  $ 96,285       87,327  
Real estate-construction and other
    16,182       13,972  
Real estate-mortgage
    20,026       19,966  
Lease financing
    25,341       25,368  
Foreign
    13,464       10,221  
 
Total commercial
    171,298       156,854  
 
CONSUMER
               
Real estate secured
    225,826       94,748  
Student loans
    7,768       9,922  
Installment loans
    22,660       6,751  
 
Total consumer
    256,254       111,421  
 
Total loans
    427,552       268,275  
UNEARNED INCOME
    (7,394 )     (9,260 )
 
Loans, net of unearned income
  $ 420,158       259,015  
 
     The components of the net investment in leveraged leases at December 31, 2006 and 2005, are presented below.
                 
    December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005  
 
Net rental income receivable
  $ 19,510       19,521  
Estimated unguaranteed residual values
    2,395       2,244  
Unearned income
    (8,484 )     (8,939 )
 
Investment in leveraged leases
    13,421       12,826  
Less related deferred income taxes
    (7,147 )     (6,181 )
 
Net investment in leveraged leases
  $ 6,274       6,645  
 
     The Company recognized income before income taxes from leveraged leases of $526 million, $571 million and $598 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and the related income tax expense was $202 million, $220 million and $234 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. Future minimum lease receipts relating to direct financing leases, including leveraged leases, were $22.1 billion at December 31, 2006, with $2.5 billion receivable within the next five years. Future minimum lease receipts under noncancelable operating leases were $867 million at December 31, 2006, substantially all of which are receivable over the next five years. Certain of the Company’s leveraged leases are subject to recalculation of the net investment under the provisions of FSP 13-2, which is effective January 1, 2007.
     Loans to directors and executive officers of the Parent Company and their related interests did not exceed 5 percent of stockholders’ equity at December 31, 2006 and 2005. In the opinion of management, these loans do not involve more than the normal risk of collectibility, nor do they include other features unfavorable to the Company.
     At December 31, 2006 and 2005, nonaccrual and restructured loans amounted to $1.3 billion and $652 million, respectively. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, gross interest income of $98 million, $71 million and $91 million, respectively, would have been recorded if all nonaccrual and restructured loans had been performing in accordance with their original terms and if they had been outstanding throughout the entire period, or since origination if held for part of the period. Interest collected on these loans and included in interest income in 2006, 2005 and 2004 amounted to $22 million, $21 million and $15 million, respectively.
     At December 31, 2006 and 2005, impaired loans amounted to $319 million and $392 million, respectively. Included in the allowance for loan losses was $14 million related to $58 million of impaired loans at December 31, 2006, and $10 million related to $54 million of impaired loans at December 31, 2005. Included in the reserve for unfunded lending commitments was $5 million related to $16 million of impaired unfunded commercial lending commitments at December 31, 2006, and $7 million related to $13 million of impaired unfunded commercial lending commitments at December 31, 2005. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, the average recorded investment in impaired loans was $394 million, $617 million and $684 million, respectively. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, $26 million, $19 million and $35 million, respectively, of interest income was recognized on loans while they were impaired. This income was recognized using the cash-basis method of accounting.
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     At December 31, 2006, the Company had $59.7 billion of loans pledged as collateral for outstanding Federal Home Loan Bank borrowings, $73.3 billion of loans pledged as collateral for the contingent ability to borrow from the Federal Reserve Bank and $2.5 billion of loans pledged for other purposes.
     In connection with the Company’s merger with Golden West, the Company acquired a portfolio of Option Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loans (“Option ARMs”). The majority of the Company’s Option ARMs have an interest rate that changes monthly based on movements in certain indices. Interest rate changes and available options relating to monthly payments of principal and interest are subject to contractual limitations based on the Company’s lending policies. Negative amortization occurs, under an available option subject to certain limits, when the payment amount is less than the interest due on the loan. Borrowers may repay the deferred interest in whole or in part at any time. The amount of deferred interest related to all Option ARMs was $1.6 billion at December 31, 2006.
     At December 31, 2006, Option ARMs represented 47 percent of the Company’s consumer loans and 28 percent of the Company’s total loans. Properties securing the Company’s Option ARMs are concentrated primarily in California (60 percent) and Florida (8 percent). No other state concentration is more than 5 percent of total Option ARMs.
NOTE 7: ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES AND RESERVE FOR UNFUNDED LENDING COMMITMENTS
     The allowance for loan losses and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, are presented below.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
ALLOWANCE FOR LOAN LOSSES
                       
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 2,724       2,757       2,348  
Provision for credit losses
    430       227       290  
Provision for credit losses relating to loans transferred to loans held for sale or sold
    8       18       (31 )
Balance of acquired entities at purchase date
    603             510  
Allowance relating to loans acquired, transferred to loans held for sale or sold
    (39 )     (71 )     (60 )
 
Total
    3,726       2,931       3,057  
 
Loan losses
    (641 )     (456 )     (526 )
Loan recoveries
    275       249       226  
 
Net charge-offs
    (366 )     (207 )     (300 )
 
Balance, end of year
  $ 3,360       2,724       2,757  
 
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
RESERVE FOR UNFUNDED LENDING COMMITMENTS
                       
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 158       154       156  
Provision for credit losses
    (4 )     4       (2 )
 
Balance, end of year
  $ 154       158       154  
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
NOTE 8: GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS
     Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill related to each of the Company’s business segments for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2006, are presented below.
                                         
    December 31, 2006 and 2005  
 
                    Corporate              
                    and              
    General     Wealth     Investment     Capital        
(In millions)   Bank     Management     Bank     Management     Total  
 
Balance, December 31, 2004
  $ 16,115       782       2,250       2,379       21,526  
Purchase accounting adjustments
    69       21       (6 )     (14 )     70  
Additions to goodwill
          186       202             388  
Dispositions
                      (177 )     (177 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
    16,184       989       2,446       2,188       21,807  
Purchase accounting adjustments
    (55 )     8       5       19       (23 )
Additions to goodwill
    16,430             37       128       16,595  
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
  $ 32,559       997       2,488       2,335       38,379  
 
     At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company had $90 million assigned as the carrying amount of its tradename, which based on its indefinite useful life, is not subject to amortization.
     The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for each of the Company’s identified intangible assets subject to amortization at December 31, 2006 and 2005, are presented below. Fully amortized amounts for prior years are not included.
                                 
    December 31,  
 
    2006     2005  
    Gross             Gross        
    Carrying     Accumulated     Carrying     Accumulated  
(In millions)   Amount     Amortization     Amount     Amortization  
 
Deposit base
  $ 3,038       2,155       2,782       2,077  
Customer relationships
    976       314       599       186  
 
Total
  $ 4,014       2,469       3,381       2,263  
 
     In connection with certain acquisitions in 2006, the Company recorded deposit base and customer relationship intangibles of $461 million and $391 million, respectively. These intangible assets have weighted average amortization periods of 15 years and 14 years, respectively. In connection with certain acquisitions in 2005, the Company recorded a customer relationship intangible asset of $117 million. This intangible asset has a weighted average amortization period of 10 years.
     Other intangible amortization expense related to identified intangible assets for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
OTHER INTANGIBLE AMORTIZATION
                       
Deposit base
  $ 283       343       371  
Customer relationships
    140       73       60  
 
Total other intangible amortization
  $ 423       416       431  
 
     Other intangible amortization expense related to identified intangible assets in each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, is as follows (in millions): 2007, $388; 2008, $261; 2009, $197; 2010, $146; and 2011, $116.
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NOTE 9: OTHER ASSETS
                 
    December 31,  
             
(In millions)   2006     2005  
 
Accounts receivable
  $ 4,333       2,555  
Customer receivables, including margin loans
    5,244       6,188  
Interest and dividends receivable
    3,886       2,979  
Bank and corporate-owned life insurance
    13,252       10,198  
Equity method investments, including principal investing
    2,774       2,437  
Prepaid pension costs
    1,237       2,343  
Federal Home Loan Bank stock
    2,008       113  
Federal Reserve Bank stock
    1,135       1,078  
Sundry assets
    7,812       7,392  
 
Total other assets
  $ 41,681       35,283  
 
NOTE 10: SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
     Short-term borrowings at December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and the related maximum amounts outstanding at the end of any month in each of the three years, are presented below.
                                                 
    December 31,     Maximum Outstanding  
                                     
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004     2006     2005     2004  
 
Federal funds purchased
  $ 2,009       2,225       1,959       4,355       5,104       5,350  
Securities sold under repurchase agreements
    34,828       46,561       43,441       49,278       54,834       50,141  
Commercial paper
    4,732       3,900       12,111       5,309       13,938       12,778  
Other
    7,588       9,267       5,895       7,744       9,267       7,104  
                         
Total short-term borrowings
  $ 49,157       61,953       63,406                          
 
                                 
  December 31,          
                           
    2006     2005     2004          
 
WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATES
                               
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements
    4.82  %     3.73       2.05          
Commercial paper
    4.47  %     3.55       2.18          
WEIGHTED AVERAGE MATURITIES (In days)
                               
Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements
    44       15       28          
Commercial paper
    5       7       11          
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
NOTE 11: LONG-TERM DEBT
                 
    December 31,  
             
(In millions)   2006     2005  
 
NOTES AND DEBENTURES ISSUED BY THE PARENT COMPANY
               
Notes
               
Floating rate, due 2007 to 2013 (par value $200 to $2,400) (a)
  $ 11,149       8,449  
Equity-linked and commodity-linked, due 2007 to 2012 (a)
    869       343  
3.50% to 5.80%, due 2008 to 2020 (par value $258 to $1,250) (a)
    6,327       5,724  
Floating rate, EMTN notes, due 2011 (par value $1,894) (a)
    1,975        
4.375% to 4.875%, EMTN notes, due 2016 to 2035 (par value $640 to $1,356) (a)
    2,986        
Subordinated notes
               
4.875% to 6.40%, due 2008 to 2035 (par value $150 to $1,500) (a)
    6,444       5,784  
Floating rate, due 2015 to 2016, (par value $600 to $650) (a)
    1,250       600  
6.605%, due 2025 (par value $250) (a)
    250       250  
6.30%, Putable/Callable, due 2028 (par value $200)
    200       200  
5.20%, income trust securities, due 2042
    2,501        
Subordinated debentures
               
6.55% to 7.574%, due 2026 to 2035 (par value $250 to $299) (b)
    795       796  
Hedge-related basis adjustments
    (21 )     111  
 
Total notes and debentures issued by the Parent Company
    34,725       22,257  
 
NOTES ISSUED BY SUBSIDIARIES
               
Notes
               
Primarily notes issued under global bank note programs, varying rates and terms to 2040
    18,383       6,235  
Floating rate, due 2007 to 2011, (par value $250 to $983) (a)
    7,730        
4.125% to 4.75%, due 2007 to 2012, (par value $300 to $800) (a)
    2,686        
Floating rate, EMTN notes, due 2011 (par value $3,490) (a)
    3,622        
Subordinated notes
               
Bank, 4.75% to 9.625%, due 2008 to 2036 (par value $25 to $1,200)
    8,032       6,549  
7.95%, due 2007 (par value $100) (a)
    100       250  
Floating rate, due 2013 (par value $417) (c)
    417       417  
5.25%, EMTN notes, due 2023 (par value $1,385) (a)
    1,452        
6.75%
          200  
 
Total notes issued by subsidiaries
    42,422       13,651  
 
OTHER DEBT
               
Auto secured financing, due 2007 to 2014
    9,539        
Collateralized notes, floating rate, due 2007 to 2011
    4,420       4,420  
Junior subordinated debentures, floating rate, due 2026 to 2029
    3,099       3,114  
Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank, 1.00% to 8.45%, due 2007 to 2031
    36,614       2,519  
Preferred units issued by subsidiaries
    2,852       2,352  
Capitalized leases, rates generally ranging from 1.00% to 14.29%
    30       39  
Mortgage notes and other debt of subsidiaries, varying rates and terms
    4,856       706  
Hedge-related basis adjustments
    37       (87 )
 
Total other debt
    61,447       13,063  
 
Total long-term debt
  $ 138,594       48,971  
 
(a)   Not redeemable prior to maturity.
(b)   Redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the holders only on certain specified dates.
(c)   Redeemable in whole or in part at the option of a nonbank subsidiary only on certain specified dates.
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     At December 31, 2006, floating rate notes of $11.1 billion had rates of interest ranging from 5.40 percent to 5.56 percent.
     The equity-linked and commodity-linked derivative component of the equity-linked and commodity-linked notes has been separated from the host component and is classified as a trading derivative.
     The interest rate on the floating rate Euro Medium Term Note Programme (“EMTN”) notes is 3.66 percent to February 1, 2007.
     The interest rate on the floating rate subordinated notes is 5.72 percent to 5.74 percent with reset dates in January 2007.
     The 6.30 percent putable/callable notes are subject to mandatory redemption on April 15, 2008, and under certain specified conditions, they may be put to the Parent Company by the trustee on or after this date.
     In January 2006, the Company issued a junior subordinated note and a forward contract for the sale of noncumulative perpetual preferred stock to a trust. The $2.5 billion of securities qualify as tier 1 capital.
     At December 31, 2006, bank notes of $15.9 billion had floating rates of interest ranging from 5.10 percent to 5.45 percent, and $2.5 billion of the notes had fixed rates of interest ranging from 0.25 percent to 16.00 percent. Included in bank notes are $622 million and $211 million of equity-linked notes at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
     The interest rate on $7.7 billion of floating rate notes is 5.35 percent to 5.50 percent.
     The interest rate on $3.6 billion of floating rate EMTN notes is 3.41 percent to March 19, 2007.
     The interest rate on $417 million of floating rate notes is 6.42 percent to January 1, 2007.
     At December 31, 2006, auto secured financing of $9.5 billion had rates of interest ranging from 2.34 percent to 7.05 percent.
     At December 31, 2006, collateralized notes of $4.4 billion had LIBOR-indexed floating rates of interest ranging from 2.33 percent to 6.10 percent.
     The junior subordinated debentures are included in tier 1 capital for regulatory purposes.
     The junior subordinated debentures issued by the Parent Company have interest rates ranging generally from 7.64 percent to 8.04 percent and maturities ranging from December 1, 2026, to November 15, 2029. These junior subordinated debentures are redeemable in whole or in part beginning on or after December 1, 2006, or at any time in whole but not in part from the date of issuance on the occurrence of certain events.
     Included in the $3.1 billion of junior subordinated debentures at December 31, 2006, are junior subordinated debentures issued by Wachovia Bank with a par value of $300 million and an 8.00 percent rate of interest, and a par value of $450 million and a LIBOR-indexed floating rate of interest. The related maturities range from December 15, 2026, to February 15, 2027. These junior subordinated debentures have terms substantially the same as the junior subordinated debentures issued by the Parent Company.
     Advances from the Federal Home Loan Bank at December 31, 2006, included $34.6 billion related to Golden West.
     At December 31, 2006, preferred units issued by subsidiaries were $2.9 billion. Floating rate notes of $2.0 billion had LIBOR-indexed interest rates ranging from 5.36 percent to 5.37 percent with reset dates in March 2007. Fixed rate notes of $795 million had rates of interest ranging from 6.32 percent to 6.42 percent. For $57 million in preferred units, distributions are payable to preferred unit holders on a cumulative basis until an annual return of 12.50 percent has been paid. In addition, distributions on the preferred units must be paid before the Company can declare or pay a dividend on its common stock. The Company’s subsidiary can redeem the preferred units at defined premiums beginning in September 2009. The preferred units have a mandatory redemption date of September 2012 at the stated value.
     Mortgage notes and other debt of subsidiaries at December 31, 2006, included $2.6 billion of mortgage notes related to Golden West and $1.3 billion of secured borrowings on commercial real estate assets.
     At December 31, 2006, the Company had $14.0 billion of senior or subordinated debt securities or equity securities available for issuance under a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In addition, the Company had $4.5 billion of senior or subordinated debt securities available for issuance under a medium-term note program.
     At December 31, 2006, the Company or Wachovia Bank had $10.3 billion of senior or subordinated debt securities available for issuance under the EMTN established in July 2006. These securities are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and may not be offered in the United States without applicable exemptions from registration.
     At December 31, 2006, Wachovia Bank had $21.1 billion of senior or subordinated notes available for issuance under a global note program. Wachovia Bank has a $1.9 billion committed back-up line of credit that expires in 2010. This credit facility contains a covenant that requires a minimum level of $30 billion of adjusted total equity capital be maintained. This line of credit has not been used.
     At December 31, 2006, a nonbank subsidiary has a $2.0 billion committed backup line of credit that expires in 2011. This credit facility has no financial covenants associated with it. This line of credit has no outstanding balance at December 31, 2006.
     The weighted average rate paid for long-term debt in 2006, 2005 and 2004 was 5.28 percent, 4.46 percent and 4.00 percent, respectively, before the impact of risk management derivatives. See Note 19 for information on interest rate swaps entered into in connection with the issuance of long-term debt.
     Long-term debt maturing in each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, is as follows (in millions): 2007, $31,131; 2008, $21,823; 2009, $17,686; 2010, $11,570; and 2011, $18,658.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
NOTE 12: COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK AND CAPITAL RATIOS
                                                 
    December 31,  
                   
    2006     2005     2004  
                                           
            Weighted-             Weighted-             Weighted-  
            Average             Average             Average  
(Options and shares in thousands)   Number     Price (b)     Number     Price (b)     Number     Price (b)  
 
STOCK OPTIONS
                                               
Options outstanding, beginning of year
    133,870     $ 38.67       136,736     $ 36.85       124,198     $ 36.71  
Granted
    14,288       56.03       12,878       50.41       15,534       44.71  
Options of acquired entities
    12,996       26.72                   14,909       25.12  
Exercised
    (21,430 )     34.49       (14,267 )     31.82       (17,148 )     31.74  
Expired (a)
    (408 )     48.93                          
Forfeited (a)
    (1,619 )     46.91       (1,477 )     45.68       (757 )     45.04  
                                     
Options outstanding, end of year
    137,697     $ 39.87       133,870     $ 38.67       136,736     $ 36.85  
 
Options vested and expected to vest, end of year
    134,235     $ 39.63                                  
                                 
Options exercisable, end of year
    102,600     $ 36.74       100,261     $ 36.69       99,228     $ 35.65  
 
RESTRICTED STOCK
                                               
Unvested shares, beginning of year
    14,055     $ 48.59       12,270     $ 40.56       11,391     $ 35.56  
Granted
    6,941       56.13       8,835       52.35       5,980       46.45  
Vested
    (5,665 )     47.55       (6,472 )     38.50       (4,658 )     35.92  
Forfeited
    (1,028 )     51.70       (578 )     48.76       (443 )     40.20  
                                     
Unvested shares, end of year
    14,303     $ 52.38       14,055     $ 48.59       12,270     $ 40.56  
 
EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTIONS
                                               
Options outstanding, beginning of year
        $           $       19,199     $ 46.75  
Exercised
                            (3,818 )     46.75  
Expired and forfeited
                            (15,381 )     46.75  
                                     
Options outstanding, end of year
        $           $           $  
 
(a)   Separate expired and forfeited information is not available for prior years.
(b)   The weighted-average price for stock options is the weighted-average exercise price of the options, and for restricted stock, the weighted-average fair value of the stock at the date of grant.
STOCK PLANS
     The Company has stock option plans under which incentive and nonqualified stock options may be granted periodically to certain employees. The options are granted at an exercise price equal to the fair value of the underlying shares at the date of grant, vest based on continued service with the Company for a specified period, generally three years to five years following the date of grant, and have a contractual life of ten years. Restricted stock may also be granted under the stock option plans. The restricted stock generally vests over three years to five years, during which time the holder receives dividends and has full voting rights. Employee stock compensation expense was $522 million in 2006, including $348 million related to restricted stock awards and $174 million related to stock option awards. The related income tax benefit was $183 million. Compensation expense recognized for restricted stock was $230 million and $190 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Stock option expense was $103 million and $130 million in 2005 and 2004, respectively. Employee stock compensation expense in the year ended December 31, 2006, includes $107 million associated with the implementation of SFAS 123R, primarily related to the impact of awards granted to employees that were retirement-eligible at the date of grant.
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     At December 31, 2006, there was $455 million and $229 million of total unrecognized compensation costs related to restricted stock awards and stock option awards, respectively. Those costs are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years and 1.5 years, respectively. The fair value of restricted stock awards vested in 2006 and 2005 was $304 million and $350 million, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock option awards exercised in 2006 and 2005 was $448 million and $295 million, respectively. The amount of cash received from the exercise of stock options granted under share-based payment arrangements was $709 million in 2006, and the related income tax benefit realized from stock options exercised was $147 million. At December 31, 2006, the weighted average remaining contractual term and aggregate intrinsic value for options exercisable was 4.6 years and $2.1 billion, respectively, and for options vested and expected to vest, 5.4 years and $2.3 billion, respectively.
     On August 31, 2006, shareholder approval was received to reserve for issuance an additional 50 million shares of common stock. At December 31, 2006, the Company had authorization to reserve 116 million shares of its common stock for issuance under its stock option plans.
     The Company also had an employee stock option plan (the “1999 Plan”) that expired on September 30, 2004. Under the terms of the 1999 plan, 3.8 million shares of common stock were issued in 2004 and all other options related to the 1999 Plan expired unexercised. Prior to 2004, no common stock was issued under the 1999 Plan.
     The weighted average grant date fair values of options under the stock option plans were $10.07, $10.03 and $9.41 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The more significant assumptions used in estimating the fair value of stock options in 2006, 2005 and 2004 include risk-free interest rates of 4.83 percent, 3.97 percent and 3.68 percent, respectively; expected dividend yields of 3.64 percent, 3.65 percent and 3.58 percent, respectively; expected volatility of the Company’s common stock of 19 percent in 2006, 25 percent in 2005 and 27 percent in 2004; and weighted average expected lives of the stock options of 7.0 years in 2006 and 6.0 years in 2005 and 2004. The Company calculated its volatility estimate from implied volatility of actively traded options on the Company’s common stock with remaining maturities of two years. This represents a change from prior years, in which the Company calculated its volatility estimate based on historical volatility adjusted for significant changes in the Company’s business activities. The Company determined the estimated life using the simple average of the 10-year contractual term of the options and the vesting term (using an average of the 5-year graded vesting period). In prior years, the Company determined the estimated life based on historical share option experience.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
     Under the terms of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, a participating stockholder’s cash dividends and optional cash payments may be used to purchase the Company’s common stock. Common stock issued under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan was (in thousands): 1,585 shares, 1,673 shares and 1,358 shares in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. In accordance with the terms of the Dividend Reinvestment Plan, the common stock issued in 2006, 2005 and 2004 was purchased in the open market. At December 31, 2006, the Company had 10 million additional shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
TRANSACTIONS BY THE COMPANY IN ITS COMMON STOCK
     At December 31, 2006, the Company had the authority to repurchase up to 42 million shares of its common stock. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company repurchased 82 million, 52 million and 47 million shares, respectively, of common stock, at a cost of $4.5 billion, $2.7 billion and $2.4 billion, respectively, in the open market or through the settlement of equity collars as noted below.
     The Company has entered into option contracts in its stock to offset potential dilution from the exercise of stock options. These option contracts involve the contemporaneous purchase of a call option and the sale of a put option to the same counterparty (“equity collars”). The Company’s equity collars are considered financial instruments.
     In 2005 and 2004, the Company recorded $(15) million and $31 million, respectively, in net gains (losses) on equity collars in the results of operations. The cost of purchasing shares under option contracts was $365 million and $237 million, respectively, for 8 million shares and 5 million shares, respectively. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, there were no collar transactions outstanding.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
SHAREHOLDER PROTECTION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
     In accordance with a Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement, the Company issued a dividend of one right for each share of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of December 28, 2000, and they continue to attach to all common stock issued thereafter. The rights will become exercisable if any person or group either commences a tender or exchange offer that would result in their becoming the beneficial owner of 10 percent or more of the Company’s common stock or acquires beneficial ownership of 10 percent or more of the Company’s common stock. Once exercisable and upon a person or group acquiring 10 percent or more of the Company’s common stock, each right (other than rights owned by such person or group) will entitle its holder to purchase, for an exercise price of $105.00, a number of shares of the Company’s common stock (or at the option of the Board of Directors, shares of participating class A preferred stock) having a market value of twice the exercise price, and under certain conditions, common stock of an acquiring company having a market value of twice the exercise price. If any person or group acquires beneficial ownership of 10 percent or more of the Company’s common stock, the Board of Directors may, at its option, exchange for each outstanding right (other than rights owned by such acquiring person or group) two shares of the Company’s common stock or participating Class A preferred stock having economic and voting terms similar to two shares of common stock. The rights are subject to adjustment if certain events occur, and they will initially expire on December 28, 2010, if not terminated sooner.
PREFERRED SHARES
     In connection with the merger of the former Wachovia, the Company issued 97 million shares of a new class of preferred stock entitled Dividend Equalization Preferred Shares (“DEPs”), which paid dividends equal to the difference between the last dividend paid by the former Wachovia of 30 cents per share and the common stock dividend declared by the Company. The Company’s total dividends for four consecutive quarters in 2003 equaled at least $1.20 per common share, and accordingly, there is no further requirement to pay dividends on the DEPs. The shares may be redeemed, at the Company’s option and with 30 to 60 days prior notice, after December 31, 2021, for $0.01 per share.
CAPITAL RATIOS
     Risk-based capital regulations require a minimum ratio of tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets of 4 percent and a minimum ratio of total capital to risk-weighted assets of 8 percent. The minimum leverage ratio of tier 1 capital to adjusted average quarterly assets is from 3 percent to 4 percent. The regulations also provide that bank holding companies experiencing internal growth or making acquisitions will be expected to maintain strong capital positions substantially above the minimum supervisory levels without significant reliance on intangible assets. The Federal Reserve Board has indicated it will continue to consider a tangible tier 1 leverage ratio (deducting all intangibles) in evaluating proposals for expansion or new activity. The Federal Reserve Board has not advised the Company of any specific minimum leverage ratio applicable to it. Each subsidiary bank is subject to similar capital requirements. None of the Company’s subsidiary banks have been advised of any specific minimum capital ratios applicable to them.
     The regulatory agencies also have adopted regulations establishing capital tiers for banks. To be in the highest capital tier, or considered well capitalized, banks must have a leverage ratio of 5 percent, a tier 1 capital ratio of 6 percent and a total capital ratio of 10 percent.
     At December 31, 2006, the Company’s tier 1 capital ratio, total capital ratio and leverage ratio were 7.42 percent, 11.33 percent and 6.01 percent, respectively. At December 31, 2005, the Company’s tier 1 capital ratio, total capital ratio and leverage ratio were 7.50 percent, 10.82 percent and 6.12 percent, respectively. At December 31, 2006, the Company’s deposit-taking bank subsidiaries met the capital and leverage ratio requirements for well capitalized banks. The Company does not anticipate or foresee any conditions that would reduce these ratios to levels at or below minimum or that would cause its deposit-taking bank subsidiaries to be less than well capitalized.
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NOTE 13: ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET
     Comprehensive income is defined as the change in equity from all transactions other than those with stockholders, and it includes net income and other comprehensive income. Accumulated other comprehensive income, net, for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2006, 2005 and 2004  
 
            Income Tax        
    Pre-tax     (Expense)     After-tax  
(In millions)   Amount     Benefit     Amount  
 
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME, NET
                       
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net, December 31, 2003
  $ 2,145       (806 )     1,339  
Minimum pension liability
    (105 )     40       (65 )
Unrealized net holding loss on securities
    (268 )     114       (154 )
Net loss on cash flow hedge derivatives
    (107 )     40       (67 )
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains (losses) on securities
    (147 )     56       (91 )
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains (losses) on cash flow hedge derivatives
    (382 )     145       (237 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net, December 31, 2004
    1,136       (411 )     725  
Minimum pension liability
    (23 )     4       (19 )
Unrealized net holding loss on securities
    (1,866 )     697       (1,169 )
Net loss on cash flow hedge derivatives
    27       (10 )     17  
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains (losses) on securities
    (411 )     156       (255 )
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains (losses) on cash flow hedge derivatives
    (116 )     44       (72 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net, December 31, 2005
    (1,253 )     480       (773 )
Minimum pension liability
    43       (14 )     29  
Unrealized net holding loss on securities
    (467 )     167       (300 )
Net gain on cash flow hedge derivatives
    48       (18 )     30  
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains (losses) on securities
    11       (4 )     7  
Reclassification adjustment for realized gains (losses) on cash flow hedge derivatives
    (11 )     4       (7 )
Adjustment to initially apply SFAS 158
    (1,685 )     599       (1,086 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net, December 31, 2006
  $ (3,314 )     1,214       (2,100 )
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
NOTE 14: BUSINESS SEGMENTS
     The Company has five operating segments that by virtue of exceeding certain quantitative thresholds are reportable segments. The four core business segments are the General Bank, Wealth Management, the Corporate and Investment Bank, Capital Management, plus the Parent (“Parent segment”). The Company’s Capital Management segment includes 100 percent of the combined retail brokerage entity. The 38 percent minority interest is included in the Parent. Each of these reportable segments offers a different array of products and services. Business segment earnings are the primary measure of segment profit or loss that the Company uses to assess segment performance and to allocate resources. Business segment earnings are presented excluding merger-related and restructuring expenses, other intangible amortization, minority interest income in consolidated subsidiaries, discontinued operations and changes in accounting principles. The Company believes that while these items apply to overall corporate operations, they are not meaningful to understanding or evaluating the performance of the Company’s individual business segments. The Company does not take these items into account as it manages business segment operations or allocates capital, and therefore, the Company’s segment presentation, which is in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, excludes these items.
     The accounting policies of these reportable segments are the same as those of the Company as disclosed in Note 1, except as noted below. There are no significant reconciling items between the reportable segments and consolidated amounts. Certain amounts are not allocated to reportable segments, and as a result, they are included in the Parent segment as discussed below. Substantially all the Company’s revenues are earned from customers in the United States, and no single customer accounts for a significant amount of any reportable segment’s revenues.
     For segment reporting purposes, net interest income reflects tax-exempt interest income on a tax-equivalent basis. This measure ensures comparability of net interest income arising from both taxable and tax-exempt sources. The Company uses a management reporting model that includes methodologies for funds transfer pricing, allocation of economic capital, expected losses and cost transfers to measure business segment results. Because of the complexity of the Company, various estimates and allocation methodologies are used in preparing business segment financial information. Exposure to market risk is managed centrally within the Parent segment. In order to remove interest rate risk from each core business segment, the management reporting model employs a funds transfer pricing (“FTP”) system. The FTP system matches the duration of the funding used by each segment to the duration of the assets and liabilities contained in each segment. Matching the duration, or the effective term until an instrument can be repriced, allocates interest income and/or interest expense to each segment so its resulting net interest income is insulated from interest rate risk. A risk-based methodology is used to allocate capital based on the credit, market and operational risks associated with each business segment. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, the cost of capital was 11 percent. A provision for credit losses is allocated to each core business segment based on net charge-offs, and any difference between the total for all core segments and the consolidated provision for credit losses is recorded in the Parent segment. Intersegment revenues, or referral fees, are paid by a segment to the segment that distributes or services the product. The amount of the referral fee is based on comparable fees paid in the market or negotiated amounts that approximate the value provided by the selling segment. Cost transfers are made for services provided by one segment to another. Additionally, in 2006 and 2005, fee and other income in the Corporate and Investment Bank included $137 million and $94 million, respectively, of fees related to certain corporate underwriting and structured products activity, which was eliminated in the Parent segment. Activity-based costing studies are continually being refined to better align expenses with products and their revenues. Income tax expense or benefit is generally allocated to each core business segment based on a statutory tax rate adjusted for items unique to each business segment. Any difference between the total for all core business segments and the consolidated amount is included in the Parent segment. Deposit base and other intangible amortization expense is included in the Parent segment and is not allocated to the Company’s core business segments. Affordable housing results are recorded in Corporate and Investment Bank fee and other income, net of the related income tax benefit, and the income tax benefit is eliminated in Parent fee and other income.
     The Parent segment also includes certain nonrecurring revenue items; certain expenses that are not allocated to the business segments; corporate charges; and the results of businesses that have been divested or are being wound down and that are not material to be presented as discontinued operations. Additionally, because merger-related and restructuring expenses are not allocated to the Company’s business segments, they are presented separately in the tables that follow.
     The Company continuously updates segment information for changes that occur in the management of the Company’s businesses. In 2006, the Company moved deposit balances relating to certain brokerage sweep accounts originated in the General Bank to Capital Management, which resulted in these certain brokerage sweep accounts being included in Capital Management’s results consistent with how they are managed. Also in 2006, the Company transferred certain financial advisors to Wealth Management from Capital Management relating to the introduction of a new investment management platform in Wealth Management. The impact of these and other changes to previously reported segment earnings for full year 2005 was a $115 million decrease in the General Bank, an $8 million decrease in Wealth Management, a $4 million decrease in the Corporate and Investment Bank, a $116 million increase in Capital Management and an $11 million increase in the Parent. The impact of these changes to previously reported segment earnings for full year 2004 was a $43 million decrease in the General Bank, a $6 million decrease in Wealth Management, no change in the Corporate and Investment Bank, a $4 million decrease in Capital Management and a $53 million increase in the Parent.
     The Company’s business segment information for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, follows.
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    Year Ended December 31, 2006  
 
                    Corporate                     Merger-        
                    and                     Related and        
    General     Wealth     Investment     Capital             Restructuring        
(In millions)   Bank     Management     Bank     Management     Parent     Expenses (b)     Consolidated  
 
CONSOLIDATED
                                                       
Net interest income (a)
  $ 11,922       602       2,037       1,013       (170 )     (155 )     15,249  
Fee and other income
    3,580       779       4,799       5,041       346             14,545  
Intersegment revenue
    198       6       (179 )     (32 )     7              
 
Total revenue (a)
    15,700       1,387       6,657       6,022       183       (155 )     29,794  
Provision for credit losses
    428       2       (32 )           36             434  
Noninterest expense
    7,117       964       3,547       4,555       1,114       179       17,476  
Minority interest
                            412       2       414  
Income taxes (benefits)
    2,934       154       1,109       535       (941 )     (66 )     3,725  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    42             51       1       61       (155 )      
 
Income from continuing operations
    5,179       267       1,982       931       (499 )     (115 )     7,745  
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                            46             46  
 
Net income
  $ 5,179       267       1,982       931       (453 )     (115 )     7,791  
 
Lending commitments
  $ 139,940       6,504       107,155       219       597             254,415  
Average loans, net
    223,445       16,205       44,906       711       22,455             307,722  
Average core deposits
  $ 232,720       14,493       26,231       31,393       4,189             309,026  
 
                                                         
    Year Ended December 31, 2005  
 
                    Corporate                     Merger-        
                    and                     Related and        
    General     Wealth     Investment     Capital             Restructuring        
(In millions)   Bank     Management     Bank     Management     Parent     Expenses (b)     Consolidated  
 
CONSOLIDATED
                                                       
Net interest income (a)
  $ 9,486       581       2,220       834       779       (219 )     13,681  
Fee and other income
    2,878       718       3,696       4,591       336             12,219  
Intersegment revenue
    194       6       (169 )     (34 )     3              
 
Total revenue (a)
    12,558       1,305       5,747       5,391       1,118       (219 )     25,900  
Provision for credit losses
    277       6       (27 )           (7 )           249  
Noninterest expense
    6,296       908       3,037       4,293       1,021       292       15,847  
Minority interest
                            367       (25 )     342  
Income taxes (benefits)
    2,154       143       919       402       (485 )     (100 )     3,033  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    42             99       1       77       (219 )      
 
Income from continuing operations
    3,789       248       1,719       695       145       (167 )     6,429  
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
                            214             214  
 
Net income
  $ 3,789       248       1,719       695       359       (167 )     6,643  
 
Lending commitments
  $ 111,202       5,840       103,079       208       508             220,837  
Average loans, net
    163,411       13,916       38,754       357       11,484             227,922  
Average core deposits
  $ 201,711       13,605       23,607       34,659       5,139             278,721  
 
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Audited Financial Statements
                                                         
 
 
    Year Ended December 31, 2004  
 
                    Corporate                     Merger-        
                    and                     Related and        
    General     Wealth     Investment     Capital             Restructuring        
(In millions)   Bank     Management     Bank     Management     Parent     Expenses (b)     Consolidated  
 
CONSOLIDATED
                                                       
Net interest income (a)
  $ 7,888       497       2,387       564       875       (250 )     11,961  
Fee and other income
    2,434       593       2,924       4,703       125             10,779  
Intersegment revenue
    157       5       (128 )     (34 )                  
 
Total revenue (a)
    10,479       1,095       5,183       5,233       1,000       (250 )     22,740  
Provision for credit losses
    314       (1 )     (41 )           (15 )           257  
Noninterest expense
    5,453       781       2,579       4,484       925       444       14,666  
Minority interest
                            297       (113 )     184  
Income taxes (benefits)
    1,670       115       851       271       (360 )     (128 )     2,419  
Tax-equivalent adjustment
    41             123       1       85       (250 )      
 
Net income
  $ 3,001       200       1,671       477       68       (203 )     5,214  
 
Lending commitments
  $ 93,608       4,711       81,461       119       408             180,307  
Average loans, net
    128,056       11,055       31,681       290       951             172,033  
Average core deposits
  $ 165,721       11,964       18,325       31,729       3,869             231,608  
 
(a)   Tax-equivalent.
(b)   The tax-equivalent amounts included in each segment are eliminated herein in order for “Total” amounts to agree with amounts appearing in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
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NOTE 15: PERSONNEL EXPENSE AND RETIREMENT BENEFITS
     The Company has a savings plan under which eligible employees are permitted to make contributions to the plan of one percent to 30 percent of eligible compensation. Annually, on approval of the Human Resources and Corporate Relations Director, employee contributions may be matched up to 6 percent of the employee’s eligible compensation. A 6 percent matching level was in place for each of the periods presented. The first one percent of the Company’s matching contribution is made in the Company’s common stock. Each employee can immediately elect to liquidate the Company’s common stock credited to the employee’s account by transferring the value of the common stock to any of a number of investment options available within the savings plan. Savings plan expense in 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $240 million, $228 million and $208 million, respectively.
     Group insurance expense for active employees in 2006, 2005 and 2004 was $414 million, $406 million and $351 million, respectively.
     The Company has a noncontributory, tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan (the “Qualified Pension”) covering the majority of employees that have at least one year of service and that have reached the age of 21. The Qualified Pension benefit expense is determined by an actuarial valuation, and it is based on assumptions that are evaluated annually. Contributions are made each year to a trust in an amount that is determined by the actuary to meet the minimum requirements of ERISA and to fall at or below the maximum amount that can be deducted on the Company’s tax return. The projected unit credit valuation method was used to determine the liabilities of the Qualified Pension.
     The measurement date for the Company’s pension obligations is September 30, and at September 30, 2006, the accumulated benefit obligation was $4.7 billion. At September 30, 2005, the accumulated benefit obligation was $4.6 billion, which was less than the fair market value of the Qualified Pension assets at that date of $5.4 billion. The table that follows presents the total benefit obligation, which includes the impact of future compensation levels.
     The Company has noncontributory, nonqualified pension plans (the “Nonqualified Pension”) covering certain employees. The Nonqualified Pension benefit expense is determined annually by an actuarial valuation. At September 30, 2006 and 2005, the accumulated benefit obligation of $376 million and $452 million exceeded the accrued benefit expense. Accordingly, for each of the years a minimum pension liability was recorded as a component of other comprehensive income.
     The Company also provides certain health care and life insurance benefits for retired employees (the “Other Postretirement Benefits”). Substantially all the Company’s employees may become eligible for Other Postretirement Benefits if they reach retirement age while working for the Company.
     In May 2003, the Company amended the Qualified Pension to convert to a cash balance plan effective January 1, 2008. Until that time, benefits will continue to be earned and paid in accordance with provisions of the current Qualified Pension. At the same time, the Company amended certain provisions related to Other Postretirement Benefits effective January 1, 2008.
     As a result of certain changes in Medicare requirements, a remeasurement of the accumulated benefit obligation resulted in a reduction in both the annual postretirement benefit cost and the accumulated benefit obligation of $9 million and $93 million, respectively, in 2004.
     SFAS 158 amends several existing pronouncements that address employers’ accounting and reporting for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans and represents the initial phase of a comprehensive project on employers’ accounting for these plans. SFAS 158 requires an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded status of defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans, measured solely as the difference between the fair value of plan assets and the benefit obligation, as an asset or liability on the balance sheet. Unrecognized actuarial gains and losses and unrecognized prior service costs, which have previously been recorded as part of the postretirement asset or liability, are to be included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income. Actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs and credits that arise during a period will be included in other comprehensive income to the extent they are not included in net periodic pension cost (a component of salaries and employee benefits expense for the Company). The Company adopted SFAS 158 on its effective date of December 31, 2006, and the incremental effect included in certain balance sheet classifications at December 31, 2006, was a reduction of other assets of $972 million, an increase in other liabilities of $114 million and a reduction of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of $1.1 billion. SFAS 158 also requires employers to use a plan measurement date that is the same as its fiscal year-end. The Company has historically used a measurement date of September 30, and will be required to change to a December 31 measurement date by no later than December 31, 2008. The Company will remain well capitalized for regulatory capital purposes following the reduction to stockholders’ equity for this change.
     The actual asset allocation of the Company’s Qualified Pension, which is held by Wachovia Bank in a bank-administered trust fund, and of the Other Postretirement Benefits plans at September 30, 2006 and 2005, follows.
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Audited Financial Statements
                                 
 
                    Other Postretirement  
    Qualified Pension     Benefits  
 
(Percent)   2006     2005     2006     2005  
 
EQUITY SECURITIES
                               
Wachovia Corporation common stock
     %     3              
Other equity securities
    51       64             5  
 
Total equity securities
    51       67             5  
OTHER SECURITIES
                               
Debt securities
    43       32       75       76  
Real estate
    2                    
Other
    4       1       25       19  
 
Total
    100  %     100       100       100  
 
     The change in benefit obligation and the change in fair value of plan assets related to each of the Qualified Pension, the Nonqualified Pension and the Other Postretirement Benefits using a September 30 measurement date for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below. The information below does not include foreign benefit plans with a total benefit obligation of $44 million, a fair value of plan assets of $33 million, an underfunded status of $11 million and an adjustment to initially apply SFAS 158 of $13 million.
                                                 
                                    Other Postretirement  
    Qualified Pension     Nonqualified Pension     Benefits  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2006     2005     2006     2005  
 
CHANGE IN BENEFIT OBLIGATION
                                               
Benefit obligation, October 1
  $ 4,743       4,212       476       455       921       934  
Service cost
    198       178       4       4       5       4  
Interest cost
    251       243       24       26       46       51  
Retiree contributions
                            37       34  
Plan amendments
                      2              
Benefit payments
    (453 )     (352 )     (28 )     (48 )     (46 )     (87 )
Settlements
                (65 )                  
Business combinations
                            6       2  
Special and/or contractual termination benefits
                                  1  
Actuarial (gains) losses
    10       462       (22 )     37       (77 )     (18 )
 
Benefit obligation, September 30
    4,749       4,743       389       476       892       921  
 
CHANGE IN FAIR VALUE OF PLAN ASSETS
                                               
Fair value of plan assets, October 1
    5,378       4,811                   101       98  
Actual return on plan assets
    461       563                   4       3  
Employer contributions
    600       356       93       48       9       53  
Retiree contributions
                            37       34  
Settlements
                (65 )                  
Benefit payments
    (453 )     (352 )     (28 )     (48 )     (46 )     (87 )
 
Fair value of plan assets, September 30
    5,986       5,378                   105       101  
 
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDED STATUS
                                               
Funded status of plans
    1,237       635       (389 )     (476 )     (787 )     (820 )
Unamortized prior service cost
    (253 )     (279 )           2       (8 )     (16 )
Unamortized net losses
    1,824       1,987       98       152       96       180  
Employer contributions in the fourth quarter
                12       6       39        
Intangible asset
                      (2 )            
Minimum pension liability
                (85 )     (128 )            
Adjustment to initially apply SFAS 158
    (1,571 )           (13 )           (88 )      
 
Prepaid (accrued) benefit expense at December 31,
  $ 1,237       2,343       (377 )     (446 )     (748 )     (656 )
 
ASSUMPTIONS USED TO DETERMINE BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30
                                               
Discount rate
    5.75  %     5.50       5.75       5.50       5.75       5.50  
Weighted average rate of increase in future compensation levels
    3.50  %     3.50       3.50       3.50       3.50       3.50  
 
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     The discount rate used to determine the benefit obligation is established at an amount that reflects the rate of return on a portfolio of high-quality bonds with maturities matching the projected future cash flows of the plan (commonly referred to as a yield-curve approach).
     The expected return on plan assets used in the annual valuation is established at an amount that reflects the targeted asset allocation and expected returns for each component of the plan assets. The rate is reviewed annually and adjusted as appropriate to reflect changes in expected market performance or in targeted asset allocation ranges. The Company’s investment objective relating to Qualified Pension assets is to have a portfolio of assets adequate to support the liability associated with the Qualified Pension defined benefit obligation. The Company uses an asset allocation strategy to achieve this objective, focusing on return objectives over the long-term period associated with the benefit obligation. The current targeted range for asset allocation is 67 percent to 73 percent in equity securities and 27 percent to 33 percent in debt securities and cash. Rebalancing occurs on a periodic basis to maintain the targeted allocation, but normal market activity may result in deviations. While the investment objective is based on the long-term nature of the Qualified Pension, the Company uses certain measurements on rolling five-year periods to assess asset results and manager performance. In 2006, the Company repurchased 3.3 million shares of the Company’s common stock at fair value from the pension plan.
     Actuarial calculations are performed annually to determine the minimum required contributions and maximum contributions allowed as an income tax deduction for all benefit plans. In 2006, the Company contributed $600 million to the Qualified Pension. In January 2007, the Company contributed $270 million to the Qualified Pension, and does not expect to make any further contributions to the Qualified Pension in 2007.
     The components of the retirement benefit costs included in salaries and employee benefits for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, are presented below.
                                                 
    Qualified Pension     Nonqualified Pension  
    Years Ended December 31,     Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004     2006     2005     2004  
 
RETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS
                                               
Service cost
  $ 198       178       156       4       4       2  
Interest cost
    251       243       235       24       26       21  
Expected return on plan assets
    (426 )     (418 )     (386 )                  
Amortization of prior service cost
    (26 )     (26 )     (26 )     1              
Amortization of actuarial losses
    139       88       80       12       9       8  
Settlement loss
                      20              
Special and/or contractual termination benefits
                                  12  
 
Net retirement benefit costs
  $ 136       65       59       61       39       43  
 
ASSUMPTIONS USED TO DETERMINE RETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS
                                               
Discount rate
    5.50  %     6.00       6.25       5.50       6.00       6.25  
Expected return on plan assets
    8.50       8.50       8.50                    
Weighted average rate of increase in future compensation levels
    3.50  %     3.50       3.50       3.50       3.50       3.50  
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
                         
    Other Postretirement Benefits  
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
RETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS
                       
Service cost
  $ 5       4       4  
Interest cost
    46       51       52  
Expected return on plan assets
    (3 )     (3 )     (3 )
Amortization of prior service cost
    (8 )     (8 )     (8 )
Amortization of actuarial losses
    5       7       8  
Special termination benefit cost
          1        
 
Net retirement benefit costs
  $ 45       52       53  
 
ASSUMPTIONS USED TO DETERMINE RETIREMENT BENEFIT COSTS
                       
Discount rate
    5.50  %     6.00       6.25  
Expected return on plan assets
    3.00       3.00       3.00  
Weighted average rate of increase in future compensation levels
    3.50  %     3.50       3.50  
 
     Medical trend rates assumed with respect to Other Postretirement Benefits at the beginning of 2006 were 9.50 percent grading to 5.00 percent (pre-65 years of age) and 11.50 percent grading to 5.00 percent (post-65 years of age); and at the end of 2006 were 9.40 percent grading to 5.00 percent (pre-65 years of age) and 10.30 percent grading to 5.00 percent (post-65 years of age). Medical trend rates assumed with respect to Other Postretirement Benefits at the beginning of 2005 were 11.00 percent grading to 5.50 percent (pre-65 years of age) and 13.00 percent grading to 5.50 percent (post-65 years of age); and at the end of 2005 were 9.50 percent grading to 5.00 percent (pre-65 years of age) and 11.50 percent grading to 5.00 percent (post-65 years of age).
     At December 31, 2006, the effect of a one percentage point increase or decrease in the assumed health care cost trend rate on service and interest costs is a $2 million increase and a $2 million decrease, respectively, and on the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation, a $46 million increase and a $42 million decrease, respectively.
     Estimated future Qualified Pension benefit payments which reflect expected future service in each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, are as follows (in millions): 2007, $345; 2008, $348; 2009, $351; 2010, $357; 2011, $363; and subsequent years through 2016, $1.8 billion; and estimated payments for other pension and postretirement benefits (in millions): 2007, $103; 2008, $103; 2009, $102; 2010, $103; 2011, $106; and subsequent years through 2016, $479. Amortization of net actuarial losses and prior service cost for the Qualified Pension expected to be recognized in net periodic benefit cost in 2007 are $121 million and $(26) million, respectively, and for the Nonqualified Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits, $8 million and $(8) million, respectively.
NOTE 16: MERGER-RELATED AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES
     The Company defines merger-related and restructuring expenses as those costs related to exit or disposal activities and integration costs generally incurred as part of a business combination. Specifically, merger-related and restructuring expenses include costs associated with contract termination, including leases, one-time employee termination benefits and integration costs related to combining operations such as system conversions.
     SouthTrust merger-related and restructuring expenses and exit cost purchase accounting adjustments of $534 million pre-tax were finalized in 2006. The costs include primarily system conversion, personnel and employee termination benefits, and occupancy and equipment costs.
     Wachovia Securities, LLC, and Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Retail Brokerage”) merger-related and restructuring expenses and exit cost purchase accounting adjustments of $898 million are final. The costs included primarily system conversion, personnel and employee termination benefits, and occupancy and equipment costs.
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     The First Union and Wachovia merger was consummated in 2001, but certain merger integration activities continued through September 2004. The merger integration activities include branch conversion and consolidation, system conversions, advertising and consolidation of other premises. These costs are included in the previously announced one-time charges related to the First Union and Wachovia merger, which was finalized in 2004 and amounted to $1.3 billion. Substantially all previously accrued liabilities were paid by December 31, 2004.
     Merger-related and restructuring expenses related to Golden West, Westcorp, SouthTrust, Retail Brokerage, First Union/Wachovia and other mergers for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, are presented below.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
MERGER-RELATED AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES — GOLDEN WEST
                       
Personnel costs
  $ 26              
System conversion costs
    2              
Other
    12              
 
Total merger-related and restructuring expenses — Golden West
    40              
 
MERGER-RELATED AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES — WESTCORP
                       
Personnel costs
    7              
System conversion costs
    7              
Other
    7              
 
Total merger-related and restructuring expenses — Westcorp
    21              
 
MERGER-RELATED AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES — SOUTHTRUST
                       
Personnel costs
    37       23       24  
Occupancy and equipment
    11       70        
Advertising
    1       25        
System conversion costs
    7       76       10  
Other
    8       33       7  
 
Total merger-related and restructuring expenses — SouthTrust
    64       227       41  
 
MERGER-RELATED AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES — RETAIL BROKERAGE
                       
Personnel costs
    (2 )     4       106  
Occupancy and equipment
                29  
Advertising
                17  
System conversion costs
          48       122  
Other
          11       24  
 
Total merger-related and restructuring expenses — Retail Brokerage
    (2 )     63       298  
 
MERGER-RELATED AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES — FIRST UNION/WACHOVIA
                       
Personnel costs
                26  
Occupancy and equipment
    (1 )           34  
Advertising
                1  
System conversion costs
                33  
Other
                14  
 
Total merger-related and restructuring expenses — First Union/Wachovia
    (1 )           108  
 
OTHER MERGER-RELATED AND RESTRUCTURING EXPENSES
                       
Merger-related expenses from other mergers
    16       2        
HomEq merger-related and restructuring expenses
    41              
Other restructuring expenses (reversals), net
                (3 )
 
Total merger-related and restructuring expenses
  $ 179       292       444  
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
NOTE 17: INCOME TAXES
     The aggregate amount of income taxes included in the consolidated statements of income and in the consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                       
Income taxes related to continuing operations
  $ 3,725       3,033       2,419  
Income taxes related to discontinued operations
    30       233        
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                       
Income taxes related to
                       
Minimum pension liability
    14       (4 )     (40 )
Unrealized net holding loss on securities, net of reclassification adjustments
    (163 )     (853 )     (170 )
Net gains (losses) on cash flow hedge derivatives, net of reclassification adjustments
    14       (34 )     (185 )
Adjustment to initially apply SFAS 158
    (599 )            
Employee stock plans
    (152 )     (162 )     (70 )
 
Total
  $ 2,869       2,213       1,954  
 
     The provision for income taxes for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
CURRENT INCOME TAXES
                       
Federal
  $ 2,837       1,850       3,436  
State
    111       174       297  
 
Total
    2,948       2,024       3,733  
 
Foreign
    247       206       220  
 
Total current income taxes
    3,195       2,230       3,953  
 
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES
                       
Federal
    441       828       (1,507 )
State
    89       (25 )     (27 )
 
Total deferred income taxes
    530       803       (1,534 )
 
Total income taxes
  $ 3,725       3,033       2,419  
 
     The reconciliation of federal income tax rates and amounts to the effective income tax rates and amounts for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, follows.
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    Years Ended December 31,  
 
    2006     2005     2004  
            Percent of             Percent of             Percent of  
            Pre-tax             Pre-tax             Pre-tax  
(In millions)   Amount     Income     Amount     Income     Amount     Income  
 
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
  $ 11,470             $ 9,462             $ 7,633          
 
                                         
Tax at federal income tax rate
  $ 4,014       35.0 %   $ 3,312       35.0 %   $ 2,672       35.0 %
Reasons for difference in federal income tax rate and effective income tax rate
                                               
Tax-exempt interest, net of cost to carry
    (88 )     (0.8 )     (132 )     (1.4 )     (154 )     (2.0 )
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit
    130       1.1       97       1.0       176       2.3  
Life insurance, increase in cash surrender value
    (176 )     (1.5 )     (171 )     (1.8 )     (148 )     (1.9 )
Tax credits, net of related basis adjustments
    (145 )     (1.3 )     (156 )     (1.6 )     (115 )     (1.5 )
Change in the beginning-of-the-year deferred tax assets valuation allowance
    33       0.3       (4 )     (0.1 )     3       0.1  
Other items, net
    (43 )     (0.3 )     87       0.9       (15 )     (0.3 )
 
Total income taxes
  $ 3,725       32.5 %   $ 3,033       32.0 %   $ 2,419       31.7 %
 
     Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted income tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred income tax assets and liabilities of a change in income tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The sources and tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of deferred income tax assets and liabilities for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, are presented below.
                         
    December 31,
 
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004
 
DEFERRED INCOME TAX ASSETS
                       
Allowance for loan losses, net
  $ 1,300     1,069     1,052
Accrued expenses, deductible when paid
    1,765     1,444     1,287
REMIC residual interests
    51     235     241
Net operating loss carryforwards
    517     225     109
Unrealized losses on debt and equity securities, derivative financial instruments and pension liabilities
    1,288     480    
Unrealized losses on investments
    919     983     984
Other
    364     334     284
 
Total deferred income tax assets
    6,204     4,770     3,957
 
Deferred income tax assets valuation allowance
    142     34     38
 
DEFERRED INCOME TAX LIABILITIES
                       
Depreciation
    162     127     134
Unrealized gains on debt and equity securities, derivative financial instruments and pension liabilities
            411
Federal Home Loan Bank stock dividends
    229     3     3
Intangible assets
    330     495     520
Deferred income
    112     198     227
Leasing activities
    8,097     7,189     6,107
Employee benefits
    439     361     310
Other
    633     202     223
 
Total deferred income tax liabilities
    10,002     8,575     7,935
 
Net deferred income tax liabilities
  $ 3,940     3,839     4,016
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Audited Financial Statements
 
     The change in the net deferred income tax liability for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below.
                           
    Years Ended December 31,
 
(In millions)   2006   2005   2004
 
NET DEFERRED INCOME TAX LIABILITY
                         
Balance, beginning of year
  $ 3,839     4,016     5,472
Deferred income taxes related to continuing operations
    530     803       (1,534 )
Deferred income taxes related to discontinued operations
          (12 )      
Recorded directly to stockholders’ equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income
                         
Minimum pension liability
    14       (4 )     (40 )
Unrealized net holding loss on securities, net of reclassification adjustments
      (163 )     (853 )     (170 )
Net gains (losses) on cash flow hedge derivatives, net of reclassification adjustments
      14       (34 )     (185 )
Adjustment to initially apply SFAS 158
      (599 )            
Cumulative effect of an accounting change
      24              
Deferred income taxes acquired in purchase acquisitions
      281       (77 )     473  
 
Balance, end of year
  $   3,940       3,839       4,016  
 
     The realization of deferred income tax assets may be based on the utilization of carrybacks to prior taxable periods, the anticipation of future taxable income in certain periods and the utilization of tax planning strategies. The Company has determined it is more likely than not that the deferred income tax assets can be supported by carrybacks to federal taxable income in the two-year federal carryback period and by expected future taxable income that will exceed amounts necessary to fully realize remaining deferred income tax assets resulting from net operating loss carryforwards and from the scheduling of temporary differences. The valuation allowance primarily relates to certain state temporary differences and to state net operating loss carryforwards.
     The operating results of the Parent Company and its eligible subsidiaries are included in a consolidated federal income tax return. Each subsidiary included in the consolidated federal income tax return pays its allocation of federal income taxes to the Parent Company or receives payment from the Parent Company to the extent income tax benefits are realized. Various subsidiaries not eligible for inclusion in the Parent Company’s consolidated federal income tax returns are included in separate consolidated federal income tax returns with other non-eligible subsidiaries. Where federal or state income tax laws do not permit consolidated or combined income tax returns, applicable separate company federal or state income tax returns are filed, and payment, if any, is remitted directly to the federal or state governments.
     Federal income tax carryforwards at December 31, 2006, consisted of net operating loss carryforwards with related deferred income tax assets of $449 million. Utilization of these net operating losses is subject to limitations under federal income tax laws, and will expire, if not utilized, in varying amounts through 2026. State income tax carryforwards at December 31, 2006, consisted of net operating loss carryforwards with related deferred income tax assets of $68 million. These state income tax carryforwards were generated by certain subsidiaries in various jurisdictions and their utilization is subject to limitations under various state income tax laws. The state net operating loss carryforwards expire, if not utilized, in varying amounts through 2026.
     At December 31, 2006, the Company has undistributed earnings of approximately $417 million related to foreign subsidiaries. The Company intends to reinvest these earnings indefinitely and has not recorded any related federal or state income tax expense. If these earnings are repatriated to the United States, the Company will record additional income tax expense of approximately $159 million.
     World Savings Bank, FSB, has a tax bad debt reserve, of which approximately $252 million at December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, was attributable to pre-1988 tax years. The amount of unrecognized deferred income tax liability related thereto is approximately $88 million at those dates. This deferred income tax liability may be subject to recognition if certain distributions are made with respect to the stock of World Savings Bank, FSB, or the bad debt reserve is used for any purpose other than for absorbing bad debt losses.
     Income taxes related to securities transactions were $66 million, $85 million and $17 million in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
     The Internal Revenue Service the (“IRS”) and the Company have settled all issues related to the Company’s federal income tax returns for 1999 and all prior years. In addition, all issues related to the federal income tax returns of the former Wachovia for years 1996 through 2001 and SouthTrust for the years 2001 and 2002 have been settled, and the Golden West 2003 and prior taxable years are closed. The Company’s previously recorded income tax liabilities were sufficient to cover the resulting assessment of income taxes and interest. The IRS is currently examining the Company’s federal income tax returns for the years 2000 through 2002. The federal income tax returns of various acquired subsidiaries have been or are under review by the IRS. As of December 31, 2006, the IRS indicated that it intends to challenge certain deductions claimed by the Company, including deductions related to its leveraged leasing activities. The Company believes the proposed adjustments are inconsistent with existing law and intends to vigorously defend the claimed deductions. Resolution of these items is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
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NOTE 18: BASIC AND DILUTED EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
     The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, options to purchase an average 21 million, 15 million and 29 million shares, respectively, were antidilutive, and accordingly, were excluded in determining diluted earnings per common share.
                         
    Years Ended December 31,
 
(In millions, except per share data)   2006   2005   2004
 
Income from continuing operations
  $ 7,745     6,429     5,214
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes
    46     214    
 
Net income
  $ 7,791     6,643     5,214
 
Basic earnings per common share
                       
Income from continuing operations
  $ 4.70     4.13     3.87
Discontinued operations
    0.02     0.14    
 
Net income
  $ 4.72     4.27     3.87
 
Diluted earnings per common share
                       
Income from continuing operations
  $ 4.61     4.05     3.81
Discontinued operations
    0.02     0.14    
 
Net income
  $ 4.63     4.19     3.81
 
Average common shares — basic
    1,651     1,556     1,346
Common share equivalents and unvested restricted stock
    30     29     24
 
Average common shares — diluted
    1,681     1,585     1,370
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
NOTE 19: DERIVATIVES
     The Company uses derivatives to manage exposure to market risk, interest rate risk and credit risk, to generate profits from proprietary trading and to assist customers with their risk management objectives. Derivative transactions are measured in terms of the notional amount, but this amount is not recorded on the balance sheet and is not, when viewed in isolation, a meaningful measure of the risk profile of the instruments. The notional amount is not exchanged, but is used only as the basis on which interest and other payments are determined.
     For derivatives, the Company’s exposure to credit risk is measured by the current fair value of all derivatives in a gain position plus a prudent estimate of potential change in value over the life of each contract. The measurement of the potential future exposure for each credit facility derivative is based on a simulation of market rates and generally takes into account legally enforceable risk mitigating agreements for each obligor such as netting and collateral.
     The Company uses collateral arrangements, credit approvals, limits and monitoring procedures to manage credit risk on derivatives. Bilateral collateral agreements are in place for substantially all dealer counterparties. Collateral for dealer transactions is delivered by either party when the credit risk associated with a particular transaction, or group of transactions to the extent netting exists, exceeds defined thresholds of credit risk. Thresholds are determined based on the strength of the individual counterparty. For non-dealer transactions, the need for collateral is evaluated on an individual transaction basis, and it is primarily dependent on the financial strength of the counterparty. At December 31, 2006, the total market value-related credit risk recorded on the balance sheet for derivative transactions, including derivatives used for the Company’s interest rate risk management, was $14.9 billion, and also included the effect of netting agreements. Of the $14.9 billion, $2.2 billion exceeded dealer counterparty thresholds and was delivered to the Company as collateral.
     All derivatives are recorded on the balance sheet at their respective fair values with unrealized and realized gains and losses recorded either in other comprehensive income, net of applicable income taxes, or in the results of operations, depending on the purpose for which the derivative is held. Derivatives include accounting hedges, trading derivatives and economic hedges. Accounting hedges are those derivatives that are designated in a hedging relationship and that are termed derivatives used for risk management as discussed below and are included in other assets or other liabilities. Those derivatives that are held for trading purposes are considered trading derivatives and are included in trading account assets or liabilities. Economic hedges are freestanding derivatives entered into for certain risk management purposes that do not meet the criteria for designation as a hedge for accounting purposes and are included in other assets or other liabilities.
TRADING DERIVATIVES AND ECONOMIC HEDGES
     The fair value and notional amounts for trading derivatives and economic hedges at December 31, 2006 and 2005, are presented below.
                                 
    December 31,  
    2006     2005  
    Fair     Notional     Fair     Notional  
(In millions)   Value     Amount     Value     Amount  
 
Forward and futures contracts
  $ 562       427,391       64       299,015  
Interest rate swap agreements
    2,079       2,715,788       1,770       1,822,344  
Purchased options, interest rate caps, floors, collars and swaptions
    7,461       846,142       6,817       691,607  
Written options, interest rate caps, floors, collars and swaptions
    (7,637 )     1,184,683       (6,911 )     629,237  
Foreign currency and exchange rate swap commitments
    21       49,537       (103 )     45,066  
Commodity and equity swaps
  $ 100       26,947       (435 )     20,679  
 
DERIVATIVES USED FOR RISK MANAGEMENT
     The Company may designate a derivative as either an accounting hedge of the fair value of a recognized fixed rate asset or liability or an unrecognized firm commitment (“fair value” hedge), an accounting hedge of a forecasted transaction or of the variability of future cash flows of a floating rate asset or liability (“cash flow” hedge), or a foreign currency fair value or cash flow hedge (“foreign currency” hedge). Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated and qualifies as a fair value hedge, along with the gain or loss on the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to the hedged risk, are recorded as other fee income in the results of operations. To the extent of the effectiveness of a hedge, changes in the fair value of a derivative that is designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge are recorded in other comprehensive income, net of income taxes. For all hedge relationships, ineffectiveness resulting from differences between the changes in fair value or cash flows of the hedged item and changes in fair value of the derivative are recognized as other fee income in the results of operations. Net interest settlements on derivatives designated as fair value or cash flow hedges are treated as an adjustment to the interest income or interest expense of the hedged assets or liabilities.
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     Concurrent with entering into a transaction that qualifies as an accounting hedge, the Company formally documents the hedge relationship, the risk management objective and the strategy for entering into the hedge. This process and documentation include identification of the hedging instrument, hedged item, risk being hedged and the methodology for assessing effectiveness and measuring ineffectiveness.
     For cash flow hedges, the designated hedged risk is primarily the risk of changes in cash flows attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate of the hedged item or forecasted transactions. For cash flow hedges, the Company uses regression analysis to make the initial assessment of the expectation of hedge effectiveness and for each monthly period thereafter, to reassess that the hedging relationship is expected to be highly effective during the period designated as being hedged. The Company also uses regression analysis to perform the retrospective evaluation of whether the derivative was effective during the hedged period. The regression analysis performed includes an evaluation of the quantitative measures of regression necessary to validate the conclusion of high effectiveness. The Company uses the hypothetical derivative method of measuring the hedge ineffectiveness which is recorded on a monthly basis. Forward purchase commitments of loans and securities available for sale are considered all-in-one hedges for which the prospective and retrospective evaluations are performed through matching terms at inception and on a monthly basis.
     For fair value hedges, the designated hedged risk is primarily the risk of changes in fair value attributable to changes in the benchmark interest rate of the hedged item or transactions. For fair value hedges, the Company assesses the expectation of effectiveness at the inception of the hedge and at each monthly period thereafter by analyzing the price sensitivity analysis of the hedging instrument relative to that of the hedged item for changes in fair value attributable to the hedged risk. On a monthly basis, the Company uses the cumulative dollar-offset approach to validate the effectiveness of the hedge on a retrospective basis. The Company measures ongoing ineffectiveness for fair value hedges by comparing the changes in fair value of the hedging instrument to the changes in fair value of the hedged item attributable to the hedged risk. Fair value hedges of warehoused residential mortgage loans are designated and de-designated on a daily basis, and the frequency of the prospective, retrospective and actual ineffectiveness tests follows the hedge period. Forward sale commitments of securities available for sale share the same issuer, coupon rate and contractual maturity date as the hedged item, therefore the prospective and retrospective evaluations are performed through matching terms at inception and on a monthly basis.
     The Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively when either it is determined that the derivative is no longer highly effective in offsetting changes in the fair value or cash flows of a hedged item; the derivative expires or is sold, terminated or exercised; the derivative is de-designated because it is unlikely that a forecasted transaction will occur; or management determines designation of the derivative as a hedging instrument is no longer appropriate. When hedge accounting is discontinued, the derivative is either terminated or reclassified as a trading account asset or liability. When a fair value hedge is discontinued, the hedged asset or liability is no longer adjusted for changes in fair value and the existing basis adjustment is amortized or accreted as an adjustment to yield over the remaining life of the asset or liability. When a cash flow hedge is discontinued but the hedged cash flows or forecasted transaction are still expected to occur, unrealized gains and losses accumulated in other comprehensive income are included in the results of operations in the same period when the results of operations are also affected by the hedged cash flow. The unrealized gains and losses are recognized in the results of operations immediately if the cash flow hedge was discontinued because a forecasted transaction is not expected to occur. In 2006 and 2005, losses in the amount of $4 million and $10 million, respectively, were recognized in other fee income representing the ineffective portion of the net gains (losses) on derivatives that qualify as cash flow and fair value hedges. These amounts include the time value of options. In addition, net interest income in 2006 and 2005, was decreased by $17 million and increased by $8 million, respectively, representing ineffectiveness of cash flow hedges caused by differences between the critical terms of the derivative and the hedged item, primarily differences in reset dates. As indicated in Note 1, the Company recognized $93 million in other fee income in 2006, representing amounts recorded in other comprehensive income relating to a hedging relationship that had been discontinued in a prior year.
     Commitments to purchase certain securities or loans and certain commitments to sell loans are derivatives. At inception, these commitments may be designated in a hedge relationship; otherwise, they are recorded as either trading derivatives or economic hedges depending upon their purpose. The Company enters into contracts that contain a derivative that is embedded in the financial instrument. If applicable, an embedded derivative is separated from the host contract and can be designated in a hedge relationship; otherwise, the derivative is recorded as a freestanding derivative and recorded as either a trading derivative or an economic hedge depending upon its purpose. The Company enters into credit derivative agreements in connection with altering the risk profile of certain loans or pools of loans in the Company’s loan portfolio. These credit derivatives do not meet the criteria for designation as an accounting hedge and are recorded as either trading derivatives or economic hedges depending upon their purpose. The Company enters into interest rate lock commitments as part of its commercial and consumer mortgage lending activities. These loan commitments are initially recorded at fair value including the amount of consideration exchanged, if any. Subsequent adjustments in the value of the loan commitment are primarily determined by changes in interest rates, changes in the probability that a commitment will be exercised and the passage of time. The estimate of fair value specifically excludes the value of servicing cash flows and excess servicing.
     Derivatives used for risk management activity at December 31, 2006 and 2005, follow.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
     Risk management derivative financial instruments at December 31, 2006, are presented below.
                                             
    December 31, 2006  
                                        Average  
    Hedged Items   Notional     Gross Unrealized             Maturity in  
(In millions)   or Transactions   Amount     Gains     Losses (b)     Equity (c)     Years (d)  
 
ASSET HEDGES (a)
                                           
Cash flow hedges
                                           
Interest rate swaps-receive fixed
  First forecasted interest receipts on commercial loans                                        
 
                                           
Pay 1 month LIBOR swaps
       1 month LIBOR risk   $ 3,172       1       (14 )     (8 )     4.04  
Pay 3 month LIBOR swaps
       1 month LIBOR risk     28,752       188       (294 )     (66 )     3.82  
 
                                           
Purchased interest rate floors - 3 month LIBOR
  1 month LIBOR-indexed loans when LIBOR is below the purchased floor     7,000             (5 )     (3 )     0.75  
 
                                           
Fair value hedges
                                           
Interest rate swaps-pay fixed/receive LIBOR
  Individual fixed rate debt securities classified as available for sale     1,571       25       (12 )           15.04  
 
                                           
Forward sale commitments
  Proceeds from sale of mortgage warehouse loans     585             (5 )           0.04  
         
Total asset hedges
      $ 41,080       214       (330 )     (77 )     3.69  
 
LIABILITY HEDGES (a)
                                           
Cash flow hedges
                                           
Interest rate swaps-pay fixed
  Proceeds from first forecasted issuance of short-term liabilities, including deposits and repurchase agreements, that are part of a rollover strategy                                        
 
                                           
Receive 1 month LIBOR swaps
       1 month LIBOR risk     2,389       7       (138 )     (81 )     10.71  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
       1 month LIBOR risk     4,630       8             5       0.16  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
       3 month LIBOR risk     12,000       115       (41 )     46       4.34  
 
                                           
Interest rate swaps-pay fixed
  First forecasted interest payments on long-term debt                                        
 
                                           
Receive 1 month LIBOR swaps
       1 month LIBOR risk     139       2       (2 )           11.61  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
       1 month LIBOR risk     1,306       5       (29 )     (15 )     7.60  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
       3 month LIBOR risk     6,940       13             8       0.16  
Receive 6 month LIBOR swaps
       6 month LIBOR risk     8                         6.47  
 
                                           
Purchased options
  1 day LIBOR associated with the proceeds from first forecasted issuance of deposits that are part of a rollover strategy when LIBOR is above the cap                                        
 
                                           
Interest rate caps
        17,500             (12 )     (8 )     0.97  
Eurodollar
        31,250             (5 )           0.25  
 
                                           
Eurodollar futures
  1 day LIBOR associated with the proceeds from first forecasted issuance of deposits that are part of a rollover strategy     73,059             (4 )     (2 )     0.25  
 
                                           
Fair value hedges
                                           
Interest rate swaps-receive fixed/pay floating (e)
  Individual fixed rate long-term debt issuances     26,635       45       (215 )           8.46  
         
Total liability hedges
        175,856       195       (446 )     (47 )     2.06  
         
Total
      $ 216,936       409       (776 )     (124 )      
 
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     Risk management derivative financial instruments at December 31, 2005, are presented below.
                                                 
    December 31, 2005
                                            Average
    Hedged Items   Notional   Gross Unrealized           Maturity in
(In millions)   or Transactions   Amount   Gains   Losses (b)   Equity (c)   Years (d)
         
ASSET HEDGES (a)
                                               
Cash flow hedges
                                               
Interest rate swaps-receive fixed
  First forecasted interest receipts on                                        
 
  commercial loans                                        
 
                                               
Pay 1 month LIBOR swaps
      1 month LIBOR risk   $ 4,224       101       (6 )     58       1.81  
Pay 3 month LIBOR swaps
      1 month LIBOR risk     37,230       309       (500 )     (122 )     4.58  
Pay 3 month LIBOR swaps
      3 month LIBOR risk     900       125             78       6.47  
Pay 6 month LIBOR swaps
      6 month LIBOR risk     940       4             2       2.15  
 
                                               
Interest rate swaps-pay fixed/receive LIBOR
  Individual residual interests from securitizations classified as available for sale     1,244             (75 )     (47 )     4.69  
 
                                               
Forward purchase commitments
  Purchases of residential mortgage loans     400                         0.08  
 
                                               
Forward purchase commitments
  Purchases of mortgage-backed securities                                        
 
  classified as available for sale     3,000       2             1       0.03  
 
                                               
Fair value hedges
                                               
Interest rate swaps-pay fixed/
  Individual fixed rate debt securities                                        
receive LIBOR
  classified as available for sale     1,975       41       (3 )           15.77  
 
                                               
Forward sale commitments
  Proceeds from sale of mortgage                                        
 
  warehouse loans     447             (5 )           0.04  
         
Total asset hedges
          $ 50,360       582       (589 )     (30 )     4.43  
         
LIABILITY HEDGES (a)
                                               
Cash flow hedges
                                               
Interest rate swaps-pay fixed
  Proceeds from first forecasted issuance of                                        
 
  short-term liabilities, including deposits                                        
 
  and repurchase agreements, that are part                                        
 
  of a rollover strategy                                        
 
                                               
Receive 1 month LIBOR swaps
      1 month LIBOR risk     2,530       6       (188 )     (113 )     11.65  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
      1 month LIBOR risk     5,208       28       (68 )     (24 )     1.81  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
      3 month LIBOR risk     22,420       286             176       4.18  
 
                                               
Interest rate swaps-pay fixed
  First forecasted interest payments on                                        
 
  long-term debt                                        
 
                                               
Receive 1 month LIBOR swaps
      1 month LIBOR risk     184             (2 )     (1 )     11.93  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
      1 month LIBOR risk     1,645       4       (49 )     (27 )     7.03  
Receive 3 month LIBOR swaps
      3 month LIBOR risk     8,940       70             44       1.79  
Receive 6 month LIBOR swaps
      6 month LIBOR risk     9                         7.47  
 
                                               
Eurodollar futures
  1 day LIBOR associated with the proceeds                                        
 
  from first forecasted issuance of deposits                                        
 
  that are part of a rollover strategy     32,250             (2 )     (1 )     0.25  
 
                                               
Fair value hedges
                                               
Interest rate swaps-receive fixed/
  Individual fixed rate long-term debt                                        
pay floating (e)
  issuances     17,762       58       (25 )           6.77  
         
Total liability hedges
            90,948       452       (334 )     54       3.20  
         
Total
          $ 141,308       1,034       (923 )     24        
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
(a) Includes only derivative financial instruments related to interest rate risk management activities that have been designated and accounted for as accounting hedges.
(b) Represents the fair value of derivative financial instruments less accrued interest receivable or payable.
(c) At December 31, 2006, the net unrealized loss on derivatives included in accumulated other comprehensive income, which is a component of stockholders’ equity, was $355 million, net of income taxes. Of this net of tax amount, a $124 million loss represents the effective portion of the net gains (losses) on interest rate derivatives that qualify as cash flow hedges and a $231 million loss relates to terminated and/or redesignated derivatives. At December 31, 2006, $158 million of net losses, net of income taxes, recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, is expected to be reclassified as interest income or expense during the next twelve months. The maximum length of time over which cash flow hedges are hedging the variability in future cash flows associated with the forecasted transactions is 19.34 years. At December 31, 2005, the net unrealized loss on derivatives included in accumulated other comprehensive income was $378 million, net of income taxes. Of this net of tax amount, a $24 million gain represents the effective portion of the net gains (losses) on derivatives that qualify as cash flow hedges, and a $402 million loss relates to terminated and/or redesignated derivatives.
(d) Estimated maturity approximates average life.
(e) At December 31, 2006, such swaps are denominated in U.S. dollars, Euros and Pounds Sterling in the notional amounts of $22.1 billion, $1.7 billion and $2.8 billion, respectively, and the hedged risk is the benchmark interest rate.
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     Expected maturities of risk management derivative financial instruments at December 31, 2006 and 2005, are presented below.
                                                 
    December 31, 2006  
    1 Year     1-2     2-5     5-10     After 10        
(In millions)   or Less     Years     Years     Years     Years     Total  
 
CASH FLOW ASSET HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—receive fixed
  $ 661       1,505       21,983       7,775             31,924  
Notional amount — other
  $ 7,000                               7,000  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    3.88 %     3.84       4.91       4.74             4.78  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    5.37 %     5.37       5.36       5.37             5.36  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $ (12 )     (22 )     (132 )     42             (124 )
 
FAIR VALUE ASSET HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—pay fixed
  $             15       308       1,248       1,571  
Notional amount — other
  $ 585                               585  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    %           3.58       3.60       3.60       3.56  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    %           3.34       3.37       3.79       3.71  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $ (5 )                 1       12       8  
 
CASH FLOW LIABILITY HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—pay fixed
  $ 14,856       44       1,925       8,579       2,008       27,412  
Notional amount — other
  $ 121,809                               121,809  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    5.42 %     5.28       5.33       5.33       5.31       5.39  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    3.94 %     5.95       5.34       5.30       5.87       4.41  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $ 30       (1 )     10       (14 )     (106 )     (81 )
 
FAIR VALUE LIABILITY HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—receive fixed
  $ 458       4,252       7,050       9,061       5,814       26,635  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    4.80 %     4.50       4.96       4.84       4.87       4.82  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    5.38 %     5.37       5.40       5.19       5.04       5.24  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $ (1 )     (19 )     (13 )     (6 )     (131 )     (170 )
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 
                                                 
    December 31, 2005  
 
    1 Year     1-2     2-5     5-10     After 10        
(In millions)   or Less     Years     Years     Years     Years     Total  
 
CASH FLOW ASSET HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—receive fixed
  $ 6,150       684       18,065       18,292       103       43,294  
Notional amount — swaps—pay fixed
    2       43       502       659       38       1,244  
Notional amount — other
  $ 3,400                               3,400  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    3.79 %     3.68       4.61       5.16       4.66       4.71  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    4.41 %     4.10       4.32       4.42       4.35       4.37  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $ (29 )     (13 )     (120 )     123       (1 )     (40 )
 
FAIR VALUE ASSET HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—pay fixed
  $ 26       5       45       459       1,440       1,975  
Notional amount — other
  $ 447                               447  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    4.15 %     4.15       4.33       3.56       2.95       3.04  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    2.96 %     3.25       4.31       3.90       3.78       3.81  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $ (5 )           1       4       33       33  
 
CASH FLOW LIABILITY HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—pay fixed
  $ 2,260       16,869       7,863       11,632       2,312       40,936  
Notional amount — other
  $ 23,000       9,250                         32,250  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    4.45 %     4.48       4.48       4.47       4.30       4.46  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    3.14 %     3.98       6.53       5.77       5.87       4.78  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $ (3 )     125       67       58       (162 )     85  
 
FAIR VALUE LIABILITY HEDGES
                                               
Notional amount — swaps—receive fixed
  $ 2,429       735       7,185       5,199       2,214       17,762  
Weighted average receive rate (a)
    5.28 %     5.96       4.83       4.70       5.45       4.98  
Weighted average pay rate (a)
    4.47 %     4.23       4.32       4.41       4.26       4.36  
Unrealized gain (loss)
  $       (8 )     8       24       9       33  
 
(a) Weighted average receive and pay rates include the impact of currently effective interest rate swaps only and not the impact of forward-starting interest rate swaps. All interest rate swaps have variable pay or receive rates based on one-month to six-month LIBOR, and they are the pay or receive rates in effect at December 31, 2006 and 2005.
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     Activity related to risk management derivative financial instruments for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2006, is presented below.
                         
    December 31, 2006 and 2005  
 
    Asset     Liability        
(In millions)   Hedges     Hedges     Total  
 
Balance, December 31, 2004
  $ 57,438       166,238       223,676  
Additions
    95,774       83,763       179,537  
Maturities and amortizations
    (43,736 )     (80,006 )     (123,742 )
Terminations
    (28,327 )     (4,868 )     (33,195 )
Redesignations and transfers to trading account assets
    (30,789 )     (74,179 )     (104,968 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2005
    50,360       90,948       141,308  
Additions
    79,940       206,276       286,216  
Maturities and amortizations
    (12,525 )     (55,392 )     (67,917 )
Terminations
    (62,271 )     (40,700 )     (102,971 )
Redesignations and transfers to trading account assets
    (14,424 )     (25,276 )     (39,700 )
 
Balance, December 31, 2006
  $ 41,080       175,856       216,936  
 
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Audited Financial Statements
 

NOTE 20: COMMITMENTS, GUARANTEES, LITIGATION AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS
     In the normal course of business, the Company engages in a variety of transactions to meet the financing needs of its customers, to reduce its exposure to fluctuations in interest rates and to conduct lending activities. These transactions principally include lending commitments, other commitments and guarantees. These transactions involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit and interest rate risk in excess of amounts recognized in the consolidated financial statements.
LENDING COMMITMENTS
     Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. Commitments generally have fixed expiration dates or other termination clauses, and they may require payment of a fee by the counterparty. Since many of the commitments are expected to expire without being drawn, the total commitment amounts do not necessarily represent future cash requirements.
     Standby and commercial letters of credit are conditional commitments issued by the Company to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit are issued to support public and private borrowing arrangements, including commercial paper, bond financing and similar transactions, and to also assist customers in obtaining long-term tax-exempt funding through municipal bond issues. In the event the bonds are sold back prior to their maturity and cannot be remarketed, in certain conditions, the Company would be obligated to provide funding to finance the repurchase of the bonds. Commercial letters of credit are issued to support international and domestic trade.
     The Company’s maximum exposure to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty for commitments to extend credit and standby and commercial letters of credit is represented by the contract amount of those instruments. The Company holds various assets as collateral to support those commitments for which collateral is deemed necessary. The Company uses the same credit policies in entering into commitments and conditional obligations as it does for loans. Except for short-term commitments and letters of credit of $26.5 billion, commitments and letters of credit extend for more than one year, and they expire in varying amounts through 2029. See Note 21 for information related to the notional amount and fair value of lending commitments and letters of credit.
OTHER COMMITMENTS
     In the normal course of business, the Company enters into underwriting commitments. Transactions relating to these underwriting commitments that were open at December 31, 2006, and subsequently settled, had no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations.
     Minimum lease payments under leases classified as operating leases due in each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, are as follows (in millions): 2007, $687; 2008, $648; 2009, $610; 2010, $1.4 billion; 2011, $401; and subsequent years, $2.4 billion. Total minimum future lease receipts due from noncancelable subleases on operating leases was $363 million. Minimum lease payments under leases classified as capital leases due in each of the five years subsequent to December 31, 2006, are as follows (in millions): 2007, $3; 2008, $3; 2009, $2; 2010, $2; 2011, $2; and subsequent years, $4 million. In December 2005, the Company terminated an existing lease of railcars, including $771 million in leases that were classified as capital leases. Additionally, in December 2005, the Company entered into a sale and leaseback of $852 million of railcars, which are classified as operating leases. Rental expense for all operating leases was $905 million, $809 million and $697 million, in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
     The Company has commitments to make investments as part of its Principal Investing business and as part of its involvement in low income housing partnerships. At December 31, 2006, these commitments were $545 million and $299 million, respectively.
     The Federal Reserve Board requires the Company’s bank subsidiaries to maintain reserve balances based on a percentage of certain deposits, which may be satisfied by the Company’s vault cash. At December 31, 2006, average daily reserve balances, including contractually obligated clearing balances required by the Federal Reserve Board, amounted to $394 million.
GUARANTEES
     Guarantees are contracts that contingently require the Company to make payments to a guaranteed party based on an event or a change in an underlying asset, liability, rate or index. Guarantees are generally in the form of securities lending indemnifications, standby letters of credit, liquidity agreements, recourse obligations and residual value guarantees. The carrying amount and the maximum risk of loss of the Company’s guarantees follow.
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    December 31,  
    2006     2005  
 
            Maximum             Maximum  
    Carrying     Risk of     Carrying     Risk of  
(In millions)   Amount     Loss     Amount     Loss  
 
Securities and other lending indemnifications
  $       61,715             62,597  
Standby letters of credit
    115       37,783       108       35,568  
Liquidity agreements
    9       27,610       8       27,193  
Loans sold with recourse
    50       7,543       47       9,322  
Residual value guarantees
          1,131             1,109  
Written put options
    90       11,027       133       8,337  
Contingent consideration
          167             264  
 
Total guarantees
  $ 264       146,976       296       144,390  
 
     As a securities lending agent, client securities are loaned, on a fully collateralized basis, to third party broker/dealers. The Company indemnifies its clients against broker default and supports these guarantees with collateral that is marked to market daily. The Company generally requires cash or other highly liquid collateral from the broker/dealer. At December 31, 2006, there was $63.5 billion in collateral supporting the $61.7 billion loaned. Accordingly, there is no carrying amount associated with these agreements.
     The Company provides liquidity agreements on certain transactions related to its structured lending vehicle. Under certain conditions, the Company may be required to purchase assets from the vehicle at the vehicle’s original purchase price, which may be different from the assets’ fair value. These liquidity agreements have terms generally lasting 364 days, and the Company renews these liquidity agreements on an annual basis.
     Conduits purchase assets from a variety of third parties and issue commercial paper backed by all the assets in the conduit to fund those assets. The Company provides liquidity agreements on substantially all the commercial paper issued by the conduits it administers. At the discretion of the administrator, the liquidity agreements may be drawn to require that the Company purchase assets from the conduit at par value, which may be different from the assets’ fair value. Any losses for assets purchased from a deconsolidated conduit would be after losses absorbed by the third-party holder of the subordinated note. These liquidity agreements have terms generally lasting for 364 days, and the Company renews these agreements on an annual basis. In November 2005, the Company ceased the consolidation of one of the conduits it administers, and at December 31, 2005, the remaining consolidated conduit did not have any assets or commercial paper outstanding.
     As part of asset securitization activities, certain beneficial interests are sold to conduits administered by others to which the Company provides liquidity agreements. Under these liquidity agreements, the Company is obligated to purchase an interest in the assets that are financed by the conduits in the event the conduits are unable to continue to issue commercial paper to finance those assets. The Company also provides liquidity agreements on debt issued by QSPEs used to securitize fixed rate municipal bonds. In the event the debt securities could not be remarketed, the Company would be required to purchase the debt securities.
     In some loan sales or securitizations, the Company provides recourse to the buyer that requires the Company to repurchase loans at par plus accrued interest upon the occurrence of certain events, which are generally credit related within a certain period of time. The maximum risk of loss represents the outstanding principal balance of the loans sold or securitized with recourse provisions but the likelihood of the repurchase of the entire balance is remote and a significant portion of the amount repurchased would be recovered from the sale of the underlying collateral. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company did not repurchase a significant amount of loans associated with these agreements.
     Certain of the Company’s derivative transactions recorded as trading liabilities give the counterparty the right to sell to the Company an underlying instrument held by the counterparty at a specified price. These written put contracts generally permit net settlement and include credit default swaps, equity, currency put options and certain put options sold on the Company’s common stock. While these derivative transactions expose the Company to risk in the event the option is exercised, the Company manages this risk by entering into offsetting trades or by taking short positions in the underlying instrument. Additionally, for certain of these contracts, the Company requires the counterparty to pledge the underlying instrument as collateral for the transaction.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
     Some contracts the Company enters into in the normal course of business include indemnification provisions that obligate the Company to make payments to the counterparty or others in the event certain events occur. These contingencies generally relate to changes in the value of underlying assets, liabilities or equity securities or upon the occurrence of events, such as an adverse litigation judgment or an adverse interpretation of tax law.
     The indemnification clauses are often standard contractual terms and were entered into in the normal course of business based on an assessment that the risk of loss would be remote. In 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company was not required to make any significant payments under indemnification clauses. Since there are no stated or notional amounts included in the indemnification clauses and the contingencies triggering the obligation to indemnify have not occurred and are not expected to occur, the Company is not able to estimate the maximum potential amount of future payments under these indemnification clauses. There are no amounts reflected on the balance sheet at December 31, 2006 and 2005, related to these indemnifications.
     As part of the Company’s acquisition activity, the Company often negotiates terms in which a portion of the purchase price is contingent on future events, typically related to the acquired businesses meeting revenue or profitability targets. The additional consideration may be cash or stock. Contingent consideration is paid when the contingency is resolved and it is recorded as additional goodwill. At December 31, 2006, the Company had $167 million in cash and no common stock committed under such agreements that will be paid through 2010 if the contingencies are met.
LITIGATION AND OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS
     The Company and certain of its subsidiaries are involved in a number of judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings concerning matters arising from the conduct of its business activities. These proceedings include actions brought against the Company and/or its subsidiaries with respect to transactions in which the Company and/or its subsidiaries acted as banker, lender, underwriter, financial advisor or broker or in activities related thereto. In addition, the Company and its subsidiaries may be requested to provide information or otherwise cooperate with governmental authorities in the conduct of investigations of other persons or industry groups. It is the Company’s policy to cooperate in all regulatory inquiries and investigations.
     Although there can be no assurance as to the ultimate outcome, the Company and/or its subsidiaries have generally denied, or believe the Company has a meritorious defense and will deny, liability in all significant litigation pending against it, including the matters described below, and the Company intends to defend vigorously each such case. Reserves are established for legal claims when payments associated with the claims become probable and the costs can be reasonably estimated. The actual costs of resolving legal claims may be substantially higher or lower than the amounts reserved for those claims. In 2006, the Company recognized $101 million of expense related to litigation and regulatory proceedings.
     In the Matter of KPMG LLP Certain Auditor Independence Issues. The SEC has requested the Company to produce certain information concerning any agreements or understandings by which the Company referred clients to KPMG LLP during the period January 1, 1997 to November 2003 in connection with an inquiry regarding the independence of KPMG LLP as the Company’s outside auditors during such period. The Company is continuing to cooperate with the SEC in its inquiry, which is being conducted pursuant to a formal order of investigation entered by the SEC on October 21, 2003. The Company believes the SEC’s inquiry relates to certain tax services offered to the Company’s customers by KPMG LLP during the period from 1997 to early 2002, and whether these activities might have caused KPMG LLP not to be “independent” from the Company, as defined by applicable accounting and SEC regulations requiring auditors of an SEC-reporting company to be independent of the company. The Company and/or KPMG LLP received fees in connection with a small number of personal financial consulting transactions related to these services. KPMG LLP has confirmed to the Company that during all periods covered by the SEC’s inquiry, including the present, KPMG LLP was and is “independent” from the Company under applicable accounting and SEC regulations.
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     Financial Advisor Wage/Hour Class Action Litigation. Wachovia Securities, LLC, the Company’s retail securities brokerage subsidiary, is a defendant in multiple state and nationwide putative class actions alleging unpaid overtime wages and improper wage deductions for financial advisors. In December 2006 and in January 2007, related cases pending in U.S. District courts in several states were consolidated for case administrative purposes in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California pursuant to two orders of the Multi-District Litigation Panel. There is an additional case alleging a statewide class under California law, which is currently pending before the California Court of Appeals. The Company believes that it has meritorious defenses to the claims asserted in these lawsuits, which are part of an industry trend of related wage/hour class action litigation, and intends to defend vigorously the cases.
     Adelphia Litigation. Certain affiliates of the Company are defendants in an adversary proceeding previously pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York related to the bankruptcy of Adelphia Communications Corporation (“Adelphia”). In February 2006, an order was entered moving the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Adelphia’s bankruptcy case has filed claims on behalf of Adelphia against over 300 financial services companies, including the Company’s affiliates. The complaint asserts claims against the defendants under state law, bankruptcy law and the Bank Holding Company Act and seeks equitable relief and an unspecified amount of compensatory and punitive damages. The Official Committee of Equity Security Holders has sought leave to intervene in that complaint and sought leave to bring additional claims against certain of the financial services companies, including the Company’s affiliates, including additional federal and state claims. On August 30, 2005, the bankruptcy court granted the creditors’ committee and the equity holders’ committee standing to proceed with their claims. The Company and other defendants have filed motions to dismiss the complaints.
     In addition, certain affiliates of the Company, together with numerous other financial services companies, have been named in several private civil actions by investors in Adelphia debt and/or equity securities, alleging among other claims, misstatements in connection with Adelphia securities offerings between 1997 and 2001. The Company’s affiliates acted as an underwriter in certain of those securities offerings, as agent and/or lender for certain Adelphia credit facilities, and as a provider of Adelphia’s treasury/cash management services. These complaints, which seek unspecified damages, have been consolidated in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In separate orders entered in May and July 2005, the District Court dismissed a number of the securities law claims asserted against the Company, leaving some securities law claims pending. The Company still has a pending motion to dismiss with respect to these claims. On June 15, 2006, the District Court signed the preliminary order with respect to a proposed settlement of the securities class action pending against the Company and the other financial services companies. At a fairness hearing on the settlement on November 10, 2006, the District Court approved the settlement. The Company’s share of the settlement, $1.173 million, was paid in November 2006. The other private civil actions have not been settled.
     Other Regulatory Matters. Governmental and self-regulatory authorities have instituted numerous ongoing investigations of various practices in the securities and mutual fund industries, including those discussed in the Company’s previous filings with the SEC and those relating to market-timing, sales practices and record retention. The investigations cover advisory companies to mutual funds, broker-dealers, hedge funds and others. The Company has received subpoenas and other requests for documents and testimony relating to the investigations, is endeavoring to comply with those requests, is cooperating with the investigations, and where appropriate, is engaging in discussions to resolve the investigations. The Company is continuing its own internal review of policies, practices, procedures and personnel, and is taking remedial action where appropriate.
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Audited Financial Statements
 
     In connection with one of these investigations, on July 28, 2004, the SEC staff advised the Company’s investment advisory subsidiary that the staff is considering recommending to the SEC that it institute an enforcement action against the investment advisory subsidiary, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC, and other Evergreen entities. The SEC staff’s proposed allegations relate to (i) an arrangement involving a former Evergreen employee and an individual broker pursuant to which the broker, on behalf of a client, made exchanges to and from a mutual fund during the period December 2000 through April 2003 in excess of the limitations set forth in the mutual fund prospectus, (ii) purchase and sale activity from September 2001 through January 2003 by a former Evergreen portfolio manager in the mutual fund he managed at the time, (iii) the sufficiency of systems for monitoring exchanges and enforcing exchange limitations stated in mutual fund prospectuses, and (iv) the adequacy of e-mail retention practices. In addition, on September 17, 2004, the SEC staff advised Wachovia Securities that the staff is considering recommending to the SEC that it institute an enforcement action against the brokerage subsidiary regarding the allegations described in (i) of the preceding sentence. The Company currently is engaged in discussions with the SEC staff regarding the matters described in (i) through (iv) above. The Company intends to make a written Wells submission, if it is unable to satisfactorily resolve these matters, explaining why the Company believes enforcement action should not be instituted.
     Outlook. Based on information currently available, advice of counsel, available insurance coverage and established reserves, the Company believes that the eventual outcome of the actions against the Company and/or its subsidiaries, including the matters described above, will not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position or results of operations. However, in the event of unexpected future developments, it is possible that the ultimate resolution of those matters, if unfavorable, may be material to the Company’s results of operations for any particular period.
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NOTE 21: FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
     Information about the fair value of on-balance sheet financial instruments at December 31, 2006 and 2005, is presented below.
                                 
    December 31,  
 
    2006     2005  
 
            Estimated             Estimated  
    Carrying     Fair     Carrying     Fair  
(In millions)   Amount     Value     Amount     Value  
 
FINANCIAL ASSETS
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 34,916       34,916       37,625       37,625  
Trading account assets
    45,529       45,529       42,704       42,704  
Securities
    108,619       108,619       113,698       113,698  
Loans, net of unearned income and allowance for loan losses
    416,798       421,839       256,291       259,792  
Loans held for sale
    12,568       12,651       6,405       6,459  
Other financial assets
  $ 29,762       29,762       25,444       25,444  
 
FINANCIAL LIABILITIES
                               
Deposits
    407,458       407,701       324,894       324,625  
Short-term borrowings
    49,157       49,157       61,953       61,953  
Trading account liabilities
    18,228       18,228       17,598       17,598  
Other financial liabilities
    9,286       9,286       7,351       7,351  
Long-term debt
  $ 138,594       137,624       48,971       50,342  
 
     The fair values of performing loans for all portfolio loans were calculated by discounting estimated cash flows through expected maturity dates using estimated market yields that reflect the credit and interest rate risks inherent in each category of loans, and prepayment assumptions. Estimated fair values for the commercial loan portfolio were based on weighted average discount rates ranging from 5.37 percent to 8.93 percent and 5.09 percent to 9.75 percent at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and for the consumer loan portfolio from 6.77 percent to 12.65 percent and 6.47 percent to 13.98 percent, respectively. For performing residential mortgage loans, fair values were estimated using discounted cash flow analyses utilizing yields for similar mortgage-backed securities. The fair values of nonperforming loans were calculated by discounting estimated cash flows using discount rates commensurate with the risk associated with the cash flows.
     The fair values of noninterest-bearing deposits, savings and NOW accounts, and money market accounts were the amounts payable on demand at December 31, 2006 and 2005. The fair value of fixed-maturity certificates of deposit is estimated based on the discounted value of contractual cash flows using current market rates of instruments with similar remaining maturities. The fair value estimates for deposits do not include the value of the Company’s long-term relationships with depositors.
     The fair value of long-term debt is estimated based on the quoted market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates offered to the Company for debt with similar terms.
     Substantially all other financial assets and liabilities have maturities of three months or less, and accordingly, the carrying amount is deemed to be a reasonable estimate of fair value.
     Fair value estimates are based on existing financial instruments, as defined, without estimating the value of certain ongoing businesses, the value of anticipated future business and the value of assets and liabilities that are not considered financial instruments. In the Company’s opinion, these add significant value.
COLLATERAL
     The Company has accepted collateral that may be sold or repledged based on contract or custom. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the fair value of this collateral was approximately $14.8 billion and $23.7 billion, respectively. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company had sold or repledged $1.6 billion and $4.6 billion of such collateral, respectively. The primary source of this collateral is reverse repurchase agreements.
     The Company pledges securities as collateral in repurchase agreements, U.S. Government and other public deposits and other short-term borrowings. This collateral can be sold or repledged by the counterparties. At December 31, 2006, the Company has pledged certain trading account assets as collateral, with a carrying amount of $12.2 billion.
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report     125

 


 

Audited Financial Statements
 
     Information about the fair value of off-balance sheet financial instruments at December 31, 2006 and 2005, is presented below.
                                 
    December 31,  
 
    2006     2005  
 
            Estimated             Estimated  
    Notional     Fair     Notional     Fair  
(In millions)   Amount     Value     Amount     Value  
 
OFF-BALANCE SHEET FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
                               
Lending commitments
  $ 249,633       320       215,353       310  
Standby letters of credit
    37,783       115       35,568       108  
Financial guarantees written
  $ 97,999       59       100,221       55  
 
     The fair value of commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit is estimated using the fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the current creditworthiness of the counterparties. Generally, for fixed rate loan commitments, fair value also considers the difference between the current level of interest rates and the committed rates.
     The fair value of financial guarantees written is estimated using the fees currently charged to enter into similar agreements, taking into account the remaining terms of the agreements and the current creditworthiness of the counterparties.
126     Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report


 

 
NOTE 22: WACHOVIA CORPORATION (PARENT COMPANY)
     The Parent Company serves as the primary source of funding for the activities for most of its nonbank subsidiaries.
     At December 31, 2006, the Parent Company was indebted to subsidiary banks in the amount of $143 million that, under the terms of revolving credit agreements, was collateralized by certain interest-bearing balances, securities, loans, premises and equipment, and it was payable on demand. At December 31, 2006, a subsidiary bank had loans outstanding to Parent Company nonbank subsidiaries in the amount of $310 million that, under the terms of a revolving credit agreement, were collateralized by securities and certain loans, and they were payable on demand. The Parent Company has guaranteed certain borrowings of its subsidiaries that at December 31, 2006, amounted to $100 million.
     At December 31, 2006, the Parent Company’s subsidiaries, including its bank subsidiaries, had available retained earnings of $7.9 billion for the payment of dividends to the Parent Company without regulatory or other restrictions. Subsidiary net assets of $76.7 billion were restricted from being transferred to the Parent Company at December 31, 2006, under regulatory or other restrictions.
     At December 31, 2006 and 2005, the estimated fair value of the Parent Company’s loans was $10.3 billion and $10.5 billion, respectively.
     The Parent Company’s condensed balance sheets at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related condensed statements of income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006, follow.
CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
                 
    December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005  
 
ASSETS
               
Cash and due from banks
  $       174  
Interest-bearing balances with bank subsidiary
    12,670       8,527  
 
Total cash and cash equivalents
    12,670       8,701  
 
Trading account assets
    322       5  
Securities (amortized cost $940 in 2006; $843 in 2005)
    989       862  
Loans, net
    4       46  
Loans due from subsidiaries
               
Banks
    5,273       5,266  
Nonbanks
    5,016       5,154  
Investments in wholly owned subsidiaries
               
Banks
    53,967       48,116  
Nonbanks
    35,113       8,227  
 
Total
    89,080       56,343  
Investments arising from purchase acquisitions
    1,363       1,360  
 
Total investments in wholly owned subsidiaries
    90,443       57,703  
 
Other assets
    172       1,101  
 
Total assets
  $ 114,889       78,838  
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Commercial paper
    4,422       3,676  
Other short-term borrowings with affiliates
    2,080       1,297  
Other liabilities
    1,586       1,475  
Long-term debt
    34,725       22,457  
Junior subordinated debentures
    2,348       2,360  
 
Total liabilities
    45,161       31,265  
 
Minority interest
    12       12  
 
Stockholders’ equity
    69,716       47,561  
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 114,889       78,838  
 
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report     127


 

Audited Financial Statements
 
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
INCOME
                       
Dividends from subsidiaries
                       
Banks
  $ 3,748             1,672  
Bank holding companies
          4,000        
Nonbanks
    601       75       103  
Interest income
    1,122       760       483  
Fee and other income
    1,816       1,511       1,484  
 
Total income
    7,287       6,346       3,742  
 
EXPENSE
                       
Interest on short-term borrowings
    214       141       39  
Interest on long-term debt
    1,693       949       515  
Noninterest expense
    1,770       1,495       1,405  
 
Total expense
    3,677       2,585       1,959  
 
Income before income tax benefits and equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries
    3,610       3,761       1,783  
Income tax benefits
    (287 )     (113 )     (1 )
 
Income before equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries
    3,897       3,874       1,784  
Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries
    3,894       2,769       3,430  
 
Net income
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,214  
 
128     Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report


 

 
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                         
    Years Ended December 31,  
 
(In millions)   2006     2005     2004  
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
                       
Net income
  $ 7,791       6,643       5,214  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities
                       
Equity in undistributed net income of subsidiaries
    (3,894 )     (2,769 )     (3,430 )
Securities transactions
    (6 )     (14 )     (17 )
Accretion and amortization of securities discounts and premiums, net
          1       4  
Depreciation and other amortization
    517       351       331  
Deferred income taxes
    (98 )     (30 )     (83 )
Trading account assets, net
    (317 )     29       (29 )
Excess income tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
    (152 )     (162 )     (70 )
Other assets, net
    1,045       711       387  
Other liabilities, net
    (814 )     144       722  
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    4,072       4,904       3,029  
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
                       
Increase (decrease) in cash realized from
                       
Sales and maturities of securities
    117       386       352  
Purchases of securities
    (208 )     (631 )     (274 )
Advances to subsidiaries, net
    131       (89 )     (1,297 )
Investments in subsidiaries, net
    (6,638 )     (2,240 )     (1,514 )
Longer-term loans originated or acquired
    (3 )     (64 )     (60 )
Principal repaid on longer-term loans
    45       48       45  
Purchases of premises and equipment, net
    (46 )     (15 )     (20 )
Cash equivalents acquired, net of purchases of banking organizations
                429  
 
Net cash used by investing activities
    (6,602 )     (2,605 )     (2,339 )
 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
                       
Increase (decrease) in cash realized from
                       
Commercial paper
    746       858       706  
Other short-term borrowings, net
    783       335       (6 )
Issuances of long-term debt
    15,995       5,167       10,480  
Payments of long-term debt
    (3,739 )     (4,528 )     (2,519 )
Issuances of common stock
    664       337       646  
Purchases of common stock
    (4,513 )     (2,693 )     (2,357 )
Excess income tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
    152       162       70  
Cash dividends paid
    (3,589 )     (3,039 )     (2,306 )
 
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
    6,499       (3,401 )     4,714  
 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    3,969       (1,102 )     5,404  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
    8,701       9,803       4,399  
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
  $ 12,670       8,701       9,803  
 
CASH PAID (RECEIVED) FOR
                       
Interest
  $ 1,739       1,209       422  
Income taxes
    (332 )     (285 )     315  
NONCASH ITEM
                       
Issuance of common stock for purchase accounting acquisitions
  $ 22,447             14,000  
 
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report     129


 

Glossary of Financial Terms
 
     
Basis Point: A measure used to quantify yields or interest rates. One basis point (or bp) equals one hundredth of a percent (0.01%).

  Noninterest Expense: All expenses other than the interest expense on deposits and borrowed funds and the provision for credit losses.

Book Value: A company’s value as reflected on the balance sheet. Book value is determined by adding the value of all assets and subtracting the value of all liabilities. Book value of a company may have little relationship to market value.

Core Deposits: Savings and NOW accounts, money market and noninterest-bearing accounts and other consumer time deposits.

Derivative: A term used to define a broad base of financial instruments whose value is based on, or derived from, an underlying rate, price or index. Examples include swaps, options and futures contracts and can be based on interest rates, foreign currency, commodities or prices of other financial instruments, such as stocks and bonds.

Earning Assets: Assets that generate interest income or dividends.

FDIC-Insured Sweep Product: A product available to Wachovia Securities account holders in which the available cash balances in a customer’s brokerage account are automatically deposited or “swept” overnight into an interest-bearing bank deposit account and are eligible for federal deposit insurance in accordance with the rules of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).

Fee and Other Income: All income other than interest and dividend income.

Goodwill: An intangible asset recorded under the purchase method of accounting. In an acquisition, goodwill is recorded on the balance sheet of the acquirer and is the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets acquired. Goodwill is generally understood to represent the going concern value of the business and other intangible factors that are expected to contribute to earnings growth.

Hedge: An investment strategy designed to reduce the risk of future value changes by entering into a position with an offsetting risk profile. Interest rate swaps, futures, options and short sales are examples of hedging techniques. Certain hedges that meet very specific criteria are accorded special accounting treatment as described in Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. An economic hedge is a hedge that mitigates risk, but does not qualify or is not designated as an accounting hedge.

Interest Rate Swap: A derivative in which two parties agree to exchange periodic interest payments. These payments are calculated on a “notional amount,” and no exchange of principal occurs. Interest rate swaps are commonly used to manage the asset or liability sensitivity of a balance sheet by converting fixed rate assets or liabilities to floating rates, or vice versa.

Investment Security Gain or Loss: A gain or loss resulting from the sale of an investment security at a price above or below the security’s carrying amount.

LIBOR: London Inter-Bank Offered Rate. The short-term interest rate that creditworthy international banks charge each other for loans.

Lower of Cost or Market: A method of accounting for certain assets by recording them at the lower of their historical cost or their current market value.

Net Charge-offs: The amount of loans written off as uncollectible, net of recoveries on loans previously written off as uncollectible.

Net Interest Margin: The difference between tax-equivalent interest income and interest expense, divided by average earning assets.
  Nonperforming Assets: Assets on which income is not being recognized for financial reporting purposes; certain restructured loans on which interest rates or terms of repayment have been materially revised; and other real estate that has been acquired through loan foreclosures, or deeds received in lieu of loan payments.

Notional Amount: The amount of a derivative instrument on which interest or other payments are determined. The notional amount is not recorded on the balance sheet.

Overhead Efficiency Ratio: Noninterest expense divided by total revenue, which includes tax-equivalent net interest income and fee and other income.

Purchase Accounting: An accounting method that adds the fair value of tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, along wi th the resulting goodwill, to those of the acquirer at the time of the acquisition. Results of operations of the combined entity reflect the activity of the acquired entity only in the periods following consummation date; historical financial information of the acquirer is not restated.

Purchased Funds: Large denomination certificates of deposit and short-term borrowed funds.

Return on Assets (ROA): Net income available to common stock-holders as a percentage of average assets.

Return on Common Equity (ROE): Net income available to common stockholders as a percentage of average common stockholders’ equity.

Securitize/Securitization: The process of aggregating similar financial instruments, such as loans or mortgages, into one or more negotiable securities. Certain securitization transactions result in a complete transfer of risk to investors, and in others, the company typically retains risk in the form of senior or subordinated notes or residual interests in the securities issued (any of which we refer to as retained interests).

Stockholders’ Equity: A balance sheet amount that represents the total investment in the corporation by holders of common stock and certain preferred stock.

Stress Testing: A process designed to measure market risk by observing the reaction of a portfolio, generally measured by changes in market value, when exposed to a variety of types of market movements.

Subordinated Notes: Debt that has a lower repayment priority than senior debt. Certain subordinated notes qualify as tier 2 capital for regulatory reporting purposes.

Tax-Equivalent Net Interest Income: Net interest income adjusted to reflect the benefit of interest-earning tax-free assets.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 Capital Ratios: Measures of the capital adequacy of a bank as determined in accordance with specific regulatory guidelines. Tier 1 ratio refers to core capital while tier 2 ratio refers to supplementary capital.

Yield Curve: A graph showing the relationship between yields and maturity dates for a portfolio of similar bonds at a given point in time. Often used to illustrate the direction of interest rates.
130     Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report


 

Geographic Reach
 
         
   
General Bank Financial Centers

()
International Reach
   International branches in Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo
   Representative offices in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and Russia
   Wachovia Securities, LLC brokerage offices serving Latin America in Puerto Rico and Miami, and service affiliate offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay
   International processing centers in Charlotte, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and Winston-Salem, N.C.
   Foreign Exchange desks in Charlotte, London and Hong Kong
  Eastern Banking
Group
 
Atlantic Region
Connecticut
Branches: 77
ATMs: 109
Rank: No. 4
Share: 8.9%
 
New Jersey
Branches: 330
ATMs: 482
Rank: No. 2
Share: 12.8%
 
New York
Branches: 77
ATMs: 185
Rank: No. 13
Share: 1.4%
 
Carolinas-Virginia
Region

North Carolina
Branches: 332
ATMs: 685
Rank: No. 1
Share: 41.5%
 
South Carolina
Branches: 144
ATMs: 291
Rank: No. 1
Share: 18.6%
 
Virginia
Branches: 293
ATMs: 463
Rank: No. 1
Share: 14.7%
 
Florida Region
Florida
Branches: 808
ATMs: 1,021
Rank: No. 1
Share: 19.9%
 
Georgia Region
Georgia
Branches: 298
ATMs: 716
Rank: No. 2
Share: 15.7%
 
Mid-Atlantic Region
Delaware
Branches: 20
ATMs: 42
Rank: No. 3
Share: 9.7%
 
Maryland
Branches: 80
ATMs: 113
Rank: No. 4
Share: 7.6%
 
Pennsylvania
Branches: 306
ATMs: 478
Rank: No. 2
Share: 11.2%
  Washington, D.C.
Branches: 30
ATMs: 67
Rank: No. 1
Share: 27.5%
 
Mid-South Region
Alabama
Branches: 151
ATMs: 185
Rank: No. 3
Share: 11.4%
 
Mississippi
Branches: 13
ATMs: 20
Rank: No. 16
Share: 1.0%
 
Tennessee
Branches: 15
ATMs: 20
Rank: No. 49
Share: 0.3%
 
Western
Banking Group
 
Arizona
Branches: 15
ATMs: 3
Rank: No. 6
Share: 3.6%
 
California
Branches: 144
ATMs: 87
Rank: No. 6
Share: 5.0%
 
Nevada
Branches: 5
ATMs: None
Rank: No. 11
Share: 0.8%
 
Central Banking
Group
 
Colorado
Branches: 35
ATMs: 3
Rank: No. 3
Share: 6.6%
 
Illinois
Branches: 8
ATMs: 3
Rank: No. 53
Share: 0.2%
 
Kansas
Branches: 9
ATMs: None
Rank: No. 5
Share: 2.7%
 
Texas
Branches: 185
ATMs: 238
Rank: No. 8
Share: 2.1%
   
Market share rankings based on FDIC data as of June 30, 2006. Includes World Savings Bank, FSB. Excludes credit card companies with deposits domiciled in Delaware.
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report     131

 


 

Corporate Governance
 
At December 31, 2006
             
Committees of the
Board of Directors


Executive
Lanty L. Smith, Chair
Peter C. Browning
William H. Goodwin Jr.
Robert A. Ingram
Joseph Neubauer
G. Kennedy Thompson
John C. Whitaker Jr.
Dona Davis Young


Audit
Joseph Neubauer, Chair
John D. Baker II
John T. Casteen III
Jerry Gitt
Lanty L. Smith


Risk
Dona Davis Young, Chair
William H. Goodwin Jr.
Maryellen C. Herringer
Donald M. James
Van L. Richey
John C. Whitaker Jr.


Corporate Governance &
Nominating
Robert A. Ingram, Chair
Peter C. Browning
William H. Goodwin Jr.
Mackey J. McDonald
Joseph Neubauer
Ruth G. Shaw
Lanty L. Smith


Management Resources &
Compensation
Ruth G. Shaw, Chair
Robert J. Brown*
Peter C. Browning
Robert A. Ingram
Mackey J. McDonald
Timothy D. Proctor
  Board of Directors

John D. Baker II
President and Chief
Executive Officer,
Florida Rock Industries, Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida

Robert J. Brown*
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,
B&C Associates, Inc.
High Point, North Carolina

Peter C. Browning
Lead Director,
Nucor Holdings Corporation
Charlotte, North Carolina

John T. Casteen III
President,
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Jerry Gitt
Retired Securities Analyst
Palm Desert, California

William H. Goodwin Jr.
Chairman, CCA Industries, Inc.
Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief
Operating Officer,
The Riverstone Group, LLC
Richmond, Virginia

Maryellen C. Herringer
Attorney-at-law
Piedmont, California


Operating Committee

G. Kennedy Thompson
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Officer

David M. Carroll
Senior Executive Vice
President and President,
Capital Management Group

Stephen E. Cummings
Senior Executive Vice
President and Head of
Corporate and Investment Bank

Reginald E. Davis
Executive Vice President and
Eastern Banking Group
Executive, General Bank

Gerald A. Enos Jr.
Senior Executive Vice
President and Head of
Operations, Technology
and eCommerce
  Robert A. Ingram
Vice Chairman
Pharmaceuticals,
GlaxoSmithKline plc
Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina

Donald M. James
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,
Vulcan Materials Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Mackey J. McDonald
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,
VF Corporation
Greensboro, North Carolina

Joseph Neubauer
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,
ARAMARK Holdings
Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Timothy D. Proctor
General Counsel,
Diageo, plc
London, England

Ernest S. Rady
Chairman, California
Banking Division and
Consumer Finance Division,
Wachovia Corporation
Charlotte, North Carolina







Benjamin P. Jenkins III
Vice Chairman and President,
General Bank

Stanhope A. Kelly
Senior Executive Vice
President and President,
Wealth Management

Daniel J. Ludeman
Executive Vice President,
President and Chief
Executive Officer,
Wachovia Securities, LLC

Shannon W. McFayden
Senior Executive Vice
President and Director of
Human Resources and
Corporate Relations

Cecelia S. Sutton
Executive Vice President and
Head of the Retail Segment,
General Bank
  Van L. Richey
President and Chief
Executive Officer,
American Cast Iron Pipe
Company
Birmingham, Alabama

Ruth G. Shaw
Executive Advisor to the
Chairman and CEO,
Duke Energy Corporation
Charlotte, North Carolina

Lanty L. Smith
Lead Independent Director,
Wachovia Corporation
Chairman, Soles Brower
Smith & Co.
Greensboro, North Carolina

G. Kennedy Thompson
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer,
Wachovia Corporation
Charlotte, North Carolina

John C. Whitaker Jr.
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer,
Inmar, Inc.
Winston-Salem,
North Carolina

Dona Davis Young
Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer,
The Phoenix Companies, Inc.
Hartford, Connecticut






Mark C. Treanor
Senior Executive Vice
President, General Counsel
and Secretary

Donald K. Truslow
Senior Executive Vice
President and Chief Risk
Officer

Benjamin F. Williams Jr.
Managing Director, Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC, and
Head of Global Capital
Markets, Corporate and
Investment Bank

Thomas J. Wurtz
Senior Executive Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
* Mr. Brown will retire as of the 2007 Annual Meeting.
132     Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report


 

Shareholder Information
How to Contact Us
Investor Relations
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Media
Mary Eshet, Media Relations Manager
704-374-2138
Annual Meeting
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 9:30 a.m.
Charlotte Convention Center, 501 S. College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Corporate Headquarters
Wachovia Corporation
301 South College Street, Suite 4000
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0013
704-590-0000
Certifications
The chief executive officer and chief financial officer certifications required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 have been filed as exhibits to Wachovia’s 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
On May 11, 2006, G. Kennedy Thompson, Wachovia’s chief executive officer, submitted to the New York Stock Exchange the CEO certification required by the NYSE’s rules certifying that he was not aware of any violations by Wachovia of the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards.
Wachovia Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.


Debt Ratings
Wachovia common stock is listed on The New York Stock Exchange, Inc., under the symbol “WB.”
Wachovia Corporation and Wachovia Bank, National Association, each have debt securities issued in the marketplace. The following table shows debt ratings at February 14, 2007.
             
Wachovia Corporation   Moody’s   Standard & Poor’s   Fitch Ratings
 
Outlook
  Stable   Stable   Stable
 
Senior long-term debt
  Aa3   AA-   AA-
 
Subordinated long-term debt
  A1   A+   A+
 
Short-term debt
  P-1   A-1+   F1+
 
 
           
Wachovia Bank, National Association
           
 
Long-term deposits
  Aa2   AA   AA
 
Short-term deposits
  P-1   A-1+   F1+
 
Long-term debt/letters of credit
  Aa2   AA   AA-
 
Short-term debt/letters of credit
  P-1   A-1+   F1+
 
Subordinated debt
  Aa3   AA-   A+
 
Wachovia Corporation 2006 Annual Report

 


 

Growing in ways that
matter to our customers,
communities, employees
and shareholders
Recent Wachovia Achievements
§   No. 1 total stock return among the 20 largest U.S. banks year-end 2001-2006
 
§   Top 10 U.S. Banker CFOs - Tom Wurtz, Wachovia chief financial officer
 
§   Most shareholder-friendly company - Banks/Large Cap (Institutional Investor survey)
 
§   No. 1 customer satisfaction among banks for six consecutive years (University of Michigan’s American Customer Satisfaction Index)
 
§   No. 1 in customer satisfaction among major U.S. banks (Consumer Reports 2006)
 
§   No. 1 among major banks and top 5 among all banks (J.D. Power Retail Banking Satisfaction 2006)
 
§   No. 1 among banks in 2006 and 2005 Brandweek Customer Loyalty Awards
 
§   Teach for America Founding National Corporate Partner (Wachovia) and Annual Teach for America Award to Ken Thompson, Wachovia chairman and CEO
 
§   Top 100 Best Places to Work for 11th consecutive year (Working Mother)
 
§   Top 50 Best Companies for Latinas to work for sixth consecutive year (LatinaStyle)
 
§   Top 50 Companies for Diversity for fourth consecutive year (Diversity Inc)
 
§   100 best corporations in North America for developing human capital for fifth consecutive year (Training)
 
§   No. 1 commercial bank - Online Customer Respect - Customer Respect Group
 
§   No. 1 Web site satisfaction and satisfaction with banking relationship (comScore Networks)

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