STT State Street Corporation

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), the world�s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, announced today that David Puth has been named to a newly created position as head of State Street�s investment research, securities finance and trading activities worldwide. Puth, age 51, will report to Jay Hooley, president and chief operating officer of State Street. He will also join the company�s Operating Group, State Street�s senior-most strategy and policy-making team. In addition to its industry leading investment servicing and management capabilities, State Street provides specialized investment research and trading to institutional investors across foreign exchange, equities and fixed income. With more than $14 trillion in volume traded across asset classes in 2007 and trading relationships with 88 of the 100 Largest Asset Managers1, State Street provides clients with original flow-based research, innovative portfolio strategies, trade process optimization, and global connectivity across multiple asset classes and markets. State Street is also a leading foreign exchange dealer and is annually selected as one of the best overall foreign exchange providers in surveys of investment management firms conducted by top industry publications. Through its global network of nine foreign exchange trading desks -- in Boston, Toronto, Montreal, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Taipei, Singapore, and Sydney -- State Street provides its clients with access to industry specialists 24 hours a day. State Street is also a market leader in securities finance, with approximately $3 trillion in lendable assets and nearly $650 billion in assets on-loan as of June 30, 2008. The firm has been providing securities lending services since 1974, and currently lends securities in more than 45 markets around the world through a global network of trading locations. Hooley said, �Our Global Markets and Securities Finance businesses have experienced considerable growth over the past decade as demand increases for our unique and unconflicted array of lending and trading services and our proprietary flow-based research. Our model positions us to capture considerable market share in the future, particularly given the heightened need for these services fueled by expansion within the alternative and hedge fund sectors. I am confident that, with his global experience and industry knowledge, David will be an excellent leader of these engines of our future growth.� Puth has more than two decades of experience managing and leading capital markets and trading businesses within global financial firms in Europe and the United States including Citigroup and JP Morgan heritage corporations. At JP Morgan Chase, Puth was a member of the firm�s Executive Committee and the Investment Bank�s Management Committee and was head of Global Currency and Commodities, Sales, Trading and Research. Puth also had responsibility and strategic oversight for its Global Emerging Markets businesses including fixed income, currencies and research for Latin America, Eastern Europe and Asia. While at Chemical Bank, Puth developed and managed the bank�s proprietary investments in a portfolio of hedge funds which later became part of JP Morgan Capital Partners. After leaving JP Morgan at the end of 2006, Puth founded the Eriska Group, an investment advisory and risk management consulting firm. Throughout his career he has served on a number of boards including iCap, a FTSE 100 brokerage firm, and the Federal Reserve Foreign Exchange Committee, which he chaired from 2001 to 2003. He has also served as a senior advisor to JH Whitney Investment Management. Puth is a member of the boards of the Robin Hood Foundation, an organization dedicated to fighting poverty in New York City, and the Institute for Global Leadership at Tufts University. He is also a trustee of the Berkshire School, a preparatory school in Sheffield, Mass. Puth holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University. Puth said, �I�ve admired State Street for many years both as a competitor and a counterparty and am delighted to now join the firm and work alongside an outstanding management team within these businesses. State Street�s research and trading business strategy has avoided the traditional sell-side approach in favor of one that is truly transformational and client-focused in terms of its neutrality and ability to simultaneously serve the needs of asset owners, asset managers and broker dealers. Aligning this business more closely with what is a world-class leading securities finance capability will greatly enhance the services we can provide to clients worldwide.� State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors, including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $15.3 trillion in assets under custody and $1.9 trillion in assets under management at June 30, 2008, State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 geographic markets worldwide and employs 28,700 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street�s website at www.statestreet.com. Footnote: 1 As measured by Global Investor Magazine�s 2007 annual survey Forward-Looking Statements This news announcement contains forward-looking statements as defined by United States securities laws, including statements about State Street�s strategies and the demand for its products and services, as well as its goals, opportunities and business environment. These statements are not guarantees of future results or performance, are inherently uncertain, are based on current assumptions that are difficult to predict and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in those statements, and those statements should not be relied upon as representing State Street's expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this release. Important factors that may affect future results and outcomes include the levels of interest rates, volatility, performance, liquidity and other factors relevant to securities, currency and other markets in the U.S. and internationally and economic and other governmental actions designed to address those factors; the performance and demand for the products and services State Street offers; the competitive environment in which State Street operates; State Street�s ability to continue to grow revenue, control expenses and attract the capital necessary to achieve its business goals and comply with regulatory requirements; State Street�s ability to manage systemic risks and control operating risks; trends in the globalization of investment activity and the growth on a worldwide basis in financial assets; trends in governmental and corporate pension plans and savings rates; and the other financial, market, competitive, regulatory and business factors set forth in State Street's 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K and its subsequent SEC filings, including, in particular, its Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2008. State Street encourages investors to read these filings, particularly the sections on Risk Factors, for additional information with respect to any forward-looking statements and prior to making any investment decision. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, August 20, 2008, and State Street does not undertake efforts to revise those forward-looking statements to reflect events after this date.