Wells Fargo to Host National Trust Real Estate Conference SAN FRANCISCO, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Financial professionals across the country who manage real estate for wealthy clients will be hosted by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. at the 2004 annual National Trust Real Estate Association Conference in San Francisco from May 4 to 7. "This will be the largest national gathering of trust real estate professionals ever held," said Conference host, Heather Fairfull, Regional Trust Asset Manager of Wells Fargo's Real Estate and Specialty Assets Group. "For these professionals, the Conference provides an opportunity to hear updated information on fiduciary, legal and real estate management issues and to increase their professionalism, which leads to better client service and satisfaction. For Wells Fargo, which is one of the country's top providers of trust real estate services, it's an honor to host the conference." In addition to hosting the Conference, which will be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel, Wells Fargo will provide experts to lead presentations and panel discussions: -- David Coffaro, Managing Director of Wells Fargo Private Client Services, will join Heather Fairfull to provide welcoming remarks to conference participants. -- Drew Anderson, Wells Fargo's Regional Trust Asset Director for the Real Estate and Specialty Assets division of Private Client Services, will participate in a panel on best practices. -- Ann Hart Wernz, Assistant General Counsel in the Wells Fargo Law Department, will speak about "Uniform Principal and Income Act Considerations in Real Estate Investment Decisions." The NTREA is a non-profit organization for institutional trust real estate professionals. It provides formal education activities through its annual conference, featuring a variety of technical and professional topics ranging from creative land planning to fiduciary law updates. Member financial services industry firms hold title to real estate and mineral interests in 50 states and Canada, with a total market value exceeding $22 billion. Wells Fargo's Real Estate and Specialty Assets division provides asset management, in a fiduciary capacity, for: commercial, residential, agricultural, retail and office real estate; closely held businesses such as C-corporations, S-corporations, limited liability companies, sole partnerships, limited partnerships, and family limited partnerships; and specialty assets, including oil, gas and mineral assets, and loans, notes and contracts. Wells Fargo works to preserve and enhance the value of these non-financial assets within the context of a client's overall portfolio, investment objectives and goals. Wells Fargo's Real Estate and Specialty Assets division falls within the company's Private Client Services group, which provides investment management, trust and estate services, and private banking in 23 states. Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company with $397 billion in assets, providing banking, insurance, investments, mortgage and consumer finance from more than 5,900 stores and the internet (wellsfargo.com) across North America and elsewhere internationally. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the only "Aaa"-rated bank in the United States. DATASOURCE: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. CONTACT: Event Press Contact for Wells Fargo, Daphne Larkin, +1-707-963-2025, or Wells Fargo, Private Client Services, Mike Bares, +1-612-667-6704 Web site: http://www.wellsfargo.com/

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