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Corporate Profile for Westamerica Bancorporation, dated Jan. 28, 2000.


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Published Date:   Jan. 28, 2000

Company Name:     Westamerica Bancorporation

Address:          1108 Fifth Avenue
                  San Rafael, CA 94901

Main Telephone
 Number:          800/829-8629
                  707/863-6000

Internet Home
 Page Address
  (URL)           www.westamerica.com

Chief Executive
 Officer:         David L. Payne

Chief Financial
 Officer:         Jennifer J. Finger

Investor Relations
 Contact:         Joseph Bowler
 Business number: 707/863-6840
                  707/863-6809
 E-mail address:  invest@ix.netcom.com

Public Relations
 Contact:         Joseph Bowler
 Business number: 707/863-6840
 E-mail address:  invest@ix.netcom.com

Industry:         Banking

Trading Symbol/
 Exchange:        WABC

Market Makers:    KBW, USB Piper Jaffray, CIBC Oppenheimer, Dain
Bosworth, Bank of America


Company description: Westamerica Bancorporation, headquartered in San Rafael, California San Rafael (IPA: /ˌsænrəˈfɛl/; originally IPA: [sɑn rɑfeˈɛl]), is the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. , is a multi-bank holding company for Westamerica Bank Westamerica Bank is a regional community-bank with 87 branches and two trust offices in 21 northern and central California counties. It is headquartered in San Rafael, California.

Rated as one of California's strongest and healthiest banks, Westamerica has over $5.
 and Bank of Lake County. Westamerica Bank, with $3.8 billion assets at December December: see month.  31, 1999, has 86 Northern and Central California Central California can refer to one of several divisions or regions of the U.S state of California:
  • The state is sometimes described as being in three main sections: Northern California (the San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento Valley northward), Southern California (south
 branches. Bank of Lake County, with $92 million in assets at December 31, 1999, has 4 offices in Lake County.

Westamerica is the largest independent bank headquartered in Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern  and serves 22 Northern and Central Valley Counties. Located in some of the fastest growing and most affluent markets in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W).  and the Nation, Westamerica's business strategy is to continue to grow through acquisition while focusing on maintaining credit quality, increasing fee income and reducing overhead expense.
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