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STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION REPORTS SECOND QUARTER EARNINGS PER SHARE UP 15%.

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1995-- State Street Boston Boston, town, England
Boston, town (1991 pop. 26,495), E central England, on the Witham River. Boston's fame as a port dates from the 13th cent., when it was a Hanseatic port trading wool and wine. Having recovered from a decline in the 18th and 19th cent.
 Corporation reported second quarter earnings per share of $.75 on a fully diluted di·lute  
tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes
1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water.

2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture.
 basis, an increase of 15% from $.65 in the second quarter of 1994. Net income was $62.7 million, up from $53.9 million a year ago. The increase reflected revenue growth of 11%, operating expense Operating Expense

The essential things that a company must purchase in order to maintain business.

Notes:
For example, the payment of employees wages are an operating expense.

Also known as OPEX.
 growth of 11% and a tax settlement. Return on stockholders equity was 17.2%.

Marshall Marshall.

1 City (1990 pop. 12,711), seat of Saline co., N central Mo.; inc. 1839. In a large farm area, it is a processing center for grain, eggs, meat, and dairy products. Marshall is the seat of Missouri Valley College.
 N. Carter, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, In the second quarter, several factors which drive our long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 growth improved. Non-U non-U  
adj. Chiefly British
Not characteristic of the upper class, especially in language usage.



[non- + U2.
.S. assets under custody The care, possession, and control of a thing or person. The retention, inspection, guarding, maintenance, or security of a thing within the immediate care and control of the person to whom it is committed. The detention of a person by lawful authority or process.  and transactions processed increased and U.S. equity and bond market values continued to climb. Growth in the mutual fund servicing and investment management businesses helped fuel a 7% consecutive quarter increase in fiduciary fiduciary (fĭd`shēĕ'rē), in law, a person who is obliged to discharge faithfully a responsibility of trust toward another.  compensation. Foreign deposits grew, and foreign exchange trading Foreign Exchange Trading or FX Trading, clients are able to hedge against, or speculate upon, changes in the exchange rate of two currencies. For example, a speculator can long EUR/USD in foreign exchange market in order to profit from capturing the appreciation of Euro against the  revenue remained strong.

We are now benefiting from the capabilities of our operating infrastructure which can process substantially higher volumes of non- non- word element [L.]not .

non-
pref.
Not: noninvasive. 
 U.S. activity as a result of our investment spending program. We continue to build and enhance our custody system which processes both international and domestic securities. New products, including our defined contribution plan Defined contribution plan

A pension plan whose sponsor is responsible only for making specified contributions into the plan on behalf of qualifying participants. Related: Defined benefit plan
 recordkeeping system and currency risk management products, are contributing to revenue growth. Our development of non-U.S. locations is resulting in additional opportunities.

At June June: see month.  30, assets under custody were $2.0 trillion One thousand times one billion, which is 1, followed by 12 zeros, or 10 to the 12th power. See space/time.

(mathematics) trillion - In Britain, France, and Germany, 10^18 or a million cubed.

In the USA and Canada, 10^12.
, up $320 billion, or 19%, from a year ago. About one half of the increase was due to market valuations with the other half from additional assets from existing customers and new business. Assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing.  were $185 billion, up 33% from June 1994, due primarily to additional assets from existing customers and net new business.

Total revenue for the quarter was $388.3 million, up $38.6 million, or 11%, from a year ago. Revenue grew from the comprehensive range of services provided to customers and was reflected in fiduciary compensation, net interest revenue and foreign exchange trading revenue. Consecutive quarter revenue growth was $20.1 million.

Fee revenue was $276.7 million, up $27.1 million, or 11%, from the second quarter of 1994. The largest component of fee revenue is fiduciary compensation, which is derived de·rive  
v. de·rived, de·riv·ing, de·rives

v.tr.
1. To obtain or receive from a source.

2.
 from accounting, custody, information services See Information Systems. , recordkeeping, investment management and trustee A user or group of users that has been given access rights to files on a network server. See also TRUSTe.  services. Fiduciary compensation was $199.4 million, up $15.3 million, or 8%, from a year ago. The increase in revenues came in part from investment management services and services for pension plans. The rate of growth of fiduciary compensation was restrained by reductions in ongoing revenue as discussed in the first quarter, which continued to lower the growth rate of fiduciary compensation by 8 percentage points. These revenue reductions resulted from certain customers internalizing functions, pricing adjustments to retain certain large customers who are using a broader array of services, and customers no longer at State Street for various other reasons.

Fiduciary compensation reflected revenue growth from managing international assets, growth in actively managed domestic assets and personal trust. Revenue from lending securities Lending securities

Securities borrowed from a broker's inventory, from another customer's margin account, or from another broker, when a customer is required to deliver on a short sale.
 of pension plans, while down from the first quarter due to the flatter yield curve, was up from a year ago. Mutual fund services revenue benefited from 267 new funds and asset growth. The installation of customers using 401(k) recordkeeping and investment services as well as additional business outside the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  also contributed to the year-over-year improvement. Fiduciary compensation from corporate trust services declined in part because of the significant decline in new issuance of asset-backed securities Asset-backed security

A security that is collateralized by loans, leases, receivables, or installment contracts on personal property, not real estate.


asset-backed security

A debt security collateralized by specific assets.
.

Taxable equivalent net interest revenue was $113.6 million, up $10.4 million, or 10%, over the same quarter a year ago, primarily reflecting balance sheet growth to support customers activities, and the benefits of higher asset yields. These positive factors were partially offset by a narrower spread between interest rates earned and paid due to rising rates and a flatter Treasury yield curve.

Average interest-earning assets grew $4.0 billion, or 21%, to $22.7 billion, funded primarily by an increase in securities sold under repurchase agreements Repurchase agreement

An agreement with a commitment by the seller (dealer) to buy a security back from the purchaser (customer) at a specified price at a designated future date.
 and foreign deposits. Securities sold under repurchase agreements were up $3.0 billion, or 73%, to $7.0 billion, reflecting short-term Short-term

Any investments with a maturity of one year or less.


short-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss on the value of an asset that has been held less than a specified period of time.
 investments by customers. Foreign deposits increased by $1.1 billion, including a $.9 billion increase in transaction account balances. Noninterest-bearing deposits declined $.9 billion to $4.0 billion due primarily to lower deposit balances from mutual funds and corporate trust services. The spread between interest rates earned and paid declined from 1.55% to 1.21%. Net interest margin declined from 2.21% to 2.01%, reflecting narrower spreads and a larger portion of funding from interest-bearing Adj. 1. interest-bearing - of financial obligations on which interest is paid  sources of funds.

Foreign exchange revenue was $36.8 million, up $7.7 million, or 26%, from a year ago. The underlying trends supporting long-term growth in foreign exchange trading volume continued, particularly the management of currency risk by investment managers who invest globally. Trading in emerging market currencies returned to previous levels. Market volatility Volatility

1. A statistical measure of the tendency of a market or security to rise or fall sharply within a period of time.

2. A variable in option pricing formulas that denotes the extent to which the return of the underlying asset will fluctuate between now and the
 during the quarter also contributed to increased trading activity.

Service fees were $14.4 million, up $2.4 million from a year ago. Securities gains were $2.0 million, compared with $.7 million in the second quarter of 1994.

Other revenue of $9.3 million was up $1.3 million from a year ago. A non-strategic business, providing card replacement and related services for a bank card association, was sold, resulting in a gain of $2.7 million. Trading account Trading Account

1. An account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and is administered by an investment dealer.

2. An account held at a financial institution and administered by an investment dealer that the account holder uses to employ a
 profits replaced losses incurred a year ago. These positive factors were partially offset by lower currency translation gains on the foreign bond portfolio, which were a loss of $.1 million, down from a gain of $3.8 million a year ago.

Operating expenses Operating expenses

The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted.
 of $289.2 million were up $28.4 million, or 11%, from the second quarter of 1994 supporting business growth. Salaries and employee benefits were $159.4 million, up $16.0 million, or 11%, due to salary increases, a 4% increase in staff, incentive compensation, and employee benefit costs. All other expenses were up $12.4 million, or 11%, due in part to increased occupancy Gaining or having physical possession of real property subject to, or in the absence of, legal right or title.

In a fire insurance policy, for example, the term occupancy
 and equipment expense.

A settlement of prior years state taxes resulted in a net $3.6 million reduction in taxes. The settlement resolves a claim over the taxability tax·a·ble  
adj.
Subject to taxation: taxable income.

n.
One that is subject to taxation: taxables such as cigarettes and liquor.
 of interest revenue on certain Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch`sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States.  bonds on which State Street paid taxes from 1977 to 1984.

With $2.0 trillion in assets under custody and $185 billion under management, State Street is a leading servicer of financial assets Financial assets

Claims on real assets.
 worldwide. Services are provided from offices in the United States, Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of , Grand Cayman Grand Cayman

See Cayman Islands.
, Netherland Antilles Antilles: see West Indies. , United Kingdom, France, Belgium Belgium (bĕl`jəm), Du. België, Fr. La Belgique, officially Kingdom of Belgium, constitutional kingdom (2005 est. pop. 10,364,000), 11,781 sq mi (30,513 sq km), NW Europe. , Luxembourg Luxembourg, province, Belgium
Luxembourg, Du. Luxemburg, province (1991 pop. 232,813), 1,706 sq mi (4,419 sq km), SE Belgium, in the Ardennes, bordering on the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in the east and on France in the south.
, Denmark Denmark (dĕn`märk), Dan. Danmark, officially Kingdom of Denmark, kingdom (2005 est. pop. 5,432,000), 16,629 sq mi (43,069 sq km), N Europe. , Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). , United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. , Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Taiwan Taiwan (tī`wän`), Portuguese Formosa, officially Republic of China, island nation (2005 est. pop. 22,894,000), 13,885 sq mi (35,961 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean, separated from the mainland of S China by the 100-mi-wide (161-km) Taiwan , Japan, Australia Australia (ôstrāl`yə), smallest continent, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. With the island state of Tasmania to the south, the continent makes up the Commonwealth of Australia, a federal parliamentary state (2005 est. pop. , and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . State Street is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
 under the symbol STT STT State Street Corporation (stock symbol)
STT Suomen Tietotoimisto (Finnish National News Agency)
STT Secure Transaction Technology
STT Surface Tension Transfer (welding) 
.
                  STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
                              Addendum


                 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,




                                     1995           1994
                                   --------       --------


Net income                        $62,661,000    $53,879,000
Primary earnings per share            $  .75         $  .65
Fully diluted earnings per share      $  .75         $  .65
Average number of shares           83,019,000     82,854,000
  (primary)
Average number of shares           83,697,000     83,512,000
  (fully diluted)


-0-


FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,


                                     1995           1994
                                   --------       --------


Net income                       $116,997,000   $108,076,000
Primary earnings per share              $1.41          $1.31
Fully diluted earnings per share        $1.40          $1.30
Average number of shares           82,958,000     82,745,000
  (primary)
Average number of shares           83,656,000     83,433,000
  (fully diluted)


-0-


                  STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
                 Consolidated Statement of Income


                           Three Months ended June 30,
                 (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)




                                1995        1994    % Change
                                ----        ----    --------
Net Interest Revenue
-------------------------
Interest revenue             $330,128    $209,423     58
Interest expense              224,309     112,451     99
                             ----------  ----------
  Net interest revenue        105,819      96,972      9


Provision for loan losses       2,000       3,182    (37)
                             ----------  ----------
  Net interest revenue after
   provision for loan losses  103,819      93,790     11


Fee Revenue
-----------
Fiduciary compensation        199,360     184,066      8
Foreign exchange               36,754      29,079     26
Processing service fees        14,968      15,844     (6)
Service fees                   14,409      11,962     20
Securities gains,net            1,955         732      -
Other                           9,278       7,983     16
                             ----------  ----------
  Total fee revenue           276,724     249,666     11
                             ----------  ---------


  Total revenue               380,543     343,456     11


Operating Expenses
-----------------------
Salaries & employee benefits  159,444     143,382     11
Occupancy, net                 21,389      18,017     19
Equipment                      31,295      28,045     12
Other                          77,086      71,326      8
                             ----------  ----------
  Total operating expenses    289,214     260,770     11
                             ----------  ----------
  Income before income taxes   91,329      82,686     10
Income taxes                   28,668      28,807      -
                             ----------  ----------
  Net Income                 $ 62,661    $ 53,879     16
                             ==========  ==========


Earnings Per Share
-----------------------
  Primary                       $ .75       $ .65     15
  Fully diluted                   .75         .65     15


Average Shares Outstanding
      (in thousands)
-----------------------------
  Primary                      83,019      82,854
  Fully diluted                83,697      83,512


-0-


                STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
                Consolidated Statement of Income


                            Six Months ended June 30,
               (Dollars in thousands, except per share data)




                                1995        1994    % Change
                                ----        ----    --------
Net Interest Revenue
-------------------------
Interest revenue             $648,882    $408,560     59
Interest expense              442,612     217,830    103
                             ----------  ----------
  Net interest revenue        206,270     190,730      8


Provision for loan losses       4,000       6,352    (37)
                             ----------  ----------
  Net interest revenue after
   provision for loan losses  202,270     184,378     10


Fee Revenue
-----------
Fiduciary compensation        385,521     372,300      4
Foreign exchange               73,216      63,166     16
Processing service fees        32,634      29,768     10
Service fees                   26,845      23,380     15
Securities gains(losses),net    5,572        (235)     -
Other                          14,671      20,322    (28)
                             ----------  ----------
  Total fee revenue           538,459     508,701      6
                             ----------  ---------


  Total revenue               740,729     693,079      7


Operating Expenses
-----------------------
Salaries & employee benefits  309,900     287,469      8
Occupancy, net                 41,582      34,807     19
Equipment                      60,815      56,355      8
Other                         151,730     145,922      4
                             ----------  ----------
  Total operating expenses    564,027     524,553      8
                             ----------  ----------
  Income before income taxes  176,702     168,526      5
Income taxes                   59,705      60,450     (1)
                             ----------  ----------
  Net Income                 $116,997    $108,076      8
                             ==========  ==========


Earnings Per Share
-----------------------
  Primary                       $1.41       $1.31      8
  Fully diluted                  1.40        1.30      8


Average Shares Outstanding
      (in thousands)
-----------------------------
  Primary                      82,958      82,745
  Fully diluted                83,656      83,433


-0-


                     STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
                   Consolidated Statement of Condition
                                June 30,
                        (Dollars in thousands)




                                       1995          1994
                                    --------      --------
Assets
------
Cash and due from banks            $ 1,006,947   $ 1,555,327
Interest-bearing deposits with banks 5,899,473     4,581,060
Securities purchased under resale
 agreements and securities borrowed  4,759,779     2,228,756
Federal funds sold                     938,000     1,670,968
Trading account assets                 278,543       750,182
Investment securities:
      Held to maturity               4,896,699     4,573,371
      Available for sale             2,556,598     2,048,569
                                   -----------   -----------
        Total investment securities  7,453,297     6,621,940


Loans                                3,537,259     3,261,124
Allowance for loan losses              (60,245)      (55,947)
                                   -----------   -----------
        Net loans                    3,477,014     3,205,177


Premises and equipment                 487,810       464,628
Customers' acceptance liability         67,173        19,514
Accrued income receivable              366,199       357,831
Other assets                           836,042     1,107,260
                                   -----------   -----------
        Total Assets               $25,570,277   $22,562,643
                                   ===========   ===========


Liabilities
----------------
Deposits:
    Noninterest-bearing            $ 6,089,166   $ 5,843,901
    Interest-bearing:
      Domestic                       1,909,074     2,037,003
      Foreign                        7,641,053     7,483,974
                                   -----------   -----------
        Total deposits              15,639,293    15,364,878


Federal funds purchased                317,937       105,445
Securities sold under                5,641,433     3,689,629
 repurchase agreements
Other short-term borrowings            758,950       603,343
Notes payable                          437,489       114,998
Acceptances outstanding                 67,444        20,513
Accrued taxes and other expenses       496,374       420,610
Other liabilities                      592,739       835,254
Long-term debt                         127,086       127,942
                                   -----------   -----------
        Total Liabilities           24,078,745    21,282,612


Stockholders' Equity
------------------------
Preferred stock, no par:
 authorized 3,500,000; issued none
Common stock, $1 par: authorized
 112,000,000; issued
 82,625,000 and 82,403,000              82,625        82,403
Surplus                                 40,144        36,040
Retained earnings                    1,368,180     1,184,265
Net unrealized gain(loss) on
 available-for-sale securities             583       (22,677)
                                   -----------   -----------
        Total Stockholders' Equity   1,491,532     1,280,031
                                   -----------   -----------
        Total Liabilities and
          Stockholders' Equity     $25,570,277   $22,562,643
                                   ===========   ===========


-0-


                STATE STREET BOSTON CORPORATION
                 Selected Financial Information


 (Dollars in thousands, except per share data and average balances)




                       1995 Quarters           1994 Quarters
                    ------------------  ----------------------------
                      Second    First     Fourth    Third     Second
                    --------  --------  --------   -------  --------
Operating Results
-------------------
Fee revenue         $276,724  $261,735  $255,950  $252,681  $249,666
                    --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
Interest revenue-
 taxable equivalent  337,860   326,699   290,599   249,644   215,598
Interest expense     224,309   218,303   182,246   144,017   112,451
                    --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
 Net interest revenue
 -taxable equivalent 113,551   108,396   108,353   105,627   103,147
Provision for
 loan losses           2,000     2,000     2,058     3,159     3,182
                    --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
 Net interest revenue
  after provision
  for loan loss      111,551   106,396   106,295   102,468    99,965
                    --------  --------  --------  --------  --------


 Total revenue       388,275   368,131   362,245   355,149   349,631


Operating expenses   289,214   274,813   268,610   264,618   260,770
                    --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
 Income before taxes
 -taxable equivalent  99,061    93,318    93,635    90,531    88,861
Income taxes          28,668    31,037    29,972    29,372    28,807
Taxable equivalent
 adjustment            7,732     7,945     6,550     6,006     6,175
                    --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
 Net Income         $ 62,661  $ 54,336  $ 57,113  $ 55,153  $ 53,879
                    ========  ========  ========  ========  ========




Per Share
-----------
Earnings:
    Primary         $    .75  $    .66  $    .69  $    .66  $    .65
    Fully diluted        .75       .65       .68       .66       .65
Cash dividends
 declared                .17       .16       .16       .15       .15
Book value at
 quarter end           18.05     17.14     16.22     15.99     15.53




Ratios
------
Return on equity        17.2 %    16.0 %    17.0 %    16.8 %    17.1 %
Return on assets         .97       .88       .94       .97       .98
Internal capital
 generation rate        13.4      12.1      13.1      13.0      13.2
Net interest margin     2.01      1.98      2.01      2.10      2.21
Risk-based capital:
    Tier 1              14.6      13.4      13.6      13.2      11.9
    Total Capital       15.1      13.9      14.2      13.7      12.4
Leverage                 5.6       5.6       5.6       5.8       5.8




Average Balances  (dollars in millions)
---------------------------------------
Loans               $  3,532  $  3,373  $  3,365  $  3,312  $  3,566
Interest-earning
 assets               22,702    22,240    21,352    19,841    18,715
Total assets          25,957    25,094    24,081    22,632    21,980
Noninterest-bearing
 deposits              4,042     4,210     4,337     4,282     4,983
Stockholders' equity   1,457     1,380     1,333     1,304     1,265




Allowance for Loan Losses
-----------------------------
Beginning balance   $ 59,363  $ 58,184  $ 58,336  $ 55,947  $ 54,987
Provision for
 loan losses           2,000     2,000     2,058     3,159     3,182
Net charge-offs       (1,118)     (821)   (2,210)     (770)   (2,222)
                    --------  --------  --------  --------  --------
    Ending balance  $ 60,245  $ 59,363  $ 58,184  $ 58,336  $ 55,947
                    ========  ========  ========  ========  ========


Non-performing loans$ 26,555  $ 22,593  $ 23,043  $ 22,680  $ 26,939
Other real
 estate owned          1,259     4,359     4,359     6,575     6,792


Allowance to
 ending loans           1.70 %    1.82 %    1.80 %    1.89 %    1.72 %


Non-performing assets to
 total assets            .11       .11       .12       .13       .15


Assets Under Custody  (dollars in billions)
------------------------------------------------
                    $  1,995  $  1,871  $  1,728  $  1,735  $  1,675


Assets Under Management  (dollars in billions)
-------------------------------------------------
                    $    185  $    180  $    160  $    155  $    139


Bonds Under Trusteeship (dollars in billions)
-------------------------------------------------
                    $    206  $    209  $    210  $    202  $    203


CONTACT: State Street Boston Corp.

David A. Spina, 617/654-3125
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