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WESTERLY, R.I., April 11, 2016 -- Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:WASH), the publicly owned holding company of The Washington Trust Company, will release first quarter 2016 earnings and host a conference call with the Corporation’s executives as follows:
| Earnings Release: | Wednesday, April 27, 2016, Before Market Opens | |||||
| Conference Call: | Wednesday, April 27, 2016, 1:30 p.m. EDT | |||||
| Participant Dial In: | 1-877-407-0784 (Toll-Free) | |||||
| International Dial In: | 1-201-689-8560 | |||||
| Webcast: | Washington Trust Bancorp’s website, | |||||
| www.washtrustbancorp.com | ||||||
| Teleconference Replay: | Available after the call, from April 27, 2016, 4:30 | |||||
| p.m. EDT through May 4, 2016, 11:59 p.m. EDT | ||||||
| Replay Number US: | 1-877-870-5176 (Toll-Free) | |||||
| Replay International: | 1-858-384-5517 | |||||
| Replay Pin Number: | 13634508 | |||||
ABOUT WASHINGTON TRUST BANCORP, INC.
Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. is the parent of The Washington Trust Company, with $3.8 billion in assets as of December 31, 2015. Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation, the largest state-chartered bank headquartered in Rhode Island and one of the Northeast’s premier financial services companies. Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including commercial banking, mortgage banking, personal banking and wealth management and trust services through its offices located in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Corporation’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ OMX® under the symbol WASH. Investor information is available on the Corporation’s web site at www.washtrustbancorp.com.
MEDIA CONTACT: Elizabeth B. Eckel SVP, Marketing & Investor Relations 401.348.1309 [email protected]
