U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) will release its third quarter 2008 earnings before the market opens on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. At 6:30 AM (CT) Richard K. Davis, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Andrew Cecere, vice chairman and chief financial officer, will host a conference call to review the financial results. The conference call will be available by telephone or on the Internet.

Via telephone:

To access the conference call from locations within the United States and Canada, please dial 866-316-1409. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada, please dial 706-634-9086. The conference ID number for all participants is 67006722.

For those unable to participate during the live call, a recording of the call will be available approximately two hours after the conference call ends on Tuesday, October 21st, and will run through Tuesday, October 28th, at 11:00 p.m. (CT). To access the recorded message within the United States and Canada, dial 800-642-1687. If calling from outside the United States and Canada, please dial 706-645-9291 to access the recording. The conference ID is 67006722.

Via Internet:

usbank.com

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp (“USB”), with $247 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the 6th largest commercial bank in the United States. The company operates 2,542 banking offices and 4,895 ATMs in 24 states, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at usbank.com.

U.S. Bancorp
Judith T. Murphy, Investors/Analysts, 612-303-0783
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Steve Dale, Media, 612-303-0784