Westamerica Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WABC) is scheduled to participate in
the RBC Capital Markets 2008 Financial Institutions Conference.
David Payne, Chairman, President and CEO, will participate in the "Bank
Credit: When Will Nonperforming Assets Peak?" panel discussion beginning
at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, September 16, 2008. Investors and the public
can access the audio-only webcast at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/rbc92/panel1/
or go to http://www.westamerica.com/index.php?option=com_content&view
=article&id=358&catid=56&Itemid=192 (Due to its length,
this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's
address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) and follow the
links to the webcast.
Westamerica Bancorporation through its wholly owned subsidiary,
Westamerica Bank, operates 86 branches and two trust offices throughout
21 Northern and Central California counties.
Westamerica Bancorporation Web Address: www.westamerica.com
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION:
The following appears in accordance with the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements about the
Company, including descriptions of plans or objectives of its management
for future operations, products or services, and forecasts of its
revenues, earnings or other measures of economic performance.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do
not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include
the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan,"
"estimate," or words of similar meaning, or future or conditional verbs
such as "will," "would," "should," "could," or "may."
Forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and
uncertainties. A number of factors - many of which are beyond the
Company's control - could cause actual conditions, events or results to
differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking
statements. The Company's most recent annual and quarterly reports filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 and Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007, describe some of these factors, including
certain credit, market, operational, liquidity and interest rate risks
associated with the Company's business and operations. Other factors
described in these reports include changes in business and economic
conditions, competition, fiscal and monetary policies,
disintermediation, legislation including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, and mergers and acquisitions.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The
Company does not undertake to update forward-looking statements to
reflect circumstances or events that occur after the date forward
looking statements are made.
Westamerica Bancorporation
Robert A. Thorson, 707-863-6840
SVP
& Chief Financial Officer
