MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2008--U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) will release its first quarter 2008 earnings before the market opens on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. At 8:00 AM (CDT) 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 39876056.

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, April 15th, and will run through Tuesday, April 22nd, at 11:00 p.m. (CDT). 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 39876056.

Via Internet:

usbank.com

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp ("USB"), with $238 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the 6th largest commercial bank in the United States. The company operates 2,518 banking offices and 4,867 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.

CONTACT: U.S. Bancorp
Judith T. Murphy, Investor Relations, 612-303-0783
Steve Dale, Media Relations, 612-303-0784

SOURCE: U.S. Bancorp