MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) will release its fourth quarter 2003 earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, January 20, 2004. At 1:00 p.m. (CST) Jerry A. Grundhofer, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and David Moffett, 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, please dial 800-245-3043 and ask for the U.S. Bancorp earnings conference call. Participants calling from outside the United States, please dial 785-832-2422.

For those unable to participate during the live call, a recording of the call will be available approximately one hour after the conference call ends on Tuesday, January 20th, and will run through Tuesday, January 27th at 11:00 p.m. (CST). To access the recorded message dial 888-566-0152. If calling from outside the United States, please dial 402-220-9186 to access the recording.

    Via Internet:

    usbank.com

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp ("USB"), with $189 billion in assets, is the 8th largest financial services holding company in the United States. The company operates 2,201 banking offices and 4,506 ATMs, and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage, insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services products to consumers, businesses and institutions. U.S. Bancorp is the parent company of U.S. Bank. Visit U.S. Bancorp on the web at usbank.com.

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