STATE STREET CORP — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2008

Mar 17, 2008

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| ● | ● | STATE STREET CORPORATION Vote In Person Many shareholder meetings have attendance requirements including, but not limited to, the possession of an attendance ticket issued by the entity holding the meeting. Please check the meeting materials for any special
requirements for meeting attendance. At the Meeting you will need to request a ballot to vote these shares. | ● |
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| ● | ● | Vote By Internet To vote now by Internet, go to WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM . Use the Internet to transmit your voting instructions and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 P.M. Eastern Time on
April 29, 2008. Have your notice in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions. To request a printed copy of the proxy statement, annual report and form of proxy relating to our future shareholder meetings, visit www.proxyvote.com , telephone 1-800-579-1639 or send an email to sendmaterial@proxyvote.com . You must have available the 12-digit Control number described above. | ● |

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Meeting Location The Annual Meeting for holders as of March 7, 2008 is to be held on April 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time at: State Street Corporation One Lincoln Street 36th Floor Boston, MA 02111 Directions to the meeting: From the North: Take Expressway (I-93) South to exit 23 (High Street). Follow the exit ramp, look for the Congress Street sign and bear left. Turn right onto Lincoln Street. Turn left onto Bedford Street. Take first left onto Kingston Street. One Lincoln Street garage entrance is on the left. From the South: Take Expressway (I-93) North to exit 20 (South Station). Follow signs to Downtown, South Station and Chinatown. Turn left onto Kneeland Street towards Chinatown. Turn right onto Lincoln Street. Follow Lincoln Street through the major intersection at the lights. Turn left onto Bedford Street. Take first left onto Kingston Street. One Lincoln Street garage entrance is on the left. From the West: Take Mass Turnpike (I-90) to the exit 24A (South Station). Turn left onto Kneeland Street towards Chinatown. Turn right onto Lincoln Street. Follow Lincoln Street through the major intersection at the lights. Turn left onto Bedford Street. Take first left onto Kingston Street. One Lincoln Street garage entrance is on the left. Via Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority: Take the MBTA Red Line train to the South Station MBTA stop. Exit the train station and walk across Atlantic Avenue (towards Summer Street and Federal Street). Follow Summer Street to Lincoln Street.

| Voting items The Board of Directors recommends a vote in favor of Items 1 & 2 and against
the shareholder proposal (Item 3). | |
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| Item 1- To elect 13 Directors | |
| Nominees for Director: | |
| (01) K.
Burnes | (08) R. Logue |
| (02) P. Coym | (09) M. Miskovic |
| (03) N. Darehshori | (10) R. Sergel |
| (04) A. Fawcett | (11) R. Skates |
| (05) D. Gruber | (12) G. Summe |
| (06) L. Hill | (13) R. Weissman |
| (07) C. LaMantia | |
| Item 2- To ratify the
selection of Ernst & Young LLP as State Street’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2008. | |
| Item 3- To vote on a
shareholder proposal relating to restrictions in services performed by State Street’s independent registered public accounting firm. | |
| To act upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournments thereof. See the “Other Matters” section of the proxy
statement regarding a potential shareholder proposal to amend State Street’s by-laws. | |
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THE COMPANY NAME INC. - COMMON	123,456,789,012.12345
THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS A	123,456,789,012.12345
THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS B	123,456,789,012.12345
THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS C	123,456,789,012.12345
THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS D	123,456,789,012.12345
THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS E	123,456,789,012.12345
THE COMPANY NAME INC. - CLASS F	123,456,789,012.12345
THE COMPANY NAME INC. - 401 K	123,456,789,012.12345
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