Compass Bancshares, Inc. (CBSS)

in Birmingham, Alabama. The Parent Company was organized in 1970 as “Central and State National Corporation of Alabama.” The Company has two bank subsidiaries. The Company’s principal bank subsidiary is Compass Bank, an Alabama banking corporation headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Compass Bank currently operates in Texas, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Colorado and New Mexico. The Company’s other bank subsidiary is Central Bank of the South, an Alabama banking corporation headquartered in Anniston, Alabama. Central Bank of the South has limited activities. The bank subsidiaries of the company are referred to collectively as the “Subsidiary Banks.”