Small-Business Banking Customers Can Call Toll-Free Number for Assistance; Financial Assistance Available for Hibernia Employees

Hibernia (NYSE:HIB) made the following announcements
today regarding small-business customers and the bank's employees:

   --  For small businesses: Hibernia's small-business customers in
        areas affected by the hurricane should call the bank's
        Customer Service area at 1-800-262-5689 if they have not
        already been in touch with their bankers so that Hibernia can
        be of assistance during this challenging time.

   --  For Hibernia employees: Hibernia is making financial
        assistance available to employees affected by the hurricane.
        To learn details regarding emergency assistance and housing
        assistance, as well as a temporary expense policy, employees
        should go to Hibernia.com and locate the red emergency section
        at the top and click on the VIEW UPDATES section to reach a
        Q&A with details. The Q&A also contains information about
        employee pay.

   --  Also for employees in the impacted areas: Please call
        1-800-707-0489 or go to the same area of Hibernia.com and look
        for the CHECK-IN form in the emergency section at the top.
        Operators will help identify a banking location if assistance
        is needed.

   Hibernia is on Forbes magazine's list of the world's 2,000 largest
companies and Fortune magazine's list of America's top 1,000 companies
according to annual revenue. Hibernia has $22.1 billion in assets and
321 locations in 34 Louisiana parishes and 36 Texas counties.