Wilmington Trust Recognized for Best-Trade Execution in Investment Management

  
    
  
  
    
      Wilmington Trust, one of the nation’s leading 
      wealth advisory firms, announced that it has received Plexus Plan 
      Sponsor Group, Inc.’s Gold Iceberg Award for 
      2005 in recognition of its ability to provide best-trade execution for 
      its investment management clients.
    
    
      For the second consecutive year, Wilmington Trust placed first in Plexus 
      Plan Sponsor Group’s ranking of more than 50 
      funds exercising oversight on more than 900 equity asset managers. Given 
      annually since 2002, the Gold Iceberg Award acknowledges funds whose 
      aggregate trade execution efficiency lands in the top quartile of Plexus 
      Plan Sponsor Group’s fund and plan sponsor 
      universe.
    
    
      “It is extremely gratifying to have achieved 
      the top ranking in Plexus Plan Sponsor Group’s 
      annual trade execution evaluation once again,” 
      said Robert M. Balentine, chairman and CEO of Wilmington Trust 
      Investment Management. “This honor underscores 
      Wilmington Trust’s commitment to providing 
      world-class service to our investment management clients.”
    
    
      Wilmington Trust’s investment management 
      approach is to diversify intelligently using a forward-looking asset 
      allocation process, take advantage of opportunities to shift among asset 
      classes and investment styles as necessary, and find and combine 
      successful money managers for clients’ 
      portfolios.
    
    
      Plexus Plan Sponsor Group, Inc. specializes in pre- and post-trade cost 
      analysis and transition management consulting. It is wholly owned 
      subsidiary of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE:ITG), a leading 
      provider of technology-based equity trading services and transaction 
      research. In granting its Gold Iceberg Awards, Plexus Plan Sponsor Group 
      embraces the belief that an investment management firm’s 
      or plan sponsor’s thorough review of its 
      asset managers’ transaction costs results in 
      more efficient trade execution, which is highly valuable to clients.
    
    
      “In an era of single-digit returns, no one 
      can afford to pay unnecessary costs from the assets of their funds,” 
      said Steven Glass, manager, Plexus Plan Sponsor Group. “This 
      award helps demonstrate that Wilmington Trust’s 
      diligence in exercising oversight on asset managers can result in 
      superior trade execution quality and contribute to delivering better 
      investment performance.” Mr. Glass added that 
      Plexus Plan Sponsor Group’s Gold Iceberg 
      analysis represents a “best practice” 
      due diligence program for plan fiduciaries.
    
    
      Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE:WL) is a financial services holding 
      company that provides Regional Banking services throughout the Delaware 
      Valley region, Wealth Advisory Services for high-net-worth clients in 22 
      countries, and Corporate Client Services for institutional clients in 81 
      countries. Its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Wilmington Trust Company, 
      which was founded in 1903, is one of the largest personal trust 
      providers in the United States and the leading retail and commercial 
      bank in Delaware. Wilmington Trust Corporation and its affiliates have 
      offices in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, 
      Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 
      Vermont, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, London, Dublin, and 
      Frankfurt. For more information, visit www.wilmingtontrust.com.
    
  
Wilmington Trust, one of the nation's leading wealth advisory
firms, announced that it has received Plexus Plan Sponsor Group,
Inc.'s Gold Iceberg Award for 2005 in recognition of its ability to
provide best-trade execution for its investment management clients.

   For the second consecutive year, Wilmington Trust placed first in
Plexus Plan Sponsor Group's ranking of more than 50 funds exercising
oversight on more than 900 equity asset managers. Given annually since
2002, the Gold Iceberg Award acknowledges funds whose aggregate trade
execution efficiency lands in the top quartile of Plexus Plan Sponsor
Group's fund and plan sponsor universe.

   "It is extremely gratifying to have achieved the top ranking in
Plexus Plan Sponsor Group's annual trade execution evaluation once
again," said Robert M. Balentine, chairman and CEO of Wilmington Trust
Investment Management. "This honor underscores Wilmington Trust's
commitment to providing world-class service to our investment
management clients."

   Wilmington Trust's investment management approach is to diversify
intelligently using a forward-looking asset allocation process, take
advantage of opportunities to shift among asset classes and investment
styles as necessary, and find and combine successful money managers
for clients' portfolios.

   Plexus Plan Sponsor Group, Inc. specializes in pre- and post-trade
cost analysis and transition management consulting. It is wholly owned
subsidiary of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE:ITG), a leading
provider of technology-based equity trading services and transaction
research. In granting its Gold Iceberg Awards, Plexus Plan Sponsor
Group embraces the belief that an investment management firm's or plan
sponsor's thorough review of its asset managers' transaction costs
results in more efficient trade execution, which is highly valuable to
clients.

   "In an era of single-digit returns, no one can afford to pay
unnecessary costs from the assets of their funds," said Steven Glass,
manager, Plexus Plan Sponsor Group. "This award helps demonstrate that
Wilmington Trust's diligence in exercising oversight on asset managers
can result in superior trade execution quality and contribute to
delivering better investment performance." Mr. Glass added that Plexus
Plan Sponsor Group's Gold Iceberg analysis represents a "best
practice" due diligence program for plan fiduciaries.

   Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE:WL) is a financial services
holding company that provides Regional Banking services throughout the
Delaware Valley region, Wealth Advisory Services for high-net-worth
clients in 22 countries, and Corporate Client Services for
institutional clients in 81 countries. Its wholly owned bank
subsidiary, Wilmington Trust Company, which was founded in 1903, is
one of the largest personal trust providers in the United States and
the leading retail and commercial bank in Delaware. Wilmington Trust
Corporation and its affiliates have offices in California,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, the Cayman Islands,
the Channel Islands, London, Dublin, and Frankfurt. For more
information, visit www.wilmingtontrust.com.