Washington Trust Announces Promotion

June 21, 2007 (Westerly, RI). . . Patricia M. Hartford, of Westerly, R.I. has been appointed vice president and manager of the Cash Management division of The Washington Trust Company. She is responsible for the growth and retention of the Bank’s commercial and municipal cash management portfolio. Hartford joined the bank in 1982 in the Operations Department, and moved to the Retail, Sales & Service Department in 1997. She became a business relationship officer in 2000 and an assistant vice president of Business Services in 2002. Hartford has a B.S. from, and plans to pursue her MBA at Providence College. She is on the Town of Westerly’s Economic Development Commission.

The Washington Trust Company is a subsidiary of Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc., a $2.4 billion corporation headquartered in Westerly, Rhode Island. Founded in 1800, Washington Trust is the oldest community bank in the nation and is the largest independent bank headquartered in Rhode Island. A state-chartered bank, Washington Trust offers a full range of financial services, including personal banking, business banking, and wealth management and trust services, through its offices located in Rhode Island, southeastern Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Corporation’s common stock trades on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol WASH. Web site address: www.washtrust.com.