Washington Trust Announces Date of Third Quarter Earnings
 Conference Call and Webcast

September 21, 2007 (Westerly, RI). . . Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:WASH), the publicly-owned holding company of The Washington Trust Company, headquartered in Westerly, R.I., will announce third quarter earnings and host a conference call on Monday, October 22, 2007.

Earnings Release: 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time 
Conference Call: 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time

This call is being webcast by VCall and can be accessed through the Investor Relations section of the Washington Trust website, www.washtrust.com. To listen to a replay of the conference call, dial (877) 660-6853, and enter Account #: 286 and Conference ID #: 254761. The replay will be available until 11:59 p.m. on October 31, 2007.

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Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc. is the publicly-owned holding company of The Washington Trust Company, a Rhode Island-chartered bank founded in 1800. Washington Trust offers personal banking, business banking and wealth management and trust services, through its offices in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and southeastern Connecticut. Washington Trust Bancorp, Inc.’s common stock trades on The Nasdaq Global Market® under the symbol WASH. Investor information is available on the Corporation’s web site: www.washtrust.com.