Washington Trust Chairman and CEO To Speak At Financial Services Conference

October 10, 2007 (Westerly, RI). . . John C. Warren, chairman and chief executive officer for The Washington Trust Bancorp will speak at Sandler O’Neill’s 2007 Financial Services Conference on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Fla.

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.