ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, September 15, 2006 --- Patrick Jorstad, the State Street shareholder seeking to hold a Special Meeting of State Street's shareholders, notified the Corporation earlier this week that he is amending his demand, to move the Proposed Special Meeting date to Friday, November 17, 2006.

"This will allow sufficient time for me to solicit written consents from other shareholders, to attempt to aggregate the required forty percent of outstanding shares," says Jorstad. Mr. Jorstad is the beneficial owner of approximately 331 shares, as of August 25, 2006. "On Monday, I sent a letter to the Secretary and Clerk of the Corporation, notifying them of my amended demand. I have not yet received word back from anyone at the Company regarding the original or amended demand to call the Proposed Special Meeting."

On Friday, September 8, Mr. Jorstad received a phone call from a Special Counsel in the Office of Mergers & Acquisitions at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This phone call came a short while after Mr. Jorstad's filing earlier that day.

"The Special Counsel informed me that the SEC had some Comments on my filings, and would provide them to me in writing by early this week. I received those Comments on Tuesday of this week. On Wednesday, I submitted an Initial Response Letter, and have undertaken to make at least one Supplemental Response, by Monday, September 18th,"Jorstad says.

"I am sincerely grateful for the time that the Staff at the SEC took to compile the Comments, and for the guidance they have offered in those Comments," Jorstad adds.

"The Comment Letter was sent from the same Special Counsel in the Office of Mergers and Acquisitions who called me last Friday. In the Comment Letter, I am informed that any supplemental information I provide in response to the Division of Corporation Finance will also be available to the Division of Enforcement."

Jorstad says: "I have sent courtesy copies of my Initial Response Letter to Senators and Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle, and plan to send courtesy copies of my Supplemental Responses to them as well. It is my hope that these lawmakers will take an interest in the practical application of the relatively new protections under Sarbanes-Oxley and the Pension Protection Act of 2006. I look forward to working with the Staff of the SEC to address the Comments, and genuinely appreciate their interest in the filings I've made."

Jorstad notes that besides owning State Street shares beneficially in street name, he also is a participant in one of State Street's own retirement plans that holds State Street shares for the benefit of those plan participants and their beneficiaries.

"When I write to State Street's Directors, I do so both as a shareholder, and as a participant in that ERISA-protected plan," Jorstad says. "I've reached out to the Lead Director and the other non-management Directors, but still have not heard anything back from them."

Jorstad concludes: "I intend to fully cooperate with the SEC Staff to make any necessary additional filings and/or disclosures, and welcome the opportunity to provide additional information for my fellow shareholders to make an informed decision - both on whether to join me in seeking to call the Proposed Special Meeting, and if that Proposed Special Meeting is called, on the items of business advanced for consideration."