W Holding Company - Recognitions

Recognitions

• Ranked 21st among the "Top 50 stocks of the 1990s" by Money Magazine.* Ranked as the "No. 1 Mid-Sized Bank" in the entire United States on Return On Equity (ROE) by U.S. Banker Magazine two years in a row (1997 and 1998).
• Westernbank was the only bank in Puerto Rico since the industry’s inception in the 1850s, and one of a few in the United States, who had been profitable every single year since its founding.
• Rated "One of America’s Fastest Growing Companies" by Equities Magazine.
• Ranked 1st as "Best in Technology" among all banks in the United States by Microbanker Publication.
• Included in NASDAQ’s "1,000 Honor Roll" and "Top 100 Company Honor Roll".
• Ranked 7th and 10th among the "100 Best Banks in the United States" by U.S. Banker Magazine in 2003 and 2002, respectively.
• Ranked among the 20 best publicly held performing companies for the benefit of their stockholders and investors, also known as the "TOP GUN" companies, by the Wall Street Journal (2004). W Holding was the only financial company in such TOP GUNS listing.
• As part of the TOP GUNS listing of the Wall Street Journal, the company was included in the strongest of all categories for having 10 years of consecutive and accumulated benefits of its stockholders (2004).
• Ranked the 1,674th Largest Company In The World by Forbes (2005).