Colonial Financial Center
One Commerce Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
(334) 240-5000
www.colonialbank.com
The annual meeting of shareholders of The Colonial BancGroup, Inc. will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. C.S.T., at the corporate offices.
BancGroup’s Common Stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under symbol CNB. In many newspapers the stock is listed as ColBgp.
Owners of BancGroup Common Stock may participate in the Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan. Dividends are reinvested and additional shares purchased at 100% of the market price average, determined as provided in the plan.
A quarterly dividend of $0.145 per share was declared on January 21, 2004, payable on February 13, 2004 to shareholders of record on January 30, 2004. Dividends have been paid every year since the company was founded in 1981. Additionally, the annual dividend rate has increased every year since 1990.
Form 10-K is BancGroup’s annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is included within this document.
A copy of BancGroup’s 10-K, information on BancGroup’s dividend, reinvestment and stock purchase plan (the “plan”), a prospectus and enrollment card for the plan may be obtained, free of charge, by contacting:
Lisa Free
The Colonial BancGroup, Inc.
P.O. Box 1108
Montgomery, Alabama 36101
(888) 843-0622
SunTrust Bank, Atlanta
Stock Transfer Department
P.O. Box 4625
Atlanta, Georgia 30302
(800) 568-3476
Analysts, investors and others seeking additional financial information should contact:
Glenda Allred
Director of Investor Relations
The Colonial BancGroup, Inc.
P.O. Box 1108
Montgomery, Alabama 36101
glenda_allred@colonialbank.com
