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STATE STREET CORPORATION	Meeting Type: Annual
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Voting Items

The Board of Directors recommends a vote in

favor of Items 1-5 and against Item 6.

Item 1-

To elect 13 Directors

Nominees for Director:

01) K. Burnes

02) P. Coym

03) P. de Saint-Aignan

04) A. Fawcett

05) D. Gruber

06) L. Hill

07) R. Kaplan

08) C. LaMantia

09) R. Logue

10) R. Sergel

11) R. Skates

12) G. Summe

13) R. Weissman

2.	To approve amendments to State Street’s articles of organization and by-laws changing the shareholder quorum

and voting requirements, including the adoption of a majority vote standard for uncontested elections of directors;

3.	To approve the amended and restated 2006 equity incentive plan to, among other things, increase by 17 million

the number of shares of our common stock that may be delivered in satisfaction of awards under the plan;

4.	To approve a non-binding advisory proposal on executive compensation;

5.	To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as State Street’s independent registered public accounting

firm for the year ending December 31, 2009; and

6.	To vote on a shareholder proposal.

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