WL Wilmington Trust Corp. (DE)

Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE:WL) announced today that Michele Metrinko Rollins, Esq., has been elected to its Board of Directors. Ms. Rollins is the chairman of Rollins Jamaica, the holding company for Rose Hall Developments and Rose Hall Utilities. In addition to real estate development, Ms. Rollins has extensive experience in securities law, tax law, environmental law, and corporate law. �We are delighted that Michele has agreed to join our Board,� said Ted T. Cecala, Wilmington Trust chairman and chief executive officer. �As a long-time Delaware resident, she has the perspective of knowing our home state and our history. As a business person, her international business acumen and deep knowledge of legal and tax matters will be tremendously helpful in guiding the future growth of our company.� Ms. Rollins has been involved with the development of the 7,000-acre Rose Hall property in Jamaica since 1978. She became vice president of Rollins Jamaica in 1982, was president from 1983 to 2000, and became chairman in 2000. Today Rose Hall includes the Ritz-Carlton Golf & Spa Resort, a 430-room luxury hotel and spa; the White Witch Golf Course; the Cinnamon Hill Golf Course; the Palmyra, a luxury condominium resort; and luxury home developments. Rose Hall�s holdings also include the Rose Hall Great House, an eighteenth-century architectural restoration that depicts plantation life under Annee Palmer, the so-called �White Witch of Rose Hall,� and the Cinnamon Hill Great House, the former home of country music legends Johnny and June Carter Cash. Ms. Rollins was staff attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Corporate Regulation, from 1968 to 1971. In 1971 she litigated in the U.S. Court of Claims for the Department of Justice, Tax Division. She also served as special assistant to the first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. In 1974 she became the first female associate solicitor for the Division of Conservation and Wildlife at the U.S. Department of the Interior. From 1977 to 1980 she was associate counsel and corporate secretary for the Sun Company (now Sunoco, Inc.). She also has extensive experience in public relations and broadcast media. �I have known and worked with Wilmington Trust for a number of years,� Ms. Rollins said. �Wilmington Trust is at a very exciting stage in its history, and I am looking forward to taking my long-standing relationship with the company to this new level.� A graduate of Georgetown University�s School of Foreign Service and Law Center with a J.D. and an LL.M. in Taxation, Ms. Rollins has been admitted to the bar associations of Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Pennsylvania. In addition, she has been admitted to the U.S. Court of Claims and the U.S. Supreme Court. She is a member of the Federal Bar Association and the American Bar Association. In addition to her professional obligations, Ms. Rollins is involved extensively in volunteer activities. She chairs the Advisory Board of the University of Delaware�s Department of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management. She also chairs Winning Women of the First State, a public service leadership program. She is a trustee of Goldey-Beacom College and she sits on the boards of the Greater Wilmington Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Delaware Children�s Theatre Advisory Council. She is a Lifetime Partner of the Horatio Alger Association and a member of the Board of Visitors of Georgetown University�s School of Foreign Service. Ms. Rollins� election to Wilmington Trust�s Board of Directors Class of 2010 was effective on July 19, 2007. Her election brings the total number of current Wilmington Trust Board members to 14. About Wilmington Trust Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE:WL) is a financial services holding company that provides Regional Banking services throughout the Delaware Valley region, Wealth Advisory Services for high-net-worth clients in 36 countries, and Corporate Client Services for institutional clients in 86 countries. Its wholly owned bank subsidiary, Wilmington Trust Company, which was founded in 1903, is one of the largest personal trust providers in the United States and the leading retail and commercial bank in Delaware. Wilmington Trust Corporation and its affiliates have offices in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Vermont, the Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, London, Dublin, Frankfurt, and Luxembourg. For more information, please visit www.wilmingtontrust.com.