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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

Form 10-K

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __ to __

Commission File No. 0-5108

STATE STREET CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts	04-2456637
(State or other jurisdiction	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	Identification No.)

One Lincoln Street	02111
Boston, Massachusetts	(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive office)
617-786-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

(Title of Each Class)		(Name of each exchange on which registered)

Common Stock, $1 par value		Boston Stock Exchange
Preferred share purchase rights		New York Stock Exchange
		Pacific Stock Exchange
SPACES^SM*		New York Stock Exchange
^* SPACES is a service mark of Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Yes x No o

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates (persons other than directors and executive officers) computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2004) was $16,451,298,640.

The number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding on January 31, 2005 was 333,531,832.

Portions of the following documents are incorporated into the Parts of this Report on Form 10-K indicated below:

(1) The Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting to be filed pursuant to Regulation 14A on or before
April 30, 2005 (Part III)

STATE STREET CORPORATION
FORM 10-K INDEX
For the Year Ended December 31, 2004


		Page Number

PART I
Item 1	Business	1–5
Item 2	Properties	5–6
Item 3	Legal Proceedings	6
Item 4	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	6
Item 4A	Executive Officers of the Registrant	7

PART II
Item 5	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	8–9
Item 6	Selected Financial Data	10
Item 7	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	11–60
Item 7A	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	61
Item 8	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	61–110
Item 9	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	111
Item 9A	Controls and Procedures	111–112
Item 9B	Other Information	113

PART III
Item 10	Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant	114
Item 11	Executive Compensation	114
Item 12	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	115-116
Item 13	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions	116
Item 14	Principal Accountant Fees and Services	116

PART IV
Item 15	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules	117–122
	Signatures	123
	Exhibits

	PART I

	ITEM 1.	BUSINESS

	State Street Corporation is a financial holding company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. State Street, through its subsidiaries, provides a full range of products and services for sophisticated investors worldwide.

	The business of State Street Corporation and its subsidiaries (“State Street” or the “Corporation”) is further described in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

	State Street’s Internet website address is www.statestreet.com. State Street makes available on or through its Internet website, without charge, its annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports. These reports are made available on its website on the day such material is electronically filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or, if not reasonably practical on that day, on the first business day following electronic filing with the SEC.

	State Street has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, as well as written charters for the Executive Committee, the Examining and Audit Committee, the Executive Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors, and a Code of Ethics for Financial Officers, a Standard of Conduct for Directors, and a Standard of Conduct for State Street employees. Each of these documents is posted on State Street’s website, and each is available in print to any stockholder who requests it by writing to the Office of the Secretary, State Street Corporation, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.

	GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS

	State Street was organized in 1970 and conducts its business principally through its subsidiary, State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street Bank” or the “Bank”), which traces its beginnings to the founding of the Union Bank in 1792. The charter under which State Street Bank now operates was authorized by a special act of the Massachusetts Legislature in 1891, and its present name was adopted in 1960.

	With $9.50 trillion of assets under custody and $1.35 trillion of assets under management at year-end 2004, State Street is a leading specialist in meeting the needs of sophisticated investors worldwide. Clients include mutual funds and other collective investment funds, corporate and public pension funds, investment managers, and others. For information as to the financial results of non-U.S. activities, refer to Note 25 that appears in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

	Services are provided from 21 offices in the United States, and from offices in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, People’s Republic of China, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. State Street’s executive offices are located at One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

	LINES OF BUSINESS

	State Street reports two lines of business: Investment Servicing and Investment Management. In 2004, 84% of State Street’s total revenue comprised revenue from Investment Servicing. The remaining 16% comprised revenue from Investment Management. For additional information on State Street’s lines of business, see the discussion of “Lines of Business,” in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and Note 13 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

	COMPETITION

	State Street operates in a highly competitive environment in all areas of its business worldwide. State Street faces competition from other financial services institutions, deposit-taking institutions, investment management firms, insurance companies, mutual funds, broker/dealers, investment banking firms, benefits consultants, leasing companies, and business service and software companies. As State Street expands globally, it encounters additional sources of competition.

	State Street believes there are certain key competitive considerations in these markets. These considerations include, for investment servicing: quality of service, economies of scale, technological expertise, quality and scope of sales and marketing, and price; and for investment management: expertise, experience, the availability of related service offerings, and price.

	State Street’s competitive success will depend upon its ability to develop and market new and innovative services, to adopt or develop new technologies, to bring new services to market in a timely fashion at competitive prices, to continue and expand its relationships with existing clients and to attract new clients.

	EMPLOYEES

	At December 31, 2004, State Street had 19,668 employees, of whom 19,062 were full-time.

	REGULATION AND SUPERVISION

	GENERAL

	State Street is registered with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve Board”) as a bank holding company pursuant to the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the “Act”). The Act, with certain exceptions, limits the activities in which State Street and its non-bank subsidiaries may engage, including non-bank companies for which State Street owns or controls more than 5% of a class of voting shares, to those that the Federal Reserve Board considers to be closely related to banking or managing or controlling banks. The Federal Reserve Board may order a bank holding company to terminate any activity or its ownership or control of a non-bank subsidiary if the Federal Reserve Board finds that such activity or ownership or control constitutes a serious risk to the financial safety, soundness or stability of a subsidiary bank and is inconsistent with sound banking principles or statutory purposes. In the opinion of management, all of State Street’s present subsidiaries are within the statutory standard or are otherwise permissible. The Act also requires a bank holding company to obtain prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board before it may acquire substantially all the assets of any bank or ownership or control of more than 5% of the voting shares of any bank.

	State Street has also elected to become a financial holding company (“FHC”), which reduces to some extent the restrictions on its activities. FHC status allows banks to associate or have management interlocks with business organizations engaged in securities activities. In order to maintain status as an FHC, each bank holding company’s depository subsidiaries must be well capitalized and well managed, and must meet Community Reinvestment Act obligations. Failure to maintain such standards may ultimately permit the Federal Reserve Board to take certain enforcement actions against such company.

	Financial holding companies are permitted to engage in those activities that are determined by the Federal Reserve Board, working with the Secretary of the Treasury, to be financial in nature, incidental to an activity that is financial in nature, or complementary to a financial activity and that do not pose a safety and soundness risk. Activities defined to be financial in nature include, but are not limited to, the following: providing financial or investment advice; underwriting; dealing in or making markets in securities; merchant banking, subject to significant limitations; and any activities previously found by the Federal Reserve Board to be closely related to banking.

	Many aspects of State Street’s business are subject to regulation by other U.S. federal and state governmental and regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations (including securities exchanges), and by non-U.S. governmental and regulatory agencies and self-regulatory organizations. Aspects of State Street’s public disclosure, corporate governance principles, and internal control

	systems are subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and related regulations and rules of the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

	CAPITAL ADEQUACY

	Bank holding companies, such as State Street, are subject to Federal Reserve Board minimum risk-based capital and leverage ratio guidelines. At December 31, 2004, State Street’s consolidated Tier 1 and total risk-based capital ratios were 13.3% and 14.7%, respectively. For further information as to the Corporation’s capital position and capital adequacy, refer to Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Capital,” and to Note 12 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

	State Street Bank is subject to similar risk-based capital and leverage-ratio guidelines. State Street Bank exceeded the applicable minimum capital requirements as of December 31, 2004. For further information as to capital requirements, see Note 12 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” Failure to meet capital requirements could subject the bank to a variety of enforcement actions, including the termination of deposit insurance by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”), and to certain restrictions on its business that are described further in this Regulation and Supervision section.

	On June 26, 2004, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision released the final version of its capital adequacy framework (“Basel II”). Basel II’s framework includes minimum capital requirements, including capital for operational risk. U.S. banking regulatory agencies must now apply international risk-based capital guidance to rules to be implemented in the U.S. The U.S. regulatory agencies are expected to release proposed new rules for comment by mid-2005, with the final version anticipated by mid-2006. The new rules, as applied in the U.S., are expected to become effective by January 1, 2007, subject to transitional implementation arrangements and will become fully operational by January 1, 2008. Mandatory compliance will be required for large, internationally-active U.S. institutions, such as State Street. In preparation for compliance, the Corporation has developed a comprehensive implementation program to monitor the status and progress of Basel II, and is in the process of implementing the requirements and assessing the potential impact of Basel II on the Corporation. At this time, the Corporation cannot predict the final form of the rules in the U.S., nor their impact on the Corporation’s risk-based capital.

	SUBSIDIARIES

	The Federal Reserve System is the primary federal banking agency responsible for regulating State Street and its subsidiaries, including State Street Bank, for both U.S. and international operations. State Street is also subject to the Massachusetts bank holding company statute. The Massachusetts statute requires prior approval by the Massachusetts Board of Bank Incorporation for the acquisition by State Street of more than 5% of the voting shares of any additional bank and for other forms of bank acquisitions.

	State Street’s banking subsidiaries are subject to supervision and examination by various regulatory authorities. State Street Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System and the FDIC and is subject to applicable federal and state banking laws and to supervision and examination by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, as well as by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks, the FDIC, and the regulatory authorities of those countries in which a branch of State Street Bank is located. Other subsidiary trust companies are subject to supervision and examination by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, other offices of the Federal Reserve System or by the appropriate state banking regulatory authorities of the states in which they are located. State Street’s non-U.S. banking subsidiaries are subject to regulation by the regulatory authorities of the countries in which they are located. The capital of each of these banking subsidiaries is in excess of the minimum legal capital requirements as set by those authorities.

	State Street and its non-bank subsidiaries are affiliates of State Street Bank under the federal banking laws, which impose certain restrictions on transfers of funds in the form of loans, extensions of credit, investments or asset purchases from State Street Bank to State Street and its non-bank subsidiaries. Transfers of this kind to State Street and its non-bank subsidiaries by State Street Bank are limited to 10% of State Street Bank’s capital and surplus with respect to each affiliate and to 20% in the aggregate, and

	are subject to certain collateral requirements. A bank holding company and its subsidiaries are prohibited from engaging in certain tie-in arrangements in connection with any extension of credit or lease or sale of property or furnishing of services. Federal law also provides that certain transactions with affiliates must be on terms and under circumstances, including credit standards, that are substantially the same or at least as favorable to the institution as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions involving other non-affiliated companies or, in the absence of comparable transactions, on terms and under circumstances, including credit standards, that in good faith would be offered to, or would apply to, non-affiliated companies. The Federal Reserve Board has jurisdiction to regulate the terms of certain debt issues of bank holding companies. Federal law provides as well for a depositor preference on amounts realized from the liquidation or other resolution of any depository institution insured by the FDIC.

	State Street is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, which contains anti-money laundering and financial transparency laws and requires implementation of regulations applicable to financial services companies, including standards for verifying client identification and monitoring client transactions and detecting and reporting suspicious activities. Anti-money laundering laws outside the U.S. contain similar requirements.

	A State Street subsidiary is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. State Street’s U.S. broker-dealer subsidiary is subject to regulation by the SEC (including under the SEC’s net capital rule) and is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, a self-regulatory organization. Many aspects of State Street’s investment management activities are subject to federal and state laws and regulations primarily intended to benefit the investment product holder. These laws and regulations generally grant supervisory agencies and bodies broad administrative powers, including the power to limit or restrict State Street from carrying on its investment management activities in the event that it fails to comply with such laws and regulations, and examination authority. State Street’s business relating to investment management and trusteeship of collective trust funds and separate accounts offered to employee benefit plans subject to ERISA are subject to regulation by the U.S. Department of Labor.

	State Street’s business, including investment management and securities and futures businesses, are also regulated extensively by non-U.S. governments, securities exchanges, self-regulatory organizations, central banks, and regulatory bodies, especially in those jurisdictions in which State Street maintains an office. For instance, the Financial Services Authority, the London Stock Exchange, and the Euronext.liffe regulate activities in the United Kingdom; the Deutsche Borse AG and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority regulate activities in the Federal Republic of Germany; and the Financial Services Agency, the Bank of Japan, the Japanese Securities Dealers Association and several Japanese securities and futures exchanges, including the Tokyo Stock Exchange, regulate activities in Japan.

	State Street has established policies, procedures, and systems designed to comply with these requirements. However, as a global financial services institution, State Street faces complexity and costs in its worldwide compliance efforts.

	Most of State Street’s international operations are conducted pursuant to Federal Reserve Board Regulation K through State Street Bank’s Edge corporation subsidiary or through international branches of State Street Bank. An Edge corporation is a corporation organized under federal law that, in general, conducts foreign business activities. With prior approval of the Federal Reserve Board, State Street Bank may invest up to 20% of its capital and surplus in Edge Act and Agreement corporation subsidiaries. In connection with its investing activities in 2004, State Street Bank received approval to invest 10% of capital and surplus plus $325 million, which is less than the maximum 20% permitted by law.

	State Street historically has generally invested abroad through its Edge corporation subsidiaries. However, under Federal Reserve Board Regulation Y, State Street may continue to make new investments abroad directly (through the parent company or through direct, non-bank subsidiaries of the parent company) or through international bank branch expansion without being subject to the 20% investment limitation for Edge corporation subsidiaries. State Street cannot predict with certainty the impact on the pace of its future international expansion with respect to the Edge corporation subsidiary investment limitation. Nonetheless, in light of available alternatives, State Street does not believe that the Edge corporation subsidiary investment limitation will materially limit its ability to expand internationally.

	SUPPORT OF SUBSIDIARY BANKS

	Under Federal Reserve Board policy, a bank holding company is required to act as a source of financial and managerial strength to its subsidiary banks. Under this policy, State Street is expected to commit resources to its subsidiary banks in circumstances where it might not do so absent such policy. In the event of a bank holding company’s bankruptcy, any commitment by the bank holding company to a federal bank regulatory agency to maintain the capital of a subsidiary bank will be assumed by the bankruptcy trustee and will be entitled to a priority payment.

	ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES

	Economic policies of the U.S. government and its agencies influence the operating environment of State Street. Monetary policy conducted by the Federal Reserve Board directly affects the level of interest rates, which may impact overall credit conditions of the economy. Policy is applied by the Federal Reserve Board through open market operations in U.S. government securities, changes in reserve requirements for depository institutions, and changes in the discount rate and availability of borrowing from the Federal Reserve. Government regulation of banks and bank holding companies is intended primarily for the protection of depositors of the banks, rather than for the stockholders of the institutions.

	FACTORS AFFECTING FUTURE RESULTS

	From time to time, information provided by State Street, statements made by its employees, or information included in its filings with the SEC (including this Form 10-K), may contain statements that are considered “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws, including statements about the Corporation’s confidence and strategies and its expectations about revenue and market growth, acquisitions and divestitures, new technologies, services and opportunities, and earnings. These statements may be identified by such forward-looking terminology as “expect,” “look,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “may,” “will,” or similar statements or variations of such terms. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the factors appearing in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Financial Goals and Factors That May Affect Them,” factors further described in conjunction with the forward-looking information, and factors elsewhere mentioned in this Form 10-K. Each of these factors, and others, are also discussed from time to time in the Corporation’s other filings with the SEC, including its reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-K speak only as of the time the statements were made, and the Corporation does not undertake to revise those forward-looking statements to reflect events after the date of this report.

	ITEM 2.	PROPERTIES

	State Street’s headquarters are located at the State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts, a 36-story office building which was completed in 2003. State Street has leased the entire 1,025,000 square feet of this building for an initial term of 20 years. Annual lease payments of approximately $64 million (including assessments for real estate taxes and operating expenses) commenced upon occupancy, a portion of which may be offset by sublease revenue. State Street anticipates utilizing a substantial portion of the leased space for headquarters, office, and operational facilities. As State Street realigns its real estate portfolio and seeks to eliminate excess space, subleases may be entered into for a portion of this property. State Street also leases the entire 366,000-square-foot garage at One Lincoln Street. Annual lease payments and operating expenses for the garage are approximately $4 million (including assessments for real estate taxes and operating expenses).

	State Street also leases approximately 54% of the 916,000 square feet of space in the State Street Bank Building, a 34-story office building at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts, which was built in 1965. Of the space leased by State Street, approximately 15% is currently sublet to unaffiliated parties. The initial lease term was 30 years, with two successive extension options of 20 years at negotiated rental rates. State Street exercised the first of these two options, which became effective on

	January 1, 1996 for a term of 20 years. Annual lease payments are approximately $23 million (including assessments for real estate taxes and operating expenses), a portion of which will be offset by sublease revenue.

	State Street owns two buildings located in Quincy, a city south of Boston. The buildings, containing a total of approximately 822,000 square feet, function as State Street Bank’s principal operations facilities. Additionally, State Street owns a 92,000-square-foot building in Westborough, Massachusetts, and a 138,000-square-foot building in Grafton, Massachusetts, each of which is used as a data center. The remaining offices and facilities of State Street and its subsidiaries around the world are leased.

	As of December 31, 2004, the aggregate mortgage and lease payments, net of sublease revenue, payable within one year amounted to $183 million, plus assessments for real estate taxes, cleaning, and operating expenses.

	For additional information relating to premises, see Note 5 in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

	ITEM 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

	State Street and its subsidiaries are broadly involved with the securities industry, including in particular the mutual fund industry. Securities industry practices and the mutual fund industry in the U.S. continue to be the subject of intense regulatory, governmental, and public scrutiny. The Corporation has received various regulatory and governmental inquiries and agencies have sought information from State Street in connection with investigations relating, among other things, to market timing, late trading, and securities lending, and State Street continues to respond to the various requests.

	In September 2003, the SEC disseminated letters throughout the securities industry requesting information about market timing and late trading activities. State Street responded to that request and since then, has engaged in exchanges of requests and information with the SEC on the subjects. Other regulatory agencies, including the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”), have also distributed broad requests for information relating to market timing and late trading activities, and the SEC has also distributed broad requests for information on other industry-wide subjects, including securities lending practices. In March 2004, the Corporation and certain of its subsidiaries received subpoenas from the SEC seeking additional information relating to market timing and late trading activities. State Street continues to respond to the subpoenas from the SEC and to examinations, inquiries, and requests for information from the SEC, the DOL, and other regulatory, governmental and law enforcement agencies, relating to several facets of the securities industry, including in particular mutual fund-related matters.

	State Street is subject to pending and threatened legal actions that arise in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, after discussion with counsel, these can be successfully defended or resolved without a material adverse effect on State Street’s financial position or results of operations.

	ITEM 4.	SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITIES HOLDERS

	None

	ITEM 4A.	EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

	The following table sets forth certain information with regard to each executive officer of State Street. As used herein, the term “executive officer” corresponds to those positions designated as such for SEC and Internal Revenue Service purposes.


Name		Age	Position	Year Elected ⁽¹⁾


Ronald E. Logue		59	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	2004
Joseph C. Antonellis		51	Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer	1999/2002
Joseph W. Chow		52	Executive Vice President	1996
Charles C. Cutrell, III		50	Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel	2004
Luis J. de Ocejo		53	Executive Vice President	2001
Pamela D. Gormley		56	Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller	2004
Joseph L. Hooley		47	Executive Vice President	2000
William W. Hunt		42	Executive Vice President; President and Chief Executive Officer, State Street Global Advisors	2001/2005
Edward J. O’Brien		50	Executive Vice President and Treasurer	2001/2005
Edward J. Resch		52	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	2002
Stanley W. Shelton		50	Executive Vice President	1995

(1)	For officers where two years are listed, the first year indicates the year they were elected as executive vice president, and the second year indicates the year that they received the additional title as it appears in the table, if different from the year elected executive vice president.

	All executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors. The Chairman and Treasurer have been elected to hold office until the next annual meeting of stockholders or until their successors are chosen and qualified. Other executive officers hold office at the discretion of the Board. There are no family relationships among any of the directors and executive officers of State Street. All of the executive officers have been officers of State Street for five years or more, with the exception of Ms. Gormley and Messrs. de Ocejo and Resch. Mr. Chow, who first joined State Street in 1990, left the Corporation in August 2003 and returned in July 2004.

	Mr. de Ocejo was hired as an executive officer of State Street in 2001. Prior to joining State Street, he served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate Affairs for The Pillsbury Company, a global consumer products company based in Minneapolis. Prior to Pillsbury, he was Director of Human Resources Development; at Diageo PLC in London (parent company of Pillsbury); Vice President, Human Resources Development, International Distillers & Vintners; and Director, Human Resources Administration, at Aetna Life Insurance and Annuity Company.

	Ms. Gormley was hired as an executive officer of State Street in 2004. Prior to joining State Street, she served as executive vice president and corporate controller for FleetBoston Financial Corporation, a major multi-national bank based in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to that, she held senior positions at Cleveland-based KeyCorp, and at U.S. Bancorp in Portland, Oregon.

	Mr. Resch was hired as an executive officer of State Street in 2002. Prior to joining State Street, he was managing director and chief financial officer of Pershing, LLC, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, which provides brokerage processing and investment services. Prior to that, he served as managing director and chief accounting officer at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.

	PART II

	ITEM 5.	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY

	State Street’s Common Stock is listed on the New York, Boston and Pacific Stock Exchanges, under the ticker symbol STT. There were 4,688 stockholders of record at December 31, 2004.

	Information concerning the market prices of and dividends on State Street’s Common Stock during the past two years appears in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Capital.” Information concerning securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans appears in Part III, Item 12, “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.”

	RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

	As a bank holding company, State Street Corporation is a legal entity separate and distinct from State Street Bank and its non-bank subsidiaries. The right of State Street Corporation to participate as a stockholder in any distribution of assets of State Street Bank upon its liquidation or reorganization or otherwise is subject to the prior claims by creditors of State Street Bank, including obligations for federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements and deposit liabilities. Payment of dividends by State Street Bank is subject to provisions of the Massachusetts banking law, which provide that dividends may be paid out of net profits provided (i) capital stock and surplus remain unimpaired, (ii) dividend and retirement fund requirements of any preferred stock have been met, (iii) surplus equals or exceeds capital stock, and (iv) losses and bad debts, as defined, in excess of reserves specifically established for such losses and bad debts, have been deducted from net profits. Under the Federal Reserve Act, the approval of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System would be required if dividends declared by State Street Bank in any year would exceed the total of its net profits for that year combined with retained net profits for the preceding two years, less any required transfers to surplus. Under applicable federal and state law restrictions, at December 31, 2004, State Street Bank had $1.69 billion of retained earnings available for distribution to State Street in the form of dividends. Future dividend payments of State Street Bank and non-bank subsidiaries cannot be determined at this time.

	ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

	State Street’s Board of Directors has authorized a publicly-announced stock purchase program for State Street Common Stock, which was first authorized by the Board in 1995, and subsequently increased several times, most recently in 2001. Under the 1995 program, Common Stock of the Corporation was authorized for purchase for use in employee benefit programs and for general corporate purposes. The remaining number of shares authorized for purchase under this program was 4.260 million shares as of December 31, 2004.

	This 1995 stock purchase program was terminated by action of the Board effective February 17, 2005. In its place, State Street’s Board of Directors has authorized a new publicly-announced stock purchase program for State Street Common Stock for use in employee benefit programs and for other corporate purposes. The number of shares authorized for purchase under this new program is 15 million. As of the date of filing of this report on Form 10-K, no shares had been purchased under the new program and all 15 million shares remained available for purchase.

	State Street employs third-party broker-dealers to acquire shares on the open market for the Corporation’s publicly-announced stock purchase program.

	Additionally, shares may be acquired by a consolidated trust for other deferred compensation plans, held by an external trustee, that are not part of either of the publicly-announced stock purchase programs. Such shares are purchased in open-market transactions by the trustee. There were 2,000 shares purchased by the trust in the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

	The following table discloses purchases of Common Stock and related information for the three months ended December 31, 2004:


		Number of Shares Purchased			Average Price Per Share		Number of Shares Purchased Under Publicly- Announced Program⁽¹⁾		Maximum Number of Shares Yet to Be Purchased Under Publicly- Announced Program⁽²⁾

(Shares in thousands)

October 1 – October 31, 2004			3,235		$	42.79		3,235		5,075
November 1 – November 30, 2004			767	⁽³⁾		45.54		765		4,310
December 1 – December 31, 2004			50			47.78		50		4,260

Total			4,052					4,050		4,260


(1)	The 1995 stock purchase program has been terminated at February 17, 2005, and no further shares may be purchased under that program. In its place, the Corporation has adopted the 2005 program, but no shares were purchased under the 2005 program during the periods included in the table.
(2)	The 1995 stock purchase program has been terminated at February 17, 2005, and no further shares may be purchased under that program. In its place, the Corporation has adopted the 2005 program, under which an aggregate of 15 million shares are currently authorized for purchase.
(3)	Includes 2,000 shares purchased in open-market transactions during the period by an independent agent in connection with a consolidated trust for deferred compensation plans of the Corporation, not part of the publicly-announced stock purchase program.

ITEM 6.

SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA


	2004			2003			2002			2001			2000

(Dollars in millions, except per share data)

YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
Fee Revenue:
Servicing fees	$	2,263		$	1,950		$	1,531		$	1,433		$	1,298
Management fees		623			533			485			459			541
Securities lending		259			245			226			272			192
Foreign exchange trading		420			391			300			368			387
Brokerage fees		155			122			124			89			95
Processing fees and other		328			315			184			148			177

Total fee revenue		4,048			3,556			2,850			2,769			2,690

Net Interest Revenue:
Interest revenue		1,787			1,539			1,974			2,855			3,256
Interest expense		928			729			995			1,830			2,362

Net interest revenue		859			810			979			1,025			894
Provision for loan losses		(18	)		—			4			10			9

Net interest revenue after provision for loan losses		877			810			975			1,015			885
Gain on the sales of available-for-sale investment securities, net		26			23			76			43			2
Gain on the sale of the Private Asset Management business, net of exit and other associated costs		—			285			—			—			—
Gain on the sale of the Corporate Trust business, net of exit and other associated costs		—			60			495			—			—

Total revenue		4,951			4,734			4,396			3,827			3,577

Operating Expenses:
Salaries and employee benefits		1,957			1,731			1,654			1,663			1,524
Information systems and communications		527			551			373			365			305
Transaction processing services		398			314			246			247			268
Occupancy		363			300			246			229			201
Merger, integration and divestiture costs		62			110			—			—			—
Restructuring costs		21			296			20			—			—
Other		431			320			302			393			373

Total operating expenses		3,759			3,622			2,841			2,897			2,671

Income before income tax expense		1,192			1,112			1,555			930			906
Income tax expense		394			390			540			302			311

Net income	$	798		$	722		$	1,015		$	628		$	595


Earnings Per Share:
Basic	$	2.38		$	2.18		$	3.14		$	1.94		$	1.85
Diluted		2.35			2.15			3.10			1.90			1.81

Cash dividends declared per share		.640			.560			.480			.405			.345
Return on equity		13.3	%		13.9	%		24.1	%		17.3	%		20.3	%

AS OF DECEMBER 31,
Total assets	$	94,040		$	87,534		$	85,794		$	69,850		$	69,298
Long-term debt		2,458			2,222			1,270			1,217			1,219
Stockholders’ equity		6,159			5,747			4,787			3,845			3,262
Closing price per share of common stock		49.12			52.08			39.00			52.25			62.11

Number of employees		19,668			19,850			19,501			19,753			17,604

	ITEM 7.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

	RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

	SUMMARY

	BUSINESS SUMMARY

	State Street Corporation (“State Street” or “the Corporation”) is focused on meeting the needs of sophisticated investors worldwide by providing a complete, integrated range of products and services. State Street’s employees are focused on providing excellent client service and enhancing total client relationships. State Street experiences a high rate of recurring revenue, continues to generate significant new business from its existing client base, and achieves significant cross-selling revenue. This approach contributed to a year-over-year growth in servicing fees in 2004 of 16%, and a year-over-year growth in management fees of 17%. While most of State Street’s client services generate servicing or management fees, clients use a variety of other services, including securities lending and foreign exchange trading and cash management services. State Street remains focused on increasing total revenue. At December 31, 2004, assets under custody totaled $9.50 trillion and assets under management totaled $1.35 trillion.

	In 2004, State Street focused on three key business themes. First was continued global growth and integration of a substantial portion of the Global Securities Services (“GSS”) business acquired in 2003 from Deutsche Bank AG. The acquisition of the GSS business was transformational for State Street. Through this acquisition, State Street added approximately $2.10 trillion to assets under custody and acquired depotbank services and additional fund administration and securities lending business. With the addition of the GSS business, State Street became a leading provider of custody and custody-related services in Europe. The GSS business served investment managers, private and public pension funds and insurance companies in 92 geographic markets. To date, State Street has completed substantially all client conversions, with the exception of Germany, which will be completed in 2005. State Street’s expanded global presence helped to generate new business from new and existing customers and fee revenue growth.

	Second, State Street heightened its focus on institutional investors and streamlined businesses or groups that did not offer the desired scale or profitability. Third, the Corporation implemented more rigorous cost cutting and expense management policies to adapt to the realities of a less robust economy.

	In 2003, State Street completed several initiatives that had a significant impact on 2004 results. In addition to completing the acquisition of the GSS business and integrating a major portion of that acquisition into its business, State Street completed an expense reduction program, including a major restructuring of its staffing levels, resulting in the net reduction of approximately 2,000 positions. Furthermore, in the fourth quarter of 2003, State Street completed the sale of its Private Asset Management business.

	State Street continues to maintain a substantial market share in U.S. pension plans and mutual fund servicing, while continuing to invest in developing businesses and growing its business globally. Investments continue to be made in developing businesses that offer outsourcing of middle- and back-office services, services for alternative investments such as hedge funds, electronic foreign exchange and equity execution supported by analysis and data analytics, and enhanced-index investment management strategies.

	In summary, State Street’s investment servicing and investment management businesses showed solid growth during 2004. Revenue growth, increased market share in certain key markets and the successful conversion of the GSS business were achieved in a challenging interest rate and competitive pricing environment and resulted in diluted earnings per share of $2.35 in 2004.

	SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL OPERATING RESULTS

	SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION — OPERATING RESULTS

	State Street prepares its reported Consolidated Statement of Income in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP). In order to provide information on a comparable basis from period to period and assist stockholders, analysts, other external parties and management in analyzing financial results and trends of ongoing businesses and operations, State Street presents supplemental financial information on an “operating” basis. Operating basis results are based on GAAP (“reported”) results, excluding the impact of significant non-recurring transactions and activities, presented on a taxable-equivalent basis. The Corporation believes that such supplemental non-GAAP financial information facilitates an understanding and analysis of State Street’s ongoing activities and provides financial information in a format that presents comparable financial trends.

	Operating results for 2004 exclude merger and integration costs related to the GSS acquisition. For 2003, operating results exclude the gain on the sale and operations prior to divestiture of the Private Asset Management business; the gain on the sale of the Corporate Trust business; merger, integration, divestiture and restructuring costs; a loss on real estate sold; and the settlement of a Massachusetts tax matter.

	The tables that follow present:

	•	2004 Reported Results and Non-GAAP Measures

	•	2003 Reported Results and Non-GAAP Measures

	•	Comparison of 2004 Operating Results to 2003 Operating Results

	•	Reconciliation of Reported Results to Non-GAAP Measures

2004 REPORTED RESULTS AND NON-GAAP MEASURES


					\|	Non-GAAP Measures Defined By State Street						\|
		Reported Results			Other				Operating Results

(Dollars in millions, except per share data)
Year ended December 31, 2004

Fee Revenue:
Servicing fees		$	2,263						$	2,263
Management fees			623							623
Securities lending			259							259
Foreign exchange trading			420							420
Brokerage fees			155							155
Processing fees and other			328							328

Total fee revenue			4,048							4,048

Net Interest Revenue:
Interest revenue			1,787		$		45	⁽¹⁾		1,832
Interest expense			928				—			928

Net interest revenue			859				45			904
Provision for loan losses			(18	)			—			(18	)

Net interest revenue after provision for loan losses			877				45			922
Gain on the sales of available-for-sale investment securities, net			26				—			26

Total revenue			4,951				45			4,996

Operating Expenses:
Salaries and employee benefits			1,957				—			1,957
Information systems and communications			527				—			527
Transaction processing services			398				—			398
Occupancy			363				—			363
Merger and integration costs			62				(62	)⁽²⁾		—
Restructuring costs			21				—			21
Other			431				—			431

Total operating expenses			3,759				(62	)		3,697

Income before income tax expense			1,192				107			1,299
Income tax expense			394				21	⁽³⁾		415
Taxable-equivalent adjustment			—				45	⁽¹⁾		45

Net income		$	798		$		41		$	839

Diluted earnings per share		$	2.35		$		.12		$	2.47

(1)	Taxable-equivalent adjustment not included in reported results
(2)	Merger and integration costs associated with the acquisition on January 31, 2003, of the GSS business
(3)	Tax benefit associated with merger and integration costs

2003 REPORTED RESULTS AND NON-GAAP MEASURES


				\|	Non-GAAP Measures Defined By State Street								\|
		Reported Results			PAM⁽¹⁾			Other			Operating Results

(Dollars in millions, except per share data)
Year ended December 31, 2003

Fee Revenue:
Servicing fees		$	1,950								$	1,950
Management fees			533		$	(59	)					474
Securities lending			245			—						245
Foreign exchange trading			391			—						391
Brokerage fees			122			—						122
Processing fees and other			315			(1	)	$	13	⁽²⁾		327

Total fee revenue			3,556			(60	)		13			3,509

Net Interest Revenue:
Interest revenue			1,539			—			51	⁽³⁾		1,590
Interest expense			729			—			—			729

Net interest revenue			810			—			51			861
Provision for loan losses			—			—			—			—

Net interest revenue after provision for loan losses			810			—			51			861
Gain on the sales of available-for-sale investment securities, net			23			—			—			23
Gain on the sale of the Private Asset Management business, net of exit and other associated costs			285			—			(285	)		—
Gain on the sale of the Corporate Trust business, net of associated costs			60			—			(60	)		—

Total revenue			4,734			(60	)		(281	)		4,393

Operating Expenses:
Salaries and employee benefits			1,731			(19	)		—			1,712
Information systems and communications			551			(1	)		—			550
Transaction processing services			314			(1	)		—			313
Occupancy			300			(5	)		—			295
Merger, integration and divestiture costs			110			—			(110	)⁽⁴⁾		—
Restructuring costs			296			—			(296	)⁽⁵⁾		—
Other			320			(11	)		—			309

Total operating expenses			3,622			(37	)		(406	)		3,179

Income before income tax expenses			1,112			(23	)		125			1,214
Income tax expense			390			(8	)		13	⁽⁶⁾		395
Taxable-equivalent adjustment			—			—			51	⁽³⁾		51

Net income		$	722		$	(15	)	$	61		$	768

Diluted earnings per share		$	2.15		$	(.04	)	$	.18		$	2.29

(1)	Revenue and expenses of the Private Asset Management business prior to divestiture on October 31, 2003
(2)	Represents a loss on the sale of certain real estate
(3)	Taxable-equivalent adjustment not included in reported results
(4)	Merger and integration charges of $103 million related to the GSS acquisition and $7 million of divestiture costs related to the sale of the Private Asset Management business
(5)	Restructuring costs related to the voluntary separation program in the second quarter of 2003
(6)	Reflects the settlement of a Massachusetts tax matter ($12 million tax expense) as well as the tax benefit related to the net of all non-operating gains and charges

COMPARISON OF 2004 OPERATING RESULTS TO 2003 OPERATING RESULTS


OPERATING RESULTS — A NON-GAAP MEASURE DEFINED BY STATE STREET	2004			2003		$ Change			% Change
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)
Years ended December 31,

Operating Fee Revenue:
Servicing fees	$	2,263		$	1,950	$	313			16	%
Management fees		623			474		149			31
Securities lending		259			245		14			6
Foreign exchange trading		420			391		29			7
Brokerage fees		155			122		33			27
Processing fees and other		328			327		1			—

Total operating fee revenue		4,048			3,509		539			15

Operating Net Interest Revenue:
Interest revenue		1,832			1,590		242
Interest expense		928			729		199

Net interest revenue – taxable equivalent		904			861		43			5
Provision for loan losses		(18	)		—		(18	)

Net interest revenue after provision for loan losses		922			861		61			7
Gain on the sales of available-for-sale investment securities, net		26			23		3			13

Total operating revenue		4,996			4,393		603			14

Operating-Basis Operating Expenses:
Salaries and employee benefits		1,957			1,712		245			14
Information systems and communications		527			550		(23	)		(4	)
Transaction processing services		398			313		85			27
Occupancy		363			295		68			23
Restructuring costs		21			—		21			—
Other		431			309		122			39

Total operating-basis operating expenses		3,697			3,179		518			16

Operating income before income tax expense		1,299			1,214		85			7
Operating income tax expense		415			395		20
Taxable-equivalent adjustment		45			51		(6	)

Net operating income	$	839		$	768	$	71			9

Operating diluted earnings per share	$	2.47		$	2.29	$	.18			8

RECONCILIATION OF REPORTED RESULTS TO NON-GAAP MEASURES


	Total Revenue		Total Operating Expenses		Income Before Income Tax Expense		Income Tax Expense (Benefit)		Net Income		Earnings Per Share

(Dollars in millions, except per share data)

Year Ended December 31, 2004
Reported results – GAAP	$	4,951	$	3,759	$	1,192	$	394	$	798	$	2.35