12/21/2009 - MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, December 21, 2009 — W Holding Company, Inc., the Bank Holding Company of Westernbank Puerto Rico, Completes and Files Form 10-Q Filings for the First Three Quarters of 2009 — W Holding Company, Inc. (NYSE: "WHI"), (the “Company” or “W Holding”), the bank holding company of Westernbank Puerto Rico (the "Bank"), today announced that it has completed and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) the quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30, 2009.  With these filings the Company becomes current and in full compliance with its SEC and New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) financial reporting requirements.

11/14/2008 - MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, November 14, 2008 — W Holding Company, Inc. (NYSE: "WHI") (the “Company”), the bank holding company for Westernbank Puerto Rico, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has established a ratio of one share-for-every fifty shares of the outstanding common stock for the Company’s proposed reverse stock split of all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock.

12/04/07 - MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico, December 4, 2007 — W Holding Company, Inc. (NYSE: WHI), the financial holding company for Westernbank Puerto Rico, confirmed today that the Company’s common stock has not been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.  While trading on the NYSE has been halted, the Company’s common stock continues to be actively traded on other markets, including the NYSE Arca.