SCHW - Charles Schwab Corp.

The Charles Schwab Corporation (CSC) is a savings and loan holding company. The Company engaged, through its subsidiaries, in securities brokerage, banking, and related financial services. As of December 31, 2010, the Company had eight million active brokerage accounts and 1.5 million corporate retirement plan participants. Its business subsidiaries include Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), which is a securities broker-dealer with 302 domestic branch offices in 45 states, as well as a branch in each of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and London, the United Kingdom, and serves clients in Hong Kong through one of CSCs subsidiaries; Charles Schwab Bank (Schwab Bank) is a savings bank located in Reno, Nevada; and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. (CSIM), which is the investment advisor for Schwabs mutual funds, referred to as the Schwab Funds. On November 9, 2010, the Company completed the acquisition of Windward Investment Management, Inc. (Windward).