ASO Airshares EU Carbon

AmSouth Bancorporation (NYSE: ASO) is scheduled to participate in the Ryan Beck & Co. 2005 Financial Institutions Investor Conference to be held November 2, 2005, at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Executive management will make a presentation beginning at 10:40 a.m. EST on Wednesday, November 2, followed by a question and answer session. Comments and the related slide presentation will be available via a live, listen-only Webcast. To listen, go to www.amsouth.com and either click on the link under "Message Center" or go to the Investor Relations Resource Center at www.amsouth.com/irrc/. In order to listen to the webcast, you will need to download the Real Player or Microsoft's Windows Media Player in advance of the event. The free Real Player is available from http://www.real.com/. Windows Media Player is free and is available at http://www.windowsmediaplayer.com. About AmSouth AmSouth is a regional bank holding company with over $50 billion in assets, more than 685 branch banking offices and more than 1,200 ATMs. AmSouth operates in Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. AmSouth is a leader among regional banks in the Southeast in several key business segments, including consumer and commercial banking, small business banking, mortgage lending, equipment leasing, and trust and investment management services. AmSouth also offers a complete line of banking products and services at its web site, www.amsouth.com.