CBSS Compass Bancshares (MM)

Compass Bancshares, Inc., (NASDAQ: CBSS) today announced that Garrett R. Hegel, chief financial officer, will make a presentation at the Sandler O�Neill & Partners, L.P. 2006 Financial Services Conference in Naples, Florida on Thursday, November 16 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation slides and the live audio webcast will be available through Compass� web site at www.compassbank.com. A replay of the presentation will also be made available for approximately seven days at the same address within 24 hours of the presentation. Compass Bancshares, Inc. is a $34 billion Southwestern financial holding company which operates 412 full-service banking centers including 162 in Texas, 89 in Alabama, 74 in Arizona, 44 in Florida, 33 in Colorado and 10 in New Mexico. Compass is among the top 30 U.S. bank holding companies by asset size and ranks among the top earners of its size based on return on equity. Shares of Compass' common stock are traded through the NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM exchange under the symbol CBSS. Additional information about Compass, a member of the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Select Dividend Index, can be found at www.compassbank.com. �Safe Harbor� Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Compass Bancshares, Inc. notes that any statements in this press release, and elsewhere, that are not historical facts are �forward-looking statements� that involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company�s actual results of operations to differ materially from expected results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see the Company�s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year as well as its other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Compass Bancshares, Inc., (NASDAQ: CBSS) today announced that Garrett R. Hegel, chief financial officer, will make a presentation at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners, L.P. 2006 Financial Services Conference in Naples, Florida on Thursday, November 16 beginning at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation slides and the live audio webcast will be available through Compass' web site at www.compassbank.com. A replay of the presentation will also be made available for approximately seven days at the same address within 24 hours of the presentation. Compass Bancshares, Inc. is a $34 billion Southwestern financial holding company which operates 412 full-service banking centers including 162 in Texas, 89 in Alabama, 74 in Arizona, 44 in Florida, 33 in Colorado and 10 in New Mexico. Compass is among the top 30 U.S. bank holding companies by asset size and ranks among the top earners of its size based on return on equity. Shares of Compass' common stock are traded through the NASDAQ Global Select Market(SM) exchange under the symbol CBSS. Additional information about Compass, a member of the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Select Dividend Index, can be found at www.compassbank.com. "Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 In accordance with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Compass Bancshares, Inc. notes that any statements in this press release, and elsewhere, that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results of operations to differ materially from expected results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year as well as its other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.