WesBanco, Inc. To Join NASDAQ Financial-100 Index

WesBanco, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSBC) of Wheeling, West Virginia, will become a component of the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index® effective at the beginning of trading Wednesday, January 8, 2003. WesBanco, Inc. will replace Doral Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:DORL).

With a market capitalization of $485 million, WesBanco is a multi-state bank holding company presently operating through 74 banking offices in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. In addition, WesBanco operates an insurance company, WesBanco Insurance Services, Inc. and a full-service broker/dealer, WesBanco Securities, Inc., that also operates Mountaineer Securities, WesBanco's discount brokerage operation.

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