Form 11-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]

For the transition period from _____________ to _____________

Commission File Number 1-10000

A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

WACHOVIA SAVINGS PLAN

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

One Wachovia Center

Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0013

 



(a) The following financial statements and reports, which have been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 11-K:

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   

 

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2005 and 2004

  

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, Year Ended December 31, 2005

  

Notes to Financial Statements

  

 

Supplemental Schedule:

  

Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year, December 31, 2005

  

(b) The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 11-K:

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


WACHOVIA SAVINGS PLAN

Financial Statements

and Schedule

As of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and for the

Year Ended December 31, 2005

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Benefits Committee

Wachovia Corporation

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Wachovia Savings Plan (the Plan), as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the Standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2005 and 2004, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets held for investment purposes at end of year is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Charlotte, North Carolina

June 19, 2006


WACHOVIA SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

     December 31,
   2005    2004

ASSETS

     

Investments

     

Marketable investments, at fair value

     

Money Market Fund

   $ 2,303,211    —  

Mutual Funds

     3,306,043,558    2,895,451,922

Stable Fund

     1,048,151,996    962,637,682

Collective Investment Trusts

     874,267,469    869,394,476

Wachovia Stock Non-ESOP

     93,961,067    70,354,624

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

     

Wachovia Corporation common stock

     

Allocated

     1,529,378,232    1,663,266,012

Unallocated

     97,372,798    107,659,839

Cash and cash equivalents

     

Allocated

     88,992,381    75,402,623

Unallocated

     946,280    950,060
           

Total marketable investments

     7,041,416,992    6,645,117,238

Participants’ loans receivable

     222,685,409    209,715,758
           

Total investments

     7,264,102,401    6,854,832,996
           

Employer contribution receivable

     1,255,501    26,185,159

Prepaid expense

     1,774,498    —  
           

Total assets

   $ 7,267,132,400    6,881,018,155
           

LIABILITIES

     

Loan payable - Employee Stock Ownership Plan - unallocated

     39,530,182    42,294,393
           

Net assets available for benefits

   $ 7,227,602,218    6,838,723,762
           

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


WACHOVIA SAVINGS PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

 

     Year Ended December 31, 2005
     Participant
Directed
   Employee
Stock
Ownership
Plan-
Unallocated
    Total

ADDITIONS TO PLAN ASSETS

       

Investment income

       

Interest on loans

   $ 9,973,063    —       9,973,063

Net appreciation/(depreciation) in fair value of investments

     468,621,320    (6,564,558 )   462,056,762
                 

Total investment income/(loss), net

     478,594,383    (6,564,558 )   472,029,825

Employer contributions

     224,434,247    2,690,937     227,125,184

Employee contributions

     396,347,225    —       396,347,225

Net assets contributed through mergers

     66,632,661    —       66,632,661

Transfers from other funds

     330,861,734    —       330,861,734
                 

Total additions to plan assets

     1,496,870,250    (3,873,621 )   1,492,996,629
                 

DEDUCTIONS FROM PLAN ASSETS

       

Participants’ withdrawals

     769,603,450    —       769,603,450

Transfers to other funds

     330,861,734    —       330,861,734

Interest expense

     —      3,652,989     3,652,989
                 

Total deductions from plan assets

     1,100,465,184    3,652,989     1,104,118,173
                 

Increase/(decrease) in net assets available for benefits

     396,405,066    (7,526,610 )   388,878,456

Net assets available for benefits

       

Beginning of year

     6,772,408,256    66,315,506     6,838,723,762
                 

End of year

   $ 7,168,813,322    58,788,896     7,227,602,218
                 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.


WACHOVIA SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2005 and 2004

NOTE 1: DESCRIPTION OF PLAN

The following brief description of the Wachovia Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for more complete information.

GENERAL

Wachovia Corporation and its subsidiaries (the “Companies”) sponsor the Plan, which is designed to promote savings for retirement, and which is a defined contribution plan. The Companies’ and employees’ contributions are held in trust and earn income tax-free until distributed. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Effective January 1, 1999, the portion of the Plan invested in the Wachovia Corporation Common Stock Fund was amended to be an employee stock ownership plan that invests primarily in employer securities. The first one percent of the Companies’ matching contribution is made in Wachovia Corporation common stock. Each employee can immediately elect to liquidate the Wachovia Corporation common stock credited to the employee’s account by transferring the value of the common stock to any of a number of investment options available within the Plan.

ELIGIBILITY, CONTRIBUTIONS AND BENEFITS

Under the Plan, an employee is eligible to make contributions beginning on the first of the month following the month in which they complete one full calendar month of service. The employee is eligible to receive employer matching contributions after one year of service. Employee contributions, pre-tax and after-tax, are elected by the participant and cannot exceed 30 percent of the employee’s benefits eligible compensation. The maximum percentage of the employer matched contribution is determined annually by the Wachovia Human Resources and Corporate Relations Director, and the contribution amounts are paid from net income or accumulated earnings in accordance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended together with all regulations, revenue rulings and revenue procedures issued thereunder (the “Code”). The employer’s matching contribution cannot exceed 6 percent of a participant’s benefits eligible compensation. Participants are fully vested in their entire account balances at all times.

Four types of withdrawals are allowed under the Plan: normal, specified cause, hardship and after age 59 1/2. The Benefits Committee (the “Committee”) must approve any new types of withdrawals. Participants may withdraw up to their entire account balance, depending on the type of withdrawal, net of applicable withholdings and/or loan balances, or a minimum of $500. The amount of tax withholding depends on the type of withdrawal. In addition, participants may elect to receive current distributions of cash dividends on shares of Wachovia Corporation common stock allocated to them under the Employee Stock Ownership Plan portion of the Plan.

Participants may borrow up to 50 percent of the balance of their accounts with a minimum loan of $1,000 and a maximum loan of $50,000. Loan balances are charged interest at a fixed rate for the life of the loan. The interest rate is determined at origination as the prime interest rate in use by Wachovia Bank, National Association, on the business day preceding the date the loan is processed. Loans are made for a minimum of 12 months or a maximum of 60 months, except that if the loan is used to acquire the participant’s principal residence, the maximum term is 180 months. Loan repayments are generally made semi-monthly as a payroll deduction. If a participant retires or is otherwise terminated, the loan balance must be paid in full or the outstanding balance will be considered as a taxable distribution.

Participants, at retirement, may elect to receive a distribution of their account balances. A participant is considered retired if it is the participant’s 65th birthday, if it is the participant’s 50th birthday with 10 or more years of service, or if it is determined that the participant is totally disabled. Distributions may be made in a lump sum or, in certain circumstances, the participant’s account may be applied to the purchase of an annuity. Distribution of a retired participant’s account balance must begin at age 70 1/2. If a participant leaves Wachovia before retirement, their Wachovia Savings Plan account may be distributed in the same manner as described above.

Although the employer has not expressed any intent to terminate the Plan, it may do so at any time subject to the provisions of ERISA. If the Plan is terminated, the accounts of each participant shall be adjusted in accordance with Plan provisions.

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WACHOVIA SAVINGS PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

PARTICIPANT DIRECTED

In accordance with the Plan provisions, Plan earnings are allocated to participants’ accounts on a daily basis. The investment options available to participants at December 31, 2005 and 2004, are presented below.

Stable Fund

This fund invests in a diversified portfolio of high quality securities, primarily consisting of Guaranteed Investment Contracts (“GICs”), collateralized synthetic GIC contracts and cash equivalents. Target duration is 1.5 years to 3.0 years. Its investment objective is preservation of principal with stable market value.

Evergreen U.S. Government Fund

This fund invests primarily in U.S. Treasury securities and other securities issued by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. Its investment objective is a high level of current income with stability of principal.

Evergreen Growth Fund

This fund invests primarily in common stocks of small to medium-sized companies that the fund’s management believes are demonstrating strong and consistent earnings growth not fully recognized in their stock price. Its investment objective is long-term capital growth.

Evergreen Core Bond Fund

This fund invests at least 80 percent of its assets in U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade debt securities. The fund seeks to maximize total return through a combination of current income and capital growth.

Evergreen Special Value Fund

This fund invests primarily in common stocks of small U.S. companies. Fund management looks for significantly undervalued companies they believe have the potential for above-average appreciation potential with below average risk. The fund seeks to produce growth of capital.

American Europacific Growth Fund

This fund invests in strong, growing companies based chiefly in Europe and the Pacific Basin, ranging from small firms to large corporations. The fund invests primarily in common and preferred stocks, convertible securities, American Depositary Receipts, European Depositary Receipts, bonds and cash. Its investment objective is long-term capital growth.

Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund

This fund invests in equities that the fund’s management believes to be temporarily undervalued by the stock market but that have a favorable outlook for long-term growth. The fund also invests in a diversified portfolio of investment grade fixed-income securities, such as U.S. Government obligations, mortgage and asset-backed securities, and corporate bonds. Its investment objective is regular income and conservation of principal.

Dodge and Cox Stock Fund

This fund invests primarily in a broadly diversified portfolio of common stocks. The fund consists of stocks that the fund’s management believes are temporarily undervalued but have a favorable outlook for long-term growth. Its investment objective is long-term growth of principal and income.

Hartford Midcap Fund

This fund invests primarily in stocks selected on the basis of potential for capital appreciation. Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80 percent of its assets in common stock of mid-capitalization companies. The fund seeks long-term growth of capital.

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund

            This fund invests at least 80 percent of its net assets in the common stocks of large and medium-sized blue chip growth companies. These are firms that, in fund management’s view, are well established in their industries and have the potential for above- average earnings growth. Its investment objective is long-term capital appreciation, with income as a secondary objective.

Enhanced Stock Market Fund

This fund uses a diversified equity strategy that invests in both value and growth oriented companies. The fund’s portfolio sector and industry weights reflect those in the S&P 500 Index. Its investment objective is to achieve a total rate of return which closely tracks the return of the S&P 500 Index over time.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Wachovia Stock Non-ESOP Fund

Only participants employed by a business entity not taxable as a corporation, such as the employees of Wachovia Securities LLC, may invest in this fund. This fund’s objective is long-term capital appreciation. The fund seeks to achieve its objective through investments in Wachovia Corporation common stock.

Wachovia Corporation Common Stock Fund

This fund invests primarily in Wachovia Corporation common stock and varying levels of short-term cash equivalent investments. Dividends allocated to each participant’s account are reinvested in additional units of Wachovia Corporation common stock or paid out in cash at each participant’s election. Its primary investment objective is long-term capital appreciation.

Aim Large Cap Basic Value Fund

This fund seeks to provide long-term growth of capital and invests in securities of large-capitalization companies that offer potential for capital growth, and may offer potential for current income.

Pimco Total Return Fund

This fund invests in a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities. The average portfolio duration of the fund is 3 - 6 years. The “total return” sought by the fund consists of income earned on the fund’s investments, plus any capital appreciation.

American Funds Growth Fund of America Fund

This fund invests in attractively valued companies that represent good long-term investment opportunities. Its objective is growth of capital and it invests primarily in common stocks.

Aim Capital Development Institutional Fund

This fund’s investment objective is long-term growth of capital. This fund invests primarily in securities, including common stocks, convertible securities and bonds of small and medium sized companies.

STI Classic Small Growth Fund

This fund invests primarily in equity U.S. traded securities of companies with market capitalizations between $50 million and $3 billion in size. The investment goal is long-term capital appreciation.

Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund

This fund’s investment objective is capital appreciation. It invests primarily in common stocks of mid-capitalization U.S. companies.

Aim International Small Company Fund

This fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in securities of small international companies. The fund will normally invest in companies located in at least four countries outside of the United States. The fund is non-diversified, which means it can invest a greater percentage of its assets in any one issuer than a diversified fund can.

Pimco Real Return Fund

This fund seeks maximum real return consistent with preservation of real capital. The fund invests primarily in investment grade inflation-indexed fixed-income securities.

Invesco Stable Value Trust Fund

This fund’s objective is the preservation of principal and interest income reasonably obtained under prevailing market conditions and rates, consistent with seeking to maintain required liquidity. It invests primarily in security backed fixed-income investments.

Invesco 500 Index Trust Fund

            This fund’s objective is to provide total investment returns and characteristics that closely replicate those of the S&P 500 composite stock index.

Invesco Structured Small Cap Value Equity Trust Fund

This fund’s objective is long-term appreciation. The fund is designed to (1) outperform the Russell 2000 Small Cap Value Index over time based on the performance of the stocks ranked by a proprietary Stock Selection Model, and (2) control risk by having an overall risk profile which is similar to that of the Russell 2000 Small Cap Value Index in terms of beta, styles and industries.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Invesco Equity Real Estate Securities Trust Fund

The objective of this fund is to provide current income with long-term appreciation potential by primarily investing in Real Estate Investment Trusts and other publicly traded stocks that derive a substantial portion of the revenues from the real estate industry.

DISCONTINUED INVESTMENT OPTIONS

As of December 31, 2005, funds no longer available as an investment option were the Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund, Federated Kaufmann Fund, Federated U.S. Government Bond Fund, Montag and Caldwell Growth Fund, SouthTrust Bond Fund, SouthTrust Growth Fund, SouthTrust Income Fund, SouthTrust U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund, SouthTrust Value Fund and the Templeton Growth Fund.

MERGERS WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

On December 31, 2005, the Palmer & Cay Inc. Retirement Plan merged into the Plan. The Palmer & Cay Retirement Plan had assets of $67 million.

NOTE 2: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying financial statements are prepared on an accrual basis in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets, liabilities and obligations and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as additions to and deductions from these amounts during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The Plan allows for investments in mutual funds, which have investments in debt and equity securities of companies within various markets. Investment securities are exposed to several risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the Plan’s financial statements and schedule.

VALUATION OF INVESTMENTS

The specific identification method is used in determining the cost of securities. Security transactions are recognized on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Investments in cash management accounts and participants’ loans receivable are stated at cost which approximates fair value. Investments in mutual funds, collective investment funds, common stocks and other financial instruments are stated at fair value, which is based on closing market quotations.

In accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position 94-4, “Reporting of Investment Contracts Held by Health and Welfare Benefits Plans and Defined-Contribution Pension Plans”, the Stable Fund’s holdings of investment contracts are generally stated at contract value plus accrued interest because they are considered to be benefit responsive, thus providing reasonable access to the funds by participants. If Plan management is aware that an event has occurred that may affect the ability to recover the full value of a contract, the contract is reported at its estimated realizable value. Otherwise the contract value of investment contracts, including any accrued interest approximates the fair value.

            Certain Guaranteed Investment Contracts (“GIC’s”) held by the Stable Fund are synthetic; that is, the Stable Fund owns certain fixed-income marketable securities and a liquidity agreement (“wrapper”) is entered into for a fee with a third party that guarantees a minimum rate of return and provides benefit responsiveness. Several of the GIC’s have crediting interest rates that, according to the terms of the contract, will reset periodically. The frequency of credit interest-rate resets on those GIC’s are either semi-annually or quarterly. Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position Nos. AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, “Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans” (the “FSP”), is effective for Plan years ending after December 15, 2006. The FSP describes the limited circumstances in which the net assets of an investment company shall reflect the contract value of certain investments that it holds, provides a definition of a fully benefit-responsive investment contract and provides guidance with respect to financial statement presentation and disclosure of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. The Companies are currently evaluating the impact of this FSP on the accounting, presentation and disclosure of the Plan’s GIC’s.

Interest and dividends earned on marketable investments and GIC’s are treated as gains in appreciation of the fair value of the fund, since all income received by the fund is reinvested in the fund and thus increases the participants’ share value. In 2005, interest and dividends earned on marketable investments were $1,782,853, and $258,815,049, respectively.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 3: INVESTMENTS

Under the terms of the Plan, Wachovia Bank, National Association (the “Trustee”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation and a party-in-interest, holds the assets of the Plan in bank-administered trust funds.

The fair values of investments at December 31, 2005 and 2004 are presented below. Investments that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets are separately identified.

 

     December 31,  
     2005     2004  

INVESTMENTS

    

Money Market Fund

   $ 2,303,211     —    

Mutual funds

    

Evergreen U.S. Government Fund

     181,875,153     185,820,237  

Evergreen Growth Fund

     213,686,479     187,169,324  

Evergreen Core Bond Fund

     55,469,420     33,061,635  

Evergreen Special Value Fund

     307,714,076     243,227,554  

American Europacific Growth Fund

     454,906,312 (a)   295,001,565  

Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund

     632,464,138 (a)   562,453,000 (a)

Dodge and Cox Stock Fund

     869,306,209 (a)   615,671,933 (a)

Hartford Midcap Fund

     416,799,368 (a)   304,330,984  

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund

     145,151,415     —    

Aim Large Cap Basic Value Fund

     8,475,829     —    

Pimco Total Return Fund

     4,571,587     —    

American Funds Growth Fund of America Fund

     5,218,779     —    

Aim Capital Development Institutional Fund

     4,044,925     —    

STI Classic Small Growth Fund

     3,296,730     —    

Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund

     1,450,617     —    

Aim International Small Company Fund

     1,264,186     —    

Pimco Real Return Fund

     348,335     —    

Montag and Caldwell Growth Fund

     —       130,485,368  

SouthTrust U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund

     —       87,317,744  

Federated U.S. Government Bond Fund

     —       6,541,956  

SouthTrust Bond Fund

     —       18,062,349  

SouthTrust Income Fund

     —       5,229,800  

Dreyfus Emerging Leaders Fund

     —       12,865,436  

Federated Kaufmann Fund

     —       11,443,902  

SouthTrust Value Fund

     —       171,522,674  

SouthTrust Growth Fund

     —       9,496,356  

Templeton Growth Fund

     —       15,750,105  
              

Total mutual funds

     3,306,043,558     2,895,451,922  

Collective investment trusts

    

Enhanced Stock Market Fund

     847,392,618 (a)   869,394,476 (a)

Invesco Stable Value Trust Fund

     10,012,006     —    

Invesco 500 Index Trust Fund

     10,352,882     —    

Invesco Structured Small Cap Value Equity Trust Fund

     5,831,960     —    

Invesco Equity Real Estate Securities Trust Fund

     678,003     —    
              

Total collective investment trusts

     874,267,469     869,394,476  

Stable Fund

     1,048,151,996 (a)   962,637,682 (a)

Wachovia Stock Non-ESOP Fund

     93,961,067     70,354,624  

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

    

Wachovia Corporation common stock

     1,626,751,030 (a)   1,770,925,851 (a)

Cash and cash equivalents

     89,938,661     76,352,683  
              

Total marketable investments

     7,041,416,992     6,645,117,238  

Participants’ loans receivable

     222,685,409     209,715,758  
              

Total investments

   $ 7,264,102,401     6,854,832,996  
              

 

(a) Investment is greater than five percent of the Plan’s net assets at the end of the period.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

The net appreciation in value of the Plan's investments (including investments bought, sold and held during the year) is presented below.

 

    

Year Ended
December 31,

2005

 
  

Stable Fund

   $ 40,498,269  

Evergreen U.S. Government Fund

     4,219,558  

Evergreen Growth Fund

     13,412,593  

Enhanced Stock Market Fund

     49,664,649  

American Europacific Growth Fund

     74,782,602  

Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund

     39,657,768  

Dodge and Cox Stock Fund

     76,382,072  

Montag and Caldwell Growth Fund

     11,333,324  

Evergreen Core Bond Fund

     1,221,903  

Evergreen Special Value Fund

     29,186,323  

Hartford Midcap Fund

     57,772,081  

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund

     (2,383,232 )

Wachovia Stock Non-ESOP Fund

     5,539,698  

Wachovia Corporation Common Stock Fund - allocated

     67,333,712  

Wachovia Corporation Common Stock Fund - unallocated

     (6,564,558 )
        

Net appreciation

   $ 462,056,762  
        

NOTE 4: INCOME TAX STATUS

The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Companies by a letter dated October 21, 2005, that the Plan is qualified and the trust established under the Plan is tax-exempt under the appropriate sections of the Code. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Companies believe that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with applicable requirements of the Code. Therefore, the Companies believe that the Plan was qualified and the related trust was tax-exempt as of December 31, 2005. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements. The Committee files an annual information return with the Department of Labor.

NOTE 5: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Evergreen U.S. Government Fund, the Evergreen Growth Fund, the Evergreen Core Bond Fund, the Evergreen Special Value Fund and the Evergreen Ultra Short Opportunities Fund (included as a component of the Stable Fund) are mutual funds managed by subsidiaries of Wachovia Bank, National Association, which is a subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation. The Enhanced Stock Market Fund and the Stable Fund investments are managed by Wachovia Bank, National Association. The Wachovia Corporation Common Stock Fund and the Wachovia Stock Non-ESOP Fund are also managed by Wachovia Bank, National Association, and are principally comprised of shares of Wachovia Corporation common stock.

Wachovia Bank, National Association, a party-in-interest, serves as the trustee for the Plan. In 2005, the Companies paid administrative expenses on behalf of the Plan of $2,807,621.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by companies that are not considered parties-in-interest. These non-related mutual fund companies pay a sub-transfer agent fee to the Plan for services provided by the trustee. These monies are deposited into an interest-bearing money market account, and are used to pay expenses of the Plan. In 2005, the Plan received $1,750,794 of sub-transfer agent fees, and earned an additional $23,704 in interest, all of which was used to pre-pay 2006 Plan expenses.

NOTE 6: LOAN PAYABLE

Upon the merger of the CoreStates Employee Stock Ownership and Savings Plan into the Plan in 1999, Wachovia Bank, National Association, assumed all obligations of CoreStates Financial Corp under the loan agreement dated October 27, 1994, pursuant to which Meridian Trust Company issued to Meridian Bancorp, Inc. its promissory note dated October 27, 1994, in the amount of $60,000,000, with a maturity date of October 1, 2014, and bearing an interest rate of 8.85 percent. The Companies are obligated to make contributions to maintain debt service.

The loan was originally collateralized by 3,274,816 shares of Wachovia Corporation common stock. The loan repayment schedule is presented below:

 

2006

   $ 3,017,082

2007

     3,293,087

2008

     3,594,342

2009

     3,923,153

2010

     4,282,046

Thereafter

   $ 21,420,472

As the Plan makes each payment of principal and interest, an appropriate percentage of common stock will be available to fund the Companies’ one percent match in accordance with the provisions of the Plan document. If shares made available after payment of principal are in excess of those amounts required to fund the Companies’ one percent matching contribution, those shares may be utilized to fund the Companies’ matching contribution where participants have elected to invest in the Wachovia Corporation Common Stock Fund or in participant contributions where participants have elected to invest in Wachovia Corporation common stock. Shares vest fully upon allocation. Dividends allocated to each participant’s account are reinvested in additional units of Wachovia Corporation common stock or paid out in cash at each participant’s election. Dividends on unallocated shares not distributed currently to participants may be either distributed or reinvested in Wachovia Corporation common stock at the discretion of the Companies. The Companies have elected to reinvest the dividends.

The borrowing is collateralized by 1,842,088 unallocated shares of Wachovia Corporation common stock at December 31, 2005, and is guaranteed by the Companies. In 2005, 204,677 shares were released based on principal and interest paydowns on the loan. The lender has no rights against shares once they are allocated under the Plan. Accordingly, the financial statements of the Plan present separately the assets and liabilities and changes therein pertaining to: (a) the accounts of employees with vested rights in allocated stock (Allocated), and (b) stock not yet allocated to employees (Unallocated).

Each participant is entitled to exercise voting rights attributable to the shares allocated to his or her account and is notified by the Trustee prior to the time that such rights are to be exercised. The Trustee is required to vote all shares in the Plan, including unallocated shares, in proportion to the response received for participants and beneficiaries with respect to stock allocated to participant accounts.

The fair value of the loan payable is based on the current rates available to the Plan for debt with the same or similar maturities and terms. At December 31, 2005 and 2004, the loan payable was recorded at $39,530,182 and $42,294,393, respectively, and had an estimated fair value of $46,588,457 and $52,152,227, respectively.

 

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Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year

 

     December 31,2005

Identity of Issue

   Par Value
or Number
of Units
   Fair
Value

MONEY MARKET FUND

     

SSGA Money Market

   2,303,211    $ 2,303,211
           

MUTUAL FUNDS

     

Evergreen U.S. Government Fund *

   13,852,194      181,875,153

Evergreen Growth Fund *

   12,330,437      213,686,479

Evergreen Core Bond Fund *

   3,985,846      55,469,420

Evergreen Special Value Fund *

   11,439,189      307,714,076

American Europacific Growth Fund

   11,072,758      454,906,312

Dodge and Cox Balanced Fund

   7,775,561      632,464,138

Dodge and Cox Stock Fund

   6,335,128      869,306,209

Hartford Midcap Fund

   14,507,461      416,799,368

T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund

   4,441,598      145,151,415

Aim Large Cap Basic Value Fund

   586,563      8,475,829

Pimco Total Return Fund

   437,098      4,571,587

American Funds Growth Fund of America Fund

   170,104      5,218,779

Aim Capital Development Institutional Fund

   224,718      4,044,925

STI Classic Small Growth Fund

   157,212      3,296,730

Hotchkis & Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund

   51,642      1,450,617

Aim International Small Company Fund

   61,608      1,264,186

Pimco Real Return Fund

   31,438      348,335
           

Total mutual funds

        3,306,043,558
           

Wachovia Stock Non-ESOP *

   4,514,950      93,961,067
           

COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT TRUSTS

     

Enhanced Stock Market Fund *

   10,053,526      847,392,618

Invesco Stable Value Trust

   10,012,006      10,012,006

Invesco 500 Index Trust Fund

   317,963      10,352,882

Invesco Structured Small Cap Value Equity Trust Fund

   51,167      5,831,960

Invesco Equity Real Estate Securities Trust Fund

   12,125      678,003
           

Total collective investment trusts

        874,267,469
           

STABLE FUND *

     

CASH MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS

     

Valiant General Fund

   40,879,364      40,879,364
           

COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND

     

SEI Stable Asset Fund

   117,793,856      117,793,856
           

COMMERCIAL PAPER

     

Thunder Bay Fdg Inc. DCP, 4.30%, due 1/06/06

   10,000,000      9,957,800

Three Crowns Fdg LLC DCP, 4.30%, due 1/10/06

   10,000,000      9,953,000
           

Total commercial paper

        19,910,800
           

CORPORATE BONDS

     

NPF XII Incorporated, 9.33%, due 6/01/04

   10,000,000      1,049,231
           

INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

     

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Contract #28563, 6.02%, due 3/16/07

   5,000,000      6,230,737

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Contract #29217, 4.24%, due 10/15/09

   10,000,000      10,388,483

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Contract #29194, 4.37%, split maturity, 50% due 1/15/10, 50% due 4/15/10

   10,000,000      10,429,664

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Contract #25204, 4.90%, due 1/01/2099**

   28,306,668      28,306,668

Monumental Life Insurance Company, Contract #SV04249Q, 5.59%, due 5/15/07

   10,000,000      12,173,918

Pacific Life Insurance Company, Contract #G2618802, 6.27%, due 6/30/06

   10,000,000      13,139,073


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Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year

 

     December 31, 2005

Identity of Issue

   Par Value or
Number of
Units
   Fair Value

INVESTMENT CONTRACTS cont’d

     

Principal Life Insurance Company, Contract #4-40344-4, 6.00%, due 3/16/07

   5,000,000      6,226,314

Principal Life Insurance Company, Contract #4-40344-5, 4.10%, due 4/15/09

   10,000,000      10,375,677

Travelers Insurance Company, Contract #GR18225, 5.75%, due 9/15/06

   10,000,000      12,357,563
           

Total investment contracts

        109,628,097
           

SYNTHETIC GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

     

CDC-Ixis, Contract #1843-01, 5.21%, open-ended maturity**

   103,982,923   

Collective investment fund

     

Dwight Core Intermediate Fund

   104,388,595      104,388,595
           

Total collective investment fund

   104,388,595      104,388,595

Wrap Agreement

        —  
           

Total CDC contract

        104,388,595
           

AIG Financial Products, Contract #443423, 4.05%, open-ended maturity**

   117,591,280   

Bank of America, Contract #02-135, 4.08%, open-ended maturity**

   117,571,275   

State Street Bank & Trust Company, Contract #102-078, 4.10%, open-ended maturity**

   117,618,245   

UBS Warburg, Contract #3103, 4.10%, open-ended maturity**

   117,609,262   

Rabobank, Contract #WAC010401, 4.06%, open-ended maturity**

   117,597,098   

Collective investment funds

     

Dwight Target 2 Fund and Dwight Target 5 Fund (c)

   576,839,640      576,839,640
           

Total collective investment funds

   576,839,640      576,839,640

Global Wrap Agreement

        11,147,520
           

Total AIG, Bank of America, State Street, UBS Warburg and Rabobank contracts

        587,987,160
           

Royal Bank of Canada #NYDWI10WACH0104, 3.78%, open-ended maturity**

   63,833,799   

Collective investment fund

     

Evergreen Ultra Short Opportunities Fund*

   62,826,791      62,826,791
           

Total collective investment fund

   62,826,791      62,826,791

Wrap Agreement

        1,007,008
           

Total Royal Bank of Canada contract

        63,833,799
           

Total synthetic guaranteed investment contracts

        756,209,554
           

Accrued receivable on assets of the stable fund

        2,681,094
           

Total Stable Fund

        1,048,151,996
           

EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN

     

Wachovia Corporation common stock *

     

Allocated

   28,932,619      1,529,378,232

Unallocated (a)

   1,842,088      97,372,798

Valiant General Fund - Cash Management Account

     

Allocated

   88,992,381      88,992,381

Unallocated (b)

   946,280      946,280
         

Total Employee Stock Ownership Plan

        1,716,689,691
         

Participants’ loans receivable, various maturities, rates from 4.00% to 11.50% *

        222,685,409
         

Total investments

      $ 7,264,102,401
         

 

* Party-in-Interest.

 

** Investment with periodic credit interest-rate reset.

 

(a) Cost of plan assets for this nonparticipant-directed investment is $27,174,056.

 

(b) Cost of plan assets for this nonparticipant-directed investment is $946,280.

 

(c) The fair values of the Dwight Target 2 and Dwight Target 5 funds are $297,171,680 and $279,667,960, respectively.

See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plan administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

WACHOVIA SAVINGS PLAN
/s/ BENJAMIN J. JOLLEY

Benjamin J. Jolley

Senior Vice President

Wachovia Benefits Committee, Plan Administrator

June 19, 2006


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   

Description

   Location
(23)    Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    Filed herewith