A.G. Edwards, Inc. is a holding company whose principal subsidiary, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., is successor to a partnership founded in 1887. A.G. Edwards and its directly owned and indirectly owned subsidiaries provide securities and commodities brokerage, investment banking, trust, asset management, retirement planning and insurance products and other related financial services to individual, corporate, governmental and institutional clients. At February 28, 2002, the Company had more than 700 offices in 49 states, the District of Columbia, and London, England.