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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 16, 2012.

STATE STREET CORPORATION

Meeting Information

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

For holders as of: March 15, 2012

Date: May 16, 2012 Time: 10:00 AM EDT

Location: Corporate Headquarters

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STATE STREET CORPORATION

One Lincoln St., 36th Floor

Boston, MA 02111

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in State Street Corporation.

ONE LINCOLN STREET

BOSTON, MA 02111

This is not a ballot. You cannot use this notice to vote these shares. This communication presents only an overview of the more complete proxy materials that are available to you on the Internet. You may view the proxy materials online at www.proxyvote.com or easily request a paper copy (see reverse side).

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				NOTICE AND PROXY STATEMENT		ANNUAL REPORT
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Voting Items

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each

Item 2 To approve an advisory proposal on executive compensation;

director nominee in Item 1 and FOR Items 2, 3 and 4.

Item 1

To elect 12 directors

Nominees for Director:

Item 3 To approve the amended and restated 2006 equity incentive plan to, among other things, increase by 15.5 million the number of shares of our common stock that may be delivered in satisfaction of awards under the plan; and

Item 4 To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as State Street’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012.

In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

1a.

1b.

1c.

1d.

1e.

1f.

1g.

1h.

1i.

1j.

1k.

1l.

K. Burnes

P. Coym

P. de Saint-Aignan

A. Fawcett

D. Gruber

L. Hill

J. Hooley

R. Kaplan

R. Sergel

R. Skates

G. Summe

R. Weissman

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*STATE STREET CORPORATION* *ONE LINCOLN STREET* *BOSTON, MA 02111*		VOTE BY INTERNET - www.proxyvote.com Use the Internet to transmit your voting direction and for electronic delivery of information up until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 14, 2012. Have your Trustee Direction Form in hand when you access the web site and follow the instructions to obtain your records and to create an electronic trustee direction form.

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THIS TRUSTEE DIRECTION FORM IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED.				DETACH AND RETURN THIS PORTION ONLY

STATE STREET CORPORATION

The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR each director nominee in Item 1 and FOR Item 2, 3 and 4.

Vote On Directors

Item 1

To elect 12 directors

Nominees for Director:

For

Against

Abstain

1a.

K. Burnes

1b.

P. Coym

1c.

P. de Saint-Aignan

1d.

A. Fawcett

1e.

D. Gruber

1f.

L. Hill

1g.

J. Hooley

1h.

R. Kaplan

1i.

R. Sergel

1j.

R. Skates

For

Against

Abstain

1k.

G. Summe

1l.

R. Weissman

Vote on Proposals

Item 2

To approve an advisory proposal on executive compensation;

Item 3

To approve the amended and restated 2006 equity incentive plan to, among other things, increase by 15.5 million the number of shares of our common stock that may be delivered in satisfaction of awards under the plan; and

Item 4

To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as State Street’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2012.

The Trustee is authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

NOTE: Participant - Please sign exactly as your name appears hereon

Dear Salary Savings Program Participant:

The annual meeting of shareholders of State Street Corporation will be held on May 16, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Included with this direction form are the 2011 annual report, notice of 2012 meeting of shareholders and the proxy statement containing information about the proposals to be voted on by shareholders at the meeting.

A participant in the State Street Salary Savings Program, or SSP, with company stock in the SSP may direct the trustee how to vote that participant’s allocated share of State Street Corporation common stock held in the SSP. If the trustee does not timely receive direction from a participant as to how to vote the participant’s allocated share, as set forth on the reverse side of this form, the trustee will vote the participant’s allocated share on the same proportional basis as the shares that are directed by other participants. If a matter arises at the meeting, or such other time as affords no practical means for securing participant direction, the trustee will follow the direction of State Street, unless the trustee determines that doing so would result in a breach of the trustee’s fiduciary duty.

You must direct the trustee in advance of the meeting so that the trustee, the registered owner of all the shares held in the SSP, can vote in a timely way. Please provide your direction on the Internet, by telephone or by mail by following the instructions on the reverse side of this direction form. The trustee must receive your direction no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 14, 2012 for your direction to be counted. Your direction will be held in confidence by the trustee. You may not provide this direction at the annual meeting. You may change your direction to the trustee by submitting a new direction. The last direction the trustee receives by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 14, 2012, will be the only one counted. If your direction by mail is received on the same day as one received electronically, the electronic direction will be followed.

Participants are strongly encouraged to direct the trustee how to vote their allocated share. If you have any questions, please call GHR Customer Service at +16179858040 or, internally at ext. 58040, or e-mail from your State Street e-mail account to “GHR-Customer-Service.”

Thank you for voting.

State Street Bank and Trust Company, Trustee

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STATE STREET CORPORATION

Annual Meeting of Shareholders - May 16, 2012

DIRECTION TO THE TRUSTEE

As a participant in the State Street Salary Savings Program, I hereby direct State Street Bank and Trust Company, as trustee, to vote at the annual meeting of shareholders to be held on May 16, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, or at any adjournment thereof, the allocated share of State Street Corporation common stock held in the Salary Savings Program that I am entitled under that Program to direct, as indicated on the reverse side of this form.

Each of the matters to come before the meeting is described in the notice of, and proxy statement for, the meeting, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged. If a matter arises at the meeting, or such other time which affords no practical means for securing participant direction, the trustee will follow the recommendation of State Street’s Board of Directors, unless the trustee determines that doing so would result in a breach of the trustee’s fiduciary duty. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the election of the twelve director nominees and FOR Items 2, 3 and 4. The shares represented by this form will be voted in accordance with the specifications made in this direction. To direct the trustee in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Directors, just sign and date on the reverse side of this form; no boxes need to be checked. If no direction is given to the trustee with respect to the shares represented by this direction (by this Direction Form, the Internet or Telephone), the trustee will vote the participant’s allocated share of State Street Corporation common stock held in the Salary Savings Program on the same proportional basis as the shares that are directed by other participants.

You do not have to use this form if you have used the Internet or telephone to direct the trustee, unless you want to change your direction. To use this form, please check the appropriate boxes (or, to follow the recommendations of the Board of Directors, you may leave the boxes unchecked), sign, date, and return this form promptly, using the enclosed postage-paid envelope.