(January 15 – 17:20 ET) – Royal Bank of Canada is scheduled to present at the RBC Dominion Securities Financial Services Conference “Wealth Management — Competing for the Investor’s Wallet” in Toronto on January 17, between 09:00 ET and 09:40 ET.

Bill Hatanaka, Chief Operating Officer, Royal Investment Services will present at the conference. His presentation is expected to be followed by a question period.

To access the presentation and question period, viewer can go to http://acw.activate.net/corpav/rbcds/011701.asx between 08:45 ET and 08:55 a.m. T on January 17.

Interested viewers should access the lobby page for the event prior to the Webcast to ensure their system meets the basic requirements and that they have the Windows Media Player installed. The lobby page is at: http://www03.activate.net/corpav/rbcds/lobby.asp

Slides for the presentation will be available on the Internet starting at O8:15 ET at: http://www.royalbank.com/investorrelation/invpres.html

Remarks for the presentation will be available on the Internet starting at 9:45 ET.
-IE Staff