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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

INVESTORS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 937-6700

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
Series A Junior Preferred Stock Purchase Rights

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý    No  o

        Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    o

        Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).    Yes  ý    No  o

        The aggregate market value of Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $2,763,194,519 based on the last reported sale price of $43.58 on The Nasdaq National Market on June 30, 2004 as reported by Nasdaq.

        As of January 31, 2005, there were 66,666,722 shares of Common Stock outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

        The registrant will file a definitive Proxy Statement pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004. Portions of such Proxy Statement are incorporated by reference in Part III.

PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS.

General

        Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this Report to "Investors Financial," "we," "us," "our," or similar references mean Investors Financial Services Corp., together with our subsidiaries. "Investors Bank" or the "Bank" will be used to mean our subsidiary, Investors Bank & Trust Company, alone.

        We provide a broad range of services to financial asset managers, such as mutual fund complexes, investment advisors, family offices, banks and insurance companies. We define these services as core services and value-added services. Our core services include middle office outsourcing, global custody, multicurrency accounting and fund administration. Our value-added services include securities lending, foreign exchange, cash management, performance measurement, institutional transfer agency, investment advisory services, lines of credit and brokerage and transition management services. At December 31, 2004, we provided services for approximately $1.4 trillion in net assets, including approximately $236 billion of foreign net assets.

        Investors Financial Services Corp. is a bank holding company. We were organized as a Delaware corporation in 1995. Our primary operating subsidiary is Investors Bank & Trust Company® which was founded in 1969 as a banking subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., an investment management firm. In 1995, we reorganized as a bank holding company, were spun-off to the stockholders of Eaton Vance and completed our initial public offering. We provide our services from offices in Boston, New York, Sacramento, Toronto, Dublin and the Cayman Islands.

Overview of the Asset Servicing Industry

        Asset managers invest and manage the financial assets entrusted to them. They do so using a broad range of financial products, including mutual funds, unit investment trusts, separate accounts, variable annuities and other products that pool together money from multiple investors. Asset servicing companies like ours perform various back and middle office services for asset managers and the pooled financial products they sponsor, allowing asset managers to focus on core competencies such as product development and distribution. In addition, asset servicing companies like ours provide non-core services such as the third-party safekeeping of assets and administrative services that also give investors more confidence in the integrity of their investments. The following discussion sets forth our view of the key drivers in today's asset servicing industry.

        Historical Financial Asset Growth.    Despite the stock market declines of 2000 through 2002, over the past ten years growth in financial assets under management has remained strong. Factors driving this growth include an aging population, the privatization of retirement systems and the increased popularity of pooled investment products such as mutual funds. The total amount of U.S. financial assets held in mutual funds, life insurance companies, private pension funds and bank personal trust accounts was $15.8 trillion at December 31, 2003, up from $6.8 trillion in 1993, a compounded annual growth rate of approximately 9%. Mutual funds, a primary market for our services, hold a large portion of the money invested in pooled investment vehicles. The U.S. mutual fund market has grown at a compounded annual growth rate of approximately 13% since 1993, and held almost $7 trillion in assets

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at December 31, 2003. The following table presents U.S. financial assets, including mutual funds (Dollars in billions):

Source: Federal Reserve Bank

        Consolidation and Outsourcing Trends.    Another important factor affecting the industry is the consolidation of asset servicing providers. Since the early 1990s, a number of small and mid-size asset servicers have consolidated with larger service providers or divested their asset servicing operations to focus their finite resources on their core businesses. Also, numerous service providers have combined their operations with other companies. This ongoing consolidation has concentrated the industry around a smaller number of service providers and presents us with opportunities for growth as clients react to consolidation and review their relationships with existing providers. In addition, as consolidated financial institutions dispose of businesses that do not fit with their core services, we may see opportunities to acquire those business lines.

        The unique operational philosophy of a particular asset management organization determines its view of asset servicing. The majority of asset managers hire third parties to provide custody services. Some use more than one custodian in an attempt to foster cost reduction through competition. Large asset managers may have enough assets to justify the cost of providing in-house facilities to handle accounting, administration and transfer agency services. Other asset managers generally hire third parties to provide accounting, administration and transfer agency services in addition to custody services. Keeping abreast of developments like regulatory changes, Internet data delivery, and compressed settlement cycles has forced significant increases in technology spending across the financial services industry. We believe that this increase in spending requirements has accelerated the pace at which asset managers outsource back office operations to asset servicers.

        Technology.    Information technology is a driving force in the financial services industry. Asset managers are able to create innovative investment products using technological tools including:

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Access to data from world markets as a result of more powerful and affordable information processing power.



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The ability to send and receive large volumes of information almost instantly through widely dispersed communication networks.



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Timely on-line access to electronic information on security positions, prices and price shifts that facilitate activities including on-line currency trading, indexing of assets, real time arbitrage, and hedging through the use of derivative securities.

        Asset servicers use technology as a competitive tool to deliver precise and functional information to asset managers. Technology also allows asset servicers to offer more value-added services such as performance measurement. Examples of analytical tools used in performance measurement include reports showing time-weighted return, performance by sector, and time-weighted return by sector.

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        Complex Investment Products.    Asset managers create different investment structures in an effort to capture efficiencies and appeal to investors with diverse means, risk tolerances, diversification requirements, and time horizons. One innovative example of this is exchange traded funds, or ETFs. ETFs are securities that replicate an index and are traded on a national securities exchange, usually the American Stock Exchange. Unlike investing in a conventional index mutual fund, investing in an ETF allows investors to buy and sell shares throughout the trading day at market prices. ETFs also offer potential tax efficiencies. According to an industry source, domestic ETF assets increased 50% to approximately $226 billion as of December 31, 2004 from approximately $151 billion as of December 31, 2003.

        Alternative investments, including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and commodity pools, are another example of complex investment products that have recently experienced dramatic growth. According to an industry consultant, hedge fund assets in particular have grown at an impressive rate for several years and total approximately $1 trillion at the end of 2004. Hedge fund assets have increased due to widening interest from institutional investors such as pension plans and endowments as well as high net worth individuals. These asset pools often feature increasingly sophisticated trading strategies, financial instruments and product structures such as distressed debt, swaps, and asset-backed securities that require more specialized operational support than traditional mutual funds.

        In addition, a growing number of mutual funds have been structured as multi-class funds or as multi-manager funds in order to address the differing requirements and preferences of potential investors. Multi-class arrangements allow an investment company to sell interests in a single investment portfolio to separate classes of stockholders. Multi-manager funds have two or more investment managers, who may have different investing styles, managing the assets of one fund. Multi-manager funds allow an investor to invest along multiple style lines with a single investment.

        Another product innovation is the master-feeder structure. In the master-feeder structure, one or more investment vehicles (the "feeder funds") with identical investment objectives pool their assets in the common portfolio of a separate investment vehicle (the "master fund"). This structure permits each of the feeder funds to be sold to a separate target market or through a different distribution channel. The feeder fund, if it were a stand-alone fund, might not be large enough to support its operating costs. The feeder funds benefit from the economies of scale available to the larger pool of assets invested in the master fund.

        Asset managers have also expanded their reach in the global marketplace to capitalize on cross-border and multi-national marketing opportunities. This creates demand for asset servicing around the world and particularly for value-added services like foreign exchange.

Our Strategy

        We believe that asset servicing companies operate most efficiently when bundling core services such as custody and accounting with value-added services such as securities lending and foreign exchange. We also believe that efficient integration of these services is critical to both service quality and profitability. The following discussion outlines the key components of our growth strategy.

        Maintain Our Technological Expertise.    One of our core strategies is to commit the necessary capital and resources to maintain our technological expertise. The asset servicing industry requires the technological capability to support a wide range of global security types, currencies, and complex portfolio structures. Asset servicers must also maintain the telecommunications flexibility to support the diversity of global communications standards. Technological change creates opportunities for product differentiation and cost reduction.

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        Our Fund Accounting and Custody Tracking System, or FACTS™, is a single integrated technology platform that combines our service offerings into one solution for customers and can accommodate rapid growth in net assets processed. FACTS provides the following functions in a single information system:

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Middle Office Outsourcing



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Custody



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Securities movement and control



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Portfolio accounting



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Multicurrency general ledger accounting



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Pricing



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Net asset value calculation



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Multi-class and multi-manager processing



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ETF processing

        By consolidating these functions, we have eliminated redundancy in data capture and reduced the opportunity for clerical error.

        The consolidation of functions available through FACTS allows us to assign a dedicated client team to provide a full suite of services to each account. We believe that this approach helps us to provide high quality service and to maintain better overall relationships with our clients.

        The FACTS architecture also enables us to modify the system quickly. Rapid modifications allow us to constantly improve processing quality and efficiency and to implement service innovations for our clients quickly. We believe that the integrated nature of FACTS provides us with a competitive advantage by allowing us to respond quickly to the continuously changing technological demands of the financial services industry. We believe the separate systems used for different tasks by many other asset servicing providers may not provide the same advantages.

        Maintain Our Expertise in Complex Products.    Another of our core strategies is to maintain our strength in the rapidly growing area of complex investment products. We have developed expertise in servicing ETFs, various alternative investment structures, master-feeder funds and multi-managed funds. Because the design of FACTS allows us to effect modifications or enhancements quickly, we are able to respond rapidly to the systems requirements of complex structures.

        Deliver Superior Service.    We strive to deliver superior and innovative client service. We believe service quality is the key to maintaining and expanding existing client relationships and to attracting new clients. The consolidation of functions available through FACTS allows us to take an integrated approach to client servicing. We believe this approach is different from that employed by many of our competitors. We dedicate a single operations team to handle all tasks for a particular account or fund. In addition, each client is assigned a client manager, independent of the operations team, to anticipate the client's needs, to coordinate service delivery, and to provide consulting support.

        Cross-Sell Our Services.    We believe that our strong client relationships provide opportunities to cross-sell value-added services to broaden our customer relationships. Many of our clients manage multiple pools of assets. Once an investment manager becomes a client, we believe that this client is more likely to select us to service more products, provide additional services, or both. If we are engaged to provide services for only certain pools of assets managed by our clients, we strive to expand the relationship to include more asset pools by providing superior client service. Also, some of our clients engage us to provide the core services of global custody and multicurrency accounting, but do

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not use us for value-added services like foreign exchange or cash management. We target expanding these relationships through increasing the number of services provided for each client.

Service Offerings

        We provide a broad range of services to financial asset managers, such as mutual fund complexes, investment advisors, family offices, banks and insurance companies. We think of these services in two groupings: core services and value-added services.

        Our value-added services help clients develop and execute their strategies, and evaluate and manage their risks, which we believe provides them with the opportunity to enhance their returns. We strive to maximize the use of our value-added services by our client base.

        Fees charged for core services vary from client to client based on the value of assets processed, the number of securities held and the number of portfolio transactions. Generally, fees are billed to our clients monthly in arrears and, upon their approval, charged directly to their account. Fees charged for core services reflect the price sensitivity of the market for such services. Fees charged for value-added services reflect a more favorable pricing environment for us, and we can increase activity in these areas without a necessarily proportionate increase in personnel or other resources. We also derive net interest income by investing cash balances that our clients leave on deposit with us. Our share of earnings from these investments is viewed as part of the total compensation that our clients pay us for servicing their assets.

        The following is a description of the various services we offer:

Core Services

        Middle Office Outsourcing.    Middle office outsourcing services represent the tasks that need to be performed for financial asset managers after they have initiated a particular trade to ensure accurate and timely trade processing and communications to any party affected by the trades. We perform some or all of the following functions for our outsourcing clients: trade operations management, settlements, portfolio and fund accounting, fund administration, cash management, reconciliation, corporate actions, tax reclaims and tax filings, performance measurement, broker performance, and vendor data management.

        Global Custody.    Global custody entails the safekeeping of securities for clients and settlement of portfolio transactions. Our net assets processed have grown from $22 billion at October 31, 1990 to $1.4 trillion at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004, our foreign net assets processed totaled approximately $236 billion.

        In order to service our clients worldwide, we have established a network of global subcustodians in almost 100 markets. Since we do not have our own branches in these countries, we are able to operate in the foreign custody arena with minimal fixed costs, while our clients benefit from the ability to use a single custodian, Investors Bank, for all of their international investment needs.

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        Multicurrency Accounting.    Multicurrency accounting entails the daily recordkeeping for each account or investment vehicle, including the calculation of net asset value per share. In addition to providing these services to domestic-based accounts and investment vehicles, we also provide fund accounting services to clients in Europe and Canada, which we continue to view as areas of significant business opportunity.

        Fund Administration.    Fund administration services include management reporting, regulatory reporting, compliance monitoring, tax accounting and return preparation, partnership administration, and chief compliance officer services and support. In addition to these ongoing services, we also provide fund start-up consulting services, which typically include assistance with product definition, service provider selection, and fund structuring and registration. We have worked with a number of investment advisors to assist them in the development of new funds and other pooled investment vehicles.

Value-Added Services

        Securities Lending.    Securities lending involves the lending of clients' securities to brokers and other institutions for a fee. Receipt of securities lending fees improves a client's return on the underlying securities. We act as agent for our clients for both international and domestic securities lending services.

        Foreign Exchange.    We provide foreign exchange services to facilitate settlement of international securities transactions for funds and other accounts and to convert income payments denominated in a non-base currency to base dollars. By using us rather than a third-party foreign exchange bank to perform these functions, clients can reduce the amount of time spent coordinating currency delivery and monitoring delivery failures and claims.

        Cash Management.    We provide a number of investment options for cash balances held by our clients. Typically, we have a standing arrangement to sweep client balances into one or more investments, including deposit accounts, short-term funds and repurchase agreements. This allows our clients to conveniently maximize their earnings on idle cash balances.

        Investment Advisory Services.    The Bank acts as investment advisor to the Merrimac Master Portfolio, an open-end investment management company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The portfolio currently consists of a series of six master funds in a master-feeder structure. The Merrimac Cash Portfolio, the Merrimac Prime Portfolio and the Merrimac U.S. Government Portfolio are subadvised by Lincoln Capital Fixed Income Management Company, LLC. The Merrimac Treasury Portfolio and the Merrimac Treasury Plus Portfolio are subadvised by M&I Investment Management Corp. The Merrimac Municipal Portfolio is subadvised by ABN AMRO Asset Management (USA) LLC. At December 31, 2004, the total net assets of the portfolio approximated $6.1 billion. The portfolio's master funds serve as investment vehicles for seven domestic feeder funds and two offshore feeder funds whose shares are sold to institutional investors.

        Performance Measurement.    Performance measurement services involve the creation of systems and databases that enable asset managers to construct, manage, and analyze their portfolios. Services include portfolio profile analysis, portfolio return analysis, and customized benchmark construction. Performance measurement uses data already captured by FACTS to calculate statistics and report them to asset managers in a customized format.

        Institutional Transfer Agency.    Transfer agency encompasses shareholder recordkeeping and communications. We provide these services only to institutional clients with a small number of shareholder accounts or omnibus positions of retail shareholders.

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        Lines of Credit.    We offer credit lines to our clients for the purpose of leveraging portfolios, covering overnight cash shortfalls and other borrowing needs. We do not conduct retail banking operations. At December 31, 2004, we had gross loans outstanding to clients of approximately $135 million, which represented approximately 1% of our total assets. The interest rates charged on the Bank's loans are indexed to either the Prime rate or the Federal Funds rate. We have never had a loan loss. All loans are secured, or may be secured, by marketable securities and virtually all loans to individually managed account customers are due on demand.

        Brokerage and Transition Management Services.    In 2002, we began offering "introducing broker-dealer" services to clients by accepting customer orders, which we have elected to clear through a clearing broker-dealer. The clearing broker-dealer processes and settles customer transactions and maintains detailed customer records. This allows us to use the back office processing infrastructure of the clearing broker-dealer while earning a commission on trades executed on behalf of clients. Transition management services are designed to assist the process of moving a portfolio from one asset manager to another in as seamless a manner as possible. Components of these services include planning and customizing a strategy for the transition, conducting performance analysis, and executing the transition in an efficient, risk-managed fashion. The brokerage services we offer do not include margin accounts, short selling or market making activities.

Sales, Marketing and Client Support

        We employ a direct sales staff that targets potential market opportunities, including investment management companies, insurance companies, family offices, banks and investment advisors. Sales personnel are primarily based at our headquarters in Boston, and are given geographic area sales responsibility. We also have sales personnel located in Dublin who are responsible for international markets. Included in the sales staff are individuals who are dedicated to marketing services to institutional accounts. Senior managers from all functional areas are directly involved in obtaining new clients, frequently working as a team with a sales professional.

        In order to service existing clients, client management staff based in our Boston, New York and Dublin offices provide client support. Each client is assigned a client manager responsible for the client's overall satisfaction. The client manager is usually a senior professional with extensive industry experience who works with the client on designing new products and specific systems requirements, provides consulting support, anticipates the client's needs and coordinates service delivery.

        Financial information regarding our geographic reporting can be found in Note 21 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Report.

Significant Clients

        Barclays Global Investors, N.A. ("BGI") accounted for approximately 17% of our consolidated net operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2004 and approximately 16% for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002. No client other than BGI accounted for more than 10% of our net operating revenues for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002.

Software Systems and Data Center

        Our business requires that we provide daily and periodic reports of asset accounting and performance, and provide measurement and analytical data to asset managers on-line on a real time basis. To help us meet these requirements, our asset servicing operations are supported by sophisticated information technology. We receive vast amounts of information across a worldwide computer network. That information covers a wide range of global security types and complex portfolio structures in various currencies and must be processed before being used for system-wide updating and reporting.

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        Our proprietary system, FACTS, is multi-tiered. FACTS uses personal computers linked to mainframe processing by means of local and wide area networks. This configuration combines the best features of each platform. FACTS uses the power and capacity of the mainframe, the data distribution capabilities of the network and the independence of personal computers. The fully functional microcomputer component of FACTS works independently of the mainframe throughout the processing cycle. This minimizes the amount of system-wide delay inherent in data processing. The FACTS configuration also allows for fully distributed processing capabilities within multiple geographic locations in an effective and efficient manner.

        The integrated nature of the FACTS architecture allows us to effect modifications and enhancements quickly. Swift modifications and enhancements result in increased processing quality and efficiency for our clients. These modifications and enhancements also help us quickly implement service innovations for our clients. This integrated architecture helps differentiate us from our competitors. Technological enhancements and upgrades are an ongoing part of asset servicing that are necessary for asset administrators to remain competitive and to create information delivery mechanisms that add value to the information available as part of clearing and settling transactions.

        Technology also helps us add value to the custody and fund accounting information we gather by processing client assets. We have developed a comprehensive suite of standardized data extracts and reports and created automated interfaces that allow our clients to access the full range of custody and fund accounting data. We have also developed interfaces that allow our clients to connect electronically with our host systems and access data collected from clearance and settlement transactions in multiple currencies. Through these information-sharing tools, we are better equipped to supplement our custody and accounting services with foreign exchange services and asset and transaction reporting and monitoring services. Electronic linkages also position us to respond quickly to client requests.

        We use the Internet as a means to communicate with clients and external parties. We also provide secure value-added services to our clients over the Internet. We utilize a secure extranet environment that provides the authentication, access controls, intrusion detection, encryption and firewalls needed to ensure the protection of client information and assets. Internet-based applications provide our clients with secure electronic access to their data as well as flexible ad-hoc data query and reporting tools.

        Our mainframe processing and mainframe disaster recovery capability is provided by Electronic Data Systems ("EDS"), located in Plano, Texas. During the summer of 2004, we signed an agreement with International Business Machines, ("IBM"), located in Armonk, New York. Under this agreement, IBM provides support for our network and hardware environments and our help desk services. By outsourcing these infrastructure support functions, we can focus our resources on systems development and minimize our capital investment in large-scale computer equipment. EDS and IBM offer us state-of-the-art computer products and services, access to which we could not otherwise afford, while removing the risk of product obsolescence. Due to their diverse customer bases, EDS and IBM can invest in the latest computer technology and spread the related costs over multiple users. We also receive the benefit of the continuing investment by EDS and IBM in their computer hardware. Under both contracts we are billed monthly for services provided by EDS or IBM on an as-used basis in accordance with a predetermined pricing schedule for specific products and services. Our current agreement with EDS is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. Our current agreement with IBM is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2011.

        Each year we target spending approximately 18-20% of revenue on technology. Because of our relationships with EDS and IBM and our system architecture, we are able to devote the majority of our technology investments to development, rather than support or infrastructure.

        Our trust processing services are provided by SEI Investments Company ("SEI"), located in Oaks, Pennsylvania. SEI is a global provider of asset management and investment technology solutions. We

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pay certain monthly service fees based upon usage. Our current agreement with SEI is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2009.

        Investors Bank maintains a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan ("BCP"). The program has been developed to comply with guidelines issued by various regulatory and industry bodies such as the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council ("FFIEC"). The planning process begins with a business impact analysis which isolates critical business processes and determines their recoverability under various disruption scenarios. In addition to maintaining regional backup facilities for all offices, our locations are geographically diverse in order to allow recovery of essential functions at another location in the event of a widespread disruption. In 2004, BCP staff conducted over 100 different tests to ensure that our technology infrastructure, facilities, and staff could respond and recover in a disaster.

Competition

        We operate in a highly competitive environment in all areas of our business. Many of our competitors, including State Street Bank and Trust Company, JP Morgan Chase, The Bank of New York, Citigroup, Mellon, and PNC, possess substantially greater financial and marketing resources than we do and process a greater amount of financial assets. Other competitive factors include technological advancement and flexibility, breadth of services provided and quality of service. We believe that we compete favorably in these categories.

        Competition in the asset servicing industry, especially over the past decade, has impacted both pricing and margins in core services like global custody services and trustee services. Partially offsetting this more competitive pricing environment is the development of new services that have higher margins. Our continuous investment in technology has permitted us to offer value-added services to clients, such as middle office outsourcing, performance measurement, securities lending and foreign exchange, on a global basis and at competitive prices. Technological evolution and service innovation have enabled us to generate additional revenue to offset competitive pricing in maturing service lines.

        We believe that our size, commitment to technology development and enhancement, and responsiveness to client needs provide the asset management industry with a very attractive asset servicing alternative to large money center banks and other asset servicers. As many of our competitors grow larger through acquisition, we believe that our customized and highly responsive service offerings become even more attractive. While consolidation within the investment management and asset servicing industries may adversely affect our ability to retain clients that have been acquired, it also creates opportunity for us as prospective clients review their relationships with existing service providers that are affected by acquisitions. In addition, consolidation among large financial institutions may enable us to acquire, at a reasonable price, asset servicing businesses that do not fit within the core focus of these new consolidated financial institutions.

Intellectual Property

        Our success is dependent upon our software development methodology and other intellectual property rights that we have developed and own, including FACTS. We rely on trade secret, copyright and trademark laws and confidentiality agreements with employees and third parties to protect our proprietary technology, all of which offer only limited protection. There can be no assurance that the steps we take in this regard will be adequate to deter misappropriation of our proprietary information or that we will be able to detect unauthorized use. Furthermore, our intellectual property rights may be invalidated or our competitors may develop similar technology independently. In addition, effective copyright, trademark, trade secret and other protection may not be available in certain international markets that we service.

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Employees

        On December 31, 2004, we had 2,778 employees. We maintain a professional development program for entry level staff. Successful completion of the program is required of most newly hired employees. This training program is supplemented by ongoing education on systems and technological developments and innovations, the industry, the regulatory environment and our client base.

        None of our employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements and we believe our relations with our employees are good.

Regulation and Supervision

        Virtually all aspects of our business and operations are regulated under state and federal law. In addition to the laws governing businesses and employers generally, we are subject to federal and state laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions and their parent companies. The operations of our securities broker affiliate, Investors Securities Services, Inc., are also subject to federal and state securities laws, as well as the rules of both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD"). The principal objective of state and federal banking laws is the maintenance of the safety and soundness of financial institutions and the federal deposit insurance system, the protection of consumers or classes of consumers and the furtherance of broad public policy goals, rather than the specific protection of stockholders of a bank or its parent company. Some of the significant statutory and regulatory provisions to which we and our subsidiaries are subject are described below. The description of these statutory and regulatory provisions is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the particular statutory or regulatory provision. Any change in applicable law or regulation may have a material effect on our business, prospects and operations, as well as those of our subsidiaries.

Investors Financial

        General.    As a registered BHC, Investors Financial is subject to regulation under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended ("BHCA"), and to inspection, examination and supervision by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ("FRB") and by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks ("Commissioner"). We are required to file reports of our operations with, and are subject to examination by, the FRB and the Commissioner. The FRB has the authority to issue orders to bank holding companies ("BHCs") to cease and desist from unsound banking practices and violations of conditions imposed by, or violations of agreements with, the FRB. The FRB is also empowered to assess civil money penalties against companies or individuals who violate the BHCA or orders or regulations thereunder, to order termination of nonbanking activities of nonbanking subsidiaries of BHCs and to order termination of ownership and control of a nonbanking subsidiary by a BHC.

        BHCA-Activities and Other Limitations.    The BHCA prohibits a BHC from acquiring substantially all the assets of a bank or acquiring direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 5% of any class of the voting shares of any bank, BHC or savings association, or increasing such ownership or control of any bank, BHC or savings association, or merging or consolidating with any BHC without prior approval of the FRB. The Riegle-Neal Interstate Banking and Branching Efficiency Act of 1994 ("Riegle-Neal") permits adequately capitalized and adequately managed BHCs, as determined by the FRB, to acquire banks located in any state, subject to certain concentration limits and other conditions. Subject to certain conditions, Riegle-Neal also generally authorizes the interstate mergers of banks and to a lesser extent, interstate branching so long as the law of the host state specifically authorizes such action. Massachusetts law imposes certain approval requirements with respect to acquisitions by a BHC of certain banking institutions and to mergers of BHCs.

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        Unless a BHC becomes a financial holding company ("FHC") under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 ("GLBA"), the BHCA also prohibits a BHC from acquiring a direct or indirect interest in or control of more than 5% of the voting securities of any company that is not a bank or a BHC and from engaging directly or indirectly in activities other than those of banking, managing or controlling banks or furnishing services to its subsidiary banks, except that it may engage in and may own shares of companies engaged in certain activities the FRB determined to be so closely related to banking or managing and controlling banks as to be a proper incident thereto. Before permitting a BHC to engage in such activities that are closely related to banking or making an investment in a company engaged in such activities, the FRB is required to weigh the expected benefit to the public, such as greater convenience, increased competition or gains in efficiency, against the possible adverse effects, such as undue concentration of resources, decreased or unfair competition, conflicts of interests or unsound banking practices.

        The GLBA permits a BHC that qualifies and elects to be treated as a FHC to engage in a significantly broader range of financial activities than BHCs, such as Investors Financial, that have not elected FHC status. "Financial activities" is broadly defined to include not only banking, insurance and securities activities, but also merchant banking and additional activities that the FRB, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, determines to be financial in nature or incidental to such financial activities, or that the FRB determines to be complementary activities that do not pose a substantial risk to the safety and soundness of depository institutions or the financial system generally. To elect to become a FHC, a BHC, such as Investors Financial, must meet certain tests and file an election with the FRB. To qualify, all of a BHC's subsidiary banks must be well-capitalized and well-managed, as measured by regulatory guidelines. In addition, each of the BHC's banks must have been rated "satisfactory" or better in its most recent federal Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") evaluation. A BHC that elects to be treated as a FHC may face significant consequences if its banks fail to maintain the required capital and management ratings, including entering into an agreement with the FRB which imposes limitations on its operations. Investors Financial has not elected to become a FHC.

        Capital Requirements.    The FRB has adopted capital adequacy guidelines applicable to United States banking organizations. The FRB's capital adequacy guidelines generally require BHCs to maintain total capital equal to 8% of total risk-adjusted assets and off-balance sheet items (the "Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio"), with at least 50% of that amount consisting of Tier 1 or core capital and the remaining amount consisting of Tier 2 or supplementary capital. Tier 1 capital for BHCs generally consists of the sum of common stockholders' equity and perpetual preferred stock (subject to certain limitations), less goodwill and other nonqualifying intangible assets. Tier 2 capital generally consists of hybrid capital instruments, perpetual debt and mandatory convertible debt securities; perpetual preferred stock, not included as Tier 1 capital; term subordinated debt and intermediate-term preferred stock; and, subject to limitations, general allowances for loan and lease losses. Assets are adjusted under the risk-based guidelines to take into account different risk characteristics.

        In addition to the risk-based capital requirements, the FRB requires BHCs to maintain a minimum leverage capital ratio of Tier 1 capital to its average total consolidated assets (the "Leverage Ratio") of 3.0%. Total average consolidated assets for this purpose does not include goodwill and any other intangible assets and investments that the FRB determines should be deducted from Tier 1 capital. The FRB has announced that the 3.0% Leverage Ratio requirement is the minimum for the top-rated BHCs. All other BHCs are required to maintain a minimum Leverage Ratio of 4.0%. BHCs with supervisory, financial, operational or managerial weaknesses, as well as BHCs that are anticipating or experiencing significant growth, are expected to maintain capital ratios well above the minimum levels. Because we anticipate significant future growth, we will be required to maintain a Leverage Ratio of 4.0% or higher.

        We are currently in compliance with both the Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio and the Leverage Ratio requirements, and management expects these ratios to remain in compliance with the FRB's

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capital adequacy guidelines. At December 31, 2004, our Total Risk-Based Capital Ratio and Leverage Ratio were 20.54% and 5.85%, respectively.

        The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision is in the process of developing a new proposed capital adequacy framework ("the New Accord" or "Basel II"). The New Accord is expected to be implemented on a transitional basis in the United States in 2007 and become fully effective in 2008. We are monitoring the status and progress of the Basel II and the related impact, if any, on our operations and are preparing for their implementation.

        Control Acquisitions.    The Change in Bank Control Act prohibits a person or group of persons from acquiring "control" of a depository institution or a depository institution holding company unless the FRB has been notified and has not objected to the proposal. Under a rebuttable presumption established by the FRB, the acquisition of 10% or more of a class of voting securities of a depository institution or depository institution holding company with a class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), would, under the circumstances set forth in the presumption, constitute the acquisition of control of the depository institution or a depository institution holding company. In addition, any company, as that term is broadly defined in the statute, would be required to obtain the approval of the FRB under the BHCA before acquiring 25% (5% in the case of an acquirer that is a BHC) or more of any class of voting securities of a bank or BHC or a savings association, or otherwise obtaining control or a controlling influence over such an institution.

        Massachusetts Law.    Investors Financial is also considered a BHC for purposes of Massachusetts law. Accordingly, we have registered with the Commissioner and are obligated to make reports to the Commissioner. Under Massachusetts law, any person that proposes to acquire, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of any class of voting securities of a company must give prior notice to the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks, who may disapprove the transaction. Additionally, any company that is a BHC under Massachusetts law must obtain the approval of the Massachusetts Board of Bank Incorporation ("Massachusetts BBI") before acquiring more than 5% of the voting stock of a company. As a general matter, however, the Commissioner does not rule upon or regulate the activities in which a BHC or its nonbank subsidiaries engage.

        Cash Dividends.    FRB policy provides that a bank or a BHC generally should not maintain its existing rate of cash dividends on common stock unless the organization's net income available to common shareholders over the past year has been sufficient to fully fund the dividends and the prospective rate of earnings retention appears consistent with the organization's capital needs, asset quality and overall financial condition. FRB policy further provides that a BHC should not maintain a level of cash dividends to its shareholders that places undue pressure on the capital of bank subsidiaries, or that can be funded only through additional borrowings or other arrangements that may undermine the BHC's ability to serve as a source of strength.

        Source of Strength.    FRB policy requires BHCs to serve as sources of financial and managerial strength to their subsidiary banks and, if necessary, to use available resources to provide adequate capital funds to its subsidiary banks during periods of financial stress or adversity and to maintain the financial flexibility and capital-raising capacity to obtain additional resources for assisting its subsidiary banks in a manner consistent with FRB policy. This support may be required at times when the BHC may not have the resources to provide it. Accordingly, Investors Financial is expected to commit resources to the Bank in circumstances where it might not do so absent such policy.

Investors Bank

        General.    The Bank is subject to extensive regulation and examination by the Commissioner and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"), which insures the Bank's deposits, and to certain

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requirements established by the FRB. The federal and state laws and regulations which are applicable to banks regulate among other things, the scope of their business, their investments, their reserves against deposits, the timing of the availability of certain deposited funds and the nature and amount of and collateral for certain loans.

        FDIC Insurance Premiums.    The Bank pays deposit insurance premiums to the FDIC based on an assessment rate established by the FDIC for Bank Insurance Fund-member institutions. The FDIC has established a risk-based premium system under which the FDIC classifies institutions based on their capital ratios and on other relevant information and generally assesses higher rates on those institutions that tend to pose greater risks to the federal deposit insurance funds. The Federal Deposit Insurance Act ("FDIA") does not require the FDIC to charge all banks deposit insurance premiums when the ratio of deposit insurance reserves to insured deposits is maintained above specified levels. However, as a result of general economic conditions, it is possible that the ratio of deposit insurance reserves to insured deposits could fall below the minimum ratio that FDIA requires, which would result in the FDIC setting deposit insurance assessment rates sufficient to increase deposit insurance reserves to the required ratio. We cannot predict whether the FDIC will be required to increase deposit insurance assessments above their current levels.

        Capital Requirements.    The FDIC has promulgated regulations and adopted a statement of policy regarding the capital adequacy of state-chartered banks, which, like the Bank, are not members of the Federal Reserve System. These requirements are substantially similar to those adopted by the FRB regarding BHCs.

        The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 ("FDICIA"), among other things, identifies five capital categories for insured depository institutions (well capitalized, adequately capitalized, undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized and critically undercapitalized) and requires the federal bank regulatory agencies to implement systems for "prompt corrective action" for insured depository institutions that do not meet minimum capital requirements within such categories. FDICIA imposes progressively more restrictive constraints on operations, management and capital distributions, depending on the category in which an institution is classified. Failure to meet the capital guidelines could also subject a banking institution to capital raising requirements. An "undercapitalized" bank must develop a capital restoration plan and its parent holding company must guarantee that bank's compliance with the plan. The liability of the parent holding company under any such guarantee is limited to the lesser of five percent of the bank's assets at the time it became "undercapitalized" or the amount needed to comply with the plan. Furthermore, in the event of the bankruptcy of the parent holding company, such guarantee would take priority over the parent's general unsecured creditors. In addition, FDICIA requires the various regulatory agencies to prescribe certain non-capital standards for safety and soundness relating generally to operations and management, asset quality and executive compensation and permits regulatory action against a financial institution that does not meet such standards.

        The various regulatory agencies have adopted substantially similar regulations that define the five capital categories identified by FDICIA, using the total risk-based capital, Tier 1 risk-based capital and leverage capital ratios as the relevant capital measures. Such regulations establish various degrees of corrective action to be taken when an institution is considered undercapitalized. Under the regulations, a "well capitalized" institution must have a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of at least six percent, a total risk-based capital ratio of at least ten percent and a leverage ratio of at least five percent and not be subject to a capital directive order. Regulators also must take into consideration (a) concentrations of credit risk; (b) interest rate risk (when the interest rate sensitivity of an institution's assets does not match the sensitivity of its liabilities or its off-balance-sheet position); and (c) risks from non-traditional activities, as well as an institution's ability to manage those risks, when determining the adequacy of an institution's capital. This evaluation will be made as a part of the institution's regular safety and

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soundness examination. At December 31, 2004, the Bank was deemed to be a well-capitalized institution.

        The Community Reinvestment Act.    The Community Reinvestment Act ("CRA") requires lenders to identify the communities served by the institution's offices and other deposit taking facilities and to make loans and investments and provide services that meet the credit needs of these communities. Regulatory agencies examine each of the banks and rate such institutions' compliance with CRA as "Outstanding", "Satisfactory", "Needs to Improve" or "Substantial Noncompliance". Failure of an institution to receive at least a "Satisfactory" rating could inhibit such institution or its holding company from undertaking certain activities, including engaging in activities newly permitted as a financial holding company under the GLBA and acquisitions of other financial institutions. The FRB and the FDIC must take into account the record of performance of banks in meeting the credit needs of the entire community served, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods before they approve certain bank acquisitions, mergers, branch establishments and other transactions proposed by banking organizations. Massachusetts has also enacted a similar statute that requires the Commissioner to evaluate the Bank's performance in helping to meet the credit needs of its entire community and to take that record into account in considering certain applications. Management believes the Bank is currently in compliance with all CRA requirements.

        Customer Information Security.    The FDIC and other bank regulatory agencies have established standards for safeguarding nonpublic personal information about customers that implement provisions of the GLBA. Specifically, the Information Security Guidelines established by the GLBA require each financial institution, under the supervision and ongoing oversight of its Board of Directors or an appropriate Board committee, to develop, implement and maintain a comprehensive written information security program designed to ensure the security and confidentiality of customer information, to protect against anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of such information; and to protect against unauthorized access to or use of such information that could result in substantial harm or inconvenience to any customer.

        Privacy.    The GLBA requires financial institutions to implement policies and procedures regarding the disclosure of nonpublic personal information about consumers to nonaffiliated third parties. In general, the statute requires financial institutions to explain to consumers their policies and procedures regarding the disclosure of such nonpublic personal information, and, unless otherwise required or permitted by law, financial institutions are prohibited from disclosing such information except as provided in their policies and procedures.

        USA Patriot Act.    The USA Patriot Act of 2001 (the "USA Patriot Act"), designed to deny terrorists and others the ability to obtain anonymous access to the U.S. financial system, has significant implications for depository institutions, broker-dealers and other businesses involved in the transfer of money. The USA Patriot Act, together with the implementing regulations of various federal regulatory agencies, require financial institutions, including the Bank, to adopt and implement policies and procedures with respect to, among other things, anti-money laundering compliance, suspicious activity and currency transaction reporting, customer identity verification and customer risk analysis. The statute and its underlying regulations also permit information sharing for counter-terrorist purposes between federal law enforcement agencies and financial institutions, as well as among financial institutions, subject to certain conditions, and require federal banking agencies to evaluate the effectiveness of an applicant in combating money laundering activities when considering applications filed under Section 3 of the BHCA or the Bank Merger Act. Management believes that we are currently in compliance with all requirements prescribed by the USA Patriot Act and all applicable regulations.

        Dividends.    The FDIC has the authority to use its enforcement powers to prohibit a bank from paying dividends if, in its opinion, the payment of dividends would constitute an unsafe or unsound

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practice. Federal law also prohibits the payment of dividends by a bank that will result in the bank failing to meet its applicable capital requirements on a pro forma basis. Under Massachusetts law, the board of directors of a trust company, such as the Bank, may declare from "net profits" cash dividends no more often than quarterly, provided that there is no impairment to the trust company's capital stock. Moreover, prior Commissioner approval is required if the total of all dividends declared by a trust company in any calendar year would exceed the total of its net profits for that year combined with its retained net profits for the previous two years, less any required transfer to surplus or a fund for the retirement of any preferred stock. These restrictions on the Bank's ability to declare and to pay dividends may limit Investors Financial's ability to pay dividends to its stockholders. We cannot predict future dividend payments of the Bank at this time.

        Other Securities Law Issues.    The GLBA requires a bank that acts as investment adviser to a registered investment company to register as an investment adviser or to conduct such advisory activities through a separately identifiable department or division of the bank so registered. Accordingly, the Bank furnishes investment advice to registered investment companies through a separately identifiable department or division of the Bank that is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Federal and state laws impose onerous obligations on registered investment advisers, including fiduciary duties, recordkeeping requirements and disclosure obligations. Currently, management believes that we are in compliance with these requirements.

        Regulation of Investment Companies.    Certain of our mutual fund and unit investment trust clients are regulated as "investment companies" as that term is defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "ICA"), and are subject to examination and reporting requirements applicable to the services we provide. The provisions of the ICA and the regulations promulgated thereunder prescribe the type of institution which may act as a custodian of investment company assets, as well as the manner in which a custodian administers the assets in its custody. Because we serve as custodian for a number of our investment company clients, these regulations require, among other things, that we maintain certain minimum aggregate capital, surplus, and undivided profits. Additionally, arrangements between us and clearing agencies or other securities depositories must meet ICA requirements for segregation of assets, identification of assets and client approval. Currently, management believes we are in compliance with all minimum capital and securities depository requirements. Investment companies are also subject to extensive recordkeeping and reporting requirements. These requirements dictate the type, volume and duration of the recordkeeping we undertake, either in our role as custodian for an investment company or as a provider of administrative services to an investment company. Further, we must follow specific ICA guidelines when calculating the net asset value of a client mutual fund. Consequently, changes in the statutes or regulations governing recordkeeping and reporting or valuation calculations will affect the manner in which we conduct our operations.

Availability of Filings

        You may access, free of charge, copies of the following documents and related amendments, if any, in the Investor Relations section of our web site at www.ibtco.com:

1)

Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K;

2)

Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q;

3)

Our Current Reports on Form 8-K; and

4)

Our Proxy Statement.

        You may also access, free of charge, copies of the following corporate governance documents in the Investor Relations section of our web site at www.ibtco.com:

1)

Our Code of Conduct;

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Our Corporate Governance Guidelines;

3)

Our Audit Committee Charter;

4)

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter; and

5)

Our Compensation Committee Charter.

        We post these documents on our web site as soon as reasonably practicable after we file or furnish them electronically with or to the Securities and Exchange Commission or, in the case of the corporate governance documents, as soon as reasonably practical after material amendment. The information contained on our web site is not incorporated by reference into this document and should not be considered a part of this Report. Our web site address is included in this document as an inactive textual reference only.

ITEM 2.    PROPERTIES.

        The following table provides certain summary information with respect to the principal properties that we leased as of December 31, 2004:

*

Pursuant to the terms of the contract, this lease can be terminated in 2013 by paying six months rent as compensation.

        For more information, see Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

ITEM 3.    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

        On January 31, 2003, we were named in a class action lawsuit alleging, among other things, violations of California wage and hour laws at our Sacramento and Walnut Creek facilities. The lawsuit was filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento. In March 2004, a settlement between the parties was approved by the court and administration and payment of the settlement of the claim was completed in June 2004. The Company's payment under the settlement agreement was approximately $0.9 million.

        On June 27, 2003, we and an individual employee of ours were named in a lawsuit alleging, among other things, that we breached an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing in a subadvisory contract with Opus Investment Management, Inc. ("Opus") and that our individual employee engaged in a breach of fiduciary duties and tortious interference with a contract. Opus had been a subadviser to the Merrimac Funds, for which we act as investment adviser. Upon the expiration of Opus' contract on June 1, 2003, the Merrimac Funds elected not to re-appoint Opus as subadviser. The lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in Worcester, Massachusetts and seeks unspecified damages. The lawsuit is currently in the discovery phase. We believe that the claims are without merit and intend to defend our rights vigorously.

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        In July 2000, two of our Dublin subsidiaries, Investors Trust & Custodial Services (Ireland) Ltd. ("ITC") and Investors Fund Services (Ireland) Ltd. ("IFS"), received a plenary summons in the High Court, Dublin, Ireland. The summons named ITC and IFS as defendants in an action brought by the FTF Forex Concept Fund Plc (the "Fund"), a former client. The summons also named as defendants FTF Forex Trading and Finance, S.A., the Fund's investment manager, Ernst & Young, LLP, the Fund's auditors, and Dresdner Bank-Kleinwort Benson (Suisse) S.A., a trading counterparty to the Fund. The Fund is an investment vehicle organized in Dublin to invest in foreign exchange contracts. A total of approximately $4.7 million had been invested in the Fund. Most of that money was lost prior to the Fund's closing to subscriptions in June 1999.

        In January 2001, ITC, IFS and the other defendants named in the plenary summons received a statement of claim by the Fund seeking unspecified damages allegedly arising from breach of contract, misrepresentation and breach of warranty, negligence and breach of duty of care, and breach of fiduciary duty, among others. We have notified our insurers and intend to defend this claim vigorously. Based on our investigation through December 31, 2004, we do not expect this matter to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 4.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

        No matters were submitted to a vote of our security holders during the quarter ended December 31, 2004.

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PART II

ITEM 5.    MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS.

PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK AND DIVIDEND HISTORY AND POLICY

        Our common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "IFIN". The following table sets forth, for the calendar periods indicated, the high and low sale prices for the common stock as reported by Nasdaq and dividends per share paid on the common stock.

        As of January 31, 2005, there were approximately 864 stockholders of record.

        We currently intend to retain the majority of future earnings to fund the development and growth of our business. Our ability to pay dividends on our common stock may depend on the receipt of dividends from Investors Bank. In addition, we may not pay dividends on our common stock if we are in default under certain agreements that we entered into in connection with the sale of the 9.77% Capital Securities by Investors Capital Trust I. See Note 10 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included with this Report. Any dividend payments by Investors Bank are subject to certain restrictions imposed by federal law and by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks. See "Business—Regulation and Supervision" for additional information. Subject to regulatory requirements, we expect to pay an annual dividend to our stockholders, currently estimated to be in an amount equal to $0.08 per share of outstanding common stock (approximately $5.3 million based upon 66,595,349 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2004). We expect to declare and pay such dividend ratably on a quarterly basis.

        The information required under this item regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to the section entitled "Stock Plans" contained in our definitive proxy statement pursuant to Regulation 14A, which proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission not later than 120 days after the close of our fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

(1)

All of the shares set forth in the above table were purchased by the Company in connection with the exercise of outstanding options issued by the Company.

        The Company does not currently maintain publicly announced repurchase plans or programs.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA.

        The following table contains certain of our consolidated financial and statistical information, and should be read in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations", our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and other financial information appearing elsewhere in this Report. (Dollars in thousands, except per share and employee data):