EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF WACHOVIA CORPORATION The following table sets forth the subsidiaries of Wachovia Corporation on December 31, 1999. The financial statements of all subsidiaries are included in the consolidated statements of Wachovia Corporation and subsidiaries. Organized under the laws of: ---------------------------- Wachovia Bank, N.A. the United States Wachovia International Banking Corporation(1) the United States Wachovia Leasing Corporation North Carolina Wachovia Insurance Services, Inc. North Carolina Greenville Agricultural Credit Corporation North Carolina Barry, Evans, Josephs & Snipes, Inc. North Carolina Mecklenburg Securities Corporation North Carolina Wachovia Mortgage Company North Carolina New Salem, Inc. North Carolina Wachovia Mortgage Reinsurance Company Vermont Wachovia Auto Leasing Company Georgia WMCS, Inc. Georgia Wachovia Capital Associates, Inc. Georgia Wachovia Insurance Services of South Carolina, Inc. South Carolina First National Properties, Inc. South Carolina Mulberry Corporation Virginia G.C. Leasing, Inc. Virginia North Hart Run, Inc. Virginia New Salem of Virginia, Inc. Virginia S. Brooke, Corporation Virginia Central Fidelity Properties, Inc. Virginia Central Fidelity Services, Inc. Virginia CFB Insurance Agency, Inc. Virginia Jefferson Properties, Inc. Virginia Southern Provident Life Insurance Company Arizona Atlantic Savings Bank, FSB the United States Atlantic Mortgage Corporation of South Carolina, Inc. South Carolina Wachovia Investments, Inc. North Carolina Wachovia Corporate Services, Inc. North Carolina Wachovia Operational Services Corporation North Carolina Wachovia Trust Services, Inc. North Carolina Wachovia Exchange Services, Inc. North Carolina Silas Technologies, Inc. North Carolina ISC Realty Corporation North Carolina ISC Futures Corporation North Carolina CTFA, Inc. North Carolina CTFA Holdings, LLC(2) North Carolina IJL Financial Inc. North Carolina IJL Holdings, Inc. North Carolina Cap Trust Financial Advisors, LLC(3) North Carolina The First National Bank of Atlanta (Delaware) the United States OFFITBANK New York OFFITBANK Greater China, Inc. New York OFFITBANK Latin America Fund, Inc. New York OFFITBANK Energy Fund, Inc. New York OFFITBANK M-R Securities, Inc. New York OFFITBANK Derivatives, Inc. Delaware OFFITBANK Cross Market Fund, Inc. New York -109- SUBSIDIARIES (Continued) Organized under the laws of: ------------------------------ Wachovia Bank Card Services, Inc. Delaware Financial Life Insurance Company of Georgia Georgia The Wachovia Insurance Agency of Georgia, Inc. Georgia First Atlanta Lease Liquidating Corporation Georgia Wachovia Corporation of Florida Florida The Johnson Lane Space Smith Corporation Georgia Rhodes-Jennings Building, Inc. Georgia Scarritt Building, Inc. Georgia JLSS Equity, Inc. Georgia Wachovia Corporation of Alabama Alabama Wachovia Corporation of Tennessee Tennessee Wachovia Securities, Inc. North Carolina Wachovia Capital Investments, Inc. Georgia Wachovia International Capital Corporation Georgia WSH Holdings, Ltd. Cayman Islands, British West Indies Banco Wachovia, S.A.(4) Brazil Wachovia International Servicos Limitada(5) Brazil Wachovia Capital Trust I Delaware Wachovia Capital Trust II Delaware Wachovia Capital Trust V Delaware Central Fidelity Capital Trust I Delaware Wachovia Community Development Corporation North Carolina Dogwood Finance 1 Limited United Kingdom First Atlanta Corporation Georgia Hunt, Dupree, Rhine & Associates, Inc. South Carolina Parchment Finance I Corporation Delaware Retirement Plans Securities, Inc. South Carolina Wachovia Trust Company Florida - ------------------------------------ (1) Organized under Chapter 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act of the United States. (2) CTFA Holdings, LLC is owned 99% by Wachovia Corporation and 1% by CTFA, Inc. (3) IJL Holdings, Inc. owns 100% voting membership interest and IJL Financial, Inc. owns 100% nonvoting membership interests, respectively, in CapTrust Financial Advisors, LLC. (4) Banco Wachovia, S.A., is owned 99.999214% by WSH Holdings, Inc. and .000786% by Wachovia International Capital Corporation. (5) Wachovia International Servicos Limitada is owned 99% by Wachovia Capital Investments, Inc. and 1% by Wachovia International Capital Corporation. -110-