EXHIBIT (21) FIRST UNION CORPORATION LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES* Begley Drug, Inc. (38.6%)*** Capitol Finance Group, Inc. Advance Insurance Agency, Inc. Capitol Credit Plan of Georgia, Inc. Capitol Credit Plan of N.C., Inc. Capitol Credit Plan of S.C., Inc. Capitol Credit Plan of Tennessee, Inc. Capitol Credit Plan of Virginia, Inc. Capitol Financial Services, Inc. of N.C. Capitol Lease Plan Corp. Capitol Mortgage Plan Corporation Capitol Mortgage Plan of Virginia, Inc. First American Data Services, Inc. First Card Corporation First Union Community Development Corporation Parkchester Limited Partnership (99%) First Union Corporation of Georgia DFS Service, Inc. Composite LTD, II (90%) First Union National Bank of Georgia** DF Southeastern Mortgage, Inc. GABK Holdings, Inc. GF Mortgage Corporation HHS Property Corporation Georgia Associated Services, Inc. Rainforest Associates (50%) GF Data Corporation GF Title Corporation The GF Group, Inc. Associated Financial Corporation Grogan's Bluff Venture (50%) First Union Corporation of Florida ABCA, Inc. Melbourne Atlantic Venture Partners (20%) First Union National Bank of Florida** Alden Pond, Inc. Bart, Inc. CIMC, Inc. Devlan, Inc. First Union Bank and Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd. FNB Properties, Inc. Ft. Lauderdale Days Inn, Inc. General Homes Corp. (9.205%)*** Hidden Hills Golf & Country Club, Inc. O.R.E.O., Inc. Seval, Inc. Ski, Inc. Sunsteps, Inc. Taroc, Inc. FIRST UNION CORPORATION LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES* -- CONTINUED TEQ, Inc. WSI, Inc. Florida National Insurance Services, Inc. Meritor Service Corporation of Florida, Inc. First Union Corporation of North Carolina First Union Corporation of South Carolina First Union National Bank of South Carolina** First Service Corporation of South Carolina Arrowwood Associates (50%) SCBK Holdings, Inc. First Union Corporation of Virginia**** Atlantic Venture Partners II, L.P. (5.44%) First Union Corporation of Tennessee First Union National Bank of Tennessee** ACB Services, Inc Professional Asset Management in Tennessee, Inc. First Union National Bank of Virginia** Arbor Glenn L.P. (99%) Dominion Aviation, Inc. Dominion Bankshares Properties, Inc. Dominion Bankshares Services, Inc. Dominion Farm Loan Corporation Dominion Investment Banking, Inc. First Union Capital Partners, Inc. Atlantic Spinners, Inc. (12.5%) Chattem, Inc. (25.6%) Petstuff, Inc. (5.3%) International Progress, Inc. (50%) Mountain Falls Park, Inc. Lafayette Family L.P. (99%) Professional Asset Management in VA, Inc. Shenandoah Valley Properties L.P. (99%) Craigmont II, L.P. (99%) Elkmont Partners, L.P. (99%) Willow Lake Partners, L.P. (99%) Grottoes Partners L.P. (99%) WM Equity, Inc. WNB Corporation First Union National Bank of Washington, D.C.** DC Residential, Inc. D & G Recoveries Corporation FAPM - Diversified, Inc. (52.9% owned by First Union National Bank of Washington, D.C.; 47.1% owned by First American Properties of Maryland, Inc.) First Properties Associates, Inc. NA Properties of Virginia, Inc. Sully Asset Corporation WOSH, Inc. (65% owned by First Union National Bank of Washington, D.C.; 35% owned by First Union National Bank of Maryland) Maryland Bankshares, Inc. First Union National Bank of Maryland** FIRST UNION CORPORATION LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES* -- CONTINUED DBMD Services, Inc. First American Properties of Maryland, Inc. FAPM I Inc. FAPM - Diversified, Inc. (47.1% owned by First American Properties of Maryland, Inc.; 52.9% owned by First Union National Bank of Washington, D. C.) MD Residential, Inc. WOSH, Inc. (35% owned by First Union National Bank of Maryland; 65% owned by First Union National Bank of Washington, D. C.) First Union Development Corporation CK-Southern Associates Pound2, Limited Partnership (33 1/3%) First Union Export Trading Company First Union Futures Corporation First Union Mortgage Corporation Corinthian Development Corporation Farmington, Incorporated Asbury Village Associates (50%) Ghent-Farmington Associates (50%) Haverhill-Summit Limited Partnership (50%) Providence/Summit Limited Partnership (50%) Providence II/Summit Limited Partnership (50%) Sangaree Services Corp. First Union Insurance Group of South Carolina, Inc. First Union Placements, Inc. First Union Title Corporation R.B.C. Corporation Slate Stone Hills, Incorporated The Fairfax Corporation Fairfax Management Corporation Interchange Partners (50%) North Ridge, Inc. (50%) Real Estate Consultants of the South, Inc. First Union National Bank of North Carolina** 100 Block Associates Limited Partnership (93.75%) Club Head Management Corp. First Stratford Partnership (40%) First Union Brokerage Services, Inc. First Union Commercial Corporation First Wells Fargo Leasing Partnership (90%) Multiplex Leasing Partners (90%) First Union Home Equity Corporation First Union Home Equity Corporation of Iowa First Union International Banking Corporation First Union Investment Corporation First Union Mortgage Securities, Inc. FUNB Corporation Gainsborough Corporation GGL, Inc.*** C4 Media Cable South, Limited Partnership (50%)*** Novaten Communications, Inc. (50%)*** MHD, Inc.*** First Union Securities, Inc. FIRST UNION CORPORATION LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES* -- CONTINUED First Union Transportation Services, Inc. General Financial Life Insurance Company Queen City Special Company B Southeast Switch, Inc. (19.88%) Tryon Management, Inc. Washington Bankshares, Inc.**** * Wholly-owned unless otherwise indicated. ** Wholly-owned except for directors' qualifying shares. *** Interest acquired or subsidiary formed in connection with debts previously contracted other than those involving other real estated owned (OREO). **** Washington Bankshares, Inc. received 134 shares of Class B stock of First Union Corporation of Virginia in connection with the merger of its subsidiary, First American Bank, N.A., into Dominion Bank of Washington, N.A. (now First Union National Bank of Washington, D.C.). February 15, 1994