GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC
10-Q, 2000-11-13
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

[X]      QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended                September 30, 2000
                               -------------------------------------------------

                                       or

[  ]     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from         N/A            to          N/A
                               ----------------------    -----------------------

Commission File Number:                      333-28037
                        --------------------------------------------------------

                            Golden State Bancorp Inc.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                                95-4642135
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(State or other jurisdiction of           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 incorporation or organization)

  135 Main Street, San Francisco, CA                     94105
-------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

                                  415-904-1100
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                      N/A
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              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                         if changed since last report)


     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.  X  Yes     No
                                          ---     ---

     The number of shares  outstanding  of  registrant's  $1.00 par value common
stock, as of the close of business on October 31, 2000: 134,238,004 shares.








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                           GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC.
                     THIRD QUARTER 2000 REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
                                TABLE OF CONTENTS



PART I.          FINANCIAL INFORMATION                                      PAGE
                 ---------------------                                      ----

   Item 1.       Consolidated Financial Statements

                 Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets
                 September 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999......................3

                 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income
                 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999.................4

                 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income
                 Three Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999................5

                 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
                 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999.................6

                 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
                 Three Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999................7

                 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity
                 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000..........................8

                 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999.................9

                 Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements.........11

     Item 2.     Management's Discussion and Analysis of
                 Financial Condition and Results of Operations................23

     Item 3.     Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk...49


PART II.         OTHER INFORMATION
                 -----------------

     Item 1.     Legal Proceedings............................................50

     Item 2.     Changes in Securities........................................50

     Item 3.     Defaults Upon Senior Securities..............................50

     Item 4.     Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders..........50

     Item 5.     Other Information............................................50

     Item 6.     Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K.............................51

     Signatures...............................................................52





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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                           Consolidated Balance Sheets
                    September 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999
                                   (Unaudited)
                  (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                               September 30,     December 31,
                                      Assets                                       2000              1999
                                      ------                                   -------------     ------------
<S>                                                                             <C>               <C>
Cash and due from banks                                                         $   583,097       $   508,959
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks                                                108                 5
Short-term investment securities                                                     73,841            84,061
                                                                                -----------       -----------
     Cash and cash equivalents                                                      657,046           593,025

Securities available for sale, at fair value                                        631,957         1,075,766
Securities held to maturity                                                         594,230           185,357
Mortgage-backed securities available for sale, at fair value                     10,771,448        13,764,565
Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                                       2,997,522         2,149,696
Loans held for sale, net                                                            874,663           729,062
Loans receivable, net                                                            39,047,992        33,953,461
Investment in Federal Home Loan Bank ("FHLB") System                              1,338,801         1,167,144
Premises and equipment, net                                                         315,572           324,582
Foreclosed real estate, net                                                          23,089            45,091
Accrued interest receivable                                                         352,089           321,596
Intangible assets (net of accumulated amortization of $230,745
     at September 30, 2000 and $183,433 at December 31, 1999)                       727,198           819,561
Mortgage servicing rights                                                         1,515,806         1,272,393
Other assets                                                                        712,998           617,761
                                                                                -----------       -----------
         Total assets                                                           $60,560,411       $57,019,060
                                                                                ===========       ===========

         Liabilities, Minority Interest and Stockholders' Equity
         -------------------------------------------------------

Deposits                                                                        $23,200,165       $23,035,757
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase                                    5,338,055         5,481,747
Borrowings                                                                       28,365,117        25,668,626
Other liabilities                                                                 1,227,358           771,147
                                                                                -----------       -----------
         Total liabilities                                                       58,130,695        54,957,277
                                                                                -----------       -----------

Commitments and contingencies                                                            --                --

Minority interest                                                                   500,000           500,000

Stockholders' equity:
     Common stock ($1.00 par value, 250,000,000 shares
         authorized, 150,615,546 and 134,720,685 shares issued at
         September 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999, respectively)                    150,616           134,721
     Issuable shares                                                                132,107           204,681
     Additional paid-in capital                                                   1,541,936         1,378,735
     Accumulated other comprehensive loss                                          (202,250)         (275,209)
     Retained earnings (substantially restricted)                                   623,044           371,096
     Treasury stock (16,383,058 shares and 12,478,097 shares at
         September 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999, respectively)                  (315,737)         (252,241)
                                                                                -----------       -----------
         Total stockholders' equity                                              1,929,716         1,561,783
                                                                                -----------       -----------
         Total liabilities, minority interest and stockholders' equity          $60,560,411       $57,019,060
                                                                                ===========       ===========
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                        Consolidated Statements of Income
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
                                   (Unaudited)
                  (dollars in thousands, except per share data)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                              Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                                                                             --------------------------------
                                                                                                   2000             1999
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
<S>                                                                                             <C>              <C>
Interest income:
     Loans receivable                                                                           $2,085,599       $1,721,858
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                                                 625,205          645,539
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                                                   149,265          137,810
     Loans held for sale                                                                            46,405           95,958
     Securities available for sale                                                                  44,426           57,513
     Securities held to maturity                                                                    19,628            9,053
     Interest-bearing deposits in other banks                                                        4,582            3,851
     Dividends on FHLB stock                                                                        70,305           43,143
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
         Total interest income                                                                   3,045,415        2,714,725
                                                                                                ----------       ----------

Interest expense:
     Deposits                                                                                      679,138          667,387
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase                                                267,622          188,085
     Borrowings                                                                                  1,235,589          967,102
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
         Total interest expense                                                                  2,182,349        1,822,574
         Net interest income                                                                       863,066          892,151
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
     Provision for loan losses                                                                          --           10,000
         Net interest income after provision for loan losses                                       863,066          882,151
                                                                                                ----------       ----------

Noninterest income:
     Loan servicing fees, net                                                                      138,744          108,358
     Customer banking fees and service charges                                                     147,284          138,820
     Gain on sale, settlement and transfer of loans, net                                            37,608           25,385
     (Loss) gain on sale of assets, net                                                            (15,348)          18,296
     Other income                                                                                   22,927           24,135
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
         Total noninterest income                                                                  331,215          314,994
                                                                                                ----------       ----------

Noninterest expense:
     Compensation and employee benefits                                                            324,750          300,489
     Occupancy and equipment                                                                       119,661          110,224
     Professional fees                                                                              28,739           39,894
     Loan expense                                                                                   21,145           29,249
     Foreclosed real estate operations, net                                                         (4,047)          (5,068)
     Amortization of intangible assets                                                              47,312           52,794
     Merger and integration costs                                                                       --            7,747
     Other expense                                                                                 153,045          168,933
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
         Total noninterest expense                                                                 690,605          704,262
                                                                                                ----------       ----------

Income before income taxes, minority interest and extraordinary items                              503,676          492,883
Income tax expense                                                                                  62,221          105,759
Minority interest: provision in lieu of income tax expense                                         161,688          122,684
Minority interest: other                                                                            21,580           28,338
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
     Income before extraordinary items                                                             258,187          236,102
Extraordinary items - gain on early extinguishment of debt, net of applicable
         taxes of $2,083 in 2000                                                                     3,014               --
                                                                                                ----------       ----------
     Net income                                                                                 $  261,201       $  236,102
                                                                                                ==========       ==========

Earnings per share:
   Basic
     Income before extraordinary items                                                               $1.87            $1.78
     Extraordinary items                                                                              0.02               --
                                                                                                     -----            -----
     Net income                                                                                      $1.89            $1.78
                                                                                                     =====            =====
   Diluted
     Income before extraordinary items                                                               $1.81            $1.67
     Extraordinary items                                                                              0.02               --
                                                                                                     -----            -----
     Net income                                                                                      $1.83            $1.67
                                                                                                     =====            =====
</TABLE>
See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                        Consolidated Statements of Income
                 Three Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
                                   (Unaudited)
                  (dollars in thousands, except per share data)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                            Three Months Ended September 30,
                                                                                           ----------------------------------
                                                                                                 2000               1999
                                                                                              -----------        ----------
<S>                                                                                           <C>                  <C>
Interest income:
     Loans receivable                                                                         $  742,092           $587,080
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                                               189,661            221,923
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                                                  58,428             41,910
     Loans held for sale                                                                          17,719             28,266
     Securities available for sale                                                                11,450             19,399
     Securities held to maturity                                                                  10,147              2,750
     Interest-bearing deposits in other banks                                                      1,198              1,551
     Dividends on FHLB stock                                                                      25,195             14,959
                                                                                              ----------           --------
         Total interest income                                                                 1,055,890            917,838
                                                                                              ----------           --------

Interest expense:
     Deposits                                                                                    235,992            223,329
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase                                               94,888             80,475
     Borrowings                                                                                  439,364            326,942
                                                                                              ----------           --------
         Total interest expense                                                                  770,244            630,746
                                                                                              ----------           --------
         Net interest income                                                                     285,646            287,092
     Provision for loan losses                                                                        --                 --
                                                                                              ----------           --------
         Net interest income after provision for loan losses                                     285,646            287,092
                                                                                              ----------           --------

Noninterest income:
     Loan servicing fees, net                                                                     48,152             38,068
     Customer banking fees and service charges                                                    48,560             47,453
     Gain on sale, settlement and transfer of loans, net                                          10,546              4,932
     Gain on sale of assets, net                                                                     688              3,187
     Other income                                                                                  6,651              8,834
                                                                                              ----------           --------
         Total noninterest income                                                                114,597            102,474
                                                                                              ----------           --------

Noninterest expense:
     Compensation and employee benefits                                                          108,367             97,831
     Occupancy and equipment                                                                      42,746             38,528
     Professional fees                                                                            10,536             12,625
     Loan expense                                                                                  7,142              7,109
     Foreclosed real estate operations, net                                                         (669)            (3,000)
     Amortization of intangible assets                                                            15,405             17,626
     Other expense                                                                                47,430             51,463
                                                                                              ----------           --------
         Total noninterest expense                                                               230,957            222,182
                                                                                              ----------           --------

Income before income taxes and minority interest                                                 169,286            167,384
Income tax expense (benefit)                                                                      73,976            (45,353)
Minority interest: provision in lieu of income tax expense                                            --            122,684
Minority interest: other                                                                           6,797              8,431
                                                                                              ----------           --------
     Net income                                                                               $   88,513           $ 81,622
                                                                                              ==========           ========

Earnings per share:
   Basic                                                                                           $0.63              $0.63
   Diluted                                                                                          0.62               0.58
</TABLE>

See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
                                   (Unaudited)
                                 (in thousands)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                              Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                                                             --------------------------------
                                                                                   2000              1999
                                                                                 --------          ---------
<S>                                                                              <C>               <C>
       Net income                                                                $261,201          $ 236,102

       Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
           Unrealized holding gain (loss) on securities available for sale:
              Unrealized holding gain (loss) arising during the period             59,292           (204,906)
              Less: reclassification adjustment for loss (gain) included
                   in net income                                                   10,859               (743)
                                                                                 --------          ---------
                                                                                   70,151           (205,649)

           Amortization of market adjustment for securities
              transferred from available for sale to held to maturity               2,808                 --
                                                                                 --------          ---------

       Other comprehensive income (loss)                                           72,959           (205,649)
                                                                                 --------          ---------

        Comprehensive income                                                     $334,160          $  30,453
                                                                                 ========          =========
</TABLE>

       See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
                 Three Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
                                   (Unaudited)
                                 (in thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                            Three Months Ended September 30,
                                                                           ---------------------------------
                                                                                 2000                1999
                                                                               --------            ---------

<S>                                                                            <C>                 <C>
       Net income                                                              $ 88,513            $ 81,622

       Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
            Unrealized holding gain (loss) on securities available for sale:
               Unrealized holding gain (loss) arising during the period          79,028             (43,571)
               Less: reclassification adjustment for loss (gain) included
                  in net income                                                    (231)               (549)
                                                                               --------            --------
                                                                                 78,797             (44,120)
            Amortization of market adjustment for securities
               transferred from available for sale to held to maturity            2,138                  --
                                                                               --------            --------

       Other comprehensive income (loss)                                         80,935             (44,120)
                                                                               --------            --------

       Comprehensive income                                                    $169,448            $ 37,502
                                                                               ========            ========
</TABLE>

       See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.





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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity
                      Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000
                                   (Unaudited)
                             (dollars in thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                                                                Accumulated       Retained
                                                 Common Stock                     Additional        Other         Earnings
                                            -----------------------    Issuable     Paid-in    Comprehensive   (Substantially
                                              Shares        Amount      Shares      Capital         Loss         Restricted)
                                            -----------    --------    --------   ----------   -------------   --------------
<S>                                         <C>            <C>        <C>         <C>            <C>              <C>
Balance at December 31, 1999                134,720,685    $134,721   $ 204,681   $1,378,735     $(275,209)       $371,096

Net income                                           --          --          --           --            --         261,201
Change in net unrealized holding loss
    on securities available for sale                 --          --          --           --        70,151              --
Amortization of unrealized holding
    loss on securities held to maturity              --          --          --           --         2,808              --
Adjustment to contribution receivable
    from GSB Investments and
    Hunter's Glen in respect of their
    proportionate ownership of the
    California Federal Goodwill
    Litigation Asset                                 --          --          --           --            --           3,767
Issuable shares adjustment for
    tax refund and related interest                  --          --      39,455      (38,066)           --              --
Issuable shares (pro-rata 2000 usage
    of pre-merger NOLs)                              --          --     126,283           --            --              --
Pro-rata adjustment to pre-merger tax
    benefits recorded as goodwill                    --          --          --      (29,586)           --              --
Distribution of issuable shares               4,882,904       4,883    (100,000)      95,117            --              --
Cancellation of restricted shares                (2,025)         (2)         --            2            --              --
Impact of restricted common stock               220,327         220          --        2,522            --              --
Exercise of stock options and warrants       10,793,655      10,794          --      118,905            --              --
Purchase of treasury stock                           --          --          --           --            --              --
Sale of common stock in treasury                     --          --          --          (94)           --              --
Dividends on common stock                            --          --          --           --            --         (13,020)
Cash settlement resulting in the
    extinguishment of issuable shares                --          --    (138,312)      14,401            --              --
                                            -----------    --------   ---------   ----------     ---------        --------
Balance at September 30, 2000               150,615,546    $150,616   $ 132,107   $1,541,936     $(202,250)       $623,044
                                            ===========    ========   =========   ==========     =========        ========

                                                                     (Continued)


See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
</TABLE>

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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                 Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity
                      Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000
                                   (Unaudited)
                             (dollars in thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                                                 Common Stock
                                                  in Treasury              Total
                                            -------------------------   Stockholders'
                                               Shares         Amount       Equity
                                            -----------     ---------   -------------
<S>                                         <C>             <C>           <C>
Balance at December 31, 1999                (12,478,097)    $(252,241)    $1,561,783

Net income                                           --            --        261,201
Change in net unrealized holding loss
    on securities available for sale                 --            --         70,151
Amortization of unrealized holding
    loss on securities held to maturity              --            --          2,808
Adjustment to contribution receivable
    from GSB Investments and
    Hunter's Glen in respect of their
    proportionate ownership of the
    California Federal Goodwill
    Litigation Asset                                 --            --          3,767
Issuable shares adjustment for
    tax refund and related interest                  --            --          1,389
Issuable shares (pro-rata 2000 usage
    of pre-merger NOLs)                              --            --        126,283
Pro-rata adjustment to pre-merger tax
    benefits recorded as goodwill                    --            --        (29,586)
Distribution of issuable shares                      --            --             --
Cancellation of restricted shares                    --            --             --
Impact of restricted common stock                    --            --          2,742
Exercise of stock options and warrants               --            --        129,699
Purchase of treasury stock                   (3,916,411)      (63,724)       (63,724)
Sale of common stock in treasury                 11,450           228            134
Dividends on common stock                            --            --        (13,020)
Cash settlement resulting in the
    extinguishment of issuable shares                --            --       (123,911)
                                            -----------     ---------     ----------
Balance at September 30, 2000               (16,383,058)    $(315,737)    $1,929,716
                                            ===========     =========     ==========


See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
</TABLE>


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                      Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
                                   (Unaudited)
                                 (in thousands)

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                                                                --------------------------------
                                                                                    2000                1999
                                                                                -----------          -----------
<S>                                                                             <C>                  <C>
  Cash flows from operating activities:
  Net income                                                                    $   261,201          $   236,102
  Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
     operating activities:
     Amortization of intangible assets                                               47,312               52,794
     (Accretion) amortization of purchase accounting premiums and
          discounts, net                                                                (27)               8,902
     Accretion of discount on borrowings                                                813                  756
     Amortization of mortgage servicing rights                                      149,037              157,782
     Provision for loan losses                                                           --               10,000
     Loss (gain) on sale of assets, net                                              15,348              (18,296)
     Gain on sale of branches, net                                                       --               (2,343)
     Gain on sale of foreclosed real estate, net                                     (7,591)             (10,494)
     Loss on sale, settlement and transfer of loans, net                             52,213              147,013
     Capitalization of originated mortgage servicing rights                         (89,821)            (172,398)
     Extraordinary items - gain on early extinguishment of debt, net                 (3,014)                  --
     Depreciation and amortization of premises and equipment                         41,351               29,925
     Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs                                     5,511                5,456
     FHLB stock dividends                                                           (70,305)             (43,143)
     Purchases and originations of loans held for sale                           (3,789,358)          (7,217,334)
     Net proceeds from the sale of loans held for sale                            3,522,307            8,509,343
     (Increase) decrease in other assets                                            (31,236)             206,050
     (Increase) decrease in accrued interest receivable                             (29,255)               2,040
     Increase (decrease) in other liabilities                                       271,540              (49,713)
     Amortization of deferred compensation expense-restricted common stock            1,500                  238
     Minority interest: provision in lieu of income taxes                           161,688                   --
     Minority interest: other                                                        21,580               28,338
                                                                                -----------          -----------
          Net cash provided by operating activities                             $   530,794          $ 1,881,018
                                                                                -----------          -----------
</TABLE>
                                                                     (Continued)

  See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
                  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
                                   (Unaudited)
                                 (in thousands)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Nine Months Ended September 30,
                                                                               ----------------------------------
                                                                                   2000                 1999
                                                                               ------------          ------------
<S>                                                                            <C>                   <C>
  Cash flows from investing activities:
       Downey Acquisition                                                      $   (379,314)         $         --
       Nevada Purchase                                                                   --               458,943
       Purchases of securities available for sale                                   (33,388)             (791,952)
       Proceeds from maturities of securities available for sale                     35,469               390,328
       Purchases of securities held to maturity                                      (2,849)              (27,527)
       Principal payments and proceeds from maturities of securities held to
           maturity                                                                  41,747                64,855
       Purchases of mortgage-backed securities available for sale                   (58,340)           (4,140,171)
       Principal payments on mortgage-backed securities available for sale        1,438,573             3,088,120
       Proceeds from sales of mortgage-backed securities available for sale         666,924               193,732
       Principal payments on mortgage-backed securities held to maturity            315,554               504,968
       Proceeds from sales of loans                                                  62,360                16,820
       Net increase in loans receivable                                          (3,671,238)           (1,168,370)
       Purchases of loans receivable                                             (1,213,023)           (1,218,415)
       Purchases of FHLB stock, net                                                (107,570)              (98,517)
       Purchases of premises and equipment                                          (35,141)              (79,832)
       Proceeds from disposal of premises and equipment                               2,990                47,002
       Proceeds from sales of foreclosed real estate                                 63,947               114,938
       Purchases of mortgage servicing rights                                      (303,061)             (289,922)
       Proceeds from sales of mortgage servicing rights                                 765                30,616
                                                                               ------------          ------------
           Net cash used in investing activities                                 (3,175,595)           (2,904,384)
                                                                               ------------          ------------

  Cash flows from financing activities:
       Branch sales                                                                      --               (69,340)
       Net increase (decrease) in deposits                                          165,605            (1,412,908)
       Proceeds from additional borrowings                                       29,518,911            22,388,086
       Principal payments on borrowings                                         (26,779,900)          (21,751,828)
       Net (decrease) increase in securities sold under
           agreements to repurchase                                                (143,692)            1,725,530
       Bank Preferred Stock Tender Offers                                                --               (97,621)
       Debt Tender Offers                                                                --                  (253)
       Dividends paid to minority stockholders, net of taxes                        (20,191)              (24,153)
       Exercise of stock options and warrants                                       129,699                 7,880
       Purchases of treasury stock                                                  (63,724)             (168,290)
       Sales of treasury stock                                                          134                   951
       Dividends on common stock                                                    (13,020)                   --
       Extinguishment of issuable shares                                            (85,000)                   --
                                                                               ------------          ------------
           Net cash provided by financing activities                              2,708,822               598,054
                                                                               ------------          ------------

  Net change in cash and cash equivalents                                            64,021              (425,312)
  Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                  593,025               967,950
                                                                               ------------          ------------
  Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                   $    657,046          $    542,638
                                                                               ============          ============
</TABLE>

  See accompanying notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements


(1)  Basis of Presentation
     ---------------------

     The accompanying  unaudited consolidated financial statements were prepared
in  accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting   principles  for  interim
financial  information and the  requirements  of Regulation S-X,  Article 10 and
therefore  do not include  all  disclosures  necessary  for  complete  financial
statements.  In the opinion of management,  all adjustments  have been made that
are necessary for a fair  presentation of the financial  position and results of
operations  and  cash  flows  as of and  for the  periods  presented.  All  such
adjustments are of a normal recurring nature.  The results of operations for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2000 are not necessarily indicative of
the results that may be expected for the entire fiscal year or any other interim
period.  Certain amounts for the three and nine-month  periods in the prior year
have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.

     The accompanying  unaudited  consolidated  financial statements include the
accounts of Golden State Bancorp Inc.  ("Golden State" or the "Company"),  which
owns all of the common  stock of Golden  State  Holdings  Inc.  ("GS  Holdings,"
formerly First Nationwide Holdings Inc. ("FN Holdings")),  which owns common and
preferred  stock of California  Federal Bank and its  subsidiaries  ("California
Federal" or "Bank").  Unless the context otherwise indicates,  "Golden State" or
"Company"  refers to Golden State Bancorp Inc. as the surviving entity after the
consummation of the Golden State  Acquisition (as defined herein).  On September
11, 1998,  Glendale  Federal Bank,  Federal  Savings Bank  ("Glendale  Federal")
merged  with and  into the Bank  pursuant  to the Glen Fed  Merger.  Unless  the
context otherwise indicates, "California Federal" or "Bank" refers to California
Federal  Bank as the  surviving  entity after the  consummation  of the Glen Fed
Merger.

     Minority  interest  represents  amounts  attributable  to (a) the Preferred
Stock  ("REIT  Preferred   Stock")  of  California   Federal  Preferred  Capital
Corporation,  a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of the Bank,  and (b) that portion of
stockholders'  equity  of  Auto  One  Acceptance  Corporation  ("Auto  One"),  a
subsidiary  of the  Bank,  attributable  to 20% of its  common  stock.  In 1999,
minority  interest also included the Bank Preferred  Stock that had not yet been
acquired by GS Holdings.

     Golden  State is a holding  company  whose  only  significant  asset is its
indirect  ownership of all of the common and  preferred  stock of the Bank,  and
therefore,  activities for the consolidated  entity are primarily carried out by
the Bank and its operating subsidiaries.

     All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated
in consolidation.  These financial statements should be read in conjunction with
the consolidated  financial statements of Golden State included in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended  December 31, 1999. All terms used
but not defined elsewhere herein have meanings ascribed to them in the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K.

(2)  Acquisitions and Divestitures
     -----------------------------

     GOLDEN STATE ACQUISITION

     On September 11, 1998, First  Nationwide  (Parent)  Holdings Inc.  ("Parent
Holdings") and Hunter's  Glen/Ford Ltd.  ("Hunter's  Glen") completed the merger
with Golden State, the publicly traded parent company of Glendale Federal,  in a
tax-free exchange of shares (the "Golden State Merger"), accounted for under the
purchase  method of accounting.  Pursuant to the Golden State Merger  agreement,
(a) FN Holdings contributed all of its assets (including all of the common stock
of California  Federal) to GS Holdings (the "FN Holdings Asset  Transfer"),  (b)
Parent  Holdings,  which then owned all of the common  stock of FN Holdings as a
result of the extinguishment of the Hunter's Glen minority interest, merged with
and into  Golden  State,  which  indirectly  owned  all of the  common  stock of
Glendale  Federal,  (c) FN Holdings  merged with and into Golden State Financial
Corporation,  which owned all of the common  stock of Glendale  Federal (the "FN
Holdings  Merger,"  and  together  with the Golden  State  Merger,  the "Holding
Company  Mergers"),  and (d) Glendale  Federal  merged with and into  California
Federal (the "Glen Fed Merger").  The FN Holdings  Asset  Transfer,  the Holding
Company  Mergers  and the Glen Fed Merger are  referred to  collectively  as the
"Golden State Acquisition."


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                   GOLDEN STATE BANCORP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
              Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements



     At September 11, 1998,  Glendale  Federal had total assets of approximately
$18.9  billion and  deposits of $11.3  billion and  operated 181 branches and 26
loan offices in California.

     The Golden  State  Acquisition  was  accounted  for as a purchase of Golden
State by Parent Holdings and,  accordingly,  the purchase price was allocated to
the  assets  acquired  and  liabilities  assumed  in the  transaction  based  on
estimates of fair value at the date of purchase. Since the date of purchase, the
results of operations  related to such assets and liabilities have been included
in the Company's consolidated statements of income.

     Merger and integration  costs associated with the Golden State  Acquisition
totalled $7.7 million for the nine months ended  September  30, 1999,  including
severance for terminated  California Federal employees,  expenses for California
Federal branch  closures,  and conversion and  consolidation  costs,  as well as
transition  expenses for duplicate  personnel,  facilities and computer  systems
during the  integration  period.  No such expenses were incurred during the nine
months ended September 30, 2000.

     During the third quarter of 1999, the Company recorded fair value and other
adjustments to reduce intangible assets in the Golden State Acquisition by $16.6
million,  $18.1  million and $12.4  million  related to (i)  previously  accrued
severance  and  contract  termination  costs (which had not been  utilized  upon
completion of the integration plan), (ii) a "true-up" adjustment of the deferred
tax asset and (iii) the purchase price, respectively.

     OTHER ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES

     On February 29, 2000, Auto One acquired Downey Auto Finance Corporation,  a
subsidiary of Downey Savings and Loan  Association,  F.A., with prime auto loans
of approximately $370 million (the "Downey  Acquisition").  Intangible assets of
$7.7 million were recorded in connection with this acquisition.

     On April 16, 1999,  the Bank  acquired  twelve retail  branches  located in
Nevada with deposits of approximately  $543 million from Norwest Bank, Nevada, a
subsidiary  of Norwest  Corporation,  and Wells Fargo Bank,  N.A.  (the  "Nevada
Purchase").  Intangible assets of $50.7 million were recorded in connection with
this  acquisition,  principally  representing  the deposit  premium  paid in the
transaction.

     During April 1999,  First  Nationwide  Mortgage  Corporation  ("FNMC") sold
servicing rights for approximately 49,000 loans with an unpaid principal balance
of approximately $2.0 billion,  recognizing a pre-tax gain of $16.3 million (the
"Servicing Sale").

(3)  Reclassification of Securities
     ------------------------------

     On April 30, 2000, the Company reclassified $1.1 billion and $497.9 million
carrying  value of  mortgage-backed  securities  and U.S.  government and agency
securities, respectively, from securities available for sale to their respective
held-to-maturity  portfolios.  These assets primarily comprise  securities which
are required as part of the Bank's regulatory liquidity  portfolio.  The Company
has both the  positive  intent  and the  ability  to hold  these  securities  to
maturity.  The net unrealized loss related to these securities of $64.0 million,
which is included  as a component  of equity  (accumulated  other  comprehensive
loss), is amortized to interest income over the remaining life of the securities
using the interest method. The effect of this amortization on interest income is
fully  offset by the effect of  amortization  of the related  discount  recorded
against the respective assets at the time of transfer.

(4)  Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Statements of Cash Flows
     ----------------------------------------------------

     Cash paid for interest on deposits and other  interest-bearing  liabilities
during the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000 and 1999 was $2.2 billion and
$1.7 billion, respectively. Net cash (received) paid for income taxes during the
nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000 and 1999 was $(5.0)  million and $14.6
million, respectively.


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<PAGE>
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2000, noncash activity consisted
of the  reclassification  of $1.1 billion and $497.9 million of  mortgage-backed
securities  and  U.S.  government  and  agency  securities,  respectively,  from
securities available for sale to their respective  held-to-maturity  portfolios,
transfers of $113.2 million from loans receivable to mortgage-backed  securities
upon the securitization of certain of the Bank's single-family loans,  transfers
of $54.7  million from loans held for sale (at lower of cost or market) to loans
receivable,  transfers of $41.1 million from loans receivable to foreclosed real
estate and $5.4 million of loans made to facilitate sales of real estate owned.

     Noncash  activity  during the nine  months  ended  September  30, 2000 also
included  the  following:  (a) a  $211.7  million  reduction  of  the  valuation
allowance  of the  Company's  deferred  tax asset  representing  pre-merger  tax
benefits,  of which $161.7  million was  retained by the  previous  owners of FN
Holdings;  (b) increases of $2.5 million and $220 thousand in additional paid-in
capital and common stock, respectively,  for restricted common stock outstanding
under  an  employee  incentive  plan;  (c) an  adjustment  to  the  contribution
receivable   from  GSB  Investments  and  Hunter's  Glen  in  respect  of  their
proportionate  ownership of the California Federal Goodwill  Litigation asset of
$3.8  million;  (d) the  distribution  of $100 million in issuable  shares;  (e)
adjustments  of  $126.3  million  and  $29.6  million  to  issuable  shares  and
additional  paid-in  capital,  respectively,  related to pre-merger tax benefits
retained  by the  previous  owners of FN  Holdings;  (f) an  adjustment  of $1.4
million to issuable  shares,  after taxes,  for interest  income on a tax refund
related  to Old  California  Federal  for  periods  prior  to the  Golden  State
Acquisition and (g) a reduction of $53.3 million in issuable  shares,  offset by
increases of $38.9 million to other  liabilities and $14.4 million to additional
paid-in capital related to the extinguishment of issuable shares.

     During the nine months ended September 30, 1999, noncash activity consisted
of  transfers  of  $227.1  million  from  loans  receivable  to  mortgage-backed
securities upon the securitization of certain of the Bank's single-family loans,
transfers  of  $108.1  million  from  loans  held for sale (at  lower of cost or
market) to loans receivable, transfers of $81.0 million from loans receivable to
foreclosed  real estate and $8.4  million of loans made to  facilitate  sales of
real estate owned.

     Noncash  activity  during the nine  months  ended  September  30, 1999 also
included (a) a reduction of $18.9  million in previously  accrued  severance and
contract  termination  costs, (b) an $18.1 million  "true-up"  adjustment of the
deferred tax asset and $12.4 million in purchase  price  adjustments  related to
the Golden State Acquisition,  (c) an increase of $181 thousand and $57 thousand
in additional  paid-in  capital and common stock,  respectively,  reflecting the
impact of 56,908 shares of restricted common stock issued during the period, (d)
an increase of $2.0 million in treasury stock reflecting the after-tax effect of
a  reclassification  by the Bank from other assets of the value  associated with
Litigation  Tracking Warrants ("LTWTMs") that have been withdrawn by holders and
(e) an increase of $15.5 million in retained  earnings  related to an adjustment
of the initial dividend of tax benefits due to First Gibraltar and Hunter's Glen
upon the Company's  deconsolidation  from its tax reporting group as a result of
the Golden State Acquisition.

(5)  Redemption of FN Holdings Notes
     -------------------------------

     On May 15, 1999, GS Holdings redeemed the remaining $225 thousand aggregate
principal amount of the FN  Holdings  12 1/4%  Senior  Notes  for  an  aggregate
redemption price including  accrued interest  payable,  of $252.6 thousand.  The
premium paid in connection with such redemption was not material.



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<PAGE>
(6)  Segment Reporting
     -----------------

     Since the  Company  derives a  significant  portion  of its  revenues  from
interest  income,  and interest  expense is the most  significant  expense,  the
segments are reported below using net interest income.  Because the Company also
evaluates performance based on noninterest income and noninterest expense goals,
these measures of segment profit and loss are also  presented.  The Company does
not allocate income taxes to the segments.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     Nine Months Ended September 30,            Three Months Ended September 30,
                                  --------------------------------------     -------------------------------------
                                   Community       Mortgage                   Community      Mortgage
                                    Banking        Banking        Total        Banking       Banking        Total
                                    -------        -------        -----        -------       -------        -----
<S>                               <C>             <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>           <C>
Net interest income: (1)
2000                              $1,018,899      $(74,251)     $944,648       $343,559     $(26,339)     $317,220
1999                               1,017,369       (40,562)      976,807        331,236      (16,710)      314,526

Noninterest income: (2)
2000                              $  179,336      $188,763      $368,099       $ 62,639     $ 64,345      $126,984
1999                                 187,088       164,678       351,766         67,405       46,701       114,106

Noninterest expense: (3)
2000                              $  573,402      $120,683      $694,085       $192,221     $ 39,896      $232,117
1999                                 575,401       132,341       707,742        182,449       40,893       223,342
</TABLE>
_____________
(1) Includes $81.6 million and $84.7 million for the nine months ended September
    30, 2000 and 1999, respectively, in earnings credit  provided to FNMC by the
    Bank, primarily for custodial bank account balances generated by FNMC.  Also
    includes  $192.8  million  and  $184.9  million for  the  nine months  ended
    September 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively, in interest income and expense on
    intercompany loans.

    Includes  $31.6  million  and  $27.4  million  for  the  three months  ended
    September 30, 2000  and 1999, respectively,  in earnings credit  provided to
    FNMC by the Bank, primarily for custodial bank account balances generated by
    FNMC.  Also includes  $70.5 million and  $60.8 million for  the three months
    ended  September 30, 2000  and 1999,  respectively,  in  interest income and
    expense on intercompany loans.

(2) Includes $36.9 million and $36.8 million for the nine months ended September
    30, 2000 and 1999, respectively, in intercompany  servicing  fees.  Includes
    $12.4 million  and $11.6 million for  the three months  ended  September 30,
    2000 and 1999, respectively, in intercompany servicing fees.

(3) Includes $3.5 million for each of the nine-month periods ended September 30,
    2000 and 1999, in intercompany noninterest expense.  Includes  $1.2  million
    for each of the three-month periods ended  September  30, 2000 and 1999,  in
    intercompany noninterest expense.


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<PAGE>
     The  following  reconciles  the  above  table to the  amounts  shown on the
consolidated  financial statements for the nine and three months ended September
30, 2000 and 1999 (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             Nine Months Ended                Three Months Ended
                                                                September 30,                    September 30,
                                                          --------------------------        -------------------------
                                                           2000              1999             2000            1999
                                                          --------         ---------        --------        ---------
<S>                                                       <C>              <C>              <C>             <C>
Net interest income:
Total net interest income for reportable segments         $944,648         $976,807         $317,220        $314,526
Elimination of intersegment net interest income            (81,582)         (84,656)         (31,574)        (27,434)
                                                          --------         --------         --------        --------
Total                                                     $863,066         $892,151         $285,646        $287,092
                                                          ========         ========         ========        ========

Noninterest income:
Total noninterest income for reportable segments          $368,099         $351,766         $126,984        $114,106
Elimination of intersegment servicing fees                 (36,884)         (36,772)         (12,387)        (11,632)
                                                          --------         --------         --------        --------
Total                                                     $331,215         $314,994         $114,597        $102,474
                                                          ========         ========         ========        ========

Noninterest expense:
Total noninterest expense for reportable segments         $694,085         $707,742         $232,117        $223,342
Elimination of intersegment expense                         (3,480)          (3,480)          (1,160)         (1,160)
                                                          --------         --------         --------        --------
Total                                                     $690,605         $704,262         $230,957        $222,182
                                                          ========         ========         ========        ========
</TABLE>

(7)  Accrued Termination and Facilities Costs
     ----------------------------------------

     In  connection  with the Golden  State  Acquisition,  the Company  recorded
liabilities   resulting  from  (a)  branch   consolidations   due  to  duplicate
facilities;  (b) employee  severance and  termination  benefits due to a planned
reduction in force; and (c) expenses incurred under a contractual  obligation to
terminate services provided by outside service providers  (principally  relating
to data processing  expenses).  The merger and integration  plan relative to the
Golden State  Acquisition  was in place on September 11, 1998.  Certain of these
costs  were  included  in the  allocation  of  purchase  price and  others  were
recognized in net income.  The table below reflects a summary of the activity in
the  liability  for the costs  related to such plan since  December 31, 1999 (in
thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                 Branch            Severance and          Contract
                                             Consolidations     Termination Benefits     Termination         Total
                                             --------------     --------------------     -----------         -----
<S>                                             <C>                     <C>                  <C>            <C>
Balance at December 31, 1999                    $24,051                 $12,770              $25            $36,846
    Additional liabilities recorded               2,504                     --                --              2,504
    Charges to liability account                 (9,419)                  (204)               --             (9,623)
                                                -------                -------               ---            -------
Balance at September 30, 2000                   $17,136                $12,566               $25            $29,727
                                                =======                =======               ===            =======
</TABLE>

(8)  Income Taxes
     ------------

     During the nine months ended  September 30, 2000,  Golden State  recorded a
net income tax  expense of $62.2  million.  Based on  favorable  resolutions  of
federal income tax audits of Old California  Federal and Glendale  Federal,  and
based on the current status of Mafco's, including the Company's,  audits for the
years 1991 through 1995, management changed its judgment about the realizability
of the  Company's  deferred  tax asset and reduced its  valuation  allowance  by
$211.7  million  during the  nine-month  period ended  September  30, 2000. As a
result of reducing the  valuation  allowance,  income tax expense was reduced by
$161.7  million and goodwill  was reduced by $50.0  million.  Because  these tax
benefits  accrue to the owners of the former FN Holdings  under the Golden State
Merger agreement, minority interest: provision in lieu of income tax expense was
increased  by $161.7  million,  an amount  equal to the  reduction in income tax
expense.  These  adjustments  had no impact on net  income  available  to common
shareholders and no impact on the expected level of issuable shares.


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<PAGE>
     Based  upon the  actual  filing of the Mafco  Group and  Golden  State 1998
consolidated  federal  income tax returns,  tax benefits of $122.7  million were
recognized  during the third quarter of 1999. The tax benefit is fully offset by
an increase in minority  interest  expense,  since under the Golden State Merger
agreement,  the tax benefits  from any NOLs and other tax  attributes  of Parent
Holdings and its subsidiaries are retained by First Gibraltar and Hunter's Glen.

     In addition,  the Company recorded an adjustment of $15.5 million to reduce
the initial dividend of tax benefits to First Gibraltar and Hunter's Glen due to
its  deconsolidation  from the Mafco Group, which was recorded as an increase to
retained earnings during the third quarter of 1999.

(9)  Minority Interest

     On April  1,  1999,  GS  Holdings  redeemed  all of the  remaining  607,299
outstanding  shares of the Bank's 105/8% Preferred Stock not already owned by it
for  $105.313  per share for a total  redemption  price of $63.9  million.  This
transaction  reduced  minority  interest on the Company's  consolidated  balance
sheet and resulted in a charge of $3.2 million to minority interest expense.

     On September 1, 1999,  GS Holdings  redeemed all of the  remaining  318,341
shares of the Bank's 11 1/2% Preferred Stock not already owned by it for $105.75
per share,  for a total  redemption  price of $33.7  million.  This  transaction
reduced minority interest by $31.8 million on the Company's consolidated balance
sheet and resulted in a charge of $1.8 million to minority interest expense.

     During  the third  quarter  of 1999,  minority  interest  expense of $122.7
million was recorded  based upon changes to  estimated  pre-merger  tax benefits
retained  by Parent  Holdings.  This  amount  was fully  offset by an income tax
benefit in the same period. See note 8.

(10) Stockholders' Equity
     --------------------

     COMMON STOCK

     At September  30, 2000 and December 31, 1999,  there were  134,232,488  and
122,242,588  shares,  respectively,  of Golden  State  Common  Stock  issued and
outstanding (net of treasury stock).  Common stock outstanding  included 246,756
and 56,908  restricted  shares at  September  30, 2000 and  December  31,  1999,
respectively.

     Pursuant to the Golden State Merger  agreement,  4,882,904 shares of Golden
State common stock,  valued at $100 million,  were issued to GSB Investments and
Hunter's Glen on May 22, 2000. See "--Issuable Shares."

     During the nine months ended September 30, 2000, stock options and warrants
totalling 10,793,655 were exercised. See note 11 and "--Warrants."

       ISSUABLE SHARES

     In accordance with the Golden State Merger Agreement,  on January 21, 1999,
a total of  5,540,319  shares  of  Golden  State  Common  Stock,  valued at $100
million,  were issued  (4,432,255  shares to a subsidiary of Mafco  Holdings and
1,108,064  shares to Hunter's Glen) as a result of net tax benefits  realized by
California Federal with respect to its gain from the Florida Branch Sale and the
receipt of federal  income tax refunds in excess of the amount  reflected on the
Company's consolidated balance sheets.

     Based upon the Company's 1999 taxable income as filed in its federal income
tax  return,   shares  valued  at  $101.3   million   (4,928,901   shares)  were
contractually   issuable  during  the  year  ended  December  31,  1999  to  GSB
Investments  and  Hunter's  Glen.  The  number of shares was based on the use of
pre-merger  net operating  losses and other net deferred tax assets,  based upon
actual taxable  earnings and the average share price during the year. On May 22,
2000, the remaining 147,677 common shares from 1998, valued at $2.7 million, and
a portion of the 1999 contractually issuable shares of Golden State common stock
(4,735,227 shares),  valued at $97.3 million,  were issued


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<PAGE>
(in total, 3,906,323 shares to a subsidiary of Mafco Holdings and 976,581 shares
to  Hunter's  Glen) as  a  result of  net tax  benefits realized  by  California
Federal.  The  remaining  shares  allocable to GSB  Investments,  consisting  of
154,939 shares valued at $3.2 million,  were  extinguished  (as discussed below)
and 38,735 shares due to Hunter's Glen, valued at $0.8 million,  are expected to
be issued at a future date.

     During the  fourth  quarter  of 1999 and the  second  quarter of 2000,  the
Company recorded $4.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively, in issuable shares
related to interest receivable on a federal tax refund related to Old California
Federal  for  periods  prior to the Golden  State  Acquisition.  During the nine
months ended  September 30, 2000,  the Company also recorded  $126.3  million of
issuable  shares  related to the Company's  pro-rata usage in 2000 of pre-merger
tax benefits retained by the previous owners of FN Holdings. Consistent with the
Golden State Merger agreement,  these amounts are payable to GSB Investments and
Hunter's Glen as issuable shares.

     On  August  22,  2000,  the  Company  paid GSB  Investments  $85.0  million
resulting in the  extinguishment  of GSB  Investments'  right to receive  $100.0
million of issuable shares calculated in accordance with the Golden State Merger
agreement.  These  issuable  shares  related  to tax  benefits  retained  by GSB
Investments  for  pre-merger  net operating  losses to be utilized in respect of
2000 by the Company. In addition, the Company agreed to pay $36.0 million to GSB
Investments  in  January  2001  in  exchange  for  the   extinguishment  of  GSB
Investments'  right to receive  $38.3 million of issuable  shares  calculated in
accordance with the Golden State Merger agreement.  These issuable shares relate
to 1999 carryover  benefits and the federal tax refund and interest  received by
the  Company in April,  2000.  A discount of $1.1  million was  recorded on this
liability and is being recognized in interest income ratably through January 16,
2001,  using  the  interest  method.   Expenses   totalling  $4.0  million  were
capitalized   during  the  third  quarter  of  2000  in  connection   with  this
transaction.

     Issuable shares are included,  as appropriate,  in the calculation of basic
and diluted earnings per share. See note 13.

     ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL

     During the nine months  ended  September  30,  2000,  the Company  recorded
reductions to additional paid-in capital of $38.1 million representing  issuable
shares for  interest  on a tax refund and $29.6  million  representing  pro-rata
adjustments  to pre-merger  tax benefits  retained by the previous  owners of FN
Holdings. The tax benefits were originally recorded as an adjustment to goodwill
related to the Cal Fed Acquisition. See note 8. In addition,  additional paid-in
capital   increased  by  $18.4  million   during  the  third  quarter  of  2000,
representing  issuable  shares  extinguished  in excess of  consideration  paid,
partially offset by $4.0 million in capitalized transaction expenses.

     RETAINED EARNINGS

     At September  11, 1998, in  connection  with the Golden State  Acquisition,
certain assets were recorded representing the fair value of each of the Goodwill
Litigation Assets (as defined herein) that each of the former shareholder groups
(pre-merger   Golden  State  and  GSB   Investments   and  Hunter's  Glen)  were
contributing to the merged entity. The Golden State Merger agreement contained a
mechanism for proportionately allocating these values between the two groups. At
September 11, 1998, the fair value of the Glendale Federal  Goodwill  Litigation
Asset (as defined  herein)  contributed by the former Golden State  shareholders
was  $56.9  million,  and the fair  value  of the  California  Federal  Goodwill
Litigation  equalization  adjustment due from GSB  Investments and Hunter's Glen
was $41.2  million.  The $41.2 million,  recorded as a contribution  receivable,
increased  retained  earnings  during  the  year  ended  December  31,  1998 and
fluctuates based upon the market value of the LTWTMs.  At December 31, 1999, the
equalization  adjustment  was written  down to its fair value of $17.1  million.
Since the market  value of the LTWTMs,  which the Company  uses to estimate  the
fair value of the ultimate goodwill litigation award,  increased to $1.21875 per
share at  September  30, 2000 from $0.875 per share at December  31,  1999,  the
inherent value of the amount to be contributed by GSB  Investments  and Hunter's
Glen also  increased,  to $20.9  million,  resulting  in an increase in retained
earnings and the contribution  receivable of $3.8 million during the nine months
ended September 30, 2000.


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     TREASURY STOCK

     At September  30,  2000,  the Company had  16,383,058  shares of its common
stock in treasury at an aggregate cost of $19.27 per share.

     During the nine months ended  September 30, 2000,  the Company  repurchased
3,916,411  shares of  common  stock,  at an  aggregate  purchase  price of $63.7
million,  or an average of $16.27 per share.  Also during the nine months  ended
September 30, 2000, 11,450 shares were issued out of treasury in connection with
options  exercised by holders  related to an  acquisition  by the former  Golden
State prior to the Golden State Acquisition.

     During the nine months ended September 30, 1999,  73,235 shares were issued
out of treasury in connection  with options  exercised by holders  related to an
earlier  acquisition  by the  former  Golden  State  prior to the  Golden  State
Acquisition.

     DIVIDENDS

     On  September  1, 2000,  Golden  State paid a dividend  of $0.10 per common
share  totalling  $13.0 million,  to stockholders of record as of July 31, 2000.
There were no dividends  on common stock during the nine months ended  September
30, 1999.

     WARRANTS

     During  the nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  10,753,859  Standby
Warrants  were  exercised at the  purchase  price of $12.00 per share and 14,294
expired.  In conjunction with the exercise of the Standby Warrants,  the holders
thereof  were issued one share of GSB common  stock and one LTW for each Standby
Warrant.  As the  Standby  Warrants  expired on August 21,  2000,  there were no
outstanding Standby Warrants at September 30, 2000.

(11) Executive and Stock Compensation
     --------------------------------

     In connection with the Golden State Acquisition,  the Bank is administering
stock  option  plans that  provided  for the granting of options of Golden State
Common Stock to employees and directors.  Upon the consummation of the merger on
September 11, 1998,  substantially all options  outstanding became  exercisable.
All pre-merger  stock option plans have expired as to the granting of additional
options.

     In the  first  quarter  of  2000,  the  Company  granted  to its  employees
non-qualified  stock options equivalent to 1,333,850 shares of common stock at a
weighted  average  price of $13.99 per share under the Golden State Bancorp Inc.
Omnibus  Stock  Plan (the  "Stock  Plan").  In the second  quarter of 2000,  the
Company granted an additional 12,000  non-qualified  stock options at a weighted
average  price of $16.25 per share.  In the third  quarter of 2000,  the Company
granted an additional 5,000 non-qualified options at a weighted average price of
$21.31 per share.  These  shares  generally  vest over three years in  one-third
increments on the anniversary of the grant date. The options generally expire 10
years from the date of grant. No compensation cost was recognized by the Company
for these stock  options  during the nine months ended  September  30, 2000,  in
accordance  with  the  intrinsic  value  accounting  methodology  prescribed  in
Accounting  Principles  Board  Opinion No. 25,  Accounting  for Stock  Issued to
Employees,  whereby  compensation  expense to employees is determined based upon
the excess,  if any, of the market  price of the  Company's  common stock at the
measurement date over the exercise price of the award.

     During the three  months ended  September  30,  2000,  36,893  options were
exercised and 18,584 options were  cancelled or expired under all plans.  During
the nine months ended  September  30, 2000,  51,200  options were  exercised and
82,950 options were cancelled or expired under all plans. At September 30, 2000,
options  to acquire an  equivalent  of  3,777,782  shares and  1,129,382  LTWTMs
remained outstanding under all plans.

     During the three and nine  months  ended  September  30,  1999,  a total of
149,226 and 506,243 options, respectively, were exercised and 57,500 and 230,000
options, respectively, were cancelled or expired under all plans.


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<PAGE>
     On January 24, 2000 and July 19,  1999,  the Company  awarded to certain of
its employees 220,327 and 56,908 shares, respectively, of restricted stock under
the Golden State Bancorp Inc.  Executive  Compensation Plan. The market value on
the dates of the awards  were $14.00 and $22.38 per share,  respectively.  These
shares  generally vest over two years in one-half  increments on the anniversary
of the  grant  date,  based  upon the  continued  service  of the  employee.  At
September 30, 2000, a total of 246,756  restricted  shares was outstanding.  The
compensation  expense  related to these awards is  recognized on a straight line
basis over the vesting period for each tranche of the award with a corresponding
increase to additional  paid-in capital.  During the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2000, $0.4 million and $1.5 million, respectively, in compensation
expense was recognized related to such awards.  During the three and nine months
ended September 30, 1999,  $0.2 million in  compensation  expense was recognized
related to such awards.  These  restricted  shares have full voting and dividend
rights and are included in common shares  outstanding  and in the calculation of
diluted earnings per share. See note 13.

(12) Extraordinary Items
     -------------------

     During the first quarter of 2000, the FHLB called and the Bank prepaid $200
million in FHLB advances,  resulting in an  extraordinary  gain of $1.2 million,
net of  income  taxes  of $0.8  million,  on the  early  extinguishment  of such
borrowings.

     Also during the first quarter of 2000,  the Bank  repurchased  $2.5 million
outstanding  principal  amount of the  Convertible  Subordinated  Debentures due
2001, resulting in an extraordinary gain of $41 thousand, net of income taxes of
$30 thousand, on the early extinguishment of debt.

     During the second  quarter of 2000,  the FHLB  called and the Bank  prepaid
$200  million  in FHLB  advances,  resulting  in an  extraordinary  gain of $1.8
million,  net of income taxes of $1.2 million,  on the early  extinguishment  of
such borrowings.

(13) Earnings per Share Information
     ------------------------------

     Earnings per share of common stock is based on the weighted  average number
of common and common equivalent shares  outstanding,  excluding common shares in
treasury, during the periods presented.  Information used to calculate basic and
diluted earnings per share is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      Nine Months Ended September 30,            Three Months Ended September 30,
                                  ----------------------------------------   ------------------------------------------
                                         2000                 1999                    2000                  1999
                                  ------------------   -------------------      -----------------   -------------------
                                   Basic     Diluted     Basic     Diluted      Basic     Diluted     Basic     Diluted
                                    EPS        EPS        EPS        EPS         EPS        EPS        EPS        EPS
                                    ---        ---        ---        ---         ---        ---        ---        ---
<S>                               <C>       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>        <C>
Income before extraordinary       $258,187  $258,187   $236,102   $236,102   $  88,513  $  88,513   $ 81,622   $ 81,622
items
Extraordinary items                  3,014     3,014         --         --         --         --          --         --
    Net income                    $261,201  $261,201   $236,102   $236,102   $  88,513  $  88,513   $ 81,622   $ 81,622

Weighted average common
    shares outstanding (a)         124,869   124,869    132,137    132,137     129,709    129,709    129,806    129,806
Issuable shares (b)                 13,147    13,147        558        558      10,947     10,947        148        148
Total weighted average basic
    common shares outstanding      138,016   138,016    132,695    132,695     140,656    140,656    129,954    129,954

Effect of dilutive securities:
    Options and warrants (c)            --     2,755         --      5,581          --      2,251         --      5,134
    Issuable shares (d)                 --     1,489         --      2,749          --         --         --      5,545
    Restricted stock (a)                --        97         --          2          --        120         --          6

Total weighted average diluted
    common shares outstanding (b)  138,016   142,357    132,695    141,027     140,656    143,027    129,954    140,639

Income before extraordinary       $   1.87  $   1.81   $   1.78   $   1.67   $    0.63  $    0.62   $   0.63   $   0.58
items
Extraordinary items                   0.02      0.02         --         --          --         --         --         --
Earnings per common share         $   1.89  $   1.83   $   1.78   $   1.67   $    0.63  $    0.62   $   0.63   $   0.58
</TABLE>

                                                                     (Continued)


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<PAGE>
_____________
(a)   2000 and 1999  basic weighted  average common shares  outstanding  exclude
      the effect of  220,327 shares and  the unvested portion  of 56,908 shares,
      respectively,  of restricted stock that  were awarded  to employees of the
      Company on  January 24, 2000 and  July 19, 1999, respectively.  The effect
      of all of these shares was included in diluted average shares outstanding.
      See note 11.

(b)   2000 total basic and  diluted weighted average common  shares  outstanding
      include  the  effect, as  appropriate, of: (i) 4,735,227  shares issued on
      May 22, 2000  to GSB Investments and Hunter's Glen, (ii) 1,218,544  shares
      issuable to  Hunter's Glen,  and (iii)  2,754,968 shares  related  to  the
      extinguishment of issuable shares  in August 2000; all based on the use of
      pre-merger tax benefits  during 1999.  See note 11; "-Issuable Shares" for
      a discussion on extinguishment of issuable shares.

      2000 and  1999 total  basic and  diluted  weighted  average  common shares
      outstanding include the effect  of 5,540,319 shares issued on January  21,
      1999 and 147,677  shares  issued on May 22, 2000  to GSB  Investments  and
      Hunter's Glen for net tax benefits realized by the Bank during 1998.

       2000 total basic and diluted  weighted average common shares  outstanding
       include the  effect, as  appropriate, of  517,180 shares  estimated to be
       issuable  to   Hunter's  Glen  and  1,169,276  shares   related  to   the
       extinguishment of  issuable  shares  in August  2000;  all related  to  a
       Federal  tax  refund and  related  interest  received  in  1999 and  2000
       associated  with Old  California Federal for  periods prior to the Golden
       State Acquisition.

(c)    Golden State's weighted average diluted common shares outstanding are not
       affected by the LTWTMs until  they become exercisable  because the amount
       of the proceeds from the Glendale  Goodwill  Litigation and the number of
       shares of common stock to be issued cannot be determined until the LTWTMs
       become exercisable.

(d)    2000 and 1999 total diluted weighted average shares  outstanding  include
       the  effect  of  5,287,029  shares and  5,544,808  shares,  respectively,
       estimated to be issuable to GSB  Investments  and  Hunter's Glen based on
       the anticipated use of pre-merger tax benefits.  See note 10.

(14)   Newly Issued Accounting Pronouncements
       --------------------------------------

       ACCOUNTING FOR DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

     In June 1998, the Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board  ("FASB")  issued
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 133, ACCOUNTING FOR DERIVATIVE
INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES ("SFAS No. 133"). SFAS No. 133 was amended by
Statement of Financial  Accounting  Standards No. 137, ACCOUNTING FOR DERIVATIVE
INSTRUMENTS  AND  HEDGING  ACTIVITIES-DEFERRAL  OF THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF FASB
STATEMENT  NO. 133 ("SFAS No.  137").  SFAS No. 137  mandates  that SFAS No. 133
shall be effective for all fiscal  quarters of all fiscal years  beginning after
June 15, 2000. SFAS No. 133 requires that all derivative instruments be recorded
on the balance sheet at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are
recorded  each  period  in  current  earnings  or  other  comprehensive  income,
depending on the type of hedge transaction.

     Under SFAS No. 133, an entity  that  elects to apply  hedge  accounting  is
required to establish  at the  inception of the hedge the method it will use for
assessing  the  effectiveness  of the  hedging  derivative  and the  measurement
approach  for   determining  the   ineffective   portion  of  the  hedge.   Upon
implementation,  hedging  relationships  must be designated  anew and documented
pursuant to the provisions of this statement.

     For fair value hedge  transactions  in which the Company is hedging changes
in the fair value of assets,  liabilities  or firm  commitments,  changes in the
fair value of the derivative  instrument  will generally be offset in the income
statement  by changes  in the  hedged  item's  fair  value.  For cash flow hedge
transactions  in which the  Company is  hedging  the  variability  of cash flows
related  to a  variable-rate  asset,  liability,  or a  forecasted  transaction,
changes in the fair value of the derivative instrument will be reported in other
comprehensive  income.  The gains and losses on derivative  instruments that are
reported in other  comprehensive  income will be reclassified as earnings in the
periods in which  earnings are impacted by the  variability of the cash flows of
the hedged item.  The  ineffective  portion of all hedges will be  recognized in
current-period earnings.

     The Company has identified  various types of instruments which will qualify
as  derivatives  pursuant to SFAS No. 133.  It is expected  that the  derivative
instruments  (interest rate floors,  principal only swaps and swaptions) used to
hedge the change in the fair value of the Company's  mortgage  servicing  rights
will be reported as fair value hedges. The derivative instruments (interest rate
swaps) used to hedge the change in the cash flows of the Company's  Federal Home
Loan Bank advances and reverse  repurchase  agreements  will be reported as cash
flow  hedges.


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<PAGE>
     During  their  meeting of October 26 and 27,  2000,  the FASB staff  issued
guidance to the Derivatives  Implementation  Group ("DIG") of the FASB resolving
Issue 11-4,  DEFINITION OF A DERIVATIVE:  WHEN A LOAN  COMMITMENT  MEETS THE NET
SETTLEMENT  CRITERIA.  This  guidance  was issued for DIG review and  clarifying
comments.  This guidance will be posted to the FASB web site in November of 2000
and given a 35-day  comment  period.  The FASB  staff  guidance  indicated  that
interest  rate  lock  commitments,  given to  potential  borrowers,  met the net
settlement criteria described in paragraph 9 of SFAS No. 133 and would therefore
be considered a derivative instrument.  At the end of the 35-day comment period,
the FASB staff guidance will become Level D GAAP. In their meeting of October 26
and 27, 2000,  the DIG also  reviewed  Issue 12-4,  FAIR VALUE  HEDGES:  HEDGING
MORTGAGE SERVICING RIGHT ASSETS USING PRESET HEDGE COVERAGE RATIOS. There was no
resolution to this issue at the meeting.  The Company is currently assessing the
impact of both areas of potential guidance.

     On June 15,  2000,  the  FASB  issued  Statement  of  Financial  Accounting
Standards No. 138  ACCOUNTING  FOR CERTAIN  DERIVATIVE  INSTRUMENTS  AND CERTAIN
HEDGING ACTIVITIES, AN AMENDMENT OF FASB NO. 133 ("SFAS No. 138").

     The Board amended SFAS No. 133 by:

(a)  Expanding the normal purchases and normal sales exception,

(b)  Permitting  an entity  to hedge  to a designated  benchmark  interest  rate
     defined as either (i) the  interest  rate on direct Treasury obligations of
     the  U.S. government (Treasury rate), or  (ii) the London Interbank Offered
     Rate (LIBOR) swap rate,

(c)  Permitting entities to hedge recognized foreign-currency-denominated assets
     and liabilities  for which  a foreign  currency transaction gain or loss is
     recognized in earnings, and

(d)  Permitting certain internal derivatives  to qualify for hedge accounting in
     the affiliate financial statements  even though  these internal derivatives
     are offset on a net or aggregate basis, rather than individually,  by third
     party derivative  contracts in another member of the consolidated financial
     group.

     In addition,  certain  decisions arising from the DIG process that required
specific amendments to SFAS No. 133 are incorporated in SFAS No. 138.

     SFAS No. 133 applies to all entities  and amends SFAS No. 107,  DISCLOSURES
ABOUT FAIR VALUES OF  FINANCIAL  INSTRUMENTS,  to include in  Statement  107 the
disclosure  provisions about  concentrations  of credit risk from Statement 105.
SFAS  No.  133  supersedes  FASB  Statements  No.  80,  ACCOUNTING  FOR  FUTURES
CONTRACTS,  No. 105, DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION ABOUT FINANCIAL  INSTRUMENTS WITH
OFF-BALANCE SHEET RISK AND FINANCIAL  INSTRUMENTS WITH  CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT
RISK, and No. 119,  DISCLOSURE ABOUT DERIVATIVE  FINANCIAL  INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR
VALUE OF  FINANCIAL  INSTRUMENTS.  SFAS No. 133 also  nullifies  or modifies the
consensuses  reached in a number of issues addressed by the Emerging Issues Task
Force.

     One of the qualifying  criteria for hedge  accounting under SFAS No. 133 is
that the hedging relationship between the hedging instrument and the hedged item
must be highly effective in achieving the offset of changes in those fair values
or cash flows that are attributable to the hedged risk, both at the inception of
the hedge and on an  ongoing  basis.  An  assessment  of this  effectiveness  is
required  at least every  three  months and  whenever  financial  statements  or
earnings are reported by the Company.

     The  high-effectiveness  requirement has been  interpreted to mean that the
cumulative  changes in the value of the hedging instrument since hedge inception
should be between  80% and 125% of the  inverse  cumulative  change  since hedge
inception in the fair value or cash flows of the hedged items.

     Early  application  of all of the provisions of SFAS No. 133 is encouraged,
but is  permitted  only as of the  beginning  of any fiscal  quarter that begins
after  issuance  of  this  statement.   SFAS  No.  133  should  not  be  applied
retroactively to financial statements of prior periods.


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<PAGE>
     SFAS  No.  133,  as  amended,  will  significantly  change  the  accounting
treatment  of  derivative  instruments  used by the  Company.  Depending  on the
underlying  risk  management  strategy,  these  accounting  changes could affect
reported net income, assets,  liabilities and stockholders' equity. As a result,
the Company may choose to reconsider its risk management strategies,  since SFAS
No. 133 will not  reflect the  results of many of those  strategies  in the same
manner as current  accounting  practice.  The Company  continues to evaluate the
potential  impact of  implementing  SFAS No. 133. An accurate  assessment of the
Company's  hedge  effectiveness  and hence,  the net impact of adopting SFAS No.
133, will not be possible until the FASB,  which is currently both  interpreting
and amending SFAS No. 133 with regard to the measurement of hedge effectiveness,
concludes its  deliberations,  and until after the Company has fully implemented
hedging strategies in accordance with the FASB's amendments and interpretations.

     ACCOUNTING FOR TRANSFERS AND SERVICING FINANCIAL ASSETS AND EXTINGUISHMENTS
OF LIABILITIES

     On September 29, 2000,  the FASB issued  Statement of Financial  Accounting
Standards No. 140,  ACCOUNTING  FOR TRANSFERS AND SERVICING OF FINANCIAL  ASSETS
AND  EXTINGUISHMENTS OF LIABILITIES ("SFAS No. 140"). SFAS No. 140 replaces SFAS
No.  125,  which was  issued  in June of 1996.  It  revises  the  standards  for
accounting  for  securitizations  and other  transfers of  financial  assets and
collateral  and requires  certain  disclosures,  but it carries over most of the
provisions of SFAS No. 125 without reconsideration.  In general, SFAS No. 140 is
effective for transfers of financial  assets  occurring after March 31, 2001 and
for  disclosures  relating to  securitization  transactions  and  collateral for
fiscal years ending after December 15, 2000.

     The implementation of SFAS No. 140 is not expected to materially impact the
Company's financial results.

(15) Subsequent Event
     ----------------

     On October 23, 2000, Golden State declared a dividend of $0.10 per share on
its common stock,  payable on December 1, 2000 to  shareholders  of record as of
November 3, 2000.


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<PAGE>
ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS
         OF OPERATIONS

     The statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not
purely historical are  forward-looking  statements within the meaning of Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, including statements regarding the Company's expectations,  intentions,
beliefs or strategies regarding the future.  Forward-looking  statements include
the Company's statements regarding liquidity, provision for loan losses, capital
resources  and  anticipated  expense  levels  in  "Management's  Discussion  and
Analysis of Financial  Condition  and Results of  Operations."  In addition,  in
those and other portions of this document,  the words  "anticipate,"  "believe,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend," and other similar expressions, as they relate to
the   Company  or  the   Company's   management,   are   intended   to  identify
forward-looking  statements.  Such  statements  reflect the current views of the
Company  with  respect  to future  events  and are  subject  to  certain  risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. It is important to note that the Company's actual
results could differ  materially  from those  described  herein as  anticipated,
believed,  estimated or expected.  Among the factors that could cause results to
differ  materially  are:  (a) changes in levels of market  interest  rates,  (b)
changes in the California  economy or California real estate values, (c) changes
in the level of mortgage loan  prepayments,  (d) changes in federal banking laws
and  regulations,  (e) actions by the Company's  competitors,  and (f) the risks
described in the "Risk Factors" section  included in the Registration  Statement
on Form S-1 filed by Golden State Holdings Inc. with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 29, 1998 (File No. 333-64597) and declared  effective on
November  12,  1998.  The  Company  assumes  no  obligation  to update  any such
forward-looking statement.

OVERVIEW

     The  principal  business  of  Golden  State,  through  California  Federal,
consists of operating  retail  branches  that provide  deposit  products such as
demand, transaction and savings accounts, and investment products such as mutual
funds,  annuities and  insurance.  In addition,  it engages in mortgage  banking
activities,  including originating and purchasing 1-4 unit residential loans for
sale to various  investors in the  secondary  market or for retention in its own
portfolio,  and servicing loans for itself and others.  To a lesser extent,  the
Company  originates  and/or  purchases  commercial  real estate,  commercial and
consumer  loans for  investment.  Revenues are derived  primarily  from interest
earned on loans,  interest  received on  government  and agency  securities  and
mortgage-backed  securities,  gains on sales of loans and other  investments and
fees received in connection with loan servicing,  securities brokerage and other
customer  service  transactions.  Expenses  primarily  consist  of  interest  on
customer  deposit  accounts,  interest on short-term  and long-term  borrowings,
general and  administrative  expenses  consisting of compensation  and benefits,
data  processing,  occupancy and equipment,  communications,  deposit  insurance
assessments,  advertising and marketing, professional fees and other general and
administrative expenses.

     NET INCOME

     Golden State  reported net income for the nine months ended  September  30,
2000 of $261.2 million, or $1.83 per diluted share,  compared with net income of
$236.1  million,  or $1.67 per diluted share,  for the  corresponding  period in
1999. Net income for the nine months ended  September 30, 2000 includes gains on
the early  extinguishment  of debt, net of tax, of $3.0 million.  Net income for
the nine months ended  September 30, 1999  includes the  following  nonrecurring
items,  net of tax:  a $9.4  million  gain from the 1999  Servicing  Sale,  $5.0
million in  minority  interest  expense  related to the  redemption  of the Bank
Preferred Stock and a $1.4 million gain from the sale of branches.

     Golden State  reported net income for the three months ended  September 30,
2000 of $88.5 million,  or $0.62 per diluted share,  compared with net income of
$81.6 million, or $0.58 per diluted share, for the corresponding period in 1999.
Net income for the three months ended  September 30, 1999 includes the following
nonrecurring  items,  net of tax: a $1.4  million gain from the sale of branches
and $1.8 million in minority  interest  expense related to the redemption of the
Bank's 11 1/2% Preferred Stock.


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<PAGE>
     FINANCIAL CONDITION

     During the nine months ended September 30, 2000,  consolidated total assets
increased  $3.5  billion,  to $60.6  billion from  December 31, 1999,  and total
liabilities increased from $55.0 billion to $58.1 billion.

     During the nine months  ended  September  30,  2000,  stockholders'  equity
increased $368 million to $1.9 billion.  The increase in stockholders' equity is
principally  the net result of $261.2  million  in net  income  for the  period,
$129.7 million from the exercise of warrants and stock  options,  $127.7 million
in  adjustments  to  issuable  shares,  primarily  related  to a tax  refund and
pre-merger  tax benefits  retained by the  previous  owners of FN Holdings and a
$70.2 million net unrealized gain, after tax, on securities  available for sale,
partially offset by a $123.9 million  extinguishment  of issuable shares,  $63.7
million  in  purchases  of  treasury  stock,  $29.6  million in  adjustments  to
additional  paid-in  capital  related to  pre-merger  tax  benefits  recorded to
goodwill and $13.0 million of common stock dividends.

     Golden State's non-performing  assets,  consisting of non-performing loans,
net of  purchase  accounting  adjustments,  foreclosed  real  estate,  net,  and
repossessed  assets,  decreased to $134 million at September  30, 2000  compared
with $200  million  at  December  31,  1999.  Total  non-performing  assets as a
percentage  of the Bank's total assets  decreased to 0.22% at September 30, 2000
from 0.35% at December 31, 1999.


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 VERSUS NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30,
1999

     The  following  table  shows the  Company's  consolidated  average  balance
sheets,  with the  related  interest  income,  interest  expense and the average
interest rates for the periods  presented.  Average balances are calculated on a
daily basis.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000
                                                                   ---------------------------------------
                                                                   Average                         Average
                                                                   Balance        Interest           Rate
                                                                   -------        --------           ----
                                                                             (dollars in millions)
ASSETS
<S>                                                                <C>             <C>              <C>
Interest-earning assets (1):
     Securities and interest-bearing deposits in banks (2)         $ 1,429         $   69            6.39%
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                  12,514            625            6.66
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                     2,640            149            7.54
     Loans held for sale, net                                          832             46            7.44
     Loans receivable, net                                          37,397          2,086            7.44
     FHLB stock                                                      1,278             70            7.35
                                                                   -------         ------
         Total interest-earning assets                              56,090          3,045            7.24
                                                                                   ------
Noninterest-earning assets                                           2,965
                                                                   -------
         Total assets                                              $59,055
                                                                   =======

LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Interest-bearing liabilities:
     Deposits                                                      $23,044            679            3.94
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)              5,551            268            6.34
     Borrowings (3)                                                 27,148          1,235            6.05
                                                                   -------         ------
         Total interest-bearing liabilities                         55,743          2,182            5.21
                                                                                   ------
Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                      1,175
Minority interest                                                      496
Stockholders' equity                                                 1,641
                                                                   -------
         Total liabilities, minority interest
            and stockholders' equity                               $59,055
                                                                   =======
Net interest income                                                                $  863
                                                                                   ======
Interest rate spread                                                                                 2.03%
                                                                                                    =====
Net interest margin                                                                                  2.07%
                                                                                                    =====

Return on average assets                                                                             0.59%
                                                                                                    =====
Return on average equity                                                                            21.23%
                                                                                                    =====
Average equity to average assets                                                                     2.78%
                                                                                                    =====
</TABLE>


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Nine Months Ended September 30, 1999
                                                                   ---------------------------------------
                                                                   Average                         Average
                                                                   Balance        Interest           Rate
                                                                   -------        --------           ----
                                                                             (dollars in millions)
ASSETS
<S>                                                                <C>             <C>              <C>
Interest-earning assets (1):
     Securities and interest-bearing deposits in banks (2)         $ 1,571         $   70            5.98%
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                  13,623            645            6.32
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                     2,471            138            7.44
     Loans held for sale, net                                        1,939             96            6.60
     Loans receivable, net                                          31,427          1,722            7.31
     FHLB stock                                                      1,100             43            5.24
                                                                   -------         ------
         Total interest-earning assets                              52,131          2,714            6.94
                                                                                   ------
Noninterest-earning assets                                           3,820
                                                                   -------
         Total assets                                              $55,951
                                                                   =======

LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Interest-bearing liabilities:
     Deposits                                                      $24,052            667            3.71
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)              4,826            188            5.14
     Borrowings (3)                                                 23,469            967            5.51
                                                                   -------         ------
         Total interest-bearing liabilities                         52,347          1,822            4.65
                                                                                   ------
Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                      1,493
Minority interest                                                      551
Stockholders' equity                                                 1,560
                                                                   -------
         Total liabilities, minority interest
             and stockholders' equity                              $55,951
                                                                   =======
Net interest income                                                                $  892
                                                                                   ======
Interest rate spread                                                                                 2.29%
                                                                                                    =====
Net interest margin                                                                                  2.27%
                                                                                                    =====

Return on average assets                                                                             0.56%
                                                                                                    =====
Return on average equity                                                                            20.19%
                                                                                                    =====
Average equity to average assets                                                                     2.79%
                                                                                                    =====
</TABLE>
 __________
(1)  Non-performing assets are included in the average balances  for the periods
     indicated.

(2)  Includes  securities  held  to  maturity,  securities  available  for sale,
     interest-bearing  deposits  in  other  banks   and  short-term   investment
     securities.

(3)  Interest and average rate include the impact of interest rate swaps.


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     The  following  table shows what portion of the changes in interest  income
and interest  expense were due to changes in rate and volume.  For each category
of  interest-earning  assets and  interest-bearing  liabilities,  information is
provided  on changes  attributable  to volume  (change  in  average  outstanding
balance  multiplied  by the prior  period's  rate) and rate  (change  in average
interest rate multiplied by the prior period's volume).  Changes attributable to
both volume and rate have been allocated proportionately.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 vs. 1999
                                                                         Increase (Decrease) Due to
                                                              -------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Volume          Rate             Net
                                                                    ------          ----             ---
INTEREST INCOME:                                                                (in millions)
<S>                                                                 <C>             <C>             <C>
     Securities and interest-bearing deposits in banks               $ (6)          $  5            $ (1)
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                    (59)            39             (20)
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                        9              2              11
     Loans held for sale, net                                         (64)            14             (50)
     Loans receivable, net                                            333             31             364
     FHLB stock                                                         8             19              27
                                                                     ----           ----            ----
          Total                                                       221            110             331
                                                                     ====           ====            ====

INTEREST EXPENSE:

     Deposits                                                         (26)            38              12
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase                    31             49              80
     Borrowings                                                       164            104             268
                                                                     ----           ----            ----
          Total                                                       169            191             360
                                                                     ----           ----            ----
                  Change in net interest income                      $ 52           $(81)           $(29)
                                                                     ====           ====            ====
</TABLE>

     The volume  variances in total interest  income and total interest  expense
for the nine  months  ended  September  30, 2000  compared to the  corresponding
period in 1999 are largely due to increased loan volume,  partially offset by an
increase in borrowings.

     INTEREST INCOME. Total interest income was $3.0 billion for the nine months
ended  September  30, 2000,  an increase of $330.7  million from the nine months
ended  September  30, 1999.  Total  interest-earning  assets for the nine months
ended  September 30, 2000 averaged $56.1 billion,  compared to $52.1 billion for
the  corresponding  period  in 1999,  primarily  as a result of  increased  loan
volume. The yield on total interest-earning  assets during the nine months ended
September  30,  2000  increased  to 7.24% from 6.94% for the nine  months  ended
September  30,  1999,  primarily  due to a higher  percentage  of loans to total
earning assets and the repricing of variable-rate earning assets.

     Golden State earned $2.1 billion of interest income on loans receivable for
the nine months ended September 30, 2000, an increase of $363.7 million from the
nine months ended  September 30, 1999. The average  balance of loans  receivable
was $37.4  billion for the nine months ended  September  30,  2000,  compared to
$31.4  billion for the same period in 1999.  The weighted  average rate on loans
receivable  increased to 7.44% for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 from
7.31% for the nine months ended  September 30, 1999. The increase in the average
balance reflects an increase in residential  loan  origination  activity and new
auto loan production from the Downey  Acquisition.  The increase in the weighted
average rate  reflects the repricing of  variable-rate  loans and an increase in
the prime rate on commercial  banking loans,  partially offset by lower rates on
new  purchases  of prime auto loans,  including  those  purchased  in the Downey
Acquisition.

     Golden State earned $46.4 million of interest income on loans held for sale
for the nine months ended  September  30, 2000, a decrease of $49.6 million from
the nine months ended  September 30, 1999. The average balance of loans held for
sale was $832 million for the nine months ended  September  30, 2000, a decrease
of $1.1 billion from the comparable  period in 1999,  primarily  attributed to a
reduction in fixed-rate  originations due to higher interest rates, coupled with
longer  holding  periods for loans held for sale  during the nine  months  ended
September 30, 1999.  The weighted  average rate on loans held for sale increased
to 7.44% for the nine months  ended


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<PAGE>
September 30, 2000  from 6.60%  for the  nine months  ended  September 30, 1999,
primarily due to higher market interest rates.

     Interest income on mortgage-backed securities available for sale was $625.2
million  for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  a decrease of $20.3
million from the nine months ended  September  30, 1999.  The average  portfolio
balance  decreased  $1.1 billion,  to $12.5  billion,  for the nine months ended
September  30, 2000  compared to the same period in 1999.  The weighted  average
yield on these assets  increased from 6.32% for the nine months ended  September
30, 1999 to 6.66% for the nine months ended  September 30, 2000. The decrease in
the volume and the increase in the weighted  average  yield is primarily  due to
the  reclassification  of $1.1  billion  in  mortgage-backed  securities  to the
held-to-maturity  portfolio,  run-off  of  existing  portfolios  and the sale of
approximately $688 million in  mortgage-backed  securities during the second and
third quarters of 2000,  partially  offset by the impact of purchases during the
fourth quarter of 1999.

     Interest income on  mortgage-backed  securities held to maturity was $149.3
million for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  an increase of $11.5
million from the nine months ended  September  30, 1999.  The average  portfolio
balance  increased  $169  million,  to $2.6  billion,  for the nine months ended
September 30, 2000 compared to the same period in 1999,  primarily attributed to
the  reclassification  of $1.1 billion in  mortgage-backed  securities  from the
available-for-sale  portfolio,  partially  offset  by the  run-off  of  existing
portfolios.  The run-off in these  securities was replaced with the  origination
and purchase of whole loans  instead of additional  mortgage-backed  securities.
The weighted average rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
were 7.54% and 7.44%, respectively.

     Interest income on securities and interest-bearing  deposits in other banks
was $68.6  million for the nine months ended  September  30, 2000, a decrease of
$1.8  million  from the nine  months  ended  September  30,  1999.  The  average
portfolio  balance was $1.4  billion and $1.6  billion for the nine months ended
September 30, 2000 and 1999,  respectively.  The higher weighted average rate of
6.39% for the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000  compared to 5.98% for the
nine months ended September 30, 1999 reflects $2.4 million in interest income on
a federal income tax refund related to Old California  Federal for periods prior
to the Golden State Acquisition for which there is no corresponding asset.

     Dividends  on FHLB stock  were  $70.3  million  for the nine  months  ended
September  30,  2000,  an increase of $27.2  million  from the nine months ended
September 30, 1999. The average balance outstanding during the nine months ended
September 30, 2000 and 1999 was $1.3 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively. The
weighted  average  dividend on FHLB stock increased to 7.35% for the nine months
ended  September  30, 2000 from 5.24% for the nine months  ended  September  30,
1999. The increase in the average  balance and weighted  average yield is due to
an  increase  in the amount of such stock owned by the Company as a result of an
increase in borrowings  under FHLB advances and an increase in the dividend rate
on FHLB stock.

     INTEREST  EXPENSE.  Total  interest  expense was $2.2  billion for the nine
months ended  September  30, 2000,  an increase of $359.8  million from the nine
months  ended  September  30,  1999.  The  increase is  primarily  the result of
additional  borrowings  under FHLB advances and securities sold under agreements
to repurchase used to fund loans and offset the reduction in deposit balances.

     Interest  expense on  deposits,  including  brokered  deposits,  was $679.1
million for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  an increase of $11.8
million from the nine months ended  September 30, 1999.  The average  balance of
deposits  outstanding  decreased  from $24.1  billion for the nine months  ended
September  30, 1999 to $23.0  billion for the nine months  ended  September  30,
2000.  The  decrease in the  average  balance  includes  declines in the average
balance of certificates of deposit, money market and passbook savings, offset in
part by an increase in the average  balance of customer  checking  accounts  and
custodial  accounts.  These changes  reflect the Company's  focus during 2000 on
consumer checking account growth.  The overall weighted average cost of deposits
increased to 3.94% for the nine months ended  September  30, 2000 from 3.71% for
the nine  months  ended  September  30,  1999,  primarily  due to rising  market
interest rates.


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<PAGE>
     Interest expense on securities sold under agreements to repurchase totalled
$267.6  million for the nine months ended  September  30,  2000,  an increase of
$79.5 million from the nine months ended September 30, 1999. The average balance
of such  borrowings  for the nine months ended  September  30, 2000 and 1999 was
$5.6  billion  and  $4.8  billion,   respectively.  The  increase  is  primarily
attributed  to  the  funding  of  loans  and  the  purchase  of  mortgage-backed
securities  in the fourth  quarter  of 1999,  as well as  deposit  run-off.  The
weighted average interest rate on these  instruments  increased to 6.34% for the
nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000 from 5.14% for the nine  months  ended
September  30,  1999,  primarily  due to an  increase  in  market  rates  on new
borrowings in 2000 compared to 1999.

     Interest  expense on  borrowings  totalled $1.2 billion for the nine months
ended  September  30, 2000,  an increase of $268.5  million from the nine months
ended  September 30, 1999. The average  balance  outstanding for the nine months
ended  September  30,  2000  and 1999  was  $27.1  billion  and  $23.5  billion,
respectively.  The weighted average interest rate on these instruments increased
to 6.05% for the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000 from 5.51% for the nine
months ended September 30, 1999, primarily due to higher prevailing market rates
in 2000.  The higher volume  reflects the increase in FHLB advances used to fund
loans and the purchase of  mortgage-backed  securities in the fourth  quarter of
1999.

     NET INTEREST  INCOME.  Net interest  income was $863.1 million for the nine
months  ended  September  30,  2000,  a decrease of $29.1  million from the nine
months ended  September 30, 1999. The interest rate spread declined to 2.03% for
the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000 from 2.29% for the nine months ended
September 30, 1999,  primarily as a result of maturities and repayments of lower
rate   interest-bearing   liabilities   being  replaced  with   interest-bearing
liabilities  having  comparatively  higher rates.  The effect of higher rates on
liabilities was partially  offset by higher yielding assets  replenishing  asset
run-off in a rising rate environment and the repricing of variable-rate assets.

     NONINTEREST INCOME. Total noninterest income,  consisting primarily of loan
servicing fees,  customer banking fees and gains on sales of assets,  was $331.2
million for the nine months ended  September 30, 2000,  representing an increase
of $16.2 million from the nine months ended September 30, 1999.

     Loan servicing fees, net of amortization of mortgage servicing rights, were
$138.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2000,  compared to $108.4
million  for the  nine  months  ended  September  30,  1999.  The  single-family
residential  loan servicing  portfolio,  excluding  loans serviced for the Bank,
increased from $72.3 billion at September 30, 1999 to $83.0 billion at September
30, 2000.  Incremental loan servicing fees were partially offset by amortization
of MSRs. MSR amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 decreased
by $8.7 million from the nine months ended September 30, 1999 due to a reduction
in the estimated  prepayment rate,  partially offset by a higher MSR basis. Loan
servicing fees benefited from the slowdown in mortgage loan prepayments in 2000,
with an average  prepayment rate on loans serviced for others of 8.5% during the
first nine months of 2000, compared to 19.3% in the comparable period in 1999.

     Customer  banking  fees  were  $147.3  million  for the nine  months  ended
September  30,  2000  compared  to  $138.8  million  for the nine  months  ended
September 30, 1999. The increase is primarily  attributed to increased  emphasis
by  management  on  transaction  account  growth and higher fee income on mutual
fund, annuity and other security sales through Cal Fed Investments.

     Gain on sale,  settlement and transfer of loans, net totalled $37.6 million
for the nine months ended  September 30, 2000, an increase of $12.2 million from
the nine months ended September 30, 1999. During the second quarter of 2000, the
Company  recorded a $14.5  million  reduction  in its recourse  liability.  This
liability is a life-of-asset  accrual. Given the paydowns which have occurred on
the underlying loans and the improving credit and real estate market  conditions
present, the Company determined that the liability balance exceeded its estimate
of the required  accrual for the remaining life of the recourse  assets by $14.5
million.  Gains  attributed to early payoffs and settlement of commercial  loans
with  unamortized  discounts  were $5.9  million  lower in the nine months ended
September 30, 2000  compared to the same period in 1999.  During the nine months
ended September 30, 2000,  California Federal sold $3.7 billion in single-family
mortgage loans originated for sale with servicing rights retained as part of its
ongoing mortgage banking  operations  compared to $8.7 billion of such sales for
the  corresponding  period in 1999, while the gains on such sales increased $3.7
million between the two periods.


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     Net loss on sale of assets totalled $15.3 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2000,  compared to a net gain of $18.3 million for the nine months
ended  September  30, 1999.  The loss during 2000 is primarily  attributed to an
$18.7   million   loss  from  the  sale  of   approximately   $500   million  of
mortgage-backed  securities  with an  average  yield of 6.64%  during the second
quarter  and  a  $0.9  million   loss  from  the  sale  of  $187.6   million  of
mortgage-backed  securities  with an  average  yield of 6.59%  during  the third
quarter,  partially offset by a $1.3 million gain from the sale of interest rate
swaps with a notional  amount of $284.0  million in August 2000.  It is expected
that these sales will  benefit both the net  interest  margin and the  Company's
interest rate sensitivity in future periods.  The $18.3 million gain reported in
1999 primarily relates to the $16.3 million gain on the Servicing Sale.

     Other  noninterest  income  was $22.9  million  for the nine  months  ended
September  30,  2000,  a decrease of $1.2  million  from the nine  months  ended
September  30, 1999,  primarily  attributed  to the sale of the Eureka and Ukiah
branches in the third quarter of 1999.

     NONINTEREST  EXPENSE.  Total noninterest expense was $690.6 million for the
nine months ended  September 30, 2000, a decrease of $13.7  million  compared to
the nine months ended  September 30, 1999. The variance  between the two periods
is primarily  attributed to continued  expense  reduction efforts by the Company
and the completion of merger and integration  efforts in the first half of 1999.
Noninterest  expense  for the nine months  ended  September  30,  2000  included
decreases  of $15.9  million  in other  noninterest  expense,  $11.2  million in
professional fees, $8.1 million in loan expense, $7.7 million in specific merger
and  integration  costs  incurred in 1999 in  connection  with the Golden  State
Acquisition  and $5.5  million  in  amortization  of  intangible  assets.  These
decreases  were partially  offset by increases of $24.3 million in  compensation
expense and $9.4 million in occupancy and equipment expense.

     Compensation and employee  benefits expense was $324.8 million for the nine
months  ended  September  30, 2000,  an increase of $24.3  million from the nine
months ended September 30, 1999. The increase is primarily  attributed to normal
salary  increases and higher  employment  levels in expanding lines of business,
including the impact of additional employees from the Downey Acquisition.

     Occupancy  and  equipment  expense  was $119.7  million for the nine months
ended September 30, 2000, an increase of $9.4 million from the nine months ended
September  30, 1999,  primarily  attributed  to increased  depreciation  expense
related to a change in the depreciable lives of personal computers.

     Professional  fees were $28.7  million for the nine months ended  September
30, 2000, a decrease of $11.2  million from the nine months ended  September 30,
1999,  primarily  due to legal and  consulting  fee  expenses  incurred  in 1999
related to goodwill litigation and the Y2K project.

     Loan  expense was $21.1  million for the nine months  ended  September  30,
2000, a decrease of $8.1 million from the nine months ended  September 30, 1999,
primarily due to a decrease in pass-through interest expense on loans attributed
to a decrease in payoffs  during  2000.  Repayment  rates on loans  serviced for
others  averaged  12.2%  during the first  nine  months of 2000,  a  significant
decline from the 23.5% average experienced during the same period of 1999.

     Merger and  integration  costs were $7.7  million for the nine months ended
September 30, 1999, representing  transition expenses,  which include severance,
conversion and consolidation  costs incurred in connection with the Golden State
Acquisition. Such costs were not incurred during the first nine months of 2000.

     Amortization  of  intangible  assets was $47.3  million for the nine months
ended  September 30, 2000, a decrease of $5.5 million from the nine months ended
September 30, 1999, primarily attributed to a lower goodwill base due to a $50.0
million  reduction in goodwill in the first  quarter of 2000,  resulting  from a
reduction in the valuation  allowance  against the Company's  deferred tax asset
(see "- Provision  for Income Tax"),  and a $38.2 million  reduction in goodwill
resulting from an income tax refund  received  during the fourth quarter of 1999
related  to Old  California  Federal.  This  decrease  was  partially  offset by
amortization  expense  related to the $7.7 million and $50.7 million in goodwill
recorded in  connection  with the Downey  Acquisition  and the Nevada  Purchase,
respectively.


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<PAGE>
     Other  noninterest  expense was $153.0  million in 2000  compared to $168.9
million in 1999.  The decline in operating  expenses is primarily  attributed to
management's continued expense reduction efforts.

     PROVISION FOR INCOME TAX.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2000,
Golden  State  recorded  gross income tax expense of $223.9  million,  which was
offset by a tax benefit of $161.7  million,  for net income tax expense of $62.2
million.  Based on  favorable  resolutions  of federal  income tax audits of Old
California  Federal and  Glendale  Federal,  and the current  status of Mafco's,
including  the  Company's,  audits for the years 1991 through  1995,  management
changed its judgment about the realizability of the Company's deferred tax asset
and reduced its  valuation  allowance by $211.7  million  during the  nine-month
period  ended  September  30,  2000.  As a  result  of  reducing  the  valuation
allowance,  income tax expense was reduced by $161.7  million and  goodwill  was
reduced by $50.0  million.  Because  these tax  benefits  accrue to the previous
owners  of FN  Holdings  under  the  Golden  State  Merger  agreement,  minority
interest:  provision  in lieu of income  tax  expense  was  increased  by $161.7
million,  an  amount  equal  to the  reduction  in  income  tax  expense.  These
adjustments had no impact on net income available to common shareholders.

     During the nine months  ended  September  30, 1999,  Golden State  recorded
gross income tax expense of $228.4 million, which was offset by a tax benefit of
$122.7 million,  for a net income tax expense of $105.8 million.  A provision in
lieu of income  taxes was  recorded  for the $122.7  million of  pre-merger  tax
benefits,  in the form of net  operating  losses  and  other  items,  which  are
retained by the previous owners of FN Holdings.  The benefit adjustment resulted
from the 1998 tax filings in the third quarter of 1999.

     Golden  State's  effective  gross  federal tax rate was 38% during the nine
months ended September 30, 2000 and 1999,  while its federal  statutory tax rate
was 35% during both periods.  The difference between the effective and statutory
rates was primarily the result of nondeductible  goodwill  amortization.  Golden
State's  effective  state tax rate was 6% and 8% during  the nine  months  ended
September 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The effective state tax rate declined
during 2000 as a result of changes in  management's  estimates  of the  expected
state tax liability of the Company.

     MINORITY  INTEREST.  Minority  interest  expense for the nine months  ended
September 30, 2000 includes a $161.7 million  provision in lieu of income taxes,
representing  pre-merger  tax  benefits  retained by the  previous  owners of FN
Holdings  related to the first quarter  reduction of the valuation  allowance on
the Bank's  deferred tax asset (see note 8 of the  Company's  Notes to Unaudited
Consolidated  Financial  Statements).  Minority  interest  expense  for the nine
months ended  September  30, 2000 also includes $1.4 million due to the previous
owners of FN Holdings,  representing  after-tax  interest income on a tax refund
related  to Old  California  Federal  for  periods  prior  to the  Golden  State
Acquisition.  Dividends on the REIT Preferred Stock totalling $34.2 million were
also recorded during the nine months ended September 30, 2000. Minority interest
expense  relative to the REIT Preferred Stock is reflected net of related income
tax benefit of $14.0 million, which will inure to the Company as a result of the
deductibility of such dividends for income tax purposes.

     Minority  interest for the nine months ended  September 30, 1999 included a
$122.7 million  provision in lieu of income taxes,  representing  pre-merger tax
benefits  retained by the previous owners of FN Holdings and $5.0 million in net
premiums paid in connection  with the  redemption of the Bank  Preferred  Stock.
Minority  interest  expense also included  dividends on the Bank Preferred Stock
that had not yet been  acquired  by GS  Holdings  and the REIT  Preferred  Stock
totalling  $1.8  million  and $34.2  million,  respectively.  Minority  interest
expense  relative to the REIT Preferred Stock is reflected net of related income
tax benefit of $14.4  million which will inure to the Company as a result of the
deductibility  of such  dividends  for income tax  purposes.  Minority  interest
expense  for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  1999 also  included a $1.7
million  benefit  reversal   representing   that  portion  of  Auto  One's  loss
attributable to the 20% interest in the common stock of Auto One that was issued
as part of the GSAC Acquisition.


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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

     THREE MONTHS ENDED  SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 VERSUS THREE MONTHS ENDED  SEPTEMBER
     30, 1999

     The  following  table  shows the  Company's  consolidated  average  balance
sheets,  with the  related  interest  income,  interest  expense and the average
interest rates for the periods  presented.  Average balances are calculated on a
daily basis.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Three Months Ended September 30, 2000
                                                                   ----------------------------------------
                                                                   Average                          Average
                                                                   Balance        Interest            Rate
                                                                   -------        --------            ----
                                                                             (dollars in millions)
ASSETS
<S>                                                                <C>             <C>               <C>
Interest-earning assets (1):
     Securities and interest-bearing deposits in banks (2)         $ 1,429         $   23             6.36%
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                  11,278            190             6.73
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                     3,096             58             7.55
     Loans held for sale, net                                          926             18             7.65
     Loans receivable, net                                          39,084            742             7.59
     FHLB stock                                                      1,334             25             7.51
                                                                   -------         ------
         Total interest-earning assets                              57,147          1,056             7.39
                                                                                   ------
Noninterest-earning assets                                           3,258
                                                                   -------
         Total assets                                              $60,405
                                                                   =======

LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Interest-bearing liabilities:
     Deposits                                                      $23,307            236             4.03
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)              5,444             95             6.83
     Borrowings (3)                                                 27,976            439             6.23
                                                                   -------         ------
         Total interest-bearing liabilities                         56,727            770             5.39
                                                                                   ------
Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                      1,381
Minority interest                                                      495
Stockholders' equity                                                 1,802
                                                                   -------
         Total liabilities, minority interest
               and stockholders' equity                            $60,405
                                                                   =======
Net interest income                                                                $  286
                                                                                   ======
Interest rate spread                                                                                 2.00%
                                                                                                    =====
Net interest margin                                                                                  2.04%
                                                                                                    =====

Return on average assets                                                                             0.59%
                                                                                                    =====
Return on average equity                                                                            19.65%
                                                                                                    =====
Average equity to average assets                                                                     2.98%
                                                                                                    =====
</TABLE>


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<PAGE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Three Months Ended September 30, 2000
                                                                   ----------------------------------------
                                                                   Average                          Average
                                                                   Balance         Interest           Rate
                                                                   -------         --------           ----
                                                                             (dollars in millions)
ASSETS
<S>                                                                <C>             <C>               <C>
Interest-earning assets (1):
     Securities and interest-bearing deposits in banks (2)         $ 1,623           $ 24             5.84%
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                  13,918            222             6.38
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                     2,303             42             7.28
     Loans held for sale, net                                        1,635             28             6.91
     Loans receivable, net                                          32,390            587             7.25
     FHLB stock                                                      1,137             15             5.22
                                                                   -------           ----
         Total interest-earning assets                              53,006            918             6.92
                                                                                     ----
Noninterest-earning assets                                           3,310
                                                                   -------
         Total assets                                              $56,316
                                                                   =======

LIABILITIES, MINORITY INTEREST
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

Interest-bearing liabilities:
     Deposits                                                      $24,011            223             3.69
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase (3)              5,840             80             5.39
     Borrowings (3)                                                 23,292            328             5.57
                                                                   -------           ----
         Total interest-bearing liabilities                         53,143            631             4.71
                                                                                     ----
Noninterest-bearing liabilities                                      1,205
Minority interest                                                      518
Stockholders' equity                                                 1,450
                                                                   -------
         Total liabilities, minority interest
             and stockholders' equity                              $56,316
                                                                   =======
Net interest income                                                                  $287
                                                                                     ====
Interest rate spread                                                                                  2.21%
                                                                                                     =====
Net interest margin                                                                                   2.20%
                                                                                                     =====

Return on average assets                                                                              0.58%
                                                                                                     =====
Return on average equity                                                                             22.51%
                                                                                                     =====
Average equity to average assets                                                                      2.58%
                                                                                                     =====
</TABLE>
 __________
(1)  Non-performing assets  are included in the average balances for the periods
     indicated.

(2)  Includes  securities  held  to  maturity, securities  available  for  sale,
     interest-bearing  deposits   in  other  banks  and  short-term   investment
     securities.

(3)  Interest and average rate include the impact of interest rate swaps.


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     The  following  table shows what portion of the changes in interest  income
and interest  expense were due to changes in rate and volume.  For each category
of  interest-earning  assets and  interest-bearing  liabilities,  information is
provided  on changes  attributable  to volume  (change  in  average  outstanding
balance  multiplied  by the prior  period's  rate) and rate  (change  in average
interest rate multiplied by the prior period's volume).  Changes attributable to
both volume and rate have been allocated proportionately.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                Three Months Ended September 30, 2000 vs. 1999
                                                                         Increase (Decrease) Due to
                                                              -------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Volume          Rate             Net
                                                                    ------          ----             ---
INTEREST INCOME:                                                                (in millions)
<S>                                                                 <C>             <C>             <C>
     Securities and interest-bearing deposits in banks               $ (3)          $  2            $ (1)
     Mortgage-backed securities available for sale                    (45)            13             (32)
     Mortgage-backed securities held to maturity                       14              2              16
     Loans held for sale, net                                         (13)             3             (10)
     Loans receivable, net                                            126             29             155
     FHLB stock                                                         3              7              10
                                                                     ----           ----            ----
               Total                                                   82             56             138
                                                                     ----           ----            ----

INTEREST EXPENSE:

     Deposits                                                          (7)            20              13
     Securities sold under agreements to repurchase                    (4)            19              15
     Borrowings                                                        70             41             111
                                                                     ----           ----            ----
               Total                                                   59             80             139
                                                                     ----           ----            ----
                  Change in net interest income                      $ 23           $(24)           $ (1)
                                                                     ====           ====            ====
</TABLE>

     The volume  variances in total interest  income and total interest  expense
for the three  months ended  September  30, 2000  compared to the  corresponding
period in 1999 are  largely  due to  increased  loan  volume  and  purchases  of
mortgage-backed securities in the fourth quarter of 1999, partially offset by an
increase in borrowings and the sale of mortgage-backed securities in 2000.

     INTEREST  INCOME.  Total  interest  income was $1.1  billion  for the three
months ended  September 30, 2000,  an increase of $138.1  million from the three
months ended  September 30, 1999.  Total  interest-earning  assets for the three
months  ended  September  30, 2000  averaged  $57.1  billion,  compared to $53.0
billion for the corresponding period in 1999, primarily as a result of increased
loan volume. The yield on total interest-earning  assets during the three months
ended  September  30, 2000  increased  to 7.39% from 6.92% for the three  months
ended September 30, 1999, primarily due to a higher percentage of loans to total
earning assets and the repricing of variable-rate earning assets.

     Golden State earned $742.1 million of interest  income on loans  receivable
for the three months ended  September  30, 2000,  an increase of $155.0  million
from the three months ended  September  30, 1999.  The average  balance of loans
receivable  was $39.1  billion for the three  months ended  September  30, 2000,
compared to $32.4 billion for the same period in 1999. The weighted average rate
on loans receivable  increased to 7.59% for the three months ended September 30,
2000 from 7.25% for the three months ended  September 30, 1999.  The increase in
the average  balance  reflects an increase in the residential  loan  origination
activity and new auto loan production from the Downey acquisition.  The increase
in the weighted average rate reflects the repricing of  variable-rate  loans and
an increase in the prime rate on commercial  banking loans,  partially offset by
lower rates on new purchases of prime auto loans,  including  those purchased in
the Downey Acquisition.

     Golden State earned $17.7 million of interest income on loans held for sale
for the three months ended  September 30, 2000, a decrease of $10.5 million from
the three months ended September 30, 1999. The average balance of loans held for
sale was $926 million for the three months ended  September 30, 2000, a decrease
of $709 million from the comparable  period in 1999,  primarily  attributed to a
reduction in fixed-rate  originations due to higher interest rates, coupled with
longer  holding  periods for loans held for sale during the three  months  ended
September 30, 1999.  The weighted  average rate on loans held for sale increased
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ended  September  30, 2000  from 6.91% for the three months ended  September 30,
1999, primarily due to higher market interest rates.

     Interest income on mortgage-backed securities available for sale was $189.7
million for the three  months  ended  September  30,  2000,  a decrease of $32.3
million from the three months ended  September 30, 1999.  The average  portfolio
balance  decreased $2.6 billion,  to $11.3  billion,  for the three months ended
September  30, 2000  compared to the same period in 1999.  The weighted  average
yield on these assets  increased from 6.38% for the three months ended September
30, 1999 to 6.73% for the three months ended September 30, 2000. The decrease in
the volume and the increase in the weighted  average  yield are primarily due to
the  reclassification  of $1.1  billion  in  mortgage-backed  securities  to the
held-to-maturity  portfolio,  run-off  of  existing  portfolios  and the sale of
approximately $688 million of mortgage-backed  securities during the nine months
ended September 30, 2000, partially offset by the impact of purchases during the
fourth quarter of 1999.

     Interest  income on  mortgage-backed  securities held to maturity was $58.4
million for the three months  ended  September  30,  2000,  an increase of $16.5
million from the three months ended  September 30, 1999.  The average  portfolio
balance  increased  $793 million,  to $3.1  billion,  for the three months ended
September 30, 2000 compared to the same period in 1999,  primarily attributed to
the  reclassification  of $1.1 billion in  mortgage-backed  securities  from the
available-for-sale  portfolio,  partially  offset  by the  run-off  of  existing
portfolios.  The run-off in these  securities was replaced with the  origination
and purchase of whole loans  instead of additional  mortgage-backed  securities.
The weighted  average  rates for the three months ended  September  30, 2000 and
1999 were 7.55% and 7.28%, respectively.

     Interest income on securities and interest-bearing  deposits in other banks
was $22.8  million for the three months ended  September 30, 2000, a decrease of
$0.9  million  from the three  months  ended  September  30,  1999.  The average
portfolio  balance was $1.4  billion and $1.6 billion for the three months ended
September 30, 2000 and 1999,  respectively.  The higher weighted average rate of
6.36% for the three months ended  September  30, 2000  compared to 5.84% for the
three months ended September 30, 1999 reflects rising market interest rates.

     Dividends  on FHLB stock  were $25.2  million  for the three  months  ended
September  30,  2000,  an increase of $10.2  million from the three months ended
September  30, 1999.  The average  balance  outstanding  during the three months
ended   September  30,  2000  and  1999  was  $1.3  billion  and  $1.1  billion,
respectively. The weighted average dividend on FHLB stock increased to 7.51% for
the three months ended  September 30, 2000 from 5.22% for the three months ended
September  30, 1999.  The increase in the average  balance and weighted  average
yield is due to an  increase in the amount of such stock owned by the Company as
a result of an increase in borrowings under FHLB advances and an increase in the
dividend rate on FHLB stock.

     INTEREST  EXPENSE.  Total interest expense was $770.2 million for the three
months ended  September 30, 2000,  an increase of $139.5  million from the three
months  ended  September  30,  1999.  The  increase is  primarily  the result of
additional  borrowings  under  FHLB  advances  used to fund loans and offset the
reduction in deposit balances.

     Interest  expense on  deposits,  including  brokered  deposits,  was $236.0
million for the three months  ended  September  30,  2000,  an increase of $12.7
million from the three months ended  September 30, 1999. The average  balance of
deposits  outstanding  decreased  from $24.0  billion for the three months ended
September  30, 1999 to $23.3  billion for the three months ended  September  30,
2000.  The  decrease in the  average  balance  includes  declines in the average
balance of certificates of deposit, money market and passbook savings, offset in
part by an increase in the average  balance of customer  checking  accounts  and
custodial  accounts.  These changes  reflect the Company's  focus during 2000 on
consumer checking account growth.  The overall weighted average cost of deposits
increased to 4.03% for the three months ended  September 30, 2000 from 3.69% for
the three  months  ended  September  30, 1999,  primarily  due to rising  market
interest rates.

     Interest expense on securities sold under agreements to repurchase totalled
$94.9  million for the three months  ended  September  30, 2000,  an increase of
$14.4  million  from the three  months ended  September  30,  1999.  The average
balance of such  borrowings  for the three months ended  September  30, 2000 and
1999 was $5.4 billion and $5.8 billion,  respectively. The decrease is primarily
attributed to a decline in the purchase of mortgage-backed securities during the
three months ended  September 30, 2000 compared to the same period in 1999.  The
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average interest  rate on  these instruments  increased to  6.83% for  the three
months ended  September 30, 2000 from 5.39% for the three months ended September
30, 1999, primarily due to an increase in market rates on new borrowings in 2000
compared to 1999.

     Interest expense on borrowings totalled $439.4 million for the three months
ended  September 30, 2000,  an increase of $112.4  million from the three months
ended September 30, 1999. The average  balance  outstanding for the three months
ended  September  30,  2000  and 1999  was  $28.0  billion  and  $23.3  billion,
respectively.  The weighted average interest rate on these instruments increased
to 6.23% for the three months ended  September 30, 2000 from 5.57% for the three
months ended September 30, 1999, primarily due to higher prevailing market rates
in 2000.  The higher volume  reflects the increase in FHLB advances used to fund
loans and the purchase of  mortgage-backed  securities in the fourth  quarter of
1999.

     NET INTEREST  INCOME.  Net interest income was $285.6 million for the three
months  ended  September  30,  2000,  a decrease of $1.4  million from the three
months ended  September 30, 1999. The interest rate spread declined to 2.00% for
the three months ended  September 30, 2000 from 2.21% for the three months ended
September 30, 1999,  primarily as a result of maturities and repayments of lower
rate   interest-bearing   liabilities   being  replaced  with   interest-bearing
liabilities  having  comparatively  higher rates.  The effect of higher rates on
liabilities was partially  offset by higher yielding assets  replenishing  asset
run-off in a rising rate environment and the repricing of variable-rate assets.

     NONINTEREST INCOME. Total noninterest income,  consisting primarily of loan
servicing fees,  customer banking fees and gains on sales of assets,  was $114.6
million for the three months ended September 30, 2000,  representing an increase
of $12.1 million from the three months ended September 30, 1999.

     Loan servicing fees, net of amortization of mortgage servicing rights, were
$48.2 million for the three months ended  September 30, 2000,  compared to $38.1
million  for the three  months  ended  September  30,  1999.  The  single-family
residential  loan servicing  portfolio,  excluding  loans serviced for the Bank,
increased from $72.3 billion at September 30, 1999 to $83.0 billion at September
30, 2000.  Incremental loan servicing fees were partially offset by amortization
of MSRs.  MSR  amortization  for the quarter  decreased by $1.0 million from the
three  months  ended  September  30,  1999 due to a reduction  in the  estimated
prepayment  rate,  partially  offset by a higher MSR basis.  Loan servicing fees
benefited  from the  slowdown  in mortgage  loan  prepayments  in 2000,  with an
average  prepayment  rate on loans  serviced  for  others  of 9.1% in the  third
quarter of 2000, compared to 13.3% in the comparable period in 1999.

     Customer  banking  fees  were  $48.6  million  for the three  months  ended
September  30,  2000  compared  to $47.5  million  for the  three  months  ended
September 30, 1999. The increase is primarily  attributed to increased  emphasis
by  management  on  transaction  account  growth and higher fee income on mutual
fund, annuity and other security sales through Cal Fed Investments.

     Gain on sale,  settlement and transfer of loans, net totalled $10.5 million
for the three months ended  September 30, 2000, an increase of $5.6 million from
the three  months  ended  September  30,  1999.  During the three  months  ended
September  30,  2000,  California  Federal  sold $1.4  billion in  single-family
mortgage loans originated for sale with servicing rights retained as part of its
ongoing mortgage banking  operations  compared to $2.9 billion of such sales for
the  corresponding  period in 1999,  while the gain on such sales increased $5.3
million  between  the  two  periods.  Gains  attributed  to  early  payoffs  and
settlement  of commercial  loans with  unamortized  discounts  were $0.3 million
higher in the three months ended  September 30, 2000 compared to the same period
in 1999.

     Net gain on sale of assets totalled $0.7 million for the three months ended
September  30,  2000,  compared  to $3.2  million  for the  three  months  ended
September  30,  1999.  The gain during 2000 is  primarily  attributed  to a $1.3
million  gain from the sale of  interest  rate swaps  with a notional  amount of
$284.0 million,  partially offset by a $0.9 million loss from the sale of $187.6
million of  mortgage-backed  securities  with an average yield of 6.59%.  See "-
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 versus Nine Months Ended September 30, 1999
- Noninterest Income."


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     Other  noninterest  income  was $6.7  million  for the three  months  ended
September  30,  2000,  a decrease of $2.2  million  from the three  months ended
September  30, 1999,  primarily  attributed  to the sale of the Eureka and Ukiah
branches in the third quarter of 1999.

     NONINTEREST  EXPENSE.  Total noninterest expense was $231.0 million for the
three months ended  September 30, 2000, an increase of $8.8 million  compared to
the three months ended September 30, 1999. The variance  between the two periods
is primarily  attributed to normal  inflation rates and investments in expanding
lines of business.  Noninterest expense for the three months ended September 30,
2000 included increases of $10.5 million in compensation  expense,  $4.2 million
in  occupancy  and  equipment,  and $2.3  million  related  to lower  gains from
foreclosed  real estate  operations.  These  increases were partially  offset by
decreases  of $4.0  million  in  other  noninterest  expense,  $2.2  million  in
amortization of intangible assets and $2.1 million in professional fees.

     Compensation and employee benefits expense was $108.4 million for the three
months ended  September  30, 2000,  an increase of $10.5  million from the three
months ended September 30, 1999. The increase is primarily  attributed to normal
salary  increases and higher  employment  levels in expanding lines of business,
including the impact of additional employees from the Downey Acquisition.

     Occupancy and equipment expense was $42.7 million and $38.5 million for the
three months ended  September  30, 2000 and 1999,  respectively.  This  increase
reflects  an  increase  in  depreciation  expense  related  to a  change  in the
depreciable lives of personal computers.

     Professional  fees were $10.5 million for the three months ended  September
30, 2000, a decrease of $2.1 million from the three months ended  September  30,
1999,  primarily due to expenses  incurred in 1999 attributed to the Y2K project
and goodwill litigation.

     Amortization  of  intangible  assets was $15.4 million for the three months
ended September 30, 2000, a decrease of $2.2 million from the three months ended
September 30, 1999, primarily attributed to a lower goodwill base due to a $50.0
million  reduction in goodwill in the first  quarter of 2000,  resulting  from a
reduction in the valuation  allowance against the Company's  deferred tax asset,
and a $38.2  million  reduction  resulting  from an income tax  refund  received
during the fourth  quarter of 1999  related  to Old  California  Federal.  These
decreases  were partially  offset by  amortization  expense  related to the $7.7
million in goodwill recorded in connection with the Downey Acquisition.

     Other  noninterest  expense  was $47.4  million in 2000  compared  to $51.5
million in 1999.  The decline in operating  expenses is primarily  attributed to
management's continued expense reduction efforts.

     PROVISION FOR INCOME TAX. During the three months ended September 30, 2000,
Golden  State  recorded  income tax expense of $74.0  million.  During the three
months ended September 30, 1999,  Golden State recorded gross income tax expense
of $77.3 million, which was offset by a tax benefit of $122.7 million, for a net
income tax  benefit  $45.4  million.  A  provision  in lieu of income  taxes was
recorded for the $122.7 million of pre-merger  tax benefits,  in the form of net
operating  losses and other items,  which are retained by the previous owners of
FN Holdings.  The benefit  adjustment  resulted from the 1998 tax filings in the
third quarter of 1999.

     Golden  State's  effective  gross federal tax rate was 38% during the three
months ended September 30, 2000 and 1999,  while its federal  statutory tax rate
was 35% during both periods.  The difference between the effective and statutory
rates was primarily the result of nondeductible  goodwill  amortization.  Golden
State's  effective  state tax rate was 6% and 8% during the three  months  ended
September 30, 2000 and 1999, respectively. The effective state tax rate declined
during 2000 as a result of changes in  management's  estimates  of the  expected
state tax liability of the Company.

     MINORITY  INTEREST.  Minority  interest  expense for the three months ended
September  30, 2000 includes  dividends on the REIT  Preferred  Stock  totalling
$11.4 million. Minority interest expense relative to the REIT Preferred Stock is
reflected net of related income tax benefit of $4.6 million, which will inure to
the Company as a result of the  deductibility  of such  dividends for income tax
purposes.


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     Minority  interest for the three months ended September 30, 1999 included a
$122.7 million  provision in lieu of income taxes,  representing  pre-merger tax
benefits  retained by the previous owners of FN Holdings and $1.8 million in net
premiums paid in connection  with the  redemption of the Bank  Preferred  Stock.
Dividends on the REIT Preferred Stock totalling $11.4 million were also recorded
during the three months ended  September  30, 1999.  Minority  interest  expense
relative to the REIT  Preferred  Stock is  reflected  net of related  income tax
benefit  of $4.8  million  which  will  inure to the  Company as a result of the
deductibility of such dividends for income tax purposes.

PROVISION FOR LOAN LOSSES

     The adequacy of the allowance for loan losses is periodically  evaluated by
management  to maintain the  allowance at a level that is  sufficient  to absorb
expected  loan losses.  The allowance for loan losses is increased by provisions
for loan  losses as well as by balances  acquired  through  acquisitions  and is
decreased  by  charge-offs  (net of  recoveries).  The Company  charges  current
earnings with a provision for estimated credit losses on loans  receivable.  The
provision considers both specifically identified problem loans as well as credit
risks not  specifically  identified  in the loan  portfolio.  See "- Problem and
Potential   Problem  Assets"  for  a  discussion  of  the  methodology  used  in
determining the adequacy of the allowance for loan losses.  The Company recorded
no provision  for loan losses  during the nine months ended  September 30, 2000.
The  Company  recorded  provisions  for loan  losses of $10 million for the nine
months  ended  September  30, 1999;  no  provision  for loan losses was recorded
during the third quarter of 1999.

     The decrease in the provision for loan losses during the nine-month  period
ended  September  30,  2000  compared  to  the  same  period  in  1999  reflects
management's  evaluation of the adequacy of the allowance  based on, among other
things, past loan loss experience and known and inherent risks in the portfolio,
evidenced  in  part  by  the  continued   decline  in  the  Company's  level  of
non-performing  assets.  In addition,  management's  periodic  evaluation of the
adequacy of the allowance for loan losses considers potential adverse situations
that have occurred but are not yet known that may affect the borrower's  ability
to repay, the estimated value of underlying collateral and economic conditions.

     Activity in the allowance for loan losses is as follows (in thousands):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      Nine Months Ended September 30,            Three Months Ended September 30,
                                      -------------------------------            --------------------------------
                                         2000                 1999                    2000                1999
                                         ----                 ----                    ----                ----
<S>                                    <C>                  <C>                     <C>                 <C>
Balance - beginning of period          $554,893             $588,533                $536,114            $578,369
   Provision for loan losses                 --               10,000                      --                  --
   Charge-offs                          (27,251)             (30,919)                 (6,954)             (9,436)
   Recoveries                             2,432                3,839                     914               1,850
   Reclassification                          --                 (670)                     --                  --
                                       --------             --------                --------            --------
Balance - end of period                $530,074             $570,783                $530,074            $570,783
                                       ========             ========                ========            ========
</TABLE>

     Although  management  believes  that  the  allowance  for  loan  losses  is
adequate,  it will continue to review its loan portfolio to determine the extent
to which any  changes in  economic  conditions  or loss  experience  may require
further provisions in the future.

PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL PROBLEM ASSETS

     The Company considers a loan impaired when, based upon current  information
and events,  it is "probable"  that it will be unable to collect all amounts due
(i.e.,  both principal and interest)  according to the contractual  terms of the
loan agreement.  Any insignificant delay or insignificant shortfall in amount of
payments  will  not  cause  a loan to be  considered  impaired.  In  determining
impairment,   the  Company  considers  large   non-homogeneous  loans  including
nonaccrual  loans,  troubled  debt  restructurings,  and  performing  loans that
exhibit, among other characteristics,  high LTV ratios, low debt-coverage ratios
or other  indications  that the borrowers are  experiencing  increased levels of
financial difficulty.  Loans collectively reviewed for impairment by the Company
include all  single-family  loans,  business  banking  loans under  $100,000 and
performing  multi-family  and  commercial  real  estate  loans  under  $500,000,
excluding  loans which have entered the work-out  process.


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     The  measurement of impairment may be based on (a) the present value of the
expected  future  cash  flows of the  impaired  loan  discounted  at the  loan's
original  effective  interest  rate,  (b) the  observable  market  price  of the
impaired loan, or (c) the fair value of the collateral of a collateral-dependent
loan. The Company bases the measurement of  collateral-dependent  impaired loans
on the fair value of the loan's collateral,  less disposal costs. The amount, if
any, by which the  recorded  investment  of the loan  exceeds the measure of the
impaired  loan's value is recognized by recording a valuation  allowance.  Large
groups of smaller  balance  homogeneous  loans are  collectively  evaluated  for
impairment.

     Cash receipts on impaired  loans not  performing  according to  contractual
terms are generally  used to reduce the carrying  value of the loan,  unless the
Company  believes it will recover the remaining  principal  balance of the loan.
Impairment  losses  are  included  in  the  allowance  for  loan  losses.   Upon
disposition of an impaired loan, loss of principal,  if any, is recorded through
a charge-off to the allowance for loan losses.

     At September 30, 2000,  loans that were considered to be impaired  totalled
$101.4 million (of which $13.0 million were on nonaccrual  status).  The average
recorded  investment in impaired loans during the nine and  three-month  periods
ended  September 30, 2000 was  approximately  $96.5  million and $94.8  million,
respectively.  For the nine and  three-month  periods ended  September 30, 2000,
Golden State recognized  interest income on those impaired loans of $6.5 million
and $2.3 million,  respectively,  which  included $0.5 million and $0.2 million,
respectively,  of  interest  income  recognized  using the cash basis  method of
income recognition.


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<PAGE>
     The following table presents the Company's non-performing loans, foreclosed
real estate, repossessed assets, troubled debt restructurings and impaired loans
as of the dates indicated. These categories are not mutually exclusive;  certain
loans are included in more than one  classification.  Purchased  sub-prime  auto
loans are  reflected  as  non-performing,  impaired or  restructured  using each
individual loan's contractual unpaid principal balance.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           September 30, 2000
                                                          --------------------------------------------------
                                                          Non-performing       Impaired         Restructured
                                                          --------------       --------         ------------
                                                                             (in millions)
<S>                                                            <C>               <C>                 <C>
Real Estate:
    1-4 unit residential                                       $ 83              $  1               $ 1
    5+ unit residential                                           3                27                --
    Commercial and other                                          3                43                --
    Land                                                         --                --                --
    Construction                                                 --                --                --
                                                               ----              ----               ---
           Total real estate                                     89                71                 1
Non-real estate                                                  15                30                --
                                                               ----              ----               ---
       Total loans                                              104 (a)          $101 (b)           $ 1
                                                                                 ====               ===
Foreclosed real estate, net                                      23
Repossessed assets                                                7
                                                               ----
       Total non-performing assets                             $134
                                                               ====
</TABLE>

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           December 31, 1999
                                                          --------------------------------------------------
                                                          Non-performing       Impaired         Restructured
                                                          --------------       --------         ------------
                                                                             (in millions)
Real Estate:
<S>                                                            <C>               <C>                <C>
    1-4 unit residential                                       $126              $ --               $ 2
    5+ unit residential                                           6                34                 5
    Commercial and other                                          8                67                18
    Land                                                         --                 2                --
    Construction                                                 --                --                --
                                                               ----              ----               ---
           Total real estate                                    140               103                25
Non-real estate                                                  11                21                --
                                                               ----              ----               ---
       Total loans                                              151 (a)          $124 (b)           $25
                                                                                 ====               ===
Foreclosed real estate, net                                      45
Repossessed assets                                                4
                                                               ----
       Total non-performing assets                             $200
                                                               ====
</TABLE>
 ____________________
(a)  Includes loans securitized with recourse on  non-performing  status of $2.0
     million at December 31, 1999.  There are no loans securitized with recourse
     on non-performing status at September 30, 2000.

(b)  Includes  $12.4  million  and  $18.9 million  of  non-performing  loans  at
     September 30, 2000  and  December  31, 1999,  respectively.  Also  includes
     $13.3 million  and  $13.7 million  of  loans  classified  as  troubled debt
     restructurings at September 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999, respectively.

     There  were no  accruing  loans  contractually  past due 90 days or more at
September 30, 2000 or December 31, 1999.

     The  Company's  non-performing  assets,  consisting  of  nonaccrual  loans,
repossessed assets and foreclosed real estate, net, decreased to $134 million at
September  30, 2000,  from $200  million at December  31,  1999.  Non-performing
assets  as a  percentage  of the  Bank's  total  assets  decreased  to  0.22% at
September 30, 2000, from 0.35% at December 31, 1999.


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<PAGE>
     The Company places a high degree of emphasis on the management of its asset
portfolio. The Company has three distinct asset management functions: performing
loan asset management,  problem loan asset management and credit review. Each of
these three  functions is charged with the  responsibility  of reducing the risk
profile  within the  commercial,  multi-family  and other  asset  portfolios  by
applying asset  management and risk  evaluation  techniques  that are consistent
with the Company's portfolio management strategy and regulatory requirements. In
addition  to these asset  management  functions,  the Company has a  specialized
credit risk  management  group that is charged  with the  development  of credit
policies and performing credit risk analyses for all asset portfolios.

     The  following  table  presents   non-performing   real  estate  assets  by
geographic region of the country as of September 30, 2000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                 Total
                                     Non-performing        Foreclosed       Non-performing
                                       Real Estate        Real Estate,        Real Estate      Geographic
                                     Loans, Net (2)          Net (2)            Assets        Concentration
                                     --------------          -------            ------        -------------
                                                              (dollars in millions)
<S>                                       <C>                 <C>                <C>               <C>
     Region:
         California                       $56                 $11                $ 67               60%
         Northeast (1)                      9                   3                  12               10
         Other regions                     24                   9                  33               30
                                          ---                 ---                ----              ---
              Total                       $89                 $23                $112              100%
                                          ===                 ===                ====              ===
</TABLE>
_____________
(1)    Consists of Connecticut,  Massachusetts,  New Hampshire,  New Jersey, New
       York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maine, Vermont and Maryland.

(2)    Net of purchase accounting adjustments.

     At September  30, 2000,  the Company had one  non-performing  asset over $2
million with a balance of $2.3 million.  At September 30, 2000,  the Company had
3,432   non-performing   assets  below  $2  million  in  size,  including  1,003
non-performing 1-4 unit residential assets.

     An allowance is maintained to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio.
The adequacy of the  allowance is  periodically  evaluated  and is based on past
loan loss  experience,  known and inherent risks in the loan portfolio,  adverse
situations  that  have  occurred  but are not yet  known  that  may  affect  the
borrower's  ability to repay,  the estimated value of underlying  collateral and
economic conditions.  Management's methodology for assessing the adequacy of the
allowance  includes the  evaluation  of the following  three key  elements:  the
formula  allowance,  specific  allowances for  identified  problem loans and the
unallocated allowance.

     The formula  allowance is determined  by applying loss factors  against all
non-impaired  loans. Loss factors may be adjusted for significant  factors that,
in management's  judgment,  affect the collectibility of the portfolio as of the
evaluation  date.  Loss factors are  calculated  based on migration  models that
estimate the probability that loans will become delinquent and ultimately result
in foreclosure over a period of between one and 2.5 years, depending on the loan
type, and the rates of loss that have been experienced on foreclosed  loans. The
foreclosure  migration and loss  severity  rates are then averaged over the past
eight  years in order to  capture  experience  across a period  that  management
believes  approximates a business  cycle. A contingency  factor is then added to
provide for the modeling risk associated with imprecision in estimating inherent
loan losses.

     The specific allowances are established against individual loans, including
impaired  loans.   Specific   allowances  are  established   against  individual
residential  1-4 mortgage  loans,  commercial  loans and commercial  real estate
loans for which  management has performed  analyses and concluded that, based on
current  information and events,  it is probable that the Bank will be unable to
collect  all  amounts  due  according  to the  contractual  terms  of  the  loan
agreement. Generally, management believes that collectibility is improbable if a
loan is severely delinquent or if it has been determined that borrower cash flow
is inadequate for debt repayment. The amount of specific allowance is determined
by an estimation of collateral deficiency, including consideration of costs that
will likely be incurred through the disposal of any repossessed  collateral.  In
other words, management estimates the fair value of


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<PAGE>
collateral, net of the cost of disposition of the collateral, and the fair value
is compared  to the  net book value  of the loan.  If the net book value exceeds
the fair value,  a specific  allowance is established  in an amount equal to the
excess.  Loans evaluated  for specific  allowance  are excluded from the formula
allowance analysis so as not to double-count loss exposure.

     The unallocated  allowance is established for inherent losses which may not
have been  identified  through the more  objective  processes used to derive the
formula and  specific  portions of the  allowance.  The  unallocated  portion is
necessarily  more  subjective and requires a high degree of management  judgment
and  experience.  Management  has  identified  several  factors  that impact the
potential for credit losses that are not considered in either the formula or the
specific  allowance  segments.  These factors consist of industry and geographic
loan  concentrations,  changes in the  composition  of loan  portfolios  through
acquisitions and new business strategies, changes in underwriting processes, and
trends in problem  loan and loss  recovery  rates.  Each factor is analyzed  and
assigned a range of values.  At this time,  management has chosen an unallocated
allowance amount at the mid-point of the range for each factor.

     At September  30, 2000,  the  allowance  for loan losses was $530  million,
consisting of a $377 million formula allowance, a $23 million specific allowance
and a $130 million unallocated allowance.

     Although  the loan loss  allowance  has been  allocated by type of loan for
internal valuation purposes,  $507 million of the allowance is general in nature
and is available to support any losses which may occur,  regardless  of type, in
the Company's loan  portfolio.  A summary of the activity in the total allowance
for loan losses by loan type is as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   5+ Unit
                                                                 Residential
                                                1 - 4 Unit      and Commercial      Consumer
                                               Residential       Real Estate        and Other          Total
                                               -----------       -----------        ---------          -----
                                                                         (in millions)
<S>                                                <C>               <C>               <C>              <C>
Balance - December 31, 1999                        $235              $276              $ 44             $555
     Provision for loan losses                       --                (1)                1               --
     Charge-offs                                     (2)               (4)               (7)             (13)
     Recoveries                                      --                --                 1                1
                                                   ----              ----              ----             ----
Balance - March 31, 2000                            233               271                39              543
     Provision for loan losses                       --                (1)                1               --
     Charge-offs                                     (2)               (2)               (4)              (8)
     Recoveries                                      --                --                 1                1
                                                   ----              ----              ----             ----
Balance - June 30, 2000                             231               268                37              536
     Provision for loan losses                       --                (3)                3               --
     Charge-offs                                     (1)               --                (6)              (7)
     Recoveries                                      --                --                 1                1
     Reclassifications                               --               (80)               80               --
                                                   ----              ----              ----             ----
Balance - September 30, 2000                       $230              $185              $115             $530
                                                   ====              ====              ====             ====
</TABLE>

ASSET AND LIABILITY MANAGEMENT

     Banks and savings  associations  are  subject to interest  rate risk to the
degree  that  their  interest-bearing  liabilities,  consisting  principally  of
deposits,  securities  sold under  agreements to repurchase  and FHLB  advances,
mature or reprice more or less frequently,  or on a different basis,  than their
interest-earning assets. A key element of the banking business is the monitoring
and management of liquidity risk and interest rate risk. The process of planning
and controlling  asset and liability mixes,  volumes and maturities to influence
the net interest  spread is referred to as asset and liability  management.  The
objective of the Company's asset and liability management is to maximize its net
interest  income  over  changing  interest  rate cycles  within the  constraints
imposed by prudent lending and investing practices,  liquidity needs and capital
planning.


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<PAGE>
     Golden State,  through the Bank,  actively  pursues  investment and funding
strategies intended to minimize the sensitivity of its earnings to interest rate
fluctuations.  The Company measures the interest rate sensitivity of its balance
sheet  through gap and duration  analysis,  as well as net  interest  income and
market value simulation. After taking into consideration both the variability of
rates and the maturities of various  instruments,  it evaluates strategies which
may reduce the  sensitivity  of its  earnings to interest  rate and market value
fluctuations.  An  important  decision  is  the  selection  of  interest-bearing
liabilities  and the  generation  of  interest-earning  assets  which best match
relative to interest  rate  changes.  In order to reduce  interest  rate risk by
increasing  the  percentage  of  interest  sensitive  assets,  the  Company  has
continued its emphasis on the  origination of adjustable  rate mortgage  ("ARM")
products for its portfolio.  Where possible, the Company seeks to originate real
estate  and  other  loans  that  reprice  frequently.  At  September  30,  2000,
approximately 77% of the Company's loan portfolio consisted of ARMs.

     One of the most important  sources of the Bank's net income is net interest
income,   which  is  the  difference   between  the  combined  yield  earned  on
interest-earning   assets  and  the  combined  rate  paid  on   interest-bearing
liabilities.  Net interest income is also dependent on the relative  balances of
interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities.

     ARMs have, from time to time, been offered with low initial  interest rates
as  marketing  inducements.  In  addition,  most ARMs are  subject  to  periodic
interest rate adjustment  caps or floors.  In a period of rising interest rates,
ARMs could reach a periodic  adjustment cap while still at a rate  significantly
below their  contractual  margin over  existing  market rates.  Since  repricing
liabilities   are  typically  not  subject  to  such  interest  rate  adjustment
constraints,  the Company's net interest  margin would most likely be negatively
impacted in this situation. Certain ARMs now offered by the Company have a fixed
monthly  payment  for a given  period,  with any  changes  as a result of market
interest  rates  reflected  in the unpaid  principal  balance  through  negative
amortization.

     A traditional  measure of interest rate risk within the savings industry is
the interest  rate  sensitivity  gap,  which is the sum of all  interest-earning
assets minus the sum of all  interest-bearing  liabilities to be repriced within
the same period.  A gap is considered  positive when the amount of interest rate
sensitive assets exceed interest rate sensitive liabilities,  while the opposite
results in a negative gap.  During a period of rising interest rates, a negative
gap would tend to adversely affect net interest income, and a positive gap would
tend to result in an increase in net interest income. During a period of falling
rates, the opposite would tend to occur.


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<PAGE>
     The  following  table  sets  forth  the  projected  maturities  based  upon
contractual  maturities as adjusted for  projected  prepayments  and  "repricing
mechanisms"  (provisions  for  changes  in the  interest  rates  of  assets  and
liabilities).  Prepayment rates are assumed in each period on substantially  all
of the Company's loan portfolio based upon expected loan prepayments.  Repricing
mechanisms on the Company's  assets are subject to limitations,  such as caps on
the  amount  that  interest   rates  and  payments  on  its  loans  may  adjust.
Accordingly,  such  assets  may not  respond  in the same  manner or to the same
extent to changes in interest rates as the Company's  liabilities.  In addition,
the interest rate  sensitivity of the assets and liabilities  illustrated in the
table would vary  substantially if different  assumptions were used or if actual
experience  differed from the  assumptions  set forth.  The Company's  estimated
interest rate sensitivity gap at September 30, 2000 was as follows:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                     Maturity/Rate Sensitivity
                                                  -----------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Within          1 - 5       Over 5      Noninterest
                                                   1 Year          Years        Years        Bearing        Total
                                                   ------          -----        -----        -------        -----
                                                                         (dollars in millions)
<S>                                               <C>            <C>           <C>            <C>          <C>
INTEREST-EARNING ASSETS:
Interest-bearing deposits in other banks
     and short-term investment
     securities (1) (2)                           $    74        $    --       $   --         $   --       $    74
Securities held to maturity (1)                        67            153          374             --           594
Securities available for sale (3)                     632             --           --             --           632
Mortgage-backed securities
     available for sale (3)                        10,771             --           --             --        10,771
Mortgage-backed securities
     held to maturity (1) (4)                       1,960            392          644             --         2,996
Loans held for sale, net (3)                          875             --           --             --           875
Loans receivable, net (1) (5)                      21,279         13,444        4,745             --        39,468
Investment in FHLB                                  1,339             --           --             --         1,339
                                                  -------        -------       ------         ------       -------
     Total interest-earning assets                 36,997         13,989        5,763             --        56,749
Noninterest-earning assets                             --             --           --          3,811         3,811
                                                  -------        -------       ------         ------       -------
                                                  $36,997        $13,989       $5,763         $3,811       $60,560
                                                  =======        =======       ======         ======       =======

INTEREST-BEARING LIABILITIES:
Deposits (6)                                      $21,604        $ 1,589       $    7         $   --       $23,200
 Securities sold under agreements to
     repurchase (1)                                 5,138            200           --             --         5,338
FHLB advances (1)                                  13,422         12,698           --             --        26,120
Other borrowings (1)                                  752          1,401           92             --         2,245
                                                  -------        -------       ------         ------       -------
Total interest-bearing liabilities                 40,916         15,888           99             --        56,903
Noninterest-bearing liabilities                        --             --           --          1,227         1,227
Minority interest                                      --             --           --            500           500
Stockholders' equity                                   --             --           --          1,930         1,930
                                                  -------        -------       ------         ------       -------
                                                  $40,916        $15,888       $   99         $3,657       $60,560
                                                  =======        =======       ======         ======       =======

Gap before interest rate swap agreements          $(3,919)       $(1,899)      $5,664                      $  (154)
Interest rate swap agreements                       3,550         (2,800)        (750)                          --
                                                  -------        -------       ------                      -------
Gap                                               $  (369)       $(4,699)      $4,914                      $  (154)
                                                  =======        =======       ======                      =======

Cumulative gap                                    $  (369)       $(5,068)      $ (154)                     $  (154)
                                                  =======        =======       ======                      =======

Gap as a percentage of total assets                 (0.61)%        (7.76)%       8.12%                       (0.25)%
                                                    =====          =====         ====                        =====
Cumulative gap as a percentage of total assets      (0.61)%        (8.37)%      (0.25)%                      (0.25)%
                                                    =====          =====        =====                        =====
</TABLE>
                                                                     (Continued)


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<PAGE>
 _______________
(1)  Based upon (a) contractual maturity,  (b)  instrument  repricing  date,  if
     applicable, and  (c) projected repayments and  prepayments of principal, if
     applicable.  Prepayments were  estimated generally  by using the prepayment
     rates forecast by various large brokerage firms as of September  30,  2000.
     The  actual  maturity and  rate  sensitivity  of  these  assets could  vary
     substantially if future prepayments differ from prepayment estimates.

(2)  Consists of  $74 million  of short-term investment securities and less than
     $0.1 million of interest-bearing deposits in other banks.

(3)  As securities and mortgage-backed  securities  available for sale and loans
     held for  sale may  be sold  within one  year, they  are considered  to  be
     maturing within one year.

(4)  Excludes underlying non-performing loans of $1 million.

(5)  Excludes allowance for loan losses of $530 million and non-performing loans
     of $102 million, net of $8 million related to specific allowances.

(6)  Fixed rate deposits and deposits with fixed pricing intervals are reflected
     as maturing  in the  year of  contractual maturity or first repricing date.
     Money  market  deposit  accounts,  demand  deposit  accounts  and  passbook
     accounts are reflected as maturing within one year.

     At September  30,  2000,  Golden  State's  cumulative  gap totalled  $(154)
million.  At December 31, 1999,  Golden State's  cumulative gap totalled  ($688)
million.

     The  Company  utilizes  computer  modeling,  under  various  interest  rate
scenarios,  to provide a dynamic  view of the  effects of the  changes in rates,
spreads,   and  yield  curve  shifts  on  net  interest  income.   However,  the
maturity/rate  sensitivity  analysis is a static view of the balance  sheet with
assets and  liabilities  grouped into certain  defined  time  periods,  and only
partially  depicts the dynamics of the  Company's  sensitivity  to interest rate
changes.  Therefore,  this  analysis may not fully  describe the  complexity  of
relationships  between  product  features and  pricing,  market rates and future
management of the balance sheet mix.

     The   Company's   risk   management   policies  are   established   by  the
Asset/Liability Management Committee ("ALCO") of the Bank. ALCO meets monthly to
formulate  the  Bank's  investment  and risk  management  strategies.  The basic
responsibilities  of ALCO include  management of net interest  income and market
value of portfolio  equity to measure the  stability of earnings,  management of
liquidity to provide adequate  funding,  and the  establishment of asset product
priorities by  formulating  performance  evaluation  criteria,  risk  evaluation
techniques  and  a  system  to   standardize   the  analysis  and  reporting  of
originations,  competitive trends, profitability and risk. On a quarterly basis,
the Board of  Directors of the Bank is apprised of ALCO  strategies  adopted and
their impact on operations,  and, at least  annually,  the Board of Directors of
the Bank reviews the Bank's interest rate risk management policy statements.

LIQUIDITY

     The standard  measure of liquidity in the savings  industry is the ratio of
cash and short-term U.S. Government securities and other specified securities to
deposits  and  borrowings  due within one year.  The OTS  established  a minimum
liquidity  requirement  for the Bank of 4.00%.  California  Federal  has been in
compliance with the liquidity regulations during the nine months ended September
30, 2000 and the year ended December 31, 1999.

     The major source of funding for Golden State on an unconsolidated  basis is
distributions from its subsidiary, GS Holdings, which receives substantially all
of its  funding  from  distributions  of the  Bank's  earnings  and tax  sharing
payments.  Net income generated by the Bank is used to meet its cash flow needs,
including paying dividends on its preferred stock owned by GS Holdings,  and may
be distributed,  subject to certain  restrictions,  to GS Holdings.  In turn, GS
Holdings  uses  distributions  received  from the Bank  primarily  to meet  debt
service  requirements,  pay any expenses it may incur, and make distributions to
Golden State, subject to certain restrictions.  For more information on dividend
restrictions  for the Bank and GS Holdings,  refer to "Business - Regulation and
Supervision" and note 25 of the "Notes to Consolidated  Financial Statements" in
the Company's  1999 Form 10-K.


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<PAGE>
     On a  consolidated  basis,  a major  source  of the  Company's  funding  is
expected  to be the Bank's  retail  deposit  branch  network,  which  management
believes will be sufficient to meet its long-term  liquidity  needs. The ability
of the Company to retain and attract new deposits is dependent  upon the variety
and  effectiveness  of its  customer  account  products,  customer  service  and
convenience,  and rates paid to  customers.  The Company also obtains funds from
the repayment  and  maturities of loans and  mortgage-backed  securities,  while
additional  funds can be  obtained  from a variety of other  sources,  including
customer and brokered deposits,  loan sales, securities sold under agreements to
repurchase,  FHLB advances,  and other secured and unsecured  borrowings.  It is
anticipated   that  FHLB  advances  and  securities  sold  under  agreements  to
repurchase  will  continue to be important  sources of funding,  and  management
expects there to be adequate collateral for such funding requirements.

     Interest on the GS Holdings  Notes  approximates  $142.5  million per year.
Although GS Holdings  expects that  distributions  and tax sharing payments from
the Bank will be sufficient to make  required  interest and principal  payments,
there can be no assurance that earnings from the Bank will be sufficient to make
such distributions to GS Holdings.  In addition,  there can be no assurance that
such  distributions will be permitted by the terms of any debt instruments of GS
Holdings'  subsidiaries  then in effect,  by the terms of any class of preferred
stock  issued  by the Bank or its  subsidiaries,  including  the REIT  Preferred
Stock, or under applicable federal thrift laws.

     The Company  anticipates  that cash and cash  equivalents on hand, the cash
flows  from  assets as well as other  sources  of funds  will  provide  adequate
liquidity  for its  operating,  investing  and  financing  needs and the  Bank's
regulatory  liquidity  requirements for the foreseeable  future.  In addition to
cash and cash  equivalents  of $657.0 million at September 30, 2000, the Company
has substantial additional borrowing capacity with the FHLB and other sources.

     The  consolidated  Company's  primary uses of funds are the  origination or
purchase of loans, the purchase of  mortgage-backed  securities,  the funding of
maturing certificates of deposit,  demand deposit withdrawals,  the repayment of
borrowings  and  dividends  to  common  shareholders.  Certificates  of  deposit
scheduled to mature during the twelve months ending September 30, 2001 aggregate
$10.0 billion. The Company may renew these certificates, attract new replacement
deposits,  replace such funds with other  borrowings,  or it may elect to reduce
the size of the balance sheet. In addition,  at September 30, 2000, Golden State
had FHLB  advances,  securities  sold under  agreements to repurchase  and other
borrowings aggregating $19.3 billion maturing or repricing within twelve months.
The Company may elect to pay off such debt or to replace  such  borrowings  with
additional  FHLB  advances,  securities  sold under  agreements to repurchase or
other borrowings at prevailing rates.

     As presented in the accompanying unaudited consolidated  statements of cash
flows,  the sources of liquidity vary between  periods.  The primary  sources of
funds  during the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000 were $29.5  billion in
proceeds  from  additional  borrowings,  $3.5 billion in proceeds  from sales of
loans held for sale,  $1.8  billion in  principal  payments  on  mortgage-backed
securities available for sale and held to maturity, and $667 million in proceeds
from sales of mortgage-backed securities available for sale. The primary uses of
funds were $26.8 billion in principal payments on borrowings, a $3.7 billion net
increase in loans  receivable,  $3.8 billion in purchases  and  originations  of
loans held for sale,  $1.2 billion in purchases of loans  receivable  and $379.3
million for the Downey Acquisition.

MORTGAGE BANKING OPERATIONS

     During the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000 and 1999,  the  Company,
through  the Bank's  wholly  owned  mortgage  bank  subsidiary,  FNMC,  acquired
mortgage-servicing rights on loan portfolios of $13.5 billion and $12.9 billion,
respectively.  The 1-4 unit  residential  loans  serviced for others  (including
loans  sub-serviced  for  others  and  excluding  loans  serviced  for the Bank)
totalled  $83.0  billion at September 30, 2000, an increase of $10.1 billion and
$10.7  billion from  December  31, 1999 and  September  30, 1999,  respectively.
During the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000 and 1999,  the Bank,  through
FNMC,  originated  $10.3  billion  and  $12.9  billion,  respectively,  and sold
(generally with servicing retained) $3.7 billion and $8.7 billion, respectively,
of 1-4 unit  residential  loans.  Gross  revenues from  mortgage loan  servicing
activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2000 totalled $234.0 million,
an increase of $28.0  million  from the nine months  ended  September  30, 1999.
Gross loan  servicing  fees for the nine months  ended  September  30, 2000 were
reduced by $146.8 million of amortization  of servicing  rights to arrive at net
loan servicing fees of $87.2 million.


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     A decline in long-term  interest rates generally results in an acceleration
of mortgage loan  prepayments.  Higher than  anticipated  levels of  prepayments
generally  cause the  accelerated  amortization  of  mortgage  servicing  rights
("MSRs"),  and generally  will result in a reduction in the market value of MSRs
and in the Company's  servicing  fee income.  To reduce the  sensitivity  of its
earnings to interest rate and market value fluctuations,  the Company hedged the
change in value of its MSRs based on changes in interest rates ("MSR Hedge").

     The Company  owned  several  derivative  instruments  at September 30, 2000
which  were used to hedge  against  prepayment  risk in its  mortgage  servicing
portfolio. These derivative instruments included Constant Maturity Swap interest
rate floor  contracts,  swaptions and principal  only swaps.  The estimated fair
value of all  derivatives  used to hedge  prepayment  risk was $50.8  million at
September 30, 2000. The interest rate floor  contracts had a notional  amount of
$1.5 billion, strike rates between 5.70% and 7.13%, mature in the years 2002 and
2003,  and had an estimated  fair value of $24.4  million at September 30, 2000.
Premiums paid to  counterparties  in exchange for cash payments when the 10-year
Constant  Maturity Swap rate falls below the strike rate are recorded as part of
the MSR asset on the balance sheet. The swaption contracts had a notional amount
of $1.4 billion,  strike rates between 6.50% and 7.88%, expire in the years 2002
and 2003,  and had an estimated  fair value of $34.7  million at  September  30,
2000. Premiums paid to counterparties in exchange for the right to enter into an
interest  rate swap are recorded as part of the MSR asset on the balance  sheet.
Principal  only swap  agreements  had notional  amounts of $195.5 million and an
estimated fair value of $(8.3) million at September 30, 2000.

     The following is a summary of activity in MSRs  (including  non-residential
MSRs)  and the MSR  Hedge  for the nine  months  ended  September  30,  2000 (in
millions):

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                               Total MSR
                                                                           MSRs            MSR Hedge            Balance
                                                                           ----            ---------            -------
<S>                                                                       <C>                 <C>                <C>
     Balance at December 31, 1999                                         $1,232              $ 40               $1,272
         Additions - purchases                                               288                --                  288
         Originated servicing                                                 90                --                   90
         Swaption sales                                                       (5)              (13)                 (18)
         Servicing Sale/Transfer                                              (1)               --                   (1)
         Floor sales                                                          (4)               (7)                 (11)
         Premiums paid                                                        --                42                   42
         Payments made to counterparties, net                                  3                --                    3
         Amortization                                                       (138)              (11)                (149)
                                                                          ------              ----               ------
     Balance at September 30, 2000                                        $1,465              $ 51               $1,516
                                                                          ======              ====               ======
</TABLE>

     Capitalized  MSRs are amortized in  proportion  to, and over the period of,
estimated net servicing income. SFAS No. 125 requires enterprises to measure the
impairment of MSRs based on the  difference  between the carrying  amount of the
MSRs and their current fair value.  At September 30, 2000 and December 31, 1999,
no allowance for impairment of the MSRs was necessary.

CAPITAL RESOURCES

     OTS capital  regulations  require  savings  associations  to satisfy  three
minimum capital  requirements:  tangible capital,  core (leverage) capital,  and
risk-based capital.

     TANGIBLE  CAPITAL.  Tangible  capital  is the sum of  common  stockholders'
equity (including  retained earnings),  noncumulative  perpetual preferred stock
and minority  interest in equity  accounts of fully  consolidated  subsidiaries,
less disallowed intangibles.  Tangible capital must be at least 1.5% of adjusted
total assets.

     CORE CAPITAL.  Core capital  generally is the sum of tangible  capital plus
certain other qualifying intangibles.  Under the leverage requirement, a savings
association  is required to maintain  core  capital  equal to a minimum of 4% of
adjusted total assets.


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     RISK-BASED CAPITAL.  Risk-based capital equals the sum of core capital plus
supplementary  capital.  Risk-based capital must be at least 8% of risk-weighted
assets.

     RISK-WEIGHTED  ASSETS.  Risk-weighted  assets  equal assets plus the credit
risk  equivalent  of  certain   off-balance  sheet  items,   multiplied  by  the
appropriate risk weight.

     SUPPLEMENTARY  CAPITAL.  Supplementary  capital includes certain  permanent
capital instruments, such as qualifying cumulative perpetual preferred stock, as
well as some forms of term capital instruments,  such as qualifying subordinated
debt.  Supplementary capital may not exceed 100% of core capital for purposes of
the risk-based requirement.

     MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. These capital requirements discussed above are viewed
as minimum  standards by the OTS, and most associations are expected to maintain
capital levels well above the minimum. In addition,  the OTS regulations provide
that minimum capital levels higher than those provided in the regulations may be
established by the OTS for individual savings associations, depending upon their
circumstances.  These capital  requirements are currently applicable to the Bank
but  not to  Golden  State.  The  Bank is not  subject  to any  such  individual
regulatory capital requirement that is higher than the minimum.

     At September 30, 2000, the Bank's  regulatory  capital levels  exceeded the
minimum  regulatory  capital  requirements,  with tangible,  core and risk-based
capital  ratios of 6.25%,  6.25% and 13.20%,  respectively.  The  following is a
reconciliation of the Bank's  stockholder's  equity to regulatory  capital as of
September 30, 2000:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                       Tangible           Core           Risk-based
                                                                        Capital          Capital           Capital
                                                                        -------          -------           -------
                                                                                  (dollars in millions)

<S>                                                                     <C>              <C>               <C>
 Stockholder's equity of the Bank                                       $4,001           $4,001            $4,001
 Minority interest - REIT Preferred Stock                                  500              500               500
 Unrealized holding loss on securities,  net                               202              202               202
 Non-allowable capital:
       Intangible assets                                                  (727)            (727)             (727)
       Goodwill Litigation Assets                                         (159)            (159)             (159)
       Investment in non-includable subsidiaries                           (63)             (63)              (63)
       Excess deferred tax asset                                           (10)             (10)              (10)
 Supplemental capital:
       Qualifying subordinated debentures                                   --               --                93
       General loan loss allowance                                          --               --               401
 Assets required to be deducted:
       Land loans with more than 80% LTV ratio                              --               --                (5)
       Equity in subsidiaries                                               --               --                (6)
       Low-level recourse deduction                                         --               --               (10)
                                                                        ------           ------            ------
 Regulatory capital of the Bank                                          3,744            3,744             4,217
 Minimum regulatory capital requirement                                    898            2,397             2,556
                                                                        ------           ------            ------
 Excess above minimum capital requirement                               $2,846           $1,347            $1,661
                                                                        ======           ======            ======

 Regulatory capital of the Bank                                           6.25%            6.25%            13.20%
 Minimum regulatory capital requirement                                   1.50             4.00              8.00
                                                                          ----             ----             -----
 Excess above minimum capital requirement                                 4.75%            2.25%             5.20%
                                                                          ====             ====             =====
</TABLE>

     The amount of adjusted  total  assets used for the  tangible  and  leverage
capital  ratios is $59.9 billion.  Risk-weighted  assets used for the risk-based
capital ratio amounted to $31.9 billion.


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     The  Bank is also  subject  to the  "prompt  corrective  action"  standards
prescribed  in FDICIA and related OTS  regulations,  which,  among other things,
define specific capital categories based on an association's capital ratios. The
capital  categories,  in declining  order, are "well  capitalized,"  "adequately
capitalized,"   "undercapitalized,"    "significantly   undercapitalized,"   and
"critically  undercapitalized." Under the regulation, the ratio of total capital
to risk-weighted  assets, core capital to risk-weighted  assets and the leverage
capital ratio are used to determine an association's capital classification. The
Bank met the capital requirements of a "well capitalized"  institution under the
FDICIA prompt  corrective action standards as of September 30, 2000. The Bank is
not presently subject to any enforcement  action or other regulatory  proceeding
with respect to the prompt corrective action regulation.

     At September 30, 2000, the Bank's capital levels were  sufficient for it to
be considered "well capitalized," as presented below.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             Risk-based
                                                    Leverage          ---------------------------
                                                     Capital          Tier 1        Total Capital
                                                     -------          ------        -------------
<S>                                                   <C>             <C>              <C>
       Regulatory capital of the Bank                 6.25%           11.69%           13.20%
       "Well capitalized" ratio                       5.00             6.00            10.00
                                                      ----            -----            -----
       Excess above "well capitalized" ratio          1.25%            5.69%            3.20%
                                                      ====            =====            =====
</TABLE>

     OTS  capital  regulations  allow a  savings  association  to  include a net
deferred tax asset in regulatory capital, subject to certain limitations. To the
extent  that the  realization  of a  deferred  tax  asset  depends  on a savings
association's  future  taxable  income,  such  deferred tax asset is limited for
regulatory  capital  purposes  to the lesser of the amount  that can be realized
within  one year or 10 percent of core  capital.  At  September  30,  2000,  $10
million of the net tax benefit was determined to be  attributable  to the amount
of taxable income that may be realized in periods beyond one year.  Accordingly,
such amount has been  excluded from the Bank's  regulatory  capital at September
30, 2000.

ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

     There have been no  material  changes in  reported  market  risks  faced by
Golden State since the Company's report in Item 7A of its Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1999.


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<PAGE>
                           PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

     GOODWILL LITIGATION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT

     On April 9, 1999,  the Claims  Court  issued its decision on a claim by the
Bank against the United States  Government  (the  "Government")  in the lawsuit,
GLENDALE FEDERAL BANK,  FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK V. UNITED STATES,  Civil Action No.
90-772-C (the "Glendale Goodwill  Litigation"),  ruling that the Government must
compensate the Bank in the sum of $908.9 million.  This decision was appealed by
the Government and the Bank.  After all appellate  briefs were filed by both the
Government  and the Bank,  oral argument on the appeal took place in conjunction
with the argument in the  California  Federal  Goodwill  Litigation  (as defined
herein) on July 7, 2000.

     On April 16,  1999,  the Claims Court issued its decision on a claim by the
Bank against the  Government in the lawsuit,  CALIFORNIA  FEDERAL BANK V. UNITED
STATES, Civil Action No. 92-138C (the "California Federal Goodwill Litigation"),
ruling that the Government must compensate the Bank in the sum of $23.0 million.
The summary judgment liability decision by the first Claims Court Judge has been
appealed by the Government and the damage award by the second Claims Court Judge
has been  appealed by the Bank.  After all  appellate  briefs  were filed,  oral
argument in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals took place in conjunction  with
the appellate argument in the Glendale Goodwill Litigation on July 7, 2000.

     In each of the Glendale  Goodwill  Litigation  and the  California  Federal
Goodwill Litigation,  it is alleged,  among other things, that the United States
breached  certain  contractual  commitments  regarding  the  computation  of its
regulatory  capital for which each of Glendale  Federal and  California  Federal
seek  damages  and  restitution.  The  claims  arose  from  changes  made by the
Financial  Institutions  Reform,  Recovery and  Enforcement  Act of 1989 and its
implementing  regulations  ("FIRREA")  with  respect to the rules for  computing
regulatory capital.

     OTHER LITIGATION

     In  addition  to  the  matters  described  above,   Golden  State  and  its
subsidiaries are involved in other legal proceedings on claims incidental to the
normal  conduct of their  business.  Although  it is  impossible  to predict the
outcome of any  outstanding  legal  proceedings,  management  believes that such
legal proceedings and claims,  individually or in the aggregate, will not have a
material effect on Golden State, GS Holdings, or the Bank.

ITEM 2.  CHANGES IN SECURITIES.

       None.

ITEM 3.  DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

       None.

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

       None.

ITEM 5.  OTHER INFORMATION.

       None.


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ITEM 6.  EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K.

     (a) Exhibits:

          3.1  Certificate  of  Incorporation  of  the  Registrant,  as amended.
               (Incorporated  by  reference  to  Exhibits  3.1  and 3.2  to  the
               Registrant's Annual Report  on Form 10-K  for the year ended June
               30, 1998.)

          3.2  By-laws of the Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference
               to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report  on Form 10-Q
               for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.)

         27.1  Financial Data Schedule.

     (b) Reports on Form 8-K:

         None.


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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.






                                    Golden State Bancorp Inc.




                                         /s/  Richard H. Terzian
                                    --------------------------------------------
                                    By:  Richard H. Terzian
                                         Executive Vice President
                                         and Chief Financial Officer
                                         (Principal Financial Officer)


                                         /s/  Renee Nichols Tucei
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                    By:  Renee Nichols Tucei
                                         Executive Vice President and Controller
                                         (Principal Accounting Officer)



November 8, 2000








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