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Filed under Rule 433
File No. 333-124535
Final Term Sheet
     
Issuer:
  USB Capital VIII
 
    
Guarantor:
  U.S. Bancorp (Ticker: USB)
 
    
Size:
  $375 million (15 million trust preferred securities)
 
    
Overallotment Option:
  2.25 million trust preferred securities
 
    
Expected Ratings:
  Aa3 /A- /A+ (Moody’s / S&P / Fitch)
 
    
Maturity Date:
  December 29, 2065 (60NC5)
 
    
Coupon/Distribution Rate:
  6.35% per annum
 
    
1st Coupon/Distribution:
  3/29/2006 and quarterly thereafter
 
    
Redemption:
  On or after 12/29/2010 at $25 per capital security
 
    
Liquidation Amount / Par:
  $25 per capital security
 
    
Trade Date:
  12/21/2005 
 
    
Settle:
  12/29/2005 (T+5)
 
    
Expected Listing:
  NYSE
 
    
Public Offering Price:
  $25 per trust preferred security
 
    
Net Proceeds (before expenses) to Issuer:
  $363,187,500 
 
    
Joint-Leads:
  Merrill Lynch & Co., Citigroup
 
    
Sr. Co-Managers:
  Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Wachovia Securities
 
    
Jr. Co-Managers:
  A.G. Edwards, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., RBC Dain Rauscher
 
    
CUSIP:
  903307 20 5 
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