RICHMOND, Va., May 11, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW) will offer a web cast of its 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As previously announced Genworth Financial will hold its 2005 Annual Meeting at 9:00 a.m., May 19, 2005. A web cast of this event will be available at http://investor.genworth.com. To access the web cast please register at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the web cast, and download and install any necessary software. The webcast will be archived on the company's website.

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Genworth is a leading insurance holding company, serving the lifestyle protection, retirement income, investment and mortgage insurance needs of more than 15 million customers, and has operations in 22 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K. and more than a dozen other European countries. For more information, visit http://www.genworth.com.

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Investors: Anthony Attard, +1-804-281-6418, anthony.attard@genworth.com, Media: Mike Kachel, +1-804-662-2534, mike.kachel@genworth.com, both for Genworth Financial