EX-21 3 a2182954zex-21.htm EXHIBIT 21
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Exhibit 21

List of Subsidiaries

Subsidiaries of International Bancshares Corporation

Name		State of Incorporation or Organization		Business		% of Ownership
IBC Subsidiary Corporation		Delaware		Bank Holding Company		100	%
IBC Life Insurance Company		Texas		Credit Life Insurance		100	%
IBC Trading Company		Texas		Export Trading		100	%
IBC Capital Corporation		Texas		Investments		100	%

Subsidiaries of IBC Subsidiary Corporation

Name		State of Incorporation or Organization		Business		% of Ownership
International Bank of Commerce		Texas		State Bank		100	%
Commerce Bank		Texas		State Bank		100	%
International Bank of Commerce, Zapata		Texas		State Bank		100	%
International Bank of Commerce, Brownsville		Texas		State Bank		100	%
Gulfstar Group I, Ltd.		Texas		Investment and Merchant Banking		70	%
Gulfstar Group II, Ltd.		Texas		Investment Banking		70	%
Gulfstar Merchant Banking II, Ltd.		Texas		Merchant Banking		70	%

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Exhibit 21

List of Subsidiaries