SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,
May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Santander BanCorp (NYSE: SBP; LATIBEX; XSBP) ("the
Corporation") has filed its Form 10Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2010 with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on May 10,
2010 and in addition to being available at www.sec.gov, it
is also available at www.santandernet.com and can be accessed by
clicking on "Investor Relations" on the website main page.
In addition, the Corporation makes available additional
financial information on the Corporation's website at
www.santandernet.com and can be accessed by clicking on "Investor
Relations" on the website main page and clicking on "Financial
Highlights on Excel".
A hard copy of Santander BanCorp's most recent Form 10Q for the
quarter ended March 31, 2010 and
Form 10K and Annual Report, including the complete audited
financial statements is available free of charge upon request at
www.santandernet.com and can be accessed by clicking on "Investor
Relations" on the website main page.
Institutional Background
Santander BanCorp is a publicly held financial holding company
that is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (SBP) and on Latibex
(Madrid Stock Exchange) (XSBP). 91% of the outstanding common stock
of Santander BanCorp is owned by Banco Santander, S.A. (Santander).
The Corporation has five wholly owned subsidiaries, Banco Santander
Puerto Rico, Santander Securities Corporation, Santander Financial
Services, Inc., Santander Insurance Agency, Inc. and Island
Insurance Corporation. Banco Santander Puerto Rico has been
operating in Puerto Rico for
thirty-two years. It offers a full array of services through 54
branches in the areas of commercial, mortgage and consumer banking,
supported by a team of over 1,700 employees. Santander Securities
offers securities brokerage services and provides portfolio
management services through its wholly owned subsidiary Santander
Asset Management Corporation. Santander Financial Services, Inc.
offers consumer finance products through its network of 64 branches
throughout the Island. Santander Insurance Agency offers life,
health and disability coverage as a corporate agent and also
operates as a general agent. For more information, visit the
Company's website at www.santandernet.com.
Banco Santander (SAN.MC, STD.N, BNC.LN) is a retail and
commercial bank, based in Spain,
with presence in 10 main markets. At the end of 2009,
Santander was the largest bank in the euro zone by market
capitalization and third in the world by profit. Founded in
1857, Santander had EUR 1,245 billion
in managed funds at the end of 2009. Following the
acquisition of Sovereign Bancorp. of the U.S. in January 2009, Santander has 90 million customers,
13,660 branches -more than any other international bank- and
170,000 employees. It is the largest financial group in
Spain and Latin America, with leading positions in the
United Kingdom and Portugal and a broad presence in Europe through its Santander Consumer Finance
arm. In 2009, Santander registered EUR
8,943 million in net attributable profit. For more
information, visit www.santander.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are
based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections
about the industry in which the Company operates, its beliefs and
its management's assumptions. Words such as "expects,"
"anticipates," "targets," "goals," "projects," "intends," "plans,"
"believes," "seeks," "estimates" and variations of such words and
similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These statements are not guarantees of future
performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and
assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual
outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed
or forecast in such forward-looking statements. Except as otherwise
required under federal securities laws and the rules and
regulations of the SEC, the Company does not have any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in
assumptions or otherwise.
SOURCE Santander BanCorp