BOSTON, July 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Santander
Holdings USA, Inc. (the "Company")
announced today that it has priced $800,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
4.400% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the "New Fixed Rate Notes")
and $440,000,000 in aggregate
principal amount of 3.700% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the
"New 2022 Notes" and, together with the New Fixed Rate Notes, the
"Notes") in a private offering exempt from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). The New 2022 Notes will be issued as additional
notes under the indenture pursuant to which the Company's existing
3.700% senior unsecured notes were issued in March 2017. The Company expects to use the net
proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes. The
Notes offering is expected to close on July
13, 2017. The closing is subject to customary closing
conditions, and there can be no assurance that the issuance and
sale of the Notes will be consummated.
The Notes will be offered and sold only to qualified
institutional buyers in the United
States pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S
under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under
the Securities Act or any state securities law and may not be
offered or sold in the United
States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable
state laws.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to purchase the Notes or any other
securities and does not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale
in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful.
Santander Holdings USA, Inc.
(SHUSA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banco Santander,
S.A. (NYSE: SAN) (Santander), one of the most respected banking
groups in the world with more than 125 million customers in
Europe, Latin America and the U.S. As the intermediate
holding company for Santander's U.S. businesses, SHUSA
includes six financial companies with more than 17,500 employees,
5.2 million customers and assets of over $135.1 billion. These include Santander
Bank, N.A., one of the country's largest retail and commercial
banks by deposits; Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SC), an auto
finance and consumer lending company; Banco Santander
International of Miami;
Banco Santander Puerto Rico; Santander Securities LLC of
Boston; and Santander Investment
Securities Inc. of New York.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This communication contains forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Any statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans, or
future events are not historical facts and may be forward-looking.
Such statements include, but are not limited to, the Company's
statements regarding the Notes offering. These statements are
often, but not always, made through the use of words or phrases
such as "anticipates," "believes," "can," "could," "may,"
"predicts," "potential," "should," "will," "looking forward,"
"would," 'hopes," "assumes," "estimates," "plans," "projects,"
"continuing," "ongoing," "expects," "intends," and similar words or
phrases. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in
these forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date on
which the statements are made, these statements are not guarantees
of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are
subject to change based on various important factors and
assumptions, some of which are beyond our control. For additional
discussion of these risks, refer to the section entitled "Risk
Factors" and elsewhere in our Annual Report on
Form 10-K we file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"). Among the factors that could cause actual
results to differ from those reflected in forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties
described in the Company's filings with the SEC. New risks and
uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for
the Company to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have
an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this
communication. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent
in the forward-looking information included herein, the inclusion
of such information should not be regarded as a representation by
the Company or any other person that the Company's expectations,
objectives or plans will be achieved in the timeframe anticipated
or at all. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
the Company's forward-looking statements, and the Company
undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Any
forward-looking statements only speak as of the date of this
document, and we undertake no obligation to update any
forward-looking information or statements, whether written or oral,
to reflect any change, except as required by law. All
forward-looking statements attributable to us are expressly
qualified by these cautionary statements.
FINANCIAL CONTACTS:
Juan Carlos Alvarez
617.757.3520
jalvare1@santander.us
Andrew Withers
617.757.3524
awithers@santander.us
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Ann Davis
617.757.5891
ann.davis@santander.us
Nancy Orlando
617.757.5765
nancy.orlando@santander.us
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SOURCE Santander Holdings USA,
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