Santander BanCorp has Filed with the SEC Its Form 10Q for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2009
May 08 2009 - 4:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Santander
BanCorp (NYSE: SBP; LATIBEX; XSBP) ("the Corporation") has filed
its Form 10Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2009 and in addition
to being available at http://www.sec.gov/, it is also available at
http://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 http://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, 2009 and Form 10K and Annual Report for the year ended
December 31, 2008, including the complete audited financial
statements is available free of charge upon request at
http://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-three 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
approximately 1,000 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 http://www.santandernet.com/. Banco Santander,
S.A., (SAN.MC, STD.N), headquartered in Madrid, engages primarily
in commercial banking with complementary activities in global
wholesale banking, cards, asset management and insurance. Santander
had over EUR 1.168 trillion in funds under management at the close
of 2008, from more than 80 million customers served through more
than 14,000 offices -- more branches than any other international
bank. Founded in 1857, Santander is the largest financial group in
Spain and Latin America and has a significant presence in Western
Europe and in the United Kingdom. In 2008, Santander registered EUR
8,876 million in attributable net profit, an increase of 9% from
2007, excluding capital gains. For more information see
http://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. DATASOURCE: Santander BanCorp
CONTACT: Juan M. Diaz, +1-787-777-4240, or Michelle Balaguer,
+1-787-777-4186 Web Site: http://www.santandernet.com/
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