Santander BanCorp Has Filed with the SEC Its Form 10Q for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009
08 8월 2009 - 6:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Santander
BanCorp (NYSE: SBP; LATIBEX; XSBP) ("the Corporation") has filed
its Form 10Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 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 June 30, 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 62 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 (SAN.MC, STD.N) is a retail and commercial bank, based in
Spain. At the end of 2008, 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 1,271 billion in managed
funds at the end of 2008. Following the acquisition of Sovereign
Bancorp. of the U.S. in January 2009, Santander has 90 million
customers, more than 14,000 branches -- more than any other
international bank -- and over 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 the first half of
2009, Santander registered EUR 4,519 million in net attributable
profit. 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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