Annual Report and Accounts

Banco Santander Central Hispano SA
07 April 2006





                              OTHER NOTIFICATION







Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. has published today its Annual Report
together with the Reports of the Audit and Compliance Committee and the
Appointments and Remuneration Committee, all of them referred to the 2005
financial year. All such documents are available on Grupo Santander's website at
www.gruposantander.com.


Copies of the above documents have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority,
and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's
Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:


Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5HS



                                     Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 7th April 2006



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