MATERIAL FACT
Banco Santander hereby announces that Santander Consumer USA Inc. has commenced formalities to obtain authorization from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for an initial public share offering. No shares may be offered to the public until the aforementioned supervisor has granted its authorization.
Commencement of procedures with the SEC does not imply that a final decision has been taken on the application for admission to trading or public offer; therefore the date on which this would be carried out or the number of shares that could be sold, where applicable, has not yet been decided.
Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 5 July 2013
Important notice
A registration statement relating to these securities will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This material fact announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to their registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.