Meeting with analysts

Banco Santander Central Hispano SA
26 July 2006




                              OTHER NOTIFICATIONS



Banco Santander hereby advises that the presentation of the Grupo Santander 2006
2nd Quarter Results will take place tomorrow, Thursday 27th July 2006. For this
purpose, a webcast presentation to analysts will be held at 10:00 hours (Madrid
time), followed by a meeting with journalists at 12:00 hours.


Both events will take place at the Grupo Santander City in Boadilla del Monte (
Madrid). The presentation to analysts can be followed by anyone interested via
the Internet on the corporate website www.gruposantander.com.


The documentation to be provided during the meetings will be made public before
the meetings commence via notification to the CNMV and will be published on the
aforementioned website.



                                     Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 26th July 2006



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