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Banco Santander Central Hispano SA
04 May 2007




                     Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.



                             YEARLY INFORMATION



As established by Article 10 of Directive 2003/71/EC dated 4th November 2003 on
the prospectus to be published in the event of a public offering or admission
for listing of securities, modifying Directive2001/34/EC, and as stated in the
Securities Market Act 24/1998 of 28th July, on matters concerning the admission
of securities for trading on official secondary markets, public share offerings
or subscriptions and the prospectus required for such purpose.





This Yearly Information is dated 4th May 2007.



The information which Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A., has published or
made available to the public during the 12 month-period preceding the
publication of the 2006 Financial Report, in one or more Member States of the
European Union and in third countries, may be obtained from the following
sources of information:


1.      Financial Information

        -   Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A. web page (www.santander.com)
        -   CNMV (National Securities Market Commission) web page (www.cnmv.es).


2.      Material Facts and Other Notifications

        CNMV (National Securities Market Commission) web page (www.cnmv.es).

3.      Public Offering Prospectuses and listing circulars.

These documents can be consulted on the web pages of the following authorities:

        -   London Stock Exchange: www.londonstockexchange.com
        -   Luxembourg Stock Exchange: www.bourse.lu
        -   Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores (National Securities Market
            Commission): www.cnmv.es



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