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29 September 2014
SANTANDER UK PLC
BOARD CHANGES
Further to the announcement made on 10 September 2014, the Board of Santander UK is pleased to announce that Nathan Bostock has been appointed as CEO with immediate effect. As a result, Ana Botín has today relinquished her role as CEO but will remain on the Board in a non-executive capacity.
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For further details, please contact:
Jennifer Scardino | (Director of Corporate Affairs and Marketing) | 020 7756 4886 |
James S. Johnson | (Head of Investor Relations) | 020 7756 5014 |
For more information contact: | ir@santander.co.uk |
Additional information about Santander UK and Banco Santander
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN.MC, STD.N, BNC.LN) is a retail and commercial bank, based in Spain, with a presence in 10 main markets. Banco Santander, S.A. is the largest bank in the euro zone by market capitalization. Founded in 1857, Banco Santander, S.A. had EUR 1.24 trillion in managed funds, 103 million customers, 13,927 branches - more than any other international bank - and 182,958 employees at the close of 2013. It is the largest financial group in Spain and Latin America. It also has significant positions in the United Kingdom, Portugal, Germany, Poland and the northeast United States of America. Banco Santander, S.A. registered EUR 4.37 billion in attributable profit in 2013, an increase of 90% from the previous year.
Santander UK is a leading financial services provider in the UK and offers a wide range of personal and commercial financial products and services. At 30 June 2014, Santander UK serves more than 14 million active customers with c. 20,000 employees and through almost 1,000 branches and 52 regional Corporate Business Centres.
Banco Santander, S.A. has a standard listing of its ordinary shares on the London Stock Exchange and Santander UK continues to have its preference shares listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Nothing in this announcement constitutes or should be construed as constituting a profit forecast.