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Sovereign Presenting at KBW Conference

    PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
("Sovereign") (NYSE: SOV), parent company of Sovereign Bank ("Bank"), today
announced participation in the upcoming KBW Large Cap Bank Conference, to
be held at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado from Monday,
August 11 through Tuesday, August 12, 2008. Kirk Walters, Sovereign's Chief
Financial Officer, and M. Robert Rose, Sovereign's Chief Risk Management
Officer, are scheduled to present on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 9:00 a.m.
MT (11:00 a.m. ET).

    The event will be webcast by KBW, hosted by Talkpoint. Interested
parties may access the webcast by logging onto
http://cc.talkpoint.com/KEEF001/081008a_ak/ and registering on the KBW
website. A webcast replay will be archived by KBW for 60 days following the
event.

    A PowerPoint presentation will be available on Sovereign's website at
http://www.sovereignbank.com, Investor Relations, Events & Webcasts.

    Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., ("Sovereign") (NYSE: SOV), is the parent
company of Sovereign Bank, a financial institution with principal markets
in the Northeastern United States. Sovereign Bank has 750 community banking
offices, over 2,300 ATMs and approximately 12,000 team members. Sovereign
offers a broad array of financial services and products including retail
banking, business and corporate banking, cash management, capital markets,
wealth management and insurance. For more information on Sovereign Bank,
visit http://www.sovereignbank.com or call 1-877-SOV-BANK.



SOURCE Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.




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  • http://www.sovereignbank.com
    CONTACT:
    Financial, Kirk Walters, +1-617-346-7346,
    kwalter1@sovereignbank.com, or Stacey Weikel, +1-610-320-8428,
    sweikel@sovereignbank.com, or Media, Andrew Gully,
    +1-617-757-5513, agully@sovereignbank.com, or Ellen Molle,
    +1-617-757-5573, emolle@sovereignbank.com