PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sovereign Bancorp,
Inc. ("Sovereign") (NYSE: SOV), parent company of Sovereign Bank ("Bank"),
today announced participation in the upcoming Lehman Brothers 2006
Financial Services Conference, to be held at the Waldorf=Astoria in New
York City, September 12-14, 2006. Jay S. Sidhu, Chairman and CEO of
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Mark McCollom, CFO of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
are scheduled to present at 11:00 am on Thursday, September 14, 2006.
The event will be webcast by Lehman Brothers. Interested parties may
access the webcast on the date of presentation at:
http://customer.talkpoint.com/LEHM002/091206a_jw/default.asp?entity=soverei
gn or by going to Sovereign's website at http://www.sovereignbank.com,
Investor Relations, Financials, Presentations. In addition, a PowerPoint
presentation will be posted on the site at that time.
The links will only be activated on the scheduled date and time of
Sovereign's presentation.
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. ("Sovereign") (NYSE: SOV) is the parent company
of Sovereign Bank, an $89 billion financial institution with nearly 800
community banking offices, over 2,000 ATMs after giving effect to the
recently announced branding agreement in which Sovereign ATMs will be
placed in CVS/pharmacy locations and approximately 12,000 team members with
principal markets in the Northeast United States. 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. Sovereign is the 17th largest banking institution in the
United States. 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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Related links:
http://www.sovereignbank.com
CONTACT:
FINANCIAL: Mark McCollom, +1-610-208-6426, or
mmccollo@sovereignbank.com, or Stacey Weikel, +1-610-208-6112, or
sweikel@sovereignbank.com; or MEDIA: Ed Shultz, +1-610-378-6159,
or eshultz1@sovereignbank.com, all of Sovereign Bancorp
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