Santander Bancorp - Current report filing (8-K)

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 7, 2007

 

Santander BanCorp

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)		001-15849 (Commission File No.)		66-0573723 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

207 Ponce de León Avenue
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00917
Address of Principal Executive Offices,
Including Zip Code

[phone]
Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code

         Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

     The executive officers of Santander BanCorp (the “Corporation”) intend to utilize the presentation attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, in whole or in part, at presentations and meetings with analysts and investors.

     The information presented in this Current Report on Form 8-K may contain forward-looking statements and certain assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are in part based. Numerous important factors, including those factors identified in the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and other of the Corporation’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the fact that the assumptions set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K could prove incorrect, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in such forward-looking statements.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

     (d) Exhibits

     99.1 Slide show presentation materials for investors and analysts.

 

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant had duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		SANTANDER BANCORP
		By:		/s/ Carlos M. García
				Carlos M. García
				Senior Executive Vice President and
				Chief Operating Officer

Date: December 7, 2007