MEXICO CITY, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo
Financiero Santander Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: SANMEX; NYSE:
BSMX) ("Santander Mexico") announced today that its annual
report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 has been filed with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Form
20-F can be accessed either by visiting the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov or Santander Mexico's corporate website at
www.santander.com.mx/ir. Any shareholder may receive a printed copy
of the Form 20-F, which includes Santander Mexico's complete
audited financial statements, free of charge by requesting a copy
from Santander Mexico's Investor Relations Office at:
Prolongacion Paseo de la Reforma No. 500 Mod.206
Col. Lomas de Santa Fe
CP.01219
Mexico City
ABOUT GRUPO FINANCIERO SANTANDER MEXICO
Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (Santander
Mexico), one of Mexico's leading
financial services holding companies, provides a wide range of
financial and related services, including retail and commercial
banking, securities brokerage, financial advisory and other related
investment activities. Santander Mexico offers a multichannel
financial services platform focused on mid- to high-income
individuals and small- to medium-sized enterprises, while also
providing integrated financial services to larger multinational
companies in Mexico. As of
March 31, 2013, Santander Mexico had
total assets of Ps.856.8 billion under Mexican GAAP and more than
10.0 million customers. Headquartered in Mexico City, the Company operates 967 branches
and 226 offices nationwide and has a total of 13,498
employees.
INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT
Gerardo Freire
Alvarado
+ 52 (55)
5269-1827
investor@santander.com.mx
LEGAL DISCLAIMER
Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico
cautions that this report may contain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements could be found in
various places throughout this reports and include, without
limitation, statements regarding our intent, belief, targets or
current expectations in connection with: asset growth and sources
of funding; growth of our fee-based business; expansion of our
distribution network; our focus on strategic businesses; our
compound annual growth rate; our risk, efficiency and profitability
targets; financing plans; competition; impact of regulation;
exposure to market risks including interest rate risk, foreign
exchange risk and equity price risk; exposure to credit risks
including credit default risk and settlement risk; projected
capital expenditures; capitalization requirements and level of
reserves; liquidity; trends affecting the economy generally; and
trends affecting our financial condition and our results of
operations. While these forward-looking statements represent our
judgment and future expectations concerning the development of our
business, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important
factors could cause actual developments and results to differ
materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are
not limited to: changes in capital markets in general that may
affect policies or attitudes towards lending to Mexico or Mexican companies; changes in
economic conditions, in Mexico in
particular, in the United States
or globally; the monetary, foreign exchange and interest rate
policies of the Mexican Central Bank (Banco de Mexico); inflation; deflation; unemployment;
unanticipated turbulence in interest rates; movements in foreign
exchange rates; movements in equity prices or other rates or
prices; changes in Mexican and foreign policies, legislation and
regulations; changes in requirements to make contributions to, for
the receipt of support from programs organized by or requiring
deposits to be made or assessments observed or imposed by, the
Mexican government; changes in taxes; competition, changes in
competition and pricing environments; our inability to hedge
certain risks economically; economic conditions that affect
consumer spending and the ability of customers to comply with
obligations; the adequacy of allowances for loans and other losses;
increased default by borrowers; technological changes; changes in
consumer spending and saving habits; increased costs; unanticipated
increases in financing and other costs or the inability to obtain
additional debt or equity financing on attractive terms; changes
in, or failure to comply with, banking regulations; and certain
other risk factors included in our annual report on Form 20-F. The
risk factors and other key factors that we have indicated in our
past and future filings and reports, including those with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, could adversely affect our
business and financial performance.
SOURCE Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V.