MEXICO CITY, April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo
Financiero Santander Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: BSMX; BMV:
SANMEX) ("Santander Mexico" or the "Company") hereby announces that
on April 29, 2014, Santander Mexico
filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2013 (the "2013 Annual
Report") with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") . The 2013 Annual Report can be accessed by visiting either
the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or the Company's website at
http://www.santander.com.mx/ir/english/financial/annual.html. In
addition, shareholders may receive a hard copy of Santander
Mexico's complete IFRS audited financial statements free of charge
by requesting a copy from the Company's Investor Relations Office
at + 52 (55) 52691827 or email: investor@santander.com.mx.
ABOUT GRUPO FINANCIERO SANTANDER MEXICO, S.A.B. DE
C.V. (NYSE: BSMX; BMV: SANMEX)
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
December 31, 2013, Santander Mexico
had total assets of Ps.821.8 billion under Mexican GAAP and more
than 10 million customers. Headquartered in Mexico City, the Company operates 1,018
branches and 240 offices nationwide and has a total of 14,260
employees.
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.