Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Results

PHILADELPHIA, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. ("Sovereign" or "the Company") (NYSE:SOV), parent company of Sovereign Bank ("Bank"), today reported net income for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 of $127.4 million or $.22 per diluted share as compared to $100.1 million or $.20 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2008 and $147.5 million or $.29 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2007. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $227.6 million or $0.42 per diluted share compared to $195.5 million or $0.39 per diluted share for the six months ending June 30, 2007.

Highlights for the second quarter of 2008 were as follows:

-- On May 16, 2008 the Company issued $1.39 billion of common stock which increased Sovereign's tangible common equity ratio and tangible book value per share to 6.04% and $6.90 at June 30, 2008 compared to 3.81% and $6.20 at March 31, 2008.

-- For the sixth consecutive quarter Sovereign's net interest margin has expanded and now stands at 3.06%, an increase of 18 basis points from the first quarter of 2008 and 35 basis points from the similar quarter in 2007.

-- Loan balances at March 31, 2008 declined by 2.57% on a linked-quarter basis primarily due to the securitization of $780 million in residential mortgages and a 7.5% decline in auto loans.

-- Deposit mix continued to improve with retail and commercial deposits comprising 81.2% of total deposits up from 75.4% a year ago.

-- Sovereign's allowance for credit losses as a percentage of total loans increased to 1.47% at June 30, 2008, compared to 1.36% at March 31, 2008 and .92% at June 30, 2007.

-- Sovereign's non-performing assets as a percentage of tangible equity and allowance for loan losses was 9.9% at June 30, 2008 compared to 12.2% at March 31, 2008 and 8.1% at June 30, 2007.

"Sovereign is on solid financial footing as we manage through the current uncertain economic climate," said Sovereign's President and CEO Joseph P. Campanelli. "Given the challenging operating environment, I am pleased with our results for the second quarter of 2008, which are consistent with our expectations. They reflect the prudent and proactive strategies we employed in the last year and demonstrate progress in reducing our risk profile, improving the quality of our earnings, and strengthening our operating metrics."

Net Interest Income and Margin

For the second quarter of 2008, Sovereign reported net interest income of $506 million as compared to $482 million in the first quarter of 2008 and $453 million in the similar quarter of 2007. The Company's net interest margin expanded 35 basis points during the second quarter of 2008 to 3.06% from the similar quarter a year ago. The main drivers of this expansion have been a reduction in the cost of deposits and short-term borrowings resulting from lower short-term market interest rates coupled with a shift in deposit mix to lower-cost categories.

On a linked-quarter basis, average loan balances were relatively unchanged at $58.2 billion with growth in commercial loans of 2.9% and direct home equity loans of 2.8% which was offset by declines in residential mortgage loans of 5.1% and auto loans of 5.7%. During the second quarter, the Company completed a mortgage securitization which converted $780 million of residential real estate loans into investment securities. This securitization will reduce credit risk and required levels of risk based capital as well as enhance liquidity. Sovereign's average loan balances increased $1.4 billion from the second quarter of 2007 primarily as a result of growth in commercial loans offset by declines in residential mortgage loans.

Sovereign's average deposits on a linked quarter basis declined by $1.1 billion which was primarily driven by decreases in costlier wholesale and government deposits of $1.2 billion. Sovereign's average retail and commercial deposits increased $285 million during the quarter due to growth in demand deposit accounts which was offset by declines in higher cost retail time deposits. Sovereign's average deposits decreased $3.2 billion from the second quarter of 2007 as the Bank grew retail and commercial deposits $1.2 billion and reduced its reliance on wholesale deposit sources by $4.4 billion.

Non-Interest Income

Consumer and commercial banking fees were $134.7 million, an increase of $5.4 million or 4.2% from a year ago and $7.1 million on a linked quarter basis. The increase from the prior periods is primarily attributable to increased sales of annuity products from our investment services group and higher commercial and consumer deposit fees.

Mortgage banking revenues for the quarter were $37.9 million, compared to a loss of $5.1 million on a linked quarter basis and $26.5 million in the same quarter a year ago. The loss in the prior quarter was attributed to mortgage and multi-family servicing right impairments of $23.6 million which were driven primarily by lower interest rates and higher market prepayment speed assumptions. In the second quarter of 2008, $20.5 million of this impairment was reversed as a result of the normalization in market prepayment speed assumptions at June 30, 2008.

Capital markets revenues for the second quarter of 2008 were $7.2 million compared to $10.4 million in the first quarter of 2008 and $6.0 million in the second quarter of 2007. The decline in revenues on a linked quarter basis was driven by higher volumes of derivative sales to our customers related to the rapid reduction in interest rates earlier in the year by the Federal Reserve.

Net investment gains of $1.9 million in the second quarter of 2008 were due to a gain of $6.5 million related to the sale of MasterCard stock which was partially offset, by a write-down of $4.6 million in the Company's residual interests in certain off-balance sheet home equity securitizations. Sovereign's maximum risk of loss on the remaining retained interests for these home equity securitizations is $2 million. The first quarter of 2008 included a net investment gain of $14.1 million related to the mandatory partial redemption of the VISA IPO shares.

Non-Interest Expense

General and administrative expenses were $382 million for the second quarter of 2008, as compared to $359 million in the first quarter of 2008 and $337 million in the similar quarter a year ago. Included in the first quarter of 2008 was a reduction in legal expense of $6.4 million related to the release of reserves established for the VISA litigation. As compared to the first quarter of 2008, the second quarter of 2008 included higher compensation and benefits expenses of $7.6 million primarily due to severance charges and a full quarter of merit increases, higher loan workout/collection and other real estate owned expenses of $5.3 million, and increased marketing expense of $3.5 million.

The increase in general and administrative expenses of $45 million from the second quarter of 2007 was primarily due to increased compensation and benefits expense of $21.2 million, driven by the aforementioned severance charges and merit increases in the second quarter of 2008 as well as higher incentive compensation accruals as a result of changes in the incentive compensation structure for retail and corporate plans to be better aligned with the marketplace. In addition, the Company incurred higher deposit insurance premiums of $7.7 million, higher legal, loan and other real estate owned expenses of $11.1 million related to the challenging credit environment and increased marketing expense of $2.6 million.

Other expenses totaled $42.8 million in the second quarter of 2008 compared to $37.5 million in the first quarter of 2008 and $79.5 million a year ago. Second quarter 2008 results included a decline in the fair market value on one of the Company's equity method investments of $6.4 million. The second quarter of 2007 results included restructuring charges of $32.7 million related to branch closings, freezing of the Company's ESOP plan and severance charges.

Asset Quality

Sovereign's provision for credit losses was $132 million in the second quarter of 2008, compared to $135 million in the first quarter of 2008 and $51 million in the second quarter of 2007. Sovereign increased its allowance for credit losses to $843.5 million, a $45.1 million increase from March 31, 2008, primarily due to continued deterioration in asset quality for the commercial portfolios, particularly in the for-sale housing segment. Sovereign's allowance for credit losses to total loans at June 30, 2008 increased to 1.47% up from 1.36% at March 31, 2008 and .92% at June 30, 2007.

Net charge-offs were $86.9 million this quarter versus $74.3 million in the prior quarter and $25.7 million in the similar quarter a year ago. Annualized net charge-offs were .60% of average loans for the current quarter, compared to .51% linked quarter and .18% a year ago. Approximately 34% of net charge-offs this quarter were attributable to run-off loan portfolios, net charge-offs related to the indirect auto portfolio outside the Company's footprint and correspondent home equity loans were $23.3 million and $6.2 million, respectively. This compares to 43% in the first quarter of 2008 as charge-offs on these two portfolios were $28.3 million and $4.0 million, respectively.

Non-performing loans increased to $490.5 million at June 30, 2008 compared to $417.8 million at March 31, 2008 and $282.4 million at June 30, 2007. The increase in non-performing loans on a linked quarter basis was driven primarily by real estate related loan categories: for-sale housing, Alt-A residential and one multi-family loan. Non-performing loans to total loans increased 14 basis points to .85% at June 30, 2008 compared to .71% at March 31, 2008 and .52% at June 30, 2007.

Capital

Sovereign's tangible equity to tangible assets including other comprehensive income ("OCI") was 6.29% at June 30, 2008 compared to 4.06% at March 31, 2008 and 4.69% a year ago. Tangible common equity to tangible assets including OCI was 6.04% at the end of the second quarter of 2008 compared to 3.81% on a linked quarter basis and 4.44% a year ago. Sovereign's Tier 1 leverage ratio was 8.34% at June 30, 2008, as compared to 6.21% at March 31, 2008 and 6.40% a year ago. Sovereign Bank's Tier 1 leverage ratio was 7.27% compared to 6.93% at June 30, 2007. The Bank's total risk-based capital ratio was 11.41% at June 30, 2008 compared to 10.45% a year ago. The increase in various capital ratios was due to the common stock offering and subordinated debt issuance on May 16, 2008, increased retained earnings and smaller asset size.

About Sovereign

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.

Investors, analysts and other interested parties will have the opportunity to listen to a live web-cast of Sovereign's Second Quarter 2008 earnings call on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 beginning at 10:30 a.m. ET at http://www.sovereignbank.com/ > Investor Relations > Events & Webcasts; or http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol- eventDetails&c=67999&eventID=1882657 (Due to length of URL, please copy and paste into Internet browser). International parties are invited to dial into the conference call at 706-679-7706. The webcast can be accessed at 10:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Questions may be submitted during the call via email accessible from Sovereign Bancorp's broadcast and Investor Relations sites. A webcast replay will remain available via Sovereign's Investor Relations site. A telephone replay will be accessible from 12:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 through 12:00 a.m. ET (midnight) on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 by dialing 1-800-642-1687 in the U.S., international 706-645-9291, confirmation id # 53252875.

Note:

This press release contains statements with respect to Sovereign's vision, mission, strategies, goals, beliefs, plans, objectives, expectations, anticipations, estimates, intentions, financial condition, results of operations, future performance and business of Sovereign. These statements constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although Sovereign believes that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties which are subject to change based on various important factors (some of which are beyond Sovereign's control). Among the factors which would cause Sovereign's financial performance to differ materially from that expressed in the forward-looking statements are: the strength of the United States economy in general and the strength of the regional and local economies in which Sovereign conducts operations; the effects of, and changes in, trade, monetary and fiscal policies and laws, including interest rate policies of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; inflation, interest rate, market and monetary fluctuations; adverse changes in the securities markets, including those related to the financial condition of significant issuers in our investment portfolio; the impact of changes in financial services policies, laws and regulations, including laws, regulations and policies concerning taxes, banking, capital, liquidity, proper accounting treatment, securities and insurance, and the application thereof by regulatory bodies and the impact of changes in and interpretation of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States; changes in asset quality; and Sovereign's success in managing the risks involved in the foregoing. If one or more of the factors affecting Sovereign's forward-looking information and statements proves incorrect, then Sovereign's actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking statements only speak as of the date hereof. Sovereign does not intend to update any forward-looking information and statements, whether written or oral, to reflect any change.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)

(dollars in Quarter Ended thousands, except June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 per share data) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Interest and dividend income: Interest on interest-earning deposits $997 $2,964 $1,615 $7,117 $4,144 Interest on investment securities Available for sale 156,164 168,109 173,803 177,125 180,252 Other 6,671 9,820 14,279 11,886 11,179 Interest on loans 837,988 895,276 949,643 954,014 943,860 Total interest and dividend income 1,001,820 1,076,169 1,139,340 1,150,142 1,139,435 Interest expense: Deposits and related customer accounts 228,546 315,103 395,768 408,680 409,616 Borrowings 267,144 278,886 277,548 284,701 276,435 Total interest expense 495,690 593,989 673,316 693,381 686,051 Net interest income 506,130 482,180 466,024 456,761 453,384 Provision for credit losses 132,000 135,000 148,192 162,500 51,000 Net interest income after provision for credit losses 374,130 347,180 317,832 294,261 402,384 Non-interest income: Consumer banking fees 80,969 73,191 77,420 73,113 77,268 Commercial banking fees (2) 53,747 54,453 56,695 44,155 52,046 Mortgage banking revenue (1) 37,897 (5,133) 9,161 3,752 26,500 Capital markets revenue 7,209 10,393 (18,310) (12,627) 5,982 Bank owned life insurance income 19,065 19,424 20,633 24,439 20,274 Other 6,322 5,297 7,584 8,557 8,227 Total fees and other income before investment gains/ (losses) 205,209 157,625 153,183 141,389 190,297 Net gain/(loss) on investments (3) 1,908 14,135 (179,209) 1,884 - Total non-interest income 207,117 171,760 (26,026) 143,273 190,297 Non-interest expense: General and administrative Compensation and benefits (4) 192,760 185,112 155,856 172,319 171,557 Occupancy and equipment 74,868 78,013 77,325 75,217 75,637 Technology expense 25,728 24,498 25,177 23,940 23,812 Outside services 15,542 15,630 18,828 16,434 16,969 Marketing expense 19,699 16,246 13,881 16,296 17,092 Other administrative expenses (5) 53,266 39,765 46,537 37,440 31,525 Total general and administrative 381,863 359,264 337,604 341,646 336,592 Other expenses: Core deposit & other intangibles 28,106 29,122 30,141 31,066 32,257 Goodwill impairment - - 1,576,776 - - Other minority interest expense and equity method expense (6) 14,719 8,339 27,448 6,913 14,487 Proxy and related professional fees - - - - (125) Restructuring, other employee severance and debt repurchase charges - - - 6,029 35,938 ESOP expense related to freezing of plan - - - - (3,266) Merger-related and integration charges - - - - 166 Total other expenses 42,825 37,461 1,634,365 44,008 79,457 Total non- interest expense 424,688 396,725 1,971,969 385,654 416,049 Income/ (loss) before income taxes 156,559 122,215 (1,680,163) 51,880 176,632 Income tax expense/ (benefit) 29,120 22,080 (77,180) (6,330) 29,180 Net income/ (loss) $127,439 $100,135 $(1,602,983) $58,210 $147,452

(1) Mortgage banking activity is summarized below:

Gains/(losses) on sale of mortgage loans and related securities and home equity loans (7) $4,999 $3,977 $4,560 $3,971 $3,317 Net gains/(losses) recorded under SFAS 133 1,602 1,370 (2,125) 1,781 783 Mortgage servicing fees, net of mortgage servicing rights amortization 1,148 3,848 1,948 972 2,224 Mortgage servicing right recoveries/ (impairments) 19,837 (18,703) (2,071) - 656 Net gains on sale of multifamily loans 9,676 9,231 7,515 2,383 5,748 Net gains/(losses) recorded on commercial mortgage backed securitization - - (666) (5,355) 13,772 Multifamily servicing right recoveries/ (impairments) 635 (4,856) - - - Total mortgage banking revenues $37,897 $(5,133) $9,161 $3,752 $26,500

Year to Date (dollars in thousands, June 30 June 30 except per share data) 2008 2007

Interest and dividend income: Interest on interest-earning deposits $3,961 $10,380 Interest on investment securities Available for sale 324,273 370,087 Other 16,491 25,480 Interest on loans 1,733,264 1,960,827 Total interest and dividend income 2,077,989 2,366,774 Interest expense: Deposits and related customer accounts 543,649 822,867 Borrowings 546,030 602,670 Total interest expense 1,089,679 1,425,537 Net interest income 988,310 941,237 Provision for credit losses 267,000 97,000 Net interest income after provision for credit losses 721,310 844,237 Non-interest income: Consumer banking fees 154,160 145,282 Commercial banking fees (2) 108,200 101,454 Mortgage banking revenue (1) 32,764 (80,705) Capital markets revenue 17,602 11,671 Bank owned life insurance income 38,489 40,783 Other 11,619 17,694 Total fees and other income before investment gains/(losses) 362,834 236,179 Net gain/(loss) on investments (3) 16,043 970 Total non-interest income 378,877 237,149 Non-interest expense: General and administrative Compensation and benefits (4) 377,872 345,353 Occupancy and equipment 152,881 156,156 Technology expense 50,226 47,148 Outside services 31,172 32,247 Marketing expense 35,945 25,924 Other administrative expenses (5) 93,031 59,760 Total general and administrative 741,127 666,588 Other expenses: Core deposit & other intangibles 57,228 65,510 Goodwill impairment - - Other minority interest expense and equity method expense (6) 23,058 32,902 Proxy and related professional fees - (516) Restructuring, other employee severance and debt repurchase charges - 55,970 ESOP expense related to freezing of plan - 40,119 Merger-related and integration charges - 2,242 Total other expenses 80,286 196,227 Total non-interest expense 821,413 862,815 Income/ (loss) before income taxes 278,774 218,571 Income tax expense/ (benefit) 51,200 23,060 Net income/ (loss) $227,574 $195,511

(1) Mortgage banking activity is summarized below:

Gains/(losses) on sale of mortgage loans and related securities and home equity loans (7) $8,977 $(111,028) Net gains/(losses) recorded under SFAS 133 2,972 395 Mortgage servicing fees, net of mortgage servicing rights amortization 4,995 2,471 Mortgage servicing right recoveries/ (impairments) 1,134 656 Net gains on sale of multifamily loans 18,906 16,305 Net gains/(losses) recorded on commercial mortgage backed securitization - 10,496 Multifamily servicing right recoveries/ (impairments) (4,220) - Total mortgage banking revenues $32,764 $(80,705)

(2) The third quarter of 2007 includes a LOCOM adjustment of $6.2 million on our loan syndication trading portfolio.

(3) The first quarter of 2008 includes a $14.1 million gain on our membership share allocation of VISA's IPO shares. Results for the fourth quarter of 2007 include a $180.5 million other-than-temporary impairment charge on FNMA & FHLMC preferred stock.

(4) Second quarter of 2008 results include severance charges of $5.3 million for recently terminated executives. Fourth quarter of 2007 results include $18.7 million of incentive compensation accrual reversals due to corporate objectives not being achieved in 2007.

(5) Other administrative expenses increased from first quarter 2008 levels due to the $6.4 million legal contingency reversal associated with the VISA IPO recorded in the first quarter as well as increased REO expense and loan expenses of $5.3 million.

(6) Second quarter of 2008 results included a fair value adjustment of $6.4 million on one of our equity method investments.

(7) First quarter of 2007 results include a LOCOM adjustment of $119.9 million on correspondent home equity loans that were not sold as of March 31, 2007.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited) June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 (dollars in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 Assets Cash and amounts due from depository institutions $1,140,965 $1,957,403 $3,130,770 Investments: Available-for-sale 11,118,184 10,958,419 13,941,847 Other investments 944,606 1,134,805 1,200,545 Total investments 12,062,790 12,093,224 15,142,392 Loans: Commercial 32,435,333 32,181,592 30,912,972 Consumer 24,970,453 26,690,190 26,866,807 Total loans 57,405,786 58,871,782 57,779,779 Less allowance for loan losses (808,748) (775,441) (709,444) Total loans, net 56,597,038 58,096,341 57,070,335 Premises and equipment, net 559,986 555,773 562,332 Accrued interest receivable 298,741 322,760 350,534 Goodwill 3,430,653 3,430,290 3,426,246 Core deposit and other intangibles 314,888 342,994 372,116 Bank owned life insurance 1,820,403 1,806,631 1,794,099 Other assets 2,971,985 3,307,303 2,897,572 Total assets $79,197,449 $81,912,719 $84,746,396

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Liabilities: Deposits and other customer related accounts: Retail and commercial deposits $38,405,724 $39,292,245 $38,350,632 Wholesale deposits 3,177,527 3,756,952 4,807,369 Government deposits 3,190,784 3,314,420 4,003,224 Customer repurchase agreements 2,520,073 2,633,112 2,754,680 Total deposits 47,294,108 48,996,729 49,915,905 Borrowings and other debt obligations 22,050,359 24,348,829 26,126,082 Other liabilities 1,471,894 1,743,380 1,565,654 Total liabilities 70,816,361 75,088,938 77,607,641 Minority interests 147,139 146,784 146,430 Stockholders' equity: Preferred Stock 195,445 195,445 195,445 Common Stock (1) 7,701,024 6,298,254 6,295,572 Warrants and employee stock options issued 348,844 348,878 348,365 Treasury stock (10,531) (11,438) (19,853) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (720,036) (749,556) (326,133) Retained earnings 719,203 595,414 498,929 Total stockholders' equity 8,233,949 6,676,997 6,992,325 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $79,197,449 $81,912,719 $84,746,396

Sept. 30 June 30 (dollars in thousands) 2007 2007 Assets Cash and amounts due from depository institutions $3,992,731 $1,867,294 Investments: Available-for-sale 14,307,929 13,303,432 Other investments 981,921 798,452 Total investments 15,289,850 14,101,884 Loans: Commercial 29,912,883 29,547,839 Consumer 27,235,481 26,979,279 Total loans 57,148,364 56,527,118 Less allowance for loan losses (629,747) (503,685) Total loans, net 56,518,617 56,023,433 Premises and equipment, net 559,040 570,074 Accrued interest receivable 384,812 368,849 Goodwill 5,003,022 5,003,195 Core deposit and other intangibles 402,257 433,164 Bank owned life insurance 1,773,829 1,764,137 Other assets 2,683,170 2,605,061 Total assets $86,607,328 $82,737,091

Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Liabilities: Deposits and other customer related accounts: Retail and commercial deposits $37,838,296 $37,578,525 Wholesale deposits 5,605,720 6,120,340 Government deposits 3,927,346 3,619,838 Customer repurchase agreements 2,726,686 2,525,932 Total deposits 50,098,048 49,844,635 Borrowings and other debt obligations 26,161,337 22,461,638 Other liabilities 1,475,954 1,504,788 Total liabilities 77,735,339 73,811,061 Minority interests 146,075 145,742 Stockholders' equity: Preferred Stock 195,445 195,445 Common Stock (1) 6,277,292 6,253,146 Warrants and employee stock options issued 347,630 346,278 Treasury stock (20,359) (21,303) Accumulated other comprehensive loss (218,155) (121,184) Retained earnings 2,144,061 2,127,906 Total stockholders' equity 8,725,914 8,780,288 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $86,607,328 $82,737,091

(1) June 30, 2008 balance reflects proceeds of $1.39 billion from the issuance of 179.7 million shares of common stock on May 16, 2008.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (unaudited) Quarter Ended June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 (dollars in millions, except per share data)

Per Share Data

Basic earnings (loss) per share $0.22 $0.20 $(3.34) $0.11 $0.30 Diluted earnings (loss) per share 0.22 0.20 (3.34) 0.11 0.29 Dividend declared per share - - 0.08 0.08 0.08 Common book value per share (1) 12.13 13.43 14.12 17.76 17.92 Tangible common book value per share (2) 6.90 6.20 6.82 7.11 7.19 Tangible common book value per share excluding OCI 7.99 7.75 7.50 7.57 7.44 Common stock price: High $9.89 $13.07 $17.73 $21.94 $25.16 Low 7.14 9.28 10.08 16.58 21.14 Close 7.36 9.32 11.40 17.04 21.14 Weighted average common shares: Basic (3) 570.1 482.2 481.2 480.2 478.3 Diluted (3) (4) 571.4 482.2 481.2 480.2 512.6 End-of-period common shares: Basic 662.6 482.4 481.4 480.4 479.1 Diluted 691.3 511.5 511.0 512.4 512.3

Performance Statistics

Bancorp

Net interest margin 3.06% 2.88% 2.77% 2.74% 2.71% Return on average assets 0.64% 0.50% -7.74% 0.28% 0.72% Return on average tangible assets 0.67% 0.52% -8.25% 0.30% 0.77% Return on average equity 6.73% 5.78% -72.92% 2.63% 6.71% Return on average tangible equity 12.44% 11.67% -174.96% 6.34% 16.17% Annualized net loan charge-offs to average loans 0.60% 0.51% 0.42% 0.24% 0.18% Efficiency ratio (5) 53.68% 56.15% 54.52% 57.12% 52.29%

Year to Date June 30 June 30 2008 2007 (dollars in millions, except per share data)

Per Share Data

Basic earnings (loss) per share $0.42 $0.39 Diluted earnings (loss) per share 0.42 0.39 Dividend declared per share - 0.16 Common book value per share (1) 12.13 17.92 Tangible common book value per share (2) 6.90 7.19 Tangible common book value per share excluding OCI 7.99 7.44 Common stock price: High $13.07 $26.42 Low 7.14 21.14 Close 7.36 21.14 Weighted average common shares: Basic (3) 527.2 476.7 Diluted (3) (4) 528.8 511.1 End-of-period common shares: Basic 662.6 479.1 Diluted 691.3 512.3

Performance Statistics

Bancorp

Net interest margin 2.97% 2.71% Return on average assets 0.57% 0.47% Return on average tangible assets 0.59% 0.50% Return on average equity 6.28% 4.49% Return on average tangible equity 12.09% 10.93% Annualized net loan charge-offs to average loans 0.55% 0.08% Efficiency ratio (5) 54.85% 56.61%

NOTES: (1) Common book value per share equals common stockholders' equity at period-end divided by common shares outstanding.

(2) Tangible book value per share equals common stockholders' equity at period-end excluding goodwill and core deposits and other intangibles, net of any associated deferred tax liabilities divided by common shares outstanding.

(3) On May 16th, 2008, Sovereign issued 179.7 million shares of common stock which raised net proceeds of $1.39 billion to enhance its capital and liquidity positions. As a result, this increased our weighted average shares outstanding during the second quarter by 90.8 million. Therefore, our weighted average share count in the third quarter will increase due to the full quarter impact of this transaction by approximately 88.9 million shares.

(4) The conversion of warrants and equity awards and the after-tax add back of Sovereign's contingently convertible trust preferred interest expense was excluded from Sovereign's GAAP diluted earnings per share calculation for the majority of the periods above since the result would have been anti-dilutive.

(5) Efficiency ratio equals general and administrative expense as a percentage of total revenue, defined as the sum of net interest income and total fees and other income before security gains.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (unaudited) Quarter Ended

June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 (dollars in millions)

Financial Condition Data:

Asset Quality Non-performing assets $553.9 $484.4 $361.6 $336.7 $334.0 Non-performing loans 490.5 417.8 304.3 282.4 291.5 Non-performing assets to total assets (1) 0.70% 0.59% 0.43% 0.39% 0.40% Non-performing loans to loans (1) 0.85% 0.71% 0.53% 0.49% 0.52% Non-performing assets as a percentage of tangible equity and allowance for loan losses 9.9% 12.2% 8.6% 7.9% 8.1% Allowance for credit losses $843.5 $798.4 $737.7 $650.0 $521.1 Allowance for credit losses to total loans (1) 1.47% 1.36% 1.28% 1.14% 0.92% Allowance for credit losses to non-performing loans 172% 191% 242% 230% 179%

Capitalization - Bancorp (2) Tier 1 leverage ratio 8.34% 6.21% 5.89% 6.03% 6.40% Tangible equity to tangible assets excluding OCI (3) 7.18% 4.97% 4.67% 4.69% 4.84% Tangible equity to tangible assets including OCI (3) 6.29% 4.06% 4.28% 4.43% 4.69% Tangible common equity to tangible assets excluding OCI (3) 6.92% 4.72% 4.43% 4.45% 4.59% Tangible common equity to tangible assets including OCI (3) 6.04% 3.81% 4.04% 4.19% 4.44%

Capitalization - Bank (2) Tier 1 leverage ratio 7.27% 6.85% 6.54% 6.63% 6.93% Tier 1 risk-based ratio 7.85% 7.49% 7.54% 7.66% 7.83% Total risk-based ratio 11.41% 10.24% 10.40% 10.37% 10.45%

(1) The calculation of this ratio at June 30, 2007 excluded approximately $491 million of correspondent home equity loans that were marked down to fair value as of March 31, 2007.

(2) All capital ratios are calculated based upon adjusted end of period assets consistent with OTS guidelines. The current quarter ratios are estimated as of the date of this earnings release.

(3) On May 16, 2008, Sovereign issued 179.7 million shares of common stock which raised net proceeds of $1.39 billion to bolster its capital and liquidity positions. This increased the ratios above by 182 to 184 basis points.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries AVERAGE BALANCE, INTEREST AND YIELD/RATE ANALYSIS (unaudited) Quarter Ended June 30, 2008 Average Yield/ (dollars in thousands) Balance Interest (1) Rate Earning assets: Investment securities $12,109,209 $183,895 6.08% Loans: Commercial real estate 13,052,692 188,933 5.81% Commercial and industrial loans (C&I) 13,005,216 169,266 5.23% Other 1,756,432 30,300 6.90% Total Commercial 27,814,340 388,499 5.61% Multi-family 4,506,471 66,984 5.95% Residential 12,598,466 179,025 5.69% Home equity loans and lines of credit 6,389,801 88,669 5.58% Total consumer loans secured by real estate 18,988,267 267,694 5.65% Auto Loans 6,568,725 113,047 6.92% Other 306,297 5,592 7.34% Total Consumer 25,863,289 386,333 5.99% Total loans 58,184,100 841,816 5.81% Allowance for loan losses (785,983) Total earning assets 69,507,326 $1,025,711 5.92% Other assets 10,294,424 Total assets $79,801,750

Funding liabilities: Deposits and other customer related accounts: NOW accounts $5,209,957 $10,656 0.82% Savings accounts 4,107,321 6,461 0.63% Money market accounts 11,348,987 57,077 2.02% Time deposits 11,258,950 109,354 3.91% Total retail and commercial deposits 31,925,215 183,548 2.31% NOW accounts - wholesale 139,664 790 2.27% Money market accounts - wholesale 1,547,158 9,034 2.35% Time deposits - wholesale 1,588,172 6,614 1.68% Total wholesale deposits 3,274,994 16,438 2.02% Total government deposits 3,257,652 19,533 2.41% Customer repurchase agreements 2,571,241 9,027 1.41% Total deposits and other customer related accounts 41,029,102 228,546 2.24% Borrowings: Wholesale borrowings 19,061,915 211,195 4.44% Other borrowings 3,794,900 55,949 5.90% Total borrowings 22,856,815 267,144 4.69% Total funding liabilities 63,885,917 495,690 3.12% Non-interest bearing DDA 6,731,967 Other liabilities 1,593,912 Total liabilities 72,211,796 Stockholders' equity 7,589,954 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $79,801,750 Net interest income $530,021 Interest rate spread 2.80% Contribution from interest free funds 0.26% Net interest margin 3.06%

Quarter Ended March 31, 2008 Average Yield/ (dollars in thousands) Balance Interest (1) Rate Earning assets: Investment securities $13,034,150 $200,922 6.17% Loans: Commercial real estate 12,593,687 197,816 6.31% Commercial and industrial loans (C&I) 12,760,425 193,990 6.11% Other 1,754,382 30,604 6.98% Total Commercial 27,108,494 422,410 6.26% Multi-family 4,316,489 65,907 6.12% Residential 13,272,189 187,088 5.64% Home equity loans and lines of credit 6,217,574 96,072 6.21% Total consumer loans secured by real estate 19,489,763 283,160 5.82% Auto Loans 6,967,076 121,196 7.00% Other 314,006 6,404 8.20% Total Consumer 26,770,845 410,760 6.16% Total loans 58,195,828 899,077 6.20% Allowance for loan losses (721,543) Total earning assets 70,508,435 $1,099,999 6.26% Other assets 10,422,253 Total assets $80,930,688

Funding liabilities: Deposits and other customer related accounts: NOW accounts $5,319,562 $12,682 0.96% Savings accounts 3,813,768 5,827 0.61% Money market accounts 10,967,638 82,965 3.04% Time deposits 11,927,984 134,980 4.55% Total retail and commercial deposits 32,028,952 236,454 2.97% NOW accounts - wholesale 88,574 743 3.38% Money market accounts - wholesale 1,396,481 12,260 3.53% Time deposits - wholesale 2,406,387 19,594 3.27% Total wholesale deposits 3,891,442 32,597 3.37% Total government deposits 3,819,399 30,337 3.19% Customer repurchase agreements 2,739,973 15,715 2.31% Total deposits and other customer related accounts 42,479,766 315,103 2.98% Borrowings: Wholesale borrowings 19,816,254 224,236 4.54% Other borrowings 3,625,668 54,650 6.04% Total borrowings 23,441,922 278,886 4.77% Total funding liabilities 65,921,688 593,989 3.62% Non-interest bearing DDA 6,342,945 Other liabilities 1,722,005 Total liabilities 73,986,638 Stockholders' equity 6,944,050 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $80,930,688 Net interest income $506,010 Interest rate spread 2.64% Contribution from interest free funds 0.24% Net interest margin 2.88%

Quarter Ended June 30, 2007 Average Yield/ (dollars in thousands) Balance Interest (1) Rate Earning assets: Investment securities $14,041,230 $215,663 6.15% Loans: Commercial real estate 11,737,900 205,159 7.01% Commercial and industrial loans (C&I) 12,146,382 225,039 7.43% Other 1,586,118 28,565 7.20% Total Commercial 25,470,400 458,763 7.22% Multi-family 4,637,577 72,186 6.23% Residential 14,429,334 203,581 5.64% Home equity loans and lines of credit 5,933,285 101,804 6.88% Total consumer loans secured by real estate 20,362,619 305,385 6.00% Auto Loans 5,926,390 102,865 6.96% Other 388,325 8,293 8.57% Total Consumer 26,677,334 416,543 6.25% Total loans 56,785,311 947,492 6.69% Allowance for loan losses (493,621) Total earning assets 70,332,920 $1,163,155 6.63% Other assets 11,608,001 Total assets $81,940,921

Funding liabilities: Deposits and other customer related accounts: NOW accounts $5,935,760 $15,791 1.07% Savings accounts 4,437,785 7,184 0.65% Money market accounts 9,687,237 84,086 3.48% Time deposits 11,004,592 128,170 4.67% Total retail and commercial deposits 31,065,374 235,231 3.04% NOW accounts - wholesale 133,590 1,776 5.33% Money market accounts - wholesale 2,521,820 34,620 5.51% Time deposits - wholesale 4,425,195 59,703 5.41% Total wholesale deposits 7,080,605 96,099 5.45% Total government deposits 4,040,559 51,692 5.13% Customer repurchase agreements 2,389,302 26,594 4.46% Total deposits and other customer related accounts 44,575,840 409,616 3.69% Borrowings: Wholesale borrowings 15,396,099 194,074 5.05% Other borrowings 5,227,113 82,361 6.29% Total borrowings 20,623,212 276,435 5.37% Total funding liabilities 65,199,052 686,051 4.22% Non-interest bearing DDA 6,421,910 Other liabilities 1,503,851 Total liabilities 73,124,813 Stockholders' equity 8,816,108 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $81,940,921 Net interest income $477,104 Interest rate spread 2.41% Contribution from interest free funds 0.30% Net interest margin 2.71%

(1) Tax equivalent basis

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries AVERAGE BALANCE, INTEREST AND YIELD/RATE ANALYSIS (unaudited) Year to Date June 30, 2008 Average Yield/ (dollars in thousands) Balance Interest (1) Rate Earning assets: Investment securities $12,571,679 $384,816 6.13% Loans: Commercial real estate 12,823,189 386,749 6.06% Commercial and industrial loans (C&I) 12,882,821 363,257 5.67% Other 1,755,407 60,904 6.94% Total Commercial 27,461,417 810,910 5.93% Multi-family 4,411,480 132,892 6.03% Residential 12,935,327 366,113 5.66% Home equity loans and lines of credit 6,303,688 184,741 5.89% Total consumer loans secured by real estate 19,239,015 550,854 5.74% Auto Loans 6,767,900 234,243 6.96% Other 310,151 11,996 7.78% Total Consumer 26,317,066 797,093 6.08% Total loans 58,189,963 1,740,895 6.00% Allowance for loan losses (753,763) Total earning assets 70,007,879 $2,125,711 6.09% Other assets 10,358,340 Total assets $80,366,219

Funding liabilities: Deposits and other customer related accounts: NOW accounts $5,136,814 $22,109 0.87% Savings accounts 4,088,490 13,517 0.66% Money market accounts 11,158,312 140,043 2.52% Time deposits 11,593,466 244,333 4.24% Total retail and commercial deposits 31,977,082 420,002 2.64% NOW accounts - wholesale 114,119 1,533 2.70% Money market accounts - wholesale 1,471,819 21,294 2.91% Time deposits - wholesale 1,997,280 26,208 2.64% Total wholesale deposits 3,583,218 49,035 2.75% Total government deposits 3,538,526 49,870 2.83% Customer repurchase agreements 2,655,607 24,742 1.87% Total deposits and other customer related accounts 41,754,433 543,649 2.62% Borrowings: Wholesale borrowings 19,439,085 435,431 4.49% Other borrowings 3,710,284 110,599 5.97% Total borrowings 23,149,369 546,030 4.73% Total funding liabilities 64,903,802 1,089,679 3.37% Non-interest bearing DDA 6,537,456 Other liabilities 1,657,959 Total liabilities 73,099,217 Stockholders' equity 7,267,002 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $80,366,219 Net interest income $1,036,032 Interest rate spread 2.72% Contribution from interest free funds 0.25% Net interest margin 2.97%

Year to Date June 30, 2007 Average Yield/ (dollars in thousands) Balance Interest (1) Rate Earning assets: Investment securities $14,605,167 $446,257 6.12% Loans: Commercial real estate 11,626,074 401,753 6.95% Commercial and industrial loans (C&I) 11,857,822 439,519 7.47% Other 1,553,606 55,650 7.16% Total Commercial 25,037,502 896,922 7.21% Multi-family 5,260,766 170,970 6.51% Residential 15,007,930 426,604 5.69% Home equity loans and lines of credit 7,705,765 267,154 6.98% Total consumer loans secured by real estate 22,713,695 693,758 6.13% Auto Loans 5,558,312 189,007 6.86% Other 405,150 17,114 8.52% Total Consumer 28,677,157 899,879 6.30% Total loans 58,975,425 1,967,771 6.71% Allowance for loan losses (484,122) Total earning assets 73,096,470 $2,414,028 6.63% Other assets 11,665,137 Total assets $84,761,607

Funding liabilities: Deposits and other customer related accounts: NOW accounts $5,965,077 $32,231 1.09% Savings accounts 4,504,675 14,363 0.64% Money market accounts 9,420,306 158,346 3.39% Time deposits 11,123,501 255,676 4.64% Total retail and commercial deposits 31,013,559 460,616 3.00% NOW accounts - wholesale 308,759 8,185 5.35% Money market accounts - wholesale 3,077,336 84,231 5.52% Time deposits - wholesale 4,464,453 119,945 5.41% Total wholesale deposits 7,850,548 212,361 5.45% Total government deposits 3,830,241 97,401 5.13% Customer repurchase agreements 2,326,334 52,489 4.55% Total deposits and other customer related accounts 45,020,682 822,867 3.69% Borrowings: Wholesale borrowings 17,607,062 443,338 5.06% Other borrowings 5,318,968 159,332 6.00% Total borrowings 22,926,030 602,670 5.28% Total funding liabilities 67,946,712 1,425,537 4.22% Non-interest bearing DDA 6,378,845 Other liabilities 1,660,284 Total liabilities 75,985,841 Stockholders' equity 8,775,766 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $84,761,607 Net interest income $988,491 Interest rate spread 2.41% Contribution from interest free funds 0.30% Net interest margin 2.71%

(1) Tax equivalent basis

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (unaudited)

NON-PERFORMING ASSETS June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 (dollars in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 Non-accrual loans: Consumer: Residential - Alt-A $85,460 $64,763 $51,783 $42,310 $25,402 Residential - Other 47,654 44,039 39,098 37,599 43,990 Home equity loans and lines of credit 20,407 17,669 16,684 12,508 12,875 Correspondent home equity 44,806 42,618 39,415 41,466 51,659 Auto loans 1,155 876 1,359 730 620 Other consumer loans 1,595 1,541 2,087 2,076 1,714 Total consumer loans 201,077 171,506 150,426 136,689 136,260 Commercial real estate 117,251 95,363 61,750 63,975 69,345 Multi-family loans 42,230 10,367 6,336 3,002 4,732 C&I and other 129,693 140,270 85,406 78,251 80,706 Total non-accrual loans 490,251 417,506 303,918 281,917 291,043 Restructured loans 280 324 370 443 503 Total non-performing loans 490,531 417,830 304,288 282,360 291,546 Real estate owned, net 48,228 49,668 43,226 43,517 34,724 Other repossessed assets 15,168 16,888 14,062 10,861 7,755 Total non-performing assets $553,927 $484,386 $361,576 $336,738 $334,025

Non-performing loans as a percentage of loans (1) 0.85% 0.71% 0.53% 0.49% 0.52% Non-performing assets as a percentage of total assets (1) 0.70% 0.59% 0.43% 0.39% 0.40% Non-performing assets as a percentage of total loans, real estate owned and repossessed assets (1) 0.96% 0.82% 0.63% 0.59% 0.59% Allowance for credit losses as a percentage of non-performing loans 172% 191% 242% 230% 179% Non-performing assets as a percentage of tangible equity and allowance for loan losses (1) 9.9% 12.2% 8.6% 7.9% 8.1%

NET LOAN CHARGE-OFFS

Quarters ended June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 Commercial real estate $7,748 $3,339 $4,591 $2,401 $2,766 Multi-family loans 227 - - - - C&I and other 25,246 11,789 13,647 8,387 6,820 Total commercial 33,221 15,128 18,238 10,788 9,586 Residential - Alt-A 2,289 2,135 1,766 807 362 Residential - Other 2,340 2,718 1,865 908 1,196 Home equity loans and lines of credit 4,399 5,351 3,808 883 1,934 Correspondent home equity 6,189 4,014 - - - Total consumer loans secured by real estate 15,217 14,218 7,439 2,598 3,492 Auto loans - In market 13,317 14,488 14,918 10,162 7,953 Auto loans - Out of market 23,287 28,276 19,427 9,286 4,352 Other consumer loans 1,895 2,186 469 734 291 Total consumer 53,716 59,168 42,253 22,780 16,088

Total loan charge-offs $86,937 $74,296 $60,491 $33,568 $25,674

COMPONENTS OF THE PROVISION OF CREDIT LOSSES AND ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES

Quarters ended June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007 Provision for loan losses $120,244 $140,293 $140,188 $159,630 $49,589 Provision/(recoveries) for unfunded commitments 11,756 (5,293) 8,004 2,870 1,411 Total provision for credit losses $132,000 $135,000 $148,192 $162,500 $51,000

Allowance for loan losses $808,748 $775,441 $709,444 $629,747 $503,685 Reserve for unfunded commitments 34,764 23,008 28,301 20,297 17,427 Total allowance for credit losses $843,512 $798,449 $737,745 $650,044 $521,112

(1) The calculation of this ratio at June 30, 2007 excluded approximately $491 million of correspondent home equity loans that were marked down to fair value as of March 31, 2007.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (unaudited) Loan Composition - End of Period ($)

ADDITIONAL CREDIT QUALITY STATISTICS % of Total Loans June 30 Mar. 31 June 30 Quarters ended (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 Commercial real estate (1) $13,271,241 $12,882,292 $11,741,479 23% 22% 21% Multi-family 4,669,017 4,331,075 4,000,527 8% 7% 7% C&I and other commercial 14,495,075 14,968,225 13,805,833 25% 25% 24% Residential - Alt-A 2,836,902 2,975,648 3,182,538 5% 5% 5% Residential - Other 9,019,532 10,302,260 11,204,804 15% 18% 20% Home equity loans and lines of credit 6,088,654 5,844,326 5,442,035 11% 10% 10% Correspondent home equity loans (2) (3) 416,084 439,180 512,890 1% 1% 1% Auto loans - In Market 4,103,058 4,375,816 4,393,649 7% 7% 8% Auto loans - Out of Market (3) 2,203,426 2,439,841 1,926,361 4% 4% 3% Other consumer 302,797 313,119 317,002 1% 1% 1% Total 57,405,786 58,871,782 56,527,118 100% 100% 100%

Net Loan Charge-Offs ($)

Annualized Net Loan ADDITIONAL CREDIT QUALITY STATISTICS Charge-Offs to Average Loans (%) June 30 Mar. 31 June 30 Quarters ended (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 Commercial real estate (1) $7,748 $3,339 $2,766 0.24% 0.11% 0.09% Multi-family 227 - - 0.02% 0.00% 0.00% C&I and other commercial 25,246 11,789 6,820 0.68% 0.32% 0.20% Residential - Alt-A 2,289 2,135 362 0.32% 0.29% 0.05% Residential - Other 2,340 2,718 1,196 0.10% 0.11% 0.04% Home equity loans and lines of credit 4,399 5,351 1,934 0.30% 0.37% 0.15% Correspondent home equity loans (2) (3) 6,189 4,014 - 5.80% 3.56% 0.00% Auto loans - In Market 13,317 14,488 7,953 1.25% 1.32% 0.73% Auto loans - Out of Market (3) 23,287 28,276 4,352 4.01% 4.41% 1.12% Other consumer 1,895 2,186 291 2.47% 2.78% 0.30% Total 86,937 74,296 25,674 0.60% 0.51% 0.18%

Total Past Dues Excluding Non-Accruals ($)

ADDITIONAL CREDIT QUALITY STATISTICS Total Past Dues to Total Loans (%) June 30 Mar. 31 June 30 Quarters ended (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 Commercial real estate (1) $63,624 $53,486 $52,730 0.48% 0.42% 0.45% Multi-family 49,866 27,769 19,177 1.07% 0.64% 0.48% C&I and other commercial 75,395 57,635 50,065 0.52% 0.39% 0.36% Residential - Alt-A 158,111 122,094 103,830 5.57% 4.10% 3.26% Residential - Other 233,188 212,551 169,069 2.59% 2.06% 1.51% Home equity loans and lines of credit 28,150 29,568 27,916 0.46% 0.51% 0.51% Correspondent home equity loans (2) (3) 34,585 60,072 59,907 8.31% 13.68% 11.68% Auto loans - In Market 80,203 83,610 65,709 1.95% 1.91% 1.50% Auto loans - Out of Market (3) 79,750 74,534 25,032 3.62% 3.05% 1.30% Other consumer 11,477 8,820 10,425 3.79% 2.82% 3.29% Total 814,349 730,139 583,860 1.42% 1.24% 1.03%

(1) Balance includes $907 million and $982 million of residential construction loans at June 30, 2008 and March 31, 2008, respectively.

(2) At June 30, 2008 and March 31, 2008, this portfolio has $308.2 million and $321.5 million, respectively, of first lien loans and $107.9 million and $117.6 million, respectively, of second lien loans which have reserves for credit losses of $51.2 million and $59.4 million, respectively.

(3) Note that Sovereign ceased originating correspondent home equity loans in the first quarter of 2006 and effective January 31, 2008 out of market indirect auto loans.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (unaudited)

DEPOSIT AND OTHER CUSTOMER RELATED ACCOUNT COMPOSITION - End of period

Quarters ended June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Demand deposit accounts $7,205,686 $6,761,773 $6,444,338 $6,272,412 $6,313,408 NOW accounts 5,367,012 5,462,791 5,546,280 5,352,228 5,950,960 Money market accounts 11,328,406 11,334,428 10,655,978 10,258,960 10,005,554 Savings accounts 4,113,002 3,841,083 3,831,636 3,984,551 4,312,492 Time deposits 10,391,618 11,892,170 11,872,400 11,970,145 10,996,111 Total retail and commercial deposits 38,405,724 39,292,245 38,350,632 37,838,296 37,578,525 NOW accounts - wholesale 306,937 388,604 15,082 396,318 44,638 Money market accounts - wholesale 1,577,987 1,385,308 1,761,693 1,553,114 1,948,679 Time deposits - wholesale 1,292,603 1,983,040 3,030,594 3,656,288 4,127,023 Total wholesale deposits 3,177,527 3,756,952 4,807,369 5,605,720 6,120,340 Total government deposits 3,190,784 3,314,420 4,003,224 3,927,346 3,619,838 Customer repurchase agreements 2,520,073 2,633,112 2,754,680 2,726,686 2,525,932 Total deposits and other customer related accounts $47,294,108 $48,996,729 $49,915,905 $50,098,048 $49,844,635

LOAN COMPOSITION - End of period

Quarters ended June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Commercial real estate $13,271,241 $12,882,292 $12,306,914 $11,821,651 $11,741,479 C&I 12,746,829 13,209,614 12,594,652 12,355,754 12,186,379 Multi-family loans 4,669,017 4,331,075 4,246,370 4,038,333 4,000,527 Other 1,748,246 1,758,611 1,765,036 1,697,145 1,619,454 Total commercial loans 32,435,333 32,181,592 30,912,972 29,912,883 29,547,839 Resi- dential 11,856,434 13,277,908 13,341,193 14,009,891 14,387,342 Home equity loans and lines of credit 6,504,738 6,283,506 6,197,148 6,058,143 5,954,925 Total consumer loans secured by real estate 18,361,172 19,561,414 19,538,341 20,068,034 20,342,267 Auto loans 6,306,484 6,815,657 7,028,894 6,853,381 6,320,010 Other consumer loans 302,797 313,119 299,572 314,066 317,002 Total consumer loans 24,970,453 26,690,190 26,866,807 27,235,481 26,979,279

Total loans $57,405,786 $58,871,782 $57,779,779 $57,148,364 $56,527,118

DEPOSIT AND OTHER CUSTOMER RELATED ACCOUNT COMPOSITION - Average

Quarters ended June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Demand deposit accounts $6,731,967 $6,342,945 $6,399,359 $6,403,572 $6,421,910 NOW accounts 5,209,957 5,319,562 5,297,687 5,497,403 5,935,760 Money market accounts 11,348,987 10,967,638 10,530,726 10,224,580 9,687,237 Savings accounts 4,107,321 3,813,768 3,889,735 4,144,517 4,437,785 Time deposits 11,258,950 11,927,984 11,955,486 11,323,566 11,004,592 Total retail and commercial deposits 38,657,182 38,371,897 38,072,993 37,593,638 37,487,284 NOW accounts - wholesale 139,664 88,574 46,146 137,919 133,590 Money market accounts - wholesale 1,547,158 1,396,481 1,764,249 1,858,681 2,521,820 Time deposits - wholesale 1,588,172 2,406,387 3,466,108 4,068,060 4,425,195 Total wholesale deposits 3,274,994 3,891,442 5,276,503 6,064,660 7,080,605 Total government deposits 3,257,652 3,819,399 3,955,764 3,691,557 4,040,559 Customer repurchase agreements 2,571,241 2,739,973 2,877,569 2,643,836 2,389,302 Total deposits and other customer related accounts $47,761,069 $48,822,711 $50,182,829 $49,993,691 $50,997,750

LOAN COMPOSITION - Average

Quarters ended June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 (in thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Commercial real estate $13,052,692 $12,593,687 $12,139,086 $11,746,854 $11,737,900 C&I 13,005,216 12,760,425 12,311,586 12,049,755 12,146,382 Multi- family loans 4,506,471 4,316,489 4,154,457 3,975,580 4,637,577 Other 1,756,432 1,754,382 1,722,710 1,632,878 1,586,118 Total commercial loans 32,320,811 31,424,983 30,327,839 29,405,067 30,107,977 Resi- dential 12,598,466 13,272,189 13,744,182 14,357,561 14,429,334 Home equity loans and lines of credit 6,389,801 6,217,574 6,116,026 5,974,643 5,933,285 Total consumer loans secured by real estate 18,988,267 19,489,763 19,860,208 20,332,204 20,362,619 Auto loans 6,568,725 6,967,076 6,996,034 6,616,774 5,926,390 Other consumer loans 306,297 314,006 312,253 320,848 388,325 Total consumer loans 25,863,289 26,770,845 27,168,495 27,269,826 26,677,334

Total loans $58,184,100 $58,195,828 $57,496,334 $56,674,893 $56,785,311

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (unaudited)

CALCULATION OF TANGIBLE EQUITY TO TANGIBLE ASSETS RATIOS

Quarter Ended (dollars in June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Total Equity $8,233,949 $6,676,997 $6,992,325 $8,725,914 $8,780,288 Goodwill (3,430,653) (3,430,290) (3,426,246) (5,003,022) (5,003,195) CDI and other intangibles (314,888) (342,994) (372,116) (402,257) (433,164) Deferred tax liability on CDI 104,033 113,581 123,472 133,712 144,294 Deferred tax liability on other intangibles 6,042 6,265 6,489 6,719 6,892 Deferred tax liability on tax deductible goodwill 168,400 162,678 156,956 151,234 145,512 Total tangible equity including OCI $4,766,882 $3,186,238 $3,480,880 $3,612,300 $3,640,627

Total assets $79,197,449 $81,912,719 $84,746,396 $86,607,328 $82,737,091 Goodwill (3,430,653) (3,430,290) (3,426,246) (5,003,022) (5,003,195) CDI and other intangibles (314,888) (342,994) (372,116) (402,257) (433,164) Deferred tax liability on CDI 104,033 113,581 123,472 133,712 144,294 Deferred tax liability on other intangibles 6,042 6,265 6,489 6,719 6,892 Deferred tax liability on tax deductible goodwill 168,400 162,678 156,956 151,234 145,512 Total tangible assets including OCI $75,730,382 $78,421,960 $81,234,951 $81,493,714 $77,597,430

Tangible equity to tangible assets including OCI 6.29% 4.06% 4.28% 4.43% 4.69%

Total tangible equity including OCI $4,766,882 $3,186,238 $3,480,880 $3,612,300 $3,640,627 Accumulated other comprehensive loss 720,036 749,556 326,133 218,155 121,184 Total tangible equity excluding OCI $5,486,918 $3,935,794 $3,807,013 $3,830,455 $3,761,811

Total tangible assets including OCI $75,730,382 $78,421,960 $81,234,951 $81,493,714 $77,597,430 Accumulated other comprehensive loss 720,036 749,556 326,133 218,155 121,184 Total tangible assets excluding OCI $76,450,418 $79,171,516 $81,561,084 $81,711,869 $77,718,614

Tangible equity to tangible assets excluding OCI 7.18% 4.97% 4.67% 4.69% 4.84%

Total tangible equity including OCI $4,766,882 $3,186,238 $3,480,880 $3,612,300 $3,640,627 Preferred stock (195,445) (195,445) (195,445) (195,445) (195,445) Total tangible common equity including OCI $4,571,437 $2,990,793 $3,285,435 $3,416,855 $3,445,182

Total tangible equity including OCI $75,730,382 $78,421,960 $81,234,951 $81,493,714 $77,597,430

Tangible common equity to tangible assets including OCI 6.04% 3.81% 4.04% 4.19% 4.44%

Total tangible common equity including OCI $4,571,437 $2,990,793 $3,285,435 $3,416,855 $3,445,182 Accumulated other comprehensive loss 720,036 749,556 326,133 218,155 121,184 Total tangible common equity excluding OCI $5,291,473 $3,740,349 $3,611,568 $3,635,010 $3,566,366

Total tangible equity excluding OCI $76,450,418 $79,171,516 $81,561,084 $81,711,869 $77,718,614

Tangible common equity to tangible assets excluding OCI 6.92% 4.72% 4.43% 4.45% 4.59%

CALCULATION OF TANGIBLE BOOK VALUE PER SHARE

(dollars and shares in June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Total tangible common equity including OCI $4,571,437 $2,990,793 $3,285,435 $3,416,855 $3,445,182

Common shares outstanding 662,641 482,443 481,404 480,436 479,150

Tangible common book value per share including OCI $6.90 $6.20 $6.82 $7.11 $7.19

Total tangible common equity excluding OCI $5,291,473 $3,740,349 $3,611,568 $3,635,010 $3,566,366

Common shares outstanding 662,641 482,443 481,404 480,436 479,150

Tangible common book value per share including OCI $7.99 $7.75 $7.50 $7.57 $7.44

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (unaudited)

CALCULATION OF RETURN ON AVERAGE TANGIBLE EQUITY AND RETURN ON AVERAGE TANGIBLE ASSETS

Quarter Ended (dollars in June 30 Mar. 31 Dec. 31 Sept. 30 June 30 thousands) 2008 2008 2007 2007 2007

Total average equity $7,589,954 $6,944,050 $8,721,714 $8,773,451 $8,816,108 Average goodwill (3,430,304) (3,427,259) (4,985,883) (5,003,137) (5,005,116) Average CDI and other intangibles (332,165) (361,229) (391,628) (421,895) (453,528) Average deferred tax liability on intangibles 281,626 285,996 290,838 295,632 300,888 Total tangible average equity including OCI $4,109,111 $3,441,558 $3,635,041 $3,644,051 $3,658,352

Return on average equity 6.73% 5.78% -72.92% 2.63% 6.71% Effect of goodwill 5.62% 5.76% -100.02% 3.62% 9.18% Effect of CDI and other intangibles 0.54% 0.61% -7.86% 0.30% 0.83% Effect of deferred tax asset -0.46% -0.48% 5.83% -0.21% -0.55% Tangible return on average equity including OCI 12.44% 11.67% -174.96% 6.34% 16.17%

Total average assets $79,801,750 $80,930,688 $82,190,883 $81,597,168 $81,940,921 Average goodwill (3,430,304) (3,427,259) (4,985,883) (5,003,137) (5,005,116) Average CDI and other intangibles (332,165) (361,229) (391,628) (421,895) (453,528) Average deferred tax liability on intangibles 281,626 285,996 290,838 295,632 300,888 Total tangible average equity including OCI $76,320,907 $77,428,196 $77,104,210 $76,467,768 $76,783,165

Return on Average assets 0.64% 0.50% -7.74% 0.28% 0.72% Effect of goodwill 0.03% 0.02% -0.50% 0.02% 0.05% Effect of CDI and other intangibles 0.00% 0.00% -0.04% 0.00% 0.00% Effect of deferred tax asset 0.00% 0.00% 0.03% 0.00% 0.00% Tangible return on average assets including OCI 0.67% 0.52% -8.25% 0.30% 0.77%

Year-to-Date June 30 June 30 (dollars in thousands) 2008 2007

Total average equity $7,267,002 $8,775,766 Average goodwill (3,428,782) (5,005,118) Average CDI and other intangibles (346,697) (469,781) Average deferred tax liability on intangibles 283,811 306,920 Total tangible average equity including OCI $3,775,334 $3,607,787

Return on average equity 6.28% 4.49% Effect of goodwill 5.70% 6.23% Effect of CDI and other intangibles 0.58% 0.59% Effect of deferred tax asset -0.47% -0.38% Tangible return on average equity including OCI 12.09% 10.93%

Total average assets $80,366,219 $84,761,607 Average goodwill (3,428,782) (5,005,118) Average CDI and other intangibles (346,697) (469,781) Average deferred tax liability on intangibles 283,811 306,920 Total tangible average equity including OCI $76,874,551 $79,593,628

Return on Average assets 0.57% 0.47% Effect of goodwill 0.03% 0.03% Effect of CDI and other intangibles 0.00% 0.00% Effect of deferred tax asset 0.00% 0.00% Tangible return on average assets including OCI 0.59% 0.50%

DATASOURCE: Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

CONTACT: Financial, Kirk Walters, +1-617-346-7346,

, or Stacey Weikel, +1-610-320-8428,

; Media, Andrew Gully, +1-617-757-5513,

, or Ellen Molle, +1-617-757-5573,

, all of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.

Web site: http://www.sovereignbank.com/