Webcast Alert: Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. Announces 3Q 2005 Earnings Webcast

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. announces the following Webcast:

What: Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. 3Q 2005 Earnings Webcast When: 10/19/05 @ 8:30 a.m. Eastern Where: http://www.sovereignbank.com/ under investor relations How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address above. Contact: Dawn Buffalo Heart, Lead Specialist, Sovereign Bancorp, +1-610-208-8681, Fax: +1-610-320-8448, Email: Dbuffalo@sovereignbank.com

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived at http://www.sovereignbank.com/. You may email questions during the conference call to: investor@sovereignbank.com.

Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., ("Sovereign") , is the parent company of Sovereign Bank, a $60 billion financial institution with more than 650 community banking offices, over 1,000 ATMs and approximately 10,000 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, trust and wealth management and insurance. Sovereign is the 19th largest banking institution in the United States.