Investor alert: Santander Investment Securities Group

Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority) has
today published this statement in order to warn investors against dealing with unauthorised firms. Santander Investment Securities Group is not authorised by Finansinspektionen and is therefore not entitled to provide financial services. Finansinspektionen has not received any notification of cross-border activities from other EES countries.

Santander Investment Securities Group has a website
(www.sisg-management.com) using the following addresses:

• Level 26 Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya-ku, 150-8512, Tokyo, Japan.
• 18th Floor, Grand Central Tower, New York, NY 10023.
• Oriental Plaza, Beijing, Level 32, Tower 2, 1 East Chang An Ave-nue, Dong Cheng District, Beijing China 100738 P.R.C., China.

Santander Investment Securities Group's representatives contact investors in Sweden through unsolicited telephone calls.

To find out whether a company or individual is authorised, check
Finansinspektionen's website at: www.fi.se under "Authorisation".