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BANCO SANTANDER (BRASIL) S.A.
An Authorized Capital Publicly-held Company
CNPJ/MF No. 90.400.888/0001-42
NIRE 35.300.332.067
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
BANCO SANTANDER (BRASIL) S.A.(“Santander Brasil” or “Company”), in response to OFFICIAL LETTER/CVM/SEP/GEA-1/No. 290/2014 received on May 20, 2014, requesting clarification about the news disclosed byValor Econômico newspaper on said date, titled “Santander ligará Ambev a fornecedor” (Santander to connect Ambev to supplier), informing of an agreement between Santander Brasil and Ambev to enable that merchants that purchase products from Ambev make payment to Ambev upon use of Santander’s POS installed in their commercial establishments, clarifies that:
(i) execution of the commercial agreement with Ambev (“Agreement”) is consistent with the Company’s strategy to expand in the sector of means of payment solution and acquisition broadly disclosed to the market. As also contained in our Reference Form, in the past years, we have been entering commercial agreements seeking to increase use of POS machines in the segments of bars, restaurants and supermarkets, as in the case of the commercial agreement signed with Sodexo in 2012 (item 7.2 of the Reference Form);
(ii) following said same strategy, we have had a partnership with GetNet since 2010 for development of card processing and acquisition activities and, in April 2014, pursuant to the Material Fact disclosed on April 7, 2014, such business was reinforced. The Agreement is another step consistent with such strategy;
(iii) the Agreement represents a new initiative of Santander Brasil in order to suit the needs of its consumers, through innovative solutions, and its financial impact is not relevant in the short/mid-term. Finally, any possible market share gain shall be gradual;
(iv) accordingly, either for the fact that it is consistent with the information already broadly disclosed by the Company, or for the financial impact involved, in the Company’s opinion, the information submitted byValor Econômico newspaper is not a material fact for purposes of Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) Ruling No. 358/02.
São Paulo, May21, 2014.
Carlos Alberto López Galán
Investors’ Relations Officer
Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. | ||
| By: | /S/ Amancio Acurcio Gouveia | |
Amancio Acurcio Gouveia Officer Without Specific Designation | ||
| By: | /S/ Carlos Alberto Lopéz Galán | |
Carlos Alberto Lopéz Galán Vice - President Executive Officer | ||