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| BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES     | BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIESIntroduction  Santander Holdings USA, Inc. ("SHUSA") is the parent company (the "Parent Company") of Santander Bank, National Association, (the "Bank" or "SBNA"), a national banking association, and Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, "SC"), a consumer finance company focused on vehicle finance. SHUSA is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and the Bank's main office is in Wilmington, Delaware. SHUSA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Banco Santander, S.A. ("Santander").  The Bank’s primary business consists of attracting deposits and providing other retail banking services through its network of retail branches, and originating small business loans, middle market, large and global commercial loans, multifamily loans, residential mortgage loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, and auto and other consumer loans throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern areas of the United States, focused throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Delaware. The Bank uses its deposits, as well as other financing sources, to fund its loan and investment portfolios.  SC wholly owns Santander Consumer USA Inc., which is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and is a specialized consumer finance company focused on vehicle finance and third-party servicing. Common shares of SC ("SC Common Stock") are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the trading symbol "SC."Basis of PresentationThe accounting and financial reporting policies of the Company conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries, including the Bank, SC, and certain special purpose financing trusts utilized in financing transactions that are considered variable interest entities ("VIEs"). The Company consolidates VIEs for which it is deemed the primary beneficiary. The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by the Company, pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") regulations. The year-end condensed balance sheet data was derived from audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Additionally, where applicable, the Company's accounting policies conform to the accounting and reporting guidelines prescribed by bank regulatory authorities. However, in the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments of a normal and recurring nature necessary to present fairly the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholder's Equity and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the periods indicated, and contain adequate disclosure for a fair presentation of this interim financial information. Corrections to Previously Reported AmountsWe have made certain corrections to previously disclosed amounts to correct for errors related to the allowance for credit losses ("ACL"), troubled debt restructurings ("TDRs"), and the classification of subvention payments related to leased vehicles. The quantitative disclosure of impacts to all periods has been disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K as of December 31, 2015. The corrections to the ACL are a result of an error in our historical methodology for estimating the credit loss allowance for individually acquired retail installment contracts ("RICs"), specifically in regard to not estimating impairment on TDRs separately from a general credit loss allowance on loans not classified as TDRs, incorrectly applying a loss emergence period to the entire portfolio rather than only to loans not classified as TDRs, and incorrectly using SC's discount rates in the TDR methodology rather than the discount rate required for the Company related to the original purchase accounting discount. We have corrected the allowance methodology accordingly.The Company has also determined that subvention payments related to leased vehicles were incorrectly classified, within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, as an addition to Leased vehicle income rather than a reduction of Leased vehicle expense. There was no impact to net income as a result of this change.NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)Certain footnote disclosures for interim periods within the year ended December 31, 2015 have been restated to reflect the effects of the corrections related to allowance methodology, as well as other corrections made in order for the footnote disclosure amounts to be in accordance with GAAP. Footnote disclosures that have been corrected are denoted with “As restated.” Footnote disclosures not affected are unchanged and reflect the disclosures made at the time of the previous filing.The following table summarizes the impact of the corrections on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet for the three-month period ended March 31, 2015.  As Reported Corrections  As Restated  (in thousands)ASSETS      Loans held for investment  $78,520,165 $(14,305) $78,505,860Allowance for loan and lease losses  (2,493,240) 192,002 (2,301,238)Net loans held for investment 76,026,925 177,697 76,204,622TOTAL ASSETS $123,248,006 $177,697 $123,425,703LIABILITIES      Deferred tax liabilities, net $1,030,676 $68,303 $1,098,979TOTAL LIABILITIES 100,428,674 68,303 100,496,977STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY      Retained earnings 3,869,581 64,407 3,933,988TOTAL SHUSA STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY 18,750,262 64,407 18,814,669Noncontrolling interest 4,069,070 44,987 4,114,057TOTAL STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY 22,819,332 109,394 22,928,726TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY $123,248,006 $177,697 $123,425,703The following table summarizes the impact of the corrections on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015.  As Reported Corrections As Restated  (in thousands)Provision for credit losses $872,184 $172,029 $1,044,213NET INTEREST INCOME AFTER PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES 781,975 (172,029) 609,946Lease income 398,385 (86,075) 312,310TOTAL FEES AND OTHER INCOME 655,840 (86,074) 569,766TOTAL NON-INTEREST INCOME 665,397 (86,074) 579,323Lease expense 321,958 (86,075) 235,883TOTAL GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 1,049,696 (86,075) 963,621INCOME/(LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES 365,012 (172,028) 192,984Income tax provision/(benefit) 112,973 (72,829) 40,144NET INCOME/(LOSS) INCLUDING NONCONTROLLING INTEREST 252,039 (99,199) 152,840LESS: NET INCOME/(LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO NONCONTROLLING INTEREST 93,450 (41,126) 52,324NET INCOME/(LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO SHUSA $158,589 $(58,073) $100,516NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)The following table reflects a summary of the impact of the ACL correction on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Stockholder's Equity for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015.  Retained Earnings Non-controlling Interest Total Stockholder's Equity Retained Earnings Non-controlling Interest Total Stockholder's Equity Retained Earnings Non-controlling Interest Total Stockholder's Equity  As Reported Corrections As Restated  (in thousands)Balance, Beginning of period $3,714,642 $3,960,809 $22,504,095 $122,480 $86,113 $208,593 $3,837,122 $4,046,922 $22,712,688Comprehensive income attributable to SHUSA 158,589 — 210,079 (58,073) — (58,073) 100,516 — 152,006Net income attributable to NCI — 93,450 93,450 — (41,126) (41,126) — 52,324 52,324Balance, End of period $3,869,581 $4,069,070 $22,819,332 $64,407 $44,987 $109,394 $3,933,988 $4,114,057 $22,928,726The following table summarizes the impact of the corrections on the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015.  As Reported Corrections As Restated  (in thousands)Cash Flows from Operating Activities      Net income including noncontrolling interest: $252,039 $(99,199) $152,840Provision for credit losses 872,184 172,029 1,044,213Deferred tax expense 467 (72,830) (72,363)The following corrections of certain footnote disclosures of the Company are as a result of the error identified in the ACL and the error identified in TDRs. The following corrections made compared to what was previously reported are presented by line item as follows:Allowance for Credit Losses Rollforward by Portfolio Segment (as restated compared to as reported)The activity in the ACL by portfolio segment as restated for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015 was as follows: Commercial Consumer Unallocated Total (As Restated) (in thousands)Allowance for loan and lease losses, beginning of period$386,837 $1,330,782 $33,024 $1,750,643Provision for loan and lease losses24,908 986,030 38,275 1,049,213Allowance for loan and lease losses, end of period$398,434 $1,831,505 $71,299 $2,301,238NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)The activity in the ACL by portfolio segment as previously reported for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015 was as follows: Commercial Consumer Unallocated Total (As Reported) (in thousands)Allowance for loan and lease losses, beginning of period$396,489 $1,679,304 $33,024 $2,108,817Provision for loan and lease losses25,689 813,220 38,275 877,184Allowance for loan and lease losses, end of period$408,867 $2,013,074 $71,299 $2,493,240Impaired Loans (as restated compared to as reported)The following table reflects a summary of the restated amounts on the Company's impaired loans as of March 31, 2015.  Recorded Investment(1) UnpaidPrincipalBalance RelatedSpecificReserves AverageRecordedInvestment  (As Restated)  (in thousands)With no related allowance recorded:        Commercial:        Commercial and industrial $5,132 $6,433 $— $7,830Consumer:        Retail installment contracts and auto loans 146,136 189,983 — 519,849With an allowance recorded:        Commercial and industrial 81,067 94,042 38,661 81,636Consumer:        Retail installment contracts and auto loans 2,586,190 2,902,397 216,586 1,307,306Total:        Commercial $376,865 $458,643 $79,032 $407,028Consumer 3,021,510 3,423,609 258,114 2,230,337Total $3,398,375 $3,882,252 $337,146 $2,637,365(1)Recorded investment includes deferred loan fees, net of deferred origination costs and unamortized purchase premiums, net of discounts as well as purchase accounting adjustments.The Company recognized interest income of $121.8 million for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015 on approximately $2.9 billion of TDRs that were returned to performing status as of March 31, 2015.NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)The following table reflects a summary of the previously reported amounts on the Company's impaired loans as of March 31, 2015.  Recorded Investment(1) UnpaidPrincipalBalance RelatedSpecificReserves AverageRecordedInvestment  (As Reported)  (in thousands)With no related allowance recorded:        Commercial:        Commercial and industrial $3,931 $5,202 $— $4,979Consumer:        Retail installment contracts and auto loans 151,229 196,458 — 149,788With an allowance recorded:        Commercial and industrial 82,515 95,517 39,103 74,350Consumer:        Retail installment contracts and auto loans 2,677,764 3,002,462 237,745 2,241,385Total:        Commercial $377,112 $458,887 $79,474 $386,127Consumer 3,118,177 3,530,149 279,273 2,676,040Total $3,495,289 $3,989,036 $358,747 $3,062,167(1)Recorded investment includes deferred loan fees, net of deferred origination costs and unamortized purchase premiums, net of discounts as well as purchase accounting adjustments.The Company recognized interest income of $80.5 million for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015 on approximately $3.0 billion of TDRs that were returned to performing status as of March 31, 2015.TDRs (as restated compared to as reported)The following table reflects a summary of the restated amounts on the Company's performing and non-performing TDRs as of March 31, 2015.   March 31, 2015  (As Restated)  (in thousands)Performing $2,875,546Non-Performing 381,848Total $3,257,394The following table reflects a summary of the previously reported amounts on the Company's performing and non-performing TDRs as of March 31, 2015.   March 31, 2015  (As Reported)  (in thousands)Performing $2,962,052Non-Performing 392,256Total $3,354,308NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)The following table details the restated amounts of activity of the Company's TDRs for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015. Number ofContracts Pre-ModificationOutstanding RecordedInvestment(1) Post-ModificationOutstanding RecordedInvestment(2) (As Restated) (dollars in thousands)Commercial: Commercial and industrial81 $10,880 $8,166Consumer:      Retail installment contracts and auto loans  75,489 1,112,626 1,110,365Total80,142 $1,156,958 $1,152,222(1)  Pre-TDR modification outstanding recorded investment amount is the month-end balance prior to the month the modification occurred.(2)  Post-TDR modification outstanding recorded investment amount is the month-end balance for the month that the modification occurred.The following table details the previously reported amounts of activity of the Company's TDRs for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015. Number ofContracts Pre-ModificationOutstanding RecordedInvestment(1) Post-ModificationOutstanding RecordedInvestment(2) (As Reported) (dollars in thousands)Commercial: Commercial and industrial99 $11,477 $8,448Consumer:      Retail installment contracts and auto loans  80,560 1,190,272 1,131,418Total85,231 $1,235,487 $1,173,271(1)  Pre-TDR modification outstanding recorded investment amount is the month-end balance prior to the month the modification occurred.(2)  Post-TDR modification outstanding recorded investment amount is the month-end balance for the month that the modification occurred.The following table details the restated amounts of the subsequent default activity of the Company's TDRs for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015. Number of Contracts Recorded Investment(1) (As Restated) (dollars in thousands)Commercial:   Commercial and industrial10 $276Consumer:     RIC and auto loans9,693 142,534Total9,782 144,305 (1)  The recorded investment represents the period-end balance at March 31, 2015.NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)The following table details the previously reported amounts of the subsequently defaulted activity of the Company's TDRs for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015. Number of Contracts Recorded Investment(1) (As Reported) (dollars in thousands)Commercial:   Commercial and industrial10 $276Consumer:     RIC and auto loans13,355 130,290Total13,444 132,061 (1)  The recorded investment represents the period-end balance at March 31, 2015.Fair ValueThe following table summarizes the impact of the corrections on the Company's carrying value of net loans held for investment as of March 31, 2015. As Reported Corrections As Restated (in thousands)Loans held for investment, net$76,026,925 $177,697 $76,204,622SegmentsThe following table details the restated amounts of the Company's segments for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015. SC SC Purchase Price Adjustments Eliminations Total(1) Non-GAAP measures (As Restated) (in thousands)Total non-interest income$321,640 $59,202 $(15,723) $579,323Provision for / (release of) credit losses674,688 322,524 — 1,044,213Total expenses444,988 13,743 (13,676) 996,285Income/(loss) before income taxes361,969 (182,297) (1,960) 192,984 (1)  Column represents the consolidated results of SHUSA including segments not disclosed in this table. Refer to Note 17 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the complete segmentation.NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)The following table details the previously reported amounts of the Company's segments for the three-month period endedMarch 31, 2015. SC SC Purchase Price Adjustments Eliminations Total(1) Non-GAAP measures (As Reported) (in thousands)Total non-interest income$422,970 $38,317 $(10,093) $665,397Provision for / (release of) credit losses605,982 219,202 — 872,184Total expenses546,318 (7,142) (8,046) 1,082,360Income/(loss) before income taxes430,675 (78,975) (1,960) 365,012(1)  Column represents the consolidated results of SHUSA including segments not disclosed in this table. Refer to Note 17 of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the complete segmentation.Significant Accounting Policies  Management identified accounting for consolidation, business combinations, the allowance for loan and lease losses and the reserve for unfunded lending commitments, goodwill, derivatives and hedge activities, and income taxes as the Company's critical accounting policies and estimates, in that they are important to the presentation of the Company's financial condition and results of operations and require management's most difficult, subjective and complex judgments as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.  As of March 31, 2016, with the exception of the items noted in the section "Changes in Accounting Policies" below, there have been no significant changes to the Company's accounting policies as disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015. Changes in Accounting Policies During the first quarter of 2016, the Company adopted the following Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Updates ("ASUs"), none of which had a material impact to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements:•The Company adopted ASU 2014-12, Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period (Topic 718) on a prospective basis. This ASU was issued by the FASB in June 2014 and requires that a performance target that affects vesting, and could be achieved after the requisite service period, be treated as a performance condition. Application of existing guidance in Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 718 as it relates to awards with performance conditions that affect vesting should continue to be used to account for such awards.  •The Company also adopted ASU 2015-01, Income Statement - Extraordinary and Unusual Items (Subtopic 225-20): Simplifying Income Statement Presentation by Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items on a prospective basis. This ASU was issued by FASB in January 2015 and eliminates the concept of extraordinary items from GAAP, which previously required the separate classification, presentation, and disclosure of extraordinary events and transactions. NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)•The Company also adopted ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 820): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis, which the FASB issued in February 2015. This ASU changes the analysis that a reporting entity must perform to determine whether it should consolidate certain types of legal entities. Specifically, this ASU modifies the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are VIEs or voting interest entities (VOEs); eliminates the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership; potentially changes the consolidation conclusions of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, in particular those that have fee arrangements and related party arrangements; and provides a scope exception for reporting entities with interests held in certain money market funds and similar unregistered money market funds. As the adoption did not result in any significant impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements, it did not result in a retrospective or modified retrospective application. •The Company also adopted ASU 2015-07, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent) on a retrospective basis. This ASU removes the requirement to categorize investments fair valued using the net asset value per share practical expedient within the fair value hierarchy. It also modifies disclosure requirements to include only investments for which the entity elects to use the practical expedient rather than the prior guidance which required disclosures for all investments eligible to use the practical expedient. •The Company also adopted ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement Period Adjustments on a prospective basis. This amendment eliminates the requirement to account for adjustments to provisional amounts recognized in a business combination retrospectively. Instead, the acquirer will recognize the adjustments to provisional amounts during the period in which the adjustments are determined, including the effect on earnings of any amounts the acquirer would have recorded in previous periods if the accounting had been completed at the acquisition date.Subsequent EventsThe Company evaluated events from the date of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements on March 31, 2016 through the issuance of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and has determined that there have been no material events that would require recognition in its Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements or disclosure in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 other than the transactions disclosed within Note 10 and Note 14 of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. |

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