EX-21 2 w06763exv21.txt SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT . . . EXHIBIT 21 SOVEREIGN BANCORP, INC. Direct and Indirect Subsidiaries of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. at December 31, 2004.
Subsidiary State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation ---------- -------------------------------------------- Sovereign Bank......................................... United States of America 1130 Abstract, Inc. ................................... Pennsylvania 201 Associates, Inc ................................... Delaware 70 Quincy Avenue, LLC ................................. Massachusetts Abington Capital Trust I............................... Delaware Compass REIT Corp ..................................... Massachusetts Compass REIT Holding, Inc. ............................ Delaware First Essex Capital Trust I............................ Delaware First Essex Capital Trust II........................... Delaware First Essex Capital, Inc.. ............................ Massachusetts First Essex Securities Corp ........................... Massachusetts MBNK Capital Trust I................................... Delaware ML Capital Trust I..................................... Delaware PBE Companies, LLC .................................... Delaware RV Marine Funding Corporation.......................... Delaware Seacoast Capital Trust I............................... Delaware Seacoast Capital Trust II.............................. Delaware Sovereign Agency Massachusetts, LLC ................... Massachusetts Sovereign Agency, LLC.................................. New Jersey Sovereign APEX Co...................................... Delaware Sovereign Asset Management LLC......................... Delaware Sovereign Auto 2001-A LLC.............................. Delaware Sovereign Auto Finance 2001-A LLC...................... Delaware Sovereign Capital Trust I.............................. Delaware Sovereign Capital Trust II............................. Delaware Sovereign Capital Trust III............................ Delaware Sovereign Capital Trust IV............................. Delaware Sovereign Charter Limited ............................. Delaware Sovereign Collateral Management LLC.................... Delaware Sovereign Dealer Finance, Inc. ........................ Delaware Sovereign Dealer Floor Plan Master LLC................. Delaware Sovereign Delaware Investment Corporation.............. Delaware Sovereign Facilitation LLC............................. Delaware Sovereign Funding Trust................................ Delaware Sovereign LMI, Inc. ................................... Rhode Island Sovereign Precious Metals, LLC......................... Pennsylvania
Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust................. Delaware Sovereign REIT Holdings, Inc. ......................... Delaware Sovereign Securities Corporation, LLC.................. Pennsylvania Sovereign SFG, Inc. ................................... Delaware Sovereign Trust Manager Co............................. Delaware STA, Inc. ............................................. Delaware