Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 8538W

Banco Santander S.A.

04 August 2009

 

Annex DTR3

Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters.

1.	Name of the issuer BANCO SANTANDER, S.A.	2.	State whether the notification relates to (i) a transaction notified in accordance with DTR 3.1.2 R,  (ii) a disclosure made in accordance  LR 9.8.6R(1) or (iii) a disclosure made in accordance with section 793 of the Companies Act (2006). (i).
3.	Name of person discharging managerial responsibilities/director MR. MANUEL SOTO SERRANO, DIRECTOR OF THE ISSUER	4.	State whether notification relates to a person connected with a person discharging managerial responsibilities/director named in 3 and identify the connected person THIS NOTIFICATION RELATES TO THE FOLLOWING CONNECTED PERSON OF MR. MANUEL SOTO SERRANO: ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A.
5.	Indicate whether the notification is in respect of a holding of the person referred to in 3 or 4 above or in respect of a nonbeneficial interest 1 AS IN 4 ABOVE.	6.	Description of shares (including class), debentures or derivatives or financial instruments relating to shares ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.50 EURO NOMINAL VALUE.
7.	Name of registered shareholders(s) and, if more than one, the number of shares held by each of them MR. MANUEL SOTO SERRANO AND HIS CONNECTED PERSON HOLD AFTER THE TRANSACTIONS DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTIFICATION A TOTAL OF 350,000 SHARES, WHICH REPRESENT 0.004% OF THE ISSUER'S SHARE (CAPITAL NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TREASURY STOCK).	8.	State the nature of the transaction SIX DISPOSALS BY ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A. ON 30 JULY 2009 FOR A TOTAL OF 220,000 SHARES. SEE 13 BELOW.
9.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares acquired	10.	Percentage of issued class acquired (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage)
11.	Number of shares, debentures or financial instruments relating to shares disposed SEE 8 ABOVE	12.	Percentage of issued class disposed (treasury shares of that class should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 0.003%
13.	Price per share or value of transaction DISPOSAL BY ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A. ON 30 JULY 2009 OF 30,000 SHARES@ 9.94 EURO PER SHARE DISPOSAL BY ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A. ON 30 JULY 2009 OF 20,000 SHARES@ 9.93 EURO PER SHARE DISPOSAL BY ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A. ON 30 JULY 2009 OF 40,000 SHARES@ 9.92 EURO PER SHARE DISPOSAL BY ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A. ON 30 JULY 2009 OF 80,000 SHARES@ 9.90 EURO PER SHARE DISPOSAL BY ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A. ON 30 JULY 2009 OF 20,428 SHARES@ 9.89 EURO PER SHARE DISPOSAL BY ACE GLOBAL SICAV, S.A. ON 30 JULY 2009 OF 29,572 SHARES@ 9.84 EURO PER SHARE	14.	Date and place of transaction SPAIN, 30 JULY 2009 SEE 8 ABOVE.
15.	Total holding following notification and total percentage holding following notification (any treasury shares should not be taken into account when calculating percentage) 350,000 SHARES REPRESENTING 0.004% OF THE ISSUER'S SHARE (CAPITAL NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TREASURY STOCK).	16.	Date issuer informed of transaction 04 AUGUST 2009

If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by the issuer

complete the following boxes

17.	Date of grant	18.	Period during which or date on which exercisable
19.	Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option	20.	Description of shares or debentures involved (class and number)
21.	Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at the time of exercise	22.	Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following notification
23.	Any additional information NONE	24.	Name of contact and telephone number for queries JESUS MARIA DIAZ DE MERA  +(34) 912-897-738

Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification JOSE MANUEL DE ARALUCE Date of notification  04 AUGUST 2009

Notes:    This form is intended for use by an issuer to make a RIS notification required by DR 3.3.

(1)	An issuer making a notification in respect of a transaction relating to the shares or debentures of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.
(2)	An issuer making a notification in respect of a derivative relating the shares of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.
(3)	An issuer making a notification in respect of options granted to a director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24.
(4)	An issuer making a notification in respect of a financial instrument relating to the shares of the issuer (other than a debenture) should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

 

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