Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 3356P

Banco Santander S.A.

23 March 2009

 

Press Release                    

Banco Santander will pay May 1st the fourth dividend against 2008 of EUR 0.25737 per share

• The total dividend charged to the earnings of the past financial year amounts to 0.65 euros per share and will be paid fully in cash.

Madrid, March 23, 2009 - From May 1, 2009, Banco Santander will pay a fourth dividend charged to the earnings of the 2008 financial year for an amount of 0.25737 euros per share, which represents a payment to shareholders of 2,100 million euros, as agreed by the Bank's Board of Directors at its meeting held today in Santander.

With the payment of this dividend, the total dividend charged to the 2008 earnings, paid fully in cash, is 0.65078 euros per share, the same amount as that paid in 2007.

As a result of the capital increases carried out since October 2008, the total distribution of dividends among shareholders charged to the 2008 results (which amounts to 4,812 million euros and represents a pay-out of 54.2%) is 18% more than in the previous financial year.

 

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