Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 4804T

Banco Santander S.A.

05 June 2009

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

BANCO SANTANDER, S.A.

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights		X
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:	CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY ('CRMC'). The shares reported in this disclosure are not owned by CRMC for its own account but for the mutual funds under its discretionary investment management
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	AS IN 3 ABOVE
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	PURCHASE OF 1,400,000 SHARES ON 27 MAY 2009 DISPOSAL OF 1,548,964 SHARES ON 3 JUNE 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	ON 5 JUNE 2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	5%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares  PURCHASE OF 1,400,000 SHARES ON 27 MAY 2009
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.50 EURO NOMINAL VALUE EACH	406,718,653				408,118,653		5.004%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares DISPOSAL OF 1,548,964 SHARES ON 3 JUNE 2009
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
ORDINARY SHARES OF 0.50 EURO NOMINAL VALUE EACH	408,628,653				407,079,689		4.991%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/  Conversion  Period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date	Exercise/ Conversion  period	Number of voting  rights instrument  refers to	% of voting rights
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:	NONE
14. Contact name:	PEDRO DE MINGO; + (34) 91 289 3390
15. Contact telephone number:	JOSÉ MANUEL DE ARALUCE

 

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