MATERIAL FACT
Following the material fact notification of 21st September 2009, Banco Santander hereby announces the following:
1. On 6th October 2009, the pricing of the capital increase carried out by Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. was fixed at 23.5 Brazilian Reais per unit, equivalent, at the current exchange rate, to a total amount of EUR 4,760 million, which values the bank at EUR 34,150 million following the increase.
2. The placement was made for 16.21% of the capital prior to the increase (13.95% after the increase).
3. The estimated capital gain generated by this transaction for Grupo Santander amounts to EUR 1,430 million, which will be assigned to generic provisions.
4. This transaction has a positive impact of 0.60 percentage points on Grupo Santander's core capital.
5. Trading of the units on the New York and Sao Paulo stock exchanges will commence today, October 7th.
6. The underwriting institutions are entitled to exercise a green shoe option for an additional 2.3s% of the capital of Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. (1.95% following the increase).
Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 7th October 2009
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