Rule 8.3 - BANCO SANTANDER SA
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in BANCO SANTANDER SA
Class of relevant security EUR0.50(REGD)
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 16 September 2008
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 302,073,924 4.83% 2,748,319 0.04%
securities
(2) Derivatives 45,739,177 0.73% 78,352,511 1.25%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 27,613,685 0.44% 23,517,288 0.38%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 375,426,786 6.00% 104,618,118 1.67%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
Securities
Purchase 800 10.1600 EUR
Purchase 13,296 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 350 10.1000 EUR
Purchase 100 10.1300 EUR
Purchase 500,000 10.3178 EUR
Purchase 2,000 10.2600 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.1500 EUR
Purchase 200 10.1300 EUR
Purchase 150 10.1400 EUR
Purchase 880 10.2500 EUR
Purchase 6,019 10.1700 EUR
Purchase 5,000 10.2500 EUR
Purchase 10,228 10.1041 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.0000 EUR
Purchase 306,131 10.2042 EUR
Purchase 1,400 9.8000 EUR
Purchase 600 10.0000 EUR
Purchase 952 10.2800 EUR
Purchase 98 10.1000 EUR
Purchase 300 10.0000 EUR
Purchase 15 10.0000 EUR
Purchase 500 10.3200 EUR
Purchase 51,881 10.1600 EUR
Purchase 100 10.2800 EUR
Purchase 250 10.3100 EUR
Purchase 230,000 10.1473 EUR
Purchase 119,844 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 170 10.4200 EUR
Purchase 2,150 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 576 10.3000 EUR
Purchase 120 10.2800 EUR
Purchase 2,000 10.3300 EUR
Purchase 300 10.0000 EUR
Purchase 2,950 10.1700 EUR
Purchase 600 10.1500 EUR
Purchase 3,800 10.6100 EUR
Purchase 25 10.2900 EUR
Purchase 590 10.1800 EUR
Purchase 500 10.1400 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.3500 EUR
Purchase 300 10.3000 EUR
Purchase 500 10.0000 EUR
Purchase 300 10.2800 EUR
Purchase 53,303 10.3300 EUR
Purchase 230 9.9000 EUR
Purchase 4,445 10.1400 EUR
Purchase 12,634 10.3100 EUR
Purchase 44,080 10.5600 EUR
Purchase 115,000 10.3746 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.1900 EUR
Purchase 140 10.1100 EUR
Purchase 5,650,600 10.1200 EUR
Purchase 580 10.2700 EUR
Purchase 500 9.9500 EUR
Purchase 500 9.9100 EUR
Purchase 36,990 10.1725 EUR
Purchase 9,684 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 1,554 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 623 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 25,451 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 12,250 10.3299 EUR
Purchase 4,097 10.2826 EUR
Purchase 5,273 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 1,245 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 25,451 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 3,257,253 10.4403 EUR
Purchase 31,795 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 1,146 10.2469 EUR
Purchase 1,342 10.3900 EUR
Purchase 6,066 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 24,848 10.5800 EUR
Sale 8,400 10.7331 EUR
Sale 65,086 10.3113 EUR
Sale 1,400 10.2400 EUR
Sale 46,840 10.3113 EUR
Sale 10,634 10.3113 EUR
Sale 3,500,000 10.5600 EUR
Sale 135,464 10.1981 EUR
Sale 1,539 10.1486 EUR
Sale 149,876 10.1981 EUR
Sale 7,000 10.8700 EUR
Sale 1,469 10.4400 EUR
Sale 80,991 10.1979 EUR
Sale 28,497 10.3113 EUR
Sale 16,080 10.3113 EUR
Sale 1,000 10.1085 EUR
Sale 36,417 10.3113 EUR
Sale 27,832 10.3113 EUR
Sale 18,888 10.3113 EUR
Sale 8,968 10.3113 EUR
Sale 24,860 10.3113 EUR
Sale 122,118 10.3113 EUR
Sale 49,608 10.3113 EUR
Sale 30,103 10.3113 EUR
Sale 966 10.4200 EUR
Sale 4,392 10.5922 EUR
Sale 16,953 10.3113 EUR
Sale 92,274 10.2805 EUR
Sale 44,080 10.5600 EUR
Sale 4,457 10.5800 EUR
Sale 416,932 10.1981 EUR
Sale 26,100 10.4913 EUR
Sale 27,650 10.1976 EUR
Sale 40,439 10.1977 EUR
Sale 3,120 10.2400 EUR
Sale 85,900 10.1980 EUR
Sale 24,605 10.5600 EUR
Sale 20 10.4200 EUR
Sale 2,276 10.4178 EUR
Sale 4,064 10.3113 EUR
Sale 1,383,706 10.1981 EUR
Sale 211,589 10.1981 EUR
Sale 96,156 10.1982 EUR
Sale 58,809 10.1976 EUR
Sale 1,400 10.4000 EUR
Sale 1,000 10.4200 EUR
Sale 4,615 10.5800 EUR
Sale 15,202 10.2805 EUR
Sale 11,252 10.2805 EUR
Sale 8,886 10.2805 EUR
Sale 5,650,600 10.1200 EUR
Sale 7,421 10.1976 EUR
Sale 7,551 10.1976 EUR
Sale 38,715 10.1977 EUR
Sale 135 10.2800 EUR
Sale 28,863 10.1976 EUR
Sale 4,500 10.7000 EUR
Sale 15,626 10.1973 EUR
Sale 73,552 10.1979 EUR
Sale 39,920 10.1977 EUR
Sale 57,091 10.1978 EUR
Sale 15,597 9.9312 EUR
Sale 8,900 10.5439 EUR
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 1539 10.1486
CFD Long 61399 10.3329
CFD Long 2276 10.4178
CFD Long 26100 10.4913
CFD Long 8900 10.5439
CFD Short 10228 10.1041
CFD Short 36990 10.1725
CFD Short 306131 10.2042
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
None
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES
Date of disclosure 17 September 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8
DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS
(This form should be attached to Form 8.1, Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)
OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)
Product name, Written or Number of securities Exercise price Type, e.g. Expiry date
e.g. call option purchased to which the option (Note 2) American,
or derivative relates European etc.
Option Purchased 500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 215,285 9.2900 EURO 20/04/2009
Option Purchased 250,000 10.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 410,000 10.5210 EURO 29/09/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -7,500,000 0.0100 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 7,500,000 0.0100 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 11.0000 AMER 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 120,000 10.5000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 55,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -55,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000 11.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 5,000 14.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 19,900 13.0400 EURO 03/10/2008
Option Purchased 10,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 15.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased -5,000 9.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,500 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -160 14.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 7,500 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -250,000 14.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 14.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -410,000 11.9238 EURO 29/09/2008
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -114,995 10.0100 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -114,995 10.0100 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -62,159 8.7900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -62,159 8.7900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Notes
1. Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given.
Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell should also be given on this form.
2. For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.
For details of the Code's dealing disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 and its Notes which can be viewed on the Takeover
Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk