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 17 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 300,673,382 4.81% 3,545,352 0.06%
securities
(2) Derivatives 45,713,792 0.73% 77,854,574 1.24%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 27,613,685 0.44% 23,517,288 0.38%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 374,000,859 5.98% 104,917,214 1.68%
(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 3,800 10.3200 EUR
Purchase 500 10.6100 EUR
Purchase 700 10.6200 EUR
Purchase 14,586 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 1,071,529 10.3400 EUR
Purchase 475 10.7200 EUR
Purchase 350 10.0300 EUR
Purchase 3,000 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 3,269 10.6400 EUR
Purchase 58 10.4500 EUR
Purchase 3,091 9.9921 EUR
Purchase 300,000 10.1549 EUR
Purchase 2,000 10.6100 EUR
Purchase 3,000 10.5900 EUR
Purchase 300 10.6000 EUR
Purchase 11,984 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 14,313 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 3,777 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 400 10.7200 EUR
Purchase 350 10.6000 EUR
Purchase 2,000 10.1800 EUR
Purchase 219,566 10.4658 EUR
Purchase 6,017 10.1875 EUR
Purchase 15,083 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 1,178 10.7123 EUR
Purchase 3,000 10.2200 EUR
Purchase 944 10.3300 EUR
Purchase 15,597 9.9315 EUR
Purchase 400 10.3000 EUR
Purchase 500,000 10.6094 EUR
Purchase 2,000 10.7300 EUR
Purchase 300 10.2000 EUR
Purchase 100 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 498 10.0400 EUR
Purchase 3,399 10.3011 EUR
Purchase 56 10.3200 EUR
Purchase 13,161 10.1948 EUR
Purchase 8,324 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 250 10.6900 EUR
Purchase 59,923 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 220,896 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 83,769 9.9900 EUR
Purchase 4,726 10.7048 EUR
Sale 7,378 10.0751 EUR
Sale 86,250 10.6285 EUR
Sale 574,416 9.9900 EUR
Sale 2,413 10.0736 EUR
Sale 3,763 9.9900 EUR
Sale 86,682 10.0757 EUR
Sale 2,723 10.0743 EUR
Sale 19,940 10.0759 EUR
Sale 250 10.6100 EUR
Sale 3,538 10.0744 EUR
Sale 3,029 10.0744 EUR
Sale 979 10.0715 EUR
Sale 1,249 10.0724 EUR
Sale 1,575 10.0727 EUR
Sale 3,500 10.7100 EUR
Sale 3,695 10.0747 EUR
Sale 1,160 10.0718 EUR
Sale 2,908 10.0744 EUR
Sale 1,945 Transfer
Sale 1,200 10.0500 EUR
Sale 8,000 10.5852 EUR
Sale 15,083 10.5800 EUR
Sale 5,365 10.0750 EUR
Sale 10,801 10.0754 EUR
Sale 3,000 9.9900 EUR
Sale 4,287 9.9900 EUR
Sale 20 10.3400 EUR
Sale 4,349 10.3203 EUR
Sale 33,353 10.0758 EUR
Sale 81,209 10.0757 EUR
Sale 3,473 10.0744 EUR
Sale 276,320 10.0758 EUR
Sale 14,910 10.0760 EUR
Sale 1,011 10.0717 EUR
Sale 7,949 10.0751 EUR
Sale 7,628 10.0752 EUR
Sale 12,560 10.0759 EUR
Sale 120,798 10.0757 EUR
Sale 84,450 10.0757 EUR
Sale 21,708 9.9900 EUR
Sale 58,323 10.0758 EUR
Sale 83,524 10.0757 EUR
Sale 17,041 10.0759 EUR
Sale 11,442 10.0756 EUR
Sale 5,937 10.0750 EUR
Sale 17,196 10.0759 EUR
Sale 5,372 10.0749 EUR
Sale 7,890 9.9900 EUR
Sale 26,170 10.3163 EUR
Sale 419,118 10.3165 EUR
Sale 1,178 10.6840 EUR
Sale 1,071,529 10.3400 EUR
Sale 37,286 10.3163 EUR
Sale 14,586 10.5800 EUR
Sale 1,000 10.4400 EUR
Sale 6,067 10.0751 EUR
Sale 2,861 10.0536 EUR
Sale 204,835 10.0758 EUR
Sale 4,000 10.6800 EUR
Sale 1,566 10.0727 EUR
Sale 1,614 10.0730 EUR
Sale 410,416 10.6609 EUR
Sale 2,302 10.5109 EUR
Sale 10,290 10.0752 EUR
Sale 7,827 10.0751 EUR
Sale 44,974 10.3166 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 2302 10.5108
CFD Long 86250 10.6284
CFD Long 410416 10.6609
CFD Long 1178 10.6839
CFD Short 13161 10.1947
CFD Short 3399 10.3011
CFD Short 3130 10.3917
CFD Short 1178 10.7122
CFD Short 3091 9.992
(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 18 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 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
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 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
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