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 23 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 279,671,268 4.47% 2,998,714 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 45,835,231 0.73% 66,230,731 1.06%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 21,467,685 0.34% 17,772,128 0.28%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 346,974,184 5.55% 87,001,573 1.39%
(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 1,000 10.6100 EUR
Purchase 1,872 10.8000 EUR
Purchase 60,056 10.5100 EUR
Purchase 1,100 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 12,200 10.5900 EUR
Purchase 200 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 500 10.5500 EUR
Purchase 105 10.4700 EUR
Purchase 68,302 10.5376 EUR
Purchase 8,500 11.1400 EUR
Purchase 274,773 10.6076 EUR
Purchase 5,600 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 9,261 10.8000 EUR
Purchase 428 10.7524 EUR
Purchase 100,000 10.4924 EUR
Purchase 100,000 10.5765 EUR
Purchase 2,000 10.5700 EUR
Purchase 385 10.4531 EUR
Purchase 1,888 10.5100 EUR
Purchase 385 10.4531 EUR
Purchase 39,339 10.6973 EUR
Purchase 4,387 10.5206 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.6000 EUR
Purchase 39,339 10.6972 EUR
Sale 52,102 10.5100 EUR
Sale 35,921 10.5100 EUR
Sale 104,546 10.5433 EUR
Sale 221 10.6278 EUR
Sale 165,978 10.5434 EUR
Sale 354 10.6275 EUR
Sale 817 10.6276 EUR
Sale 2,516,816 10.5434 EUR
Sale 5,364 10.6276 EUR
Sale 1,620 10.6276 EUR
Sale 760,495 10.5434 EUR
Sale 383,424 10.5434 EUR
Sale 96,090 10.5100 EUR
Sale 500 10.5800 EUR
Sale 385 10.4531 EUR
Sale 87,157 10.5735 EUR
Sale 9,261 10.8000 EUR
Sale 45,627 10.5668 EUR
Sale 767 10.7900 EUR
Sale 333 10.6277 EUR
Sale 5,222 10.5100 EUR
Sale 2,500 10.7100 EUR
Sale 633 10.7300 EUR
Sale 2,756 Transfer
Sale 39,339 10.6972 EUR
Sale 78,671 10.5668 EUR
Sale 1,602 10.4200 EUR
Sale 235,029 10.5434 EUR
Sale 330 10.6278 EUR
Sale 25,661 10.5431 EUR
Sale 53 10.6273 EUR
Sale 13,759 10.5429 EUR
Sale 28 10.6293 EUR
Sale 14,959 10.5429 EUR
Sale 31 10.6279 EUR
Sale 89 8.4251
Sale 549 10.6276 EUR
Sale 156,578 10.5433 EUR
Sale 502 10.6276 EUR
Sale 469 10.6276 EUR
Sale 49,388 10.7075 EUR
Sale 694 10.6276 EUR
Sale 325,566 10.5434 EUR
Sale 285,635 10.5531 EUR
Sale 3,022,740 10.5100 EUR
Sale 3,926 10.7075 EUR
Sale 20,175 10.5100 EUR
Sale 126,590 10.5433 EUR
Sale 268 10.6277 EUR
Sale 257,427 10.5434 EUR
Sale 140,886 10.5433 EUR
Sale 76,061 10.5432 EUR
Sale 160 10.6279 EUR
Sale 49,787 10.5432 EUR
Sale 105 10.6279 EUR
Sale 72,523 10.5432 EUR
Sale 153 10.6278 EUR
Sale 56,392 10.5432 EUR
Sale 118 10.6280 EUR
Sale 224 10.6277 EUR
Sale 156,128 10.5433 EUR
Sale 1,702 10.6045 EUR
Sale 219,588 10.5434 EUR
Sale 298 10.6277 EUR
Sale 154 10.6279 EUR
Sale 73,336 10.5432 EUR
Sale 137,122 10.5433 EUR
Sale 291 10.6277 EUR
Sale 38,784 10.5723 EUR
Sale 26,722 10.5430 EUR
Sale 55 10.6278 EUR
Sale 5,579 10.6045 EUR
Sale 1,726 10.5100 EUR
Sale 106,095 10.5432 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 87157 10.5735
CFD Long 500 10.58
CFD Short 68302 10.5376
CFD Short 533401 10.55
Swap Short 1 25
(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 24 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 260,000 9.7500 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 14.0000 EURO 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 600,000 12.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 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 7,500 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 10,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 410,000 10.5210 EURO 29/09/2008
Option Purchased -5,000 9.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,500 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 19,900 13.0400 EURO 03/10/2008
Option Purchased 215,285 9.2900 EURO 20/04/2009
Option Purchased 250,000 10.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 120,000 10.5000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
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 -260,000 10.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
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 -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
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 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased -1,000,000 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 -410,000 11.9238 EURO 29/09/2008
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
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