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 24 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 277,899,739 4.44% 3,006,699 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 44,612,648 0.71% 62,730,731 1.00%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 21,467,685 0.34% 17,787,128 0.28%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 343,980,072 5.50% 83,524,558 1.34%
(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 5,345 10.5100 EUR
Purchase 2,855 10.5400 EUR
Purchase 470 10.5200 EUR
Purchase 700 10.5300 EUR
Purchase 13,161 10.5100 EUR
Purchase 459 10.5699 EUR
Purchase 11,499 10.5400 EUR
Purchase 43,801 10.5583 EUR
Purchase 3,500 10.6700 EUR
Purchase 400 10.5600 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.5400 EUR
Purchase 96,090 10.5400 EUR
Purchase 59,048 10.5400 EUR
Purchase 4,243 10.6700 EUR
Purchase 1,223 10.6700 EUR
Purchase 459 10.5699 EUR
Purchase 9,300 10.5100 EUR
Purchase 100,000 10.5424 EUR
Purchase 1,639 Transfer
Purchase 2,780 10.5500 EUR
Purchase 7,500 10.5400 EUR
Purchase 5,000 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 4,600 10.5100 EUR
Purchase 1,500 10.5800 EUR
Purchase 1,500 10.6100 EUR
Purchase 1,200 10.6000 EUR
Purchase 400 10.5500 EUR
Sale 19,096 10.5400 EUR
Sale 4,535 10.5580 EUR
Sale 13,381 10.5140 EUR
Sale 28,253 10.5539 EUR
Sale 101,304 10.5400 EUR
Sale 1,578 10.5140 EUR
Sale 8 8.1500
Sale 5,345 10.5100 EUR
Sale 500 10.5600 EUR
Sale 110 10.5700 EUR
Sale 16,386 10.5539 EUR
Sale 1,078 10.5509 EUR
Sale 26,838 10.5580 EUR
Sale 1,200 10.5500 EUR
Sale 720,000 10.5589 EUR
Sale 2,640 10.5376 EUR
Sale 49,641 10.5439 EUR
Sale 66,741 10.5439 EUR
Sale 1,428 10.5400 EUR
Sale 71,277 10.5580 EUR
Sale 15,458 10.5580 EUR
Sale 38,998 10.5439 EUR
Sale 75,453 10.5580 EUR
Sale 101,692 10.5439 EUR
Sale 33,229 10.5439 EUR
Sale 52,790 10.5439 EUR
Sale 63,369 10.5439 EUR
Sale 27,942 10.5439 EUR
Sale 2,965 10.5580 EUR
Sale 62,392 10.5439 EUR
Sale 14,809 10.5580 EUR
Sale 20,822 10.5580 EUR
Sale 9,935 10.5580 EUR
Sale 9,736 10.5439 EUR
Sale 18,887 10.5439 EUR
Sale 7,314 10.5439 EUR
Sale 8,049 10.5580 EUR
Sale 2,905 10.5400 EUR
Sale 40,214 10.5580 EUR
Sale 5,997 10.5439 EUR
Sale 46,925 10.5580 EUR
Sale 157,125 10.5439 EUR
Sale 35,231 10.5580 EUR
Sale 38,206 10.5580 EUR
Sale 30,461 10.5439 EUR
Sale 4,706 10.5580 EUR
Sale 25,772 10.5400 EUR
Sale 11,499 10.5400 EUR
Sale 31,696 10.5555 EUR
Sale 26,685 10.5400 EUR
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Short 72583 10.5523
(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)
Put Selling 15000 11 EURO 18/12/2009 1.87
(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 25 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 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.5000 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 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 410,000 10.5210 EURO 29/09/2008
Option Purchased 600,000 12.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 260,000 9.7500 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased 1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
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 -15,000 11.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
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 120,000 10.5000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 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 -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 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 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
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