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 29 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 273,224,113 4.37% 2,975,596 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 45,667,017 0.73% 65,698,010 1.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 21,057,685 0.34% 17,377,128 0.28%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 339,948,815 5.44% 86,050,734 1.38%
(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 1,500 10.6300 EUR
Purchase 240,225 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 258 10.7500 EUR
Purchase 1,400 10.5500 EUR
Purchase 400 10.6500 EUR
Purchase 1,150 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 200 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 100 10.6500 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.7000 EUR
Purchase 411,600 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 8,911 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 800 10.9200 EUR
Purchase 1,833 10.6124 EUR
Purchase 433,000 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 28,900 10.4624 EUR
Purchase 43,932 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.4900 EUR
Purchase 1,250 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 140,000 10.7848 EUR
Purchase 11 10.9200 EUR
Purchase 562,717 10.6005 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 9,642 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 1,833 10.6124 EUR
Purchase 800 10.5100 EUR
Purchase 100 10.9200 EUR
Purchase 200,000 10.4624 EUR
Purchase 600 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 182 10.5300 EUR
Purchase 200 10.9200 EUR
Purchase 300 10.6100 EUR
Purchase 733 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 3,103 10.4576 EUR
Purchase 1,000 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 2,171 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 9,991 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 4,387 10.5616 EUR
Purchase 107,955 10.4600 EUR
Purchase 7,660 10.4600 EUR
Sale 11 10.9200 EUR
Sale 5,874 10.5734 EUR
Sale 2,537 10.5734 EUR
Sale 200 10.9200 EUR
Sale 3,753 10.5734 EUR
Sale 433,000 10.9100 EUR
Sale 800 10.9200 EUR
Sale 100 10.9200 EUR
Sale 128,624 10.4600 EUR
Sale 31,588 10.5734 EUR
Sale 26,278 10.5734 EUR
Sale 250,000 10.5754 EUR
Sale 25,007 10.4576 EUR
Sale 1,833 10.6124 EUR
Sale 8,911 10.4600 EUR
Sale 800 10.5300 EUR
Sale 34,354 10.5734 EUR
Sale 8,813 10.5601 EUR
Sale 143,940 10.4600 EUR
Sale 47,075 10.4600 EUR
Sale 14,018 10.5734 EUR
Sale 20,898 10.4600 EUR
Sale 25,270 10.5734 EUR
Sale 11,161 10.5734 EUR
Sale 562,717 10.6005 EUR
Sale 17,348 10.5734 EUR
Sale 45,402 10.5734 EUR
Sale 271,470 10.5734 EUR
Sale 82,294 10.5734 EUR
Sale 17,135 10.5734 EUR
Sale 8,269 10.5734 EUR
Sale 411,600 10.9100 EUR
Sale 5,560 10.5734 EUR
Sale 775 10.5500 EUR
Sale 11,685 10.5734 EUR
Sale 330 10.9375 EUR
Sale 285 10.5300 EUR
Sale 3,103 10.4576 EUR
Sale 8,134 10.5734 EUR
Sale 15,050 10.5734 EUR
Sale 5,044 10.5734 EUR
Sale 565,820 10.5997 EUR
Sale 20,097 10.5734 EUR
Sale 20,251 10.7109 EUR
Sale 3,500 10.9100 EUR
Sale 108,102 10.4600 EUR
Sale 133,501 10.5869 EUR
Sale 6,286 10.5734 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 1844 10.46
CFD Long 133501 10.5869
CFD Short 9642 10.46
CFD Short 3216 10.5567
CFD Short 10951 10.5569
(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 30 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 250,000 10.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,500,000 10.0000 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 1,000,000 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 -1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
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 260,000 9.7500 EURO 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 -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 120,000 10.5000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 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 -114,995 10.0100 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -114,995 10.0100 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 -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 14.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 14.5000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 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 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -260,000 10.5000 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 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
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