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 01 October 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 271,655,960 4.34% 3,280,678 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 47,678,953 0.76% 65,698,010 1.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 21,490,685 0.34% 17,810,128 0.28%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 340,825,598 5.45% 86,788,816 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 10.7000 EUR
Purchase 43,495 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 60,056 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 32,452 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 100 10.7100 EUR
Purchase 39,808 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 29,855 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 3,152 10.5000 EUR
Purchase 2,253 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 48,045 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 4,454 10.6300 EUR
Purchase 37,787 10.7272 EUR
Purchase 37,787 10.7272 EUR
Purchase 1,883 10.6100 EUR
Purchase 1,298 Transfer
Purchase 3,830 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 1,110 10.8400 EUR
Purchase 87,010 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 2,800 10.7100 EUR
Purchase 100 10.8800 EUR
Sale 38,940 10.9100 EUR
Sale 88,204 10.9100 EUR
Sale 13,745 10.7613 EUR
Sale 1,500 10.7800 EUR
Sale 190 10.7600 EUR
Sale 960 Transfer
Sale 23,710 10.7202 EUR
Sale 37,787 10.7272 EUR
Sale 200,000 10.9075 EUR
Sale 500 10.8300 EUR
Sale 3,152 10.5000 EUR
Sale 3,126 10.9100 EUR
Sale 570 10.8500 EUR
Sale 42 Transfer
Sale 8,775 10.6637 EUR
Sale 43,567 10.7613 EUR
Sale 5,334 10.6637 EUR
Sale 21,820 10.7613 EUR
Sale 40,833 10.7613 EUR
Sale 5,001 10.6637 EUR
Sale 33,385 10.7613 EUR
Sale 4,087 10.6637 EUR
Sale 2,902 10.6637 EUR
Sale 23,710 10.7613 EUR
Sale 2,591 10.6637 EUR
Sale 21,174 10.7613 EUR
Sale 45,315 10.7202 EUR
Sale 19,421 10.6637 EUR
Sale 27,750 10.7202 EUR
Sale 10,902 10.7613 EUR
Sale 71,664 10.7613 EUR
Sale 179,910 10.9100 EUR
Sale 4,208 10.6637 EUR
Sale 34,356 10.7613 EUR
Sale 1,682 10.7212 EUR
Sale 22,677 10.7613 EUR
Sale 22,978 10.7202 EUR
Sale 8,852 10.7613 EUR
Sale 11,125 10.6637 EUR
Sale 90,875 10.7613 EUR
Sale 14,112 10.7202 EUR
Sale 4,762 10.6637 EUR
Sale 158,623 10.7613 EUR
Sale 1,435 10.9100 EUR
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
Swap Short 1 38.06
(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)
Call Sell 433000 10.6692 EURO 29/12/2008 0.2186
Put Purchase 433000 9.414 EURO 29/12/2008 0
(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 02 October 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 433,000 9.4140 EURO 29/12/2008
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 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 -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 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 -433,000 10.6692 EURO 29/12/2008
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