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 02 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 269,025,843 4.30% 4,642,143 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 47,542,381 0.76% 65,697,520 1.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 22,990,685 0.37% 19,310,128 0.31%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 339,558,909 5.43% 89,649,791 1.43%
(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 3,750 Transfer
Purchase 100,000 10.8660 EUR
Purchase 790 11.1500 EUR
Purchase 10 10.9000 EUR
Purchase 4,250 Transfer
Purchase 13,448 10.8600 EUR
Purchase 177 11.2194 EUR
Purchase 120,112 10.8600 EUR
Purchase 360 11.3500 EUR
Purchase 812,019 11.2654 EUR
Purchase 11,822 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 4,200 10.8600 EUR
Purchase 3,750 Transfer
Purchase 4,250 Transfer
Purchase 200 11.2500 EUR
Purchase 107 10.9000 EUR
Purchase 1,704 11.3017 EUR
Purchase 5,833 11.0590 EUR
Purchase 7,660 10.8600 EUR
Purchase 44,102 10.8600 EUR
Purchase 7,236 10.8600 EUR
Purchase 3,777 10.8600 EUR
Purchase 70,500 10.9100 EUR
Purchase 958 10.9000 EUR
Sale 9,741 11.1955 EUR
Sale 1,000 11.3500 EUR
Sale 4,936 11.1955 EUR
Sale 500 11.2300 EUR
Sale 500 11.2300 EUR
Sale 400 11.2400 EUR
Sale 154,043 11.3215 EUR
Sale 812,019 11.2654 EUR
Sale 4,200 10.8600 EUR
Sale 1,500,000 11.3794 EUR
Sale 84,944 11.1847 EUR
Sale 2,000 11.3700 EUR
Sale 12,367 10.8600 EUR
Sale 12,367 10.8600 EUR
Sale 150 11.0800 EUR
Sale 1,165 11.3300 EUR
Sale 80 11.3200 EUR
Sale 5,700 11.1800 EUR
Sale 14,593 10.8600 EUR
Sale 4,300 11.3100 EUR
Sale 1,000 11.2400 EUR
Sale 2,003 10.8600 EUR
Sale 11,822 10.9100 EUR
Sale 22,000 11.2892 EUR
Sale 300 8.7300
Sale 1,818 11.2683 EUR
Sale 1,357 11.2276 EUR
Sale 300 11.2500 EUR
Sale 465 11.3500 EUR
Sale 991 10.8700 EUR
Sale 62,130 11.0299 EUR
Sale 62,130 11.0299 EUR
Sale 3,383 11.1955 EUR
Sale 816,219 11.2633 EUR
Sale 4,399 10.9100 EUR
Sale 369,008 11.3413 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 4399 10.91
CFD Short 136572 11.1814
CFD Short 3909 11.3129
(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 selling 1500000 11.5 EURO 18/12/2009 1.83
Put selling 1500000 11.5 EURO 18/12/2009 1.65
(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 03 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 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 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
Option Purchased -1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 260,000 9.7500 EURO 19/12/2008
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 1,500,000 11.5000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 600,000 12.5000 AMER 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 120,000 10.5000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 10.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 433,000 9.4140 EURO 29/12/2008
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 -1,500,000 11.5000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -15,000 11.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
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 -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 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 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 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 14.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -260,000 10.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
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 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -433,000 10.6692 EURO 29/12/2008
Option Purchased 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
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