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 06 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 268,180,350 4.29% 4,673,587 0.07%
securities
(2) Derivatives 47,505,294 0.76% 65,717,394 1.05%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 22,727,063 0.36% 19,050,128 0.30%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 338,412,707 5.41% 89,441,109 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 169 11.0200 EUR
Purchase 100 11.6900 EUR
Purchase 5,866 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 600 11.2300 EUR
Purchase 23,509 11.2265 EUR
Purchase 1,200 11.0700 EUR
Purchase 500 11.1000 EUR
Purchase 90 11.0400 EUR
Purchase 140,000 10.9816 EUR
Purchase 2,225 11.2200 EUR
Purchase 59,071 10.9816 EUR
Purchase 280 11.1000 EUR
Purchase 300 11.0600 EUR
Purchase 1,000 11.0200 EUR
Purchase 1,926 11.3200 EUR
Purchase 163,410 11.2501 EUR
Purchase 1,100 11.6900 EUR
Purchase 43 11.6900 EUR
Purchase 75 11.1400 EUR
Purchase 1,100 11.0800 EUR
Purchase 23,298 11.6900 EUR
Purchase 43 11.6900 EUR
Purchase 44,102 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 4,387 11.2155 EUR
Purchase 34,788 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 6,598 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 12,771 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 4,517 11.1898 EUR
Purchase 16,761 11.1898 EUR
Purchase 500 11.6900 EUR
Purchase 296,792 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 59,071 10.9816 EUR
Purchase 129,376 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 60,057 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 11,827 10.9800 EUR
Purchase 9 Transfer
Purchase 12,011 10.9800 EUR
Sale 5,124 10.9800 EUR
Sale 59,071 10.9816 EUR
Sale 13,552 11.2231 EUR
Sale 20,169 11.6900 EUR
Sale 1,930 11.0200 EUR
Sale 23,298 11.6900 EUR
Sale 1,100 11.6900 EUR
Sale 110 11.0200 EUR
Sale 500 11.6900 EUR
Sale 1,200 11.1500 EUR
Sale 2,185 11.2393 EUR
Sale 64,569 10.9800 EUR
Sale 100 11.6900 EUR
Sale 100,000 11.3023 EUR
Sale 43 11.6900 EUR
Sale 275 11.2300 EUR
Sale 450 11.0200 EUR
Sale 34,734 10.9800 EUR
Sale 300 11.0200 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 6122 10.98
CFD Short 6588 11.1619
CFD Short 15297 11.1621
CFD Short 1458 11.2359
(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 07 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 -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 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 -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -500,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
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 -55,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 10,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -15,000 11.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 12.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -5,000 9.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 7,500 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 20,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 55,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 120,000 10.5000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -1,500,000 11.5000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -2,500 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 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 250,000 10.5000 AMER 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 17/12/2010
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 1,500,000 10.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 1,500,000 11.5000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 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 -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
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 16,278 14.4300 EURO 07/01/2009
Option Purchased 215,285 9.2900 EURO 20/04/2009
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
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