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 05 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 221,036,051 3.53% 3,190,682 0.05%
securities
(2) Derivatives 46,110,956 0.74% 78,288,238 1.25%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 29,127,085 0.47% 26,030,699 0.42%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 296,274,092 4.74% 107,509,619 1.72%
(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 Securities Price per unit
Purchase 302,870 11.1130 EUR
Purchase 100 11.0800 EUR
Purchase 190,000 11.0977 EUR
Purchase 1,600 11.1400 EUR
Purchase 1,353 11.2034 EUR
Purchase 1,078 11.1294 EUR
Purchase 425,870 11.0507 EUR
Purchase 12,393 11.1541 EUR
Purchase 12,757 11.4300 EUR
Purchase 1,400 11.1125 EUR
Purchase 500 11.3000 EUR
Purchase 1,643 11.1934 EUR
Purchase 400 11.0500 EUR
Purchase 144 11.1300 EUR
Purchase 750 11.1000 EUR
Purchase 2,240 11.8300 EUR
Purchase 270 11.1100 EUR
Purchase 107,500 11.1169 EUR
Purchase 176,408 11.1100 EUR
Purchase 250 11.0800 EUR
Purchase 50 11.0900 EUR
Purchase 626,524 11.1075 EUR
Purchase 2,200 11.0900 EUR
Purchase 300 11.0800 EUR
Purchase 500 11.0300 EUR
Purchase 450 11.0800 EUR
Purchase 1,504 11.0833 EUR
Purchase 1,700 11.0900 EUR
Sale 16,200 11.2009 EUR
Sale 4,872 11.2037 EUR
Sale 4,500 11.1576 EUR
Sale 14,100 11.7200 EUR
Sale 100 11.3000 EUR
Sale 72,600 11.1790 EUR
Sale 5,000 11.1700 EUR
Sale 70,000 11.1983 EUR
Sale 12,757 11.4300 EUR
Sale 4,302 11.4300 EUR
Sale 1,400 11.1275 EUR
Sale 5,961 11.1301 EUR
Sale 106,533 11.1100 EUR
Sale 400 8.9200
Sale 3,053 11.1100 EUR
Sale 15,467 11.0764 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 50682 11.1071
CFD Long 5215 11.1123
CFD Long 5393 11.1214
CFD Long 1400 11.1274
CFD Long 3747 11.1781
CFD Long 72600 11.179
CFD Long 16200 11.2009
CFD Short 626524 11.1075
CFD Short 1400 11.1125
CFD Short 107500 11.1168
CFD Short 63826 11.1338
CFD Short 12393 11.154
(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 08 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 -500,000 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 -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased -1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased -750,000 14.0000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 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 -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 -500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -410,000 11.9238 EURO 29/09/2008
Option Purchased -55,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -750,000 14.0000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 7,500 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -20,000 12.0000 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 15.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased -5,000 9.5000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -2,500 14.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -171 14.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 5,000 14.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased -1,000,000 12.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 10,000 12.0000 EURO 19/12/2008
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 -7,500,000 0.0100 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased -2,000,000 21.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -250,000 12.5000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 1,000 11.0000 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 500,000 10.0000 AMER 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 10.5000 AMER 19/06/2009
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 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -304,461 9.1900 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 16.0000 AMER 18/09/2009
Option Purchased 215,285 9.2900 EURO 20/04/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 11.0000 AMER 19/09/2008
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 15.0000 EURO 19/06/2009
Option Purchased 1,000,000 15.0000 EURO 17/12/2010
Option Purchased 7,500,000 0.0100 EURO 19/09/2008
Option Purchased 500,000 14.0000 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased -114,995 10.0100 EURO 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 -195,381 9.6300 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased -192,806 9.9600 EURO 19/12/2008
Option Purchased 410,000 10.5210 EURO 29/09/2008
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 18/12/2009
Option Purchased 250,000 10.5000 AMER 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 -13,400 12.7500 EURO 12/09/2008
Option Purchased 13,400 11.2500 EURO 12/09/2008
Option Purchased 19,900 13.0400 EURO 03/10/2008
Option Purchased 10,000,000 14.5400 EURO 23/02/2010
Option Purchased -135,012 14.0200 EURO 18/12/2009
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