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Banco Santander S.A.

10 November 2009

 

MATERIAL FACT

Following the Material Fact announcement published on October 7, 2009, Banco Santander hereby reports that the underwriters of the capital increase carried out by Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. have partially exercised the green shoe option available to them, as they have subscribed for 35,955,648 units of the total 75,000,000 units contemplated in the offer. Following the partial exercising of such green shoe option, the placement has been for 17.32% of the capital prior to the increase (14.76% after the increase). The free float of Banco Santander (Brasil) following the transaction amounts to 16.45%.

Taking into account the partial exercising of the green shoe option, the total definitive amount of the increase has been 5,092 million euros and the estimated amount of the capital gain for the Group, which will be assigned to generic provisions, is 1,499 million euros (all of the foregoing, at the exchange rates prevailing at the time of the respective transactions).

Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), November 10, 2009

 

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