Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 6160A

Banco Santander S.A.

03 February 2011

 

MATERIAL FACT

            Banco Santander, S.A. hereby announces the payment of a fourth dividend for the 2010 financial year of a gross amount of €0.228766 per share, to be paid in cash from 1^st May next. With the payment of this dividend (which if the proposal to be submitted to shareholders at the General Meeting is approved, will be the last), the payment per share corresponding to 2010 will be €0.60, the total amount to be paid to shareholders being €4,998.7million, which is 1.6% more than the €4,918.6million assigned for such purpose in respect of the 2009 earnings. On Monday 2^nd May the Bank's share will already trade ex-dividend.

            Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 3^rd February 2011

 

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