Information on Valores Santander

RNS Number : 3266O

Banco Santander S.A.

09 October 2012

 

MATERIAL FACT

With regard to the currently outstanding "Valores Santander", for which a prospectus was registered with the Spanish Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores on September 19, 2007 and following the relevant fact communication made on September 28, Banco Santander hereby informs that 4 October 2012 was the mandatory conversion date for of all the "Valores Santander" outstanding. Pursuant to the terms of such securities, Banco Santander has issued 200,311,513 new shares in exchange for those "Valores Santander", which represent 1.98% of the share capital post-increase.

The public deed formalising the capital increase has been registered with the Commercial Registry of Cantabria today. It is envisaged that the authorisation for the admission to listing of the new shares in the Spanish Stock Exchanges will be granted on October 11, 2012, with ordinary trading of such shares commencing on October 12, 2012. The new shares will carry the right to participate in the "Santander Dividendo Elección" program (scrip dividend scheme) to be applied to the second 2012 interim dividend for which a calendar was announced on September 10, 2012.

After such issue, the share capital of Banco Santander amounts to 5,049,536,126.50 Euros, represented by 10,099,072,253 ordinary shares.

Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), October 9, 2012

 

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