Trading Admission Application & Voting Rights
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APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO TRADING AND TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS
Further to the announcement by Banco Santander, S.A. ("Banco Santander") on 20 August 2026 concerning the completion of its acquisition of Webster Financial Corporation and pursuant to the capital increase approved by Banco Santander's shareholders on 27 March 2026, Banco Santander on 20 August 2026 issued 329,846,438 new ordinary shares of EUR 0.50 each in the capital of Banco Santander (the "New Shares").
Banco Santander has made an application to the London Stock Exchange plc ("LSE") for the New Shares to be admitted to trading on the LSE's Main Market for listed securities in the Equity Shares (International Commercial Companies Secondary Listing) category.
It is expected that admission to trading will become effective at or before 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 26 August 2026.
Further information on Banco Santander shares is available at https://www.santander.com/en/shareholders-and-investors/.
Total voting rights
In accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1A R, Banco Santander notifies the market that as of 20 August 2026, following the issuance of the New Shares:
1. Banco Santander's issued share capital comprises 15,019,165,940 ordinary shares of EUR 0.50 each, each with one vote. Ordinary shares of EUR 0.50 each held in treasury, which carry no voting rights, amount to 518,641,763.
2. Therefore, for the purpose of the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rule 5.6.1 R, the total number of voting rights in Banco Santander is 14,500,524,177 and this figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Banco Santander under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Gema Navamuel
Santander Investor Relations
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