REG - Banco Santander S.A. - Notice of AGM

Banco Santander SAAnnouncement

24/02/2022 17:45

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RNS Number : 7772C  Banco Santander S.A.  24 February 2022

 

Banco Santander, S.A. (the "Bank" or "Banco Santander"), in compliance with
the Securities Market legislation, hereby communicates the following:

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

 

The board of directors of Banco Santander, S.A. has resolved to call
shareholders to the next ordinary general shareholders' meeting (the "2022
AGM") to be held at Centro de Formación El Solaruco (Ciudad Grupo Santander),
Avenida de Cantabria s/n, Boadilla del Monte, on 31 March 2022 at 1:00 p.m.
(CEST), on first call, or on 1 April 2022, at the same time and place, on
second call, with the agenda indicated below.

 

The call of meeting will be published in the coming days.

 Agenda for the 2022 AGM
 1      Annual accounts and corporate management.
 1 A   Annual accounts and directors' reports of Banco Santander, S.A. and of
 its consolidated group for 2021.
 1 B   Consolidated statement of non-financial information for 2021, which is
 part of the consolidated directors' report.
 1 C   Corporate management for 2021.
 2      Application of results obtained during 2021.
 3      Board of directors: appointment, re-election or ratification of
 directors.
 3 A   Setting of the number of directors.
 3 B   Appointment of Mr Germán de la Fuente.
 3 C   Re-election of Mr Henrique de Castro.
 3 D   Re-election of Mr José Antonio Álvarez.
 3 E   Re-election of Ms Belén Romana.
 3 F   Re-election of Mr Luis Isasi.
 3 G   Re-election of Mr Sergio Rial.
 4       Re-election of the external auditor for financial year 2022.
 5       Amendments of the Bylaws.
 5 A   Amendment of Articles 6 (form of the shares) and 12 (transfer of
 shares).
 5 B   Amendment of Article 16 (capital reduction).
 5 C   Amendment of Article 19 (issuance of other securities).
 5 D   Amendment of Article 26 (right to attend the meeting).
 5 E   Amendment of Articles 45 (secretary of the board) and 29 (presiding
 committee of the general shareholders' meeting).
 5 F   Amendment of Article 48 (executive chair).
 5 G   Amendment of Article 52 (audit committee).
 5 H   Amendment of articles relating to remuneration matters: Article 58
 (compensation of directors), Article 59 (approval of the director remuneration
 policy) and Article 59 bis (transparency of the director compensation system).
 5 I    Insertion of a new Article 64 bis (prior authorisation for the
 payment of dividends other than in cash or own funds instruments).
 6       Amendments of the Rules and Regulations for the General
 Shareholders' Meeting.
 6 A   Amendment of Article 6 (information available as of the date of the
 call to meeting).
 6 B   Amendment of Article 13 (presiding committee of the general
 shareholders' meeting).
 6 C   Amendment of articles relating to remote attendance at the meeting by
 electronic means: elimination of the Additional Provision (attendance at the
 shareholders' meeting by distance means of communication in real time),
 insertion of a new Article 15 bis (remote shareholders' meeting) and amendment
 of Article 19 (proposals).
 6 D   Amendment of Article 17 (presentations).
 7       Share capital.
 7 A   Authorisation to the board of directors to increase the share capital
 on one or more occasions and at any time, within a period of 3 years, by means
 of cash contributions and by a maximum nominal amount of €4,335,160,325.50.
 Delegation of the power to exclude pre-emptive rights.
 7 B   Reduction in share capital in the amount of €129,965,136.50, through
 the cancellation of 259,930,273 own shares. Delegation of powers.
 7 C   Reduction in share capital in the maximum amount of € 865,000,000,
 through the cancellation of a maximum of 1,730,000,000 own shares. Delegation
 of powers.
 7 D   Reduction in share capital in the maximum amount of €867,032,065,
 equivalent to 10% of the share capital, through the cancellation of a maximum
 of 1,734,064,130 own shares. Delegation of powers.
 8       Remuneration.
 8 A   Directors' remuneration policy.
 8 B   Setting of the maximum amount of annual remuneration to be paid to all
 the directors in their capacity as such.
 8 C   Approval of maximum ratio between fixed and variable components of
 total remuneration of executive directors and other employees belonging to
 categories with professional activities that have a material impact on the
 risk profile.
 8 D   Deferred Multiyear Objectives Variable Remuneration Plan.
 8 E   Application of the Group's buy-out regulations.
 8 F   Annual directors' remuneration report (consultative vote).
 9       Authorisation to the board and grant of powers for conversion
 into public instrument.

Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 24 February 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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