REG - Banco Santander S.A. - Transaction in Own Shares

Banco Santander SAAnnouncement

26/01/2024 11:30

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RNS Number : 0905B  Banco Santander S.A.  26 January 2024

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

OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

Banco Santander share capital reduces by 2.22% following completion of
buy-back programme

Reference is made to our notice of inside information of 27 September 2023
(official registry number 1979), relating to the buyback programme of own
shares approved by the board of directors of Banco Santander (the "Buy-back
Programme" or the "Programme"). The Bank informs that, after the last
acquisitions mentioned below, the maximum investment provided for in the
Buy-back Programme (i.e. EUR 1,310 million) has been reached, having acquired
a total of 358,567,487 own shares, representing approximately 2.22% of the
Bank's share capital. The acquisition of shares under the Buy-back Programme
has been communicated on a regular basis, pursuant to the provisions of
Articles 2.2 and 2.3 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No.
2016/1052. As a consequence of the above, the Buy-back Programme has been
terminated in accordance with the terms set out when it was announced.

As disclosed when the Buy-back Programme was launched, the purpose of the
Programme was to reduce the Bank's share capital by redeeming the shares
acquired thereunder, which was authorised by the European Central Bank on 27
September 2023 (the "Capital Reduction"). The implementation of the Capital
Reduction, which was approved at the Bank's ordinary general shareholders'
meeting held on 31 March 2023 on second call under item 5 B of the agenda, is
expected to take place at the meeting of the board of directors of the Bank to
be held on 30 January 2024.

As a result of the Capital Reduction, Banco Santander's share capital will be
reduced by EUR  179,283,744 through the cancellation of the aforementioned
358,567,487 own shares, each with a nominal value of EUR 0.50. Consequently,
the Bank's share capital will be set at EUR 7,912,789,286, represented by
15,825,578,572 shares, all of them of the same class and series.

The purpose of the Capital Reduction is the cancellation of the own shares
acquired under the Buy-back Programme, contributing to the remuneration of the
Bank's shareholders by increasing the profit per share, which is inherent to
the decrease in the number of shares. The Capital Reduction will not entail
the return of contributions to shareholders, since the Bank is the owner of
the shares to be cancelled.

It is expected that a reserve for amortised capital be created with a charge
to the share premium reserve for an amount equal to the nominal value of the
cancelled shares (i.e. EUR 179,283,744), which may only be used under the same
conditions as those required for the reduction of the share capital, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 335 c) of the Spanish Companies Law.
Consequently, in accordance with the provisions of such Article, the Bank's
creditors will not be afforded the right of objection referred to in Article
334 of the same Law.

For purposes of the provisions of Article 411 of the Spanish Companies Law and
in accordance with Additional Provision One of Law 10/2014 of 26 June on the
organisation, supervision and solvency of credit institutions, it is hereby
stated for the record that, as the Bank is a credit institution and the other
requirements set forth in the aforementioned Additional Provision are met, the
consent of the bondholder syndicates for the outstanding debenture and bond
issues is not required for the implementation of the reduction.

The announcements of the Capital Reduction will be published in the Official
Gazette of the Spanish Commercial Registry and on the Bank's corporate website
(www.santander.com) in the coming days.

Thereafter, the public deed regarding the corporate resolutions on the Capital
Reduction and amendment of the Bank's By-laws will be granted and subsequently
registered with the Commercial Registry of Santander. In addition, the
delisting of the 358,567,487 cancelled shares from the Spanish and foreign
stock exchanges or stock markets on which the Bank's shares are listed, and
the cancellation of the book-entry records of the cancelled shares before the
competent bodies will both be requested.

 

Accumulated share capital reduction resulting from the buyback programmes

After the completion of the Buy-back Programme, which will entail a share
capital reduction of the Bank`s share capital by approximately 2.22%, once the
five buyback programmes carried out against the 2021, 2022 and 2023 results
have been completed the accumulated share capital reduction amounts to
approximately EUR 758, with the Bank having repurchased almost 1,515,062,730
shares since November 2021, almost 9% of its outstanding shares as of that
date.

 

Last transactions executed under the Programme

Moreover, pursuant to article 5 of Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 on Market
Abuse of 16 April 2014, and articles 2.2 and 2.3 of Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2016/1052, of 8 March 2016, the Bank informs, that it has
carried out the following transactions over its own shares between 18 and 25
January 2024 (both inclusive):

 

 Date        Security  Transaction  Trading venue  Number of shares     Weighted average price (€)
 18/01/2024  SAN       Purchase     XMAD           6,000,000            3.7117
 19/01/2024  SAN       Purchase     XMAD           1,000,000            3.7145
 22/01/2024  SAN       Purchase     XMAD           2,495,257            3.7494
 23/01/2024  SAN       Purchase     XMAD           2,000,000            3.6853
 24/01/2024  SAN       Purchase     XMAD           6,120,000            3.7077
 24/01/2024  SAN       Purchase     CEUX           1,380,000            3.7102
 25/01/2024  SAN       Purchase     XMAD           4,556,819            3.6587
                                    TOTAL               23,552,076

 

Issuer name: Banco Santander, S.A. - LEI 5493006QMFDDMYWIAM13

 

Reference of the financial instrument: ordinary shares - Code ISIN
ES0113900J37

Detailed information of the transactions carried out within the referred
period is attached as Annex I.

 

 

 
Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 26 January 2024

ANNEX I

 

Detailed information on each of the transactions carried out within the
context of the Buy-back Programme between 18/01/2024 and 25/01/2024 (both
inclusive
(https://www.santander.com/content/dam/santander-com/es/documentos/cumplimiento/do-anexo-i-18-a-25-enero-2024.pdf)
).

 

 

 

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 

Not a securities offer

This document and the information it contains does not constitute an offer to
sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

Past performance does not indicate future outcomes

Statements about historical performance or growth rates must not be construed
as suggesting that future performance, share price or results (including
earnings per share) will necessarily be the same or higher than in a previous
period. Nothing in this document should be taken as a profit and loss
forecast.

 

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