REG - Santander UK Plc - Intention To Exercise Regulatory Call

Banco Santander SAAnnouncement

24/12/2021 09:50

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RNS Number : 7558W  Santander UK Plc  24 December 2021

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT (A) QUALIFIED
OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1)
OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014 ("EU MAR"); AND (B) QUALIFIED OR
MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF
THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014, AS IT FORMS PART OF DOMESTIC LAW OF
THE UNITED KINGDOM BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018 (AS
AMENDED) ("UK MAR")

SANTANDER UK PLC
2 Triton Square

Regent's Place

 London, NW1 3AN

Registered in England and Wales with company number 02294747
(the "Issuer")

INTENTION TO EXERCISE REGULATORY CALL

£300,000,000 7.037 per cent. Step-up Callable Perpetual Reserve Capital
Instruments (ISIN: XS0124569566) (the "RCIs")

In accordance with Articles 77 and 78 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 on
prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 as it forms part of
domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended) (the "CRR"), the Issuer has obtained the
permission of the Prudential Regulation Authority to exercise the regulatory
call option (the "Regulatory Call") under Condition 7(d) (Exchange, Variation
or Redemption for Regulatory Purposes) of the Terms and Conditions of the
RCIs.

Pursuant to Articles 484 and 486 of the CRR, the CRR grandfathering period
will end on 31 December 2021 (the "Grandfathering Deadline") with the effect
that the RCIs will no longer be recognised as additional tier 1 capital.
Further, the Issuer will be unable to exchange the RCIs for, or vary the RCIs
into, "Upper Tier 2 Securities" which qualify as "Upper Tier 2 Capital"
following the Grandfathering Deadline in accordance with Condition 7(d)
(Exchange, Variation or Redemption for Regulatory Purposes), as such tier of
capital (a) no longer exists under the CRR, and (b) has no equivalent under
the CRR.  As such, the Issuer intends to exercise the Regulatory Call and
redeem all of the outstanding RCIs in accordance with their Terms and
Conditions, at their principal amount (together with any Outstanding Payments)
on 14 February 2022, which is the next Coupon Payment Date.

Please note that this announcement does not constitute a formal notice of
redemption for the purposes of Condition 7(d) (Exchange, Variation or
Redemption for Regulatory Purposes) of the Terms and Conditions of the RCIs.
The Issuer intends to give formal notice of the proposed redemption to the RCI
Holders in due course following the end of the CRR grandfathering period, and
following the satisfaction of all applicable conditions to the exercise of the
Regulatory Call, as set out in Condition 7(d) (Exchange, Variation or
Redemption for Regulatory Purposes).

Capitalised terms used, but not defined, in this notice shall have the
meanings given to them in the Terms and Conditions of the RCIs.

Santander UK plc
24 December 2021

For further information, please contact:

Medium Term Funding

Santander UK plc

2 Triton Square

Regent's Place

London NW1 3AN

Email: MTF@santander.co.uk

 

This announcement is released by the Issuer and contains information that
qualified or may have qualified as inside information for the purposes of
Article 7 of EU MAR and UK MAR, encompassing information relating to the
Regulatory Call described above. For the purposes of (a) EU MAR and Article 2
of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055; and (b) UK MAR and
Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, as it form
part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended), this announcement is made by Tom Ranger,
Treasurer at Santander UK plc.

 

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