Share capital distribution

As communicated by “other relevant information” registered with the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) on 26 January 2024 with registration number 26309, the board of directors, in accordance with the delegation granted by the ordinary general shareholders’ meeting, has resolved on the Bank’s share capital reduction through a cancellation of own shares acquired in the share buy-back programme, the beginning and termination of which Banco Santander properly notified to the market through the notice of inside information published on 26 September 2023 with registration number 1979  and the aforementioned notice of other relevant information published on 26 January 2024 with registration number 26309, respectively.

Banco Santander’s share capital has been reduced by EUR 179,283,743.50 through the cancellation of 358,567,487 own shares. Consequently, the resulting Bank’s share capital has been set at EUR 7,912,789,286, represented by 15,825,578,572 shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.50 each, all of them of the same class and series.

The public deed regarding the corporate resolutions on the capital reduction and the consequent amendment of Article 5 of the Bank’s By-laws has been registered in the Commercial Registry of Santander, on 5 February 2024. On 8 February, took place 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.

Distribución del capital social por tipo de accionista
31 December 2023
Shares Capital stock %
Board 193.830.382 1.20%
Institutional 9.508.969.964 58.75%
Retail 6.481.345.713 40.05%
Total 16.184.146.059 100.00%

Distribución geográfica del capital social
31 December 2023
Geographical area Capital stock (%)
Europe 73.07%
America 25.26%
Rest 1.67%

Distribución del accionariado y capital social por tramos
31 December 2023
Share holdings Shareholders Shares Share capital %
1 - 200 2,135,874 193,422,436 1.20%
201 - 1.000 710,797 447,152,147 2.76%
1.001 - 3.000 451,018 763,290,940 4.72%
3.001 - 30.000 334,052 2,736,493,499 16.91%
30.001 - 400.000 29,803 1,906,812,966 11.78%
More than 400.000 833 10,136,974,071 62.64%
Total 3,662,377 16,184,146,059 100.00%