Share capital distribution

As communicated by “other relevant information” registered with the Spanish National Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) on 4 December 2024 with registration number 31651, 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 27 August 2024 with registration number 2371 and the aforementioned notice of other relevant information published on 4 December 2024 with registration number 31651, respectively.

Banco Santander’s share capital has been reduced by EUR 170,890,625 through the cancellation of 341,781,250 own shares. Consequently, the resulting Bank’s share capital has been set at EUR 7,576,246,161, represented by 15,152,492,322 shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.50 each, all of them of the same class and series.

The public deed recording 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 20 December 2024. On 27 December, took place the delisting of the 341,781,250 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 March 2025
Shares Capital stock %
Board 195,797,816 1.29%
Institutional 9,385,132,751 61.94%
Retail 5,571,561,755 36.77%
Total 15,152,492,322 100.00%

Distribución geográfica del capital social
31 March 2025
Geographical area Capital stock (%)
Europe 71.57%
America 26.96%
Rest 1.47%

Distribución del accionariado y capital social por tramos
31 March 2025
Share holdings Shareholders Shares Share capital %
1 - 200 2,090,162 212,279,354 1.40%
201 - 1.000 647,611 405,993,918 2.68%
1.001 - 3.000 388,582 673,274,550 4.44%
3.001 - 30.000 284,131 2,347,576,510 15.49%
30.001 - 400.000 24,678 1,587,004,866 10.48%
More than 400.000 712 9,926,363,124 65.51%
Total 3,435,876 15,152,492,322 100.00%