Banco Santander S.A.: Disposal | Company Announcements

Tuesday 29 December, 2009

Banco Santander S.A.

Disposal

RNS Number : 7406E

Banco Santander S.A.

28 December 2009

MATERIAL FACT

Banco Santander, S.A. announces that it has sold today to the Moroccan Société Nationale d'Investissement (SNI) 10% of the share capital of Attijariwafa Bank, at a price of Dirhams 4,149.4 million (approximately EUR 367 million at current exchange rate. The operation generates for Grupo Santander a capital gain of EUR 223 million, approximately, at current exchange rate, which will not be reflected in the profit of 2009. Following the sale, Grupo Santander holds 4.55% of Attijariwafa Bank.

Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 28th December 2009

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