Banco Santander S.A. filings document foreign-issuer disclosures for a global banking group and its ADR program. Form 6-K reports include interim consolidated financial statements, operating results, shareholder remuneration, segment information, financial assets and liabilities, provisions, equity, related-party matters, off-balance-sheet exposures, and director and senior manager remuneration.
The filing record also covers material-event disclosures, share buyback transactions, capital-structure matters, registration-statement updates, securities-law exemption documents, and completed acquisition disclosures. These filings provide formal records of governance, capital actions, financial reporting, and corporate transactions affecting Banco Santander and its banking group.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) announced its irrevocable decision to redeem all outstanding 4.750% Non-Step-Up Non-Cumulative Contingent Convertible Perpetual Preferred Tier 1 Securities. Their total nominal amount is USD 298,400,000, representing all securities outstanding.
The redemption, authorized by the European Central Bank, will take place on the first optional early redemption date, the distribution payment date falling on November 12, 2026. The redemption price is each security’s outstanding nominal amount, plus accrued but unpaid distributions to but excluding that date.
Banco Santander, S.A. purchased 21,600,000 ordinary shares under its buyback programme between October 1 and October 7, 2026, inclusive. As of October 7, 2026, the cash amount of shares purchased under the programme was €1,175,196,981, representing approximately 64.4% of the programme’s maximum investment amount. The company also stated that programme purchases represented approximately 18.5% of its outstanding shares as of 2021.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) purchased 17,500,000 of its own shares between September 24 and September 30, 2026, under its Board-approved buyback programme. The cash amount of shares purchased under the programme through September 30, 2026, was 915,938,461 Euros, approximately 50.2% of the programme’s maximum investment amount. The Bank also stated that, with these purchases, it had repurchased approximately 18.4% of its outstanding shares as of 2021.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) approved an interim cash dividend of 12.7 euro cents per share against 2026 results, equivalent to c. 25% of Group underlying profit in the first half of 2026. Together with the ongoing share buyback programme, announced August 10, 2026 and commenced August 24, 2026, the dividend represents interim remuneration against first-half underlying profit.
The board intends the ordinary policy for 2026–2028 results to allocate approximately 50% of Group underlying profit, excluding non-cash, non-capital ratios impact items, approximately evenly between cash dividends and share buybacks. Implementation of the remainder of 2026 remuneration is subject to appropriate corporate and regulatory approvals and decisions.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) purchased 10,900,000 of its own shares between September 17 and September 23, 2026, under its board-approved buyback programme. Through September 23, the cash amount of shares purchased under the programme was €696,824,000, approximately 38.2% of the programme’s maximum investment amount. The bank stated that purchases under the programme represented approximately 18.3% of its outstanding shares as of 2021. Trades were reported across multiple dates and trading venues.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) has filed a Form F‑4 for stock-for-stock exchange offers to acquire all outstanding Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. common shares, preferred shares, units and ADSs that it does not already own, in exchange for new Santander Parent ordinary shares.
Holders will receive 0.2028 Santander Parent ordinary share per Santander Brasil share and 0.4056 per Santander Brasil unit or ADS, delivered as Santander Parent ADSs in the U.S. offer or Brazilian Depositary Shares in the Brazilian offer, with no fractional depositary shares issued and cash paid in lieu.
The filing states Santander already owns about 89.7% of Santander Brasil’s share capital and views the transaction as part of simplifying the group structure and aligning with its One Transformation and Global Businesses strategy, expecting it to be accretive to earnings per share and tangible net asset value per share while neutral for the CET1 ratio.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) reports further progress on its Board-approved share Buyback Programme, disclosing purchases of its own shares between September 10 and 16, 2026. The cash amount invested in the programme to September 16, 2026 totals €558.9 million, which is approximately 30.6% of the Buyback Programme’s maximum investment amount. As a result of these repurchases, the bank states it has bought back approximately 18.2% of its outstanding shares as of 2021. During the September 10–16 period specifically, the bank repurchased 7,100,000 shares across several European trading venues at weighted average prices around €12.6–€12.8 per share.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) has had its Series 114 1.722% Senior Non Preferred Callable Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Notes due 2027 removed from listing and/or registration on the New York Stock Exchange. The NYSE states it has complied with its own rules for striking this class of securities, and Banco Santander has complied with the exchange’s rules and SEC requirements for the voluntary withdrawal of this debt security under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) reports progress on its previously announced share buyback programme. Between September 3 and 9, 2026, the bank repurchased 12,800,000 ordinary shares across several trading venues. Cumulatively, purchases under the Buyback Programme total €468,982,200, representing approximately 25.7% of the programme’s maximum investment amount.
Including earlier tranches, the bank states it has repurchased approximately 18.2% of its outstanding shares as of 2021 through this programme.
Banco Santander, S.A. (SAN) reports the registration of a new capital reduction linked to its share buyback activity. On September 9, 2026, a capital reduction of EUR 231,341,569.50 was registered through the cancellation of 462,683,139 treasury shares, representing approximately 3.08% of its share capital.
Following this operation, Banco Santander’s share capital is EUR 7,278,241,400.50, represented by 14,556,482,801 shares with a nominal value of EUR 0.50 each, all of the same class and rights. Since 2021, accumulated capital reductions tied to buyback programmes total EUR 1,557,002,469.50, with 3,114,004,939 shares repurchased and cancelled, about 18% of the outstanding shares at the start of that period.