FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of September, 2018
Commission File Number: 001-12518
Banco Santander, S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ciudad Grupo Santander
28660 Boadilla del Monte (Madrid) Spain
(Address of principal executive office)
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Banco Santander, S.A.
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1 | Material Fact dated September 28, 2018 |
Following the relevant event of 24 April 2018 (registration number 264519), Banco Santander, S.A. (Banco Santander) announces that the deed of the merger by absorption of Banco Popular Español, S.A.U. (Banco Popular) by Banco Santander has today been registered with the Commercial Registry of Cantabria.
Accordingly, Banco Santander has become the issuer (or, as the case may be, the guarantor) of all issuances of Banco Popular outstanding at this date or in which it acted as guarantor (including those carried out by Banco Pastor, S.A.U. and that Banco Popular had previously acquired after the registration of the deed of merger by absorption of Banco Pastor, S.A.U. and Popular Banca Privada, S.A.U. by Banco Popular with the Commercial Registry of Madrid on 24 September). The list of issuances concerned is attached as an annex.
Boadilla del Monte (Madrid), 28 September 2018
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Banco Santander, S.A. | ||||||
Date: September 28, 2018 | By: | /s/ José García Cantera | ||||
Name: | José García Cantera | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |