Business context and reporting period
Banco Santander, S.A. filed this Form 6-K on October 8, 2026, reporting purchases under its previously announced own-share buyback programme. The reported transactions took place from October 1 through October 7, 2026, inclusive.
Key financial and programme metrics
- The Bank purchased 21,600,000 ordinary shares during the reported period.
- Cumulative cash spent on the programme through October 7 was €1,175,196,981, approximately 64.4% of the programme’s maximum investment amount.
- The Bank stated that purchases to date represent approximately 18.5% of its outstanding shares as of 2021.
- The filing provides no revenue, profit, cash flow, margin, debt or liquidity results.
Material changes versus the prior comparable period
This is a transaction update, not a periodic operating-results report. It gives no prior-period comparison. The table reports purchases across five trading dates and four venues: XMAD, CEUX, TQEX and AQEU.
Guidance, commentary, risks and unusual items
The filing provides no earnings guidance, broader outlook, management commentary or discussion of risks or contingencies. It refers to the buyback commencement communication dated August 10, 2026, for the programme’s other characteristics; those terms are not reproduced here.
Important facts for investors to verify
- Review the August 10, 2026 commencement communication for the programme’s maximum investment amount, duration and other terms.
- Verify cumulative purchases and spending against subsequent buyback updates.
- Review the attached Annex I for detailed transaction information. The filing text does not provide a clear aggregate purchase price for the October 1–7 transactions.