Banco Santander delivers on its targets and earns EUR 5.966 million (+3%), with strong underlying performance of 13% based on increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty

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Comunicación Externa.
Ciudad Grupo Santander Edificio Arrecife Pl. 2
28660 Boadilla del Monte (Madrid) Telf.: 34 91 289 52 11
email:comunicacionbancosantander@gruposantander.com
2015 RESULTS
Banco Santander delivers on its targets and
earns EUR 5.966 million (+3%), with strong
underlying performance of 13% based on
increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty
 “In 2015, we have delivered ahead of plan in the right way, growing revenues by improving
customer service and increasing loyal and digital customers.
 Growth in underlying revenues and profits has resulted in a ROTE of 11%, which has allowed us to pay
79% more cash dividend per share, increase the net asset value of our shares by 3% and strengthen
our capital position organically - thereby delivering on commitments we made when we raised capital
last year.
 We continued to help our clients, both individuals and businesses, prosper through access to
credit, which grew 6%. During 2015 we also executed on our commercial transformation to
become more simple, personal and fair.
 Loyal customers grew by 1.2 million, to 13.8 million, and digitally active customers by 2.5
million, to 16.6 million.
 We are confident that we will reach the targets we set for 2016.”
Ana Botín, Group executive chairman, Banco Santander
• CUSTOMERS. Credit volume grew 6%, to EUR 805,395 million, boosted mainly by
Latin America and SCF. Deposits and mutual funds, which totalled EUR 774,819
million, were up 7% compared to 2014.
• RESULTS. Commercial revenues grew more than costs, around 8%, while loan-loss
provisions fell 4%. Our P&L reflects prudence in management, as non-recurring
earnings of EUR 1,118 million were assigned to non-recurring items (EUR 1,718
million).
• CAPITAL. Regulatory CET1 stood at 12.55%, significantly exceeding the minimum
required for 2016 (9.75%). The fully loaded CET1 increased 40bps in the year, to
10.05%, on target to exceed 11% in 2018.
• DIVERSIFICATION. Europe contributed 56% to Group profit (UK, 23% and Spain, 12%)
and the Americas, 44% (Brazil, 19% and U.S., 8%).
• Spain: attributable profit amounted to EUR 977 million (+18%). Lending to companies
and SMEs increased 1% while customer funds grew 1% for the year.
• UK: attributable profit stood at EUR 1,971 million (1,430 million pounds, this is
before PPI, up 14%). Lending grew 5% and customer funds, 6%.
• Brazil: attributable profit totalled EUR 1,631 million (5,946 million reais, up
33%). Lending grew 9% and customer funds, 12%.
PRESSRELEASE

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Madrid, 27 January 2016. Banco Santander registered attributable profit in 2015 of EUR
5,966 million, a 3% increase compared to 2014. Underlying profit, which does not include
the effect of non-recurring results, grew an additional ten points, by 13%, and reached EUR
6,566 million.
In a year marked by a complex international economic scenario, with record low interest
rates in currencies key to the Group such as the euro, pound and dollar, Banco Santander
maintained positive performance. Lending increased 6% and customer funds rose 7%
resulting in commercial revenues growing 8% and underlying profit, 13%.
Growth in business and results allow the bank to distribute a dividend per share of EUR 0.20,
of which EUR 0.16 is in cash, 79% more than 2014. Dividend yield at current share prices is
around 5%. Furthermore, the bank fulfills its commitment to increase tangible net asset
value per share (TNAV), which increased by 3% since the close of 2014, to EUR 4.12.
These figures mean the bank is on track to achieve the targets announced by Santander’s
management team at the September 2015 Investor Day. Key goals were set to reach a core
capital ratio above 11% and ordinary RoTE of 13% by the end of 2018. Today, core capital is
above 10% and ordinary RoTE is 11%.
Improved performance in revenue and business was backed by progress achieved in the
Group’s commercial transformation supported by technological improvements and
digitalization. Thus, the number of loyal customers grew 10%, to 13.8 million, with notable
increases in Mexico (+14%) and the UK (+11%).
Digital customers increased 17%, to 16.6 million, so that 31% of the Group’s total customers
can be considered digitally active. Mobile users that use the bank´s app an average of 13
times per month increased 50%, to 6.9 million. The volume of digital transactions rose 58%.
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Good financial performance in 2015
Change 2015 / 2014
+7.6%
Customer
revenues
+12.9%Underlying profit
+6.4%Loan growth1
11.0%Underlying RoTE
Fully-loaded CET1
+11 €centsTNAV per share
+7.5%Funds growth1
+79%
Cash dividend
per share
+50 b.p.
(excl. non-recurring
items)
(1) % change in constant euros

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Results
2015 results show sustained and higher quality growth, since underlying revenues
contributed greater growth. Total revenues grew 6%, backed by commercial revenues (net
interest income plus fees), that increased nearly 8%, while gains on financial transactions,
which are more volatile due to its reliance on market performance, dropped 16%.
In 2015 the Group achieved record levels in net interest income, which amounted to EUR
32,189 million, and total revenue (gross income), which came in at EUR 45,272 million.
These amounts exceed by almost 300 million those registered in 2012, when the last record
was set.
Commercial revenues grew 0.2 point more than costs without the exchange rate effect and
grew by exactly the same in euros. Costs rose 7%, to EUR 21,571 million, but would be
practically flat without the inflation effect and with the same perimeter. The efficiency plan
the bank is implementing allows it to absorb the increased costs due to regulatory
requirements and the Group’s commercial transformation.
The performance of revenue and costs mentioned takes net margin to 23,702 million, an
increase of 5%, and the efficiency ratio to 47.6%, one of lowest ratios among international
banks.
Loan loss provisions continued to drop and are now at EUR 10,108 million, 4% less than
those made in 2014. At the same time, the bank has assigned to different provisions EUR
1,118 million in non-recurrent results obtained in the year, of which EUR 835 million are
from the reversal of tax provisions in Brazil and 283 million from Banco Internacional do
Funchal (Banif). Moreover, an additional EUR 600 million fund has been established to cover
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GRUPO SANTANDER RESULTS
€ million 2015 % /2014 % /2014
current constant
Commercial revenues growth
Lower loan-loss provisions
Underlying profit increased 13%
Efficiency plan enabled transformation and
regulatory costs to be absorbed
Underlying profit up 13% fuelled by higher commercial
revenues and lower cost of credit
(1) Before net non-recurring capital gains and provisions. RoTE: Group attributable profit / average of (capital + reserves + retained profit +
valuation adjustments – goodwill - other intangible assets)
We keep an underlying RoTE1 of 11%
NII+ Fee income 42,222 7.6 7.1
Gross income 45,272 6.2 5.6
Operating expenses -21,571 7.6 6.9
Net op. income 23,702 5.0 4.4
Loan-loss provisions -10,108 -4.3 -4.0
Underlying PBT 1 10,939 12.5 10.3
Underlying attrib. profit 1 6,566 12.9 10.1
Attributable profit 5,966 2.6 0.1

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potential claims from the commercialization of payment protection insurance in the UK.
Without the positive and negative non-recurrent items, underlying profit for Banco
Santander in 2015 reached 6,566 million, with growth of 13%.
Europe accounted for 56% of profit and the Americas 44%. By countries, the largest
contribution to profit was made by the United Kingdom, with 23%, followed by Brazil (19%),
Spain (12%), the United States (8%), Mexico (7%), Chile (5%), Portugal, Argentina and Poland
(4% each). Santander Consumer Finance, which carries out its activity in more than ten
European countries, especially in Germany, Spain and the Nordic countries, contributed 11%
of profit, after earning 938 million, with growth of 18%.
Business
Banco Santander closed 2015 with total assets of EUR 1,340,260 million, 6% more than
2014. Loan volume rose to EUR 805.395 million, 6% more than the prior year. Banco
Santander’s total customer funds reached EUR 774,819 million, with growth of 7%.
Customer deposits grew almost 6% and mutual funds, 14%.
Spain. The total loan portfolio stood at EUR 157,161 million, with a decrease of 3% from the
close of 2014. This fall is greatly affected by a 22% drop in financing to the public sector,
while financing to SMEs and companies grew 1%. New production continued to register
strong growth, with mortgage volume increasing 25%, consumer lending, 33% and credit to
SMEs and independent professionals, 18%.
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United
Kingdom; 23%
Spain; 12%
SCF; 11%
Poland; 4%
Portugal; 4%
Other Europe;
2%
A; 8%
%
Chile; 5%
Argentina; 4%
Other
America; 1%
BUSINESS AREAS
Well diversified earnings between Europe and the Americas
2015 Underlying attributable profit
Percentage excluding Corporate Centre and Real Estate Activity in Spain
Europe
North
America
South
America

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Santander Spain’s customer funds totaled EUR 219,263 million between deposits and mutual
funds, with growth of 1%. Low interest rates and the appeal of the 1|2|3 account meant a
20% drop in term deposits, while demand deposits increased 9% and mutual funds, 11%.
Remuneration on deposits decreased 0.43 point and the cost of credit, 0.47 point.
However, the most important development is that Santander recovered leadership in client
satisfaction in Spain, to which the 1|2|3 strategy no doubt contributed. There are currently
860,000 1|2|3 accounts in Spain, of which 50,000 are SMEs. The strategy means that
237,000 clients have moved their payroll account to Santander from other financial
institutions. 1|2|3 accounts are being opened at a rate of more than 100,000 per month and
the goal is to end 2016 with two million accounts.
United Kingdom. The loan portfolio stood at EUR 277,718 at the close of 2015, with growth
of 5% for the year, an 11% increase when converted to euros due to the appreciation of the
pound. This performance is backed by financing to companies, which grew 10%; the
mortgage business, up 2% and consumer and auto finance, which increased 42% in part due
to the integration of PSA in the UK in February.
The volume of deposits and mutual funds in the United Kingdom reached EUR 231,960
million and grew for the year 6% in pounds and 13% in euros. The 1|2|3 strategy has
attracted 4.6 million clients in less than three years.
This strategy has been key to growth in the business and Santander UK has consistently
gained market share in recent years; increased net interest income, which has risen 22% in
two years despite the low interest rate environment, and has improved client loyalty 63%.

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Brazil. The loan portfolio reached EUR 63,636 million, with growth of 9% in local currency.
The real’s 25% depreciation in one year turns the increase in activity to a 19% drop with the
conversion from reais to euros. 2015 activity reflects the change in the mix that began three
years ago, with a decline in consumer finance, down 7%, and an increase in financing to
companies and households. Financing to large corporates grew 14%, to mid-sized
corporates, 11%, and to SMEs, 4%. Mortgages to retail customers grew 21%
As for customer funds, Brazil’s total deposits and mutual funds were EUR 76,751 million,
representing growth of 12% without the exchange rate effect, which becomes a decrease of
16% in euros. Total deposits remained stable and funds grew 24%.
Santander Brasil moved forward in its transformation process and set up a new commercial
platform in 2015 which enables simplification and digitization of processes, resulting in
improved customer experience.
As for the rest of the Group’s main countries, the United States grew 7% in credit year-on-
year and 10% in customer funds; Mexico, 19% in credit and 9% in funds; Chile, 11% and 9%,
respectively; Portugal improved 1% in credit and 4% in funds (excluding Banif); Poland
increased credit 11% and funds 4%; and Argentina increased its loan portfolio 52% and client
funds 60% (variations that are affected by strong inflation).
Lastly, Santander Consumer Finance, which groups the consumer finance business in
continental Europe, grew deposits 6% and credit to customers 21%, which was boosted by
the agreement with French group PSA.
The rate of NPLs, stood at 4.36% for the entire Group, with a decrease of 0.83 point for the
year. NPLs fell in all markets except Brazil, which accounts for 8% of lending in the Group.
The decrease in core markets is significant, the United Kingdom, Spain and Santander
Consumer Finance, which represent, respectively, 36%, 20% and 9% of loans to customers.
SCF registered the largest decrease, 1.4 points, to 3.4%; followed by Spain, with a drop of

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0.85 point, to 6.53%, and the United Kingdom, which registered a decrease of 0.27 point, to
1.52%. Brazil grew 0.93 point for the year, to 5.98%. Nonetheless, Santander Brasil showed
better performance than the industry in NPLs, thanks to the portfolio management carried
out in recent years.
At year end, the Group had a volume of NPLs and doubtful loans of EUR 37,094 million, EUR
4,615 million less than at the close of 2014, for which it has EUR 27,121 million in provisions.
This means that 73% of NPLs are provisioned, six points more than a year ago.
Capital
With regards to capital ratios, at the beginning of the year the bank carried out a rights issue
of EUR 7,500 million via an accelerated bookbuilding offer to institutional investors. At the
close of the fiscal year, Banco Santander’s total eligible equity stood at EUR 84,346 million,
and risk weighted assets were EUR 585,609 million. As a result, Santander has a CET1 capital
ratio of 12.55%, 2.8 points more than the minimum required by the European Central Bank
for 2016, which is 9.75%.
The CET1 fully loaded capital ratio, which assumes capital requirements that will be in force
as of 1 January 2019, is 10.05%, 0.4 point more than one year ago. Reaching this capital ratio
places the bank closer to its goal of exceeding 11% by 2018.
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FULLY-LOADED CAPITAL
Absorbed impacts of DPV portfolio valuations
and corporate transactions
Higher rise in the total ratio (+130 b.p.) to
13.05% due to AT1 and T2 issues
Capital generation of +50 b.p. before
non-recurring items
Fully-loaded CET1 (%)
Achieved the fully-loaded CET1 of 10% at year-end ...
Fully-loaded leverage ratio: 4.7%
CET1
D’14*
CET1
D’15
2015
Generation
* Pro-forma, including capital increase in January 2015
Net of positive
and negative
non-recurring items

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Along with the rights issue, the bank’s board of directors announced its new dividend policy
against fiscal year 2015, which consists of the payment of four dividends for EUR 0.05 per
share, of which three will be paid in cash (August 2015, February and May, 2016) and one in
shares or cash (October-November, 2015), per the shareholders choice.
Banco Santander has a market capitalization of more than EUR 60,000 million, making it the
first bank in the euro zone. Santander has 3,573,277 shareholders and 193,863 employees
serving over 117 million customers through 13,030 branches.
Más información en: www.santander.com

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL REPORT
JANUARY - DECEMBERFINANCIAL REPORT 2015
Note: The financial information in this report has not been audited, but it was approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting on January, 26 2016, following a favourable report
from the Audit Committee on January, 20 2016. The Audit Committee verified that the information for 2015 was based on the same principles and practices as those used
to draw up the annual financial statements.
KEY CONSOLIDATED DATA
Variations w/o exchange rate: Quarterly: Net interest income: +0.8%; Gross income: -1.7%; Pre-provision profit: -6.1%; Attributable profit: -10.5%
Year-on-year: Net interest income: +8.0%; Gross income: +5.6%; Pre-provision profit: +4.4%; Attributable profit: +9,4%
Dec’15 Sep’15 % Dec’15 Dec’14 % Dec’13
1,340,260 1,320,427 1.5 1,340,260 1,266,296 5.8 1,134,128
790,848 777,020 1.8 790,848 734,711 7.6 684,690
683,122 669,236 2.1 683,122 647,628 5.5 607,836
1,075,565 1,045,513 2.9 1,075,565 1,023,437 5.1 946,210
88,040 88,320 (0.3) 88,040 80,806 9.0 70,327
1,506,520 1,479,841 1.8 1,506,520 1,428,083 5.5 1,270,042
Balance sheet (€ million)
Total assets
Net customer loans
Customer deposits
Managed and marketed customer funds
Stockholders' equity
Total managed and marketed funds
4Q’15 3Q’15 % 2015 2014 % 2013
7,888 7,983 (1.2) 32,189 29,548 8.9 28,419
10,894 11,316 (3.7) 45,272 42,612 6.2 41,920
5,472 5,974 (8.4) 23,702 22,574 5.0 21,762
2,173 2,778 (21.8) 10,939 9,720 12.5 7,362
1,460 1,680 (13.1) 6,566 5,816 12.9 4,175
Underlying income statement* (€ million)
Net interest income
Gross income
Pre-provision profit (net operating income)
Profit before taxes
Attributable profit to the Group
4Q’15 3Q’15 % 2015 2014 % 2013
0.10 0.11 (14.4) 0.45 0.48 (7.0) 0.39
6.5 7.4 7.2 7.0 5.8
9.8 11.3 11.0 11.0 9.6
0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4
1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3
49.8 47.2 47.6 47.0 48.1
Underlying EPS, profitability and efficiency*(%)
EPS (1)
(euro)
RoE (2)
RoTE (2)
RoA
RoRWA (3)
Efficiency ratio (with amortisations)
10.05 9.85 10.05 9.65
12.55 12.39 12.55 12.23
4.36 4.50 4.36 5.19 5.61
73.1 71.1 73.1 67.2 64.9
Solvency and NPL ratios (%)
CET1 fully-loaded (2)(3)
CET1 phase-in (2)(3)
NPL ratio
Coverage ratio
14,434 14,317 0.8 14,434 12,584 14.7 11,333
4.558 4.744 (3.9) 4.558 6.996 (34.8) 6.506
65,792 67,918 (3.1) 65,792 88,041 (25.3) 73,735
6.12 6.19 6.12 6.42 6.21
0.75 0.77 0.75 1.09 1.05
10.23 10.19 10.23 14.59 16.89
Market capitalisation and shares
Shares (million)
Share price (euros)
Market capitalisation (EUR million)
Book value (euro)
Price / Book value (X)
P/E ratio (X)
3,573,277 3,209,138 11.3 3,573,277 3,240,395 10.3 3,299,026
193,863 191,504 1.2 193,863 185,405 4.6 186,540
13,030 12,901 1.0 13,030 12,951 0.6 13,781
Other data
Number of shareholders
Number of employees
Number of branches
(*).- Excluding non-recurring capital gains and provisions (2015: -€600 million; 4Q’15: -€1,435 million).
(1).- Underlying EPS: Underlying attributable profit including the AT1 cost recorded in shareholders’ equity / average number of shares for the period excluding treasury
shares.
(2).- In 2014, pro-forma taking into account the January 2015 capital increase.
(3).- Due to applying the new CRD IV directive, the 2013 figure is not included because it is not homogeneous with the other figures.

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