Company: BCDRF
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000891478-25-000054
Chunk: 385

Company: Banco Santander, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-28
Form: 20-F
Chunk 385
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 senior management (EUR thousand) |     |                                                                                                    |       | 49,531 |

C.1.15 Indicate whether any changes have been made to the board's regulations during the financial year:

Yes o No þ

C.1.21 Indicate whether there are any specific requirements, other than those applying to directors generally, to be appointed Chair:

Yes o No þ

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| Contents |     | Business model and strategy |     | Sustainability statement |     | Corporate governance |     | Economic and financial review |     | Riskmanagement and compliance |

C.1.23 Indicate whether the Bylaws or the board's regulations set a limited term of office (or other requirements which are stricter than those provided for in the law) for independent directors different than the one provided for in the law.

Yes o No þ

C.1.25 Indicate the number of board meetings held during the financial year and how many times the board has met without the Chair’s attendance. Attendance also includes proxies appointed with specific instructions:

| Number of board meetings                                     |     | 18 |
| Number of board meetings held without the Chair’s attendance |     |  0 |

Indicate the number of meetings held by the Lead Independent Director with the rest of directors without the attendance or representation of any executive director .

| Number of meetings |     | 6 |

Indicate the number of meetings of the various board committees held during the financial year.

| Number of meetings of the audit committee                                           |     | 15 |
| Number of meetings of the responsible banking, sustainability and culture committee |     |  4 |
| Number of meetings of the innovation and technology committee                       |     |  5 |
| Number of meetings of the nomination committee                                      |     | 13 |
| Number of meetings of the remuneration committee                                    |     | 14 |
| Number of meetings of the risk supervision, regulation and compliance committee     |     | 18 |
| Number of meetings of the executive committee                                       |     | 24 |

C.1.26 Indicate the number of board meetings held during the financial year and data about the attendance of the directors:

| Number of meetings with at least 80% of directors being present                                                                    |     |       | 18 |
| % of votes cast by members present over total votes in the financial year                                                          |     |    98 |    |
| Number of board meetings with all directors being present (or represented having given specific instructions)