Shareholders

At 31 December 2008, Banco Popular Español, S.A. had 130,282 shareholders, compared with 121,427 at the end of the previous year.

The detail of the spread of share ownership and of the precentages of holding is:

Number of shares owned per shareholder	Shareholders				Percentage holding in common stock
	Number		%		Percentage holding in common stock
	2009	2008	2009	2008	2009	2008
Total	136.207	130.282	100,00	100,00	100,00	100,00
Up to 1.000	76.139	79.566	55,90	61,07	2,17	2,66
From 1.001 to 4.000	39.300	32.447	28,85	24,91	5,69	5,52
From 4.001 to 10.000	12.447	10.681	9,14	8,20	5,71	5,53
From 10.001 to 20.000	4.523	3.985	3,32	3,06	4,63	4,58
From 20.001 to 40.000	2.028	1.836	1,49	1,41	4,16	4,18
From 40.001 to 200.000	1.410	1.386	1,04	1,06	8,22	9,05
From 200.001 to 400.000	137	168	0,10	0,13	2,72	3,78
From 400.001 to 800.000	106	95	0,08	0,07	4,19	4,24
Over 800.000	117	118	0,08	0,09	62,51	60,46

Note: Figures as of 12 December 2008, taking into account the capital increase in December

	Domestic ownership		Foreign ownership		Total
	2008	2007	2008	2007	2008	2007
Total	63,31	65,06	36,69	34,94	100,00	100,00
Represented by the Board of Directors *	23,80	26,34	16,82	14,82	40,62	41,16
Other: Institutional holdings	18,92	24,01	19,44	19,72	38,36	43,72
Individual investors **	20,59	14,71	0,43	0,40	21,02	15,12

* Directly, indirectly or habitually

** Around 122,000 shareholders in 2008 and more than 112,000 shareholders in 2007, each one owning fewer than 20,000 shares

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