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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 25 April 2007 Presentation for Analysts BBVA 1Q 2007 results To view the full document, please paste the following URL into the address bar of your browser. http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/4827v_-2007-4-25.pdf Disclaimer Forward-Looking Statements This document may include 'forward-looking statements ' within the meaning of the 'safe harbor' provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'expect,' 'estimate,' 'plan,' 'outlook,' and 'project' and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements with respect to revenues, earnings, performance, strategies, prospects and other aspects of the businesses of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. ('BBVA'), Compass Bancshares, Inc. ('Compass') and the combined group after completion of the proposed transaction are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following risks and uncertainties: those set forth in BBVA's and Compass's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC'), the failure to obtain and retain expected synergies from the proposed transaction, failure of Compass stockholders to approve the transaction, failure of BBVA stockholders to approve the related capital increase, delays in obtaining, or adverse conditions contained in, any required regulatory approvals, failure to consummate or delay in consummating the transaction for other reasons, changes in laws or regulations and other similar factors. Readers are referred to BBVA's and Compass's most recent reports filed with the SEC. BBVA and Compass are under no obligation to (and expressly disclaim any such obligation to) update or alter their forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional Information and Where to Find It This filing may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed transaction involving BBVA and Compass. In connection with the proposed transaction, BBVA has filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 (File no. 333-141813) (the 'Registration Statement') to register the BBVA ordinary shares to be issued in the proposed transaction and that includes a proxy statement of Compass that also constitutes a prospectus of BBVA. BBVA and Compass have also filed, and intend to continue to file, additional relevant materials with the SEC. The Registration Statement and the related proxy statement/pros pectus contain and will contain important information about BBVA, Compass, the proposed transaction and related matters. SHAREHOLDERS OF COMPASS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The final proxy statement/prospectus will be mailed to shareholders of Compass. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the dis closure documents (including the Registration Statement) and other documents filed by BBVA and Compass with the SEC at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, from BBVA's Investor Relations department or from Compass's Investor Relations department. BBVA will also file certain documents with the Spanish Comision Nacional del Mercado de Valores in connection with its shareholders ' meeting to be held in connection with the proposed transaction, which will be available on the CNMV's website at www.cnmv.es. Participants in the Transaction BBVA, Compass and their respective directors and executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transactions. Information regarding BBVA's directors and executive officers is available in BBVA's annual report on Form 20-F, which was filed with the SEC on March 30, 2007, and information regarding Compass's directors and executive officers is available in Compass's proxy statement for its 2006 annual meeting of shareholders, which was filed with the SEC on March 17, 2006. Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants is also included in the Registration Statement (and will be included in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus for the proposed transaction) and the other relevant documents filed with the SEC. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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