Disposal

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA 09 March 2006 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., pursuant to the provisions of article 82 of the Spanish Securities Market Act, proceeds by means of the present document to notify the following: RELEVANT EVENT BBVA has reached an agreement to sell its stake of 51% in the share capital of Banc Internacional d'Andorra, S.A. to the rest of the shareholders of said entity, the founding partners of the bank, for a price of 395,15 million Euros. The transfer will only be fully effective once the necessary authorizations and registrations have been obtained. Through this sale, BBVA will obtain a net capital gain of 111,9 million Euros. Madrid, March 09, 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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