Dividend option: Application for Admission

RNS Number : 0076R

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

13 November 2012

 

Application for Admission

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) hereby announces that an application has been made to the United Kingdom Listing Authority (UKLA) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE) for 66,741,405 new ordinary shares in the capital of BBVA with a par value of 0.49 Euro per share (the Shares) to be admitted to the Official List of the UKLA and traded on the main market of the LSE. Admission is expected to become effective on 15 November 2012.

The Shares have been issued in connection with BBVA's shareholder remuneration programme which permits eligible shareholders to elect to receive ordinary shares in the capital of BBVA in lieu of a cash dividend. The associated increase in the authorised share capital of BBVA was approved at the ordinary general meeting of BBVA shareholders on 16 March 2012. For further details of the shareholder remuneration programme and the capital increase, please refer to BBVA's announcements dated 14 September 2012, 26 September 2012 and 15 October 2012.

Madrid, 13 November 2012

 

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