Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), in compliance with the Securities Market legislation, hereby proceeds by means of the present document to notify the following:
RELEVANT EVENT
As of today, the Spanish Securities Exchange Commission (CNMV) has approved and filed a Supplement to the securities note relating to the tender offer on preference shares and subordinated debt securities (with-maturity and perpetual securities) issued by entities of the Unnim Group and to the public offering of BBVA shares, filed in the Official Records of the CNMV on 28th September 2012. The Supplement is available on the CNMV website (www.cnmv.es) and the BBVA website (www.bbva.com).
Madrid, October 16, 2012
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This Relevant Event Filing does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to subscribe BBVA treasury shares, in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be deemed illegal or, as the case may be, until the requirements applicable for those purposes have been complied with.
The distribution of this Relevant Event Filing in jurisdictions other than Spain may be restricted by applicable legislation. Persons with access to this announcement must apprise themselves of such restrictions and respect them. Any failure to respect these restrictions may constitute breach of the legislation on securities markets in said jurisdictions.
The information contained herein does not constitute an offer of securities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico or in any other jurisdiction and the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States, the United Kingdom, Mexico or in any other jurisdiction without the filing or exemption from filing of the offering under the relevant legislation in such jurisdiction.