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 192,083,232 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 18 July 2013.
The Shares have been issued in connection with the mandatory total conversion of the Subordinated Mandatory Convertible Bonds - December 2011 issued by BBVA. The associated increase in the authorised share capital of BBVA was approved at the ordinary general meeting of BBVA shareholders on 14 March 2008.
For further details of the mandatory conversion and the capital increase, please refer to BBVA's announcements dated 21 June 2013, 28 June 2013 and 3 July 2013.