11th Sep 2007 07:00
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA10 September 2007 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), pursuant to the provisions ofarticle 82 of the Spanish Securities Market Act, proceeds by means of thepresent document to notify the following: RELEVANT EVENT BBVA reports that today, the increase of BBVA's share capital approved by thegeneral shareholders' meeting of June 21, 2007, addressed to COMPASS BANCSHARESINC's shareholders, as part of the consideration for the acquisition of a 100%of the latter has been executed. This capital increase involves the issue of 196.000.000 shares, that represent a5,2% of the total share capital after such increase (5,5% of the total sharecapital before such increase), issued at a rate of €16,77 per share,corresponding to the closing market price of BBVA's shares on September 6, 2007,in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the above mentioned generalshareholders' meeting. These newly issued shares have been admitted to listing on the securitiesexchanges of Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia for their trading on thecomputerized trading system of the Spanish Stock Exchanges (Automated QuotationSystem - "Mercado Continuo"), as well as on the rest of Securities Markets whereBBVA is listed. Madrid, September 10, 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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