Third interim dividend against 2012 results

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), pursuant to the provisions of the Spanish Securities Market Act, hereby proceeds by means of the present document to notify the following:

RELEVANT INFORMATION

BBVA's Board of Directors has approved today the distribution, as gross interim dividend against 2012 results, of euros 0.10 for each of all current issued shares.

Gross dividend: 0.10 euros per share

Net dividend: 0.079 euros (withholding tax rate of 21%)

Ex-dividend date: Thursday, January 10th, 2013

The dividend will be paid as of next January 10th, 2013, according to the regulations applicable to the depositary entities and using the means that IBERCLEAR provides to such entities.

Madrid, December 19, 2012