Microsoft Word - 20150424 HR closing_Eng.docx Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), in compliance with the Securities

Exchange legislation, hereby files the following
Further to the relevant information disclosed by BBVA to the markets on July 21st,
2014, and once the necessary authorisations have been obtained and all the agreed conditions precedent have been fulfilled, BBVA announces that it has acquired 1,947,166,809 shares of Catalunya Banc, S.A. (approximately 98.4% of its share capital) for a price of approximately 1,165 million euros.
Madrid, 24th April 2015

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