Banco Financiero y de Ahorros (BFA), Bankia's parent company, has completed the sale of its stake in Iberdrola, which has generated a net capital gain of 266 million euros.

The BFA-Bankia Group received 1,527 million euros from the sale of 314,887,559 shares that it owned in Iberdrola, representing 4.94% of the share capital.

Yesterday BFA-Bankia instructed Citigroup Global Markets Limited, UBS Finance and BEKA Finance to sell its shareholding via an accelerated sale procedure.

The sale of its Iberdrola holding will enable the BFA-Bankia Group to continue developing its Strategic Plan 2012-2015, which includes the divestment of its portfolio of holdings, among other objectives

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