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RNS Number : 3449J
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
09 April 2020
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT
QUALIFIED OR MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE
MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU)
596/2014 IN CONNECTION WITH THE EUR 1,000,000,000 0.375 PER CENT.
SENIOR PREFERRED NOTES DUE NOVEMBER 2026(ISIN: XS2079713322).
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE FOR PUBLICATION ON THE WEBSITE OF THE
IRISH STOCK EXCHANGE PLC, TRADING AS EURONEXT DUBLIN
(https://direct.euronext.com/Announcements/View-Announcements/RIS-Announcements/.
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR TO ANY PERSON LOCATED OR
RESIDENT IN THE UNITED STATES, ITS TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS
(INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AMERICAN
SAMOA, WAKE ISLAND AND THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS), ANY STATE OF
THE UNITED STATES OR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (the United States)
OR IN OR INTO ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE IT IS UNLAWFUL TO
RELEASE, PUBLISH OR DISTRIBUTE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT (SEE "OFFER AND
DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS" BELOW).
8 April 2020
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. ANNOUNCES POTENTIAL
PURCHASE OF UP TO EUR 200,000,000 OF ITS OUTSTANDING EUR
1,000,000,000 0.375 PER CENT. SENIOR PREFERRED NOTES DUE NOVEMBER
2026 (ISIN: XS2079713322)
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) today announces
that it may purchase up to EUR 200,000,000 in aggregate nominal
amount of its outstanding EUR 1,000,000,000 0.375 per cent. Senior
Preferred Notes due November 2026 (ISIN: XS2079713322) (the Notes)
in one or more series of open-market transactions from time to time
in a period of up to six months following the date of this
announcement. Any such purchase of Notes by BBVA will be subject to
the prices at which the Notes are available for purchase by BBVA in
the market at the relevant time and whether those prices are
acceptable to BBVA.
Noteholders may also contact BBVA directly to negotiate
privately any bilateral purchase of their Notes by BBVA. Notes
purchased by BBVA may be held by BBVA for resale and resold, or may
be cancelled by BBVA. BBVA does not intend to disclose the extent
of any such purchase, resale or cancellation otherwise than in
accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation BBVA may have to
do so.
For further information, please contact:
Email: mgarciat@bbva.com
Phone: +34913743695
This announcement is released by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Argentaria, S.A. and contains information that qualified or may
have qualified as inside information for the purposes of Article 7
of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 (MAR), encompassing
information relating to the potential purchase of Notes described
above. For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is made
by Antonio Borraz Peralta, Global Head of ALM of BBVA.
OFFER AND DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS
The distribution of this announcement in certain jurisdictions
may be restricted by law. Persons into whose possession this
announcement comes are required by BBVA to inform themselves about,
and to observe, any such restrictions. Nothing in this announcement
constitutes an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell
the Notes and Notes will not be purchased from Noteholders in any
circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
United States
This announcement is not being made, and will not be made,
directly or indirectly in or into, or by use of the mails of, or by
any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce of
or of any facilities of a national securities exchange of, the
United States. This includes, but is not limited to, facsimile
transmission, electronic mail, telex, telephone, the internet and
other forms of electronic communication. Notes may not be offered
for purchase by BBVA by any such use, means, instrumentality or
facility from or within the United States or by persons located or
resident in the United States. Accordingly, copies of this
announcement are not being, and must not be, directly or indirectly
mailed or otherwise transmitted, distributed or forwarded
(including, without limitation, by custodians, nominees or
trustees) in or into the United States or to any persons located or
resident in the United States. Any purported offer of Notes for
purchase by BBVA resulting directly or indirectly from a violation
of these restrictions will be invalid and any purported offer of
Notes for purchase by BBVA made by a person located in the United
States or any agent, fiduciary or other intermediary acting on a
non-discretionary basis for a principal giving instructions from
within the United States will be invalid and will not be
accepted.
Any Noteholder from which BBVA may purchase Notes will represent
that it is not located in the United States and is not
participating in such Offer from the United States, or it is acting
on a non-discretionary basis for a principal located outside the
United States that is not giving an order to participate in such
purchase by BBVA from the United States. For the purposes of this
and the above two paragraphs, United States means the United States
of America, its territories and possessions (including Puerto Rico,
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the
Northern Mariana Islands), any state of the United States of
America and the District of Columbia.
Spain
This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities or
the solicitation of an offer of securities to the public in Spain
under the Spanish Securities Market Law (Real Decreto Legislativo
4/2015, de 23 de octubre, que aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley
del Mercado de Valores), Royal Decree 1310/2005, of 4th November,
2005 and Royal Decree 1066/2007, of 27th July, 2007. Accordingly,
this announcement has not been submitted for approval and has not
been approved by the Spanish Securities Market Regulator (Comisión
Nacional del Mercado de Valores).
Italy
This announcement has not been and will not be submitted to the
clearance procedures of the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e
la Borsa (CONSOB) pursuant to Italian laws and regulations. Any
relevant purchase of Notes in Italy is being carried out in Italy
as an exempted transaction pursuant to article 101-bis, paragraph
3-bis of the Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as
amended (the Financial Services Act) and article 35-bis, paragraph
4 of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended.
Noteholders or beneficial owners of the Notes that are located in
Italy can offer Notes for purchase by BBVA through authorised
persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial
intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in the Republic
of Italy in accordance with the Financial Services Act, CONSOB
Regulation No. 16190 of 29 October 2007, as amended from time to
time, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of 1 September 1993, as
amended) and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations or
with requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian
authority.
United Kingdom
The communication of this announcement is not being made and has
not been approved by an authorised person for the purposes of
section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
Accordingly, this announcement is not being distributed to, and
must not be passed on to, the general public in the United Kingdom.
The communication of this announcement as a financial promotion is
only being made to those persons in the United Kingdom falling
within the definition of investment professionals (as defined in
Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
(Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the Financial Promotion Order))
or persons who are within Article 43 of the Financial Promotion
Order or any other persons to whom it may otherwise lawfully be
made under the Financial Promotion Order.
France
This announcement is not being made, directly or indirectly, to
the public in the Republic of France (France). This announcement
has not been and shall not be distributed to the public in France
and only (i) providers of investment services relating to portfolio
management for the account of third parties (personnes fournissant
le service d'investissement de gestion de portefeuille pour compte
de tiers) and/or (ii) qualified investors (investisseurs
qualifiés), other than individuals, acting for their own account,
all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-1,
L.411-2 and D.411-1 of the French Code monétaire et financier, are
eligible to receive this announcement. This announcement has not
been and will not be submitted for clearance to or approved by the
Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
Belgium
This announcement has not been submitted and will not be
submitted for approval or recognition to the Belgian Financial
Services and Markets Authority (Autoriteit voor financiële diensten
en markten / Autorité des services marchés financiers) and,
accordingly, no offer may be made in Belgium by way of a public
offering, as defined in Articles 3 and 6 of the Belgian Law of 1
April 2007 on public takeover bids as amended or replaced from time
to time. Accordingly, this announcement may not be advertised, and
has not been and will not be distributed or made available,
directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than
"qualified investors" in the sense of Article 10 of the Belgian Law
of 16 June 2006 on the public offer of placement instruments and
the admission to trading of placement instruments on regulated
markets, acting on their own account. Insofar as Belgium is
concerned, this announcement has been issued only for the personal
use of the above qualified investors. Accordingly, the information
contained in this announcement may not be used for any other
purpose or disclosed to any other person in Belgium.
This announcement has been issued through the Companies
Announcement Service of Euronext Dublin.
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