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Stock Symbol: NYSE: BBVA
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Our legal name is Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. BBVA’s predecessor
bank, BBV, was incorporated in Spain as a limited liability company (a sociedad
anónima or “S.A.”) under the Spanish Corporations Law on October 1, 1988. BBVA
was formed as the result of a merger by absorption of Argentaria into BBV that
was approved by the shareholders of each institution on December 18, 1999 and
registered on January 28, 2000. It conducts its
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business under the commercial name “BBVA”. BBVA is registered with the
Commercial Registry of Vizcaya (Spain). It has its registered office at Plaza de
San Nicolás 4, Bilbao, Spain, 48005, telephone number +34-91-3746201. BBVA’s
agent in the U.S. for U.S.