In addition, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, the information agent for the U.S. Offer (the “Information Agent”), can help answer your questions, and may be contacted toll free according to the contact information detailed at the end of this form or the back cover of the U.S. Offer to Purchase.
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the U.S. Offer to Purchase.
YOUR PROMPT ACTION IS REQUESTED. WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE.
Please furnish copies of the following enclosed materials to those of your clients or [Custodian] (the “Custodian”) for whose accounts you hold Series B Shares in your name or in the name of your securities intermediary:
1.
the U.S. Offer to Purchase;
2.
a printed form of letter to clients for whose accounts you hold Series B Shares registered in your name or in the name of your securities intermediary, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ or Custodian instructions with regard to the Offer;
3.
for information purposes only, a Form of Acceptance for Series B Shares that you shall cause the applicable participant in the S.D. Indeval, S.A. de C.V., Institución para el Depósito de Valores (“Indeval”) to deliver to Casa de Bolsa BBVA México, S.A. de C.V., Grupo Financiero BBVA México (“BBVA”); and
4.
for information purposes only, a Form of Withdrawal Letter for Series B Shares that you shall cause the applicable participant in Indeval to deliver to BBVA.
Your attention is directed to the following:
1.
The Offer commenced on October 6, 2022 and will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 4, 2022 (the “Expiration Date”), unless extended or earlier terminated.
2.
The Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions described in The U.S. Offer — Section 11 — “Conditions to the U.S. Offer” of the Offer to Purchase.
3.
Purchaser will not pay any brokerage fees or commissions to any broker or dealer or to any other person (other than to the Dealer Manager) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Series B Shares pursuant to the Offer. Brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other securities intermediaries will, upon request, be reimbursed by Purchaser for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding offering materials to their customers.
4.
If required by U.S. federal income tax laws or Mexican tax laws, the Custodian (or Mexican subcustodian) generally will be required to backup withhold at the applicable backup withholding rate from any payments made to certain U.S. holders of Series B Shares pursuant to the Offer.
5.
If a client instructs you to tender Series B Shares on its behalf, you must effect that tender through the applicable participant in Indeval (which may be a securities intermediary or Mexican subcustodian) through which you or your clients hold Series B Shares. The applicable participant in Indeval shall complete, sign and submit an acceptance for Series B Shares in Mexico (the “Acceptance for Series B Shares”) to BBVA and transfer, free of payment through the Indeval system in Mexico, the applicable Series B Shares to BBVA. The Acceptance for Series B Shares is in substantially similar form to the acceptance letter (carta de aceptación) furnished to custodians in the Mexican Offer.
A valid tender of Series B Shares will be deemed to have been received only if the two conditions below are met:
(a)
BBVA receives a confirmation of a book-entry transfer before the Expiration Date of the Series B Shares into its Indeval account; and