UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April, 2015
Commission file number: 1-10110
BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
BANK BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
_____________________________
Paseo de la Castellana, 81
28046 Madrid
Spain
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Yes ¨ No x
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Yes ¨ No x
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), in compliance with the Securities Market legislation, hereby proceeds by means of the present document to notify the following:
RELEVANT EVENT
Further to the relevant events dated 13thand 25th March, 2015, BBVA hereby communicates that the trading period for the rights of free allocation of the free-of-charge capital increase resolved by the Ordinary General Meeting of BBVA shareholders held on 13th March, 2015, under agenda item four, section 4.1, and executed by the Board of Directors in its 25th March, 2015 meeting, corresponding to the shareholder remuneration system called “Dividend Option”, has ended today, 14th April, 2015.
During the period set for that purpose, ended on 9th April, 2015, holders of 9.69% of the rights of free allocation have accepted BBVA’s undertaking to acquire such rights of free allocation. Consequently, BBVA has acquired 602,938,646 rights for a total consideration of 78,382,023.98 Euros. BBVA has waived the rights of free allocation so acquired.
The holders of the remaining 90.31% of the rights of free allocation have chosen to receive new BBVA ordinary shares. Thus, the definitive number of BBVA ordinary shares of 0.49 Euros of par value issued in the free-of-charge capital increase will be 80,314,074 and the nominal amount of the capital increase will be 39,353,896.26 Euros.
It is envisaged that the authorization for the admission to listing of the new shares in the Spanish Stock Exchanges, through the Spanish SIBE electronic trading platform (Sistema de Interconexión Bursátil Español), will be granted on 23rd April, 2015, so that ordinary trading of such shares in the Spanish Stock Exchanges will commence on 24th April, 2015. Admission to listing of the new shares (including American Depositary Shares underlying new shares) in the rest of Stock Exchanges where BBVA is listed will also be requested.
Madrid, 14th April, 2015
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. | ||||||
| Date: April 14 , 2015 | By: /s/ Erik Schotkamp | |||||
| Name: Erik Schotkamp | ||||||
| Title: Authorized representative | ||||||
