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 May, 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
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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
The Board of Directors of BBVA, in its meeting of today, May 4, 2015, appointed the independent director Mr. José Miguel Andrés Torrecillas as member and chairman of the Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board, in substitution of Mr. José Luis Palao García-Suelto, as the latter had already served for the legal period of four years. The board also appointed the independent director Mrs. Lourdes Maíz Carro as member of the Audit and Compliance Committee.
The Board also agreed on the appointment of Mr. Ramón Bustamante y de la Mora as member of the Remuneration Committee, in substitution of Mr. José Maldonado Ramos
Finally, the Board agreed to appoint the independent director Mr. José Miguel Andrés Torrecillas as member of the Risk Committee.
Consequently, the Audit and Compliance Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Risk Committee of the Board will be composed as follows:
Audit and Compliance Committee:
Chairman:
D. José Miguel Andrés Torrecillas
Members:
D. Tomás Alfaro Drake
Dª. Belén Garijo López
D. Carlos Loring Martínez de Irujo
Dª. Lourdes Máiz Carro
Remuneration Committee:
Chairman:
D. Carlos Loring Martínez de Irujo
Members:
D. Tomás Alfaro Drake
D. Ramón Bustamante y de la Mora
D. Ignacio Ferrero Jordi
D. Juan Pi Llorens
Risk Committee:
Chairman:
D. José Antonio Fernández Rivero
Members:
D. José Miguel Andrés Torrecillas
D. Ramón Bustamante y de la Mora
D. José Luis Palao García Suelto
D. Juan Pi Llorens
Dª Susana Rodríguez Vidarte
Madrid, May 4, 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: May 4, 2015 | By: | /s/ Domingo Armengol | ||||
| Name: | Domingo Armengol | |||||
| Title: | Authorized representative | |||||