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Balance Sheet at 31 December 2010 of BBVA

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Transl<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> financial st<strong>at</strong>ements originally issued in Spanish and prepared in accordance with generally accounting principles Spain<br />

(See Note 1 and 54). In the event <strong>of</strong> a discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.<br />

debts to be carried out by Spanish credit institutions. The Bank <strong>of</strong> Spain has modified and upd<strong>at</strong>ed certain<br />

parameters established in Appendix IX to said Circular in order to adapt them to the experience and<br />

inform<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the Spanish banking sector as a whole following the financial crisis <strong>of</strong> the past few years.<br />

The new requirements included in the Circular have changed the estim<strong>at</strong>es for impairment losses on some<br />

financial assets and assets acquired in payment <strong>of</strong> debts carried out by the Bank. Given th<strong>at</strong> they have been<br />

considered as changes in estim<strong>at</strong>es, the impact <strong>of</strong> these changes, which is not significant, has been<br />

recognized in the income st<strong>at</strong>ement for <strong>2010</strong>.<br />

1.7. INTERNAL CONTROL OF FINANCIAL REPORTING AT <strong>BBVA</strong><br />

The description <strong>of</strong> the <strong>BBVA</strong>'s Internal Financial Reporting Control model is described in the Bank's financial<br />

st<strong>at</strong>ements for the year ended on <strong>December</strong> <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2010</strong>.<br />

1.8. “FONDO DE GARANTIA DE DEPOSITOS”<br />

The Bank is part <strong>of</strong> the “Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos” (Deposit Guarantee Fund). The expense incurred<br />

by the contributions made to this Agency in <strong>2010</strong> and 2009 amounted to €46 and €47 million, respectively,<br />

which are recorded under the heading "Other oper<strong>at</strong>ing expenses" <strong>of</strong> the income st<strong>at</strong>ement (see Note 39).<br />

1.9. CONSOLIDATION<br />

The consolid<strong>at</strong>ed financial st<strong>at</strong>ements <strong>of</strong> the <strong>BBVA</strong> Group for the year ended on <strong>December</strong> <strong>31</strong>, <strong>2010</strong> were<br />

prepared in accordance with the Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the EU, taking into<br />

account Bank <strong>of</strong> Spain Circular 4/2004 and subsequent amendments. The board <strong>of</strong> directors approved these<br />

consolid<strong>at</strong>ed financial st<strong>at</strong>ements <strong>at</strong> its meeting on February 1, 2011.<br />

The management <strong>of</strong> the Group’s oper<strong>at</strong>ions is carried out on a consolid<strong>at</strong>ed basis, independently <strong>of</strong> the<br />

individual alloc<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the corresponding equity changes and its rel<strong>at</strong>ed results. Consequently, the Bank's<br />

annual financial st<strong>at</strong>ements have to be considered within the context <strong>of</strong> the Group, due to the fact th<strong>at</strong> they<br />

do not reflect the financial and equity changes th<strong>at</strong> result from the applic<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the consolid<strong>at</strong>ion policies<br />

(full consolid<strong>at</strong>ion or proportion<strong>at</strong>e consolid<strong>at</strong>ion methods) or by the equity method.<br />

These changes are reflected in the consolid<strong>at</strong>ed financial st<strong>at</strong>ements <strong>of</strong> the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria<br />

Group for the year <strong>2010</strong>, which the Bank's Board <strong>of</strong> Directors has prepared as well. Appendix I includes the<br />

Group's consolid<strong>at</strong>ed financial st<strong>at</strong>ements. In accordance with the content <strong>of</strong> these consolid<strong>at</strong>ed financial<br />

st<strong>at</strong>ements prepared in accordance with Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the<br />

European Union, the total amount <strong>of</strong> the <strong>BBVA</strong> Group’s assets and consolid<strong>at</strong>ed equity <strong>at</strong> the close <strong>of</strong> <strong>2010</strong><br />

amounted to €552,738 and €37,475 million respectively, while the consolid<strong>at</strong>ed net pr<strong>of</strong>it for th<strong>at</strong> year<br />

<strong>at</strong>tributed to the parent company totaled €4,606 million.<br />

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND VALUATION CRITERIA APPLIED<br />

The Glossary (see Appendix XV) includes the definition <strong>of</strong> financial and economic terms used in Note 2 and<br />

subsequent explan<strong>at</strong>ory notes.<br />

Accounting policies and valu<strong>at</strong>ion criteria used in preparing these financial st<strong>at</strong>ements were as follows:<br />

2.1 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS<br />

a) Measurement <strong>of</strong> financial instruments and recognition <strong>of</strong> changes in fair value<br />

All financial instruments are initially accounted for <strong>at</strong> fair value which, unless there is evidence to the<br />

contrary, shall be the transaction price.<br />

All the changes during the year, except in trading deriv<strong>at</strong>ives, arising from the accrual <strong>of</strong> interest and similar<br />

items are recognized under the headings “Interest and similar income” or “Interest and similar expenses”<br />

(see Note 34), as appropri<strong>at</strong>e, in the accompanying income st<strong>at</strong>ement for the year. The dividends accrued in<br />

the period are registered under the heading “Income from equity instruments” in the income st<strong>at</strong>ement (Note<br />

35).<br />

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