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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 />

These policies, methods and procedures are applied to the arrangement, study and document<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> debt<br />

instruments, risks and contingent commitments, as well as the detection <strong>of</strong> their deterior<strong>at</strong>ion and in the<br />

calcul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the amounts needed to hedge their credit risk.<br />

Impairment losses determined collectively<br />

The quantific<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> impairment losses is calcul<strong>at</strong>ed collectively, both in the case <strong>of</strong> assets classified as<br />

impaired and for the portfolio <strong>of</strong> current assets th<strong>at</strong> are not currently impaired, but for which an imminent loss<br />

is expected.<br />

To estim<strong>at</strong>e the loss <strong>of</strong> credit risk collectively, <strong>BBVA</strong> uses the parameters set in Appendix IX <strong>of</strong> Bank <strong>of</strong><br />

Spain Circular 4/2004 and subsequent amendments based on its experience and on Spanish banking sector<br />

inform<strong>at</strong>ion regarding the quantific<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> impairment losses and provisions for credit risk insolvencies.<br />

These parameters will be used as far as the Bank <strong>of</strong> Spain valid<strong>at</strong>es internal models based on the Bank's<br />

past experience.<br />

The following is a description <strong>of</strong> the methodology used to estim<strong>at</strong>e the loss <strong>of</strong> credit risk collectively:<br />

1. Impaired financial assets<br />

As a general rule, impaired debt instruments, provided th<strong>at</strong> they do not have any <strong>of</strong> the guarantees<br />

mentioned below, will be provisioned by applying the percentages indic<strong>at</strong>ed below over the amount <strong>of</strong> the<br />

outstanding risk pending, according to the oldest past-due amount, or the d<strong>at</strong>e on which the assets were<br />

classified as impaired, if earlier:<br />

Allowance Percentages for Impairment Loans<br />

Age <strong>of</strong> the Past-due Amount<br />

Allowance Percentage<br />

Up to 6 months 25%<br />

Over 6 months and up to 9 months 50%<br />

Over 9 months and up to 12 months 75%<br />

Over 12 months 100%<br />

The impairment on debt instruments th<strong>at</strong> have one or more <strong>of</strong> the guarantees stipul<strong>at</strong>ed below will be<br />

calcul<strong>at</strong>ed by applying the above percentages to the amount <strong>of</strong> the outstanding risk pending th<strong>at</strong> exceeds<br />

the value <strong>of</strong> the guarantees, in accordance with the following methodology:<br />

Transactions secured by real est<strong>at</strong>e<br />

For the purposes <strong>of</strong> calcul<strong>at</strong>ing impairment on financial assets classified as impaired, the value <strong>of</strong> the real<br />

rights received as security will be calcul<strong>at</strong>ed according to the type <strong>of</strong> asset secured by the real right, using<br />

the following criteria, provided they are first call and duly constituted and registered in favor <strong>of</strong> the bank.<br />

i) Completed home th<strong>at</strong> is the primary residence <strong>of</strong> the borrower.<br />

Includes homes with a current first-occupancy permit, issued by the corresponding administr<strong>at</strong>ive<br />

authority, in which the borrower habitually lives and has the strongest personal ties. The calcul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong><br />

the value <strong>of</strong> the rights received as coll<strong>at</strong>eral shall be 80% <strong>of</strong> the cost <strong>of</strong> the completed home and the<br />

appraisal value <strong>of</strong> its current st<strong>at</strong>e, whichever is lower. For these purposes, the cost will be the purchase<br />

price declared by the borrower in the public deed. If the deed is manifestly old, the cost may be obtained<br />

by adjusting the original cost by an indic<strong>at</strong>or th<strong>at</strong> accur<strong>at</strong>ely reflects the average change in price <strong>of</strong><br />

existing homes between the d<strong>at</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the deed and th<strong>at</strong> <strong>of</strong> the calcul<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

ii) Rural buildings in use, and completed <strong>of</strong>fices, premises and multi-purpose buildings.<br />

Includes land declared as not for building, and on which construction is not authorized for uses other<br />

than agricultural, forest or livestock, as appropri<strong>at</strong>e; as well as multi-purpose buildings, whether or not<br />

they are linked to an economic use, th<strong>at</strong> do not include construction or legal characteristics or elements<br />

th<strong>at</strong> limit or make difficult their multi-purpose use and thus their easy conversion into cash. The<br />

calcul<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the value <strong>of</strong> the rights received as coll<strong>at</strong>eral shall be 70% <strong>of</strong> the cost <strong>of</strong> the property or<br />

multi-purpose buildings and the appraisal value <strong>of</strong> its current st<strong>at</strong>e, whichever is lower. For these<br />

purposes, the cost shall be deemed to be the purchase price declared in the public deed. If the property<br />

was constructed by the borrower himself, the cost shall be calcul<strong>at</strong>ed by the price <strong>of</strong> acquisition <strong>of</strong> the<br />

land declared in the public deed plus the value <strong>of</strong> work certific<strong>at</strong>es, and including any other necessary<br />

expenses and accrued taxes<br />

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