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Balance Sheet at 31 December 2010 of BBVA

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Represent<strong>at</strong>ion conferred to someone not eligible <strong>at</strong> Law to act as proxy shall neither be valid nor<br />

effective. Proxies conferred by holders in trust or in agency may be rejected<br />

Proxies must be conferred in writing or by means <strong>of</strong> remote communic<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> comply with the<br />

requirements <strong>of</strong> article 189 <strong>of</strong> Capital Company Law (article 105 <strong>of</strong> the Companies Act) and other<br />

applicable legisl<strong>at</strong>ion regarding distance voting. This must be specific for each General Meeting.<br />

Represent<strong>at</strong>ion shall always be revocable. Should the shareholder represented <strong>at</strong>tend the General<br />

Meeting in person, his/her represent<strong>at</strong>ion shall be deemed null and void.<br />

E.11. Indic<strong>at</strong>e whether the Company is aware <strong>of</strong> any policy <strong>of</strong> institutional investors as to particip<strong>at</strong>ing<br />

or not in the decisions <strong>of</strong> the Company:<br />

NO<br />

E.12. Indic<strong>at</strong>e the address and manner for accessing corpor<strong>at</strong>e governance content on your website.<br />

The content th<strong>at</strong> must be published pursuant to Act 26/2003, 17th July, on the transparent governance <strong>of</strong> listed<br />

companies, as ramified under Ministerial Order ECO/3722/2003, 26th <strong>December</strong>, and the content required under<br />

CNMV Circular 1/2004, 17th March, on the annual report on corpor<strong>at</strong>e governance <strong>of</strong> listed companies, appendix I<br />

where<strong>of</strong> was amended by CNMV Circular 4/2007, 27th <strong>December</strong>, amending the standard annual report form on<br />

corpor<strong>at</strong>e governance <strong>of</strong> listed companies, is directly accessible <strong>at</strong> www.bbva.com.<br />

F<br />

DEGREE TO WHICH CORPORATE GOVERNANCE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOLLOWED<br />

Indic<strong>at</strong>e the company’s degree <strong>of</strong> compliance with the recommend<strong>at</strong>ions <strong>of</strong> the Unified Good Governance<br />

Code.<br />

If the company does not comply with any <strong>of</strong> such recommend<strong>at</strong>ions, please explain the recommend<strong>at</strong>ions,<br />

standards, practices or criteria applied by the company.<br />

1. The by-laws <strong>of</strong> listed companies do not limit the maximum number <strong>of</strong> votes th<strong>at</strong> can be cast by a single<br />

shareholder, or impose other obstacles to the takeover <strong>of</strong> the company by means <strong>of</strong> the acquisition <strong>of</strong> its<br />

shares on the market.<br />

See sections: A.9, B.1.22, B.1.23 and E.1, E.2<br />

Complies<br />

2. When both the parent company and a company controlled by it are listed companies, they both provide<br />

detailed public disclosure on:<br />

a) Their respective areas <strong>of</strong> activity, and any business dealings between them, as well as between the<br />

controlled listed company and other companies belonging to the group;<br />

b) the mechanisms in place to resolve any conflicts <strong>of</strong> interest th<strong>at</strong> may arise.<br />

See sections: C.4 and C.7<br />

Not applicable<br />

3. Even if not expressly required under applicable commercial Laws, transactions involving a structural<br />

change <strong>of</strong> the company and, in particular, the following, are submitted to the shareholders <strong>at</strong> the General<br />

Shareholders’ Meeting for approval:<br />

WARNING: The English version is only a transl<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>of</strong> the original in Spanish for inform<strong>at</strong>ion purposes. In case <strong>of</strong> a discrepancy,<br />

the Spanish original prevails.

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