Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), in compliance with the Securities Market legislation, hereby communicates the following:
PRICE SENSITIVE INFORMATION
As a result of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP) carried out by the European Central Bank (ECB), BBVA has received a communication from the ECB that includes the requirement for BBVA to maintain, from January 1, 2020 on a consolidated basis, a CET1 capital ratio of 9.27% and a total capital ratio of 12.77%.
This total capital requirement at consolidated level includes: i) a Pillar 1 requirement of 8% that should be fulfilled by a minimum of 4.5% of CET1; ii) a Pillar 2 requirement of 1.5% of CET1 that remains at the same level as the one included in the previous SREP decision; iii) a Capital Conservation buffer of 2.5% of CET1; iv) the Other Systemic Important Institution buffer (OSII) of 0.75% of CET1; and v) the Countercyclical Capital buffer 0.02% of CET1.
Additionally, the ECB communication includes the requirement for BBVA to maintain, from January 1, 2020 on an individual basis, a CET1 capital ratio of 8.53% and a total capital ratio of 12.03%[1].
On a consolidated and individual basis, the ECB Pillar 2 requirement remains at the same level as the one established in the last SREP decision, being the sole difference the evolution of the Countercyclical Capital buffer of 0.01% approximately.
As of September 30, 2019, BBVA holds, on a consolidated and phased-in basis, a CET1 capital ratio of 11.80% and a total capital ratio of 16.22%. On a fully loaded basis, CET1 capital ratio stands at 11.56% and total capital ratio at 15.71%.
As of September 30, 2019, BBVA holds, on an individual and phase-in basis, a CET1 capital ratio of 15.96% and a total capital ratio of 21.20%. On a fully loaded basis, CET1 ratio capital stands at 15.69% and total capital at 20.75%.
As in the latest SREP exercise, BBVA consolidated and individual current capital ratios stand above applicable regulatory requirements. Therefore, these requirements do not imply the trigger of any regulatory restriction or limitation on payments of dividends, variable remuneration and payments of interest to holders of AT1 capital instruments.
Madrid, December 4, 2019
