Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA Fitch Ratings upgrade (5718E)

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RNS Number : 5718E

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

04 July 2019

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA), in compliance with the Securities Market legislation, hereby communicates the following:

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Fitch Ratings (Fitch) has upgraded BBVA's senior preferred debt long term rating to A from A-. In the same rating action, the agency has affirmed BBVA's long and short term Issuer Default Rating at A- with negative outlook and F2, respectively.

Fitch has also taken the following actions over other BBVA's ratings:

   --    Upgraded senior preferred debt short term rating and commercial paper to F1 from F2. 
   --    Upgraded Derivative Counterparty Rating to A(dcr) from A-(dcr). 
   --    Assigned long-term deposit rating at A. 
   --    Assigned short-term deposit rating at F1. 

Madrid, July 4th 2019

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