Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: F-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-196513
Chunk: 212

Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: F-4/A
Chunk 212
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-term capital gain
or loss if the U.S. Holder held the BBVA shares or BBVA ADSs for more than one year at the time of disposition. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. Gain or loss, if any, will generally be U.S. source for foreign tax credit
purposes. Under certain Treasury regulations, a U.S. Holder generally will be precluded from claiming a foreign tax credit with respect to Spanish income taxes on gains from dispositions of BBVA shares or BBVA ADSs. However, as discussed above under
“—Taxation of Distributions”, the IRS released notices that provide relief from certain of the provisions of these Treasury regulations (including the limitation described in the preceding sentence) for taxable years ending before
the date that a notice or other guidance withdrawing or modifying the temporary relief is issued (or any later date specified in such notice or other guidance). Even if these Treasury regulations do not prohibit a U.S. Holder from claiming a foreign
tax credit with respect to Spanish income taxes on disposition gains, other limitations under the foreign tax credit rules may preclude a U.S. Holder from claiming a foreign tax credit with respect to such Spanish taxes. If a U.S. Holder is
precluded from claiming a foreign tax credit, it is possible that any Spanish taxes on disposition gains may either be deductible or reduce the amount realized on the disposition.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

BBVA’s PFIC status for any taxable year will depend in large part on its qualification as an active bank under certain proposed Treasury
regulations, which are proposed to be effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1994 (the “Proposed Regulations”) and upon which taxpayers are currently permitted to rely. However, because there can be no assurance
that the Proposed Regulations will be finalized in their current form, and because PFIC status depends upon the composition of a company’s income and assets and the market value of its assets from time to time, there can be no assurance that
BBVA was not, or will not be, a PFIC for any taxable year.

In general, if BBVA were treated as a PFIC for any taxable year during a U.S.
Holder’s holding period of BBVA shares or BBVA ADSs, BBVA will generally continue to be a PFIC with respect to the U.S. Holder for any subsequent taxable year, even if BBVA ceases to be a PFIC in any future taxable year. In that case, gain
recognized