# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000842180
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-214011
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 6755
**Document Hash:** 555ecf2586af67ff1d0ad23702eebb17
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-214011.hdr.sgml**: 20260508

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-214011

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-A12B

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260508

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260508

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000842180
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** COMMERCIAL BANKS, NEC [6029]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 133491492
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-A12B
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-10110
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26957164

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** CALLE AZUL 4
- **CITY:** MADRID
- **STATE:** U3
- **ZIP:** 28050
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 011 34 91 537 8172

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** CALLE AZUL 4
- **CITY:** MADRID
- **STATE:** U3
- **ZIP:** 28050

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA S A
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20000505

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA S A
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19991103

**UNITED STATES** 

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION** 

**Washington, D.C. 20459** 

**FORM 8-A** 

**FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES** 

**PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF** 

**THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934** 

## Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.
**(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)** 

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| **Kingdom of Spain** | **None** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)** |
| **Calle Azul, 4**<br> **Madrid**<br> **Spain** | **28050** |
| **(Address of principal executive offices)** | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:** 

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| **Title of each class**<br> **to be so registered:** | **Name of each exchange on which**<br> **each class is to be registered:** |
| **Series 16 Non-Step-Up Non-Cumulative Contingent Convertible Perpetual Preferred Tier 1 Securities** | **New York Stock Exchange** |

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If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box. ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box. ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box. ☐

**Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:** 

**333-289121** 

**Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:** 

**None.** 

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**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT** 

**Item 1. <u>Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered</u>** 

The securities to be registered hereby are the $1,000,000,000 aggregate liquidation preference of Series 16 Non-Step-Up Non-Cumulative Contingent Convertible Perpetual Preferred Tier 1 Securities (the "**Preferred Securities**") of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (the "**Registrant**"). The Registrant has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "**Commission**") pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 the prospectus supplement dated April 30, 2026 (the "**Prospectus Supplement**") to a prospectus dated July 31, 2025 (the "**Prospectus**") filed with a registration statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-289121) relating to the Preferred Securities to be registered hereunder.

For a description of the Preferred Securities to be registered hereunder, reference is made to the information contained in the sections captioned "Certain Terms of the Preferred Securities" on pages S-63 through S-91 of the Prospectus Supplement, "Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" on page S-103 of the Prospectus Supplement, "Spanish Tax Considerations" on pages S-92 through S-102 of the Prospectus Supplement, and "U.S. Tax Considerations—BBVA Contingent Convertible Preferred Securities" on pages 134 through 136 of the Prospectus, which information is hereby incorporated by reference.

**Item 2. <u>Exhibits</u>** 

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| **Exhibit** | **Description of Exhibit** |
| 4.1 | [Contingent Convertible Preferred Securities Indenture among the Registrant, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Trustee, Paying and Conversion Agent and Principal Paying Agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Contingent Convertible Preferred Security Registrar (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form F-3 filed with the Commission on July 31, 2025)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842180/000119312525170429/d30396dex45.htm) |
| 4.2 | [First Supplemental Indenture for the Preferred Securities between the Registrant, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon, acting (except with respect to its role as Contingent Convertible Preferred Security Registrar) through its London Branch, as Trustee, Paying and Conversion Agent, Calculation Agent, Principal Paying Agent and Contingent Preferred Security Registrar dated as of May 8, 2026 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 8, 2026)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842180/000119312526213781/d371248dex49.htm) |
| 4.3 | [Form of Security Certificate representing the Preferred Securities (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to the Registrant's report on Form 6-K filed with the Commission on May 8, 2026, which includes such Form of Security Certificate)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842180/000119312526213781/d371248dex49.htm) |
| 99.1 | [Prospectus dated July 31, 2025 and related Prospectus Supplement dated April 30, 2026 (incorporated herein to the extent provided above by reference to the Registrant's filing under Rule 424(b))](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842180/000119312526203509/d379377d424b5.htm) |

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

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| BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. | BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A. |
| By: | /s/ Ignacio Echevarría Soriano |
| Name: | Ignacio Echevarría Soriano |
| Title: | Authorized Representative |

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Date: May 8, 2026