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Companies, Relevant News Item 6th October 2025

BBVA denies reaching agreement with shareholder David Martínez to participate in takeover bid

Alphavalue/DIVACONS | On Friday, the president of the financial institution, Carlos Torres, denied that an agreement had been reached with Banco Sabadell shareholder and director (add Target Price €3.97/share) David Martínez to participate in the takeover bid for the Catalan institution. Martínez has written an article in El País and Cinco Días in which he states that the consolidation of Sabadell and BBVA will result in an institution that is…

Companies 3rd October 2025

One week before deadline for accepting offer, BBVA secures 10% of Sabadell’s capital

Link Securities | Preliminary figures on the percentage of Sabadell shareholders accepting BBVA’s takeover bid suggest that the Basque bank has secured 10% of the Catalan bank’s capital, according to today’s edition of Expansión newspaper. With one week to go before the offer acceptance deadline, BBVA has secured 3.86% from Mexican investor David Martínez and around 30% from index funds, which account for 20% of Sabadell’s capital, and 1% from…

Companies, Relevant News Item 1st October 2025

Sabadell recommends rejecting BBVA’s improved takeover bid, but third-largest shareholder David Martínez accepts it

Bankinter | Banco Sabadell’s (SAB) main arguments are: (1) BBVA’s (BBVA) offer is less attractive than the original because, with the current share exchange (no cash payment), Sabadell shareholders would hold 15.3% of the merged entity (as opposed to 16.2% proposed in May 2024), (2) BBVA’s offer does not reflect Sabadell’s potential value on its own, which would be between €3.8/share and €4.0/share according to its estimates, and (3) the…

Companies, Relevant News Item 30th September 2025

BBVA to pay cash dividend of €0.32 per share on 7 November, once takeover bid for Banco Sabadell settled

Link Securities | BBVA’s Board of Directors has agreed to pay an interim dividend for the 2025 financial year in the gross amount of €0.32 per share in cash, setting the payment date for this amount as 7 November 2025. The main characteristics of the agreed payment are detailed below: • Gross amount per share: €0.32• Last trading date for BBVA shares with the right to participate in the distribution:…

Companies 26th September 2025

CNMV authorises BBVA’s improved Sabadell takeover bid, acceptance period extended until 10 October

Link Securities | On 25 September 2025, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has agreed to authorise the modification of the characteristics of the voluntary takeover bid for Banco Sabadell shares made by BBVA, which was authorised by the CNMV on 5 September 2025. In accordance with the content of the registered documentation, the modification of the offer consists of an improvement in the mixed consideration offered, with a change…

Companies, Ibex 25th September 2025

BBVA admits second takeover bid for Sabadell could compromise capital distribution plan

Alphavalue/DIVACONS | BBVA (BBVA) admits that a second takeover bid for Banco Sabadell (SAB) could compromise its capital distribution plan, according to Expansión. The bank notes the ‘negative impacts’ that a possible second takeover bid for Banco Sabadell, which would be financed with ‘available resources’, would have on its solvency. Meanwhile, Zurich Insurance Group (Add, Target Price CHF 635) notified the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) that it owns 4.947%…

Spanish economy 24th September 2025

BBVA’s Sabadell takeover bid, a matter of price or competition?

Aurelio Medel (5 Días) | The Catalan bank entangles the government and the community’s establishment with its commercial importance and now says it’s a matter of price. The hostile takeover bid launched by BBVA for Sabadell is a case study that could address various aspects, such as the actions of governments and regulators, boards of directors, or the different communication strategies of both entities. But when you analyze the details…

Spanish economy 22nd September 2025

BBVA changes offer for Sabadell, now to be entirely in shares

BBVA announced that its Board of Directors has decided to modify the terms of the takeover bid (OPA) for Banco Sabadell by improving the consideration offered. The previous offer (one BBVA ordinary share and €0.70 in cash for every 5.5483 SAB ordinary shares) will be changed in nature and will now be entirely in newly issued BBVA ordinary shares. The new exchange ratio will be one BBVA ordinary share for…

Companies 16th September 2025

Oliú believes 9.8% negative premium and extraordinary dividend from TSB sale will derail BBVA’s bid

Norbolsa | The Banco Sabadell chairman rules out BBVA’s takeover bid succeeding due to the lack of a premium (-9.8%) and the elimination of the extraordinary dividend from the sale of TSB, and assures that the operation would only be considered with a premium of 30-40%, as is usually the case in successful takeover bids. In addition, the trade unions representing Banco Sabadell employees expressed their rejection of BBVA’s takeover…

Companies 15th September 2025

David Martínez, one of Banco Sabadell’s main shareholders, asks BBVA to improve current offer price

Link Securities | Mexican businessman David Martínez, one of Banco Sabadell’s (SAB) main shareholders, has asked BBVA (BBVA) to improve its current offer price, according to Expansión newspaper. Martínez, who acquired a stake in SAB more than a decade ago, controls 3.8% of the bank, behind BlackRock (6.9%) and Zurich (4.9%). In Martínez’s opinion, and as he ‘requested to be recorded’ in the SAB Board report, ‘the transaction presented by…

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