Agreement and Acknowledgment with Respect to the Exercise of the Spanish Bail-in Power
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Notwithstanding any other term of the Preferred Securities, the Indenture or any other agreements, arrangements, or understandings between
BBVA and any holder of the Preferred Securities, by its acquisition of any Preferred Security, each holder (which, for the purposes of the below, includes each holder of a beneficial interest in the Preferred Securities) acknowledges, accepts,
consents to and agrees to be bound by: (i) the exercise and effect of the Spanish Bail-in Power by the Relevant Spanish Resolution Authority, which may be imposed with or without any prior notice with
respect to the Preferred Securities, and may include and result in any of the following, or some combination thereof: (a) the reduction or cancellation of all, or a portion, of the Amounts Due on the Preferred Securities; (b) the
conversion of all, or a portion, of the Amounts Due on the Preferred Securities into shares, other securities or other obligations of BBVA or another person (and the issue to or conferral on the holder of any such shares, securities or obligations),
including by means of an amendment, modification or variation of the terms of the Preferred Securities; (c) the cancellation of the Preferred Securities; (d) the inclusion of a maturity date for the Preferred Securities or the amendment or
alteration thereof, or the amendment of the Liquidation Preference or Distributions payable on the Preferred Securities, or the date on which Distributions become payable, including by suspending payment for a temporary period; and (ii) the
variation of the terms of the Preferred Securities or the rights of the holders thereunder or under the Indenture, if necessary, to give effect to the exercise of the Spanish Bail-in Power by the Relevant
Spanish Resolution Authority.
By its acquisition of any Preferred Security, each
holder acknowledges and agrees that neither a reduction or cancellation, in part or in full, of the Amounts Due on the Preferred Securities or the conversion thereof into another security or obligation of BBVA or another person, in each case as a
result of the exercise of the Spanish Bail-in Power by the Relevant Spanish Resolution Authority with respect to BBVA, nor the exercise of the Spanish Bail-in Power by
the Relevant Spanish Resolution Authority with respect to the Preferred Securities shall: (i) give rise to a default or event of default for purposes of Section 315(b) (Notice of Defaults) and Section 315(c) (Duties of the Trustee in
Case of Default) of the Trust Indenture Act; or (ii) be a default or an Enforcement Event with respect to the Preferred Securities or under the Indenture. By its acquisition of any Preferred Security, each holder further acknowledges and agrees
that no repayment or payment of Amounts Due on the Preferred Securities shall become due and payable or be paid after the exercise of the Spanish Bail-in Power by the Relevant Spanish Resolution Authority if,
and to the extent that, such amounts have been reduced, converted, cancelled, amended or altered as a result of such exercise.
By its acquisition of any Preferred Security, each holder, to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, waives any and all claims, in law and/or in
equity, against the trustee for, agrees not to initiate a suit against the trustee in respect of, and agrees that the trustee shall not be liable for, any action that the trustee takes, or abstains from taking, in either case in accordance with the
exercise of the Spanish Bail-in Power by the Relevant Spanish Resolution Authority with respect to the Preferred Securities. Additionally, by its acquisition of any Preferred Security, each holder acknowledges
and agrees that, upon the exercise of the Spanish Bail-in Power by the Relevant Spanish Resolution Authority with respect to the
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