BBVA to Pay More Than 7 Billion Euros to Shareholders in 2021, 2022, Chairman Says

BBVA to Pay More Than 7 Billion Euros to Shareholders in 2021, 2022, Chairman Says
BBVA bank logo is pictured in Seville, southern Spain, on March 14, 2016. Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters
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MADRID—Spain’s BBVA expects to distribute more than 7 billion euros ($8 billion) to shareholders in 2021 and 2022, around a fifth of its current market capitalization, chairman Carlos Torres said in a po BBVA st on the Spanish bank’s website on Monday.

Torres said the amount included a 3.5 billion euros share buyback already announced by the bank, of which the first 1.5 billion euros tranche is underway.