3. BBVA Group
The BBVA Group is an international diversified financial group with a significant presence in retail banking, wholesale banking, asset management and private banking. The Group also operates in other sectors: insurance, real estate, operational leasing, etc.
Appendices II to IV inclusive provide relevant information as of December 31, 2012 on the Group’s subsidiaries, proportionately consolidated jointly controlled entities, and investments and jointly controlled entities accounted for by the equity method. Appendix V shows the main changes in investments in 2012, and Appendix VI gives details of the subsidiaries under the full consolidation method and which, based on the information available, are more than 10% owned by non-Group shareholders as of December 31, 2012.
The following table sets forth information related to the Group’s total assets as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, broken down by the Group’s companies according to their activity:
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| Banks and other financial services | 610,192 | 577,914 | 533,143 |
| Insurance and pension fund managing companies | 20,822 | 17,226 | 17,034 |
| Other non-financial services | 6,771 | 2,548 | 2,561 |
| Total | 637,784 | 597,688 | 552,738 |
The total assets and earnings as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, broken down by the geographical areas in which the BBVA Group operates, are included in Note 6.
The BBVA Group’s activity is mainly located in Spain, Mexico, South America and the United States, with an active presence in other countries, as shown below:
- Spain: The Group’s activity in Spain is principally through Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., which is the parent company of the BBVA Group. The Group also has other companies that operate in Spain’s banking sector, insurance sector, real estate sector, services and as operational leasing companies.
- Mexico: The BBVA Group operates in Mexico both in the banking sector through BBVA Bancomer and in the insurance and pensions business, mainly through Seguros Bancomer S.A. de C.V. and Pensiones Bancomer, S.A. de C.V.
- South America: The BBVA Group’s activity in South America is mainly focused on the banking, insurance and pensions sectors, in the following countries: Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Panama, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is also present in Bolivia and Ecuador in the pensions business and has a representative office in Sao Paulo (Brazil).
The Group owns more than 50% of most of the companies based in these countries. Appendix II shows a list of the companies which, although less than 50% owned by the BBVA Group as of December 31, 2012, are fully consolidated (see Note 2.1).
- United States: The Group’s activity in the United States is mainly carried out through a group of companies with BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc. at their head, the New York branch and a representative office in Silicon Valley (California).
- Turkey: In March 2011, the BBVA Group acquired 25.01% of the share capital of the Turkish bank Turkiye Garanti Bankasi, AS (hereinafter, "Garanti"). Garanti heads up a group of banking and financial institutions that operate in Turkey, Holland and some countries in Eastern Europe. The Bank also has a representative office in Istanbul.
- Rest of Europe: The Group’s activity in Europe is carried out through banks and financial institutions in Ireland, Switzerland, Italy and Portugal, operational branches in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy and the United Kingdom, and a representative office in Moscow.
- Asia-Pacific: The Group’s activity in this region is carried out through operational branches (in Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore) and representative offices (in Beijing, Shanghai and Mumbai, Abu Dhabi and Sidney). In addition, the BBVA Group holds a stake in the CITIC Group (hereinafter, “CITIC”) that includes investments in Citic International Financial Holdings Limited (hereinafter, “CIFH”) and in China Citic Bank Corporation Limited (hereinafter, “CNCB”) (see Note 17).
Changes in the Group
On May 24, 2012 BBVA announced its decision to conduct a study on strategic alternatives for its pension business in Latin America. The alternatives considered in this process include the total or partial sale of the businesses of the Pension Fund Administrators (AFP) in Chile, Colombia and Peru, and the Retirement Fund Administrator (Afore) in Mexico.
As of December 31, 2012, the aforementioned pension businesses to be sold had total registered assets of €1,150 million and liabilities of €318 million, which have been reclassified under the headings "Non-current assets held for sale" and "Liabilities associated with non-current assets held for sale,” respectively, in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet (see Note 16.3). In accordance with IFRS-5, the earnings from these companies have been reclassified under the heading “Net gains (losses) from discontinued operations” in the accompanying consolidated income statements for the years 2012, 2011 and 2010.
As of the date of preparation of these consolidated Financial Statements, the following significant operations have been completed in relation to these businesses.
Sale of Afore Bancomer
As a result of this process, on November 27, BBVA announced that it had reached an agreement to sell to Afore XXI Banorte, S.A. de C.V. the entire stake that BBVA held directly or indirectly in the Mexican company Administradora de Fondos para el Retiro Bancomer, S.A. de C.V.
Once the corresponding authorization had been obtained from the competent authorities, the sale was closed on January 9, 2013, at which point the BBVA Group no longer had control over the company sold (see note 2.1).
The total sale price was USD 1,735 million. The capital gain net of taxes was approximately €800 million and will be recognized in the consolidated income statement for 2013.
Announcement of the sale of BBVA Horizonte
On December 24, 2012, BBVA reached an agreement with Sociedad Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones y Cesantías Porvenir, S.A., a subsidiary of Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores, S.A., for the sale of the entire stake held directly or indirectly by BBVA in the Colombian company BBVA Horizonte Sociedad Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones y Cesantías S.A.
The closing of this deal is subject to regulatory approval in Colombia.
The total sale price agreed by the parties is USD 530 million, which will be adjusted based on the company’s net earnings generated from January 1, 2013 to the transaction’s closing date. This transaction is expected to be closed during the first half of 2013 and the net capital gain will be approximately €265 million, which will be recognized in the consolidated income statement for 2013.
Changes in the Group in 2012
Acquisition of Unnim
On March 7, 2012, the Governing Board of the Fund for Orderly Bank Restructuring (FROB) awarded BBVA Unnim Banc, S.A. (hereinafter “Unnim”) as part of the process for restructuring the bank.
This was done through a share sale purchase agreement between FROB, the Credit Institution Deposit Guarantee Fund (hereinafter “FGD”) and BBVA, under which BBVA was to purchase 100% of the shares of Unnim for €1.
A Protocol of Financial Support Measures was also concluded for the restructuring of Unnim. This regulates an asset protection scheme (EPA) whereby the FGD will assume 80% of the losses that may be suffered by a portfolio of predetermined Unnim assets for the next 10 years after applying the existing provisions for these assets.
On July 27 2012, following the completion of the transaction, BBVA became the holder of 100% of the capital of Unnim.
As of December 31, 2012, Unnim had a volume of assets of €24,756 million, of which €15,932 million corresponded to "Loans and advances to customers". "Customer deposits” amounted to €11,083 million.
Given the specific characteristics of this acquisition, the amount that Unnim would have contributed to the consolidated Group had that business combination been performed at the start of 2012 is not representative.
As of December 31, 2012, according to the acquisition method, the comparison between the fair values assigned to the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed from Unnim, and the cash payment made to the FROB in consideration of the transaction generated a difference of €376 million, which is registered under the heading “Negative Goodwill in business combinations” in the accompanying consolidated income statement for the year 2012. As of the date of preparation of these consolidated financial statements, the calculation for determining the final amount of this negative consolidation difference in accordance with IFRS 3 has not yet been completed, although the Group does not expect any significant changes in the valuations of the assets and liabilities related to this acquisition (see Note 20.1).
Sale of the business in Puerto Rico
On June 28, 2012, BBVA reached an agreement to sell its business in Puerto Rico to Oriental Financial Group Inc.
This agreement included the sale of 100% of the common stock of BBVA Securities of Puerto Rico, Inc. and BBVA PR Holding Corporation, which in turn owns 100% of the common stock of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Puerto Rico and of BBVA Seguros Inc.
Once the corresponding authorization had been obtained from the competent authorities, the sale was closed on December 18, 2012, at which point the BBVA Group no longer had control over the businesses (see note 2.1).
The sale price was USD 500 million (around €385 million at the exchange rate on the date of the transaction). Gross capital losses from the sale are around €15 million (taking into account the exchange rate at the time of the transaction and the earnings of these companies up to the close of the deal). These capital losses are recognized under the heading “Gains (losses) on non-current assets held for sale not classified as discontinued transactions” in the consolidated income statement for 2012 (see Note 52).
Changes in the Group in 2011
Acquisition of a capital holding in the bank Garanti
On March 22, 2011, BBVA bought a stake of 24.89% of the capital stock of Turkiye Garanti Bankasi, AS (Garanti) from the Dogus Group. It subsequently bought an additional stake of 0.12% on the market, increasing the BBVA Group’s total stake in the common stock of Garanti to 25.01%. The total price of both acquisitions amounted to USD 5,876 million (€4,140 million, taking into account the hedging derivatives contracted to hedge the deal’s euro/dollar exchange-rate risk).
The agreements with the Dogus group include an arrangement for the joint management of Garanti and the appointment of some of the members of its Board of Directors by the BBVA Group. BBVA also has a perpetual option to purchase an additional 1% of Garanti Bank five years after the initial purchase.
As of December 31, 2012, the goodwill recorded from the Garanti acquisition amounted to €1,296 million (see Note 20.1).
The 25.01% stake in Garanti is accounted for in the BBVA Group under the proportionate consolidation method, due to the aforementioned joint management agreements. As of December 31, 2012, Garanti’s contribution to the BBVA Group, after the corresponding standardization and consolidation adjustments, amounts to €20,730 million in assets, €16,741 million in liabilities and €314 million in net attributable profit.