#Spain #investment - Spanish Banks Takeover: Sabadell CEO Says BBVA Can't Cross 50% Threshold: Bloomberg

3 October 2025

Banco Sabadell Chief Executive Officer Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno discusses the lender's rejection of a takeover bid from rival BBVA. The €17 billion ($20 billion) tender offer will end on Oct. 10 and BBVA has been pulling out all the stops to sway investors. 

BBVA is seeking to obtain at least 50% of Sabadell, a threshold which Gonzalez-Bueno says is "unattainable." He talks with Bloomberg's Kriti Gupta. 00:00 BBVA bid: "impossible to get to the 50% acceptance in the first offer"