Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA placed €1 billion in 10-year Tier 2 subordinated debt in an issue that was more than 4x oversubscribed.

The Spanish lender priced the issuance at 127 basis points over midswaps, 28 basis points lower than the initial interest rate, and said demand had reached €4.2 billion.

The offering was underwritten by BBVA, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, HSBC and ING.