Significant Event

As a follow up to the significant event 178,072, published on 29 November
2012, CaixaBank, S.A. ("CaixaBank") hereby informs that, in order to carry out the mandatory conversion and exchange of the totality of the Subordinated Mandatorily Convertible and/or Exchangeable Bonds Series A/2012 issued in May 2012 by Banca Cívica, S.A. (currently, CaixaBank) (the "Bonds"), CaixaBank:
(i) has issued 86,944,944 new ordinary shares of CaixaBank by means of the partial execution of the share capital increase approved by its Extraordinary general Shareholders' Meeting held on 26 June 2012, for an aggregate issue price of 230,751,881.376 euros;
(ii) will transfer 17,800,000 treasury shares with an aggregate exchange price of 47,241,200 euros; and
(iii) will pay an aggregate amount of 14,223.41 euros in cash in consideration for the fractions of share that have been rounded off pursuant to the terms of the issue of the Bonds.
As a result of the mandatory conversion and exchange of the totality of the Bonds and of the share capital increase, the share capital of CaixaBank amounts to 4,489,748,634 euros, divided into 4,489,748,634 shares with a face value of one euro, and the totality of the Bonds will be redeemed.
The public deed of the mandatory conversion and exchange of the Bonds and the share capital increase has been registered today with the Commercial Registry of Barcelona.
The admission to trading of the new shares in the four Spanish Stock Exchanges and in the Automated Quotation System (Sistema de Interconexión Bursátil) or Mercado Continuo will be requested.
The new shares are ordinary shares, of the same class and series as the currently outstanding shares, with a face value of one euro per share. Holders

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of the new shares have the same rights as holders of the shares currently outstanding from the moment the share capital increase is executed.

Barcelona, 7 January 2013

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