Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. to Acquire Compass Bancshares.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-19 February 2007-Early Watch: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. to Acquire Compass Bancshares(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:16022007 Compass Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBSS) is a $34.2 billion Southwestern financial holding company which operates 415 full-service banking offices including 162 in Texas, 89 in Alabama, 74 in Arizona, 44 in Florida, 33 in Colorado and 10 in New Mexico.

Compass is among the top 30 U.S. bank holding companies by asset size and ranks among the top earners of its size based on return on equity. Shares of Compass' common stock are traded through the NASDAQ Global Select MarketSM exchange under the symbol CBSS. Additional information about Compass, a member of the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Select Dividend...