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Spain's BBVA expects the acceptance period for its takeover bid for smaller rival Sabadell to start in early September, rather than at the end of July as initially planned, a spokesperson for BBVA said on Monday.

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The European Commission officially challenged the Spanish government on Thursday over its attempts to hinder Spanish bank BBVA's hostile bid for smaller rival Sabadell.

BBVA is reportedly continuing its effort to take over Banco Sabadell, even after Sabadell decided this week to sell its U.K. unit, TSB. Having determined that the move does not affect its own deal, BBVA could make a tender offer to Sabadell's shareholders within weeks, Bloomberg reported Friday (July 4).

The potential sale of Sabadell's British unit TSB to Santander could further complicate BBVA's hostile takeover bid for the lender, Sabadell CEO Cesar Gonzalez-Bueno told analysts on Wednesday.

Spain's BBVA said on Monday it would move ahead with its hostile takeover bid for smaller rival Sabadell despite the government effectively blocking it from fully merging with its smaller rival for at least three years.

The Spanish banking behemoth BBVA is considering its €14 billion hostile takeover of smaller rival Sabadell, following the Spanish government's imposition of a five-year moratorium on combining the two banks' operations, which casts doubt on the viability of projected cost savings.

Spain's BBVA is considering whether to go ahead with its bid for Sabadell after conditions imposed by the Spanish government on the deal and will reassess the impact on its estimated cost savings, the bank's country manager for Spain said on Wednesday.