Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001193125-25-027348
Chunk: 194

Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 6-K
Chunk 194
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 in the preceding recommendations, including that: a) Committees should be comprised exclusively of non-executivedirectors, with a majority of independent directors. b) They should be chaired by independent directors. c) The board of directors should appoint the members of such committees with regard to the knowledge, skills and experience of the directors on and remits of each committee; deliberate regarding their proposals and reports; and provide reports on their activities and work at the first board plenary following each committee meeting. d) They may engage external advisory services when they deem this to be necessary for the discharge of their functions. e) Minutes should be taken at all meetings and made available to all Directors. Compliant [ ] Partially compliant [ X ] Explain [ ] Not applicable [ ] Partial compliance indicated in connection with this recommendation given that the Technology and Cybersecurity Committee, which is a consultative Committee, established on a voluntary basis by the Bank and without executive functions, is made up of four non-executivemembers and chaired by an executive director. The remit of this Committee, which does not meet the attributes of a supervision and control committee, given its technical and support nature, as per its regulations, includes reporting, supervision, advice and proposal-making, with the purpose of aiding the Board of Directors in the best performance of its duties. In 2024, the Technology and Cybersecurity Committee performed the specific duties of assisting the Board in the monitoring of technology and cybersecurity risks assigned to it in its regulations, additionally and supplementing the monitoring of all BBVA Group financial and non-financialrisks developed by the Risk and Compliance Committee, in support of the Board, which is justified by the particular and technical nature of technology and cybersecurity related matters. 53. Monitoring of compliance with the policies and regulations of the company in environmental, social and corporate governance matters, as well as with internal codes of conduct, should be assigned to one committee or entrusted to several committees of the board of Directors, which may be the audit committee, the appointments committee, a specialised sustainability or corporate social responsibility committee or another specialised committee that the board of Directors, in furtherance of its powers of self-organisation, may have chosen to create. And such a committee should be composed only of non-executiveDirectors, the majority being independent and specifically assigned the minimum duties set out in the following recommendation. Compliant [ X ] Partially compliant [ ] Explain [ ] To complement Recommendation 53, the oversight of the Bank’s compliance with policies and rules in the area of environmental