Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001193125-25-027348
Chunk: 188

Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 6-K
Chunk 188
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 such concerns are not resolved at the meeting, they should be recorded in the minutes if the person expressing them so requests. Compliant [ X ] Partially compliant [ ] Explain [ ] Not applicable [ ] 29. The company should establish suitable channels for Directors to obtain the advice they need to carry out their duties, extending if necessary to external advisory services at the company’s expense. Compliant [ X ] Partially compliant [ ] Explain [ ] 30. Regardless of the knowledge Directors must possess to carry out their duties, companies should also offer Directors refresher courses when circumstances so advise. Compliant [ X ] Explain [ ] Not applicable [ ] 37 / 49

ANNUAL CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT OF LISTED COMPANIES 31. The agendas of board meetings should clearly indicate on which points the board of Directors must arrive at a decision, so that Directors can study or gather together the information they need beforehand. For reasons of urgency, the chairman may wish to present decisions or resolutions for board approval that were not on the meeting agenda. In such exceptional circumstances, the inclusion thereof will require the express prior consent of a majority of the Directors present, which shall be duly recorded in the minutes. Compliant [ X ] Partially compliant [ ] Explain [ ] 32. Directors should be regularly informed of changes in share ownership and of the views of significant shareholders, investors and rating agencies on the company and its group. Compliant [ X ] Partially compliant [ ] Explain [ ] 33. The chairman, as the person charged with the efficient functioning of the board of Directors, in addition to performing the duties attributed thereto by law and the company’s bylaws, should prepare and submit to the board a schedule of meeting dates and agendas; organise and coordinate regular evaluations of the board and, where appropriate, the company’s chief executive; exercise leadership of the board and be accountable for its proper functioning; ensure that sufficient time is given to the discussion of strategic issues; and approve and review refresher courses for each Director, when circumstances so advise. Compliant [ X ] Partially compliant [ ] Explain [ ] 34. When there is a lead Director, the bylaws or the regulations of the board of Directors, in addition to the powers that correspond to him/her by law, shall grant him/her the following: chairing the board of Directors in the absence of the chairman and vice-chairmen, if any; reflecting the concerns of the non-executiveDirectors; maintaining contacts with investors and shareholders to ascertain