Company: BPOPM
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010189
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Company: POPULAR, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 94
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 As set forth in the Audit Committee Charter, the management of Popular is responsible for the preparation, presentation and integrity of Popular’s financial statements. Furthermore, management is responsible for maintaining appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies, and internal controls and procedures that provide for compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is responsible for auditing Popular’s financial statements, expressing an opinion as to their conformity with GAAP, and annually auditing the effectiveness of the Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting. The members of the Audit Committee are not engaged professionally in the practice of auditing or accounting and are not employees of Popular. Popular’s management is responsible for its accounting, financial management and internal controls. As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Audit Committee or its members to conduct “field work” or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or procedures to set auditor independence standards. Based on the Audit Committee’s consideration of the audited financial statements and the discussions referred to above with management and the independent registered public accounting firm, and subject to the limitations on the role and responsibilities of the Audit Committee set forth in the Charter and those discussed above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that Popular’s audited financial statements be included in Popular’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for filing with the SEC. Respectfully submitted, The Audit Committee José R. Rodríguez, Chair Alejandro M. Ballester John W. Diercksen C. Kim Goodwin Alejandro M. Sánchez Carlos A. Unanue AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT | 87 TABLE OF CONTENTS VII General Information About the Meeting

TABLE OF CONTENTS

About the Meeting

| WHY AM I RECEIVING THESE MATERIALS? |

You are invited to attend Popular, Inc.’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and vote on the proposals described in this Proxy Statement because you were a Popular shareholder on March 11, 2025 (the “Record Date”). Popular is soliciting proxies for use at the annual meeting, including any postponements or adjournments. Even if you plan on attending the annual meeting, we encourage you to vote your shares in advance using one of the methods described in this Proxy Statement to ensure that your vote will be represented at the annual meeting.

| WHAT INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT? |

The information in this Proxy Statement relates to the matters to be acted upon at the meeting, the voting process, the Board of Directors