Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001193125-25-027348
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 6-K
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2023 in Item 15 (controls and procedures). The full Form 20-FAnnual Report is available on the corporate website of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., www.bbva.com, under “Shareholders and Investors”, “Financial Reports”, financial year 2023, within the “Financial Information” section (F7.1) The Form 20-FAnnual Report for financial year 2024 will also include, under Item 15 (controls and procedures), the external auditor’s opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting at year end 2024 and will be made available on the BBVA corporate website (www.bbva.com), under the section “Shareholders and Investors”, subsection “Financial Reports”, all for financial year 2024. All control weaknesses detected by the Internal Control, Internal Audit and External Audit areas have an action plan for their resolution and are reported to the Internal Control Committees of each area, to the Corporate Assurance Committees (local or global, depending on the severity of the weaknesses) and also to the Audit Committee. This English version is a translation of the original in Spanish for information purposes only. In case of discrepancy the original in Spanish shall prevail.

Annual Corporate Governance Report of BBVA .128.. 14.6. Additional control mechanisms (F.1.2) In addition to the bodies responsible for ICFR described in Section 14.1 above, BBVA relies on the following mechanisms: Training programs The Finance area has a specific programme of courses and seminars, run in both physical and virtual campus, which complement the general training of all employees of the BBVA Group, based on their roles and responsibilities. Specific training and periodic refresher courses are given on accounting and tax regulations, internal control and risk management, particularly for teams in the areas involved in preparing and reviewing the financial and tax-relatedinformation and in evaluating the internal control system, to help them perform their functions correctly. These courses are taught by professionals in the field and by renowned external providers. In addition, the BBVA Group has a personal development plan for all employees, which establishes a personalized training program to address the areas of knowledge required to perform the functions assigned to them. Code of Conduct BBVA has a Code of Conduct, approved by the Board of Directors, which sets out the behavior guidelines that BBVA members must follow in their professional activity. In February 2022, the Board of Directors approved an update of BBVA’s Code of Conduct to align it with new