Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001193125-25-027348
Chunk: 54

Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 6-K
Chunk 54
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 External 0% Executive 23 Meetings TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY 5 Members Executive Chair 60% Independent 20% Other External 20% Executive 7 Meetings 6.2. Rules of organization and functioning of the Committees All Board Committees have their own set of regulations, which set out the principles steering the actions of each Committee and establish the basic rules governing their organization and functioning. The main rules governing the organization and functioning of the BBVA Board Committees are outlined below. The Committees meet whenever they are convened by their Chair, who also sets the agenda for their meetings and chairs them. In the absence of the Committee Chair, the meeting will be chaired by the most senior independent director on the Committee and, if two or more members have the same tenure, then by the oldest, except in the case of the Technology and Cybersecurity Committee, which is chaired by the director with the longest tenure on the Committee, and the Executive Committee, which is governed in this respect by the provisions of the Bylaws.3 The Committee Chairs shall further ensure that all members participate freely in the deliberations and shall encourage constructive dialogue among them, thus promoting the free expression of their opinions. The Secretary of the Committees shall be the Secretary of the Board of Directors or, upon designation by the latter, the Vice-Secretary of the Board of Directors. The executives responsible for the areas that manage matters within the remit of the Committees may be called to attend Committee meetings. In addition, persons within the Group who have knowledge of or responsibility for the matters on the agenda may also be asked to attend, when their presence at the meeting is deemed appropriate. However, it shall be ensured that the presence at Committee meetings of persons from outside the Committee, such as Bank officers and employees, is limited to those cases in which their presence is necessary and only in respect of those agenda items for which they have been called. Each Committee shall be deemed to be validly constituted when more than half of its members are present or represented at the meeting. Committee members shall attend meetings in person, or, when they are unable to do so, shall grant a proxy to a Committee member, giving appropriate instructions and 3 The Executive Committee shall be chaired by the Chair, who will be an ex officio member thereof, and, in his absence, by the Deputy Chair or Chairs of the Board of Directors, who also sit on the Executive Committee, following the order set out in Article 38 of the Bylaws. In the absence of any such individuals, the Executive