Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form Type: F-4/A
Source: 0001193125-25-196513
Chunk: 794

Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-09-05
Form: F-4/A
Chunk 794
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| – | Cash flow macro-hedges of interest rate risk, the purpose of which is to reduce the volatility of the net interest 
 margin due to changes in interest rates over one-year time horizon.                                                |

| – | Fair value macro-hedges of interest rate risk, the purpose of which is to maintain the economic value of the hedged 
 items, consisting of fixed-rate assets and liabilities.                                                             |

For each type of macro-hedge, there is a framework document that includes the hedging strategy, defining it in terms of management and accounting and establishing its governance. In Banco Sabadell, as part of the continuous improvement process, structural interest rate risk management and monitoring activities are implemented and regularly updated, aligning the Institution with best market practices and current regulations. In particular, throughout 2022 work has continued on the review and continuous improvement of the systems and behavioural models in accordance with the guidelines established by the EBA. Among other things, it is worth noting the calibration of the main behavioural modelling assumptions for demand deposits based on the different interest rate scenarios and their ongoing monitoring to ensure the suitability of those assumptions. Further progress has also been made with the definition, from a Group perspective, of the methodological and modelling criteria and principles relating to customers’ behavioural options to enable greater standardisation and coordination with the different BSMUs, and stress testing procedures have also been reinforced. A-651

In 2022, the Bank’s loan book shifted towards a higher proportion of fixed-rate transactions
(mainly mortgages and business loans), while on the liabilities side demand deposit balances increased. In addition, other balance sheet variations in 2022 included: the increase of the fixed-income portfolio on the asset side and the early TLTRO
III repayment of 10 billion euros, with the total outstanding amount now standing at 22 billion euros. The repayment conditions were changed in November 2022. This all translated into a smaller net balance of interest-rate sensitive items.

With regard to interest rates, in 2022 benchmark rates have increased sharply in all currencies, in particular in the euro, where they have gone
from negative to positive, with the 12-month Euribor, for example, standing above 3% as at the end of 2022. The marginal deposit rate of the European Central Bank (ECB) ended the year at 2% (+250 basis points
over the year), while the base rate of the Bank of England (BoE) ended at 3.50% (+325 basis points