Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001193125-25-210249
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-09-22
Form: 6-K
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 7. 6This communiqué is for information purposes only. It does not represent tax advising, nor is a substitute of a personal advice by a professional. Tax implications may vary depending on each individual situation. 7Impacts in a take-upscenario of 100 percent.

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Strategic rationale and commitment to all stakeholders The transaction aims to build a stronger bank and one with greater scale to address the structural challenges now facing the financial industry. The strategic rationale of the transaction has strengthened in recent months: in a context where Europe is set to increase spending and investment, the need for larger banks in the region has intensified. In addition, scale is becoming increasingly important in the financial sector to address the fixed costs especially associated with growing investments in technology (digitization, cybersecurity, data and AI, among others). A greater scale makes it possible to spread these costs across a broader customer base, achieving greater efficiency. The combination with Banco Sabadell is a growth project that will increase the capacity to finance businesses and households by an additional €5.4 billion per year, following the merger. Moreover, BBVA has taken on unprecedented remedies with the CNMC , which reflect a firm support to SMEs and the self-employed, who will benefit from guarantees to maintain future credit volumes that would not exist without this transaction. “Banco Sabadell shareholders who accept the offer will be part of a bank with a much higher potential of growth and value creation, with an ability to achieve 41 percent higher earnings per share than they would obtain otherwise. We invite them to join us in building a project

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that will bring significant benefits to customers, employees and shareholders of both entities and to society as a whole,” BBVA CEO Onur Genç said. CONTACT DETAILS: BBVA Corporate Communications Tel. +34 699 337 924 comunicacion.corporativa@bbva.com For additional financial information about BBVA visit: https://accionistaseinversores.bbva.com/ For more BBVA news visit: https://www.bbva.com

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About BBVA BBVA is a global financial services group founded in 1857. The bank is present in more than 25 countries, has a strong leadership position in the Spanish market, is the largest financial institution in Mexico and it has leading franchises in South America and Turkey. In the United States, BB