Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0000842180-25-000010
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
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 following situations:
a.They have been employees or have been executive directors of Group companies in the last three or five years, respectively.
b.They receive from the Bank, or from Group companies, any amount or benefit for any item other than director’s remuneration, except for those which are not significant for such director. For the purposes of this item, neither dividends nor pension allowances received by directors relating to their previous professional or employment relations will be taken into account, provided that said allowances are unconditional in nature and, therefore, the company that provides said allowances may not suspend, modify or revoke their accrual at its discretion without breaching its obligations. 
c.They are, or have been in the past three years, a partner of an external auditor or have been responsible during this time for the auditor’s report of the Company or any other company within its Group. 
d.They are executive directors or senior managers of another company for which an executive director or senior manager of the Company is an external director.
e.They have, or have had over the last year, a significant business relationship with the Bank or any company within its Group, whether in their own name or as a significant shareholder, director or senior manager of a company that has, or has had, such a relationship. Business relationships include supplying goods or services, including financial services, as well as acting as an adviser or consultant. 
f.They are significant shareholders, executive directors or senior managers of a company that receives, or has received in the past three years, donations from the Company or from its Group. Those who are simply trustees of a foundation receiving donations will not be considered included in this item. 
g. They are spouses, partners in a similar relationship of affection or relatives up to the second degree of an executive director or senior manager of the Company. 
h.They have not been proposed for appointment or renewal by the Appointments and Corporate Governance Committee.
i.They have been directors for a continuous period of more than twelve years.
j.In relation to a significant shareholder or shareholder represented on the Board of Directors, any of the circumstances referred to in items (a), (e), (f) or (g) above shall apply. In the event of the kinship relations referred to in item (g), the limitation will apply not only to the shareholder, but also to any proprietary directors of the company in which shares are held.
The directors with a shareholding in the Company may be considered independent provided that they do not meet the conditions above and, in addition, that their shareholding