Company: BPOPM
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010189
Chunk: 92

Company: POPULAR, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 92
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 Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The Audit Committee has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Popular for 2025. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP has served as the independent registered public accounting firm of BPPR since 1971 and of Popular since 1991. The following table summarizes the fees billed to Popular by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:

|                       |     | December 31, 2024 |     | December 31, 2023 |
|:----------------------|:----|------------------:|:----|------------------:|
| Audit Fees            |     |       $10,766,822 |     |       $10,157,932 |
| Audit-Related Fees(a) |     |         1,470,466 |     |         1,230,268 |
| Tax Fees(b)           |     |           256,787 |     |           864,287 |
| All Other Fees(c)     |     |           267,644 |     |             6,650 |
| Total                 |     |       $12,761,719 |     |       $12,259,137 |

| (a) | Includes fees for assurance services such as audits of pension plans, compliance-related audits, accounting consultations and Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements No. 18 reports. |

| (b) | Includes fees associated with tax return compliance and tax consulting services. |

| (c) | Includes fees for non-audit services related to accounting system pre-implementation assurance and software licensing. |

The Audit Committee has established controls and procedures that require the pre-approval of all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. The Audit Committee may delegate to one or more of its members the authority to pre-approve any audit or permissible non-audit services. Under the pre-approval controls and procedures, audit services for Popular are negotiated annually. If any additional audit services are required by Popular, a proposed engagement letter is obtained from the auditors and evaluated by the Audit Committee or the member(s) of the Audit Committee with authority to pre-approve auditor services. Any decisions to pre-approve such audit and non-audit services and fees are to be reported to the full Audit Committee at its next regular meeting. The Audit Committee has considered that the provision of the services covered by this