Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form Type: DRS
Source: 0000950123-25-007520
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-08-12
Form: DRS
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 appraisers used are appraisal companies that have been entered in the Bank of Spain Special Register of Appraisal Firms, and the appraisals are carried out in accordance with the criteria established in Order ECO/805/2003 on rules for the appraisal of real estate and particular rights for specific financial purposes. Real estate guarantees for loan transactions are valued on the date they are granted, while real estate assets are valued on the date on which they are recognised, whether as a result of a purchase, foreclosure or a payment in kind, and also whenever there is a significant reduction in value. In addition, minimum updating criteria are applied, which ensure that updates take place at least once a year in the case of impaired assets (assets classified as stages 2 or 3 and real estate assets foreclosed or received in lieu of debt), or at least once every three years for large debts classified as stage 1 with no signs of latent credit risk. Similarly, statistical methodologies may be used to update appraisals but only for properties that have a certain level of homogeneity among them, in other words, those with low exposure and low risk whose characteristics are likely to be shared by other properties and which are located in an active market with frequent transactions, although a full appraisal is carried out in accordance with the aforesaid ECO Order (an “ECO appraisal”) at least once every three years. For assets located in other EU countries, the appraisal is carried out in accordance with that set forth in Royal Decree 716/2009 of 24 April, and in the rest of the world, by companies and/or experts with recognised expertise in the country. Real estate assets located in a foreign country will be appraised using the method approved by the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), through prudent and independent appraisals carried out by authorised experts in the country where the property is located or, where appropriate, by appraisal firms or services accredited in Spain, and in accordance with the appraisal rules applicable in that country insofar as these are compatible with generally accepted appraisal practices. The Group has developed internal methodologies to estimate credit loss allowances. These methodologies use the appraisal value as a starting point to determine the amount that can be recovered with the enforcement of real estate guarantees. This appraisal value is adjusted to account for the time required to enforce such guarantees, price trends and the Group’s ability and experience in realising the value of properties with similar prices and time lines, as well as the costs of enforcement, maintenance and sale. The