Company: BBVXF
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001193125-25-027348
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Company: BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA, S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-02-14
Form: 6-K
Chunk 42
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 on the needs of the Bank at all times. In particular, they will strive to ensure that the Board of Directors has a balanced presence of women and men. In particular, in selection processes, as part of the progressive refreshment process of the corporate bodies, the Appointments and Corporate Governance Committee shall ensure that they promote gender diversity and that, in general, they are free from implicit biases that may lead to discrimination. Furthermore, the Committee will ensure that these selection processes facilitate the selection of a sufficient number of female directors so as to guarantee a balanced representation of women and men, endeavoring to ensure that women who match the relevant professional profile are included among potential candidates. To this end, the Appointments and Corporate Governance Committee has set a target for representation of the lesser-represented gender, namely that female directors should represent at least 40% of the Board of Directors. Meanwhile, the aim is for the composition of the Board of Directors to feature an appropriate balance between the different types of director, for non-executivedirectors to represent an ample majority over executive directors and for the number of independent directors to account for at least 50% of the total number of directors. Under the Policy, the corporate bodies will also be assessed to ensure that they have a mix of individuals who have experience and knowledge of the Group, its businesses and the financial sector in general, as well as others who have training, skills, knowledge and experience in other areas and sectors relevant to the Bank. This English version is a translation of the original in Spanish for information purposes only. In case of discrepancy the original in Spanish shall prevail.

Annual Corporate Governance Report of BBVA .45.. In addition, BBVA’s corporate bodies may take into consideration any other aspect relating to diversity that may be appropriate from time to time, in order to adapt the composition of the corporate bodies to the Bank’s needs, thus ensuring a suitable balance to be achieved in order to ensure the proper exercise of their functions and their efficient functioning. In view of the foregoing, the Appointments and Corporate Governance Committee carried out a selection process for directors during 2023, as a result of which the re-electionof Belén Garijo López and Ana Peralta Moreno, and the appointment of Cristina de Parias Halcón, as directors of the Bank, among others, were submitted to consideration by the 2024 Annual General Meeting. This has effectively increased the presence of women on the Board of Directors to 46.67%, exceeding the representation target envisioned in the Selection Policy,