MREL requirement

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BBVA has received a new communication from the Bank of Spain regarding its Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities (MREL), set by the Single Resolution Board. Effective immediately, BBVA must maintain own funds and eligible liabilities at 23.94% of its total risk-weighted assets (RWAs), with 13.50% of RWAs requiring subordinated instruments. Additionally, the MREL in terms of total exposure for leverage ratio calculation is set at 8.96%, with a subordination requirement of 5.56%. These requirements, calculated as of December 31, 2024, do not include the combined capital buffer of 3.72% of RWAs, and BBVA's current financial structure complies with all stipulated MREL and subordination requirements.

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Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

14 April 2026

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. ("BBVA"), in accordance with the Securities Market legislation, hereby communicates the following:

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As of today, BBVA has received a new communication from the Bank of Spain regarding the determination of its Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities ("MREL"), set by the Single Resolution Board ("SRB"), which is applicable from the date of its receipt and which has been calculated taking into account the financial and supervisory information as of December 31, 2024. This new communication repeals and supersedes the previous communication, which content was communicated to the market through an Other Relevant Information notice published on June 12, 2025 (with registration number 35268).

In accordance with the communication received, BBVA must keep a volume of own funds and eligible liabilities representing at least a 23.94% of the total risk-weighted assets ("RWAs") of its resolution group, on a sub consolidated^{^[1]} level (the "MREL in RWAs"), of which 13.50% of the total RWAs of its resolution group should be met with subordinated instruments (the "subordination requirement in RWAs").

Additionally, BBVA must keep a volume of own funds and eligible liabilities in terms of total exposure of its resolution group considered for the purposes of calculating the leverage ratio of the 8.96% (the "MREL in LR"), of which 5.56% in terms of total exposure of its resolution group considered for the purposes of calculating the leverage ratio should be fulfilled with subordinated instruments (the "subordination requirement in LR").

The MREL in RWAs and the subordination requirement in RWAs do not include the combined capital buffer requirement applicable which, in accordance with current regulations and supervisory criteria, would stand at 3.72% of the total RWAs of its resolution group.

The current structure of own funds and eligible liabilities of the resolution group complies with the MREL in RWAs, with the MREL in LR, with the subordination requirement in RWAs and with the subordination requirement in LR.

Madrid, April 14, 2026

^{^[1]} In accordance with the MPE resolution strategy ("Multiple Point of Entry") of BBVA Group, as established by the SRB, the resolution group consists of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. and subsidiaries belonging to the same European resolution group. As of December 31, 2024, the RWAs of the resolution group amounted to 228,796 million euros and the total exposure considered for calculating the leverage ratio amounted to 527,804 million euros.

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