In accordance with the provisions of Article 540 of the Spanish Corporate Act, the BBVA Group prepared the Annual Corporate Governance Report for 2014 (which is an integral part of the Management Report for that year) following the content guidelines set down in Order ECC/461/2013, dated March 20, and in CNMV Circular 5/2013, dated June 12, including a section detailing the degree to which the Bank is compliant with existing corporate governance recommendations in Spain. In addition, all the information required by Article 539 of the Spanish Corporations Act can be accessed on BBVA’s website www.bbva.com
