Annual Corporate Governance Report

In accordance with the provisions established by Article 540 of the Spanish Corporate Act, the BBVA Group prepared the Annual Corporate Governance Report for 2018 (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 Circular 5/2013, dated June 12, of Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), in the wording provided by Circular 2/2018, dated June 12, of CNMV. It is also included 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 Corporate Act can be accessed on BBVA’s website www.bbva.com.