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Banks www.fitchratings.com 19 December 2017 Germany ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA Full Rating Report Key Rating Drivers Shareholder Support Drives Ratings: Fitch Ratings’ view of the support ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA (PCH) can receive from its core international financial institution (IFI) shareholders drives its Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs). This view is based on their long-term and strategic commitment, as highlighted by their role within PCHs structure, and record of debt and capital support. Exposure to Emerging Markets: PCHs Viability Rating (VR) reflects the groups exposure to difficult emerging-market environments, relatively narrow franchises of the subsidiary banks in their respective jurisdictions (with some exceptions) and the inherent credit risks in PCH’s business model based on lending to SMEs. Capitalisation Improved: The group’s capitalisation has improved significantly following the equity injection completed in late 2016. The Fitch Core Capital (FCC) ratio increased to 14.2% at end-September 2017 from 10.95% at end-2015, although it remains moderate relative to the risks the group faces given its exposure to weaker operating environments. Good Asset Quality Maintained: Conservative underwriting and risk management support the group’s good asset-quality metrics, with subsidiary banks largely outperforming their domestic market. Consolidated impaired loans made up 5.4% of gross loans at end-September 2017. The total provisions coverage of impaired loans was adequate at 67% at end-September 2017, as portfolios are largely collateralised. Resilient Performance as Strategy Shifts: Revenue pressure from a tightening net interest margin reflecting both the exit from higher-margin micro lending and low interest rates has been gradually offset by efficiency gains. Profit in 2016 was supported by low impairment charges of about 50bp of average gross loans, with this trend maintained in the first nine months of 2017. Solid Corporate Governance and Management: PCH Group’s VR also reflects strong corporate governance and risk management across the group, underpinned by supervision from BaFin, the German banking regulator, and by a solid and experienced management team. Liquidity Is Well Managed: Liquidity is well managed across the group and the holding company has adequate reserves to support the group in stress scenarios. The group is funded through customer deposits (76% of total funding at end-September 2017) and long-term IFI funding, largely earmarked for development lending to SMEs. Rating Sensitivities Support Considerations: A change in Fitchs view of the support available to PCH could be negative for its IDRs. However, the Stable Outlook reflects Fitchs view that the propensity and ability of PCHs owners to provide support are unlikely to change in the medium term. Operating Environment, Asset Quality: Upside for PCHs VR could result from an improvement in the operating environments where the group has a presence. A marked deterioration in asset quality and capitalisation would be negative for the VR. Ratings Long-Term IDR BBB Short-Term IDR F2 Viability Rating bb- Support Rating 2 Sovereign Risk Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR AAA Short-Term Foreign-Currency IDR F1+ Long-Term Local-Currency IDR AAA Short-Term Local-Currency IDR F1+ Country Ceiling AAA Outlooks Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR Stable Sovereign Long-Term Foreign- Currency IDR Stable Sovereign Long-Term Local- Currency IDR Stable Financial Data ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA 30 Sep 17 31 Dec 16 Total assets (USDm) 6,497.8 5,377.0 Total assets (EURm) 5,503.8 5,667.8 Total equity (EURm) 657.4 654.3 Operating profit (EURm) 47.0 61.1 Net income (EURm) 35.8 61.0 Impaired loans ratio (%) 5.4 6.3 Operating profit/RWA (%) 1.4 1.3 Operating ROAE (%) 9.5 9.9 Fitch Core Capital ratio (%) 14.2 13.7 Tier 1 ratio (%) 13.3 12.5 Gross loans/customer deposits (%) 110.2 104.4 Related Research ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA - Ratings Navigator (June 2017) Fitch Affirms IDRs of ProCredit Holding and 6 Subsidiary Banks, Takes Various Actions on VRs (May 2017) Analysts Artur Szeski +48 22 338 6292 [email protected] Jakub Kopiec, CFA +48 22 330 6702 [email protected]
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Page 1: Banks - ProCredit Holding · Banks ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA December 2017 2 Support Driven by IFI Core Shareholders’ Commitment PCH Group’s ratings are driven by Fitch’s

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www.fitchratings.com 19 December 2017

Germany

ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA Full Rating Report

Key Rating Drivers

Shareholder Support Drives Ratings: Fitch Ratings’ view of the support ProCredit Holding

AG & Co. KGaA (PCH) can receive from its core international financial institution (IFI)

shareholders drives its Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs). This view is based on their long-term and

strategic commitment, as highlighted by their role within PCH’s structure, and record of debt

and capital support.

Exposure to Emerging Markets: PCH’s Viability Rating (VR) reflects the group’s exposure to

difficult emerging-market environments, relatively narrow franchises of the subsidiary banks in

their respective jurisdictions (with some exceptions) and the inherent credit risks in PCH’s

business model based on lending to SMEs.

Capitalisation Improved: The group’s capitalisation has improved significantly following the

equity injection completed in late 2016. The Fitch Core Capital (FCC) ratio increased to 14.2%

at end-September 2017 from 10.95% at end-2015, although it remains moderate relative to the

risks the group faces given its exposure to weaker operating environments.

Good Asset Quality Maintained: Conservative underwriting and risk management support the

group’s good asset-quality metrics, with subsidiary banks largely outperforming their domestic

market. Consolidated impaired loans made up 5.4% of gross loans at end-September 2017.

The total provisions coverage of impaired loans was adequate at 67% at end-September 2017,

as portfolios are largely collateralised.

Resilient Performance as Strategy Shifts: Revenue pressure from a tightening net interest

margin – reflecting both the exit from higher-margin micro lending and low interest rates – has

been gradually offset by efficiency gains. Profit in 2016 was supported by low impairment

charges of about 50bp of average gross loans, with this trend maintained in the first nine

months of 2017.

Solid Corporate Governance and Management: PCH Group’s VR also reflects strong

corporate governance and risk management across the group, underpinned by supervision

from BaFin, the German banking regulator, and by a solid and experienced management team.

Liquidity Is Well Managed: Liquidity is well managed across the group and the holding

company has adequate reserves to support the group in stress scenarios. The group is funded

through customer deposits (76% of total funding at end-September 2017) and long-term IFI

funding, largely earmarked for development lending to SMEs.

Rating Sensitivities

Support Considerations: A change in Fitch’s view of the support available to PCH could be

negative for its IDRs. However, the Stable Outlook reflects Fitch’s view that the propensity and

ability of PCH’s owners to provide support are unlikely to change in the medium term.

Operating Environment, Asset Quality: Upside for PCH’s VR could result from an

improvement in the operating environments where the group has a presence. A marked

deterioration in asset quality and capitalisation would be negative for the VR.

Ratings

Long-Term IDR BBB

Short-Term IDR F2 Viability Rating bb- Support Rating 2

Sovereign Risk Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR AAA Short-Term Foreign-Currency IDR F1+ Long-Term Local-Currency IDR AAA Short-Term Local-Currency IDR F1+ Country Ceiling AAA

Outlooks

Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR Stable Sovereign Long-Term Foreign-Currency IDR

Stable

Sovereign Long-Term Local-Currency IDR

Stable

Financial Data

ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA

30 Sep 17

31 Dec 16

Total assets (USDm) 6,497.8 5,377.0 Total assets (EURm) 5,503.8 5,667.8 Total equity (EURm) 657.4 654.3 Operating profit (EURm) 47.0 61.1 Net income (EURm) 35.8 61.0 Impaired loans ratio (%) 5.4 6.3 Operating profit/RWA (%) 1.4 1.3 Operating ROAE (%) 9.5 9.9 Fitch Core Capital ratio (%)

14.2 13.7

Tier 1 ratio (%) 13.3 12.5 Gross loans/customer deposits (%)

110.2 104.4

Related Research

ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA - Ratings Navigator (June 2017)

Fitch Affirms IDRs of ProCredit Holding and 6 Subsidiary Banks, Takes Various Actions on VRs (May 2017)

Analysts

Artur Szeski +48 22 338 6292 [email protected] Jakub Kopiec, CFA +48 22 330 6702 [email protected]

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Support Driven by IFI Core Shareholders’ Commitment

PCH Group’s ratings are driven by Fitch’s view of the potential support from core IFI

shareholders, KfW, IFC and Doen, which had a combined stake of 39.3% (based on latest

voting right notification). The core IFI shareholders, as well as Zeitinger Invest and ProCredit

Staff Invest, the other core shareholders, have strategic control over the group through their

status as general partners within the KGaA structure.

The support considerations include the long-term strategic commitment of the core

shareholders, as highlighted by their role within the PCH structure, the alignment of their own

missions of development finance with that of PCH, and a record of debt and capital support to

PCH and its subsidiary banks. In October 2016, the core shareholders renewed their

commitment to maintain a combined stake of at least 20% for a period of three years.

Operating Environment Constrains Groups Standalone Profile

Fitch’s view of PCH Group’s operating environment reflects its exposure to low-rated markets.

PCH is located in Germany (AAA/Stable), but the group’s exposure to its home market remains

small. The subsidiary banks operate largely in developing countries, mostly rated ‘BB’ or below,

with a strong focus on south-eastern Europe (SEE). Weak stability, limited transparency and

susceptibility to event risk of these economies constrain the subsidiary banks’ VRs. In many

cases, the IDRs are capped by to the Country Ceilings or Fitch’s view of country risks in case

of unrated sovereigns.

The PCH group has been supervised on a consolidated basis by the German financial

supervisory authorities (BaFin and Bundesbank) since 2011, when the Germany subsidiary

bank was established. Fitch views the legal and regulatory framework in Germany as strong.

The German subsidiary bank is a member of the German Government Deposit Insurance

Scheme. Individual ProCredit banks are subject to group consolidated supervision by BaFin as

well as to regulation by their country regulators. Only three subsidiaries – those in Bulgaria,

Germany and Romania – operate in EU countries.

Company Profile Reflects Emerging Markets-Focused SME Bank

PCH groups consolidated assets of EUR5.5 billion at end-September 2017 reflect its focus on

SME lending in emerging markets, especially SEE. The group has its roots in microfinance

banks, which have evolved into full-service commercial banks focused on SMEs, with varying

presences in retail business. The operations are divided into four regional segments, with the

holding company, PCH, and the German subsidiary bank responsible for treasury operations.

The group operates through 13 subsidiary banks. The sale of subsidiaries in El Salvador, and

Nicaragua, both completed by November 2017, has ended the group’s refocus on SEE and

eastern Europe (EE).

PCH’s business and earnings are well-diversified geographically. However, seven of the 13

banks are in SEE, which accounted for 70% of gross loans and 65% of operating income at

end-September 2017. The largest country exposures are in Bulgaria (17% of group assets at

end-2016), Kosovo (14%), Serbia (13%), and Georgia (9%), and their performance tends to

have a strong effect on overall group performance. Group earnings rely on net interest income

from the loan book; net interest income after allowances accounted for 80% of operating

income through to September 2017.

The banks operate simple business models with loans to small business clients on the asset

side, and retail and SME deposits on the liabilities side. The funding is supported by stable and

long-term loans from IFIs, often granted as part of SME development-related programmes.

The group’s organisation is set up around a partnership limited by shares (German KGaA

structure). This ensures the strategic control over the group remains with the core shareholders

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PCH Regional ExposureEnd-1H17

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Within this report

PCH Group refers to the consolidated group, including ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA, the holding company, and its subsidiary banks.

PCH refers to ProCredit Holding AG & Co. KGaA, the holding company, only.

Related Criteria

Global Bank Rating Criteria (November 2016)

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despite the group’s listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Under this structure, the “core”

shareholders have to retain a minimum 20% joint stake in PCH for three-year periods, with the

current term ending in 2019. Should the core shareholders fail to maintain this minimum stake,

the legal structure of PCH would revert to an AG, whereby they would then lose the strategic

control afforded to them through the KGaA. Given their combined stake of 57% (based on

latest voting rights notifications), such dilution seems unlikely in the near term.

There was double leverage of 122% at end-September 2017 at the holding company level as it

partly funds itself, mostly through long-term senior and some subordinated debts. This is

invested into the subsidiary banks as equity or as subordinated debt, creating potential cash

flow mismatches. The group manages this risk by ensuring regular payments (management

consulting fees and interest on loans) or upstreaming of dividends from the subsidiary banks to

the parent. The holding company often reinvests part of these dividends as paid-in capital in

subsidiary banks to meet a local subsidiary bank’s capital requirements.

Strong Management and Governance; Strategy Focus on South-East and Eastern Europe

PCH’s management has significant depth and experience, and managers typically have a long

history with the group. PCH’s management board has four members. The group consistently

invests in the training of all levels of management through its ProCredit academies, ensuring its

access to a pool of talent for promotion.

PCH’s corporate governance is in line with global industry standards. The supervisory board,

comprising five members nominated by core shareholders and one independent member,

oversees the main risk areas and audit policies. At a subsidiary bank level, most supervisory

members come from PCH executive management, which helps group standardisation, but

there are also some independent members.

The group’s strategy is to develop its franchise in SEE and EE, where it positions itself as a

regional financial institution. The growth in small and medium-sized enterprises lending and in

exposures above EUR30,000 remains strong at above 10% a year. The group maintains its

efforts on building a streamlined network of outlets, based on automated zones and e-banking.

The group’s regional positioning was strengthened by centralising international payments within

ProCredit Bank Germany, allowing the subsidiary banks to price such services competitively on

their local markets.

Despite a backdrop of a difficult operating environment since 2008 in all the countries in which

the group operates, PCH Group has delivered stable and resilient profitability and asset-quality

indicators that have largely outperformed their respective banking sector averages. The

adjustments to strategy resulted in a more streamlined group, allowing it to deliver on its

objectives, including institutional changes, and optimisation of the workforce and branch

network.

Prudent Underwriting and Risk Controls Drives Conservative Risk Appetite

The group’s prudent and analytical-intensive underwriting standards, internally trained staff and

key personnel, focus on building long-term relationships with clients and avoidance of sensitive

sectors, such as commercial real estate and consumer loans, play a large role in supporting its

good asset-quality ratios through the cycle.

The group risk management committee develops the framework for risk management, and

monitors and manages the risk profile of the group and of individual ProCredit banks. The

asset-liability committee monitors the group’s liquidity reserve and liquidity management, and

coordinates funding for the group and for individual ProCredit banks. The risk departments of

individual banks report to the central risk function at PCH level and the local supervisory board

is informed at least on a quarterly basis of relevant developments.

ProCredit Bank AG

(EURm) Dec 16

Loans to sister banks 118 Co-financing with sister banks 50 German SMEs 11 German project finance 20 Total assets 484 PCH group’s interbank deposits 309 Equity 51

Source: ProCredit Bank AG, Fitch

SEE67%

EE22%

SA10%

Source: PCH, Fitch

PCH Group Operating Income by RegionEnd-1H17

Germany1%

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Equity Other liabilities

Customer deposits Other assets

Securities Customer loans

Source: Bank, Fitch

EURm

PCH Group Balance SheetEnd-3Q17

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Results Through-the-Cycle

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The group’s loan portfolio dominated by SME exposures remains diversified by country, sector

and borrower. The strategic focus on loans above EUR30,000 has reduced the exposure to

small-ticket loans and increased the role of collateral in lending. The top 25 exposures

amounted to EUR133 million, representing a modest 21% of FCC, none of which was impaired.

PCH Group has returned to growth in its gross loan portfolio in first half of 2017, following two

years of contraction driven by its exit strategy from the smallest SME exposures and some non-

core markets (Latin America and Africa). The core portfolio of loans EUR30,000 steadily grew

in 2015 and 2016. Fitch views the medium-term growth target of 10% a year in key portfolio

segment as ambitious, but achievable. The improving macroeconomic situation in the group’s

main markets supports this target.

The group’s foreign-exchange (FX) risk comes from two sources: the potential gain/loss from

open-currency positions of its individual banks and the net effect at a consolidated level. The

group manages this risk through a set of open currency limits imposed on subsidiary banks. At

a group level, FX risk also arises from the equity investments made by PCH in its subsidiary

banks as most banks keep their equity in their respective local currency or in US dollars. The

group’s regulatory capital is exposed to changes in the exchange rates of local currencies and

of the dollar against the euro, through the translation reserve in the group’s equity position.

Asset Quality Remains the Group’s Rating Strength

PCH Group’s asset quality remains a rating strength with subsidiary banks’ largely

outperforming their respective banking sectors. Supported by conservative underwriting, tight

risk control and strategy shift towards larger more formalised business the group’s asset quality

should remain resilient to moderate economic shocks in its operating environment. The group’s

impaired loans ratio was 5.4% at end-September 2017. The group uses a key trigger for

impairment of 30 days’ delinquency plus other signs of impairment, as opposed to the 90 days

typically used by peers.

Fitch views coverage as healthy with reserves (including IBNR) covering 67% of impaired loans

at end-September 2017 (up from 58% at end-September 2016), given the largely collateralised

portfolio. Coverage levels should continue to reflect the weak legal framework of some of the

group’s key operating countries where recovery periods can be lengthy (the average is about

five years). The group aims to maintain the coverage of loans in more than 30 days’

delinquency at 100% or more. At end-September 2017, coverage of these loans was 103%.

Loans in euros and dollars have been stable accounted for 65% of gross loans at end-

September 2017. This puts borrowers’ repayments at risk in the event of a sharp depreciation

of the local currency. In some markets – Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kosovo and Macedonia – the risk is

mitigated by a currency peg. The medium-term target of all PCH banks is to increase the share

of lending in local currencies. The share of foreign-currency lending of subsidiary banks is also

in line with their respective sector averages, particularly in SEE.

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PCH Group Asset Quality

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(%) PCH banks Sector

Source: PCH, Banks, Bank Regulators, Fitch

PCH Subsidiary Banks vs. Home Sectors NPLsEnd-2016

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Profitability Reflects Modest Cost-to-Income Ratio and Low LICs

PCH Group has built a stable record of operating profitability through the cycle through the

group’s ability to maintain wide, albeit tightening, margins and reasonable loan impairment

charges. This was despite strong headwinds in many of markets in which it operates and

comprehensive internal restructuring.

The group’s operating profitability is supported by wide, albeit tightening, interest margins (5%

at end-September 2017) and low cost of risk (0.2%). Tight control of risk cost and volume

growth have supported managing the pressures coming from falling market interest rates and

high competition in banking in countries in which the group operates.

The challenge remains in further optimising the cost structure and restoring revenue pressured

by low market interest rates and the move to safer, but lower-yielding, assets. To

accommodate these, the group has reorganised its branch network, reduced staff numbers as

most of day-to-day business has moved to online and self-service channels. This has resulted

in a significant drop in the ratio of non-interest expenses/average assets, although this is still

higher than at commercial banking peers. The cost-to-income ratio remained high at 73% at

end-September 2017.

The holding company has built a stable record of adequate operating profit through the cycle,

and benefits from relatively good predictability of future earnings given they are based on

revenue from subsidiary banks. The main contributors to both group and PCH earnings have

been the larger subsidiary banks, in particular, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kosovo and Serbia.

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Subsidiary Banks ProfitabilityEnd-2016

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Subsidiary Banks Capitalisation and LeverageEnd-2016

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Improving Capitalisation and Leverage

Group capitalisation has been improving although it remains moderate given the exposure to

volatile markets and the risks inherent in SME lending. The FCC ratio rose to 14.2% at end-

September 2017, following capital increase executed in late-2016 and relief in risk-weighted

assets coming from the sale of businesses in Latin America. The reported Tier 1 ratio of 13.3%

at end September-2017 provides a reasonable buffer over regulatory minimum.

The group’s loss-absorption capacity is supported by the low levels of unreserved impaired

loans/FCC (11% at end-September 2017), particularly given the more conservative definition of

IFRS impaired loans used by the group than its peers. In 2017, PCH paid dividends of EUR20

million maintaining the dividend pay-out ratio introduced following the listing of its shares on

Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Funding and Liquidity

Customer deposits held by the ProCredit subsidiary banks accounted for 76% of total funding

at end-September 2017. The second most important source of funding are long-term IFI loans,

most often related to programmes earmarked for SME lending. The group focuses on

optimising its funding structure, with use of customer deposits and long-term IFI loans.

Subordinated debt from group perspective is also issued mostly at the PCH level, given that

most of the subordinated debt issued by subsidiary banks is taken up by the holding company

and is therefore not visible in consolidated figures.

Fitch does not expect the strategic shift towards larger SMEs to lead to any material increase in

deposit concentrations in the medium term, as SMEs served by the group tend to be small. The

customer deposit mix remains skewed towards granular deposits of private individuals, with

business clients’ share slowly growing.

We view the liquidity profile of PCH Group as healthy. Liquidity management has been

centralised within the German subsidiary bank, with additional reserves held at the holding

company, including credit lines from Germany-based commercial banks. At end-September

2017, the group’s liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) was 143%, comfortably meeting regulatory

requirements. Similarly, most of the subsidiary banks already meet LCR requirement of 100%.

Tighter liquidity at end-June 2017 was reported at the Serbian subsidiary bank and was also

intentionally reduced at banks held for sale. Sale transactions had completed by end-

November 2017.

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a Fitch core capital Source: PCH, Fitch

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PCH Group Capitalisation & Leverage

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PCH Group Funding Profile

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PCH Group Funding Breakdown

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Albania Bosnia andHerzegovina

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Source: PCH, Banks, Fitch

Subsidiary Banks Funding and LiquidityEnd-2016

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Peer Analysis

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(%)Reserve coverage ratio (RHS) Gross impaired loans/grosss loans (LHS) Net impaired loans/net loans (LHS)

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Customer deposits (LHS) Banks (LHS) Other short-term (LHS) Other long-term (LHS) Loans/ deposits (RHS)

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Income Statement30 Sep 2017 31 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2015 31 Dec 2014

9 Months - 3rd Quarter9 Months - 3rd Quarter As % of Year End As % of Year End As % of Year End As % of

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1. Interest Income on Loans 240.6 203.8 6.66 306.9 7.64 349.6 7.81 517.0 10.78

2. Other Interest Income 14.2 12.0 0.39 20.7 0.52 19.6 0.44 23.0 0.48

3. Dividend Income 0.1 0.1 0.00 0.4 0.01 0.2 0.00 n.a. -

4. Gross Interest and Dividend Income 254.9 215.9 7.06 328.0 8.17 369.4 8.25 540.0 11.26

5. Interest Expense on Customer Deposits 38.5 32.6 1.07 53.0 1.32 59.8 1.34 89.2 1.86

6. Other Interest Expense 35.8 30.3 0.99 43.8 1.09 48.6 1.09 64.3 1.34

7. Total Interest Expense 74.3 62.9 2.06 96.8 2.41 108.4 2.42 153.5 3.20

8. Net Interest Income 180.6 153.0 5.00 231.2 5.76 261.0 5.83 386.5 8.06

9. Net Gains (Losses) on Trading and Derivatives 9.8 8.3 0.27 8.9 0.22 10.9 0.24 (0.5) (0.01)

10. Net Gains (Losses) on Other Securities 0.1 0.1 0.00 4.2 0.10 0.0 0.00 0.4 0.01

11. Net Gains (Losses) on Assets at FV through Income Statement (0.7) (0.6) (0.02) (1.0) (0.02) 0.8 0.02 2.7 0.06

12. Net Insurance Income n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

13. Net Fees and Commissions 39.3 33.3 1.09 43.0 1.07 47.7 1.07 56.2 1.17

14. Other Operating Income 21.3 18.0 0.59 14.7 0.37 12.4 0.28 7.8 0.16

15. Total Non-Interest Operating Income 69.8 59.1 1.93 69.8 1.74 71.8 1.60 66.6 1.39

16. Personnel Expenses 76.0 64.4 2.11 88.2 2.20 98.6 2.20 156.1 3.25

17. Other Operating Expenses 113.6 96.2 3.15 133.1 3.31 138.6 3.10 157.8 3.29

18. Total Non-Interest Expenses 189.6 160.6 5.25 221.3 5.51 237.2 5.30 313.9 6.54

19. Equity-accounted Profit/ Loss - Operating n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

20. Pre-Impairment Operating Profit 60.8 51.5 1.68 79.7 1.98 95.6 2.13 139.2 2.90

21. Loan Impairment Charge 5.3 4.5 0.15 18.6 0.46 42.0 0.94 55.1 1.15

22. Securities and Other Credit Impairment Charges n.a. n.a. - 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 n.a. -

23. Operating Profit 55.5 47.0 1.54 61.1 1.52 53.6 1.20 84.1 1.75

24. Equity-accounted Profit/ Loss - Non-operating n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

25. Non-recurring Income n.a. n.a. - 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 6.2 0.13

26. Non-recurring Expense n.a. n.a. - 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 16.4 0.34

27. Change in Fair Value of Own Debt n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

28. Other Non-operating Income and Expenses n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

29. Pre-tax Profit 55.5 47.0 1.54 61.1 1.52 53.6 1.20 73.9 1.54

30. Tax expense 12.4 10.5 0.34 14.1 0.35 15.2 0.34 22.4 0.47

31. Profit/Loss from Discontinued Operations (0.8) (0.7) (0.02) 14.0 0.35 22.9 0.51 (1.3) (0.03)

32. Net Income 42.3 35.8 1.17 61.0 1.52 61.3 1.37 50.2 1.05

33. Change in Value of AFS Investments 0.4 0.3 0.01 (4.2) (0.10) 3.8 0.08 (0.4) (0.01)

34. Revaluation of Fixed Assets n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

35. Currency Translation Differences (10.7) (9.1) (0.30) (0.7) (0.02) (5.0) (0.11) 3.3 0.07

36. Remaining OCI Gains/(losses) (1.9) (1.6) (0.05) (14.3) (0.36) 14.3 0.32 10.2 0.21

37. Fitch Comprehensive Income 30.0 25.4 0.83 41.8 1.04 74.4 1.66 63.3 1.32

38. Memo: Profit Allocation to Non-controlling Interests 1.4 1.2 0.04 1.6 0.04 1.8 0.04 2.4 0.05

39. Memo: Net Income after Allocation to Non-controlling Interests 40.8 34.6 1.13 59.4 1.48 59.6 1.33 47.8 1.00

40. Memo: Common Dividends Relating to the Period n.a. n.a. - 20.3 0.51 20.3 0.45 10.2 0.21

41. Memo: Preferred Dividends Related to the Period n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Exchange rate USD1 = EUR0.84703 USD1 = EUR0.9487 USD1 = EUR0.9185 USD1 = EUR0.8237

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Balance Sheet30 Sep 2017 31 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2015 31 Dec 2014

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3rd Quarter

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3rd Quarter As % of Year End As % of Year End As % of Year End As % of

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AssetsA. Loans

1. Residential Mortgage Loans n.a. n.a. - n.a. - 0.0 0.00 n.a. -

2. Other Mortgage Loans n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

3. Other Consumer/ Retail Loans 394.0 333.7 6.06 304.0 5.36 292.5 4.87 286.0 4.79

4. Corporate & Commercial Loans 4,108.0 3,479.6 63.22 3,299.3 58.21 3,787.8 63.03 4,005.7 67.12

5. Other Loans 22.7 19.2 0.35 25.4 0.45 24.6 0.41 40.5 0.68

6. Less: Reserves for Impaired Loans 164.2 139.1 2.53 150.7 2.66 176.6 2.94 188.5 3.16

7. Net Loans 4,360.4 3,693.4 67.11 3,478.0 61.36 3,928.3 65.37 4,143.7 69.43

8. Gross Loans 4,524.6 3,832.5 69.63 3,628.7 64.02 4,104.9 68.31 4,332.2 72.59

9. Memo: Impaired Loans included above 244.4 207.0 3.76 229.6 4.05 305.1 5.08 349.2 5.85

10. Memo: Loans at Fair Value included above n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

B. Other Earning Assets

1. Loans and Advances to Banks 245.6 208.0 3.78 286.7 5.06 339.4 5.65 411.1 6.89

2. Reverse Repos and Cash Collateral n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

3. Trading Securities and at FV through Income n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - 4.3 0.07

4. Derivatives 0.4 0.3 0.01 0.2 0.00 0.9 0.01 0.8 0.01

5. Available for Sale Securities 217.6 184.3 3.35 249.8 4.41 207.0 3.44 232.4 3.89

6. Held to Maturity Securities n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

7. Equity Investments in Associates n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

8. Other Securities n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

9. Total Securities 217.9 184.6 3.35 250.0 4.41 207.9 3.46 237.5 3.98

10. Memo: Government Securities included Above n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

11. Memo: Total Securities Pledged n.a. n.a. - 1.0 0.02 1.0 0.02 1.7 0.03

12. Investments in Property 4.3 3.6 0.07 1.9 0.03 2.2 0.04 3.9 0.07

13. Insurance Assets n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

14. Other Earning Assets n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

15. Total Earning Assets 4,828.2 4,089.6 74.31 4,016.6 70.87 4,477.8 74.51 4,796.2 80.36

C. Non-Earning Assets

1. Cash and Due From Banks 1,062.3 899.8 16.35 937.4 16.54 834.2 13.88 855.1 14.33

2. Memo: Mandatory Reserves included above 406.1 344.0 6.25 327.4 5.78 314.6 5.24 370.2 6.20

3. Foreclosed Real Estate n.a. n.a. - 26.8 0.47 25.9 0.43 35.1 0.59

4. Fixed Assets 168.6 142.8 2.59 157.4 2.78 172.2 2.87 193.3 3.24

5. Goodwill 12.2 10.3 0.19 10.3 0.18 11.6 0.19 14.7 0.25

6. Other Intangibles 13.0 11.0 0.20 11.1 0.20 12.2 0.20 15.3 0.26

7. Current Tax Assets 5.4 4.6 0.08 4.1 0.07 3.3 0.05 2.6 0.04

8. Deferred Tax Assets 6.6 5.6 0.10 6.4 0.11 6.0 0.10 9.7 0.16

9. Discontinued Operations 331.7 281.0 5.11 461.4 8.14 428.9 7.14 0.0 0.00

10. Other Assets 69.8 59.1 1.07 36.3 0.64 37.4 0.62 46.4 0.78

11. Total Assets 6,497.8 5,503.8 100.00 5,667.8 100.00 6,009.5 100.00 5,968.4 100.00

Liabilities and Equity

D. Interest-Bearing Liabilities

1. Customer Deposits - Current 4,107.5 3,479.2 63.21 1,606.4 28.34 1,343.7 22.36 1,339.8 22.45

2. Customer Deposits - Savings n.a. n.a. - 722.0 12.74 611.6 10.18 852.0 14.28

3. Customer Deposits - Term n.a. n.a. - 1,146.7 20.23 1,837.7 30.58 1,800.4 30.17

4. Total Customer Deposits 4,107.5 3,479.2 63.21 3,475.1 61.31 3,793.0 63.12 3,992.2 66.89

5. Deposits from Banks 362.2 306.8 5.57 317.6 5.60 394.2 6.56 350.4 5.87

6. Repos and Cash Collateral n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

7. Commercial Paper and Short-term Borrowings n.a. n.a. - 174.2 3.07 193.6 3.22 231.8 3.88

8. Total Money Market and Short-term Funding 4,469.7 3,786.0 68.79 3,966.9 69.99 4,380.8 72.90 4,574.4 76.64

9. Senior Unsecured Debt (original maturity > 1 year) 775.1 656.5 11.93 468.8 8.27 521.0 8.67 557.1 9.33

10. Subordinated Borrowing 166.8 141.3 2.57 171.0 3.02 131.4 2.19 156.2 2.62

11. Covered Bonds n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

12. Other Long-term Funding n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

13. Total LT Funding (original maturity > 1 year) 941.9 797.8 14.50 639.8 11.29 652.4 10.86 713.3 11.95

14. Derivatives 0.7 0.6 0.01 1.4 0.02 2.4 0.04 2.6 0.04

15. Trading Liabilities n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

16. Total Funding 5,412.3 4,584.4 83.30 4,608.1 81.30 5,035.6 83.79 5,290.3 88.64

E. Non-Interest Bearing Liabilities

1. Fair Value Portion of Debt n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

2. Credit impairment reserves n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

3. Reserves for Pensions and Other 16.9 14.3 0.26 15.7 0.28 17.9 0.30 17.5 0.29

4. Current Tax Liabilities 2.1 1.8 0.03 1.5 0.03 2.0 0.03 4.1 0.07

5. Deferred Tax Liabilities 1.5 1.3 0.02 1.9 0.03 4.3 0.07 5.0 0.08

6. Other Deferred Liabilities 3.5 3.0 0.05 2.2 0.04 2.3 0.04 5.8 0.10

7. Discontinued Operations 268.3 227.3 4.13 367.6 6.49 318.7 5.30 n.a. -

8. Insurance Liabilities n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

9. Other Liabilities 16.9 14.3 0.26 16.5 0.29 24.7 0.41 23.2 0.39

10. Total Liabilities 5,721.6 4,846.4 88.06 5,013.5 88.46 5,405.5 89.95 5,345.9 89.57

F. Hybrid Capital

1. Pref. Shares and Hybrid Capital accounted for as Debt n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - 67.1 1.12

2. Pref. Shares and Hybrid Capital accounted for as Equity n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

G. Equity

1. Common Equity 853.7 723.1 13.14 708.2 12.50 635.4 10.57 586.0 9.82

2. Non-controlling Interest 8.6 7.3 0.13 8.2 0.14 7.7 0.13 17.3 0.29

3. Securities Revaluation Reserves 0.2 0.2 0.00 0.0 0.00 4.6 0.08 0.8 0.01

4. Foreign Exchange Revaluation Reserves (86.4) (73.2) (1.33) (62.1) (1.10) (43.7) (0.73) (48.7) (0.82)

5. Fixed Asset Revaluations and Other Accumulated OCI n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

6. Total Equity 776.1 657.4 11.94 654.3 11.54 604.0 10.05 555.4 9.31

7. Total Liabilities and Equity 6,497.8 5,503.8 100.00 5,667.8 100.00 6,009.5 100.00 5,968.4 100.00

8. Memo: Fitch Core Capital 746.3 632.1 11.48 628.5 11.09 575.8 9.58 517.8 8.68

Exchange rate USD1 = EUR0.84703 USD1 = EUR0.9487 USD1 = EUR0.9185 USD1 = EUR0.8237

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Summary Analytics30 Sep 2017 31 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2015 31 Dec 2014

9 Months - 3rd Quarter Year End Year End Year End

A. Interest Ratios

1. Interest Income on Loans/ Average Gross Loans 7.27 7.88 8.54 12.12

2. Interest Expense on Customer Deposits/ Average Customer Deposits 1.27 1.46 1.59 2.32

3. Interest Income/ Average Earning Assets 7.06 7.67 7.95 11.40

4. Interest Expense/ Average Interest-bearing Liabilities 1.85 2.01 2.17 2.94

5. Net Interest Income/ Average Earning Assets 5.01 5.41 5.62 8.16

6. Net Int. Inc Less Loan Impairment Charges/ Av. Earning Assets 4.86 4.97 4.71 7.00

7. Net Interest Inc Less Preferred Stock Dividend/ Average Earning Assets 5.01 5.41 5.62 8.16

B. Other Operating Profitability Ratios

1. Non-Interest Income/ Gross Revenues 27.86 23.19 21.57 14.70

2. Non-Interest Expense/ Gross Revenues 75.72 73.52 71.27 69.28

3. Non-Interest Expense/ Average Assets 3.86 3.74 3.93 5.34

4. Pre-impairment Op. Profit/ Average Equity 10.46 12.93 16.34 26.66

5. Pre-impairment Op. Profit/ Average Total Assets 1.24 1.35 1.58 2.37

6. Loans and securities impairment charges/ Pre-impairment Op. Profit 8.74 23.34 43.93 39.58

7. Operating Profit/ Average Equity 9.54 9.91 9.16 16.10

8. Operating Profit/ Average Total Assets 1.13 1.03 0.89 1.43

9. Operating Profit / Risk Weighted Assets 1.41 1.33 1.02 1.65

C. Other Profitability Ratios

1. Net Income/ Average Total Equity 7.27 9.89 10.48 9.61

2. Net Income/ Average Total Assets 0.86 1.03 1.02 0.85

3. Fitch Comprehensive Income/ Average Total Equity 5.16 6.78 12.71 12.12

4. Fitch Comprehensive Income/ Average Total Assets 0.61 0.71 1.23 1.08

5. Taxes/ Pre-tax Profit 22.34 23.08 28.36 30.31

6. Net Income/ Risk Weighted Assets 1.08 1.33 1.17 0.98

D. Capitalization

1. FCC/FCC-Adjusted Risk Weighted Assets 14.20 13.65 10.95 10.15

2. Tangible Common Equity/ Tangible Assets 11.54 11.14 9.63 8.73

3. Tier 1 Regulatory Capital Ratio 13.30 12.50 10.20 10.60

4. Total Regulatory Capital Ratio 16.30 15.70 12.10 12.80

5. Common Equity Tier 1 Capital Ratio 13.30 12.50 10.20 10.10

6. Equity/ Total Assets 11.94 11.54 10.05 9.31

7. Cash Dividends Paid & Declared/ Net Income n.a. 33.28 33.12 20.32

8. Internal Capital Generation 7.28 6.22 6.79 7.20

E. Loan Quality

1. Growth of Total Assets (2.89) (5.69) 0.69 2.17

2. Growth of Gross Loans 5.62 (11.60) (5.25) 3.51

3. Impaired Loans/ Gross Loans 5.40 6.33 7.43 8.06

4. Reserves for Impaired Loans/ Gross Loans 3.63 4.15 4.30 4.35

5. Reserves for Impaired Loans/ Impaired Loans 67.20 65.64 57.88 53.98

6. Impaired loans less Reserves for Impaired Loans/ Fitch Core Capital 10.74 12.55 22.32 31.04

7. Impaired Loans less Reserves for Impaired Loans/ Equity 10.33 12.06 21.27 28.93

8. Loan Impairment Charges/ Average Gross Loans 0.16 0.48 1.03 1.29

9. Net Charge-offs/ Average Gross Loans 0.27 0.68 0.76 0.93

10. Impaired Loans + Foreclosed Assets/ Gross Loans + Foreclosed Assets 5.40 7.01 8.01 8.80

F. Funding and Liquidity

1. Loans/ Customer Deposits 110.15 104.42 108.22 108.52

2. Interbank Assets/ Interbank Liabilities 67.80 90.27 86.10 117.32

3. Customer Deposits/ Total Funding (excluding derivatives) 75.90 75.44 75.36 74.55

4. Liquidity Coverage Ratio 143.00 194.00 n.a. n.a.

5. Net Stable Funding Ratio n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

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Reference Data30 Sep 2017 31 Dec 2016 31 Dec 2015 31 Dec 2014

9 Months -

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9 Months -

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A. Off-Balance Sheet Items

1. Managed Securitized Assets Reported Off-Balance Sheet n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

2. Other off-balance sheet exposure to securitizations n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

3. Guarantees 209.3 177.3 3.22 162.8 2.87 158.4 2.64 99.7 1.67

4. Acceptances and documentary credits reported off-balance sheet 7.7 6.5 0.12 6.2 0.11 6.4 0.11 2.7 0.05

5. Committed Credit Lines 520.9 441.2 8.02 440.6 7.77 394.7 6.57 352.2 5.90

7. Other Off-Balance Sheet items n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - 44.0 0.74

8. Total Assets under Management n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - 6,423.9 107.63

B. Average Balance Sheet

Average Loans 4,422.2 3,745.7 68.06 3,896.5 68.75 4,092.0 68.09 4,264.5 71.45

Average Earning Assets 4,825.2 4,087.1 74.26 4,274.6 75.42 4,645.4 77.30 4,735.0 79.33

Average Assets 6,566.7 5,562.2 101.06 5,924.2 104.52 6,037.1 100.46 5,881.8 98.55

Average Managed Securitized Assets (OBS) n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Average Interest-Bearing Liabilities 5,359.4 4,539.6 82.48 4,813.9 84.93 5,006.7 83.31 5,223.4 87.52

Average Common equity 844.6 715.4 13.00 658.1 11.61 611.4 10.17 566.2 9.49

Average Equity 777.3 658.4 11.96 616.6 10.88 585.2 9.74 522.2 8.75

Average Customer Deposits 4,043.2 3,424.7 62.22 3,623.9 63.94 3,755.2 62.49 3,840.7 64.35

C. Maturities

Asset Maturities:

Loans & Advances < 3 months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Loans & Advances 3 - 12 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Loans and Advances 1 - 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Loans & Advances > 5 years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Debt Securities < 3 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Debt Securities 3 - 12 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Debt Securities 1 - 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Debt Securities > 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Loans & Advances to Banks < 3 Months n.a. n.a. - 279.7 4.93 332.3 5.53 390.4 6.54

Loans & Advances to Banks 3 - 12 Months n.a. n.a. - 2.3 0.04 0.2 0.00 20.7 0.35

Loans & Advances to Banks 1 - 5 Years n.a. n.a. - 4.7 0.08 6.9 0.11 n.a. -

Loans & Advances to Banks > 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Liability Maturities:

Retail Deposits < 3 months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Retail Deposits 3 - 12 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Retail Deposits 1 - 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Retail Deposits > 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Other Deposits < 3 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Other Deposits 3 - 12 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Other Deposits 1 - 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Other Deposits > 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Deposits from Banks < 3 Months n.a. n.a. - 94.0 1.66 90.9 1.51 99.3 1.66

Deposits from Banks 3 - 12 Months n.a. n.a. - 53.5 0.94 50.5 0.84 49.5 0.83

Deposits from Banks 1 - 5 Years n.a. n.a. - 170.1 3.00 252.8 4.21 201.6 3.38

Deposits from Banks > 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Senior Debt Maturing < 3 months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Senior Debt Maturing 3-12 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Senior Debt Maturing 1- 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Senior Debt Maturing > 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Total Senior Debt on Balance Sheet n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Fair Value Portion of Senior Debt n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Subordinated Debt Maturing < 3 months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Subordinated Debt Maturing 3-12 Months n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Subordinated Debt Maturing 1- 5 Year n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Subordinated Debt Maturing > 5 Years n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

Total Subordinated Debt on Balance Sheet 166.8 141.3 2.57 171.0 3.02 131.4 2.19 156.2 2.62

Fair Value Portion of Subordinated Debt n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

D. Risk Weighted Assets

1. Risk Weighted Assets 5,254.8 4,451.0 80.87 4,602.9 81.21 5,258.0 87.49 5,101.6 85.48

2. Fitch Core Capital Adjustments for Insurance and Securitisation Risk Weighted Assets n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

3. Fitch Core Capital Adjusted Risk Weighted Assets 5,254.8 4,451.0 80.87 4,602.9 81.21 5,258.0 87.49 5,101.6 85.48

4. Other Fitch Adjustments to Risk Weighted Assets n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

5. Fitch Adjusted Risk Weighted Assets 5,254.8 4,451.0 80.87 4,602.9 81.21 5,258.0 87.49 5,101.6 85.48

E. Equity Reconciliation

1. Equity 776.1 657.4 11.94 654.3 11.54 604.0 10.05 555.4 9.31

2. Add: Pref. Shares and Hybrid Capital accounted for as Equity n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

3. Add: Other Adjustments n.a. n.a. - n.a. - n.a. - n.a. -

4. Published Equity 776.1 657.4 11.94 654.3 11.54 604.0 10.05 555.4 9.31

F. Fitch Core Capital Reconciliation

1. Total Equity as reported (including non-controlling interests) 776.1 657.4 11.94 654.3 11.54 604.0 10.05 555.4 9.31

2. Fair value effect incl in own debt/borrowings at fv on the B/S- CC only 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00

3. Non-loss-absorbing non-controlling interests 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00

4. Goodwill 12.2 10.3 0.19 10.3 0.18 11.6 0.19 14.7 0.25

5. Other intangibles 13.0 11.0 0.20 11.2 0.20 12.2 0.20 15.3 0.26

6. Deferred tax assets deduction 4.7 4.0 0.07 4.3 0.08 4.4 0.07 7.6 0.13

7. Net asset value of insurance subsidiaries 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00

8. First loss tranches of off-balance sheet securitizations 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00 0.0 0.00

9. Fitch Core Capital 746.3 632.1 11.48 628.5 11.09 575.8 9.58 517.8 8.68

Exchange Rate USD1 = EUR0.84703 USD1 = EUR0.9487 USD1 = EUR0.9185 USD1 = EUR0.8237

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