10th Dec 2007 07:33
JSC VTB Bank10 December 2007 VTB GROUP PRELIMINARY KEY FIGURES FOR THE NINE MONTHS OF 2007 Moscow, December 10, 2007 - VTB, Russia's leading universal banking group, hastoday announced preliminary consolidated IFRS financial results for 9M2007.Final results for the quarter are to be published on December 21, 2007. By the end of September 30 2007, the VTB Group's total assets had increased by41.7% to US$74,255 million. Total gross loan portfolio of the Group grew by53.3% to US$46,345 million, with loans to individuals increasing by 2.2 times.Net interest income before provisions increased by 46.2% year-on-year toUS$1,732 million, and net fee and commission income went up by 56.8% amountingto US$414 million. In the reporting period, operating income of the Groupincreased by 41.9% to US$2,570 million from US$1,811 million in the first ninemonths of 2006. Net profit was US$1,051 million for the nine-month period endedSeptember 30, 2007 compared to US $816 million for the same period last year. Financial Highlights Profit and Loss Account (as compared to 9M2006): - Interest income increased to US$3,643 million, up 41.2%; - Net interest income before provisions increased to US$1,732 million, up 46.2% or US$547 million; - Net fee and commission income increased to US$414 million, up 56.8% or US$150 million; - Consolidated net profit for 9M2007 amounted to US$1,051 million, up 28.8%, mostly due to the increase of the net interest income and net fee and commission fee. Assets and Funding (as compared to December 31, 2006): - Total gross loans and advances to customers increased by 53.3% to US$46,345 million. Gross loans to individuals grew strongly by US$3,084 million or 121.8% and totaled US$5,617 million. The share of loans to individuals in the total gross loan portfolio increased to 12% by the end of June 2007 compared to 8% at the end of December 31, 2006. Corporate loan portfolio (gross) increased by 47.0% to US$40,728 million from US$27,702 at the end of 2006; - Securities portfolio totaled US$13,985 million as compared to US$8,957 million (including approximately 5% of shares of EADS); - Customer deposits increased to US$28,923 million, up 44.7%, with deposits of individuals up by 31.4% to US$9,630; - Wholesale funding (which includes debt securities issued, other borrowed funds and subordinated debt) increased by 10.5% to US$19,011 million. The share of wholesale funding in total liabilities decreased to 32.6% from 37.9% in 2006. Comments: Andrei Kostin, President-Chairman of the Management Board: "We are pleased to announce a set of numbers that show continuedout-performance, despite the tough Global market conditions. We are well ontrack to hit our targets at year end and will face the challenges of 2008 with asolid and stable foundation." Nikolai Tsekhomsky, Member of the Management Board and CFO: "Having spent a huge amount of time and effort on the IPO process, our Q3numbers show that we have not taken our eye off the ball in terms of the corebusiness. We are especially happy that the quality of our earnings hascontinued to increase, with the majority of the upside year to date coming fromnet interest income, fees and commissions." Some of the information in this presentation may contain projections or otherforward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financialperformance of JSC VTB Bank ("VTB") and its subsidiaries (together with VTB, the"Group"). Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptionsregarding the Group's present and future business strategies and the environmentin which the Group will operate in the future. We caution you that thesestatements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks,uncertainties and other important factors that we cannot predict with certainty.Accordingly, our actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what wehave expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements. Theseforward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this presentation andare subject to change without notice. We do not intend to update thesestatements to make them conform with actual results. Contacts: Nataly LoginovaElena ErshovaIrina Mokeeva Telephone:+7 (495) 739-77-998-800-200-77-99(toll free number for Russian regions) E-mail:[email protected] This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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