Quarterly Report • May 1, 2024
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NBG Group
Interim Financial Statements
for the period ended 31 March 2024
April 2024
| Income Statement – 3-month period4 Statement of Comprehensive Income – 3-month period 5 Statement of Changes in Equity - Group6 Cash Flow Statement7 NOTE 1 General information 8 NOTE 2 Basis of preparation and material accounting policies 9 2.1 Basis of preparation 9 2.2 Going concern 9 2.3 New and Amended Standards and Interpretations 11 2.4 Critical judgments and estimates 12 NOTE 3 Segment reporting 14 NOTE 4 Net trading income / (loss) and results from investment securities and Gains / (losses) arising from the derecognition of financial assets measured at amortised cost 17 NOTE 5 Credit provisions and other impairment charges 18 NOTE 6 Tax benefit /(expense) 18 NOTE 7 Earnings per share 19 NOTE 8 Loans and advances to customers 19 NOTE 9 Assets and liabilities held for sale 23 NOTE 10 Due to banks 24 NOTE 11 Due to customers 24 NOTE 12 Debt securities in issue 25 NOTE 13 Contingent liabilities, pledged assets and credit commitments 25 NOTE 14 Share capital, share premium and treasury shares 27 NOTE 15 Movements in other comprehensive income / (expense) 28 NOTE 16 Related party transactions 28 NOTE 17 Capital adequacy 29 NOTE 18 Fair value of financial assets and liabilities 32 NOTE 19 Acquisitions, disposals and other capital transactions 36 NOTE 20 Group companies 37 NOTE 21 Events after the reporting period 38 |
Statement of Financial Position3 | |
|---|---|---|
Statement of Financial Position
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| € million Note |
31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 |
| ASSETS | ||
| Cash and balances with central banks | 8,307 | 9,015 |
| Due from banks | 2,527 | 2,793 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 618 | 707 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 1,966 | 2,074 |
| Loans and advances to customers 8 |
33,334 | 34,223 |
| Investment securities | 16,859 | 16,494 |
| Investment property | 60 | 60 |
| Current tax asset | 231 | 220 |
| Deferred tax assets | 4,230 | 4,346 |
| Equity method investments | 175 | 175 |
| Property and equipment | 1,339 | 1,339 |
| Software | 542 | 524 |
| Other assets | 1,901 | 1,919 |
| Non-current assets held for sale 9 |
352 | 695 |
| Total assets | 72,441 | 74,584 |
| LIABILITIES | ||
| Due to banks 10 |
1,720 | 3,800 |
| Derivative financial instruments | 1,380 | 1,414 |
| Due to customers 11 |
55,608 | 57,126 |
| Debt securities in issue 12 |
3,105 | 2,323 |
| Other borrowed funds | 94 | 96 |
| Current income tax liabilities | 8 | 6 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 22 | 15 |
| Retirement benefit obligations | 242 | 248 |
| Other liabilities | 2,248 | 1,876 |
| Liabilities associated with non-current assets held for sale 9 |
28 | 28 |
| Total liabilities | 64,455 | 66,932 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||
| Share capital 14 |
915 | 915 |
| Treasury shares 14 |
(10) | (2) |
| Share premium 14 |
3,542 | 3,542 |
| Reserves and retained earnings | 3,513 | 3,171 |
| Equity attributable to NBG shareholders | 7,960 | 7,626 |
| Non-controlling interests | 26 | 26 |
| Total equity | 7,986 | 7,652 |
| Total equity and liabilities | 72,441 | 74,584 |
Athens, 28 April 2024
| THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
|---|---|---|
| GIKAS A. HARDOUVELIS | PAVLOS K. MYLONAS | CHRISTOS D. CHRISTODOULOU |
The notes on pages 8 to 38 form an integral part of these Interim Financial Statements
for the period ended 31 March 2024
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3-month period ended | ||
| € million Note |
31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 |
| Interest and similar income | 787 | 569 |
| Interest expense and similar charges | (181) | (72) |
| Net interest income | 606 | 497 |
| Fee and commission income | 119 | 106 |
| Fee and commission expense | (19) | (19) |
| Net fee and commission income | 100 | 87 |
| Net trading income / (loss) and results from investment securities 4 |
(2) | 20 |
| Gains / (losses) arising from the derecognition of financial assets measured at amortised cost 4 |
57 | 49 |
| Net other income / (expense) | 5 | (20) |
| Total income | 766 | 633 |
| Personnel expenses | (123) | (115) |
| Administrative and other operating expenses | (56) | (49) |
| Depreciation and amortisation on investment property, property & equipment and software | (46) | (46) |
| Credit provisions 5 |
(46) | (56) |
| Other impairment charges 5 |
(9) | (9) |
| Restructuring costs | (8) | - |
| Share of profit / (loss) of equity method investments | - | 1 |
| Profit before tax | 478 | 359 |
| Tax benefit / (expense) 6 |
(119) | (98) |
| Profit for the period | 359 | 261 |
| Attributable to: | ||
| Non-controlling interests | 1 | 1 |
| NBG equity shareholders | 358 | 260 |
| Earnings per share (Euro) - Basic and diluted 7 Income Statement – 3-month period |
€0.39 | €0.28 |
Athens, 28 April 2024
| THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
|---|---|---|
GIKAS A. HARDOUVELIS PAVLOS K. MYLONAS CHRISTOS D. CHRISTODOULOU
Statement of Comprehensive Income
for the period ended 31 March 2024
Statement of C om prehensive I ncom e – 3-month peri od
| Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-month period ended | |||
| € million | Note | 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 |
| Profit for the period | 359 | 261 | |
| Other comprehensive income / (expense): | |||
| Items that will be reclassified to the Income Statement: | |||
| Investments in debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income | |||
| ("FVTOCI"), net of tax | (2) | 33 | |
| Currency translation differences, net of tax | (16) | (22) | |
| Cash flow hedge, net of tax | - | 1 | |
| Total of items that will be reclassified to the Income Statement | (18) | 12 | |
| Items that will not be reclassified to the Income Statement: | |||
| Investments in equity instruments measured at FVTOCI, net of tax | 8 | - | |
| Total of items that will not be reclassified to the Income Statement | 8 | - | |
| Other comprehensive income / (expense) for the period, net of tax | 15 | (10) | 12 |
| Total comprehensive income / (expense) for the period | 349 | 273 | |
| Attributable to: | |||
| Non-controlling interests | 1 | 1 | |
| NBG equity shareholders | 348 | 272 |
Athens, 28 April 2024
| THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER |
|---|---|---|
| GIKAS A. HARDOUVELIS | PAVLOS K. MYLONAS | CHRISTOS D. CHRISTODOULOU |
for the period ended 31 March 2024
Statement of Changes in Equity - Group
| Attributable to equity holders of the parent company | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share | Treasury | Securities at | Currency translation |
Net investment | Cash flow | Defined | Other | Retained | Non controlling |
||||
| € million | Share capital | premium | shares | FVTOCI reserve | reserve | hedge reserve | hedge reserve | benefit plans | reserves | earnings | Total | Interests | Total |
| Ordinary | Ordinary | ||||||||||||
| shares | shares | ||||||||||||
| Balance at 31 December 2022 and at 1 | |||||||||||||
| January 2023 | 915 | 3,542 | - | (273) | (56) | (1) | - | (155) | 1,187 | 1,293 | 6,452 | 23 | 6,475 |
| Other Comprehensive Income/ (expense) for | |||||||||||||
| the period | - | - | - | 38 | (22) | - | 1 | - | - | 11 | 28 | - | 28 |
| Gains/(losses) from equity instruments at | |||||||||||||
| FVTOCI reclassified to retained earnings | - | - | - | (5) | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Profit for the period | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 260 | 260 | 1 | 261 |
| Total Comprehensive Income / (expense) | |||||||||||||
| for the period (see Note 15) | - | - | - | 33 | (22) | - | 1 | - | - | 276 | 288 | 1 | 289 |
| Acquisitions, disposals & share capital | |||||||||||||
| increases of subsidiaries/associates | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Balance at 31 March 2023 | 915 | 3,542 | - | (240) | (78) | (1) | 1 | (155) | 1,188 | 1,569 | 6,741 | 24 | 6,765 |
| Movements to 31 December 2023 | - | - | (2) | 51 | 1 | - | 2 | (12) | 2 | 843 | 885 | 2 | 887 |
| Balance at 31 December 2023 and at 1 | |||||||||||||
| January 2024 | 915 | 3,542 | (2) | (189) | (77) | (1) | 3 | (167) | 1,190 | 2,412 | 7,626 | 26 | 7,652 |
| Other Comprehensive Income/ (expense) for | |||||||||||||
| the period | - | - | - | - | (16) | - | - | - | - | - | (16) | - | (16) |
| Gains/(losses) from equity instruments at | |||||||||||||
| FVTOCI reclassified to retained earnings | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | (6) | - | - | - |
| Profit for the period | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 358 | 358 | 1 | 359 |
| Total Comprehensive Income / (expense) | |||||||||||||
| for the period (see Note 15) | |||||||||||||
| - | - | - | 6 | (16) | - | - | - | - | 352 | 342 | 1 | 343 | |
| Acquisitions, disposals & share capital | |||||||||||||
| increases of subsidiaries/equity method | |||||||||||||
| investments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (1) | (1) |
| (Purchases)/ disposals of treasury shares | |||||||||||||
| - | - | (8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (8) | - | (8) | |
| Balance at 31 March 2024 | 915 | 3,542 | (10) | (183) | (93) | (1) | 3 | (167) | 1,190 | 2,764 | 7,960 | 26 | 7,986 |
for the period ended 31 March 2024
| Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-month period ended | |||
| € million | 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 | |
| Cash flows from operating activities | |||
| Profit before tax | 478 | 359 | |
| Adjustments for: | |||
| Non-cash items included in income statement and other adjustments: | 126 | 181 | |
| Depreciation and amortisation on investment property, property & equipment and software | |||
| 46 | 46 | ||
| Amortisation of premiums /discounts of investment securities, debt securities in issue and other borrowed funds | |||
| (22) | 9 | ||
| Credit provisions and other impairment charges | 58 | 67 | |
| Provision for employee benefits | 3 | 2 | |
| Share of (profit) / loss of equity method investments | - | (1) | |
| Result from fair value and cash flow hedges Net (gain) / loss on disposal of property & equipment and investment property |
2 (4) |
(6) (2) |
|
| Net (gain) / loss on disposal of investment securities | (59) | (63) | |
| Accrued interest from financing activities and results from repurchase of debt securities in issue | 20 | 28 | |
| Accrued interest of investment securities | 94 | 97 | |
| Other non-cash operating items | (12) | 4 | |
| Net (increase) / decrease in operating assets: | 555 | (200) | |
| Mandatory reserve deposits with Central Bank | 29 | (42) | |
| Due from banks | 141 | 160 | |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 91 | (255) | |
| Derivative financial instruments | 106 | 81 | |
| Loans and advances to customers | 184 | 278 | |
| Other assets | 4 | (422) | |
| Net increase / (decrease) in operating liabilities: | (3,168) | (3,259) | |
| Due to banks | (2,080) | (2,877) | |
| Due to customers | (1,465) | (417) | |
| Derivative financial instruments | (30) | (46) | |
| Retirement benefit obligations | (9) | (8) | |
| Income taxes (paid) / received | (12) | 2 | |
| Other liabilities | 428 | 87 | |
| Net cash from / (for) operating activities | (2,009) | (2,919) | |
| Cash flows from investing activities | |||
| Purchase of investment property, property & equipment, software & other and intangible assets | (98) | (44) | |
| Proceeds from disposal of property & equipment and investment property | 4 | 3 | |
| Purchase of investment securities | (2,864) | (3,013) | |
| Proceeds from redemption and sale of investment securities | 2,450 | 1,722 | |
| Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities | (508) | (1,332) | |
| Cash flows from financing activities | |||
| Proceeds from debt securities in issue and other borrowed funds | 1,100 | 1 | |
| Repayments of debt securities in issue, other borrowed funds and preferred securities | (327) | 21 | |
| Principal elements of lease payments | (11) | (16) | |
| Proceeds from disposal of treasury shares | 3 | 19 | |
| Repurchase of treasury shares | (11) | (19) | |
| Net cash from/ (for) financing activities | 754 | 6 | |
| Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (18) | (8) | |
| Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (1,781) | (4,253) | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 9,788 | 17,212 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period Cash Flow Statement |
8,007 | 12,959 |
National Bank of Greece S.A. (hereinafter "NBG" or the "Bank") was founded in 1841 and its shares have been listed on the Athens Exchange since 1880. The Bank's headquarters are located at 86 Eolou Street, 10559 Athens, Greece (Register number G.E.MH. 237901000), tel. (+30) 210 334 1000, www.nbg.gr. By resolution of the Board of Directors, the Bank can establish branches, agencies and correspondence offices in Greece and abroad. In its 183 years of operation, the Bank has expanded on its commercial banking business by entering into related business areas. The Bank and its subsidiaries (hereinafter the "Group") provide a wide range of financial services including mainly retail, corporate and investment banking, non-performing exposures management, transactional banking, leasing, factoring, brokerage, asset management, real estate management and insurance services. The Group operates mainly in Greece but also through its branch in Cyprus and its subsidiaries in North Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Netherlands and U.K. Following the respective Bank's decision in 2021, the Group ceased its operation in Egypt, Malta and NBG London Branch. Also, in April 2024, the Cyprus Branch transferred its operations to NBG Cyprus Ltd. Therefore, the NBG Egypt Branch, the NBG London Branch, the Cyprus Branch and the subsidiaries NBG Malta Ltd (formerly known as NBG Bank Malta Ltd) and NBG Malta Holdings Ltd are currently under liquidation.
The Board of Directors ("BoD") consists of the following members:
| Gikas Hardouvelis |
|---|
| Executive members |
| Pavlos Mylonas |
| Christina Theofilidi |
| Independent Non-Executive Members |
| Avraam Gounaris - Senior Independent Director |
| Anne Clementine Marcelle Marion-Bouchacourt |
| Claude Edgard Louis Ghislain Piret |
| Wietze Reehoorn |
| Matthieu Joseph Kiss |
| Elena Ana Cernat |
| Aikaterini Beritsi |
| Jayaprakasa (JP) Rangaswami |
| Athanasios Zarkalis |
| Non-Executive Representative of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (Greek Law 3864/2010) |
| Periklis Drougkas |
| Board and Board Committees' Secretary |
| Panos Dasmanoglou |
The Board of Directors Μembers are elected by the Bank's General Meeting of Shareholders for a maximum term of three years and may be re-elected. The term of the above Members expires at the Annual General Meeting of the Bank's Shareholders in 2024.
These Interim Financial Statements have been approved for issue by the Bank's Board of Directors on 28 April 2024.
The condensed consolidated Interim Financial Statements as at and for the three-month period ended 31 March 2024 (the "Interim Financial Statements") have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 "Interim Financial Reporting". These Interim Financial Statements include selected explanatory notes and do not include all the information required for full set of Annual Financial Statements. Therefore, the Interim Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated Annual Financial Statements for the Group as at and for the year ended 31 December 2023, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSs") as endorsed by the European Union (the "EU").
These Interim Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost basis except for the financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, financial assets and financial liabilities (including derivative instruments) measured at fairvalue-through-profit-or-loss. The carrying values of recognised assets and liabilities that are hedged items in fair value hedges, and otherwise carried at amortised cost, are adjusted to record changes in fair value attributable to the risk being hedged. In accordance with the transitional provisions provided by IFRS 9, the Group has elected to continue accounting for hedging transactions under IAS 39 as adopted by the EU, including the provisions related to macro-fair value hedge accounting (IAS 39 "carve-out"). Certain provisions of IAS 39 on hedge accounting have been excluded (see Note 2.7.6 "Portfolio Hedges (Macro Hedge)" of the Annual Financial Statements for the Group as at and for the year ended 31 December 2023).
The accounting policies used in the preparation of these Interim Financial Statements have been consistently applied with those in the consolidated Annual Financial Statements for the year-ended 31 December 2023. Where necessary, comparative figures have been adjusted to conform to changes in the current period's presentation.
These Interim Financial Statements have been prepared on the basis that the Group will continue to operate as a going concern (see Note 2.2 "Going Concern").
The Group's presentation currency is the Euro (€) being the functional currency of the parent company. Except as indicated, financial information presented in Euro has been rounded to the nearest million.
After considering (a) the significant recurring profitability of the Group, (b) the significant collateral buffer and Liquidity Coverage Ratio ("LCR") and Net Stable Funding Ratio ("NSFR") which is well above 100%, (c) the Group's Common Equity Tier 1 ("CET1") ratio as at 31 March 2024 which exceeded the Overall Capital Requirements ("OCR"), (d) the increasing support from the Recovery and Resilience Facility ("RRF"), and (e) the Group's insignificant exposure to Russia, Ukraine and Middle East and the Management's actions with respect to crises, the Board of Directors concluded that the Group is a going concern and thus the application of the going concern principle for the preparation of these Interim Financial Statements is appropriate.
For the period ended 31 March 2024, the profit for the period amounted to €359 million for the Group, whereas Group's earnings per share amounted to €0.39.
As at 31 March 2024, the Bank's liquidity buffer at cash values amounted to €25.7 billion, with the LCR and NSFR ratios well above 100%.
The Group's Common Equity Tier 1 ("CET1") and Total Capital ratios as at 31 March 2024 were 17.8% and 20.5% respectively, exceeding the OCR ratio of 9.62% for CET1 and 14.32% for Total Capital for 2024, (see Note 17 "Capital Adequacy").
Greece's Gross Domestic Product ("GDP") increased by 2.0% y-o-y in FY.2023 (according to the data released by the Hellenic Statistical Authority in March 2024) − in line with NBG's baseline scenario used in the 4Q.2023 estimates − outpacing the euro area average (+0.4% y-o-y) for a 3rd consecutive year. GDP growth eased to 1.2% y-o-y in 4Q.2023, as the drag on domestic production from the catastrophic flood in Central Greece, in September 2023, was combined with a temporary drop in gross fixed capital formation and falling demand for goods exports due to the weak economic conditions in Greece's major export partners (mostly euro area countries).
The economic performance of Greece in 2024 is expected to be supported by several factors, which seem sufficient to warrant a sustained outperformance against the euro area and provide a credible cushion against potential downside risks. The most important growth catalysts for 2024 include: i) the positive impact of deferred investment spending from 2023 (mostly projects related to the Recovery & Resilience Facility – "RRF" − and reconstruction works in the flood-hit Central Greece) and the planned increase in private and RRF-related spending, in the current year, ii) supportive labor market conditions (accelerating employment growth, higher labor force participation and ongoing wage adjustment), and iii) strong tourism prospects for FY.2024.
Sectoral survey and business turnover data showed a strengthening, in q-o-q terms, in 1Q.2024 especially in the services and construction sectors, while indicators of fixed capital investment spending, employment and industrial activity also recorded an improvement, compared with 4Q.2023. Specifically:
Strong cyclical tailwinds and sustained efficiency gains bolstered the country's fiscal performance, with a General Government primary surplus higher than the State Budget estimate of 1.1% of GDP expected for FY.2023, whereas the primary surplus in the State Budget, on a modified cash basis, reached €2.95 billion in 3M.2024 exceeding the respective budget target by c. €0.9 billion. Data from the Hellenic Public Debt Management Agency showed that the General Government gross debt fell significantly to 162% of GDP in FY.2023, while it is expected (State Budget 2024) to decrease further (152.3%) in 2024, exhibiting an impressive cumulative decline of around 50% of GDP, over a 4-year period.
The aggressive monetary policy tightening, reflected in the 450 bps hikes in policy rates by the ECB, between July 2022 and September 2023, weighed on bank lending growth. However, Greece continued to outperform the euro area average in the first months of 2024. Total credit to the private sector by Greek banks increased by 3.4% y-o-y and credit to Non-Financial Corporations ("NFCs") by 5.5% in 2M.2024, from 3.7% and 5.8%, respectively, in December 2023. Private sector deposits remained close to a 13-year high in February 2024 (€188.6 billion), despite the cumulative net outflow of €6.3 billion in 2M.2024, which broadly offset the €6.4 billion spike in monthly deposit flows in December 2023, due to supportive seasonal factors. Consumer loans accelerated to a 15-year high of 4.4% y-o-y, while the annual change in mortgage loans, provided by the Greek banking system, remained negative (-3.5% on average in 2M.2024, unchanged compared with December 2023).
Residential real estate prices increased by 11.8% y-o-y in 4Q.2023 (Bank of Greece data released on 5 March 2024) and 13.4% y-o-y in FY.2023 − with their cumulative appreciation, over the past 6 years, at 61% − with signs of further increases in 1Q.2024, according to market sources, as demand remains robust and construction costs continue to increase at a rapid pace.
The combined impact of the above-described supportive factors bodes well for an annual GDP growth of c. 2.4% y-o-y in 2024, according to the average of latest available official sector and private consensus estimates.
Greece's growth performance in 2024, but also in the medium term, is expected to be supported by the following factors:
Nonetheless, the above estimates are subject to some considerable downside risks, such as:
Overall, the Greek economy seems well positioned to deal with the above challenges and to continue outperforming its euro area peers, capitalizing on sustainable growth catalysts and the strong momentum built in previous years. Moreover, the return to investment grade and a prospective reversal of the monetary policy tightening cycle, as currently envisaged by financial markets and consensus estimates, could support a faster improvement in liquidity conditions and higher valuations of Greek assets, attracting new inflows of foreign investment.
- IAS 1 (Amendment): Classification of liabilities as current or non-current (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024). The amendment clarifies that the classification of liabilities as current or non-current should be based on rights that are in existence at the end of the reporting period. The amendment also clarifies that the classification is unaffected by expectations about whether an entity will exercise its right to defer settlement of a liability and make clear that settlement refers to the transfer to the counterparty of cash, equity instruments, other assets or services. There was no impact on the consolidated Interim Financial Statements from the adoption of this amendment.
- IAS 1 (Amendments): Non-current Liabilities with Covenants (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024). The new amendments clarify that if the right to defer settlement is subject to the entity complying with specified conditions (covenants), these amendments will only apply to conditions that exist when compliance is measured on or before the reporting date. Additionally, the amendments aim to improve the information an entity provides when its right to defer settlement of a liability is subject to compliance with covenants within twelve months after the reporting period. There was no impact on the consolidated Interim Financial Statements from the adoption of these amendments.
- IFRS 16 (Amendment): Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024). The amendment clarifies how an entity accounts for a sale and leaseback after the date of the transaction. Sale and leaseback transactions where some or all the lease payments are variable lease payments that do not depend on an index or rate are most likely to be impacted. The requirements are applied retrospectively back to sale and leaseback transactions that were entered into after the date of initial application of IFRS 16. There was no impact on the consolidated Interim Financial Statements from the adoption of this amendment.
- IAS 7 and IFRS 7 (Amendments) - Disclosures: Supplier Finance Arrangements (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024). The amendments require companies to disclose information about their Supplier Finance Arrangements such as terms and conditions, carrying amount of financial liabilities that are part of such arrangements, ranges of payment due dates and liquidity risk information. The Group does not expect any impact on the consolidated Interim Financial Statements from the adoption of these amendments.
The amendments to existing standards effective from 1 January 2024 have been endorsed by the EU, except for the amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 "Disclosures: Supplier Finance Arrangements", which have not yet been endorsed by the EU.
- IAS 21 (Amendments): The effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates - Lack of Exchangeability (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2025). The amendments specify when a currency is exchangeable into another currency and when it is not and clarify how an entity determines the exchange rate to apply when a currency is not exchangeable. A currency is not exchangeable into the other currency if an entity can only obtain an insignificant amount of the other currency. When a currency is not
exchangeable at the measurement date, an entity estimates the spot exchange rate as the rate that would have applied to an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and that would faithfully reflect the economic conditions prevailing. Additionally, the amendments require disclosure of information that enables users of financial statements to understand the impact of a currency not being exchangeable. The Group does not expect any material impact on the consolidated Interim Financial Statements from the adoption of these amendments.
- IFRS 18 (New Standard): Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements (effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027). IFRS 18 was issued in April 2024 to improve reporting on financial performance and will replace IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements. It sets out general and specific requirements for the presentation and disclosure of information in general purpose financial statements to help ensure they provide relevant information that faithfully represents an entity's assets, liabilities, equity, income and expenses. The new Standard has retrospective application.
The amendments to IAS 21 "The effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates - Lack of Exchangeability" and the new Standard IFRS 18 "Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements" have not been endorsed by the EU.
In preparing these Interim Financial Statements for the three-month period ended on 31 March 2024, the critical judgments and estimates made by Management in applying the Group's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were similar to those applied to the consolidated Annual Financial Statements as at and for the year ended on 31 December 2023, except for:
In 1Q.2024, economic activity in Greece is estimated to have remained on a healthy upward trend – according to available monthly indicators – despite unfavorable external conditions, following a temporary slowing in 4Q.2023 due to flood-related production losses in central Greece and a backloading in Public Investment Budget ("PIB") spending. This slowing was evident in the FY.2023 (latest available) national accounts data released on 7 March 2024 by the Hellenic Statistical Authority ("ELSTAT"). Greece's Gross Domestic Product ("GDP") increased by 2.0% year-over-year ("y-o-y") in FY.2023, outpacing the euro area average (+0.4% y-o-y) for a third consecutive year, but eased to 1.2% y-o-y in 4Q.2023, as the drag on domestic production from the catastrophic flood in Thessaly in September 2023 was combined with a temporary drop in fixed capital investment and falling demand for goods exports due to the weak economic conditions in Greece's major export partners (mostly euro area countries).
The economic performance of Greece in 2024 and in the medium term is expected to be supported by several factors that seem sufficient to warrant a sustained outperformance against the euro area and provide a credible cushion against potential downside risks. The most important growth catalysts for 2024 include: i) the positive impact of deferred investment spending from 2023 (mostly projects related to the Recovery & Resilience Facility – "RRF" − and reconstruction works in the flood-hit central Greece) and the planned increase in private and RRF-related spending in the current year, ii) supportive labor market conditions (accelerating employment growth, higher labor force participation, and ongoing wage adjustments), and iii) strong tourism prospects. In 2024, gross fixed capital formation ("GFCF") is expected to accelerate following a year of subdued performance, bolstered by positive demand prospects, high capacity-utilization rates, resilient profitability, and rising real disposable income of households, despite the observed inertia in Consumer Price Index ("CPI") inflation in recent months.
Latest available information from leading and conjunctural indicators of economic activity for the first months of 2024 point to an acceleration in GDP growth in 1Q.2024, supported by a prospective pick-up in gross value added ("GVA") generation and business turnover, combined with signs of stronger GFCF. Sectoral survey and business turnover data show a strengthening, in q-o-q terms, especially in the services and construction sectors, while indicators of employment, investment spending and industrial activity have also recorded an improvement, compared with 4Q.2023. Specifically:
Strong cyclical tailwinds and sustained efficiency gains bolstered the country's fiscal performance, with a General Government primary surplus higher than the State Budget estimate of 1.1% of GDP expected for FY.2023, whereas the primary surplus in the State Budget, on a modified cash basis, reached €2.95 billion in 3M.2024, exceeding the respective budget target by c. €0.9 billion. Data from the Hellenic Public Debt Management Agency showed that the General Government gross debt fell significantly to 162% of GDP in FY.2023, while it is expected to decrease further in 2024 (152.3% of GDP, according to State Budget 2024 estimates).
The aggressive monetary policy tightening, reflected in the 450 bps hikes in policy rates by the ECB between July 2022 and September 2023, weighed on bank lending growth. However, Greece continued to outperform the euro area average in the first months of 2024. Total credit to the private sector by Greek banks increased by 3.4% y-o-y and credit to non-financial corporations ("NFCs") by 5.5% y-o-y in 2M.2024, from 3.7% y-o-y and 5.8% y-o-y, respectively, in December 2023. Private sector deposits remained close to a 13-year high in February 2024 (€188.6 billion), despite the cumulative net outflow of €6.3 billion in 2M.2024.
Residential real estate prices continued to record double-digit increases (+11.8% y-o-y in 4Q.2023 and +13.4% y-o-y in FY.2023), posting a cumulative appreciation of around 60% from their lowest point during the 10-year crisis (3Q.2017) and edging closer to their all-time high level in 2008, with signs of further increases in 1Q.2024 – according to market sources – as demand remains robust and construction costs continue to increase at a rapid pace.
Against this backdrop, Greece's GDP is estimated by the Bank to increase by 2.1% y-o-y, on average, in 2024-2028 in the baseline scenario, whereas the optimistic and the adverse scenarios envisage average annual GDP changes of 3.2% and -0.2%, respectively, over the same period. All three scenarios represent an informed assessment of the macroeconomic outlook, on the basis of the latest available information on economic conditions and relevant risk factors. The corresponding weighted average forecasts derived from the above paths are in line with the latest available official and private sector consensus forecasts of GDP growth for Greece. The probability weighting of the three forward-looking macroeconomic scenarios, i.e. baseline, optimistic and adverse, remained identical to those of 31 December 2023. Specifically, a probability weighting of 55%, 20% and 25% was assigned, respectively.
The macroeconomic variables utilized by the Bank relate to Greek economic factors, while the ECL allowance is mainly driven by the changes in GDP and House Price Index ("HPI"). GDP growth, directly or indirectly, affects the whole spectrum of the projected macro variables which are conditioned on the GDP path, including the HPI. The annual GDP growth in the baseline scenario is projected at 2.4%, on average, in FY.2024 and 2.2% in FY.2025 from 2.0% in FY.2023. For the HPI, the values corresponding to the optimistic scenario are exogenously assumed to be equal to those of the baseline over the projection period, in view of the uncertainty and the idiosyncratic non-modelled drivers of this market under the current juncture. The annual HPI growth in the baseline and the optimistic scenarios over the 2024-2028 period is projected at 4.5%, on average, compared with 2.2% in the same period under the adverse scenario.
A multiplicity of factors continues to affect the ECL allowance, with the main risks related to: i) a potential recurrence or further escalation of geopolitical tensions, with adverse implications for energy prices, world trade and economic sentiment, as well as a significant negative drag on economic performance, ii) persistent inflation-related uncertainty, especially for low-income population groups – mainly due to sluggish core and food inflation – along with the abolishment of the major part of fiscal support to households, weighing on private consumption, iii) a sharper compression of firms' profit margins if production cost pressures intensify, given the limited fiscal capacity for new support measures, and iv) a slower-than-currently-expected easing of inflation pressures globally leading to high interest rates for longer, giving rise to stronger recessionary and financial headwinds, weighing on fiscal capacity, weakening private investment spending, and lowering credit demand. Overall, the Greek economy seems well positioned to deal with the above challenges and carry on outperforming its euro area peers. The Group will continue to evaluate the ECL allowance and the related economic conditions each quarter, in order to timely capture any changes arising from uncertainty on macroeconomic trends.
Group
The Group manages its business through the following business segments:
Retail banking includes all individual customers, professionals, small-medium and small-sized companies (companies with annual turnover of up to €5 million). The Bank, through its extended network of branches and digital business, offers to its retail customers various types of loans (mortgage, consumer and small business lending), cards (debit, credit and prepaid cards), deposit, investment and bancassurance products, as well as a wide range of other traditional services and products.
Corporate & investment banking includes lending to all large and medium-sized companies and shipping finance except for exposures transferred to the Special Assets Unit ("SAU") and investment banking activities. The Group offers its corporate customers a wide range of products and services, including financial and investment advisory services, deposit accounts, loans (denominated in both euro and foreign currency), foreign exchange and trade service activities.
In order to (a) manage more effectively delinquent, non-performing and denounced loans and (b) ensure compliance with the provisions of the Bank of Greece Executive Committee Act 42/30.5.2014 and Act 47/9.2.2015 and the Code of Conduct (referred to in Article 1(2) of Greek Law 4224/2013), the Bank established two dedicated and independent internal units, one responsible for the management of the Bank's retail loans (the Retail Collection Unit ("RCU")) and the other (the SAU) for the Bank's corporate delinquent exposures, which have the overall responsibility for the management of such loans (end-to-end responsibility). In 2022, the SAS was setup in order to expand business in the emerging ecosystem of NPE's portfolio servicers and investors (e.g. acquisition financing, Real Estate Operating companies ("REOCo") financing).
Global markets and asset management includes all treasury activities, asset management (mutual funds and closed end funds), custody services, private equity and brokerage.
The Group's international banking activities include a wide range of traditional commercial banking services, such as commercial and retail credit, trade financing, foreign exchange and taking of deposits. In addition, the Group offers shipping finance, investment banking and brokerage services through certain of its foreign branches and subsidiaries.
Includes proprietary real estate management, warehousing business as well as unallocated income and expense of the Group.
Group
| Global | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate & | markets & | International | |||||
| Retail | Investment | Asset | Banking | ||||
| 31.03.2024 | Banking | Banking | TAU & SAS | Management | Operations | Other | Group |
| Net interest income | 451 | 171 | 20 | (66) | 28 | 2 | 606 |
| Net fee and commission income | 46 | 32 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 100 |
| Other | - | (2) | (1) | 50 | 22 | (9) | 60 |
| Total income | 497 | 201 | 21 | (9) | 54 | 2 | 766 |
| Direct costs | (82) | (10) | (1) | (6) | (21) | (24) | (144) |
| Allocated costs and provisions(1) | (21) | (50) | (45) | (3) | (11) | (14) | (144) |
| Profit / (loss) before tax | 394 | 141 | (25) | (18) | 22 | (36) | 478 |
| Tax benefit / (expense) | (119) | ||||||
| Profit for the period | 359 | ||||||
| Non-controlling interests | (1) | ||||||
| Profit attributable to NBG equity shareholders | |||||||
| 358 | |||||||
| Depreciation and amortisation(1) | 13 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 31 | 46 |
| Credit provisions and other impairment charges | (33) | 32 | 38 | (2) | 11 | 9 | 55 |
(1) Includes depreciation and amortisation on investment property, property & equipment and software.
| Global | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate & | markets & | International | |||||
| 31.03.2023 | Retail Banking |
Investment Banking |
ΤAU & SAS | Asset Management |
Banking Operations |
Other | Group |
| Net interest income | 320 | 156 | 25 | (18) | 23 | (9) | 497 |
| Net fee and commission income | 43 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 87 |
| Other | (5) | (7) | (2) | 71 | 11 | (19) | 49 |
| Total income | 358 | 177 | 26 | 59 | 37 | (24) | 633 |
| Direct costs | (88) | (10) | (1) | (5) | (12) | (18) | (134) |
| Allocated costs and provisions(1) | (57) | 3 | (61) | (2) | (8) | (16) | (141) |
| Share of profit of equity method investments | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Profit / (loss) before tax | 213 | 170 | (36) | 52 | 17 | (57) | 359 |
| Tax benefit / (expense) | (98) | ||||||
| Profit for the period | 261 | ||||||
| Non-controlling interests | (1) | ||||||
| Profit attributable to NBG equity shareholders | 260 | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortisation(1) | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 32 | 46 |
| Credit provision and other impairment charges | 11 | (16) | 53 | (3) | 8 | 12 | 65 |
(1) Includes depreciation and amortisation on investment property, property & equipment and software.
| Retail Banking | Corporate & Investment Banking |
ΤAU & SAS | Global Μarkets & Asset Management |
International Banking Operations |
Other | Group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segment assets as at 31 March 2024 | |||||||
| Segment assets | 7,795 | 22,039 | 2,076 | 29,394 | 2,756 | 3,568 | 67,628 |
| Current income tax advance and | |||||||
| deferred tax assets | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,461 |
| Non-current assets held for sale | - | - | 295 | - | - | 57 | 352 |
| Total assets | 72,441 | ||||||
| Segment liabilities as at 31 March 2024 |
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| Segment liabilities | 46,878 | 5,104 | 197 | 7,442 | 1,928 | 2,848 | 64,397 |
| Current income and deferred tax liabilities |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Liabilities associated with non-current | |||||||
| assets held for sale | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | 28 |
| Total liabilities | 64,455 |
| Retail Banking |
Corporate & Investment Banking |
ΤAU & SAS | Global Μarkets & Asset Management |
International Banking Operations |
Other | Group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Segment assets as at 31 December 2023 |
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| Segment assets | 7,732 | 22,802 | 2,252 | 30,244 | 2,567 | 3,726 | 69,323 |
| Current income tax advance and deferred tax assets |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 4,566 |
| Non-current assets held for sale | - | - | 638 | - | - | 57 | 695 |
| Total assets | 74,584 | ||||||
| Segment liabilities as at 31 December 2023 |
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| Segment liabilities | 47,491 | 5,916 | 194 | 8,789 | 1,822 | 2,671 | 66,883 |
| Current income and deferred tax liabilities |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| Liabilities associated with non-current assets held for sale |
- | - | - | - | - | 28 | 28 |
| Total liabilities | 66,932 |
| Total Commission Income | 56 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 119 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fund management fees | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | 6 |
| Banking fees & similar charges | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 49 |
| Corporate lending fees | 4 | 24 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 31 |
| Retail lending fees | 24 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | 28 |
| Custody, brokerage & investment banking | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| 31.03.2024 | Retail Banking |
Corporate & Investment Banking |
TAU & SAS | Global markets & Asset Management |
International Banking Operations |
Other | Group |
| 31.03.2023 | Retail Banking |
Corporate & Investment Banking |
TAU & SAS | Global markets & Asset Management |
International Banking Operations |
Other | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Custody, brokerage & investment banking | 1 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| Retail lending fees | 22 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| Corporate lending fees | 3 | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Banking fees & similar charges | 26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 43 |
| Fund management fees | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Total Commission Income | 52 | 29 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 106 |
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3-month period ended | ||
| 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 | |
| Net trading result and other net unrealized gains / (losses) from financial assets or liabilities at fair value through | ||
| profit or loss Net gain / (loss) from disposal of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income |
(4) 2 |
3 14 |
| Net trading result and other net unrealized gains / (losses) from financial assets or liabilities mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss |
- | 3 |
| Total net trading income / (loss) and results from investment securities | (2) | 20 |
| Group |
| 3-month period ended | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 | |
| Gains / (losses) arising from the derecognition of financial assets measured at amortised cost | 57 | 49 |
| Total | 57 | 49 |
| Group 3-month period ended |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Note | 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 | |
| a. Impairment charge for ECL | |||
| Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | 8 | 44 | 59 |
| Net modification (gain)/loss | 8 | 2 | (3) |
| 46 | 56 | ||
| b. Impairment charge for securities | |||
| Investment in debt instruments | (2) | (3) | |
| (2) | (3) | ||
| c. Other provisions and impairment charges | |||
| Legal and other provisions | 11 | 12 | |
| 11 | 12 | ||
| Total | 55 | 65 |
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| 3-month period ended | ||
| 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 | |
| Current tax | (3) | (3) |
| Deferred tax | (116) | (95) |
| Tax benefit / (expense) | (119) | (98) |
The nominal corporation tax rate for the Bank is 29%. The withholding tax on dividends distributed is 5%.
The unaudited tax years of the Group's investments accounted for by applying the equity method of accounting and subsidiaries are presented in Note 20 "Group companies".
The corporate income tax rate for legal entities, other than credit institutions, is 22%.
| Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-month period ended | |||
| 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 | ||
| Profit for the period attributable to NBG ordinary shareholders | 358 | 260 | |
| Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for basic and diluted EPS | 913,222,804 | 914,689,805 | |
| Earnings per share (Euro) - Basic and diluted | 0.39 | 0.28 |
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 | |
| Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | ||
| Mortgage loans | 7,185 | 7,254 |
| Consumer loans | 1,586 | 1,601 |
| Credit cards | 493 | 488 |
| Small business lending | 1,506 | 1,503 |
| Retail lending | 10,770 | 10,846 |
| Corporate and public sector lending | 23,250 | 24,061 |
| Gross carrying amount of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | 34,020 | 34,907 |
| ECL allowance on loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | (1,070) | (1,083) |
| Net carrying amount of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | 32,950 | 33,824 |
| Loans and advances to customers mandatorily measured at FVTPL | 384 | 399 |
| Total Loans and advances to customers | 33,334 | 34,223 |
As at 31 March 2024, the gross carrying amount of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost in corporate and public sector lending includes the Frontier I & II senior notes of €2,866 million (31 December 2023: €2,553 million). As at 31 December 2023, it also includes a short-term reverse repo of €1,000 million.
The figures of Small business lending as well as Corporate and public sector lending as at 31.12.2023 have been restated, to align with the list published by the Hellenic Ministry of the Interior that includes the Greek organizations/entities considered as Public Sector Entities.
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Credit impaired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| As at 31 March 2024 | 12-month ECL | Lifetime ECL | Lifetime ECL | Total |
| Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | ||||
| Mortgage loans | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 5,317 | 1,586 | 282 | 7,185 |
| ECL allowance | (18) | (65) | (63) | (146) |
| Net carrying amount | 5,299 | 1,521 | 219 | 7,039 |
| Consumer loans | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 1,357 | 151 | 78 | 1,586 |
| ECL allowance | (27) | (30) | (47) | (104) |
| Net carrying amount | 1,330 | 121 | 31 | 1,482 |
| Credit cards | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 453 | 18 | 22 | 493 |
| ECL allowance | (3) | (1) | (20) | (24) |
| Net carrying amount | 450 | 17 | 2 | 469 |
| Small business lending | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 1,123 | 237 | 146 | 1,506 |
| ECL allowance | (14) | (39) | (78) | (131) |
| Net carrying amount | 1,109 | 198 | 68 | 1,375 |
| Corporate lending (1) | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 21,260 | 1,015 | 750 | 23,025 |
| ECL allowance | (137) | (91) | (426) | (654) |
| Net carrying amount | 21,123 | 924 | 324 | 22,371 |
| Public sector lending | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 192 | 25 | 8 | 225 |
| ECL allowance | (3) | - | (8) | (11) |
| Net carrying amount | 189 | 25 | - | 214 |
| Total loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 29,702 | 3,032 | 1,286 | 34,020 |
| ECL allowance | (202) | (226) | (642) | (1,070) |
| Net carrying amount of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | 29,500 | 2,806 | 644 | 32,950 |
| Loans and advances to customers mandatorily measured at FVTPL | 384 | |||
| Total loans and advances to customers | 33,334 | |||
(1) The senior notes relating to the Frontier I and Frontier II securitizations are included in Stage 1 of Corporate lending
| As at 31 December 2023 | Stage 1 12-month ECL |
Stage 2 Lifetime ECL |
Credit impaired Lifetime ECL |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | ||||
| Mortgage loans | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 5,290 | 1,664 | 300 | 7,254 |
| ECL allowance | (21) | (76) | (94) | (191) |
| Net carrying amount | 5,269 | 1,588 | 206 | 7,063 |
| Consumer loans | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 1,352 | 153 | 96 | 1,601 |
| ECL allowance | (28) | (29) | (63) | (120) |
| Net carrying amount | 1,324 | 124 | 33 | 1,481 |
| Credit cards | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 451 | 17 | 20 | 488 |
| ECL allowance | (3) | (2) | (18) | (23) |
| Net carrying amount | 448 | 15 | 2 | 465 |
| Small business lending | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 1,124 | 246 | 133 | 1,503 |
| ECL allowance | (15) | (34) | (67) | (116) |
| Net carrying amount | 1,109 | 212 | 66 | 1,387 |
| Corporate lending (1) | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 22,090 | 1,039 | 724 | 23,853 |
| ECL allowance | (144) | (85) | (393) | (622) |
| Net carrying amount | 21,946 | 954 | 331 | 23,231 |
| Public sector lending | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 178 | 22 | 8 | 208 |
| ECL allowance | (3) | - | (8) | (11) |
| Net carrying amount | 175 | 22 | - | 197 |
| Total loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | ||||
| Gross carrying amount | 30,485 | 3,141 | 1,281 | 34,907 |
| ECL allowance | (214) | (226) | (643) | (1,083) |
| Net carrying amount of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | 30,271 | 2,915 | 638 | 33,824 |
| Loans and advances to customers mandatorily measured at FVTPL | 399 | |||
| Total loans and advances to customers | 34,223 |
(1) The senior notes relating to the Frontier I securitization and the short-term reverse repo are included in Stage 1 of Corporate lending
| Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Credit impaired | Total ECL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | 12-month ECL | Lifetime ECL | Lifetime ECL | allowance |
| ECL allowance at 1 January 2024 | 214 | 226 | 643 | 1,083 |
| Transfers between Stages | 53 | (28) | (25) | - |
| Impairment charge for ECL (Note 5) | (65) | 28 | 81 | 44 |
| Modification impact on ECL | - | - | (1) | (1) |
| Write-offs | - | - | (34) | (34) |
| Change in the present value of the ECL allowance | - | - | (1) | (1) |
| Foreign exchange differences and other movements | - | - | (8) | (8) |
| Reclassified as Held for Sale | - | - | (13) | (13) |
| ECL allowance at 31 March 2024 | 202 | 226 | 642 | 1,070 |
| Group | Stage 1 12-month ECL |
Stage 2 Lifetime ECL |
Credit impaired Lifetime ECL |
Total ECL allowance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECL allowance at 1 January 2023 | 212 | 294 | 987 | 1,493 |
| Transfers between Stages | 84 | (82) | (2) | - |
| Impairment charge for ECL | (82) | 15 | 336 | 269 |
| Modification impact on ECL | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| Write-offs | - | - | (252) | (252) |
| Change in the present value of the ECL allowance | - | - | (12) | (12) |
| Foreign exchange differences and other movements | - | (1) | (23) | (24) |
| Reclassified as Held for Sale | - | - | (396) | (396) |
| ECL allowance at 31 December 2023 | 214 | 226 | 643 | 1,083 |
Total impairment charge for ECL on loans and advances to customers measured at amortised cost for the three-month period ended on 31 March 2024 for the Group amounts to €46 million, including a net modification loss of €2 million, related to the loans and advances to customers with lifetime ECL whose cash flows were modified during the period, as disclosed in Note 5 "Credit provisions and other impairment charges". The respective figures for the year ended on 31 December 2023 are an impairment charge of €268 million, including a net modification gain of €1 million. The impact of modification on the ECL allowance associated with these assets was a release of €1 million (31 December 2023: charge of €5 million) for the Group, as disclosed in the Movement of the ECL allowance on loans and advances to customers at amortised cost presented above.
Management adjustments may be performed to factor in certain conditions and circumstances prevailing at the reporting date which are not fully captured into the ECL models, based on management judgment, resulting in either an increase or a decrease in the total ECL allowance. Management adjustments relate to post-model adjustments ("PMAs") to the ECL model output which are calculated and allocated at a granular level following relevant risk assessment and analysis as well as to in-model adjustments to model inputs.
More specifically, the Group, in the context of its provisional framework, may occasionally make use of PMAs based on expert credit judgment, to capture additional risks and incorporate the impact from new economic conditions and related macroeconomic uncertainties as a result of unexpected events, which may not be timely reflected in the ECL model outputs. PMAs may also relate to accounting requirements not incorporated in the ECL model output due to model limitations. Management critically assesses the prevailing economic conditions at each quarter and determines whether PMAs are warranted to address emerging risks or whether prior period PMAs are no longer required, incorporating the related uncertainties in the estimation of expected credit losses in a valid, consistent and efficient manner, in accordance with the Group's internal respective frameworks. The determination and estimation of PMAs is performed in accordance with established dedicated processes and is subject to strict governance arrangements, ensuring the adequacy and soundness of the ECL measurement under IFRS 9.
As at 31 March 2024, PMAs include adjustments relating to the still prevailing economic uncertainty resulting from the persistence of financial market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty, the related increase in oil prices, new supply chain disruptions, weak external demand for goods exports and high food inflation. The above risks are compounded by the stagnation in the euro area economy, due to tightened monetary policy, weakened global trade and ongoing fiscal rebalancing. Tightened financing conditions due to the above risk factors may have an adverse impact on the credit condition of corporates and households, depending on their sensitivity to the macrofinancial environment.
In this context, PMAs have been applied on exposures of obligors of both the retail and the corporate loan portfolios, that relate to risk sensitive segments considering their respective risk profiles, which are more exposed to further deterioration of the economic conditions and related financial pressures caused by increasing cost of living and higher operating costs. The adjustment is performed
on performing exposures and involves the application of increased coverage rates, following relevant risk assessment. Furthermore, management adjustments have also been captured through other PMAs, mainly focusing on recovery strategies to be pursued for NPEs.
As at 31 December 2023, PMAs included similar adjustments relating to the economic uncertainty resulting from the aforementioned factors and had been applied on exposures of retail and corporate obligors that related to risk sensitive segments, considering their respective risk profiles. Other PMAs performed related to recovery strategies to be pursued for NPEs, as in 2024.
Non-current assets held for sale as at 31 March 2024 comprise of Probank Leasing S.A. (part of Project "Pronto", see below), as well as loan portfolio disposals mainly relating to Projects "Frontier III", Project "Solar" and Project "Pronto" whereas as at 31 December 2023 in addition to the above also included "Frontier II".
In the context of deleveraging its NPEs through inorganic actions and according to its NPE Divestment Policy, the Bank decided the disposal of a portfolio of Greek Non-Performing Exposures in the form of a rated securitization that will utilize the provisions of Hellenic Asset Protection Scheme ("HAPS"), known as Hercules II. The portfolio includes secured Large Corporate, Small and Medium Enterprises, Small Business Lending, Residential Mortgage loans and Consumer loans with a total gross book value of c. €1 billion (as of the cut-off date 31 December 2021).
On 29 July 2022, the Bank announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by Bracebridge Capital LLC for the sale of 95% of the Mezzanine and Junior notes. NBG will retain the 100% of the Senior notes and 5% of the Mezzanine and Junior notes.
The transaction was completed on 16 February 2024 following the receipt of all necessary approvals, including the provision of the State guarantee on the Senior notes.
The Bank decided the disposal of the Non-Performing leasing exposures through: i) the sale of the shares of the Probank Leasing S.A. and ii) the sale of the Bank's leasing portfolio (ex-FBB) and NBG Leasing S.A. ("NBGL") leasing portfolio, with a total gross book value of €33 million as of the 31 March 2024.
The transaction is estimated to be completed within the 3Q.2024, subject to required approvals.
In December 2021, the Bank decided to launch the divestment of the secured portfolio of SMEs (Project "Solar") with a gross book value c. €170 million (as of the cut-off date 30 September 2021), through a joint transaction with the other Greek systemic banks in a form of a rated securitisation under HAPS.
On 1 November 2023, NBG together with the other Greek systemic banks entered into a definitive agreement with funds managed by Waterwheel Capital Management, L.P. for the sale of 95% of the Mezzanine and Junior notes. The banks will retain 100% of the Senior notes and 5% of the Mezzanine and Junior notes for risk retention purposes.
The transaction is expected to be completed within 2024, subject to required approvals.
In September 2023, the Bank decided the disposal of a portfolio of Greek Non-Performing Exposures in the form of a rated securitization aiming to utilize the provisions of HAPS. The portfolio consists of predominantly secured Large Corporate, SMEs, SBL, Mortgage Loans and Consumer Loans with a total gross book value of c. €0.6 billion (as of the cut-off date, 30 June 2023).
The transaction is estimated to be completed within 2024, subject to required approvals.
| Group(1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 | |
| Loans and advances to customers | 351 | 694 | |
| Other assets | 1 | 1 | |
| Total assets | 352 | 695 | |
| LIABILITIES | |||
| Other liabilities | 28 | 28 | |
| Total liabilities | 28 | 28 | |
| (1) Includes Probank Leasing S.A. |
During the three-month period ended 31 March 2024, the Bank repaid balance of €1.9 billion TLTROs. For more information regarding TLTRO III transactions please refer to Note 30 "Due to banks" of the Annual Financial Statements as at and for the year ended 31 December 2023.
Αs at 31 March 2024, at a Group level, "Due to Banks" also include other deposits with financial institutions of €1.7 billion (31 December 2023: €1.8 billion) and securities sold under agreements to repurchase with financial institutions of Nil (31 December 2023: €0.1 billion).
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| € million | 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 |
| Deposits: | ||
| Individuals | 44,294 | 44,606 |
| Corporate | 9,573 | 11,028 |
| Government and agencies | 1,741 | 1,492 |
| Total | 55,608 | 57,126 |
| Group | ||
| 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 | |
| Deposits: | ||
| Savings accounts | 29,940 | 30,312 |
| Current & Sight accounts | 12,997 | 13,858 |
| Time deposits | 10,989 | 11,147 |
| Other deposits | 1,682 | 1,809 |
| Total | 55,608 | 57,126 |
Time deposits include deposits which contain one or more embedded derivatives. The Group has designated such deposits as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss. As at 31 March 2024, these deposits amounted to €780 million (31 December 2023: €806 million).
In accordance with Greek Law 4151/2013, all dormant deposit accounts are subject to statute of limitations of 20 years in favour of the Greek State. All banks operating in Greece are required to remit the cash balances of such dormant accounts to the Greek State by April of every year. The Bank until 31 March 2024 had remitted to the Greek State €1 million in respect of dormant account balances (2023: €4 million).
On 22 January 2024, the Bank issued a €600 million senior preferred bond in the international capital markets with a yield of 4.5%. The bond matures in five years and is callable in four years. The issuance is part of the Bank's strategy to increase its Minimum Required Eligible Liabilities (MREL), which is a supervisory requirement for all banks.
Tender Offer in respect of €400 million Subordinated Fixed Rate Resettable Tier 2 Notes due 2029 subject to New Issue Condition
On 19 March 2024, the Bank announced the launch of a voluntary cash tender offer in respect of its €400 million Subordinated Fixed Rate Resettable Tier 2 Notes due in 2029.
The completion of the Tender Offer was conditional, without limitation, on the successful completion of the issuance of the new notes.
On 27 March 2024, the Bank, pursuant to Regulation (EU) 596/2014 and Greek Law 3556/2007, announced that will accept for purchase all validly tendered Notes and that the Acceptance Amount is equal to notional €320 million. The settlement date for the Offer was the 28 March 2024.
On 20 March 2024, the Bank issued a €500 million Subordinated Tier II bonds in the international capital markets with a yield of 5.875%. The bond matures in 11.25 years and is callable in 6.25 years.
The issuance is part of the Bank's strategy to optimize its capital structure and increase its MREL, which is a supervisory requirement for all banks, as well as in light of the tender offer launched by the Bank on 19 March 2024 as mentioned above.
The Bank and certain of its subsidiaries are defendants in certain claims and legal actions and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business which are generally based on alleged violations of consumer protection, banking, employment and other laws. None of these actions and proceedings is individually material. Neither the Bank nor any other Group member is involved in any governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings (including proceedings that are pending or threatened of which the Bank is aware) that may have a significant impact on the financial position or profitability of the Group.
The Group establishes provisions for all litigations, for which it believes it is probable that a loss will be incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. These provisions may change from time to time, as appropriate, in light of additional information. For the cases for which a provision has not been recognized, Management is not able to reasonably estimate possible losses, since the proceedings may last for many years, many of the proceedings are in early stages, there is uncertainty as to the likelihood of the final result, there is uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals and there are significant issues to be resolved. However, in the Management's opinion, after consultation with legal counsel, the final outcome of these matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Group's Statement of Financial Position, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement. As at 31 March 2024 the Group has provided for cases under litigation the amount of €28 million (31 December 2023: €26 million).
Tax authorities have not yet audited all of the Group's entities for certain financial years and accordingly their tax obligations for those years may not be considered final. Additional taxes and penalties may be imposed as a result of such tax audits; although the amount cannot be determined, it is not expected to have a material effect on the Group's Statement of Financial Position.
The years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 have been tax audited by PwC S.A. and the tax certificates, which were unqualified, were issued on 26 October 2018, 31 October 2019, 27 October 2020, 27 October 2021, 27 October 2022 and 30 November 2023, respectively. The year 2023 is currently being audited for tax compliance purposes by PwC S.A., however it is not expected to have a material effect on the Group's Statement of Financial Position.
On 31 December 2023, the right of the tax authorities to issue a deed for re-calculation of income tax for the years up to and including year 2017 expired. For the years 2018 onwards, in accordance with the Ministerial Decision 1006/2016 there is no exception from tax audit by the tax authorities for those entities that have been tax audited by an independent auditor who has issued an unqualified tax audit certificate.
Therefore, the tax authorities may re-audit the tax books of the Bank for those years. However, the Bank does not expect any material effect on the Group's Statement of Financial Position.
For the subsidiaries and associates regarding unaudited tax years refer to Note 20 "Group companies".
In the normal course of business, the Group enters into contractual commitments on behalf of its customers and is a party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk to meet the financing needs of its customers. These contractual commitments consist of commitments to extend credit, commercial letters of credit and standby letters of credit and guarantees. Commitments to extend credit are agreements to lend to a customer as long as there is no violation of the conditions established in the contract. Commercial letters of credit ensure payment by the Bank to a third party for a customer's foreign or domestic trade transactions, generally to finance a commercial contract for the shipment of goods. Standby letters of credit and financial guarantees are conditional commitments issued by the Group to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. All of these arrangements are related to the normal lending activities of the Group. The Group's exposure to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the other party to the financial instrument for commitments to extend credit, commercial and standby letters of credit is represented by the contractual nominal amount of those instruments. The Group uses the same credit policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments.
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 | |
| Standby letters of credit and financial guarantees written | 5,061 | 5,176 |
| Commercial letters of credit | 854 | 850 |
| Total credit related commitments | 5,915 | 6,026 |
In addition to the above, credit commitments also include commitments to extend credit which as at 31 March 2024 amounted to €12,668 million for the Group (31 December 2023: €12,070 million). Commitments to extend credit relate to revocable commitments, as they do not include any amounts which cannot be cancelled without certain conditions being met at any time and without notice, or for which automatic cancellation due to credit deterioration of the borrower is not allowed.
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 | |
| Assets pledged as collateral | 219 | 3,768 |
As at 31 March 2024, the Group has pledged mainly for funding purposes with financial institutions trading and investment debt instruments of €219 million (31 December 2023: €311 million).
Furthermore, as at 31 December 2023, the Group has pledged loans and advances to customers at amortised cost amounting to €3,457 million.
In addition to the pledged items presented above, as at 31 March 2024, the Group has pledged an amount of €316 million (31 December 2023: €315 million) included in "Due from banks" with respect to a guarantee for the non-payment risk of the Hellenic Republic, as well as Greek Government bond of €473 million (31 December 2023: €463 million) for trade finance transactions.
The total number of ordinary shares as at 31 March 2024 and 31 December 2023 was 914,715,153, with a nominal value of 1.00 Euro per share.
On 28 July 2023, the Annual General Meeting of the Bank's shareholders decided:
a) The buy-back by the Bank of own shares (treasury stock) as per the terms and conditions under Article 49 of Law 4548/20218 as amended. The proposed maximum buy-back of own shares was up to 1.5% of the total outstanding shares, i.e. a maximum of 13,720,727 shares, to be acquired over a period of 24 months as from the day of the AGM, i.e. through to 28/07/2025. The suggested price range for the purchase of own shares was €1.00 - €15.00 and the total cost of own shares buy-backs should not exceed €30 million. Share buy-backs would be carried out as long as current economic conditions permit and always within the framework of the directives and recommendations issued by the Greek and European Supervisory Authorities and acquiring all the necessary regulatory approvals and especially HFSF's and ECB's approval in accordance with article 16C of L. 3864/2010 and article 77 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013.
b) The establishment of a Program for the free distribution of shares (Stock Award Program) to Senior Management executives, and/or staff of the Bank and to Group companies. The maximum total nominal value of the common registered voting shares to be available through the Stock Award Program would correspond to up to 1.5% of the paid-up share capital at the day of the decision of the General Meeting. The Program would be implemented in compliance with the legal and regulatory framework applying and the Bank's respective policies. On 24 August 2023, the buy back of the Bank's own shares and the Stock Award Program were approved by the regulatory authorities. The own shares purchased in 4Q.2023 and 1Q.2024 in the context of the said Program shall be offered as free distribution to the Senior Management executives, and/or staff of the Bank and to Group companies.
| Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of shares | € million | |||
| At 1 January 2023 | - | - | ||
| Purchases | 3,062,601 | 17 | ||
| Sales | (2,699,378) | (15) | ||
| At 31 December 2023 and at 1 January 2024 | 363,223 | 2 | ||
| Purchases | 1,596,438 | 11 | ||
| Sales | (406,224) | (3) | ||
| At 31 March 2024 | 1,553,437 | 10 |
| Group | 3-month period ended 31.03.2024 |
3-month period ended 31.03.2023 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross | Tax | Net | Gross | Tax | Net | |
| Items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: |
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| Unrealised gains / (losses) on investments in debt instruments measured at FVTOCI |
(1) | - | (1) | 49 | - | 49 |
| Losses / (Gains) on investments in debt instruments measured at FVTOCI reclassified to profit or loss on |
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| disposal | - | - | - | (14) | - | (14) |
| ECL impairment recognised to profit or loss | (1) | - | (1) | (2) | - | (2) |
| Investments in debt instruments | (2) | - | (2) | 33 | - | 33 |
| Currency translation differences | (16) | - | (16) | (22) | - | (22) |
| Currency translation differences | (16) | - | (16) | (22) | - | (22) |
| Cash flow hedge | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Total of items that will be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss |
(18) | - | (18) | 12 | - | 12 |
| Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: |
||||||
| Gains / (losses) on investments in equity instruments measured at FVTOCI |
2 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 5 |
| (Gains)/losses on investments in equity instruments designated as at FVTOCI transferred to retained earnings upon disposal |
6 | - | 6 | (5) | - | (5) |
| Total of items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss |
8 | - | 8 | - | - | - |
| Other comprehensive income / (expense) for the period |
(10) | - | (10) | 12 | - | 12 |
The nature of the significant transactions entered into by the Group with related parties during the 3-month period ended 31 March 2024 and 31 March 2023 and the significant balances outstanding as at 31 March 2024 and 31 December 2023 are presented below.
The Group entered into transactions with the members of the Board of Directors, the General Managers and the members of the Executive Committees of the Bank, the key management of other Group companies, as well as with the close members of family and entities controlled or jointly controlled by those persons.
All loans granted to related parties (i) were made in the ordinary course of business, (ii) were made on substantially the same terms, including interest rates and collaterals, as those prevailing at the time for comparable transactions with other persons, and (iii) did not involve more than the normal risk of collectability or present other unfavourable features.
The members of the Board of Directors of the Bank are disclosed in Note 1 "General Information".
As at 31 March 2024, loans and advances to customers, deposits/liabilities and letters of guarantee, at Group level, amounted to €4 million, €6 million and NIL respectively (31 December 2023: €4 million, €7 million and NIL respectively).
Total compensation to related parties for the period ended 31 March 2024, amounted to €2 million for the Group (31 March 2023: €2 million), mainly relating to short-term benefits, in particular salaries and social security contributions.
At a Group level, only transactions and balances with associates and joint ventures are included, as transactions and balances with subsidiaries are eliminated on consolidation.
| Group | ||
|---|---|---|
| 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 | |
| Assets | 64 | 66 |
| Liabilities | 72 | 125 |
| Letters of guarantee, contingent liabilities and other off balance sheet accounts | 3 | 3 |
| 3-month period ended | ||
| 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2023 | |
| Interest, commission and other income | 4 | 3 |
| Interest, commission and other expense | 1 | 1 |
The total receivables of the Group, from the employee benefits related funds as at 31 March 2024, amounted to €745 million (31 December 2023: €746 million). For these receivables the Group recognized a provision of €737 million (31 December 2023: €738 million).
The total payables of the Group, to the employee benefits related funds as at 31 March 2024, amounted to €53 million (31 December 2023: €51 million).
Taking into consideration the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund ("HFSF") Law, the Relationship Framework Agreement ("RFA") between the Bank and the HFSF that was signed in December 2015, the reduction of HFSF voting rights after the divestment through an International and a Greek Public Offering on 21.11.2023 through which the HFSF reduced from 40.39% to 18.39% the possession of the Bank's ordinary shares and that the HFSF has representation in the Bank's Board of Directors and other Board Committees of the Bank, the HFSF is considered a related party of the Group. Other than the ordinar y shares issued by the Bank and held by the HFSF, no other material transactions or balances exist with the HFSF.
In June 2013, the European Parliament and the Council of Europe issued Directive 2013/36/EU and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (known as Capital Requirements Directive IV ("CRD IV") and Capital Requirements Regulation ("CRR") respectively), which incorporate the key amendments that have been proposed by the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision (known as ("Basel III")). Directive 2013/36/EU has been transported into Greek Law by virtue of Greek Law 4261/2014 and Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 has been directly applicable to all EU Member States since 1 January 2014 and certain changes under CRD IV were implemented gradually.
Regulation (EU) No 575/2013, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 876/2019 (CRR2), defines the minimum capital requirements (Pill ar 1 requirements) and Directive 2013/36/EU, as amended by Directive 2019/878/EU (CRD V), defines the combined buffer requirements for EU institutions. In addition, Directive 2013/36/EU provides (Art. 97 et seq.) that Competent Authorities regularly carry out the Supervisory Review and Evaluation process ("SREP"), to assess and measure risks not covered, or not fully covered, under Pillar 1 and determine additional capital and liquidity requirements (Pillar 2 requirements). SREP is conducted under the lead of the ECB. The SREP decision is tailored to each bank's individual profile. The Pillar 1 (minimum regulatory requirement) and Pillar 2 requirements form the Total SREP Capital Requirement (TSCR).
NBG Group is required to meet its Overall Capital Requirements (OCR) that consists of the Total SREP Capital Requirement (TSCR) and the Combined Buffer Requirement (CBR) as defined in point (6) of Article 128 of Directive 2013/36/EU.
The table below presents the breakdown of the Group's CET1 and Total Capital regulatory requirements:
| CET1 Capital Requirements | Total Capital Requirements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |
| Pillar 1 (minimum regulatory requirement) | 4.50% | 4.50% | 8.00% | 8.00% |
| Pillar 2 (P2R) | 1.55% | 1.69% | 2.75% | 3.00% |
| Total SREP Capital Requirement (TSCR) | 6.05% | 6.19% | 10.75% | 11.00% |
| Capital conservation buffer (CCoB) | 2.50% | 2.50% | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| Countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB) | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| O-SII Buffer | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| Combined Buffer Requirement (CBR) | 3.57% | 3.57% | 3.57% | 3.57% |
| Overall Capital Requirement (OCR) | 9.62% | 9.76% | 14.32% | 14.57% |
The aim of the Group is to maintain a strong capital basis, well above regulatory requirements ensuring the execution of Group's business plan and the achievement of its strategic goals.
The capital adequacy ratios for the Group are presented in the table below:
| Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31.03.2024(2) | 31.03.2024 (1),(2) | 31.12.2023(1) | ||
| Common Equity Tier 1 | 17.8% | 18.6% | 17.8% | |
| Tier 1 | 17.8% | 18.6% | 17.8% | |
| Total capital adequacy ratio | 20.5% | 21.3% | 20.2% |
(1) Including profit for the period, post dividend accrual.
(2) Including prudential treatment (in line with relevant supervisory guidance regarding the application of the minimum NPE coverage level in accordanc e with the SREP recommendation on the coverage of the NPE stock and the Addendum to the ECB Guidance to banks on non-performing loans) accrual of c.€0.1 billion on State Guaranteed Loans granted to special social groups under specific Ministerial Decisions. This prudential treatment is temporar y, subject to the repayments from the Greek State and obligors and does not have any impact on the respective accounting treatment.
On 31 March 2024, Group's CET1 and Total Capital ratios stood at 17.8% and 20.5% respectively, well above the required capital requirement of 9.62% for CET1 and of 14.32% for Total Capital.
Article 27A of Greek Law 4172/2013 ("DTC Law"), as currently in force, allows credit institutions, under certain conditions, and from 2017 onwards to convert deferred tax assets ("DTAs") arising from (a) private sector initiative ("PSI") losses, (b) accumulated provisions for credit losses recognized as at 30 June 2015, (c) losses from final write off or the disposal of loans and (d) accounting write offs, which will ultimately lead to final write offs and losses from disposals, to a receivable ("Tax Credit") from the Greek State. Items (c) and (d) above were added with Greek Law 4465/2017 enacted on 29 March 2017. The same Greek Law 4465/2017 provided that the total tax relating to cases (b) to (d) above cannot exceed the tax corresponding to accumulated provisions recorded up to 30 June 2015 less (a) any definitive and cleared Tax Credit, which arose in the case of accounting loss for a year according to the provisions of par.2 of article 27A of Greek Law 4172/2013, which relate to the above accumulated provisions, (b) the amount of tax corresponding to any subsequent specific tax provisions, which relate to the above accumulated provisions and (c) the amount of the tax corresponding to the annual amortization of the debit difference that corresponds to the above provisions and other losses in general arising due to credit risk.
The main condition for the conversion of DTAs to a Tax Credit, is the existence of an accounting loss at Bank level of a respective year, starting from accounting year 2016 and onwards. The Tax Credits will be calculated as a ratio of IFRS accounting losses to net equity (excluding the year's losses) on a solo basis and such ratio will be applied to the remaining Eligible DTAs in a given year to calculate the Tax Credit that will be converted in that year, in respect of the prior tax year. The Tax Credit may be offset against income taxes payable. The non-offset part of the Tax Credit is immediately recognized as a receivable from the Greek State. The Bank is obliged to issue conversion rights to the Greek State for an amount of 100% of the Tax Credit in favour of the Greek State and will create a specific reserve for an equal amount. Common shareholders have pre-emption rights on these conversion rights. The reserve will be capitalized with the issuance of common shares in favour of the Greek State. This legislation allows credit institutions to treat such DTAs as not "relying on future profitability" according to CRD IV, and as a result such DTAs are not deducted from CET1, hence improving a credit institution's capital position.
Furthermore, Greek Law 4465/2017 amended article 27 "Carry forward losses" by introducing an amortization period of 20 years for losses due to loan write offs as part of a settlement or restructuring and losses that crystallize as a result of a disposal of loans. In addition, in 2021 Greek Law 4831 further amended article 27 of Greek Law 4172/2013 (see Note 27 "Deferred tax assets and liabilities" of the Annual Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2023).
On 7 November 2014, the Bank convened an extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting which resolved to include the Bank in the DTC Law. An exit by the Bank from the provisions of the DTC Law requires regulatory approval and a General Shareholders meeting resolution.
As of 31 March 2024, the amount of DTAs that were eligible for conversion to a receivable from the Greek State subject to the DTC Law was €3.7 billion (31 December 2023: €3.7 billion). The conditions for conversion rights were not met in the year ended 31 December 2023 and no conversion rights are deliverable in 2024.
NBG is participating in the One-off Fit-for-55 climate risk scenario analysis which aims at assessing the resilience of the financial sector in line with the Fit-for-55 package and to gain insights into the capacity of the financial system to support the transition to a lower carbon economy under conditions of stress. This exercise is part of the new mandates received by the European Supervisory Authorities in the scope of the European Commission's Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy. Given its cross-sectoral and system-wide nature, this exercise is conducted jointly by the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), the European Central Bank (ECB), and the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB).
The European Central Bank (ECB) launched in January 2024 a Cyber Resilience Stress Test involving 109 directly supervised banks. The exercise assesses how banks respond to and recover from a cyberattack, rather than their ability to prevent it. Under the stress test scenario, the hypothetical cyberattack succeeds in disrupting the bank's daily business operations and Banks are requested to self evaluate their response and recovery capabilities, including their ability of activating and executing emergency procedures and contingency plans and restoring normal operations. Supervisors will subsequently assess the extent to which Banks will need to demonstrate their ability to cope under such a scenario and the insights gained will be used for the wider supervisory assessment in 2024. The exercise's main findings and recommendations will be communicated upon conclusion of the exercise in the summer of 2024.
Under the Directive 2014/59 Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive or ("BRRD"), as amended by Directive 2019/879 (BRRD II), banks in the European Union are required to maintain a Minimum Requirement for own funds and Eligible Liabilities ("MREL"), which ensures sufficient loss-absorbing capacity in resolution. MREL includes a risk- and a leverage-based dimension. MREL is therefore expressed as two ratios that both have to be met: (i) as a percentage of Total Risk Exposure Amount ("TREA"), (the "MREL-TREA"); and (ii) as a percentage of the Leverage Ratio Exposure ("LRE"), (the "MREL-LRE").
Instruments qualifying for MREL are own funds (Common Equity Tier 1, Additional Tier 1 and Tier 2), as well as certain eligible liabilities (mainly senior unsecured bonds). Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 877/2019 of the European Parliament and of the Council allows the Single Resolution Board ("SRB") to set in addition to the MREL requirement, a "subordination" requirement, within MREL, against which only subordinated liabilities and own funds count.
On 21 December 2023, the Bank received the SRB's decision, via the Bank of Greece, requiring it to meet the following targets by 31 December 2025: MREL of 24.22% plus CBR of TREA and LRE (leverage ratio exposure) of 5.91%. Both targets should be calculated on a consolidated basis. The interim annual targets until 31 December 2025 are informative and are calculated through linear interpolation/build-up between the two binding targets of 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2025. Therefore, the interim non-binding MREL target, which stood at 22.73% including CBR of 3.57% of TREA for 1/1/2024, moves to 25.26% including CBR of 3.57% of TREA for 1/1/2025.
As at 31 March 2024, the Bank's MREL ratio at consolidated level stands at 26.5% of TREA (including profit for the period), which is significantly above the interim non - binding MREL target of 1/1/2024 and continues meeting the LRE requirement.
Moreover, in the context of the implementation of NBG's strategy to ensure ongoing compliance with its MREL requirements, the Bank has successfully completed the below transactions in 2024:
• On 22 January 2024, the Bank completed the placement of €600 million senior preferred bond in the international capital markets with a yield of 4.5%. The bond matures in five years and is callable in four years.
• On 20 March 2024, the Bank completed the placement of €500 million Subordinated Tier II bonds in the international capital markets with a yield of 5.875%. The bond matures in 11.25 years and is callable in 6.25 years.
• On 27 March 2024, the Bank announced the results of the Tender Offer in respect of €400 million Subordinated Fixed Rate Resettable Tier 2 Notes due 2029 issued by the Bank. The Bank accepted for purchase all validly tendered Notes and the Acceptance Amount was equal to €320 million.
The table below summarises the carrying amounts and the fair values of those financial assets and liabilities that are not presented on the Group's Statement of Financial Position at fair value and the fair value is materially different from the carrying amount.
| Carrying amount |
Fair value | |
|---|---|---|
| Group | 31.03.2024 | 31.03.2024 |
| Financial Assets | ||
| Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | 32,950 | 34,091 |
| Investment securities at amortised cost | 14,272 | 13,765 |
| Financial Liabilities | ||
| Due to customers | 54,828 | 54,927 |
| Debt securities in issue | 3,105 | 3,216 |
| Carrying amount |
Fair value | |
| Group | 31.12.2023 | 31.12.2023 |
| Financial Assets | ||
| Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost | 33,824 | 34,964 |
| Investment securities at amortised cost | 13,363 | 13,010 |
| Financial Liabilities | ||
| Due to customers | 56,320 | 56,420 |
| Debt securities in issue | 2,323 | 2,398 |
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair values of the above financial instruments on 31 March 2024 and 31 December 2023:
The carrying amount of cash and balances with central banks, due from and due to banks, other borrowed funds as well as accrued interest, approximates their fair value.
Loans and advances to customers at amortised cost: The fair value of loans and advances to customers at amortised cost is estimated using discounted cash flow models. The discount rates are based on current market interest rates offered for instruments with similar terms to borrowers of similar credit quality.
Investment securities at amortised cost: The fair value of investment securities at amortised cost is estimated using market prices or using discounted cash flow models based on current market interest rates offered for instruments with similar credit quality.
Due to customers: The fair value for demand deposits and deposits with no defined maturity is determined to be the amount payable on demand at the reporting date. The fair value for fixed-maturity deposits is estimated using discounted cash flow models based on rates currently offered for the relevant product types with similar remaining maturities.
Debt securities in issue: The fair value of debt securities in issue is estimated using market prices, or if such are not available, using a discounted cash flow analysis, based on current market rates of similar maturity and credit quality debt securities.
The tables below present the fair values of those financial assets and liabilities presented on the Group's Statement of Financial Position at fair value by fair value measurement level on 31 March 2024 and on 31 December 2023. Other Assets include an investment in spot position for emission rights which is carried at fair value through profit or loss.
| As at 31 March 2024 | Fair value measurement using | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total at fair | |||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | value | ||
| Financial Assets | |||||
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 160 | 99 | - | 259 | |
| Financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss | 327 | 6 | 410 | 743 | |
| Derivative financial instruments | - | 1,933 | 33 | 1,966 | |
| Investment securities at fair value through other comprehensive income | 1,369 | 1,172 | 46 | 2,587 | |
| Other Assets | 413 | - | - | 413 | |
| Total | 2,269 | 3,210 | 489 | 5,968 | |
| Financial Liabilities | |||||
| Due to customers designated as at fair value through profit or loss | - | 780 | - | 780 | |
| Derivative financial instruments | - | 1,374 | 6 | 1,380 | |
| Total | - | 2,154 | 6 | 2,160 |
| As at 31 December 2023 | Fair value measurement using | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total at fair value |
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| Financial Assets | |||||
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 303 | 82 | - | 385 | |
| Financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss | 289 | 10 | 422 | 721 | |
| Derivative financial instruments | 2 | 2,022 | 49 | 2,073 | |
| Investment securities at fair value through other comprehensive income | 1,371 | 1,712 | 49 | 3,132 | |
| Other assets | 425 | - | - | 425 | |
| Total | 2,390 | 3,826 | 520 | 6,736 | |
| Financial Liabilities | |||||
| Due to customers designated as at fair value through profit or loss | - | 806 | - | 806 | |
| Derivative financial instruments | - | 1,407 | 7 | 1,414 | |
| Other Liabilities | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 2,213 | 7 | 2,221 |
There were no financial assets or liabilities classified as held-for-sale in the Group's Statement of Financial Position measured at fair value as at 31 March 2024 and 31 December 2023.
There were no transfers between levels for the three-month period ended 31 March 2024.
As at 31 December 2023, a fair value through other comprehensive income security issued by the Italian Republic, for which the Group determined that sufficient liquidity and trading existed as of that date, has been transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 according to the Group's fair value hierarchy policy. The carrying amount of the fair value through other comprehensive income security transferred as at 31 December 2023 was €145 million. In addition, a fair value through profit or loss security issued by the European Stability Mechanism ("ESM") for which the Group determined that sufficient liquidity and trading existed as of that date, has been also transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 according to the Group's fair value hierarchy policy. The carrying amount of the fair value through profit or loss security transferred as at 31 December 2023 was €9 million.
All transfers between levels are assumed to happen at the end of the reporting period.
Level 3 financial instruments on 31 March 2024 and 31 December 2023 include:
The table below presents the movement of all Level 3 fair value measurements for the three- month period ended 31 March 2024 and the year ended 31 December 2023, including realized and unrealized gains/(losses) included in the "Income Statement" and "Statement of Other Comprehensive Income".
The Group conducts a review of the fair value hierarchy classifications on a quarterly basis.
For the three-month period ended 31 March 2024 and the year ended 31 December 2023, transfers from Level 2 into Level 3 include derivative financial instruments for which the BCVA is significant to the base fair value of the respective instruments. Transfers from Level 3 into Level 2 include derivative financial instruments for which the BCVA is no longer significant to the base fair value of the respective instruments.
| 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Net derivative financial instruments |
Investment securities at FVTOCI |
Mandatorily at FVTPL |
|
| Balance at 1 January | 42 | 49 | 422 | |
| Gain/(loss) included in Income Statement | (5) | - | (16) | |
| Gain/(loss) included in OCI | - | 1 | - | |
| Purchases/Additions | - | - | 5 | |
| Sales | - | (4) | - | |
| Settlements | - | - | (1) | |
| Transfer into/(out of) level 3 | (10) | - | - | |
| Balance at 31 March | 27 | 46 | 410 |
| 2023 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | Net derivative financial instruments |
Investment securities at FVTOCI |
Mandatorily at FVTPL |
|
| Balance at 1 January | (37) | 51 | 512 | |
| Gain/(loss) included in Income Statement | 53 | - | (96) | |
| Gain/(loss) included in OCI | - | (4) | - | |
| Purchases/Additions | - | 2 | 10 | |
| Settlements | - | - | (4) | |
| Transfer into/(out of) level 3 | 26 | - | - | |
| Balance at 31 December | 42 | 49 | 422 |
For the period ended 31 March 2024, changes in unrealised gains/(losses) included in the Group income statement of financial instruments measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), relate to financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss, amounting to €(16) million (31 December 2023: €(95) million), and net derivative financial instruments of Nil (31 December 2023: €3 million).
The Group has various processes in place to ensure that the fair values of its assets and liabilities are reasonably estimated and has established a control framework which is designed to ensure that fair values are validated by functions independent of the risk-taker. To that end, the Group utilizes various sources for determining the fair values of its financial instruments and uses its own independent functions to validate these results, where possible.
Fair values of debt securities are determined either by reference to prices for traded instruments in active markets, to external quotations or widely accepted financial models, which are based on market observable or unobservable information where the former is not available, as well as relevant market-based parameters such as interest rates, option volatilities, currency rates, etc.
The Group may, sometimes, also utilize third-party pricing information, and perform validating procedures on this information to the extent possible or base its fair value on the latest transaction prices available, given the absence of an active market or similar transactions or other market observable inputs. All such instruments are categorized within the lowest level of fair value hierarchy (i.e. Level 3).
Generally, fair values of debt securities, including significant inputs on the valuation models are independently checked and validated by the Middle Office and Risk Management Independent Functions on a systematic basis.
Fair values of derivatives are determined by Management using valuation models which include discounted cash-flow models, option pricing models or other appropriate models. Adequate control procedures are in place for the validation of these models, including the valuation inputs, on a systematic basis. Middle Office and Risk Management functions provide the control valuation framework necessary to ensure that the fair values are reasonably determined, reflecting current market circumstances and economic conditions. Furthermore, over-the-counter derivatives are also compared on a daily basis with counterparties' valuations, under the daily collateral management process.
Counterparty credit risk-adjustments are applied to all over-the-counter derivatives. Own credit-risk adjustments are applied to reflect the Group's own credit risk when valuing derivatives. Bilateral credit-risk adjustments consider the expected cash flows between the Group and its counterparties under the relevant terms of the derivative instruments and the effect of the credit-risk profile of the counterparties on the valuation of these cash flows. Where appropriate, the Group takes into consideration the credit-risk mitigating arrangements, including collateral agreements and master netting arrangements, for the purpose of estimating own and counterparty credit risk valuation adjustments.
| Financial Instrument | Fair Value | Valuation Technique | Significant Unobservable | Range of Inputs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Low | High | |||
| Investment securities mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss |
25 | Income and market approach | Price | n/a1 | n/a1 |
| Interest Rate Derivatives | 30 | Discounted Cash Flows, Internal Model (for CVA/DVA) |
Credit Spread | 258 bps | 258 bps |
| (1) | Discounted Cash Flows | Constant Maturity Swap correlation between different tenors |
72.80% | 100.00% | |
| Other Derivatives | (3) | Discounted Cash Flows, Internal Model (for CVA/DVA) |
Credit Spread | 258 bps | 258 bps |
| Investment Securities at fair value through other comprehensive income |
46 | Income and market approach | n/a1 | n/a1 | n/a1 |
| Loans and advances to customers mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss |
13 | Discounted Cash Flows | Credit Spread | 260 bps | 260 bps |
| 371 | Discounted Cash Flows | Credit Spread | n/a2 | n/a2 |
1Equity securities at FVTPL and at FVTOCI include equity securities which are not traded in active markets. In the absence of an active market the fair value of these securities is estimated using a market or an income valuation approach. Given the bespoke nature of the valuation method in respect of each holding, it is not practicable to quote a range of unobservable inputs.
2The valuation of the contingent part of the receivables from the loan portfolio sales and other transactions, has been performed using a discounted cash flow methodology under the income approach and includes a wide range of unobservable inputs, for which is not practicable to quote a relevant range of unobservable inputs, for disclosure purposes.
| Financial Instrument | Fair Value | Valuation Technique | Significant Unobservable | Range of Inputs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Input | Low | High | |||
| Investment securities mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss |
22 | Income and market approach | Price | n/a1 | n/a1 |
| Interest Rate Derivatives | 44 | Discounted Cash Flows, Internal Model (for CVA/DVA) |
Credit Spread | 281 bps | 281 bps |
| 2 | Discounted Cash Flows | Constant Maturity Swap correlation between different tenors |
72.80% | 100.00% | |
| Other Derivatives | (4) | Discounted Cash Flows, Internal Model (for CVA/DVA) |
Credit Spread | 281 bps | 281 bps |
| Investment Securities at fair value through other comprehensive income |
49 | Income and market approach | n/a1 | n/a1 | n/a1 |
| Loans and advances to customers mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss |
16 | Discounted Cash Flows | Credit Spread | 260 bps | 260 bps |
| 383 | Discounted Cash Flows | Credit Spread | n/a2 | n/a2 |
1Equity securities at FVTPL and at FVTOCI include equity securities which are not traded in active markets. In the absence of an active market the fair value of these securities is estimated using a market or an income valuation approach. Given the bespoke nature of the valuation method in respect of each holding, it is not practicable to quote a range of unobservable inputs.
2The valuation of the contingent part of the receivables from the loan portfolio sales and other transactions, has been perfor med using a discounted cash flow methodology under the income approach and includes a wide range of unobservable inputs, for which is not practicable to quote a relevant range of unobservable inputs, for disclosure purposes.
For structured interest rate derivatives, a significant change in the correlation inputs (e.g. the degree of correlation between two different interest rates, or between interest rates and foreign exchange rates) would have a significant impact on the fair value of the individual instrument; however, the magnitude and the direction of the impact depends on whether the Group is long or short the exposure, among other factors. Due to the limited exposure that the Group has to these instruments, a reasonable change in the above unobservable inputs would not be significant to the Group. Additionally, interest rate derivatives include interest rate swaps for which the bilateral credit valuation adjustment is significant in comparison to their fair value. The counterparty credit-risk adjustment in these cases is mainly driven by the internal ratings of the counterparty. A reasonable change in the credit spread of these entities would result in an insignificant change in the fair value of the Group's financial instruments.
Other derivatives include derivatives for which the bilateral credit valuation adjustment is significant in comparison to their fair value. In these cases, the counterparty credit risk adjustment is mainly driven by the internal ratings of the counterparty. A reasonable change in the credit spread of these entities would result in an insignificant change in the fair value of the Group's financial instruments.
For "Loans and advances to customers mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss", the valuation includes a parameter which is not observable in the market, i.e., the credit spread of the customer. A reasonable change in the respective credit spreads used would not have a significant effect on their fair value for the Group.
The valuation of the contingent part of the receivables from sales of loan portfolios, mandatorily measured at fair value through profit or loss, includes a range of unobservable inputs. A reasonable change in the unobservable inputs used would not result in a significant change in the fair value of these receivables.
On 16 November 2022, the Bank announced the signing of memorandum of understanding ("MoU") with Epsilon Net S.A. ("Epsilon Net") and its main shareholder. Subsequently, on 4 May 2023, the Bank announced the signing of a binding agreement for the purchase of 7.5% of the total share capital of Epsilon Net held by the main shareholder (the "Initial Transaction"), as well as the possibility of acquiring a further 7.5% from the main shareholder three years after the completion of the Initial Transaction. Lastly, on 9 June 2023 the Bank announced the completion of the Initial Transaction for the acquisition of a minority stake in Epsilon Net at a price of €7.49/share as well as the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement.
On 1 August 2023, the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Greco Yota Property Investments S.M.S.A. which was the owner of a building at 74, Piraeus Str, was completed by NBG Group.
The transaction does not qualify as a business as defined in IFRS 3 Business Combination thus the acquisition was accounted for as acquisition of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
The cost of the transaction amounted to €30 million. No goodwill arises on the transaction..
| Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subsidiaries | Country | Tax years unaudited | 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 |
| National Securities Single Member S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Asset Management Mutual Funds S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Ethniki Leasing S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Property Services Single Member S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Pronomiouhos Single Member S.A. Genikon Apothikon Ellados | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| ΚΑDΜΟS S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| DIONYSOS S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 99.91% | 99.91% |
| EKTENEPOL Construction Company Single Member S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Mortgage, Touristic PROTYPOS Single Member S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Hellenic Touristic Constructions S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 78.44% | 78.44% |
| Ethniki Ktimatikis Ekmetalefsis Single Member S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Ethniki Factors S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Probank Leasing S.A. (1) | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Insurance Brokers S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| GRECO YOTA SINGLE MEMBER S.A | Greece | 2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Malta Holdings Ltd( 2) | Malta | 2014-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Malta Ltd(2) | Malta | 2014-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| ARC Management Two EAD (Special Purpose Entity) | Bulgaria | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Bankteco E.O.O.D. | Bulgaria | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Leasing S.R.L. | Romania | 2019-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| ARC Management One SRL (Special Purpose Entity) | Romania | 2013-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Stopanska Banka A.D.-Skopje | North Macedonia | 2014-2023 | 94.64% | 94.64% |
| Stopanska Leasing DOOEL Skopje | North Macedonia | 2022-2023 | 94.64% | 94.64% |
| NBG Greek Fund Ltd | Cyprus | 2021-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) Ltd | Cyprus | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| National Securities Co (Cyprus) Ltd ( 2) | Cyprus | - | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Management Ser vices Ltd | Cyprus | 2021-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Merbolium Limited (Special Purpose Entity) | Cyprus | 2022-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Cortelians Limited (Special Purpose Entity) | Cyprus | 2022-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Ovelicium Ltd (Special Purpose Entity) | Cyprus | 2022-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| Pacolia Holdings Ltd (Special Purpose Entity) | Cyprus | 2022-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Asset Management Luxemburg S.A. | Luxembourg | 2018-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG International Ltd | U.K. | 2004-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBGI Private Equity Ltd( 2) | U.K. | 2004-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Finance Plc | U.K. | 2004-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Finance (Dollar) Plc(2) | U.K. | 2008-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG Finance (Sterling) Plc(2) | U.K. | 2008-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| NBG International Holdings B.V. | The Netherlands | 2022-2023 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Notes:
(1) Probank Leasing S.A.has been reclassified as non-current assets held for sale (See Note 9 "Assets and liabilities held for sale ").
(2) Companies under liquidation.
| Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of associate | Country | Tax years unaudited | 31.03.2024 | 31.12.2023 |
| Social Security Funds Management S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 20.00% | 20.00% |
| Larco S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 33.36% | 33.36% |
| Eviop Tempo S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 21.21% | 21.21% |
| Teiresias S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 39.93% | 39.93% |
| Planet S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 36.99% | 36.99% |
| Pyrrichos Real Estate S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 21.83% | 21.83% |
| SATO S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 23.74% | 23.74% |
| Olganos S.A. | Greece | 2018-2023 | 33.60% | 33.60% |
| Perigenis Business Properties S.A. | Greece | 2020-2023 | 28.50% | 28.50% |
| NBG Pay S.A. | Greece | 2022-2023 | 49.00% | 49.00% |
Events after the reporting period are the following:
On 5 April 2024, Greek Law 5100/2024 was adopted by the Greek Parliament incorporated into Greek legislation the EU Council Directive 2022/2523 on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational groups and large-scale domestic groups in the ΕU, known as Pillar ΙΙ.
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