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National Bank of Greece S.A.

Annual / Quarterly Financial Statement Mar 1, 2021

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Annual / Quarterly Financial Statement

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Certified Public Accountants: Alexandra Kostara (Reg. No. SOEL 19981) Michalis Karavas (Reg. No. SOEL 13371)

monetary policy operations denominated in euro 27,330,906,652 9,108,199,191
2.3
Fixed-term deposits
2.5
Deposits related to margin calls
0
0
0
0
denominated in euro 0 0
25,046,298,161 27,421,848,711
4.2
Other liabilities
968,561,833 1,491,135,907
9.2
Net liabilities related to the allocation of euro
9.3
Net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts
80,312,080,267 25,658,087,094
and buildings
14.5 Other special reserves
0
1,590,523
284,890,789
1,303,072
4. Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro
Auditing Company:
Type of Auditor's Report:
Date of auditors report issue:
Website:
Michalis Karavas (Reg. No. SOEL 13371)
Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A.
Unmodified opinion
1 March 2021
www.bankofgreece.gr
B A L A N C E S H E E T A S A T 31 D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0
Ν Ι Ν Ε Τ Y T H I R D Y E A R
(in euro)
A S S E T S 31.12.2020 31.12.2019 L I A B I L I T I E S 31.12.2020 31.12.2019
1. Gold and gold receivables 7,493,521,336 6,544,316,602 1. Banknotes in circulation 32,642,320,560 29,539,154,700
2. Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 4,035,177,082 2,700,269,631 2. Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to
monetary policy operations denominated in euro
27,330,906,652 9,108,199,191
2.1 Receivables from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) 689,373,556 720,713,956
2.2
Balances with banks and security investments,
external loans and other external assets
3,345,803,526 1,979,555,675 2.1
Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system)
2.2
Deposit facility
2.3
Fixed-term deposits
27,330,906,652
0
0
9,108,199,191
0
0
3. Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 580,033,591 228,868,498 2.4
Fine-tuning reverse operations
2.5
Deposits related to margin calls
0
0
0
0
3.1
General government
21,934,646 19,475,008
3.2
Other claims
558,098,945 209,393,490 3. Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions
denominated in euro
0 0
4. Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro 23,013 23,170
4. Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro 25,046,298,161 27,421,848,711
4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans 23,013 23,170
4.2 Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II 0 0 4.1
General government
4.2
Other liabilities
24,077,736,328
968,561,833
25,930,712,804
1,491,135,907
5. Lending to euro area credit institutions related to
monetary policy operations denominated in euro 41,238,000,000 7,651,000,000 5. Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro 2,367,956,944 2,466,433,379
5.1
Main refinancing operations
0 51,000,000 6. Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 699,698,974 741,439,347
5.2
Longer-term refinancing operations
5.3
Fine-tuning reverse operations
41,238,000,000
0
7,600,000,000
0
7. Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency 2,360 2,578
5.4
Structural reverse operations
0 0
5.5
Marginal lending facility
0 0 7.1
Deposits and other liabilities
2,360 2,578
5.6
Credits related to margin calls
0 0 7.2
Liabilities arising from the credit facility under ERM II
0 0
6. Other claims on euro area credit institutions denominated in euro 1,918,439 1,828,428 8. Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF 0 0
7. Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 110,437,634,563 75,075,229,320 9. Intra-Eurosystem liabilities 80,312,080,267 25,658,087,094
7.1
Securities held for monetary policy purposes
99,229,628,663 63,909,382,552 9.1
Liabilities related to promissory notes backing
7.2 Other securities of euro area residents denominated in euro 11,208,005,900 11,165,846,768 the issuance of ECB debt certificates 0 0
8. General government long-term debt denominated in euro 4,294,887,693 4,863,576,750 9.2
Net liabilities related to the allocation of euro
banknotes within the Eurosystem
0 0
9.3
Net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts
80,312,080,267 25,658,087,094
9. Intra-Eurosystem claims 12,590,751,169 9,978,878,494 9.4
Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net)
0 0
9.1
Participating interest in the ECB
9.2
Claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign
473,379,901 472,980,896 10. Items in course of settlement 689,800 548,823
reserves to the ECB 997,925,769 1,002,089,435 11. Other liabilities 982,982,058 931,257,299
9.3 Net claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes
within the Eurosystem
9.4
Net claims arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts 10,976,875,790
0
8,455,772,990
0
11.1 Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences
11.2 Accruals and income collected in advance
428,120
243,726,738
0
66,916,406
9.5
Other claims within the Eurosystem (net)
142,569,709 48,035,173 11.3 Sundry 738,827,200 864,340,893
10. Items in course of settlement 0 0 12. Provisions 7,525,566,262 7,797,365,401
11. Other assets 2,529,051,574 2,110,926,323 13. Revaluation accounts 5,633,919,175 4,847,400,108
11.1 Coins of euro area 73,960,407 51,696,946 14. Capital and reserves 658,577,247 643,180,585
11.2 Tangible and intangible fixed assets 573,746,007 548,599,990
11.3 Other financial assets 108,556,326 104,632,067 14.1 Capital 111,243,362 111,243,362
11.4 Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences
11.5 Accruals and prepaid expenses
65,460
1,192,968,210
2,040,409
826,922,126
14.2 Ordinary reserve
14.3 Extraordinary reserve
111,243,362
434,500,000
111,243,362
134,500,000
11.6 Sundry 579,755,164 577,034,785 14.4 Special reserve from the revaluation of land
and buildings 0 284,890,789
14.5 Other special reserves 1,590,523 1,303,072
T O T A L A S S E T S 183,200,998,460 109,154,917,216 T O T A L L I A B I L I T I E S 183,200,998,460 109,154,917,216
OFF-BALANCE-SHEET ITEMS 31.12.2020 31.12.2019 NOTES:
1. Greek government securities relating to the management of the "Common capital
of legal entities in public law and social security funds" according to Law 2469/97
2. Greek government securities and other debt securities relating to the management
50,739,259,348 42,949,646,348 1. Under Article 54A of the Bank's Statute, the financial statements of the Bank of Greece are drawn up in accordance with the accounting principles and methods applying from time to time to the European System of Central Banks (ESCB),
as established by the European Central Bank (ECB) by Guideline (ΕU) 2016/2249 of 3.11.2016 (ECB/2016/34) and its subsequent amendments. These principles are based on generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), tailored
to best suit the needs and reflect the special status of the national central banks (NCBs) of the Eurosystem. Any issues that are not covered by the aforementioned principles and ECB guidelines or are governed by non-mandatory
and custody of assets of public entities, social security funds and private agents 5,272,951,108 4,488,903,130 provisions are to be treated either in accordance with the ECB recommendations or in accordance with the Bank's Statute, Law 4548/2018 "Reform of the law on sociétés anonymes" and Law 4308/2014 "Greek Accounting Standards,
3. Assets eligible as collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy operations and intraday credit 53,819,967,077 17,332,193,717 relevant arrangements, and other provisions", to the extent that as they do not contravene the provisions of the Statute.
4. Other off-balance-sheet items 12,099,808,763 10,405,850,542 2. Gold has been valued at the price provided by the ECB as at 31 December 2020: €1,543.884 per fine ounce, compared with €1,354.104 as at 31 December 2019.
TOTAL OFF-BALANCE-SHEET ITEMS 121,931,986,296 75,176,593,737 3. Claims/liabilities denominated in foreign currency have been converted to euro using the euro foreign exchange reference rates of the ECB as at 31 December 2020.
4. Debt securities (other than those held-to-maturity, non-marketable securities and securities held for monetary policy purposes) have been valued at the mid-market prices of 31 December 2020. Marketable debt securities classified as

held-to-maturity, non-marketable securities and securities held for monetary policy purposes are valued at amortised cost and are subject to impairment. 5. An impairment test on real estate (land and buildings), carried out on 31 December 2020, led to a partial reversal of past impairment losses of € 18.9 million and to an impairment loss of € 3.5 million, with a total positive effect

of € 15.4 million on the results for the year.

  1. The Bank's provisions include a provision against financial and operational risks, a provision for staff insurance benefits, as well as special provisions. The latter include a litigation provision against potential liabilities in respect of pending lawsuits initiated by third parties against the Bank, primarily relating to main and auxiliary pension amounts, as roughly estimated by an actuarial study.

  2. "Other off-balance-sheet items" include the liability of the Hellenic Republic to the IMF from the SDR allocations, as well as the promissory note issued by the Hellenic Republic in favour of the IMF for the outstanding part of the loans

received. As at 31.12.2020, the value of the promissory note was SDR 4.6 billion, equivalent to €5.4 billion. 8. Certain items of the profit and loss account for the year 2019 have been reclassified to be comparable with the respective items of the year 2020.

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 2020

Profit for the year 661,670,428 842,313,498
Amount to be transferred to the Government -633,212,014 -778,964,295
0 -842,313,498
Amount to be distributed for the years 2014-2017 0 -15,084,600
0 0
2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 (Article 71 of the Statute)
(in euro)
1. Net interest income 515,718,831 835,656,387
1.1
Interest income
756,405,687 851,121,956 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 9
1.2
Interest expense
-240,686,856 -15,465,569 (in euro)
Profit for the year 661,670,428 842,313,498
2. Net result of financial operations, write-downs Transfer of special reserve from the revaluation of land and buildings 284,890,789 0
and risk provisions 14,487,271 56,819,536 Profit for distribution 946,561,217 842,313,498
2.1
Realised gains arising from financial operations
14,487,271 56,819,536
2.2
Write-downs on financial assets and positions
-104,648,600 -1,963,703 Dividend to be distributed for the year 2020 (€ 0.6720 per share for 19,864,886 shares) -13,349,203 -13,349,203
2.3
Transfer from provisions for financial risks
104,648,600 1,963,703 Extraordinary reserve -300,000,000 -50,000,000
Amount to be transferred to the Government -633,212,014 -778,964,295
0 -842,313,498
3. Net income from fees and commissions 117,417,899 103,550,649
3.1
Fees and commissions income
122,069,190 107,203,411 Tax returned (**) 0 18,955,869
3.2
Fees and commissions expense
-4,651,291 -3,652,762 Amount to be distributed for the year 2018 0 -3,871,269
Amount to be distributed for the years 2014-2017 0 -15,084,600
4. Income from equity shares and participating interests 48,510,309 134,754,766 0 0
0 0
5. Net result of pooling of monetary income 113,980,539 14,563,443
6. Other income 33,226,611 20,818,660 * The profit distribution is subject to approval by the General Meeting of Shareholders.

** According to Οpinion no. 116/2019 of the State Legal Council (Section Β), which was endorsed by the Governor of the Independent Authority for Public Revenue

Total net income 843,341,460 1,166,163,441 (by Circular Ε.2107/12.06.2019), distributed dividends of certain legal persons, including the Bank of Greece, are no longer taxed as business profits under Article
47 para. 1 of Law 4172/2013 (Government Gazette Α 167) retroactively to 1.1.2014. As a result, the amounts already paid for taxes on business profits (Article 47
para. 1 of Law 4172/2013) pursuant to the earlier instructions of the Tax Administration (Circular POL 1059/2015) will be refunded to shareholders.
7. Staff costs and pension benefit expenses -381,521,985 -824,338,330
8. Other administrative expenses -58,056,292 -53,988,958 Athens, 1 March 2021
9. Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets -10,585,228 -11,858,174
10. Consultancy fees for the auditing of the banking system -2,119,340 -1,720,177 THE GOVERNOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
11. Provisions 270,611,813 568,055,696
Total expenses -181,671,032 -323,849,943
PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 661,670,428 842,313,498 YANNIS STOURNARAS MARIA PAGONI

B A N K O F G R E E C E E U R O S Y S T E M

STATEMENT OF PROFIT DISTRIBUTION (*) (Article 71 of the Statute)

B A L A N C E S H E E T A S A T 31 D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0

Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. 3a Fragkokklisias & Granikou str. Marousi Athens GR 151-25 Greece

Tel: +30 210 6781 100 Fax: +30 210 6776 221-2 www.deloitte.gr

TRUE TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL IN GREEK

Independent Auditors' Report

To the Shareholders of the BANK OF GREECE

Report on the Audit of the Financial Statements

Opinion

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Bank of Greece (the Bank), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 December 2020, the profit and loss account and the statement of profit distribution for the year then ended, and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes.

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Bank as at 31 December 2020 and its financial performance for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting principles and methods established by the European Central Bank (ECB), under the "Guideline (EU) 2016/2249 of 3.11.2016 (ECB/2016/34)" as amended and currently in force, as adopted by the Bank in Article 54A of its Statute, and for any issues that are not covered by the aforementioned ECB rules and guidelines, in accordance with Law 4548/2018 "Sociétés anonymes Law reform" and Law 4308/2014 "Greek Accounting Standards, relevant arrangements, and other provisions", where these have been implemented by the Bank.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs) as these have been incorporated into Greek legislation. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the "Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements" section of our report. We have been independent of the Bank during the whole period of our appointment in accordance with the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (IESBA Code) as incorporated into Greek legislation and the ethical requirements in Greece relevant to the audit of the financial statements and we have fulfilled our ethical requirements in accordance with the applicable legislation and the above mentioned Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Key Audit Matters

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters and the relevant risks of material misstatement were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

Key audit matters How our audit addressed the key audit matters

Provision against financial risks

The provision against financial risks amounted to € 4,109 million as at 31 December 2020, compared to € 4,539 million as at 31 December 2019. This provision includes the provision against credit and market risk.

The provision against financial risks is estimated by Management, is subjective and involves a high degree of judgement to the recognition of post model adjustments to the credit and market risk, the Bank's assets are exposed to, which is applied on the output of the related models, therefore, we considered that it is a key audit matter.

Management has provided information on the provision against financial risks on Note 12 "Provisions", paragraph "c. Provision against Financial and Operational Risks" of the financial statements.

On the basis of the audit risk assessment, and following a risk-based approach, we assessed the adequacy of the provision against financial risks measured by Bank. Our audit procedures include, among others, the following:

  • Assessment of the design and implementation of the internal controls related to the Management's judgement for the recognition of post model adjustments to the credit and market risk model outputs.
  • Assessment of the appropriateness of the Management's adjustments to the credit and market risk model outputs, focusing mainly on the methodology applied and to the documentation of the assumptions used, critically analyzing these assumptions, comparing them to actual data and other supporting evidence and considering significant developments compared to previous year.
  • Testing whether the provision against financial risks has been approved by the by the appropriate level of authority as per the Bank's governance.
  • Assessment of the accuracy of the disclosures related to this key audit matter.

Other information

Management is responsible for the other information. The other information is included in the General Council's Report, referred to in the "Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements" and in the Report on the Greek Economy (Part A of the Governor's Report for the financial year 2020), but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Governor's Report is expected to be made available to us after the date of this auditors' report.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we will not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

If, upon our reading of the Governor's Report, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement in this other information, we are required to communicate that fact to those charged with governance of the Bank.

Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the accounting principles and methods established by the European Central Bank (ECB), under the "Guideline (EU) 2016/2249 of 3.11.2016 (ECB/2016/34)" as amended and currently in force, as adopted by the Bank in Article 54A of its Statute, and for any issues that are not covered by the aforementioned ECB rules and guidelines, in accordance with Law 4548/2018 "Sociétés anonymes Law reform" and Law 4308/2014 "Greek Accounting Standards, relevant arrangements, and other provisions", where these have been implemented by the Bank, and for such internal controls as Management determines are necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, Management is responsible for assessing the Bank's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting.

The Audit Committee (article 44 of Law 4449/2017) of the Bank is responsible for overseeing the Bank's financial reporting process.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements, as a whole, are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs, as these have been incorporated into Greek legislation, will always detect a material misstatement, when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users made on the basis of these financial statements.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements - Continued

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs, as these have been incorporated into Greek legislation, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

  • Identify and assess risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
  • Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit, in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Bank's internal control.
  • Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by Management.
  • Conclude on the appropriateness of Management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Bank's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Bank to cease to continue as a going concern.
  • Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements present fairly the underlying transactions and events.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those of most significance in the audit of the financial statements for the current period and are, therefore, the key audit matters.

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

1. General Council's Report

Taking into consideration that Management is responsible for the preparation of the General Council's Report for the financial year 2020, which also includes the Corporate Governance Statement, according to the provisions of paragraph 5 of article 2 of Law 4336/2015 (part B), we note the following:

  • a) The General Council's Report includes the Corporate Governance Statement, which provides the information required by article 152 of Law 4548/2018.
  • b) In our opinion, the General Council's Report for the financial year 2020 has been prepared in accordance with the Bank's Statute and the applicable legal requirements of articles 150-151 and paragraph 1 (subparagraphs c' and d') of article 152 of Law 4548/2018 and its content is consistent with the accompanying financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020.
  • c) Based on the knowledge we obtained during our audit of the Bank of Greece and its environment, we have not identified any material inconsistencies in the General Council's Report.

2. Additional Report to the Audit Committee

Our audit opinion on the accompanying financial statements is consistent with the additional report to the Bank's Audit Committee referred to in Article 11 of European Union (EU) Regulation 537/2014.

3. Non-audit Services

We have not provided to the Bank any prohibited non-audit services referred to in Article 5 of European Union (EU) Regulation 537/2014.

The allowable non-audit services provided to the Bank, during the year ended 31 December 2019 are disclosed in Note "VI. Additional Information" of the accompanying financial statements.

4. Appointment

We were appointed statutory auditors for the first time by the General Assembly of the Bank of Greece on 24 February 2017. Our appointment has been, since then, uninterruptedly renewed for three consecutive years based on the decisions reached by shareholder's Annual General Assembly.

1 March 2021

The Certified Public Accountant The Certified Public Accountant

Alexandra Kostara

Reg. No. SOEL: 19981 Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. 3a Fragkoklissias & Granikou str. 151 25 Maroussi Reg. No. SOEL: Ε 120

Michalis Karavas

Reg. No. SOEL: 13371 Deloitte Certified Public Accountants S.A. 3a Fragkoklissias & Granikou str. 151 25 Maroussi Reg. No. SOEL: Ε 120

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