Annual / Quarterly Financial Statement • Jan 20, 2017
Annual / Quarterly Financial Statement
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| 2. Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 2,578,715,907 | 2,046,275,257 | 2. Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
907,409,514 | 1,387,143,530 |
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| Receivables from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | 737,322,397 | 635,957,699 | |||
| Balances with banks and security investments, | 2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) | 876,909,514 | 1,258,943,530 | ||
| external loans and other external assets | 1,841,393,510 | 1,410,317,558 | 2.2 Deposit facility | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 Fixed-term deposits |
0 | 0 | |||
| 3. Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 204,874,084 | 613,387,274 | 2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations |
0 | 0 |
| 2.5 Deposits related to margin calls |
30,500,000 | 128,200,000 | |||
| General government | 16,419,464 | 306,522,843 | |||
| Other claims | 188,454,620 | 306,864,431 | 3. Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions | ||
| denominated in euro | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4. Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 23,659 | 23,881 | |||
| 4. Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro | 9,527,107,565 | 5,085,184,765 | |||
| Balances with banks, security investments and loans | 23,659 | 23,881 | |||
| Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II | 0 | 0 | 4.1 General government | 8,269,754,053 | 3,749,122,957 |
| 4.2 Other liabilities | 1,257,353,512 | 1,336,061,808 | |||
| monetary policy operations denominated in euro | 22,953,000,000 | 38,599,000,000 | 5. Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 2,461,327,349 | 1,227,986,892 |
| Main refinancing operations | 15,430,000,000 | 26,570,000,000 | 6. Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 751,912,348 | 646,431,879 |
| Longer-term refinancing operations | 7,500,000,000 | 12,000,000,000 | |||
| Fine-tuning reverse operations | 0 | 0 | 7. Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 2,754 | 2,666 |
| Structural reverse operations | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marginal lending facility | 23,000,000 | 29,000,000 | 7.1 Deposits and other liabilities | 2,754 | 2,666 |
| 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 | 43,665,037,526 | 68,914,635,432 | 8. Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro | 57,197,297,804 | 39,764,480,573 | 9. Intra-Eurosystem liabilities | 85,571,386,262 | 113,977,496,400 |
| Securities held for monetary policy purposes | 42,484,409,198 | 20,711,295,716 | 9.1 Liabilities related to promissory notes backing | ||
| Other securities of euro area residents denominated in euro | 14,712,888,606 | 19,053,184,857 | the issuance of ECB debt certificates | 0 | 0 |
| 9.2 Net liabilities related to the allocation of euro | |||||
| 8. General government long-term debt denominated in euro | 6,353,182,528 | 4,843,627,573 | banknotes within the Eurosystem | 13,314,137,100 | 19,590,587,680 |
| 9.3 Net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts | 72,257,249,162 | 94,386,908,720 | |||
| 9. Intra-Eurosystem claims | 1,854,318,415 | 1,781,727,954 | 9.4 Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net) | 0 | 0 |
| Participating interest in the ECB | 564,765,496 | 564,765,496 | 10. Items in course of settlement | 1,004,753 | 955,123 |
| Claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign | |||||
| reserves to the ECB | 1,178,260,606 | 1,178,260,606 | 11. Other liabilities | 1,226,620,075 | 1,310,063,399 |
| Net claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes | |||||
| within the Eurosystem | 0 | 0 | 11.1 Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences | 21,829 | 17,549,614 |
| Net claims arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts | 0 | 0 | 11.2 Accruals and income collected in advance | 26,548,519 | 16,430,532 |
| Other claims within the Eurosystem (net) | 111,292,313 | 38,701,852 | 11.3 Sundry | 1,200,049,727 | 1,276,083,253 |
| 10. Items in course of settlement | 0 | 0 | 12. Provisions | 7,477,308,544 | 7,198,507,643 |
| 11. Other assets | 2,316,135,103 | 2,294,067,038 | 13. Revaluation accounts | 3,715,573,000 | 3,071,705,530 |
| 11.1 Coins of euro area | 59,834,993 | 58,024,469 | 14. Capital and reserves | 815,495,953 | 815,497,813 |
| 11.2 Tangible and intangible fixed assets | 792,236,542 | 801,561,779 | |||
| 11.3 Other financial assets | 95,176,220 | 93,405,313 | 14.1 Capital | 111,243,362 | 111,243,362 |
| A S S E T S | 31.12.2016 | 31.12.2015 | L I A B I L I T I E S | 31.12.2016 | 31.12.2015 |
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| 1. Gold and gold receivables | 5,261,753,291 | 4,655,876,333 | 1. Banknotes in circulation | 29,929,190,200 | 28,792,125,675 |
| 2. Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 2,578,715,907 | 2,046,275,257 | 2. Liabilities to euro area credit institutions related to | ||
| 2.1 Receivables from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) |
737,322,397 | 635,957,699 | monetary policy operations denominated in euro | 907,409,514 | 1,387,143,530 |
| 2.2 Balances with banks and security investments, external loans and other external assets |
1,841,393,510 | 1,410,317,558 | 2.1 Current accounts (covering the minimum reserve system) 2.2 Deposit facility |
876,909,514 0 |
1,258,943,530 0 |
| 3. Claims on euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 204,874,084 | 613,387,274 | 2.3 Fixed-term deposits 2.4 Fine-tuning reverse operations |
0 0 |
0 0 |
| 3.1 General government 3.2 Other claims |
16,419,464 188,454,620 |
306,522,843 306,864,431 |
2.5 Deposits related to margin calls 3. Other liabilities to euro area credit institutions |
30,500,000 | 128,200,000 |
| 4. Claims on non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 23,659 | 23,881 | denominated in euro | 0 | 0 |
| 4.1 Balances with banks, security investments and loans |
23,659 | 23,881 | 4. Liabilities to other euro area residents denominated in euro | 9,527,107,565 | 5,085,184,765 |
| 4.2 Claims arising from the credit facility under ERM II |
0 | 0 | 4.1 General government 4.2 Other liabilities |
8,269,754,053 1,257,353,512 |
3,749,122,957 1,336,061,808 |
| 5. Lending to euro area credit institutions related to monetary policy operations denominated in euro |
22,953,000,000 | 38,599,000,000 | 5. Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in euro | 2,461,327,349 | 1,227,986,892 |
| 5.1 Main refinancing operations |
15,430,000,000 | 26,570,000,000 | 6. Liabilities to euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 751,912,348 | 646,431,879 |
| 5.2 Longer-term refinancing operations 5.3 Fine-tuning reverse operations |
7,500,000,000 0 |
12,000,000,000 0 |
7. Liabilities to non-euro area residents denominated in foreign currency | 2,754 | 2,666 |
| 5.4 Structural reverse operations 5.5 Marginal lending facility |
0 23,000,000 |
0 29,000,000 |
7.1 Deposits and other liabilities | 2,754 | 2,666 |
| 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 | 43,665,037,526 | 68,914,635,432 | 8. Counterpart of special drawing rights allocated by the IMF | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Securities of euro area residents denominated in euro | 57,197,297,804 | 39,764,480,573 | 9. Intra-Eurosystem liabilities | 85,571,386,262 | 113,977,496,400 |
| 7.1 Securities held for monetary policy purposes 7.2 Other securities of euro area residents denominated in euro |
42,484,409,198 14,712,888,606 |
20,711,295,716 19,053,184,857 |
9.1 Liabilities related to promissory notes backing the issuance of ECB debt certificates |
0 | 0 |
| 8. General government long-term debt denominated in euro | 6,353,182,528 | 4,843,627,573 | 9.2 Net liabilities related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem |
13,314,137,100 | 19,590,587,680 |
| 9. Intra-Eurosystem claims | 1,854,318,415 | 1,781,727,954 | 9.3 Net liabilities arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts 9.4 Other liabilities within the Eurosystem (net) |
72,257,249,162 0 |
94,386,908,720 0 |
| 9.1 Participating interest in the ECB |
564,765,496 | 564,765,496 | 10. Items in course of settlement | 1,004,753 | 955,123 |
| 9.2 Claims equivalent to the transfer of foreign reserves to the ECB |
1,178,260,606 | 1,178,260,606 | 11. Other liabilities | 1,226,620,075 | 1,310,063,399 |
| 9.3 Net claims related to the allocation of euro banknotes within the Eurosystem |
0 | 0 | 11.1 Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences | 21,829 | 17,549,614 |
| 9.4 Net claims arising from balances of TARGET2 accounts 9.5 Other claims within the Eurosystem (net) |
0 111,292,313 |
0 38,701,852 |
11.2 Accruals and income collected in advance 11.3 Sundry |
26,548,519 1,200,049,727 |
16,430,532 1,276,083,253 |
| 10. Items in course of settlement | 0 | 0 | 12. Provisions | 7,477,308,544 | 7,198,507,643 |
| 11. Other assets | 2,316,135,103 | 2,294,067,038 | 13. Revaluation accounts | 3,715,573,000 | 3,071,705,530 |
| 11.1 Coins of euro area | 59,834,993 | 58,024,469 | 14. Capital and reserves | 815,495,953 | 815,497,813 |
| 11.2 Tangible and intangible fixed assets 11.3 Other financial assets |
792,236,542 95,176,220 |
801,561,779 93,405,313 |
14.1 Capital | 111,243,362 | 111,243,362 |
| 11.4 Off-balance-sheet instruments revaluation differences 11.5 Accruals and prepaid expenses |
45,122 779,083,565 |
82,318 743,311,071 |
14.2 Ordinary reserve 14.3 Extraordinary reserve |
111,243,362 84,500,000 |
111,243,362 84,500,000 |
| 11.6 Sundry | 589,758,661 | 597,682,088 | 14.4 Special reserve from the revaluation of land | ||
| and buildings 14.5 Other special reserves |
507,247,856 1,261,373 |
507,247,856 1,263,233 |
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| T O T A L A S S E T S | 142,384,338,317 | 163,513,101,315 | T O T A L L I A B I L I T I E S | 142,384,338,317 | 163,513,101,315 |
| NOTES: | |||||
| OFF-BALANCE-SHEET ITEMS | 31.12.2016 | 31.12.2015 | 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 rules established by the European Central Bank (ECB) and applying to all members of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). |
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| 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 |
29,303,705,275 | 27,038,705,275 | 2. Gold has been valued at the price provided by the ECB as at 30 December 2016: €1,098.446 per fine oz, compared with €973.225 as at 31 December 2015. 3. Claims/liabilities denominated in foreign currency have been converted to euro using the euro foreign exchange reference rates of the ECB as at 30 December 2016. |
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| 2. Greek government securities and other debt securities relating to the management | 4. Securities (other than those held-to-maturity, non-marketable securities and securities held for monetary policy purposes) are valued at the market prices of 30 December | ||||
| and custody of assets of public entities, social security funds and private agents 3. Assets eligible as collateral for Eurosystem monetary policy operations and intraday credit |
4,413,187,120 28,265,134,198 |
4,754,026,481 40,054,565,610 |
2016. Marketable securities classified as held-to-maturity, non-marketable securities and securities held for monetary policy purposes are valued at amortised cost subject to impairment. An impairment test was performed at the end of 2016 and no impairment losses were incurred. |
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| 4. Assets accepted by the Bank of Greece as eligible collateral for emergency liquidity assistance to credit institutions |
103,386,216,109 | 149,097,004,268 | 5. "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 31.12.2016 the value of the promissory note was SDR 10.1 billion, equivalent to €12.9 billion. |
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| 5. Other off-balance-sheet items | 32,377,921,059 | 21,873,166,477 | 6. Certain items of the profit and loss account for the year 2015 have been reclassified to be comparable with the respective items of the year 2016. | ||
| TOTAL OFF-BALANCE-SHEET ITEMS | 197,746,163,761 | 242,817,468,111 | |||
| PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR 2016 | DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT | ||||
| 2 0 1 6 | 2 0 1 5 | (Article 71 of the Statute) | |||
| 1. Net interest income | 1,493,189,116 | (in euro) 1,725,725,824 |
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| 1.1 Interest income |
1,512,703,581 | 1,784,257,403 | |||
| 1.2 Interest expense |
-19,514,465 | -58,531,579 | 2 0 1 6 | 2 0 1 5 | |
| 2. Net result of financial operations, write-downs and risk provisions |
17,841,266 | 22,840,471 | Dividend to be distributed: €0.47712 per share for 19,864,886 shares | 9,477,934 | (in euro) 9,477,934 |
| 2.1 Realised gains arising from financial operations |
17,841,266 | 22,840,471 | |||
| 2.2 Write-downs on financial assets and positions 2.3 Transfer from provisions for foreign exchange rate, |
-32,995,688 | -5,209,328 | Tax on dividends (tax rate 29%, Articles 47 and 58, Law 4172/2013, as currently in force) | 3,871,269 | 3,871,269 |
| and buildings | 507,247,856 | 507,247,856 | ||
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| 14.5 Other special reserves | 1,261,373 | 1,263,233 | ||
6. Other income 12,660,688 12,261,807 Total net income 1,728,491,434 1,897,496,851 7. Staff costs and pension benefit expenses -258,636,323 -256,662,684 8. Other administrative expenses -49,173,789 -49,798,073 9. Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets -14,948,548 -13,378,128 10. Consultancy fees for the auditing of the banking system -8,939,681 -6,326,531 11. Provisions -304,443,890 -408,482,232 Total expenses -636,142,231 -734,647,648 PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 1,092,349,203 1,162,849,203
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the BANK OF GREECE A.E. (the "Bank") which comprise the balance sheet as of 31 December 2016 and the statement of income, the appropriation account for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements: Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with the accounting principles prescribed by the European Central Bank (ECB) as adopted by the Bank in Article 54A of its Statute and the Greek accounting principles, where the Guideline of the ECB does not provide specific direction, as well as, for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
| 1.2 Interest expense |
-19,514,465 | -58,531,579 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 0 1 6 | 2 0 1 5 | ||||
| 2. Net result of financial operations, write-downs | (in euro) | ||||
| and risk provisions | 17,841,266 | 22,840,471 | Dividend to be distributed: €0.47712 per share for 19,864,886 shares | 9,477,934 | 9,477,934 |
| 2.1 Realised gains arising from financial operations |
17,841,266 | 22,840,471 | |||
| 2.2 Write-downs on financial assets and positions |
-32,995,688 | -5,209,328 | Tax on dividends (tax rate 29%, Articles 47 and 58, Law 4172/2013, as currently in force) | 3,871,269 | 3,871,269 |
| 2.3 Transfer from provisions for foreign exchange rate, |
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| interest rate, credit and gold price risks | 32,995,688 | 5,209,328 | To the Government | 1,079,000,000 | 1,149,500,000 |
| 1,092,349,203 | 1,162,849,203 | ||||
| 3. Net income from fees and commissions | 83,151,340 | 89,837,658 | |||
| 3.1 Fees and commissions income |
84,141,587 | 90,793,604 | |||
| 3.2 Fees and commissions expense |
-990,247 | -955,946 | |||
| Note: The gross dividend for financial year 2016 amounts to €0.6720 per share. | |||||
| 4. Income from equity shares and participating interests | 38,863,345 | 31,565,454 | Dividend to be distributed (€0.47712 per share) is subject to withholding tax | ||
| at a rate of 15% in accordance with Law 4172/2013, Article 64 paragraph 1, | |||||
| 5. Net result of pooling of monetary income | 82,785,679 | 15,265,637 | as currently in force. | ||
| 6. Other income | 12,660,688 | 12,261,807 | |||
| Total net income | 1,728,491,434 | 1,897,496,851 | Athens, 20 January 2017 | ||
| 7. Staff costs and pension benefit expenses | -258,636,323 | -256,662,684 | |||
| 8. Other administrative expenses | -49,173,789 | -49,798,073 | THE GOVERNOR | THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT | |
| 9. Depreciation of tangible and intangible fixed assets | -14,948,548 | -13,378,128 | |||
| 10. Consultancy fees for the auditing of the banking system | -8,939,681 | -6,326,531 | |||
| YANNIS STOURNARAS | MARIA PAGONI | ||||
Auditor's Responsibility: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing, as adopted into Greek Law. Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements 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. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Opinion: In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Bank of Greece as at 31 December 2016 and of its financial performance for the year then ended in accordance with the accounting principles prescribed by the ECB as adopted by the Bank in Article 54A of its Statute and the Greek accounting principles, where the Guideline of the ECB does not provide specific direction.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements: We verified that the contents of the Report of the General Council relating to the statement of income for 2016 to the Annual Shareholders Meeting are consistent and corresponds with the accompanying financial statements.
Harry Sirounis Ioannis Achilas AM SOEL 19071 AM SOEL 12831
Certified Auditor Accountant Certified Auditor Accountant
(in euro)
KPMG Certified Auditors Α.Ε. AM SOEL 114
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