Earnings Release • Aug 5, 2021
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| Informazione Regolamentata n. 1928-71-2021 |
Data/Ora Ricezione 05 Agosto 2021 17:36:33 |
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| Societa' | : | BANCO BPM | |
| Identificativo Informazione Regolamentata |
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| Nome utilizzatore | : | BANCOBPMN03 - Marconi | |
| Tipologia | : | 2.2 | |
| Data/Ora Ricezione | : | 05 Agosto 2021 17:36:33 | |
| Data/Ora Inizio Diffusione presunta |
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| Oggetto | : | Banco BPM - Results as at 30 JUNE 2021 | |
| Testo del comunicato |
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The results confirm the effectiveness of the actions on the business and on cost containment
► CORE NET PERFORMING LOANS2 UP AT € 99.8 BILLION (+5.1% YOY)
The additional progress in the risk profile was achieved by maintaining solid levels of loan coverage
The ratios and capital buffers remain at high levels even after absorbing significant regulatory headwinds
The renewed agreement with Covéa last June, which follows that with Cattolica, outlines a more flexible business model, which contributes to further development of the Bank's revenues
• "CORE" REVENUES5 AT € 1,969 MILLION, +11.2% YOY, ALSO UP ON THE PRE-COVID PERIOD
1 Amount net of non-recurring components as indicated in section 5 of the Explanatory Notes of this press release.
2 Mortgages, loans, current accounts and personal loans.
3 Ratio of gross non-performing exposures and total exposures relating to the balance sheet item "Loans to customers measured at amortised cost".
4 Methodology used by EBA for the presentation of data in the context of the EU Transparency Exercise.
5 Aggregate consisting of net interest income and net fee and commission income.

HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE:
FINALISATION OF AN ADDITIONAL STEP IN THE DERISKING STRATEGY:
THE ASSIGNMENT OF NON-PERFORMING LOANS EQUAL TO € 1.5 BILLION IN BAD LOANS FINALISED IN Q2 ("ROCKETS" PROJECT) RESULTED IN:
A REDUCTION IN GROSS NON-PERFORMING LOANS TO € 7.1 BILLION FROM € 8.7 BILLION AS AT 31 MARCH (-18.6%), WITH A DECREASE IN THE GROSS NPE RATIO FROM 7.5% AT THE END OF MARCH TO 6.2%, WHICH DROPS TO 5.2% USING THE EBA METHODOLOGY
• FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE TEXAS RATIO9 TO 31.4% AGAINST 37.1% AS AT 31 MARCH 2021 AND AT 38.6% AT THE END OF 2020
6 This interim result does not include banking industry charges, equal to € -78.6 million, the accounting effects of the Purchase Price Allocations (PPA) carried out in previous years, equal to € -20.0 million, the income deriving from the impact of the realignment of tax values to book values of operating property, equal to € 79.2 million, or the effects of the change in the credit rating of the Group on its certificate issues, equal to € -11.9 million. Effective from 31 December 2020, these components are stated, net of taxes, in separate items of the reclassified income statement. The data from previous periods used for comparison have been re-stated accordingly.
7 Calculated as the ratio between operating expenses and operating income resulting from the reclassified Income Statement.
8 Management data.
9 The Texas Ratio is the ratio of the net value of non-performing loans to the Group's tangible equity (net of the related tax effects).

SOLID LIQUIDITY POSITION, WITH LCR AT 216%, NSFR >100% AND UNENCUMBERED ELIGIBLE ASSETS OF APPROXIMATELY € 16.5 BILLION12
POSITIVE EU-WIDE STRESS TEST RESULTS, WHICH CONFIRMED THE BANK'S ABILITY TO GENERATE VALUE UNDER THE BASELINE SCENARIO AND TO SUPPORT SIGNIFICANT SHOCK IN THE ADVERSE SCENARIO, WITH RESULTS BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS STRESS TEST (2018), EVEN CONSIDERING A HIGHLY PENALISING ADVERSE SCENARIO
FURTHER ACCELERATION IN ONLINE CUSTOMER ACTIVITY AND RANGE OF SERVICES AND PRODUCTS OFFERED:
10 Management data.
11 Current accounts and deposits.
12 Monthly Liquidity Coverage Ratio in June 2021 and management Net Stable Funding Ratio referred to the second quarter of 2021.

During the half, despite the difficult macroeconomic framework, continuing to be impacted by the Covid-19 health crisis, the Group's commercial and organisational efforts have enabled it to record a notable recovery in operating results. In particular, operating income recorded an excellent performance, amounting to € 2,324 million, marking growth of 18.8% compared to the same period in the previous year. This figure also represents a highly positive result, bringing the level of operating income back to that of the period prior to the crisis triggered by the pandemic.
The operating income performance allowed the Group to record profit from operations equal to € 1,048 million, up by 48.2% compared to the first half of 2020.
Pre-tax profits reached € 526 million, against € 210 million in the previous year, with a 150.7% increase. On an adjusted basis, this result was even higher, at € 644 million, with a 196.7% increase.
By virtue of the dynamics reported above, the net result for the half year reached € 361.3 million, against € 105.2 million in the previous year, with a 243.4% increase. The adjusted net result rose to € 382 million (+197.5% YoY).
The figures for the second quarter show economic performance that confirms and improves upon the positive results previously recorded in Q1.
Operating income amounted to € 1,196 million, up by 6.0% on the first quarter, while the growth in profit from operations was even greater, reaching € 564 million during the quarter (+16.6% QoQ).
Profit after tax from continuing operations came to € 216 million, with a 22.4% increase QoQ.
Lastly, the net result for the quarter stood at € 261.2 million, compared to € 100.1 million in the first quarter, up by 161.0% QoQ. At adjusted level, that result came to € 231.2 million (+53.3% QoQ).
As regards non-performing loans, the derisking process was further accelerated with the assignment of € 1.5 billion in bad loans finalised in June ("Rockets Project").

Specifically, that project enabled a significant reduction in bad loans, bringing their incidence on total gross loans from 3.1% as at 31 March 2021 to 1.9% at 30 June 2021, and bringing total gross non-performing loans from € 8.7 billion to € 7.1 billion, with a gross NPE ratio down from 7.5% to 6.2% (5.2% calculated using the EBA methodology).
The loan portfolio continues to be closely monitored, through a constant review of the customers' credit profile, whereby special attention was given to positions for which Covid-19 moratoria have been granted, which, also given the low adherence of customers to the "Sostegni BIS" Decree Law (Second Support Decree Law), decreased significantly, to € 4.8 billion in performing loans at the beginning of August (-70% against € 16.2 billion granted originally) and which, in relation to past due positions at the end of June13, recorded a default rate of 1.25%.
Disbursements secured by State guarantee over the half year were equal to € 4.7 billion (out of a total disbursed amount of medium/long-term loans of € 12.1 billion), bringing the total disbursed amount of said secured loans to € 14.9 billion in the period from 2020 to the end of the first half of 2021.
An extremely healthy equity position was confirmed, even after the impact of the expected regulatory headwinds (-95 bps):
During the half year, the bancassurance partnership agreements with Cattolica Assicurazioni (for the joint ventures Vera Vita and Vera Assicurazioni) and with Covéa (for the joint ventures Bipiemme Vita and Bipiemme Assicurazioni) were redetermined. The new agreements grant Banco BPM the right to an early exit from the two partnerships, thereby guaranteeing significant strategic flexibility for the future development of the Group's business model.
13Expired moratoria include positions for which payments have resumed, positions fully repaid and cancelled and those replaced by other classifications.
14 Direct funding includes certificates with unconditional capital protection (€ 3.6 billion as at 30 June 2021 compared to € 3.7 billion at the end of 2020), and excludes repurchase agreements.

was confirmed (€ +11.1 billion YoY and € +4.2 billion compared to the end of 2020);
15 Management data net of certificates with unconditional capital protection included under "direct funding".
16 See note 6.
17 Amount net of non-recurring components as indicated in section 5 of the Explanatory Notes of this press release.
18 Ratios calculated by including the 2021 H1 profit and deducting the expected dividend pay-out on said profit.

Milan, 5 August 2021 - At today's meeting, chaired by Mr. Massimo Tononi, the Board of Directors of Banco BPM approved the balance sheet and income statement as at 30 June 2021 of the Banco BPM Group.
The first half of 2021 was still strongly impacted by the international emergency triggered by the Coronavirus epidemic. In this context, characterised by heavy repercussions on the global economy as well as on business operations, the Group continued to implement the measures put in place during the previous year in order to protect customers and its employees, as well as provide concrete support to businesses, households and the communities in which the Group operates, in observance of regulations in force.
As part of the economic support measures, the total amount of moratoria on performing loans granted by the Decreto Cura Italia (Heal Italy Decree) and by the Protocollo ABI (Italian Banking Association protocol) in place at 1 August 2021 came to € 4.8 billion, down by 70% compared to an original € 16.2 billion, with a default rate on expired moratoria as at 30 June 2021 limited to 1.25%. Disbursements secured by State guarantee over the first half were equal to € 4.7 billion (out of a total
19Monthly LCR in June 2021 and management NSFR relating to the first quarter of 2021.

disbursed amount of medium/long-term loans of € 12.1 billion), bringing the total disbursed amount of said guaranteed loans to € 14.9 billion.
The Group continued to strengthen customer digital operations as part of the Digital and Omnichannel Transformation programme (".DOT"). In particular, in the first half of 2021, the following should be noted: the full deployment of the new mobile apps/solutions for private customers, which were warmly received based on customer feedback/reviews and increased levels of use (mobile app ratings: 4.7/5.0 iOS and 4.6/5.0 Android, as surveyed on 28 July 2021); new releases/functionalities of on-line services for Business customers, whose satisfaction grew by around 6 p.p.; authorisation of all branches to activate the "Digital Identity" for the Individuals customer category, with a view to a gradually paperless relationship with the Bank, to which the first 100,000 customers adhered; the provision to all Personal customers of remote advisory and financial solutions, initially capitalising on the simplification of the rules introduced, and more recently by developing the "signature clearing room", extended to all Individual customers; the continuation of the development of "Omnichannel Sales", both in terms of functionality/product availability and in terms of support/development through new touch point Omnichannel Customer Journey, based on advanced analytics.
Regarding Digital Adoption, the number of customers using the new app is sharply growing, exceeding 1.5 million, with growth of 15% on the same period of 2020. The share of private customers that carried out transactions online in the first half of 2021 rose to 53% from 48% in the same period of the previous year.
The total incidence of remote transactions (ATM, internet and mobile banking) in the Retail segments (individual + businesses) came to 85% in the half year (from 82% in the first half of 2020 and 73% in the same period of 2019), further lightening the branch activities dedicated to transactional operations. Due to the positive contribution of the Group's new APP, the number of mobile transactions exceeded 10 million in the half year, recording a growth of over 50% compared to the same period of 2020.
As regards ESG, in July Banco BPM finalised the placement of its first Social Bond issue (Senior Preferred) intended for institutional investors for an amount of € 500 million, with an annual coupon of 0.875%, maturing on 15 July 2026.
The bond, issued within the sphere of the recently published Green, Social and Sustainability Bond Framework under the € 25 billion EMTN programme, will finance a selected portfolio of SMEs that have been granted disbursements covered by the public guarantee envisaged by the Liquidity Decree to address the Covid-19 emergency.
The Framework integrates perfectly with Banco BPM's ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) strategy and represents the effective implementation of the environmental and social sustainability objectives that will increasingly guide and characterise the Bank's various business areas.
Banco BPM also obtained certification for its Framework from the Institutional Shareholder Services companies group (ISS) as an independent party with expertise on environmental, social and sustainability issues: Second Party Opinion (SPO).
The issue had great interest from institutional investors, to which it was targeted, and was mainly subscribed by Banks (43%) and Funds (40%).
During the half year, considerable recognition was also obtained from ESG rating agencies. In particular, in June, Standard Ethics upgraded the ESG rating from EE- to EE; in April, ISS improved the Governance Quality Score from 7 to 1 and, in July, Sustainalytics improved the assigned ESG risk rating from 27.7 to 25.5.

Lastly, during the second quarter, the work of the 7 business initiatives of the ESG Action Plan launched in February continued at full operation, with the aim of solidifying the integration of Sustainability within company activities and the business.
During the first half, the Group further accelerated the derisking process through a plan for the assignment of non-performing loans for a total of € 1.65 billion, gross (including some "small tickets").
This includes "Project Rockets", which entailed the assignment of bad loans for a gross amount of € 1.5 billion.
That operation was finalised in June, in the form of a securitisation, with the assignment of loans to the special purpose vehicle Aurelia SPV S.r.l., which issued the Notes (Senior, Mezzanine and Junior). A State guarantee ( GACS) will be requested on the Senior Notes, whose extension was approved by the European Commission. 95% of the mezzanine and junior notes were purchased by companies controlled by Elliott funds.
The completion of this transaction had a significant positive effect for the Group in terms of the reduction in the stock of gross non-performing loans, which fell from € 8.6 billion at the end of 2020 to € 7.1 billion as at 30 June, and improvement in the credit quality indicators, with a reduction of the gross NPE ratio from 7.5% to 6.2%. With regard solely to gross bad loans, the decrease from € 3.6 billion to € 2.1 billion (-40.7%) reduced their incidence on total gross loans from 3.1% to 1.9%.
In March, the Group also signed an important agreement with Cattolica Assicurazioni, which regulates the terms and methods of continuation of the partnership in the bancassurance sector. More specifically, the agreement provides, in exchange for Banco BPM's waiving of the call already exercised20, for the recognition to Banco BPM of a right of early exit from the partnership, originally due to end in 2033, which can be exercised in the period between 1 January and 30 June 2023. In particular, the parties agreed to grant Banco BPM an unconditional purchase option on the 65% stake held by Cattolica in the JV Vera Vita and Vera Assicurazioni.
The agreement provides for protection mechanisms for both parties linked to the exercise price of the call and to the price adjustments for any retained profits, distributions of reserves or extraordinary dividends or share capital increases or capital payments in regard to the joint ventures.
Moreover, at the end of June, Banco BPM redefined the agreements for the partnership currently in place with the Covéa, referring to the joint ventures Bipiemme Vita, 81%-owned by Covéa Coopérations and 19%-owned by Banco BPM, and Bipiemme Assicurazioni, wholly-owned by Bipiemme Vita.
Those agreements also provide for the recognition, in favour of Banco BPM, of an unconditional option to purchase 81% of the capital of Bipiemme Vita, which can be exercised in the period from 8 September 2021 to 31 December 2023. Where said option is not exercised, the partnership can continue until the end of 2028, except where the put and call options recognised respectively to Covéa and the Bank are exercised in given time windows.
In May, through its subsidiary Banca Akros, Banco BPM acquired 100% of the capital of Oaklins Italy S.r.l., for a consideration of € 3.5 million.
Due to that acquisition, Banca Akros will access an international network operating in M&A, complementary to the domestic investment banking already conducted by the Bank, thereby enhancing its offering to its customers of M&A and financial advisory services.
20 On 15 December 2020, Banco BPM informed Cattolica of its intention to exercise the call option on the controlling stakes held by Cattolica in the capital of the Vera Vita and Vera Assicurazioni joint ventures.

During the first half, the Group also carried out several important capital management operations: in January, the third issue of Additional Tier 1 instruments was launched for an amount of € 400 million, targeted to institutional investors, while in June the placement of a Subordinated Tier 2 Bond issue, targeted to institutional investors, for a nominal value of € 300 million and a 10-year maturity was completed, as part of the Group's Euro Medium Term Notes Programme.
It should also be noted that, in first half, in agreement with the Trade Union Organisations, the agreed number of employees that will be encouraged to retire on a voluntary basis was increased from 1,500 to 1,607 (without additional expenses) while the number of new hires to be carried out was increased from 750 to around 800. More than half of agreed retirements took place by June 2021; as a consequence, the cost savings deriving from the exits shall be registered essentially starting from the third quarter of 2021. Moreover, during the period the reorganisation and streamlining plan of the commercial network was completed, which involved the closure of 300 small-sized outlets.
Moreover, as part of the initiatives to streamline the Group's corporate and operational structure, simplify the structure, optimise and enhance the value of resources, and reduce costs, on 19 July, the merger by incorporation of the subsidiary ProFamily S.p.A. into Banco BPM was finalised, and, also in July, the plan for merger by incorporation of the subsidiary Release into the Parent Company was approved, which is tentatively planned by the end of the year.
Lastly, on 30 July 2021, the EBA announced the results of the EU-wide stress tests, in which Banco BPM also participated.
The Stress Tests were conducted using a particularly penalizing adverse scenario, together with a starting point (final data as at 31 December 2020) which had already been impacted by the consequences of the pandemic.
Banco BPM achieved significant results, highlighting:
In this context, which continues to be characterised by significant uncertainty at the global and Italian level, directly or indirectly related to the Coronavirus epidemic, the Group reported an operating profit21 of € 1,048.0 million and a net profit of € 361.3 million. Excluding non-recurring components represented essentially by higher adjustments connected to the increase in the nonperforming loan assignment target and the impact of the realignment of tax values to book values of operating property, net profit was equal to € 382.0 million.
Net interest income was equal to € 1,019.2 million, a 6.9% increase on the first half of 2020 (€ 953.6 million): this was due to the greater contribution made by TLTRO III financing operations which, in view of the achievement of the net lending objectives, starting from 24 June 2020, provide for the
21 See note 6.

payment of a special interest rate, equal to -0.5%, in addition to the rate applied for the entire duration of the loan.22
The profit from equity investments measured with the equity method was equal to € 98.1 million, up compared to the figure for the corresponding period of last year (€ 70.3 million). The amount in the first half of 2021 includes the contribution of the associate Anima Holding23 (equal to € 34.5 million), measured at equity since the second quarter of 2020.
The main contribution to the item in question is provided by consumer credit channelled from the equity interest held in Agos Ducato, equal to € 50.8 million, up compared to € 47.6 million in H1 2020.
Net fee and commission income in the first half totalled € 950.1 million, marking significant growth (+16.3%) compared to the same period of the previous year.
This trend is attributable to the contribution from both management, brokerage and advisory services (+24.8% compared to 30 June 2020), and the commercial banking services segment (+8.7% compared to the first half of 2020).
Other net operating income totalled € 39.9 million, compared to the figure of € 31.6 million for the first half of the previous year.
The net financial result24 for the first half was a positive € 216.3 million compared to the figure of € 83.5 million recorded as at 30 June 2020; specifically, during the half, excellent results derived from the gains in disposal of securities for € 90.9 million, profit on trading of € 65.6 million and the total result of the measurement of assets and liabilities at fair value for € 49.5 million.
By virtue of the trends described, the total operating income therefore amounted to € 2,323.5 million, a considerable increase compared to € 1,955.9 million recorded in the same period of the previous year (+18.8%).
Personnel expenses, of 844.0 million, showed growth of 3.3% compared to the € 817.0 million in the first half of 2020, which had benefited from the savings relating to the provisions allocated for the incentive system in the previous year. As at 30 June 2021, the total number of employees was 20,551, down compared to 21,663 resources at the end of 2020, due to the exit of around 1,000 resources on 30 June 2021 as part of the programme entailing the use of the Solidarity Fund for the sector. That decrease in personnel will result in cost savings starting from the second half of 2021.
Other administrative expenses25, equal to € 308.0 million, are substantially in line with the figure for the first half of 2020, equal to € 308.7 million.
22 For the period from 24 June 2020 to 23 June 2021 (special interest period), the Bank was able to benefit from a special interest rate on TLTRO III refinancing operations equal to -0.50% in addition to the average rate applicable to Deposit facilities (currently -0.50%), given that, as at 31 March 2021, the amount of eligible loans significantly exceeded the amount of those loans as at 1 March 2020. The aforementioned 0.50% special interest rate will also be applied to the 24 June 2021-23 June 2022 period, provided that the amount of eligible loans as at 31 December 2021 is at least equal to their amount as at 1 October 2020. As at 30 June 2021, the amount of eligible loans was well above this threshold.
23 For an illustration of the methods used to recognise the contribution of Anima Holding, please refer to Explanatory Note no. 8.
The item does not include the accounting effect, shown in a separate item of the reclassified income statement, of the change in the credit rating of the Group in regard to the fair value measurement of its own certificate issues, which led to the recognition of a € -17.8 million charge in the half, compared to the positive impact of € +40.6 million recorded as at 30 June 2020.24
25 The aggregate does not include the "systemic charges", represented by the contributions to the Resolution Funds, reported in a separate item of the reclassified income statement, net of the relative tax.

million, in line with the figure of € 123.1 million in the first half of 2020.
Total operating expenses therefore amounted to € 1,275.5 million, up by 2.1% compared to € 1,248.7 million in the first half of 2020.
Profit from operations in the first half stood at € 1,048.0 million, up by 48.2% compared to € 707.2 million in the same period of the previous year.
Net adjustments on loans to customers in the first half were equal to € 472.6 million, substantially in line with same period of the previous year (€ 476.2 million). Those adjustments also include the extraordinary charge deriving from the assignment of loans finalised as part of Project "Rockets" as a result of the change in the non-performing loans strategy decided during the half year, estimated at € 94.0 million;
As at 30 June 2021, the cost of credit, measured by the ratio of net value adjustments on loans to net loans, was 86 basis points, decreasing to 52 basis points excluding "non-core" components26.
Fair value gains (losses) on property, plant and equipment show a loss of 36.9 million at 30 June 2021, compared to € 5.4 million in the first half of the previous year.
The item net adjustments to securities and other financial assets includes net gains of € 0.5 million (€ 8.3 million in net adjustments as at 30 June 2020).
Net provisions for risks and charges in the first half were equal to € 12.8 million, while in the corresponding period of the previous year, net provisions of € 7.6 million were recorded.
As at 30 June 2021, no significant gains (losses) on disposal of interests in associates and joint ventures and other investments were recognised, as also in the first half of last year.
Due to the trends described, the income (loss) before tax from continuing operations was equal to € 525.8 million compared to € 209.8 million in the first half of 2020.
Taxation charges on profit or loss from continuing operations were equal to € -133.3 million (€ -39.0 million in the first half of 2020).
Income (loss) after tax from continuing operations therefore was equal to € 392.5 million, a 129.9% increase compared to € 170.8 million in the first half of the previous year.
The income statement for the period also included charges related to the banking system, net of taxes, equal to € 78.6 million (€ 75.7 million in the first half of 2020), consisting of the ordinary contribution to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) and the additional contribution to the National Resolution Fund (€ 116.4 million before tax, against € 112.1 million as at 30 June 2020).
The item Impact of the realignment of tax values to book values includes the positive impact on the income statement for € 79.2 million, resulting from the exercise of the right of realignment of the tax values of the Group's operating properties to book values.
26 Management data.

In the period, the change in the credit rating on Certificates issued by the Group, net of taxes, has a negative impact equal to € 11.9 million (€ -17.8 million gross of taxes), with respect to the income recognised in the first half of 2020 equal to € 27.2 million (€ 40.6 million pre-tax), which felt the effects of the onset of the pandemic on the financial markets.
As at June 30, 2021, the impact of the Purchase Price Allocation net of taxes was equal to € -20.0 million, against € -18.5 million in the first half of 2020.
Considering the share of income due to non-controlling interests, equal to € 0.1 million, the first half of 2021 closed with a net profit for the period equal to € 361.3 million (€ 105.2 million as at 30 June 2020).
The adjusted net result came to € 382.0 million in the first half, compared to € 128.4 million recorded in the first half of 2020 (197.5%).
Net interest income totalled € 522.4 million, up by 5.1% from the figure in the first quarter of 2021 (€ 496.8 million), also due to the greater contribution from TLTRO-III loans.
The result of investee companies measured using the equity method is a positive € 56.5 million, with an increased contribution compared to that of the first quarter, amounting to € 41.5 million. Within this aggregate, the main contribution was provided by consumer credit, driven by the investment held in Agos Ducato and the result of Anima Holding.27
Net fee and commission income in the second quarter amounted to € 478.7 million, up by 1.5% compared to the extremely positive result recorded in the first quarter, mainly due to the contribution of fee and commission income on management, brokerage and advisory services (+3.6% compared to the first quarter).
Other net operating income totalled € 21.7 million, compared to the figure of € 18.2 million for the first quarter of 2021.
The net financial result in the second quarter was a positive € 116.5 million, compared to € 99.7 million in the first quarter, with significant growth of 16.9%, mainly due to the fair value measurement of certain positions in equity instruments.
By virtue of the trends described, the total operating income therefore amounted to € 1,195.9 million, up by 6.0% compared to € 1,127.7 million recorded in the first quarter.
Personnel expenses, equal to € 417.1 million, showed a decrease of 2.3% compared to the € 426.9 million in the first quarter, mainly due to the effects of one-off components of remuneration, which were an indirect effect of the pandemic.
Other administrative expenses28 were stable, going from € 154.1 million in the first quarter of 2021 to € 153.9 million in the second quarter of 2021.
27 For an illustration of the methods used to recognise the contribution of Anima Holding, please refer to Explanatory Note no. 8. 28 The aggregate does not include the "systemic charges", represented by the contributions to the Resolution Funds, reported in a separate item of the reclassified income statement, net of the relative tax.

Net adjustments to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets totalled € 60.6 million, compared with the figure of € 62.8 million in the first quarter.
Total operating expenses therefore came to € 631.6 million, marking a decrease of 1.9% compared to € 643.9 million in the first quarter.
Profit from operations in the quarter stood at € 564.2 million, up by 16.6% compared to € 483.8 million in the first quarter.
Net adjustments to loans to customers came to € 255.5 million, marking an increase of 17.7% compared to the first quarter, aimed at guaranteeing the prudential provisioning standards.
The loss from the fair value measurement of property, plant and equipment came to € 37.0 million in the second quarter.
As a result of the trends described above, the income from continuing operations before taxes came to € 266.7 million compared to the € 259.1 million recorded in the first quarter.
Income tax on continuing operations for the period amounted to € 50.6 million (€ 82.7 million in the first quarter).
The income statement for the quarter included charges related to the banking system, net of taxes, of € 19.3 million, referring to the additional contribution to the National Resolution Fund. In the first quarter, the ordinary contribution to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) of € 59.2 million was charged.
The item Impact of the realignment of tax values to book values includes the positive impact on the income statement for € 79.2 million, resulting from the exercise of the right of realignment of the tax values of the Group's operating properties to book values.
In the third quarter, the change in the credit rating on Certificates issued by the Group, net of taxes, generated a negative impact of € 5.1 million (€ 7.6 million before taxes), compared to the charge of € 6.8 million in the first quarter (€ 10.2 million gross).
In the second quarter, the impact of the Purchase Price Allocation net of taxes was equal to € -9.7 million, against € -10.3 million in the first quarter of 2021.
Given the share of the profit or loss attributable to non-controlling interests, the second quarter of 2021 ended with a net profit for the period of € 261.2 million, compared to the net profit of € 100.1 million recorded in the first quarter.
The adjusted net result was € 231.2 million in the second quarter, compared to € 150.8 million in the first quarter of 2021.

Direct customer funding29 as at 30 June 2021 amounted to € 122.6 billion, up compared to 31 December 2020 by +2.0 and by 7.1% compared to 30 June 2020.
More specifically, over the period, there was an increase of € 4.5 billion in the segment represented by the current accounts and demand deposits of the commercial network (+4.6%)30. As regards bonds issued, the stock as at 30 June came to € 13.3 billion, down by € 1.5 billion compared to 31 December 2020, due to higher reimbursements of securities that had matured than new issues in the period.
In comparison on an annual basis, demand deposits increased by € 11.6 billion (+12.7%)31, while the decrease in securities issued was equal to € 3.2 billion (-19.4%).
The funding guaranteed by the stock of certificates with unconditionally protected capital as at 30 June 2021 was equal to € 3.6 billion, substantially in line with the € 3.7 billion as at 31 December 2020 (€ 3.1 billion as at 30 June 2020).
Indirect customer funding, net of capital-protected certificates, was equal to € 96.5 billion, up 5.3% compared to 31 December 2020 and 9.1% on an annual basis.
The component of managed funding was equal to € 62.9 billion, an increase compared to the figure of € 59.6 billion as at 31 December 2020 (+5.6%), due to the contribution of funds and SICAVs and asset management. Deposits relating to the bancassurance sector were stable.
Administered assets reached € 33.5 billion, an increase of € 1.6 billion (+4.9%) compared to the end of 2020.
On an annual basis, managed assets increased by 8.8%, mainly due to the contribution of funds and SICAVs (€ +5.0 billion), while the administered asset component increased by 9.8%.
Financial assets were equal to € 46.0 billion, up by 11.6% compared to € 41.2 billion as at 31 December 2020; the increase was mainly concentrated in debt securities (+ € 5.8 billion) and, in particular, in the portfolio of securities measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. The aggregate in question as at 30 June 2021 consisted of debt securities for € 39.7 billion, equities and UCITS units for € 3.0 billion, derivative instruments for € 1.8 billion and other financial assets, mainly repurchase agreements, for € 1.4 billion. Holdings of debt securities issued by sovereign states were equal to € 34.8 billion, of which € 21.2 billion represented by Italian government securities. Investments in Italian government securities are classified under financial assets at amortised cost for € 13.2 billion, in the portfolio of financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income for € 6.3 billion and in the portfolio of financial assets at fair value through profit and loss for € 1.6 billion, being held for trading.
Net loans to customers32 totalled € 109.4 billion as at 30 June 2021, stable compared to the figure as at 31 December 2020. Performing exposures rose (+0.6%), with a volume of new loans to households and businesses of € 12.133 billion in the period, whereas non-performing exposures fell 13.4% compared to the end of 2020, due to the disposal transactions finalised in the first half. On an annual basis, net loans recorded an increase of € 1 billion (+0.9%), deriving from the balance of the increase in performing exposures of € 2.7 billion (+2.6%) and the decrease in non-performing loans of € 1.7 billion (-31.2%).
29The aggregate includes deposits and current accounts and demand and term deposits, bonds issued, certificates of deposit and other securities, loans and other debts, and capital-protected certificates and excludes repurchase agreements.
30 Management data. 31 Management data.
32 The aggregate does not include loans to customers which, following the application of IFRS 9, must be measured at fair value. These loans, amounting to € 0.3 billion, are included in financial assets measured at fair value.

Net non-performing loans (bad loans, unlikely to pay and past due and/or overdue exposures) amounted to € 3.7 billion as at 30 June 2021.
An analysis of the individual items shows the following changes:
The coverage rate for the entire impaired loans aggregate came to 47.4% (50.0% as at 31 December 2020).
More specifically, as at 30 June 2021, the coverage ratio was as follows:
The evolution of the coverage of non-performing loans is correlated to the significant decrease in the incidence of gross bad loans on the total portfolio of non-performing loans (from 41.7% at the end of 2020 to 30.1% as at June 2021) resulting from the finalisation of the Rockets assignment and an increase in the secured component of bad loans (from 64% at the end of 2020 to 69% in June 2021).
The coverage ratio of performing loans came out at 0.44%, stable compared to 31 December 2020.
As at 30 June 2021, the phased-in Common Equity Tier 1 ratio stood at 14.1%, against 13.7% as at 31 March 2021. The increase in the ratio in the quarter is attributable to the growth in regulatory capital, primarily due to the result for the period of the growth in valuation reserves, as well a the decrease in deferred tax assets, transformed into tax credits following the assignment of bad loans of Project Rockets. That dynamic was only partially offset by the growth in risk-weighted assets, which was also impacted by the regulatory headwinds resulting from the new methods for calculating counterparty risk and credit risk relating to exposures in UCI shares and units in the banking book, which entered into force on 30 June 202135.
The phased-in ratio benefits from the exercise of the option for the full application of the transitional rules introduced with the new Article 473-bis of Regulation (EU) no. 575/2013, which dilutes over time the impact on own funds deriving from the application of the new impairment model introduced by the accounting standard IFRS 9. Excluding the impacts of the aforementioned transitional rules, the CET 1 ratio IFRS 9 fully phased stood at 12.9%, up compared to the figure as at 31 March 2021, equal to 12.7%.
The phased-in Tier 1 ratio was 15.8% compared to 15.4% as at 31 March 2021, while the Total Capital ratio came to 18.8%, compared to 17.9% as at 31 March 2021, increasing also due to the issue of a new Tier 2 instrument for € 300 million in June 2021.
34 Ratios calculated by including the profit of the first half of 2021 and deducting the amount of the expected dividend payout for the year compared to the profit for the period under way.
35 These regard the amendments to Regulation EU no. 575/2013, introduced by Regulation EU no. 876/2019.

The buffer compared to the limit set for the possibility of distributing dividends (Maximum Distributable Amount or MDA buffer) was equal to +539 basis points (against +500 basis points as at 31 March 2021)36.
The fully-phased Tier 1 ratio was 14.5%, up compared to 14.3% as at 31 March 2021. The Total Capital ratio came to 17.5%, compared to 16.8% as at 31 March 2021.
The buffer compared to the limit set for the possibility of distributing dividends (Maximum Distributable Amount or MDA buffer) was equal to +402 basis points on a fully phased basis (compared to +375 basis points as at 31 March 2021).37
The ongoing pandemic continues to affect the global economic situation and the business outlook remains strictly dependent on both its evolution and the measures taken to combat it and contain its impacts on economic activity.
In that scenario, following a first quarter showing slight recovery, in the second quarter of the year the Italian economy recorded highly sustained growth, specifically benefiting from the strong recovery in market and industry service sectors, as well as substantial stability in agriculture.
The current trend, which led international organisations and research institutes to revise their estimates upwards, could also benefit from the use of the initial funds of Next Generation EU and the continuing favourable monetary conditions.
With regard to the operating performance of the Group in the rest of the year, the external context will inevitably continue to represent an important influence.
As things stand, core revenues, represented by net interest income and net fee and commission income, are expected to decrease slightly on those of the first half, reflecting seasonal elements typical of the second half of the year.
The actions will continue on curbing the trend of operating expenses, with a view to mitigating the negative impacts resulting from both the uncertain repeatability of certain recoveries and cost reductions that characterised last year, above all as regards personnel expenses, and the increases relating to the application of the national contract for the industry and the increase in IT investments. The current level of the cost of credit is expected to be substantially confirmed.
Save for significant new deteriorations in the scenario, which, given the exceptional nature and uncertainty of the context cannot be ruled out, the Group expects to generate net earnings per share of around 35 cents which, also considering its robust equity position, should allow for remuneration of shareholders, with a pay out ratio of around 40%.
As regards the evolution of medium/long-term operations, the Group will present its new strategic plan by the date of approval of the balance sheet and income statement as at 30 September 2021.
***
Mr Gianpietro Val, as the financial reporting officer, in compliance with Art. 154 bis, Par. 2 of the Consolidated Finance Law, hereby states that the accounting information illustrated in this press release is consistent with documented evidence, accounting books and book- keeping entries.
36 Data calculated by considering a countercyclical buffer of 0.002%.
37 See previous note.

The Gruppo Banco BPM results as at 30 June 2021 will be presented to the financial community in the conference call scheduled for today, 5 August 2021 at 6:00 p.m. (CET). The supporting documentation for the conference call is available on the authorised storage system's website () and on the Bank's website (www.bancobpm.it), where the details for connecting to the call can also be found.
The Consolidated Half-yearly Financial Report as at 30 June 2021 will be made available to the public, in accordance with the law, at the Company's registered office and at Borsa Italiana, as well as on the website www.gruppo.bancobpm.it and on the website of the authorised storage mechanism .
The comments on the performance of the key balance sheet and P&L items illustrated in this press release refer to the reclassified consolidated balance sheet and income statement attached below and included in the consolidated half-yearly financial Report as at 30 June 2021, which has been prepared in compliance with IAS 34 and approved today by the Board of Directors. Please find below some explanatory notes that are deemed useful to better understand the approach followed in preparing the above-mentioned accounting statements, as well as the information on the H1 results contained in this press release.
The balance sheet and income statement layouts contained in this news release have been reclassified along management criteria in order to provide an indication on the Group's overall performance based on more easily understandable aggregate operating and financial data. These layouts have been prepared based on the financial statement layouts indicated in the Bank of Italy's Circular no. 262/2005, applying the same aggregation and classification criteria presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements as at 31 December 2020.
In order to guarantee a like-for-like comparison with the above consolidation and classification criteria, the data published in previous periods under comparison have been restated.
More specifically, the income effect tied to the changes in creditworthiness related to the issuance of certificates classified in the "Trading financial liabilities" portfolio – that up until Q3 2020 was included in the line-item "Net financial result" –- is now posted for all quarters under comparison under the ad hoc line-item "Impact from the change in own credit risk on certificates issued (OCR), after tax". This choice stems from the need to isolate the income effect from the volatility of the above Own Credit Risk, reported in particular in 2020, as from a management viewpoint it is not deemed representative of the Group's actual profitability.
The accounting standards adopted to prepare the accounting position as at 30June 2021 - with regard to the classification, recognition, measurement and derecognition of assets and liabilities, and for the recognition of costs and revenues - are the ones set forth in the international accounting standards IAS/IFRS issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the related interpretations by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC), endorsed by the European Commission and in force as at 30 June 2021, pursuant to EC Regulation no. 1606 of 19 July 2002.
Moreover, the communications of the Regulators (Bank of Italy, Consob, ESMA, EBA, ECB) were taken into consideration, insofar as applicable, which provide a clarification on how to interpret certain accounting standards or on the accounting treatment of specific transactions.
With regard to TLTRO III refinancing transactions, it should be pointed out that in the absence of specific indications in the accounting standards on the treatment of this particular case, the Group defined an internal accounting policy, based on which the financing is equated to a floating rate financial instrument, where the measurement of the interest applicable from time to time is estimated based on the likelihood that certain net lending targets are actually met. As a result, in the event that the achievement of the targets is deemed certain or likely, the reduction in interest rate, amounting to 0.5% for the period between 24 June 2020 and 23 June 2022, will be recognized through profit and loss over said period. To this regard, it should be pointed out that the interest accrued on the above liabilities recognized through profit and loss in H1 2021 (€ 165.5 million) has been ascertained to the maximum extent, namely on the basis of the negative rate of -0.5% for the period prior to 24 June 2020 and of -1% for the period from 24 June 2020 to 30 June 2021. Note that the net lending target for the period from 24 June 2020 to 23 June 2021 (set to be measured on 31 March 2021) has been achieved. The achievement of the net lending target for the period from 24 June 2021 to 30 June 2021 (set to be definitively measured on 31 December 2021) is deemed most likely as it had already been vastly achieved on 30 June 2021.
The adoption of certain accounting standards necessarily calls for the use of estimates and assumptions that have an impact on the value of assets and liabilities recognized in the balance sheet. The assumptions used to calculate estimates take into account all information available on the date of preparation of the half-yearly financial report as at 30 June 2021, together with any assumed scenarios considered reasonable, also based on past experience. Owing to their nature, it is therefore not possible to rule out that the forward-looking scenarios, as far as reasonable, may not match future scenarios the Group will operate in. Therefore, future actual results may differ from the estimates generated to prepare the consolidated half-yearly

financial report as at 30 June 2021 and may therefore call for adjustments that cannot be predicted or estimated today with respect to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities recognized in the balance sheet. To this regard, please note that the estimates carried out to prepare the situation as at 30 June 2021 could be revised should the circumstances they have been based on change, as a result of new information or the longer experience accrued.
The main uncertainty factors that could affect future scenarios in which the Group operates should certainly include the negative effects on the global and Italian economies directly or indirectly connected with the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic, that shall depend also on the effectiveness of the vaccination campaign underway. Up until the future scenario of the healthcare crisis and of the national and European measures put in place to tackle it takes on a more definite outline, the inclusion of the Covid-19 effects in the budget estimates will be a particularly complex exercise, inasmuch as these effects will depend on a series of variables that cannot be predicted at present, if not with a significant level of uncertainty.
The consolidated half-yearly financial report as at 30 June 2020, that shall be made available within the time limits required under the law, provides a detailed illustration of the estimate processes calling for significant judgmental elements for the selection of the underlying assumptions and hypotheses, also with respect to the impact of the healthcare crisis.
In compliance with IFRS 3, the income statement of Gruppo Banco BPM includes the P&L reversal effects caused by the allocation of the prices paid for the business combination between Gruppo Banco Popolare and Gruppo Banca Popolare di Milano completed in FY 2017 and between the Groups of Banco Popolare di Verona e Novara and Banca Popolare Italiana, completed in FY 2007.
As of the financial report as at 31 March 2020, this impact has been recognized, net of the tax effect, under the separate lineitem of the reclassified income statement "Purchase Price Allocation, after tax".
More specifically, the H1 2021 consolidated P&L impact from the reversal effect of value adjustments of acquired net assets (mainly tied to the former Gruppo Banca Popolare di Milano) came in at € -13.3 million on net interest income (in connection with the evolution of the various valuations of purchased assets) and at € -16.6 million on other net operating income (due to the depreciation of intangibles recognized under the PPA). Net of the tax effect, the overall impact at 30 June 2021, posted under the reclassified P&L line-item "Purchase Price Allocation, after tax", added up to € -20.0 million (€ -18.5 million in H1 2020).
In H1 2021, the P&L line-item "After-tax banking industry charges" was charged with the amount of ordinary and additional charges paid to the Resolution Funds for FY 2021, which, net of the tax effect, totaled € 78.6 million (€ 75.7 million of ordinary and additional contributions had been charged to income in H1 2020). Gross of tax effect, the total charge added up to € 116.4 million, of which € 87.8 million of ordinary contributions paid to the Single Resolution Fund (€ 85.2 million in H1 2020) and € 28.6 million of additional contributions paid to the National Resolution Fund (€ 26.9 million in H1 2020).
In the first half of the year the only change in consolidation scope has been the acquisition, through the subsidiary Banca Akros, of a 100% share in the company Oaklins Italy S.r.l., which as of the closing of accounts on 30 June 2021 is accounted for on a fully consolidated basis.
In this half-yearly report, the real estate company Marinai d'Italia S.r.l. in liquidation and its subsidiaries Perca S.r.l. and Meleti S.r.l. are classified as non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations in compliance with IFRS 5 following the finalization of the contract for their sale on 15 July 2021.
The company FIN.E.R.T. – in liquidation – has been cancelled from the Companies Registry on 1 July 2021.
Note that in January 2021, Banco BPM acquired the full ownership of the associate Release, following the purchase of no. 39,923,532 ordinary shares of the subsidiary from BPER Banca S.p.A..
Finally, the merger of ProFamily into the Parent company Banco BPM took legal effect on 19 July, and accounting and fiscal effect on 1 January 2021.
With Communication no. DEM/6064293 dated 28 July 2006, CONSOB invited companies that issue financial instruments listed on Italian regulated markets to provide a disclosure on the impact of non-recurring events and transactions.

On the other hand, the following impacts are generally considered recurring:
Whenever deemed significant, the information on the effect that events or transactions that are non-recurring or that do not take place frequently in the ordinary course of business have on the Group's balance sheet and financial position, as well as on its cash flows, is provided in the comments on the evolution of balance sheet items.
Based on the criteria described above, the following non-recurring items were reported in H1 2021:
As a whole, non-recurring items in the first six months of the year gave rise to a negative amount of € 20.7 million.
Excluding the above effects, the net (adjusted) result accruing at the end of H1 would come to € 382.0 million.
In the income statement of the same period of the prior year, restated for a like-for-like comparison, the following non-recurring items had been recognized:
As a whole, considering also the effect attributable to minority interest (amounting to € 0.3 million), the net P&L impact in H1 of non-recurring items gave rise to a negative amount of € 23.2 million.
Excluding the above amount, net (adjusted) income would have come to € 128.4 million.
The minimum capital requirements for 2021 are:
The Bank of Italy confirmed the Countercyclical Capital Buffer ratio for exposures to Italian counterparties at zero per cent also for H1 2021.

With communication of 30 November 2017, the Bank of Italy identified the banking group Banco BPM as an 'Other Systemically Important Institution' (O-SII). The 2021 O-SII buffer is equal to 0.19% and will reach 0.25% on 1 January 2022.
On 11 December 2019, the European Central Bank (ECB) notified Banco BPM its final decision on the minimum capital ratios that Banco BPM is required to comply with on an ongoing basis as of FY 2020.
The decision is based on the supervisory review and evaluation (SREP) conducted in accordance with art. 4(1)(f) of EU Regulation no. 1024/2013.
In compliance with art. 16(2)(a) of the same Regulation no. 1024/2013, which gives the ECB the power to require that supervised banks hold an amount of own funds greater than the minimum capital requirements provided for under current regulations, the top-up to be added to the above requirements was 2.25%.
Following the Covid-19 health emergency, with letter dated 8 April 2020 the ECB decided to amend the decision made in December 2019 illustrated above, establishing that the 2.25% SREP requirement must be maintained by Banco BPM as follows: 56.25% as Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) and 75% as Tier 1 Capital (Tier 1).
Therefore, taking also into account the countercyclical capital buffer established by the competent national authorities for exposures towards countries where the Group operates equal to 0.002%, the minimum requirements Banco BPM must comply with in 2021and until a new communication is issued, are38:
Banco BPM elected to fully apply the transitional provision under article 473 bis of EU Regulation no. 575/2013, which phases in the impact on own funds generated by the adoption of the new impairment model introduced by IFRS9. Under the transitional provision, it is possible to include a transitional positive component to the Tier 1 capital by a percentage of the increase in expected loan loss provisions further to the adoption of IFRS 9. The percentage decreases over time over a 5-year period, as described below:
From 1 January 2023 the impact from the first-time adoption of IFRS 9 will be fully recognized in the calculation of own funds. Without prejudice to the impacts from the above transitional provision, Banco BPM does not benefit from any Tier 1 capital impact as at 30 June 2021 as a result of the new transitional regime under the changes made to Regulation 873/2020 article 473 bis regarding the higher provisions set aside in the current year for expected losses on performing loans as compared to their amount on 1 January 2020.
The estimates of the Group's capital ratios, all other things being equal, had it not elected to exercise the above option, are called in brief "IFRS9 fully-loaded". The capital ratios called "IFRS9 phase-in" instead are calculated based on the abovementioned transitional provisions.
The table below provides an illustration of the Group's sovereign risk exposure (debt securities included in the financial assets portfolios) at 30 June 2021, broken down by single Country and by category of the classification accounting portfolio:
| 30 June 2021 (million euro) Countries/Accounting portfolios i |
Fin. ass. measured at amortized cost |
Fin. ass. measured at fair value through other comprehensive income |
Fin. ass. measured at fair value through profit or loss |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 13.242 | 6.295 | 1.625 | 21.162 |
| France | 1.906 | 2.108 | 247 | 4.261 |
| USA | 2.353 | 1.327 | - | 3.680 |
| Spain | 1.382 | 1.371 | 436 | 3.189 |
| Germany | 735 | 889 | 15 | 1.639 |
| Other Countries | 534 | 298 | - | 832 |
| Total | 20.152 | 12.288 | 2.323 | 34.763 |
At 30 June 2021, the Group's sovereign debt exposure totaled € 34.8 billion (€ 29.0 billion at 31 December 2020), of which 58.0% were classified in the portfolio of financial assets measured at amortized cost, 35.3% under financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, and 6.7% in the portfolio of financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss, as they were held for trading.
Out of this exposure, about 89% refers to securities issued by members of the European Union; notably about 61% by Italy.
38 These requirements are calculated as follows:
• The pillar I minimum requirement of 8% (of which 4.5% CET1; 1.5% AT1 and 2% AT2)
• the P2R requirement of 2.25% set by the ECB must be met by 56.25% with CET1 and by 75% with TIER1;
• the capital conservation buffer of 2.50% to be fully met with CET1;
• the O-SII buffer of 0.19% for 2021 and of 0.25% as of 1 January 2022 to be fully met with CET1;
• the countercyclical capital buffer of 0,002% to be fully met with CET1 capital.

As regards financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, at 30 June 2021 the reserves generated by the fair value measurement of debt securities totaled € 91.1 million, gross of tax effect, of which € 27.5 million refer to government bonds (€ + 26.1 million for Italian government bonds and € + 1.4 million for other government bonds).
As to financial assets measured at amortized cost, the book value came out at € 20.2 billion, of which € 13.2 billion represented by Italian government bonds. For information purposes only, note that the fair value of the government bonds classified in this accounting category, measured based on the market prices at 30 June 2021 (level 1 in the fair value classification) totaled € 20.8 billion (€ 13.6 billion being the fair value of the Italian government bonds alone).
The debt securities management still follows the same decisions made the prior financial years; no business model change calling for a portfolio reclassification took place during the period.
The reclassified balance sheet and income statements reflect on a consolidated basis the financial accounts of Banco BPM and its subsidiaries with respect to 30 June 2021, or, when not available, to the most recently approved financial reports. Similarly, the equity method-based treatment of associates was carried out based on the accounting information submitted to Banco BPM as at 30 June 2021, or, if not available, on the most recent financial reports prepared by the associates. It should be pointed out that, for the investment held in Anima Holding, measured under the equity method as of 1 April 2020, the contribution to the consolidated income statement for H1 2021 includes also the prorated operating result generated by the associate in the last quarter of 2020, amounting to € 9.8 million. Please note that, when preparing the 2020 annual report, it had not been possible to recognize the Q4 contribution, as Anima Holding approved its draft financial statements on 1 March 2021, hence after Banco BPM.
Contacts:
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| (in euro thousand) | 30/06/2021 | 31/12/2020 | Chg. | Chg. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and cash equivalents | 20,718,259 | 8,858,079 | 11,860,180 | 133.9% |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 117,948,446 | 120,455,666 | -2,507,220 | -2.1% |
| - Due from banks | 8,574,201 | 11,120,681 | -2,546,480 | -22.9% |
| - Customer loans | 109,374,245 | 109,334,985 | 39,260 | 0.0% |
| Other financial assets | 45,955,539 | 41,175,632 | 4,779,907 | 11.6% |
| - Financial assets designated at FV through P&L | 8,586,411 | 9,118,571 | -532,160 | -5.8% |
| - Financial assets designated at FV through OCI | 15,446,918 | 10,710,796 | 4,736,122 | 44.2% |
| - Financial assets at amortised cost | 21,922,210 | 21,346,265 | 575,945 | 2.7% |
| Equity investments | 1,688,530 | 1,664,772 | 23,758 | 1.4% |
| Property and equipment | 3,434,805 | 3,552,482 | -117,677 | -3.3% |
| Intangible assets | 1,221,008 | 1,218,632 | 2,376 | 0.2% |
| Tax assets | 4,679,750 | 4,704,196 | -24,446 | -0.5% |
| Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations | 100,031 | 72,823 | 27,208 | 37.4% |
| - Customer loans | 6,732 | 11,374 | -4,642 | -40.8% |
| - Other assets and group of assets | 93,299 | 61,449 | 31,850 | 51.8% |
| Other assets | 2,783,778 | 1,982,900 | 800,878 | 40.4% |
| Total assets | 198,530,146 | 183,685,182 | 14,844,964 | 8.1% |
| Direct funding | 120,146,355 | 116,936,669 | 3,209,686 | 2.7% |
| - Due to customers | 106,883,300 | 102,162,461 | 4,720,839 | 4.6% |
| - Debt securities issued and financial liabilities designated at FV | 13,263,055 | 14,774,208 | -1,511,153 | -10.2% |
| Due to banks | 44,269,311 | 33,937,523 | 10,331,788 | 30.4% |
| Leasing debts | 722,106 | 760,280 | -38,174 | -5.0% |
| Other financial liabilities designated at fair value | 12,683,212 | 14,015,427 | -1,332,215 | -9.5% |
| Liability provisions | 1,276,783 | 1,415,473 | -138,690 | -9.8% |
| Tax liabilities | 311,668 | 464,570 | -152,902 | -32.9% |
| Other liabilities | 6,198,958 | 3,928,139 | 2,270,819 | 57.8% |
| Total Liabilities | 185,610,830 | 171,458,081 | 14,152,749 | 8.3% |
| Minority interests | 1,289 | 1,894 | -605 | -31.9% |
| Shareholders' equity | 12,918,027 | 12,225,207 | 692,820 | 5.7% |
| Consolidated Shareholders' Equity | 12,919,316 | 12,227,101 | 692,215 | 5.7% |
| Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity | 198,530,146 | 183,685,182 | 14,844,964 | 8.1% |
The item "Customer Loans" includes the Senior notes coming from the securitizations of Non-performing Loans

| (in euro thousand) | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2020 | Chg. | Chg. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net interest income | 1,019,196 | 953,621 | 65,575 | 6.9% |
| Income (loss) from investments in associates carried at equity | 98,079 | 70,302 | 27,777 | 39.5% |
| Net interest, dividend and similar income | 1,117,275 | 1,023,923 | 93,352 | 9.1% |
| Net fee and commission income | 950,074 | 816,934 | 133,140 | 16.3% |
| Other net operating income | 39,918 | 31,599 | 8,319 | 26.3% |
| Net financial result | 216,260 | 83,472 | 132,788 | 159.1% |
| Other operating income | 1,206,252 | 932,005 | 274,247 | 29.4% |
| Total income | 2,323,527 | 1,955,928 | 367,599 | 18.8% |
| Personnel expenses | -844,039 | -816,979 | -27,060 | 3.3% |
| Other administrative expenses | -308,033 | -308,674 | 641 | -0.2% |
| Net value adjustments on property and equipment and intangible assets | -123,453 | -123,089 | -364 | 0.3% |
| Operating costs | -1,275,525 | -1,248,742 | -26,783 | 2.1% |
| Profit (loss) from operations | 1,048,002 | 707,186 | 340,816 | 48.2% |
| Net adjustments on loans to customers | -472,578 | -476,242 | 3,664 | -0.8% |
| Profit (loss) on fair value measurement of tangible assets | -36,889 | -5,416 | -31,473 | n.m. |
| Net adjustments on other assets | 528 | -8,383 | 8,911 | n.m. |
| Net provisions for risks and charges | -12,805 | -7,614 | -5,191 | 68.2% |
| Profit (loss) on the disposal of equity and other investments | -437 | 220 | -657 | n.m. |
| Income (loss) before tax from continuing operations | 525,821 | 209,751 | 316,070 | 150.7% |
| Tax on income from continuing operations | -133,326 | -39,000 | -94,326 | 241.9% |
| INCOME (LOSS) AFTER TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | 392,495 | 170,751 | 221,744 | 129.9% |
| Systemic charges after tax | -78,553 | -75,684 | -2,869 | 3.8% |
| Realignment of fiscal values to accounting values | 79,220 | - | 79,220 | n.m. |
| Impact from the change in Own Credit Risk on certificates issued, net of tax | -11,920 | 27,183 | -39,103 | n.m. |
| Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) net of tax | -20,037 | -18,527 | -1,510 | 8.2% |
| Income (loss) attributable to minority interests | 112 | 1,508 | -1,396 | -92.6% |
| NET INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD | 361,317 | 105,231 | 256,086 | 243.4% |

Reclassified consolidated income statement - Quarterly evolution
| (in euro thousand) | II Q 2021 | I Q 2021 | IV Q 2020 | III Q 2020 | II Q 2020 | I Q 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net interest income | 522,367 | 496,829 | 509,019 | 519,921 | 479,507 | 474,114 |
| Income (loss) from investments in associates carried at equity | 56,535 | 41,544 | 23,729 | 36,768 | 48,036 | 22,266 |
| Net interest, dividend and similar income | 578,902 | 538,373 | 532,748 | 556,689 | 527,543 | 496,380 |
| Net fee and commission income | 478,679 | 471,395 | 429,225 | 417,651 | 376,371 | 440,563 |
| Other net operating income | 21,747 | 18,171 | 12,731 | 11,675 | 14,855 | 16,744 |
| Net financial result | 116,533 | 99,727 | 77,845 | 157,325 | 82,712 | 760 |
| Other operating income | 616,959 | 589,293 | 519,801 | 586,651 | 473,938 | 458,067 |
| Total income | 1,195,861 1,127,666 | 1,052,549 | 1,143,340 1,001,481 | 954,447 | ||
| Personnel expenses | -417,135 | -426,904 | -407,212 | -356,950 | -397,954 | -419,025 |
| Other administrative expenses | -153,903 | -154,130 | -125,341 | -159,797 | -154,094 | -154,580 |
| Net value adjustments on property and equipment and intangible assets | -60,603 | -62,850 | -67,229 | -64,796 | -61,710 | -61,379 |
| Operating costs | -631,641 | -643,884 | -599,782 | -581,543 | -613,758 | -634,984 |
| Profit (loss) from operations | 564,220 | 483,782 | 452,767 | 561,797 | 387,723 | 319,463 |
| Net adjustments on loans to customers | -255,513 | -217,065 | -536,225 | -324,340 | -262,999 | -213,243 |
| Profit (loss) on fair value measurement of tangible assets | -36,964 | 75 | -30,989 | -316 | -5,094 | -322 |
| Net adjustments on other assets | 939 | -411 | 7,249 | 104 | -3,728 | -4,655 |
| Net provisions for risks and charges | -5,615 | -7,190 | -35,587 | 907 | -9,809 | 2,195 |
| Profit (loss) on the disposal of equity and other investments | -393 | -44 | -354 | 1,324 | 129 | 91 |
| Income (loss) before tax from continuing operations | 266,674 | 259,147 | -143,139 | 239,476 | 106,222 | 103,529 |
| Tax on income from continuing operations | -50,628 | -82,698 | 47,946 | -22,464 | -13,293 | -25,707 |
| INCOME (LOSS) AFTER TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | 216,046 | 176,449 | -95,193 | 217,012 | 92,929 | 77,822 |
| Systemic charges after tax | -19,309 | -59,244 | -10,216 | -53,001 | -18,169 | -57,515 |
| Restructuring costs | - | - | -187,030 | - | - | - |
| Realignment of fiscal values to accounting values | 79,220 | - | 128,324 | - | - | - |
| Godwill impairment | - | - | -25,100 | - | - | - |
| Impact from the change in Own Credit Risk on certificates issued, net of tax | -5,105 | -6,815 | -41,116 | 2,194 | -110,739 | 137,922 |
| Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) net of tax | -9,705 | -10,332 | -11,543 | -11,422 | -11,962 | -6,565 |
| Income (loss) attributable to minority interests | 78 | 34 | 220 | 2,520 | 1,537 | -29 |
| NET INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD | 261,225 | 100,092 | -241,654 | 157,303 | -46,404 | 151,635 |

| (in euro thousand) | 30/06/2021 | 30/06/2020 | Chg. | Chg. % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net interest income | 1,019,196 | 953,621 | 65,575 | 6.9% |
| Income (loss) from investments in associates carried at equity | 98,079 | 70,302 | 27,777 | 39.5% |
| Net interest, dividend and similar income | 1,117,275 | 1,023,923 | 93,352 | 9.1% |
| Net fee and commission income | 950,074 | 816,934 | 133,140 | 16.3% |
| Other net operating income | 39,918 | 31,599 | 8,319 | 26.3% |
| Net financial result | 216,260 | 83,472 | 132,788 | 159.1% |
| Other operating income | 1,206,252 | 932,005 | 274,247 | 29.4% |
| Total income | 2,323,527 | 1,955,928 | 367,599 | 18.8% |
| Personnel expenses | -858,397 | -816,979 | -41,418 | 5.1% |
| Other administrative expenses | -308,033 | -308,674 | 641 | -0.2% |
| Net value adjustments on property and equipment and intangible assets | -122,179 | -120,974 | -1,205 | 1.0% |
| Operating costs | -1,288,609 | -1,246,627 | -41,982 | 3.4% |
| Profit (loss) from operations | 1,034,918 | 709,301 | 325,617 | 45.9% |
| Net adjustments on loans to customers | -378,551 | -476,242 | 97,691 | -20.5% |
| Net adjustments on other assets | 528 | -8,383 | 8,911 | n.m. |
| Net provisions for risks and charges | -12,805 | -7,614 | -5,191 | 68.2% |
| Income (loss) before tax from continuing operations | 644,090 | 217,062 | 427,028 | 196.7% |
| Tax on income from continuing operations | -170,987 | -41,067 | -129,920 | 316.4% |
| INCOME (LOSS) AFTER TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | 473,103 | 175,995 | 297,108 | 168.8% |
| Systemic charges after tax | -59,253 | -57,515 | -1,738 | 3.0% |
| Impact from the change in Own Credit Risk on certificates issued, net of tax | -11,920 | 27,183 | -39,103 | n.m. |
| Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) net of tax | -20,037 | -18,527 | -1,510 | 8.2% |
| Income (loss) attributable to minority interests | 112 | 1,256 | -1,144 | -91.1% |
| NET INCOME (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD | 382,005 | 128,392 | 253,613 | 197.5% |
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