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Banco Comercial Portugues

Annual Report Sep 30, 2020

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Half-Year Report

June 2020

We shall continue to work to build a better world

#TheRightWay

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This report was approved by the Bank's Board of Directors on September 22, 2020

Banco Santander Totta SA

Main highlights and table of indicators 3
Awards, distinctions and other relevant facts in the
1st half of 2020 5
Social Responsibility 8
Governing bodies 10

Business and Results

Business Framework 12
Major risks and uncertainties 14
Business areas 15
Economic and financial information 20
Relevant facts after the close of the period and the
outlook for 2020
27
Risk Management 28
Additional Information
Consolidated financial statements
Notes to the consolidated financial statements 46

Banco Santander Totta, S.A. 2 Banco Santander Totta, SA Rua do Ouro, 88 – 1100-063 Lisbon Share Capital: €1,256,723,284 Registered at the Lisbon Registry of Companies under single registration and VAT number 500 844 321 LEI: 549300URJH9VSI58CS32

MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

The results of the first half 2020 already incorporate, as expected, a significant impact associated with Covid-19. However, despite the challenging times we are going through in all sectors, without exception, we were recognized for our financial performance, customer service, ability to adapt to new market conditions and also, at corporate level, for our answer in the fight against the pandemic.

We registered a robust growth of digital customers. Digital transformation is an important part of our strategic development. The current context clearly shows the importance of digital transformation for the day-to-day lives of our customers. We invested and strengthened our position as the Digital Payments Bank. And we shall continue to invest in this way of being, always aiming to better serve all who come into contact with Santander and need us on this journey.

We were at the forefront with the definition of concrete measures to support our employees, customers and suppliers, in order to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. We supported the Portuguese economy strongly in the first half, having increased credit by €1.9 billion, of which €1.1 billion for companies having a major participation in the protocolled lines.

In terms of our activity as Responsible Bank, and since the crisis began, we tripled the value of our social responsibility budget, in the matter of donations to institutions that support those most in need. We provided more than €3 million to help fight the disease, in particular for research, purchase of hospital equipment, support for the most vulnerable sectors of society and projects of Higher Education Institutions.

We would hardly have achieved these goals without the support, unequivocal resilience and the spirit of mission of the Santander employees.

2020 is a different year that puts us all to the test, but we shall keep firm our ongoing mission to support households and businesses in Portugal.

Pedro Castro e Almeida

TABLE OF INDICATORS

BALANCE SHEET AND RESULTS (million euro) Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Total Net Assets 57,083 52,905 +7.9%
Loans and advances to customers (net) 41,103 39,751 +3.4%
Customers' Resources 43,517 42,591 +2.2%
Total shareholders' equity 3,894 3,632 +7.2%
Net Interest Income 398.6 426.2 -6.5%
Net Fees and Other Income 156.3 169.5 -7.8%
Net Income from Banking Activities 649.0 670.6 -3.2%
Net Operating Income 365.5 372.4 -1.9%
Income before taxes and non-controlling interests 225.4 354.2 -36.4%
Consolidated net income attributable to the shareholders of the Bank 154.5 239.8 -35.6%
RATIOS Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
ROE 8.5% 13.5% -5.0 p.p.
ROA 0.5% 0.9% -0.4 p.p.
Efficiency ratio 43.7% 44.5% -0.8 p.p.
CET I* ratio 19.8% 16.5% +3.3 p.p.
Tier I* ratio 19.8% 16.5% +3.3 p.p.
Capital* ratio 22.1% 18.6% +3.5 p.p.
Non-Performing Exposure Ratio (1) 2.8% 3.3% -0.5 p.p.
Non-Performing Exposure coverage ratio 61.0% 53.3% +7.7 p.p.
Cost of credit (2) 0.27% (0.03%) +0.30 p.p.
Loans-to-deposits ratio (transformation ratio) 112.4% 111.9% +0.5 p.p.
RATING (long term) Jun-20 Jun-19
FitchRatings BBB+ BBB+
Moody´s Baa3 Baa3
Standard & Poor´s BBB BBB
DBRS A A
Other Data Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Employees** 6,151 6,308 -157
Employees in Portugal** 6,119 6,269 -150
Branches 525 553 -28
Total Branches and Corporate Centers in Portugal 517 543 -26

* Fully implemented with results net of payout

** Headcount criteria

(1) In accordance with EBA criteria

(2) Last 12-month average

AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS AND OTHER RELEVANT FACTS IN THE 1ST HALF OF 2020

Best Bank in
Portugal
Within the scope of the Awards for Excellence 2020, Santander in
Portugal was granted the "Best Bank in Portugal 2020" award by
Euromoney magazine. The prizes distinguish those institutions that
provided the best services to their customers, demonstrating leadership,
innovation and dynamism in the markets in which they operate.
Best Investment
Bank in Portugal
In the Corporate Banking area, too, the Bank was recognized, Santander
having received the award for "Best Investment Bank in Portugal 2020".
The magazine pointed out that "the corporate and capital markets
business" meant that, despite the competition of other international
banks, "the best investment bank came to the fore".
Best Bank in
Portugal
The North American Global Finance magazine elected Santander in
Portugal as the "Best Bank in Portugal", within the scope of the "World's
Best Banks 2020". To elect the winners objective criteria were taken into
account, such as profitability, evolution of assets, geographic scope,
development of new business and product innovation.
Bank of the Year in
Portugal
Santander was awarded the "Bank of the Year" in Portugal 2019" award
by The Banker magazine, within the scope of the "The Banker Awards
2019". The publication highlights "the position of leadership assumed by
Santander in the Portuguese banking sector in recent years, describing
its history of growth as a result of the customer-centred strategy and of
the commitment to digital innovation".
Most Reputed
Banking Brand
Santander was also the brand with banking's best reputation in
Portugal, according to the Global Pulse RepScore 2020 study, conducted
by consultant On Strategy. It is the fourth consecutive time that
Santander occupies this position, leading in the two dimensions, rational
and emotional, that comprise the analysis.

Company with Best
Corporate
Reputation
Santander was considered the Company with the best corporate
reputation in Portugal, on taking 1st place in the sector in the 2019
Merco ranking Companies 2019. It is also the best positioned bank in the
general ranking of the Most Responsible Companies having best
Corporate Governance. The analysis was conducted in Portugal for the
first time, the methodology of which analysed 1,200 interviews of 12
different stakeholders.
Best Trade Finance Santander was distinguished by Euromoney magazine as the "Best
Trade Finance Bank" in Portugal, coming first in the "Market leader" and
"Best Service" categories. The magazine highlights the partnership that
Santander has established with Portuguese companies, providing
efficient, fast and secure services in foreign trade, as well as the support
provided to their internationalization in foreign markets.
Best Private
Banking Services
Overall
Santander won the "Best Private Banking Services Overall" in Portugal
prize, awarded by Euromoney magazine. This is the ninth consecutive
time that Bank receives this award. Santander also received the award as
Best Private Banking in the ESG (environmental, social and corporate
governance) category and for its technological development.
Best Private Bank Santander in Portugal's Private Banking was elected by Global Finance
magazine as the "Best in Portugal", within the scope of The World's
Best Private Banks Awards for 2020, which distinguish the world's best
private-banking business models. This is now the fifth consecutive
distinction.
Best Retail Bank Santander was distinguished as "Best Retail Bank in Portugal" by the
British magazine World Finance, in the annual awards of this
publication. The magazine highlighted the Bank's leadership, based on
the global scale and local scope, customer-centric strategy and
diversification.
Best Bank to Work
For
Santander was considered the "Best Bank to Work For in Portugal". And
2nd best company (of a size greater than 1,000 employees) to work for,
within the scope of the Great Place to Work, which included the opinion
of the Bank's employees.

Other awards and distinctions:

Best Private Banking in the service categories, Euromoney

Net-worth-specific services (Ultra High Net Worth clients (Greater than US\$ 30 million); Net-worth-specific services (High Net Worth clients (US\$ 5 million to US\$ 30 million); Net-worth-specific services (Super affluent clients (US\$ 1 million to US\$ 5 million); Asset Management; Family Office Services; Research and Asset Allocation Advice; Philanthropic Advice; ESIG/Social Impact Investing; International Clients; Succession Planning Advice and Trusts

"Best Contact Centre in the Banking sector 2019", Portuguese Contact Centres Association

These awards are the responsibility of the entities that grant them.

Support in combating the Covid-19 pandemic

Measures to support employees, customers and suppliers, in order to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. The Bank's initial concern was the protection of all employees, implementation of customer support solutions, such as moratoria on mortgage and corporate loans, as well as the adoption of a set of direct support measures in the combat against Covid-19, in the purchase of hospital equipment, in support of the solidarity campaigns and of the most vulnerable groups. The Bank also brought forward payments to suppliers, making payment at sight. The Bank allocated to the fight against the Pandemic a total of €3.2 million.

Digilosofia – The new digital philosophy

Santander announced its new digital positioning, a new philosophy to ensure more day-to-day enjoyment, taking advantage of the digital solutions available.

New digital payment solutions

New digital technology-based contactless solutions, which allow customers to pay with smartwatches or wearables (Garmin and Fitbit). Another highlight was the launch of the digital card, a pioneering solution between major banks, which allows, on opening an account, the immediate delivery of a digital bank card to the customer.

Proximity and strengthening the relation

Opening of the third WorkCafé in Portugal, in the city of Espinho. The concept combines bank-branch services with a cafeteria and a co-working zone. The two other WorkCafés are in Lisbon and Coimbra.

Responsible Family Certification

Santander was awarded the level of Excellence as a Responsible Family Company (efr), certification granted by the MásFamilia Foundation and ACEGE, now achieving the second highest score: A. The Bank currently has more than 75 measures to support reconciliation of the personal and professional life of its employees.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, Santander Portugal tripled its social responsibility budget, in the matter of donations to institutions, having provided more than €3 million to help in the fight against the disease, in particular for research, purchase of hospital equipment, support for the most vulnerable sectors of society and Higher Education Institutions projects.

The Bank took part in many projects to provide better conditions for the Portuguese health institutions to be able to face Covid-19, and the following are underscored:

  • Participation in the Portuguese Banks Association's initiative for the donation of 100 ventilators and 100 monitors to the National Health Service. The Bank contributed more than €230,000 to this initiative;
  • Donation for the purchase of ventilators for the National Health Service through an association of large companies;
  • Support for the Tech4Covid19 movement, to which Santander contributed €50,000 euros to acquire protective equipment for hospitals;
  • Contribution to the Azores Autonomous Region, involving the purchase of Covid-19 screening test equipment;
  • Association with the "Unidos por Portugal" initiative of the Impresa Group, jointly promoted by the Portuguese Football Federation and with the support of SIC Esperança, to raise funds to acquire hospital material and personal protective equipment for social organizations.

Santander also provided a support of €500,000 (a €250,000 contribution of the corporate Solidário Juntos fund), for the "Global Response to Covid-19 - Donor Conference" initiative, organized by the European Commission. The initiative aims to bring together the efforts of governments, businesses, foundations and citizens of the European Union, to accelerate the development, production and equitable access to vaccines, diagnostics and treatments.

Within the scope of the support for the most vulnerable sectors of society, the Bank took part in the #Nunca Desistir solidarity campaign, of which Santander Portugal was a financial partner, which mobilized the Portuguese to raise money to feed families in need of support in the context of the national emergency. The beneficiaries of the funds raised – about €645,000 – were Portuguese Red Cross and the Emergency Food Network. The Bank donated €50,000 (€25,000 euros to each social solidarity institution).

Through the Santander Solidarity Fund, an internal initiative

through which employees have made their donations to ensure access to food by vulnerable individuals

and households, more than €84,000 have been allocated for meals, to lend support to more than 5,370 people. In total, the Fund helped more than 30 IPSS (social solidarity institutions) throughout the country.

The Santander Donativo Participativo 2020 prizes were awarded, an initiative in which Santander employees choose which social and environmental projects the Bank will support financially. The Associations Ajuda de Berço, Academia do Johnson, Salvador and Crescer Ser were the winners of the 3rd edition of this initiative, each of these institutions having received support in the amount of €7,500. Besides the four winners, honourable mentions were awarded to 11 other finalist institutions. The projects were presented and sponsored by Santander employees, with a total of 133 applications having been received.

Santander and the University of Coimbra signed an agreement to devote more than €400,000 to the combat against Covid-19. The funds will be entirely dedicated to measures to fight the current pandemic crisis and its social consequences.

With the aim of promoting university initiatives to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on society, the Santander UNI Covid-19 prize was created. 335 student groups competed for this programme, to which the Bank also gave prominence, having given prizes to 14 projects across the country. The "ZELAR@CB - Zelar pelos idosos isolados em espaços rurais" (looking after the elderly in rural areas) was the winner of this prize, which attracted a total of 335 candidacies. The authors of the winning project are four volunteers of the Castelo Branco Polytechnic Institute, who are developing an application to monitor indicators related to the daily activities of the elderly living in isolation.

Also within the scope of support for the Universities, Santander has allocated €2 million of its sponsorship to Higher Education Institutions to support initiatives to mitigate the impact of Covid-19. The various Higher Education institutions are using funds of the Bank to support students who are beginning to feel the economic and social effects of the pandemic. As a first step, funds were made available for students who are already in a situation of economic emergency. Starting in September, 1,000 social-support scholarships will be awarded. The measures also include the acquisition of computers and IT equipment to ensure that all students may have access to distance learning under the best possible conditions. This measure was also extended to the staff of the institutions.

In the Health sector, Santander funds will allow Universities and Polytechnics to play a greater role in combating Covid-19, for which they are being called upon, adapting their laboratories for test production and using 3D printers to produce protective equipment for health workers. With the support of Santander, the University of Évora created a solidarity fund of €200,000

and, on the other hand, the University of Trás-os-Montes set up a Temporary Shelter to accommodate the elderly from care homes affected by the pandemic. The Setúbal Polytechnic Institute is also in the forefront by providing test equipment, production of visors and alcohol gel, among other initiatives.

During the 1st half of 2020, the Bank signed: (1) the "Seize the crisis to launch a new paradigm of sustainable development" Manifesto, promoted by BSCD Portugal, through which the largest Portuguese companies undertake to promote a more sustainable development model; and (2) the Lisbon Green Capital 2020 Commitment – Lisbon Climate Action 2030, an initiative of the Lisbon City Council the aim of which is to challenge companies, citizens and all organizations to contribute to sustainability in the city of Lisbon, promoting concrete measures such as the reduction and separation of waste, sustainable mobility and energy saving. With these commitments, Santander strengthens its concern for the environment, within the scope of which it recently announced that in 2020, it will become a carbon neutral company.

Internally, the Bank adopted several measures to support its employees in these times of crisis. In mid-March, telework measures and rotation in the public service posts were implemented.

In a proof of confidence in the stability, solidity and future recovery of the Portuguese economy, Santander Portugal undertakes not to use the simplified layoff measure that was approved by the Portuguese State in this national-emergency period. Employees who are teleworking, in quarantine, or take advantage of the leave arising from the suspension of teaching activities and the closure of care homes, are assured of payment in full of their salary and of the food allowance. Employees with immediate liquidity needs will be able to bring forward 50% of the Christmas bonus.

Also approved was a training loan of up to €50,000, at a very low rate, so that employees may meet their children's university fees.

Likewise, the Bank supports the payment of the first Covid-19 analysis for all employees having had direct contact with infected people or with symptoms of the disease.

Also released were two medical lines for support to employees, the psychological support line and the medical support line, dedicated to the support of employees and their families having doubts about the disease or anxiety situations, in case of the psychological support line.

The Bank has provided employees, who are working in customer attendance, with masks, visors and personal protective equipment.

Santander has also recently been considered, for the 4th consecutive year as Great Place to Work, and has renewed its EFR (Family Responsible Company) certificate, having achieved the level of excellence this year.

In order to support the cash requirements of our suppliers, the Bank established immediate payment of all invoices, regardless of the payment period established.

GOVERNING BODIES

BOARD OF THE GENERAL MEETING

Chair: José Manuel Galvão Teles
Deputy-chair: António Maria Pinto Leite
Secretary: Company Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair: José Carlos Brito Sítima1
Deputy-chair: Pedro Aires Coruche Castro e Almeida
Members: Amílcar da Silva Lourenço
Ana Isabel Abranches Pereira de Carvalho Morais
Andreu Plaza Lopez
Daniel Abel Monteiro Palhares Traça
Inês Oom Ferreira de Sousa
Isabel Cristina da Silva Guerreiro
Isabel Maria de Lucena Vasconcelos Cruz de Almeida Mota
Manuel António Amaral Franco Preto
Manuel Maria de Olazábal Albuquerque
Maria Manuela Machado Costa Farelo Ataíde Marques
Miguel Belo de Carvalho
Remedios Ruiz Macia
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Chair: Ana Isabel Abranches Pereira de Carvalho Morais
Members: Daniel Abel Monteiro Palhares Traça
Isabel Maria de Lucena Vasconcelos Cruz de Almeida Mota
Manuel Maria de Olazábal Albuquerque
Maria Manuela Machado Costa Farelo Ataíde Marques
STATUTORY AUDITOR
PricewaterhouseCoopers & Associados, SROC, LDA.,
represented by Aurélio Adriano Rangel Amado

(1) Dr. José Carlos Sítima assumed the position of Chair of the Bank's Board of Directors, in the wake of the registration of alteration of duties communicated by the Bank of Portugal on May 18, 2020

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Chair: Pedro Aires Coruche Castro e Almeida
Deputy-chair: Manuel António Amaral Franco Preto
Members: Amílcar da Silva Lourenço
Inês Oom Ferreira de Sousa
Isabel Cristina da Silva Guerreiro
Miguel Belo de Carvalho

RISK COMMITTEE

Chair: Manuel Maria de Olazábal Albuquerque
Members: Daniel Abel Monteiro Palhares Traça
Maria Manuela Machado Costa Farelo Ataíde Marques
Remedios Ruiz Macia

REMUNERATION COMMITTEE

Chair: Isabel Maria de Lucena Vasconcelos Cruz de Almeida Mota
Members: Daniel Abel Monteiro Palhares Traça
Manuel Maria de Olazábal Albuquerque
Maria Manuela Machado Costa Farelo Ataíde Marques
Remedios Ruiz Macia

APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE

Chair: Daniel Abel Monteiro Palhares Traça
Members: Ana Isabel Abranches Pereira de Carvalho Morais
Andreu Plaza Lopez
Isabel Maria de Lucena Vasconcelos Cruz de Almeida Mota
Manuel Maria de Olazábal Albuquerque

SALARIES COMMITTEE

Chair: Jaime Pérez Renovales
Member: Roberto di Bernardini

COMPANY SECRETARY

Full Secretary: João Afonso Pereira Gomes da Silva
Alternate Secretaries: Bruno Miguel dos Santos de Jesus
Cristina Isabel Cristovam Braz Vaz Serra

BUSINESS FRAMEWORK

International Economy

In March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic situation associated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the Covid-19 disease.

Many countries established temporary and exceptional measures relating to the epidemiological situation, seeking to restrict contact between people to a minimum, leading to a widespread lockdown, with the closure of non-core activities, which had economic consequences of historic proportions.

Despite the confinement having been implemented only in March, GDP contracted significantly already in the 1st quarter, a situation that worsened in the second quarter as stricter confinement was adopted during April, while a start was made in May to a gradual removal of restrictions, but always with activity levels far below those recorded before the pandemic.

The contraction of activity worldwide in the 1st half of the year may have amounted to more than 4% compared to the same period of 2019. This evolution differed between regions and was substantially more pronounced in the developed economies, where (i) the effects of the pandemic were felt earlier, after exposure from Wuhan, China, and (ii) the confinement was more widespread. At present, besides the US, the effects of the pandemic are stronger in emerging economies such as Brazil and India.

Recovery is still uncertain, due to the potential risks, be it for the impact on the labour market, be it for the risks of occurrence of a second wave.

2019 2020 2021
World 2.9 -4.9 5.4
Advanced Economies 1.7 -8.0 4.8
USA 2.3 -8.0 4.5
Euro Area 1.3 -10.2 6.0
United Kingdom 1.4 -10.2 6.3
Japan 0.7 -5.8 2.4
Developing Countries 3.7 -3.0 5.9
Africa 3.1 -3.2 3.4
Asia 5.5 -0.8 7.4
China 6.1 1.0 8.2
Central and Eastern Europe 2.1 -5.8 4.3
Middle East 1.0 -4.7 3.3
Latin America 0.1 -9.4 3.7
Brazil 1.1 -9.1 3.6
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in the June update of
the World Economic Outlook, lowered the economic
projections, anticipating a deeper recession in the 1st half of
2020 and a slower recovery as from the second half of the year.
In 2020, the world economy may contract 4.9%, according to
the IMF, to recover in 2021 with a growth of 5.4%.
However, regional, but also national, differences are significant,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in the June update of the World Economic Outlook, lowered the economic projections, anticipating a deeper recession in the 1st half of 2020 and a slower recovery as from the second half of the year.

In 2020, the world economy may contract 4.9%, according to the IMF, to recover in 2021 with a growth of 5.4%.

However, regional, but also national, differences are significant, with developed economies contracting between 8% in the US and 10% in the euro zone. Implementation of an almost

universal confinement in these economies, and the interactions between them at the level of integration of the global value chains and also of tourism, largely explain this contraction.

In the emerging economies, the impacts were different, in the light, also, of the spread also of the pandemic. China, where the outbreak began, may grow just marginally (1%), but in economies such as Brazil or India, where the infection is much more significant, the GDP may fall by almost 9% in 2020.

For 2021, the scenario is one of great uncertainty, due to (i) the speed of normalization of activity, especially in the most affected sectors, such as tourism; and (ii) the risks of a second wave of contagion.

The depth of the economic impacts demanded an assertive response by the authorities, in the sense of trying to mitigate the immediate effects, on the one hand, and trying to revive economic activity, on the other.

The action of the major central banks followed a common path, including (i) reductions of the benchmark interest rates, (ii) additional programmes for the injection of liquidity into the banking system, directed at extending credit to the real economy and (iii) increase of the volumes of acquisition of assets.

In the US, the Federal Reserve responded to the historical destruction of jobs by cutting the Fed Funds rate to 0%, as well as programmes to extend liquidity and credit, and the acquisition of financial assets.

The European Central Bank reinforced its intention to pursue a monetary policy of support to economic recovery, based on the maintenance of negative interest rates and asset acquisition and assignment of liquidity programmes, in order to promote basic conditions conducive to recovery and economic growth. For this, new monetary policy mechanisms were created, the PELTROs – Pandemic Emergency Longer-term Refinancing Operations – which began in May 2020 and will continue until July/ September 2021, at a fixed refinancing rate 25bp below the refi rate. Additionally, the refinancing conditions of the TLTRO III were revised, with the refinancing rates being reduced by 100pb compared to the average refi rate for transactions carried out between June 2020 and June 2021. In June, the total amount of the PEPP – Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme was enlarged by €600 billion, to a total of €1,350 billion, which contributed to a stabilization of the risk in the euro area.

The intervention of the central banks dominated the evolution of the bond markets, contributing to the decline of the yields and also of the risk premiums. This intervention, especially by the ECB with the PEPP, allowed the trend seen in April to be annulled, where the yields and spreads of the peripheral countries increased due to fears that the pandemic would structurally penalize their budget dynamics, which before the pandemic were already characterized by high levels of public

The European Recovery Plan (NextGen EU) approved in July warrants special emphasis, with a budget of €750 billion, divided between a component of grants to the States, amounting to €390 billion (compared to the initial proposal of €500 billion), and a component of loans amounting to €360 billion.

This plan, to be implemented between 2021 and 2026, will be financed directly by the European Commission, through the issuance of debt in the name of the European Union, constituting the 1st pooling mechanism of European support.

Additionally, the Multi-year Financial Framework for the 2021- 27 period was approved, the total of which amounts to €1,074 billion.

Within the scope of the economic recovery plan, Portugal is set to receive an amount greater than €15 billion euros in grants and the possibility of obtaining another €15 billion in loans. Together with the new multi-annual financial framework, Portugal is set to obtain almost €58 billion euros of Community funds for use over the coming decade.

Portuguese Economy

Economic performance in Portugal replicated the global dynamics, with the effects of the pandemic and containment measures resulting from the imposition of the State of Emergency, between March 18 and May 2.

In the second quarter of 2020, the activity indicator fell sharply, and in April it stood at the minimum level of the historic series. Similarly, the economic climate also fell to its lowest value ever. Turnover in services and industry decreased by around 25% in May, the largest ever YoY fall. In the construction industry, there were progressively more intense YoY contractions between April and May. Non-resident nights spent in the hospitality industry fell 98% in May, year on year.

Macroeconomic Data

2018 2019 2020 P
GDP 2.6 2.2 -9.5
Private Consumption 2.9 2.3 -8.9
Public Consumption 0.9 0.8 0.6
Investment 6.2 6.5 -11.1
Exports 4.5 3.7 -25.3
Imports 5.7 5.2 -22.4
Inflation (average) 1.0 0.3 0.1
Unemployment 7.0 6.5 10.1
Fiscal Balance (% GDP) -0.4 0.2 -8.5
Public Debt (% GDP) 122.0 117.7 138.0
Current Account Balance (% GDP) 1.4 0.9 0.8

Source: INE, Banco de Portugal, Ministério das Finanças, Santander Portugal Research

The peak of the economic impact of the pandemic will have been concentrated in the second quarter, the GDP having fallen by 13.9% after a reduction of 3.8% in the 1st quarter. A contribution to this has been made by a sharp drop in domestic demand, private consumption being heavily penalized, especially the consumption of durable goods, resulting in YoY falls of over 70% in sales of light passenger vehicles. The sharp contraction of investment will have been the result of falls in excess of 30% of the investment in transport material, machinery and equipment. In terms of foreign demand, exports fell by more than 30%, both at intra- and at extra-Community level, and the value of the order book continues to deteriorate. The sharp drop of imports will also have partially annulled the decline of exports, though there continues to be a decrease of in the export coverage rate compared to imports, which will have been reflected in a more negative contribution to growth.

However, post-confinement Portugal is different, with the movement of people remaining at low levels, associated with an almost total absence of tourists, almost nullifying the external demand that fed many service activities, besides trade, lodging and catering. These sectors of activity are characterized by absorbing a vast range of skilled and unskilled labour, of which the vast majority will now be subject to the layoff regime. In July, the provisional estimate of the unemployment rate increased to 8.1%, while the rate of labour underutilization rose to 15.7%. The labour market data begin to reflect the impacts of the pandemic following a reduction between March and May of the participation rate, as people, prevented from seeking

employment, were considered inactive (in this period, about 86,000 people were no longer deemed active population, i.e., employed or unemployed). The simplified layoff mechanism made it possible to avoid a sharp rise of unemployment, with companies keeping on their staff; however, the slow recovery of economic activity is starting to bring pressure to bear on the labour market.

Until the outbreak of the pandemic, the Portuguese economy continued to redress the main imbalances, debt reduction in particular.

At the end of the second quarter of 2020, public debt amounted to 127% of the GDP, an increase of 6pp compared to the same period of 2019, affected by the contraction of GDP in the 1st half.

On the same date, the indebtedness of the private sector stood at 200% (6pp more than 2Q19), mainly reflecting the effect of the sharp drop of the GDP in the first half of 2020, but also the financing of companies under the lines guaranteed by the State, created within the context of the pandemic. In the coming quarters the debt dynamic is set to reflect, in the private sector, the effects of the credit moratoria, with the suspension of payment of capital and/or interest until March 2021.

In the 1st quarter of 2020, the budget balance of the public administrations generated a deficit of 1.1% of the GDP, now reflecting the impact of the pandemic, especially at the level of expenditure: intermediate consumption increased, reflecting the acquisition of medical and hospital supplies.

Long-term interest rates reflected the expectations concerning the impact of the pandemic, on the one hand, and significant intervention by the ECB through the PEPP, on the other. As early as March, when the pandemic began, the 10-year yield increased from about 0.2% to 1.4%, then decreasing steadily, particularly as from May, when it reached 0.4%, an 82bp differential against Germany (as of August 31, 2020).

The risk notation of the Republic assigned by the S&P, Fitch and Moody's agencies is BBB (stable), BBB (stable) and Baa3 (positive). The DBRS agency maintains the BBB–high (stable) rating.

Note: text written with the information available up to August 31, 2020.

MAJOR RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES FOR 2020

To date (August 31, 2020), the uncertainties for the current year are extremely high within the framework of the global pandemic associated with Covid-19.

The main economic effects were already being felt in the first half of the year with an unprecedented generalized downturn of activity. In Portugal, in the second quarter, GDP contracted 16.3% year on year, the result: (i) of the disruption of the global production chains; and (ii) of the imposition of containment measures, such as distance working, temporary closures of activities, the closure of borders and, more recently, limitations to movements of the population, which, in Portugal, is an example of the declaration of the state emergency, as from the 19th of March.

The global context is still shrouded in very considerable uncertainty. On the one hand, and from the health point of view, there are risks of a second wave, with ongoing increase of cases of infection by the Covid-19 disease. The size of this contagion, and the response capacity of the health systems, are relevant factors to be considered. On the other hand, recovery capacity, in terms of implementation of the necessary steps for the normalization of activities as a whole, including the European Recovery and Resilience Facility.

Thus, the context in which Banco Santander will operate in Portugal during the second half of the year will still be characterized by considerable uncertainty and potential adversity within the context of the pandemic.

On the one hand, business volumes will probably reflect the effects of the support measures, such as credit lines guaranteed by the State and the moratoria on loans, but also the impacts of the pandemic on the confidence of the economic agents, reflected in their consumption, investment and savings decisions.

On the other hand, the interest-rate environment may continue to be characterized by negative rates, the result of the monetary policy decisions adopted by central banks, including the European Central Bank, with the possibility of further measures besides those adopted in the first half.

In this environment, uncertainty remains high and the overall risks skewed downwards.

BUSINESS AREAS

Individuals and Businesses

During the 1st half of 2020 and in the current context of a pandemic, the Bank quickly redefined its priorities, in an agile manner, increasing its support to households, businesses and companies and society in general.

The Bank provided a moratorium on mortgage loans and personal loans, complementing the State's moratorium (in accordance with Decree-

Law 10-J/2020 of March 26), in order to allow the reduction of the charges on these loans for customers that, as a result of the adverse effects of the pandemic, experienced a decrease in their income.

Additionally, the Bank has put in place a set of measures to support households:

  • Simplifying the use of digital channels and access to banking without leaving home, with complete confidentiality, simplicity and security. Examples of this measure are the exemption from national transfers fees via the Bank's digital channels, including sending money by MB Way, free replacement of cards without contactless technology by cards having this technology, and exemption from the commission on the provision of new credit or debit cards up until September 30;
  • Ensuring access to the banking services, keeping open the vast majority of bank branches, albeit with shorter opening hours and complying with safety rules to ensure protection of the Bank's employees and customers;
  • Supporting customers over the age of 65, who are not digital, with the creation of the AQUI E AGORA programme. The intention of this programme is to be even closer to customers who have greater difficulty in the use of the digital channels, identifying their needs, supporting adherence to channels and streamlining day-to-day banking operations without a need to visit the branches.

Digital transformation is a fundamental axis of the Bank's strategic development. The current context clearly shows the importance of digital transformation for the day-to-day lives of our customers. Because of its importance, during the second quarter of 2020 the Bank launched DIGILOSOFIA, the digital philosophy of Santander, accompanied by an advertising campaign directed at the importance of the digital channels and the role they play in the comfort of the customer's relationship with the Bank.

The number of digital customers, users of the Santander App and/or NetBanco increased by 91,000 during the 1st half, to 866,000, an increase of 14%. As a result of the context and of the solutions and measures that the Bank has developed, there continues to be a trend of increasing transactions via the digital channels (529,000 digital transactional customers), with emphasis on payment via the Santander App.

Also to be highlighted is the positive evolution of the Mundo 123 customers (customers having an account, a card and insurance protection), in which there are now more than 285,700 customers, a growth of 12,000 during the 1st half. Mundo 123 is a multiproduct solution directed at individual customers that, in addition to the advantages of the 123 account, can provide an additional set of benefits, via cash-back, in the Mundo 123 card account.

Also with regard to the activity in the Business area, Banco Santander in Portugal continues to be strongly committed to strengthening the relationship with this segment of activity, providing its customers with a differentiated offer of high added value, focusing on closeness in our relationship with and knowledge of our customers and their needs. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Bank has taken a number of measures to mitigate its effects on customers, in addition to the moratorium and credit lines with State guarantee, overhauling the service and contact with the customer and simplifying processes. This set of extraordinary and temporary measures for businesses involves suspension of collection of the monthly POS charge, exemption from application of the minimum charge on transactions, exemption from collection of the fixed charge per operation on the POS Packages (where applicable) and exemption from the collection of the trader's service charge on MB WAY transactions carried out via the POS.

2020 has also been a year of great focus on the omni-channel vision as a service of excellence. The provision of a broad range of products and services via the digital channels has had excellent acceptance by customers of this segment, naturally complementing contact with the physical branch network and thus contributing to greater customer loyalty to Santander.

At the end of June, the turnover of the Business segment increased by more than €1.275 million compared to last time, an increase of 15%.

Companies and Institutionals

Santander in Portugal maintains the focus on supporting the Business sector, providing its customers a comprehensive financial and non-financial offer that aims to strengthen the qualifications of companies, rendering the relationship with customers increasingly close and global.

The constant concern to know in detail the particularities of each sector of activity allows the Bank to adapt the offer to customer needs and provide integrated solutions, centred on the specifics of each business and adapted to the natural cycles of each customer.

Besides providing to its customer Companies a commercial network of experienced professionals highly motivated to provide excellent service to its customers, Santander in Portugal has invested heavily in digital channels in order to streamline

the relationship with the Bank in all matters related with daily banking. The increasing use of the digital channels by Companies demonstrates the importance that customers give to the simplification of procedures and to the fact that they gain autonomy in the use of certain banking products and services for the day-to-day management of their companies.

In the Protocolled Lines, and in conjunction with the public entities involved, Santander

made available to its customers the Covid-19 lines created to support cash requirements. The injection of liquidity into companies through these lines, combined with the application of the capital moratorium sponsored by the State has allowed companies to relieve the pressure on their treasuries and comply with the most immediate commitments to their employees and suppliers, in a difficult context of sharp reduction or even absence of billing.

The dedication of Santander to companies, based on relationship and proximity, has been recognized and appreciated by customers, and this has resulted in increased awareness of Santander as a First Reference Bank and First Bank for Companies (in accordance with the BFin2020-Data E study of July 2020).

During the 1st half of 2020, the Bank continued to support the international business of more than 32,000 Portuguese companies. This number is especially significant in view of the difficult environment that came to affect the whole economy since March.

During this period, the Trade Finance teams strengthened their proximity to the companies, seeking to support customers in all the difficulties caused by the present situation. Emphasis is given to the support in foreign-trade processes, involving different countries and international operators, where it was necessary to carry out joint and co-ordinated work to be able to finalize import and export operations successfully.

In the 1st half 2020, Santander Portugal increased its market share in most trade finance operations, a clear sign of the trust of its customers in the professional structure of the Bank and demonstrating the image of solidity and credibility of Santander Portugal in the international markets.

Attention is drawn to the enlargement of the membership of Portuguese companies of the Trade Club Alliance, a global digital support platform for international trade between customers of 14 major international banks present in 60 countries, covering 65% of the leading international trade corridors. More than 860 Portuguese companies are present on the platform, which came to be one of the distribution channels of their products in the international markets.

With regard to Institutional Banking, Santander in Portugal maintains its commitment to the customers of this segment, both with regard to Public Entities, with a strong presence in the Açores and Madeira Regions and with the Municipalities, as well to Private Entities, with a special focus on Religious Institutions and on Social Economy institutions.

At the end of the first half, turnover in the institutional customer segment showed a very positive trend (up 12%), with special emphasis on resources, with a growth of 22% since the beginning of the year.

Corporate and Investment Banking

The beginning of the year followed the 2019 trend, in an adverse scenario of maintenance of negative interest rates and high pressure on the spreads. In March, with the start of the pandemic, it was essential to strengthen the proximity and commitment to customers.

The following months were months of adaptation to a new reality, in which the needs of customers required an even faster answer. Therefore, processes and teams were adjusted, fulfilling Santander's strategy of being a Simple, Personal and Fair Bank.

As from the beginning of the year, the loan portfolio increased by 7.6%, underlining the support to the economy and to our customers. Revenues fell by 5% over the same period, primarily due to the negative impact on net interest income. Fees, on the contrary, increased by 3% during the same period, based on non-recurring transactions.

In this framework of isolation, the focus on the development of the digital channels, underlining the digital currency contracting platform (via NetBanco Companies), provides an appropriate response to the needs of users.

In the Global Debt Financing area, the 1st half of 2020 was marked by the following significant operations:

  • Participation of Santander Totta, as Bookrunner, in the issue of a Hybrid Green Bond for EDP, with a maturity of 60 years in the amount of €750 million;
  • First green issue of a Residential Mortgage Backed Security in Portugal, in this case in the amount of €270 million for UCI;
  • Financing the acquisition, by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, of the Altice Portugal fibre network, in which Santander took part as Mandated Lead Arranger.

During the first half several significant financing transactions were also completed in a wide range of sectors, with emphasis on several financing and refinancing operations in the realestate sector, including shopping centres and property development for student residences.

In the Corporate Finance area we would underscore the completion of the following financial advisory operations: (1) Advising Cellnex in the acquisition of Omtel from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure and Altice; (2) Advising Sonae Sierra and APG in the sale of 50% of Sierra Prime to Allianz and Elo; (3)

Advising Glennmont Partners in the sale of the photovoltaic portfolio in Portugal to Finerge; (4) Advising NOS in the sale of portfolio of the NOS Towering towers to Cellnex; and (5) Advising EDP in the sale of two CCGTs and of the B2C customer business in Spain to Total.

In Treasury, the activity of the Corporate and Commercial Banking area was impacted by the pandemic, with the immediate challenge of quickly defining new ways to support customers in their needs and dealing with the adverse situation.

Up until the moment when the State of Emergency was decreed, there was a trend of growth in the finalization of interest-rate and exchange-rate transactions, a trend that has been seen since 2018 with a successive increase of the number of transactions, volume and number of customers.

In the matter of interest-rate risk management there was strong growth of the volume of credit formalised at a fixed-rate or contracting of autonomous hedging operations (interest-rate swaps).

In a macroeconomic scenario of high uncertainty, there was an increase of demand for fixed-rate credit solutions in response to the position of the interest-rate indices of the Eurozone, which continue to be in negative territory. Indeed, it was confirmed that, due to a potential scenario of greater uncertainty and volatility in the markets, most companies choose to mitigate some or all of that risk.

In the exchange area, despite 2020 being a year of transformation of the available offer of contracting channels, there has been, particularly in May and June, a slight contraction of activity resulting from the temporary closure of some companies. In the period of greater confinement, the number of foreign-exchange contracting transactions as well as the amount formalized suffered a slight YoY drop, reversing the positive trend of growth seen in the first months of the year. However, it should be pointed out that despite the widespread isolation that caused many customers of the Bank to work from home, all the means of contracting foreign-exchange transactions were available at all times, with a team permanently in the Trading Room and the electronic platform available via NetBanco Companies to ensure adequate response to the needs of all customers.

In the Cash Equity area, after starting the year with moderate gains, the worsening of the pandemic generated high levels of uncertainty and volatility, with the suddenly and sharp falls of the indices leading investors to seek new opportunities on a case-by-case basis. In the second quarter, the volumes traded on the stock markets continued high. According to the data released by the CMVM, the volume of orders on shares received by financial institutions in Portugal grew by approximately 74% year on year, totalling about €8,172 million (up until May 31). In the same period, Santander grew 138.6% to €639 million, representing a market share of 7.8%.

In the online business, the market grew by 68.5% to €5,769 million, Santander having contributed with €497 million, a 126.3% increase over the same period of 2019 and a share of 8.6% in first five months of the year (6.4% in the same period last year)1 .

Foreign Customers and Residents Abroad

The main function of the Foreigners and Resident Abroad area is to support the Bank's individuals and businesses commercial networks in the creation of strong commercial and proximity ties with the communities of Portuguese and Portuguese descendants living abroad, through its representation office network in 6 countries (South Africa, Germany, France, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Venezuela), as well as promoting and attracting customers and business among foreigners who choose Portugal to invest and establish their non-habitual residence.

Maintaining its strategy of proximity and strong connection with the Portuguese communities, Banco Santander in Portugal has strengthened its position in this segment, which is reflected in the increase of business volume and is recognized by its customers as a safe and reliable bank. In June 2020, the Foreign Customers and Residents Abroad area recorded a YoY increase of €160 million in terms of business volume.

The Foreign Customer segment stood out and performed well, especially in loans, with a €57 million variation YoY, an 11.1% increase.

Within the context of the pandemic that we are experiencing there has been a major concern in support for the customers, particularly those who have greater difficulty in the use of digital media, with the "Aqui e Agora" campaign, in clarification and support in the use of digital media in the emigrant community, in particular in the elderly sub-segment.

The growing number of digital customers has constituted an important lever for the entire segment, allowing satisfaction of the financial needs of customers quickly and efficiently, via APP and NetBanco.

Insurance and investment funds marketed

The 1st half of 2020 was marked by two distinct periods. A first pre-Covid-19 pandemic moment when, both in terms of investment funds and in terms of financial insurance, there was very strong demand for this type of solutions, which naturally led to net subscriptions of around €172 million, mainly related to mixed products. After the start of the pandemic there was a widespread decline in the financial markets, which conditioned

1 Source: CMVM, Monthly order reception indicators (May 2020)

commercial activity, involving outgoings of around €335 million during the second quarter.

Given all these impacts and taking into account the improvement of the quality and customer experience, the Bank fostered an attitude of service, proactively intensifying contacts with customers regarding this subject, giving pride of place at the same time to the digital media for the purpose. In fact, there was an acceleration of the adoption of the main transactional platforms, and NetBanco accounted for over 65% of transactions in the second quarter of the year.

In this connection, Santander Asset Management (SAM) sought to manage its real-estate investments funds, with the goal of minimising the losses of its participants following the impacts from the Covid-19. At the end of the half-year, the amount of assets under management stood at €2.3 billion.

Real-estate investment funds totalled about €423 million at the end of June.

In the financial insurance area the focus was maintained on active management of open financial insurance and of the maturities that occurred mainly in the second quarter of the year, amounting to €170 million.

The pandemic context clearly showed the importance of savings/pensions in meeting the needs customers. The pension solutions played a very important role in the commercial business, with the products recording net subscriptions of €26 million in

the form of funds (FPR's) and €17 million in the form of insurance (PPR), benefitting from the Freemium campaign which took place mainly in June.

Digital Transformation

In a challenging environment, Banco Santander continued its digital transformation plan by creating a number of initiatives to inform and empower customers in the use of the digital channels: App and NetBanco. In this sense, there was an increase in the use of the channels, showing that the vast majority of customers have managed their financial lives from home. In June and 2020, there was an increase of 54,000 users of the App and/or NetBanco, allowing a record high of 866,000 digital customers with at least one access in the past 30 days (about 51% of the active customers).

Digital channels for Individual Customers

In order to respond immediately to customers who have had a reduction in their income with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Banco Santander was the first bank to offer the possibility to its customers to sign up, online, for the credit moratorium through NetBanco.

In parallel, and within the scope of the initiatives included in the digital transformation plan, Banco Santander in Portugal launched in May the new version of the Individuals App, with the aim of improving the user experience of its customers and to contribute to the strengthening of the Santander brand. With a more modern design and with a home screen with quick access buttons,

this new version also allowed an evolution at the level of software engineering on taking advantage of the native resources of the operating systems, as well as enhancing the security of the users. In the access to the App for minors a new feature has been added that enables minors to consult their debit or prepaid cards.

In June, as a result of the strategy to position Santander as the "Digital Payments Bank", a solution was released that allows customers who have Santander card to make contactless payments with their Garmin brand smartwatches (through Garmin Pay).

As transition agents for a more sustainable economy, Banco Santander decided to provide customer documents in digital format. These documents are available for consultation via the App (only statements and commercial communications) and NetBanco, in a new layout adapted to various devices (responsive).

With a permanent focus on improving customer experience to ensure their satisfaction and loyalty, the Bank continues attentive to their opinion regarding their visits via the digital channels.

Digital channels for Corporate Customers

To relieve the impact on the liquidity of those companies most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, and as happened for the individual customers, Banco Santander developed the online subscription to the credit moratorium at NetBanco.

Also at NetBanco, the request for automatic payment terminal (POS) was transformed into in a 100% digital process and a solution was created for the management of differences in the request for export documentary credit. Improvements were made to the NBE Manager platform to optimize the work of the commercial area and reduce procedural errors. Underscored is the introduction of the management of addenda to contracts and the improvement of the management of the data of the users and their accesses (allowing fast alteration of the daily limit of contracts).

In the Companies App all the notification screens were overhauled, user experience was simplified and improved, and notification of the execution of scheduled transfers is permitted.

As was done for individuals, a start was made to measurement of the satisfaction indices in the use of the digital channels for

businesses. This feedback mechanism provides a clearer idea to implement improvements in the future.

Contact Centre

The volume of contacts of the Contact Centre increased by 30% (totalling about 1.6 million contacts), mainly due to issues related to the credit moratorium and the use of the digital

channels, because of the pandemic. Specifically, 66% of calls were attended by people, 17% were answered by the auto attendance (IVR) and the remaining 17% by digital contacts (email, chat and response to iterations on the pages and profiles of the Bank's social networks).

Given the increase in the volume of calls and to deal with the restrictions imposed by the government, a strategy was implemented in stages to ensure that the risks were mitigated and the services maintained with normal activity:

  • Transformation of non-critical voice services to e-mail;
  • Strengthening critical services through training and hiring more employees;
  • Separation of the operation into three different places;
  • Increase of attendance via digital channels and IVR (automated self-service systems);
  • Implementation of 100% teleworking at the Contact Centre (as from March 26).

Underscored during this period is the implementation of several integrated initiatives at the level of digital transformation, with a focus on:

  • Enlargement of the chat attendance hours;
  • Extension of the chat to all pages of the Individuals site and of the Companies site;
  • New IVR options with immediate or informative response;
  • Creation of a Line to support moratoria;
  • New Call Back options in the event of very considerable traffic;
  • Launch of a Virtual Assistant in the Individuals NetBanco.

Customer satisfaction, measured by the NPS methodology, fell slightly during periods of greater traffic, but has returned to normal levels with the recovery of the service levels.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Consolidated business

At the end of the 1st half of 2020, Banco Santander Totta recorded a net income of €154.5 million, compared with €239.8 million in the same period of the previous year, a decrease of 35.6%, influenced by the effects of the pandemic crisis.

The return on equity (RoE) stood at 8.5% and the efficiency ratio was 43.7%, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points compared to June 2019, reflecting the 3.2% decrease of operating income and the 4.9% decrease of operating costs.

Loans to customers gross, amounted to €42.1 billion, increase 3.4% compared to the amount achieved last time. Loans to individuals grew by 2.6% and loans to companies by 3.1%. The Bank has moratoria on loans to individuals and companies, complementing the State's moratorium (defined in Decree-Law 10-J/2020, of March 26). At the end of June 2020, the moratoria, legal and private, covered more than 88,000 customers, corresponding to an amount of more than €8.9 billion of loans (about 22% of the total portfolio). Within the scope of the credit lines with State guarantee, aimed at mitigating the effects of the pandemic, the Bank approved operations in the amount of €1.3 billion.

The Non-Performing Exposure ratio stood at 2.8%, down 0.5 percentage points, compared with 3.3% reported a year earlier, with a coverage by provisions of 61.0% (7.7 percentage points more than in the same period last year).

Customers' resources amounted to €43.5 billion, up 2.2% compared to the same period of 2019, with a 2.9% increase of deposits and a 1.7% decrease of off-balance sheet resources.

The Common Equity Tier 1 (fully implemented) amounted to 19.8%, increasing by 3.3 percentage points compared to the end of June 2019.

The liquidity reserve available amounted to €15 billion at the end of the 1st half of 2020.

In long-term funding, emphasis is given to the loan granted by the European Central Bank through the new TLTRO III funding

programme, of €6.8 billion (net exposure to the Eurosystem being almost nil, due to the increase of the customer deposits), €2.8 billion of mortgage bonds, €0.9 billion of the loan obtained from the European Investment Bank to finance structural infrastructure projects of the Portuguese economy and €0.6 billion of securitisations.

Short-term funding achieved through repos amounted to €1.6 billion.

The LCR (Liquidity Coverage Ratio), calculated in accordance with the CRD IV rules, stood at 172%, thus meeting the regulatory requirement on the fully-implemented basis.

Santander in Portugal has the sector's best financial ratings. The Bank's current long-term debt rating notations in comparison with those of the Portuguese Republic are as follows: Fitch – BBB+ (Portugal – BBB); Moody's – Baa3 (Portugal – Baa3); Standard & Poor's – BBB (Portugal – BBB); and DBRS – A (Portugal – BBB high).

CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE BANK

million euro

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS (million euro) Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Net interest income 398.6 426.2 -6.5%
Income from equity instruments 1.7 1.6 +5.9%
Results from associates 0.8 0.4 +82.3%
Net fees 185.2 195.0 -5.0%
Other operating results (28.9) (25.5) +13.4%
Commercial revenue 557.4 597.8 -6.8%
Gain/losses on financial assets 91.5 72.8 +25.7%
Net income from banking activities 649.0 670.6 -3.2%
Operating costs (283.4) (298.1) -4.9%
Staff Costs (160.0) (172.3) -7.1%
General Administrative Costs (97.7) (101.6) -3.9%
Depreciation in the year (25.7) (24.2) +6.3%
Net operating Income 365.5 372.4 -1.9%
Impairment, net provisions and other results (140.2) (18.3) +667.0%
Income before taxes and non-controlling interests 225.4 354.2 -36.4%
Taxes (70.8) (114.4) -38.1%
Income after taxes and before non-controlling interests 154.5 239.8 -35.6%
Non-controlling interests 0.0 0.0 -
Consolidated net income attributable to the shareholders of the Bank 154.5 239.8 -35.6%

At the end of June 2020, net interest income stood at €398.6 million, down 6.5% compared to the €426.2 million achieved in the same period of 2019, reflecting the interest on loans due to pressure on interest rates in a competitive environment and lower demand for credit by companies outside the scope of the State guaranteed credit lines, and of the interest of the public debt portfolio, within the scope of its management.

The results from associates were €0.8 million, up 82.3% compared to the €0.4 million obtained last time, through the favourable contribution transverse to all the companies.

Net fees amounted to €185.2 million, down 5.0%, compared to the €195.0 million recorded in the same period of 2019, with emphasis on the reduction seen in the fees on loans and means of payment. This evolution mirrored the effects of the pandemic on the reduction of activity and the impact of the temporary suspension of a number of fees within the scope of the measures to support businesses and households, complementing the moratorium and credit lines provided with a State guarantee, in particular the exemption of fees on national transfers through the Bank's digital channels, free of charge replacement of cards without contactless technology by cards with this technology, and the reduction of fees related with the automatic payment terminals.

Other operating results amounted to -€28.9 million, 13.4% higher than last time, which included the 2020 regulatory costs of €35.6 million (€22.7 million of the contribution to the Single Resolution Fund and €12.9 million to the National Resolution Fund), 9.1% greater than the amount for the preceding year.

Commercial revenue totalled €557.4 million, 6.8% less than the €597.8 million in the same period of 2019.

Income from financial assets totalled €91.5 million, up from €72.8 million at end of the 1st half of 2019, with the inclusion of the income generated by the management of the public debt portfolio.

Net income from banking activities amounted to €649.0 million, down 3.2% compared to the amount at the end of June 2019, penalized mainly by the decrease of net interest income and net fees.

At the end of June 2020, of the net income from banking activities, 61% was generated by net interest income (64% a year earlier), 29% by net fees (the same as the previous year) and 10% by other income (3 percentage points above that recorded in June 2019).

NET INCOME FROM BANKING ACTIVITIES

Gain/losses on financial transactions Net Fees and other

Operating costs totalled €283.4 million, a 4.9% YoY decrease. In the past year there has been a reduction of 157 employees and 28 service centres.

Staff costs totalled €160.0 million, down 7.1% in YoY terms.

General administrative costs amounted to €97.7 million, a YoY reduction of 3.9%.

Depreciation in the year amounted to €25.7 million, up 6.3% compared to the end of June 2019, with the investment in the digital transformation.

In the operating costs structure, staff costs account for 56% of the total, followed by general administrative costs at 34% and depreciation in the year at 10%.

OPERATING COSTS (million euro) Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Staff costs (160.0) (172.3) -7.1%
General Administrative Costs (97.7) (101.6) -3.9%
Depreciation in the year (25.7) (24.2) +6.3%
Operating costs (283.4) (298.1) -4.9%
Efficiency ratio 43.7% 44.5% -0.8 p.p.

At the end of June 2020, the efficiency ratio decreased by 0.8 percentage points, down from 44.5% to 43.7% through the 3.2% reduction of operating income and the 4.9% reduction of operating costs.

Net operating income of €365.5 million decreased 1.9% compared to the €372.4 million achieved in the same period last year, given that the downward trend of operating costs did not fully absorb the reduction of operating income.

Impairment, net provisions and other results entailed a cost of €140.2 million, greater than that recorded in the 1st half of 2019, by €18.3 million. This evolution was influenced by the setting aside of provisions for loan impairment, within the scope of a proactive policy of bringing forward the effects of the adverse macroeconomic scenario, characterized by a sharp contraction of activity, such as prevention of potential losses on

the failure of repayment of loans with non-performing exposures.

Income before taxes and non-controlling interests amounted to €225.4 million, 36.4% less than the €354.2 million at the end of the 1st half of 2019.

Taxes totalled €70.8 million, down 38.1% compared to the €114.4 million recorded a year earlier.

At the end of the 1st half of 2020, Banco Santander Totta returned a net income of €154.5 million, down 35.6% compared to the €239.8 million in the same period last year, reflecting the impact associated with the pandemic crisis.

Balance Sheet and Business

At the end of June 2020, the business volume amounted to €85.6 billion, up 2.8% compared to the 2019 amount of €83.3 billion, resulting from the 3.4% increase of loans and advances to customers and of the 2.2% increase of customers' resources.

BUSINESS VOLUME (million euro) Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Business Volume 85,635 83,305 +2.8%
Loans and advances to customers (gross) 42,118 40,715 +3.4%
Customers' Resources 43,517 42,591 +2.2%

The transformation ratio, measured as the ratio between loans and deposits stood at 112.4% in June 2020, 0.5 percentage

points more than in the same period last year, the result of the growth of loans and advances greater than that of deposits.

At the end of June 2020, the portfolio of Loans and advances to customers (gross) totalled €42.1 billion, up 3.4% compared to the same period last year, reflecting the application of

moratoria to loans for households and businesses and the production of credit lines to support the economy within the context of the health crisis.

Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
22,168 21,604 +2.6%
20,070 19,536 +2.7%
1,679 1,626 +3.3%
16,488 15,986 +3.1%

(1) Loans at amortized cost

Loans to individuals totalled €22.2 billion, a YoY increase of 2.6%.

Mortgage loans rose 2.7% to €20.1 billion and consumer credit increased 3.3% to €1.7 billion.

Corporate loans stood at €16.5 billion, up 3.1% over the same period, reflecting the support granted to the Portuguese business community.

The Bank provided moratoria on loans to individuals and companies, complementing the State's moratorium (defined in Decree-Law 10-J/2020 of March 26), in order to allow the

reduction of the charges on these loans for customers whose income decreased as a result of the adverse effects of the pandemic,

At the end of 2020, the moratoria, legal and private, covered more than 88,000 customers, corresponding to an amount credit of more than €8.9 billion (about 22% of the total portfolio). In the credit lines with State guarantee, aimed at reducing the effects of the pandemic, the Bank approved operations in the amount of €1.3 billion, providing businesses with support for their cash needs, within a framework of sharp reduction or lack of billing.

At the end of June 2020, the Non-Performing Exposure (NPE) ratio, calculated according EBA's definition, stood at 2.8%, a decrease of 0.5pp over the same period last year. The coverage of the Non-Performing Exposure by impairments stood at 61.0% (up 7.7pp compared to the 53.3% determined in June

2019). The cost of credit, measured by the net impairment of credit recovery previously written off from assets as a percentage of the average balance of the loan portfolio stood at 0.27%, reflecting the preventive reinforcement of the impairment of credit to anticipate the pandemic effects.

CREDIT RISK RATIOS Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Non-performing exposure Ratio 2.8% 3.3% -0.5 p.p.
Non Performing Exposure coverage ratio 61.0% 53.3% +7.7 p.p.
Cost of credit 0.27% (0.03%) +0.30 p.p.

At the end of June 2020, customers' resources totalled €43.5 billion, up 2.2% compared to the same period last year, supported by the evolution of deposits (YoY growth of 2.9%), which offset the decrease of off-balance sheet resources (1.7% less than at the end of June 2019).

RESOURCES (million euro) Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Customers' resources 43,517 42,591 +2.2%
On-balance sheet resources 36,624 35,577 +2.9%
Deposits 36,624 35,577 +2.9%
Off-balance sheet resources 6,893 7,014 -1.7%
Investment funds marketed by the Bank 2,884 2,809 +2.7%
Insurance and other resources marketed by the Bank 4,009 4,204 -4.7%

Deposits amounted to €36.6 billion, up by a YoY 2.9% constituting the main source of funding of the balance sheet and reflecting the activity of commercial network and the financial soundness of the Bank, which reinforces the trust of customers in a context of interest rates at historic lows.

Customers' off-balance sheet resources stood at €6.9 billion, down 1.7% compared with the amount determined in June

2019, conditioned by the context of the pandemic, which caused a significant economic slowdown, with its impact on the financial markets. Investment funds managed or marketed by the Bank in the amount of €2.9 billion increased by 2.7% over the past year. Insurance and other resources in the amount of €4 billion were down 4.7% year-on-year.

Solvency Ratios

At the end of June 2020, Banco Santander Totta had a high capitalization, with the Common Equity Tier 1 ratio (CET 1), calculated in accordance with the CRD IV/ CRR IV standards, of 19.8% (fully implemented), with an increase of 3.3 percentage points compared to 16.5% a year earlier, complying with all the capital ratios required by the European Central Bank under the SREP (Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process): CET1 of

8.3%, Tier 1 of 10.125% and Total of 12.5%, in full implementation. This evolution reflected the ability of organic generation of capital and management of the risk weighted assets. Taking into account the recommendation of the European Central Bank (ECB/2020/19) of March 27, 2020, the Board of Directors of Santander in Portugal decided not to distribute dividends in 2020.

CAPITAL (million euro) Jun-20 Jun-19 Var.
Common Equity Tier 1 3,491 3,095 12.8%
Tier 1 Capital 3,491 3,095 +12.8%
Total Capital 3,896 3,491 +11.6%
Risk Weighted Assets (RWA) 17,599 18,765 -6.2%
CET 1 ratio 19.8% 16.5% +3.3 p.p.
Tier 1 ratio 19.8% 16.5% +3.3 p.p.
Total Capital Ratio 22.1% 18.6% +3.5 p.p.

RELEVANT FACTS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE PERIOD

There were no relevant facts between July 1, 2020, and the publication of this report.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THE SECOND HALF OF 2020

As stated earlier, the economic framework is dependent of the health environment, within the framework of the global pandemic associated with Covid-19. Economic recovery began in the first half, gradually and very differently across sectors.

As occurred in the preceding half year, Santander in Portugal continues to monitor the evolution of the pandemic, using the information that comes to be available to assess the potential impact on its business.

Santander in Portugal began the process of return to the new normal, but always ensuring the best safety conditions for all employees, customers and suppliers, with responsibility to ensure the continuity of the financial services and the maintenance of the banking operative with maximum normality and fluidity.

In this adverse scenario, Santander in Portugal maintains its strategic lines already defined, including support for households and businesses, having also as a priority supporting people, including employees, customers and suppliers, in order to mitigate the effects of the pandemic.

Here, the focus is on the Bank's participation in the credit lines with State guarantee and the provision to its customers of the moratoria, both legal and those agreed within the scope of the APB (Portuguese Banks Association). The legal moratoria were extended until March 31, 2021, and under discussion is their extension for another six months, until the end of September 2021, a situation that may include the "APB moratoria".

The materialization of the pandemic's effects on the economy shows the factors of pressure on the profitability levels, through the decrease of revenues and the significant increase of impairments due to the greater probability of default situations of households and corporates. At this point, the moratoria reduce the risk of default in the immediate, but do not eliminate them, especially if the crisis has lasting effects on employment.

The pandemic and the confinement imposed during the State of Emergency resulted in greater use of the digital channels, taking advantage of the ongoing digital transformation process. In this sense, the established transformation strategy will continue to be intensified, essentially: i) through digitalization and optimization of processes, in particular through greater innovation in the digital channels and the strengthening of multi-channel distribution model in order to provide a more complete and accessible service to customers; ii) simplification of the number of products, while maintaining, nevertheless, a complete value proposition that meets the needs of customers; iii) the increase of market shares and of ensuring customer loyalty, strengthening, among others, our position with the SMEs; iv) strict control of the expectable increase of the cost of credit; and v) conservation of solid capital position, in line with the new regulatory requirements.

Santander in Portugal will also continue to focus on being a Responsible Bank, boosting sustainable and inclusive growth of the Society, reducing social and economic inequalities of the population and supporting, at the same time, the development of the Communities where it is present, which results in the promotion of sustainable consumption through products such as the Santander Sustainable Fund and the financing of renewable energy and green technologies, thus supporting the transition to a low carbon economy.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Introduction

For Banco Santander in Portugal quality in risk management constitutes a fundamental axis of action, in keeping with the corporate policy of the Group of which it is a part. Prudence in risk management allied to the use of advanced management techniques continues to be a decisive factor, particularly in a highly demanding environment aggravated, since March 2020, by the pandemic situation associated with Covid-19.

The creation and implementation of the Risk Pro programme put into practice by a risk culture disclosed throughout the company and is now present across the business, reinforces those principles across the entire structure of the Bank, decisively influencing all the way the processes are carried out, taking into account not only the surroundings but also the attitudes, behaviours, values and principles in the light of the different types of risks that are faced.

This Risk Pro programme was implemented to involve all the Bank's employees in the management of risks, and the Risk Pro culture encompasses a set of behaviours and conducts that each one has to embrace every day for proactive management of the sundry risks.

Main vectors of the business

The 1st half of 2020 was marked by the adaptation of the entire structure of the Bank to the pandemic situation, searching for the best solutions to help its customers, particularly in the implementation of the legal moratoria as well as the solutions agreed in accordance with the protocol signed between the major Portuguese banks and the Portuguese Banks Association, and also the approval of the financing lines with state guarantee.

As an additional measure to support the economy, short-term credit lines were automatically extended until October 1, 2020, for customers without moratoria, until March 1, 2021 for customers with moratoria and, for the limits on which they fall due by the second half of July, until October 15, 2020.

The activity of the Credit Risk Area maintained the following aspects as its main vectors:

  • Maintaining the principle of segmentation in the treatment of credit risks, differentiating the approach to risks in the light of the characteristics of the customers and of the products.
  • Maintaining the strictness of the admission criteria and, consequently, of the quality of the risks admitted in each segment with a view to preserving the good quality of the loan portfolios.
  • At the level of portfolio risks, the proximity policy was maintained with the customers, in order to anticipate their credit needs, the reviews of their credit lines and forestall possible problems in their repayment ability.
  • Given the economic difficulties that businesses are experiencing in the wake of the Covid-19 situation, profound knowledge of the customers and of the sectors of activity is fundamental, to better assess whether the difficulties experienced by them are cyclical or structural, and to reflect these findings appropriately in the ratings assigned.
  • This action and the loan quality of the customers allowed the Non-Performing Loans ratios to be kept under control and at acceptable levels. The business support levels were maintained in attracting new good-risk transactions and customers, and improvements were implemented in the procedures with a view to responding to customer requests more effectively and quickly;
  • In terms of the portfolio and customer follow-up function, between March and June 2020, identification was performed of the main sectors of activity most affected by the pandemic and the portfolios of customers in these sectors were analysed, seeking to gauge their current situation and future prospects.
  • The customer monitoring and review meetings continued, the Bank's usual practice for the early detection of loanportfolio alerts.
  • The Bank continues to review, develop and apply improvement measures in the management of the new-loan admission process, with the aim of improving the quality of the customer service whenever customers present new loan opportunities.
  • In the standardised (or not portfolioed) risks, with a view to ongoing improvement and efficiency of the admission process, and bearing in mind the objective of portfolio quality, the Bank conducted the update and maintenance of the automatic decision models, particularly the scoring and behavioural systems used in the Individuals and Business segments.
  • Also in the matter of standardised risks, the focus continued to be centred on ensuring portfolio quality, acting on the NPE (Non-Performing Exposure) and past-due loans, while continuing to provide a range of debt-restructuring products and solutions to adapt the customers' charges to their repayment capacity and current and future disposable income.
  • In this sense the defined admission strategies were maintained in the Bank's decision-making systems, as was resource to behavioural systems for the identification of preventative and roll-over measures to be offered to customers.
  • In order to maintain the commercial and cross-selling involvement of the customers, marketing campaigns were maintained for the Businesses segment aimed at the production of new loans and customer retention and ongoing operations in order to compensate the natural erosion of this portfolio.
  • The economic crisis associated with the pandemic, with a significant number of people in layoff or downturn of their income, and a large number of companies, particularly in some sectors of activity, with significant loss of revenue, meant that this time a significant part of the Bank's portfolio is covered by the public or private moratoria within the scope of the protocol entered into with the APB.
  • In a macroeconomic scenario, now far more adverse, in which the nonperforming loan ratios are still under control but with an expectation of deterioration in short term, a strong focus was maintained on recoveries activity, increasing intervention agility. Underscored is the activity of mass management of recovery activity and permanent monitoring of special and judicial/extra-judicial cases.
  • In corporate risk management, the permanent focus on knowledge and monitoring of the loan portfolio was maintained, with a view to strict control of its risk, seeking to provide adequate and timely management information in order to allow measures to be taken with a view to proper management of the Bank's risks.
  • Attention was also paid to the Bank's in-house models, almost all of which have already been recognised (by the regulators) as advanced (IRB) models for the calculation of the own-resources requirements, as well as their increasing inclusion in management.

Credit risk

Credit risk is originated by the possibility of specific losses arising from non-fulfilment of all or part of the financial obligations contracted with Bank by its customers.

The organisation of the credit-risk function at Banco Santander in Portugal is specialised in the light of the customer typology, throughout the entire risk-management process, between portfolioed customers (made-to-measure or personalised treatment) and standardised or mass-treatment customers (not portfolioed).

Portfolioed customers are those that, fundamentally due to the risk assumed, are assigned a risk analyst. This group includes wholesale banking companies, financial institutions and part of the retail banking companies. Assessment of the risk of these customers is performed by the analyst, supplemented with decision-support tools based on in-house risk-assessment models;

Standardised customers are those that do not have a risk analyst specifically designated for their monitoring. This group includes the risks of individuals, self-employed entrepreneurs and not portfolied retail-banking companies. Assessment of these risks is based on in-house valuation and automaticdecision models, complemented, in a subsidiary manner, when the model is not sufficiently precise, by specialised risk-analyst teams.

The Bank uses its own in-house classification or ratings for the different customer segments, which it uses to measure the credit quality of a customer or transaction, each rating corresponding to a probability of default.

The overall classification tools are applied to the country-risk, financial entities and CIB (corporate and investment banking), both in determining their rating and in monitoring the risks assumed. These tools assign a rating to each customer as a result of a quantitative or automatic module, based on data/balance sheet ratios or macroeconomic variables, complemented by the analysis performed by the risks analyst who monitors the customer.

In the case of retail banking companies and institutions, the assignment of a rating is based on the modules referred to above, in this case quantitative or automatic (analysing the borrowing behaviour of a sample of customers and its correlation with a set of data and accounting ratios) and qualitative, entrusted to a risk analyst for analysis, who is obliged to perform a final review of the rating assigned.

The ratings assigned are reviewed periodically, incorporating new financial information that comes to be available as well as, at qualitative level, the experience arising from assessment of the existing loan relationship. This frequency increases in the case of customers for whom the internal risk alert and classification systems so require.

For the standardised-risk portfolios, both of individuals and of not-portfolioed businesses, scoring tools and decision-making models are implemented that automatically assign an assessment/decision of the transactions presented. These decision tools are complemented with a behavioural scoring model, an instrument that allows greater predictability of the risks assumed and are used both for pre-sale and for sale.

Evaluation of the customer and/or transaction by rating or scoring constitutes an assessment of the creditworthiness, which is quantified by the probability of default (PD). In addition to the evaluation of the customer, the quantitative risk analysis considers other aspects such as the term of the transaction, the type of product and the existing collateral. What is thus taken into account is not just the probability that the customer may not fulfil its contractual obligations (PD) but that the exposure at default (EAD) may be estimated as well as the percentage of the EAD that may not be recovered (loss given default or LGD).

These are the factors (PD, LGD and EAD) that constitute the major credit-risk parameters, and, taken jointly, allow a calculation of the expected loss and the unexpected loss. The expected (or probable) loss is considered an additional activity cost (reflecting the risk premium), and this cost is appropriately reflected in the price of the operations and the unexpected loss, which is the basis of the calculation of regulatory capital under the rules the Basel capital accord (BIS II). The unexpected loss is in respect of a very large, though rather improbable, loss that, given its nature, is not considered recurrent and must therefore be duly be covered by own funds.

In small and medium enterprises, the balance-sheet information serves not only to assign the rating, but also to obtain explanatory factors of the probability of default. In the retail portfolios, the PD is calculated by observing the entries into default, correlating them with the scoring assigned to the transactions. Excepted are portfolios in which, as a result of lesser in-house default experience, such as financial institutions, country risk or CIB, the calculation of these parameters is performed based on alternative sources of information, such as market prices or studies by agencies of recognised experience and expertise with a portfolio of a sufficient number of entities (these are designated as lowdefault portfolio).

LGD calculation is based on the observation of the process of recovery of defaulting transactions, taking into account not only the revenues and costs associated with this process, but also the moment they are produced and the indirect costs arising from the recovery activity.

The EAD estimate is based on the comparison of the use of the compromised lines at the time of default and in a normal situation, in order to identify the real consumption of the lines at the time of the default.

The estimated parameters are assigned to transactions that are in a normal situation and are differentiated for low default portfolios and for the others.

Credit-Risk Cycle

The risk-management process consists of identifying, measuring, analysing, controlling, negotiating and deciding the risks incurred by the Bank's operations.

This process begins in the business areas, which propose a certain propensity to risk. These risks are analysed by special committees, which act under powers delegated by the Executive Committee on the Executive Risks Committee (ERC). The ERC establishes the risk policies and procedures and determines the limits and delegation of powers.

Planning and establishing limits

Establishment of risk limits is conceived as a dynamic process that identifies the risk profiles that the Bank is willing to assume through the assessment of the business proposals and the opinion of the Risks Area.

At the level of large corporate groups a pre-classification model is used, a model based on an economic capital measurement and monitoring system.

In the portfolioed risks, the most basic level is that of customer and when certain characteristics are involved – usually a level of relative importance – it is subjected to an individual limit, usually called pre-classification, through a more simplified system and usually for those customers who meet certain requirements (good knowledge, rating, etc.).

At the level of standardised risks, the planning and setting of limits process is undertaken by means of joint preparation, by the Risks and Business and Strategic Commercial Plans (SCP) areas, where the expected results of the deal in terms of risk and profitability are reflected, as are the limits to which the activity, the management of the associated risks and the means of support required must be subjected.

Study of the risk, operating decision and monitoring and control

The study of the risk is a prerequisite of the authorisation of any loan operation at Banco Santander in Portugal. This study consists of analysing the customer's ability to fulfil its contractual obligations towards the Bank, entailing the credit quality of the customer, its loan transactions, its solvency and its profitability. Additionally, a study and review are conducted of the valuation assigned when there is an alert or event that affects the customer/transaction.

The purpose of the transactions-decision process is their analysis and decision, taking into account the risk profile and the relevant elements of the transaction in the definition of a balance between risk and profitability.

In order to maintain adequate quality control of the loan portfolio, in addition to the actions carried out by Internal Audit there is a specific monitoring function in the Risks area, comprising teams and their heads. This function is also specialised in the light of customer segmentation and is fundamentally based on a continuous process of observation allowing advance detection of possible occurrences in the evolution of the risk, of the transaction and of the customer, for the purpose of implementing measures, in advance, to mitigate them.

Recoveries

Recoveries management at Santander in Portugal is a strategic, comprehensive and business activity. The specific objectives of the recoveries process are the following:

  • Ensuring the collection or settlement of amounts in an irregular situation, favouring negotiated solutions for the customer's loan situation to return to normal. If a negotiated solution is not possible, an effort will be made to recover the loans through the courts.
  • Maintaining and strengthening the relationship with customers, safeguarding their behaviour regarding the commitments they have contractually entered into with the Bank.

Recoveries activity is structured in keeping with the commercial segmentation of the customers: Private Individuals, Businesses and Companies, with specific management models. The management of recoveries, so segmented, also respects the different management stages: preventive management, management of irregularities and management of nonperforming loans and bankruptcies, each of which has specific models, strategies and circuits. All this activity is shared with the business areas.

Counterparty risk

Counterparty risk, latent in contracts entered into in financial markets – organised or over-the counter (OTC) markets – consists in the possibility of default by the counterparties of the contracted terms and subsequent occurrence of financial losses for the institution.

The types of transactions involved include the purchase and sale of securities, interbank monetary market transactions, contracting repos, loans of securities and derivative instruments.

Control of these risks is performed through an integrated system that allows approved limits to be recorded and provides information as to their availability for the various products and maturities. The same system also allows transverse control of the concentration of risks by certain groups of customers/counterparties.

The risk in derivative positions, called Credit Risk Equivalent (CRE) is calculated as the sum of the present value of each contract (or current replacement cost) with the respective potential risk, a component that reflects an estimate of the maximum amount expected to maturity, depending on the volatilities of the underlying market factors and contracted flow structure.

During the 1st half of 2020 actual exposure of the transactions on interest-rate indexes (Euribor) decreased sharply, reflecting the evolution of medium- and long-term market rates. With regard to exposure to financial groups, structural interest-rate risk hedging transactions were maintained, having the LCH Clearnet as clearing house. The amount of the exposure of the derivatives with the Financial Groups grew slightly due to the increase of the risk coefficient of the long-term interest-rate operations.

Balance-sheet Risk

Control of the balance-sheet risk

Control of the structural risk of the balance-sheet is directed at the interest-rate risk and the liquidity risk.

The interest-rate risk arises from mismatches between maturities, from the repricing of assets and liabilities and from the impact that adverse movements in interest rates may have on the Bank's economic value or net interest income.

The liquidity risk is the risk that the Bank will not have the net financial resources required to meet its obligations when due or incurring an excessive cost to meet them.

The interest rate risk of the consolidated balance sheet is measured through modelling the positions of assets and liabilities sensitive to interest-rate variations in accordance with their indexing and re-appraisal structure. This model allows the measurement and control of the risk originating directly from

the movement of the income curve, particularly its impact on net interest income and on the Bank's equity.

Additionally, other risk indicators are calculated, such as value at risk (VaR) and scenario analysis (stress test).

The liquidity risk is measured and controlled through the modelling of present and future flows of payments and receipts, as well as by conducting stress tests that seek to identify the potential risk under extreme market conditions. In parallel, ratios are calculated on the balance sheet positions that act as indicators of structural and short-term liquidity requirements, as well as intraday liquidity indicators in normal and stress situations.

Control of the balance-sheet risks is ensured through application of a structure of quantitative limits that aim to keep exposures within the authorised levels. The limits are on the following indicators:

  • Interest rate: Sensitivity of net interest income and net worth, stress test of the ALCO portfolio, VaR;
  • Liquidity: Liquidity buffer, stress scenarios, short-term and structural liquidity ratios, asset encumbrance and concentration ratios.

The LCR (Liquidity Coverage Ratio) calculated in accordance with ECB rules stood at 172.2% on 30/06/2020.

Management of the balance-sheet structural risk

In the 1st half of 2020 the liquidity reserve increased by around €3.5 billion. Besides the active measures to generate eligible assets, the revision of the criteria relating to their mobilization for financing operations promoted by the ECB, allowed a liquidity reserve totalling €15 billion to be achieved, available to cope with any unexpected events impacting on the Bank's liquidity situation.

The funding obtained from the European Central Bank was maintained exclusively for long-term operations, and fully through the new funding programme promoted by the ECB (TLTRO III), in the amount of €6.8 billion. Strengthening of the customer deposit base during this period contributed to the reduction of the net exposure to the Eurosystem to zero at the end of the 1st half of 2020.

The policy of diversification of sources and maturities was maintained in respect of short-term funding, as was the diversification of collateral allocated in transactions with repurchase agreement with financial institutions. In terms of long-term funding, besides the €6.8 billion by the ECB, Santander in Portugal closed the 1st half of 2020 with about €0.65 billion of securitisations, €0.9 billion of loans provided by the European Investment Bank to finance structural projects of the Portuguese economy, and also €2.75 billion of covered bonds.

Market Risk

The scope of activities subject to market risk includes the operations where equity risk is assumed as a result of possible changes in market conditions (interest rate, exchange rate, variable income and credit spread, among others), as well as the liquidity risk of the various products and markets in which the Group operates and the liquidity risk of the balance sheet.

It includes the risks of trading activity and structural risks, both affected by the markets movements.

The measurement and control of these risks are carried out by a body independent of management.

The risks of trading activities arise from financial service activities for customers with non-complex instruments, focusing on hedging of exchange-rate and interest-rate risks. Transactions with customers are hedged with the market, to ensure a residual exposure to this type of risk.

Methodologies

The methodology applied in 2020 within the scope Santander in Portugal for the negotiation activity is the Value at Risk (VaR). Based on the historic simulation methodology with a 99% confidence level and a one-day time horizon, statistical adjustments having been applied that allow swift and effective inclusion of more recent events that condition the risk levels assumed.

Additionally, stress testing is used, which consists of defining behavioural scenarios of differing financial variables and obtaining the respective impact on net income when applying them to the portfolios These scenarios can replicate the behaviour of financial variables in the light of past events (such as crises) or, on the contrary, plausible scenarios can be determined that do not correspond to past events. In short, scenario analysis seeks to identify the potential risk under extreme market conditions and in the fringes of probability of occurrence not covered by the VaR.

Several sensitivity measures (BPV and Greeks) and equivalent volumes are also calculated.

In parallel, there is daily monitoring of the positions and of the income statement, which includes credit valuation adjustment (CVA) and debit valuation adjustment (DVA).

Calibration and contrast measures (Backtesting)

The reliability of the VaR model is gauged periodically through backtesting analysis. Backtesting is a comparative analysis between the calculations of the Value at Risk (VaR) and the daily "clean" results (clean P&L - result associated with the revaluation of the closing portfolios of the previous day at the closing prices of the next day), where the specific/sporadic deviations of the results found compared to the estimated measurements are analysed.

The backtesting analyses performed at Banco Santander in Portugal comply with the BIS recommendations as regards comparison of internal systems used in the measurement and management of the financial risks. Additionally, hypotheses tests are carried out in backtesting: excess tests, normality tests, average excess measurements, among others.

Limits

For the trading portfolios quantitative limits are used, which are classified into two groups established in the light of the following objectives:

  • Limits to protect the volume of potential future losses. Examples of this type of limits include limits for VaR, on sensitivity measures (BPV and Greeks) or on equivalent positions;
  • Limits intended to protect/accommodate the volume of actual losses or to protect income levels already achieved during the period. Such limits aim to generate alerts on positions that are generating losses (loss triggers), allowing decisions to be taken before the maximum loss limit (stop loss) is reached, from which point it will be considered that the losses have reached an unacceptable level and the positions will be closed immediately.

Quantitative analysis of the VaR throughout the year

The VaR remained at very low levels, standing at €6,000 euros on 30/06/2020.

Operational Risk

Definition and objectives

Banco Santander in Portugal defines operational risk as the risk of loss arising from shortcomings or errors in internal processes, human resources or internal systems, or derived from external circumstances.

Operational risk is inherent in all products, activities, processes and systems and is generated in the business and support areas. For this reason, all employees are responsible for managing and controlling the operational risks generated within the scope of their activity.

The main objective in the matter of operational risk control and management is the identification, evaluation, measurement, control, mitigation and reporting of that risk, and the identification and mitigation of the sources of risk constitute a priority for the Bank regardless of whether they have given rise to actual losses or not.

For the purpose of calculation of own-funds requirements and in the matter of hedging the operational risk, the Group opted for the standard method laid down in the BIS II rules.

Management model

The Bank's organisational model, in terms of management and control of the operational risk results from the Group's adaptation to the Basel II approach.

Supervision and control of the operational risk are undertaken through its governing bodies. In this regard, the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee periodically include in their management the treatment of relevant aspects in the matter of management and mitigation of the operational risk.

The operational risk function is structured in three lines of defence.

The first line of defence therefore consists of all the business units and support functions, and is responsible for the operational risk originated in in their areas, the main function of which is the identification, evaluation, monitoring, mitigating and reporting of this risk.

The second line of defence comprises the area that controls the operational risk and it is responsible, on the one hand, for supervising effective control of the operational risk in its various aspects and, on the other, for assessing whether it is managed as defined and has due regard for the tolerance levels established for the purpose.

The second line of defence is an independent function and complements the first-line management and control functions.

The third line of defence consists of the Internal Audit, an independent body that has control functions and periodically evaluates whether the policies, methodologies and procedures are properly implemented.

The various stages of the management and control model allow:

  • Identification of the operational risk inherent in all the Bank's activities, products, processes and systems.
  • Definition of the operational risk profile, by measuring metrics and indicators by area and time horizon, and establishment of tolerance limits and risk appetite.
  • Drawing up and monitoring the operational risk budget.
  • Promotion of the involvement and integration of all employees in the operational risk culture by conducting training in the matter of operational risk.
  • Measurement and assessment of the operational risk in an objective, continuous and coherent manner, based on regulatory requirements: Basel, Bank of Portugal, among others.
  • Conducting continuous and systematic monitoring of the sources of exposure to risk and implementation of the respective control mechanisms to minimize possible losses.
  • Establish mitigation measures and actions that reduce and mitigate the operational risk.
  • Make periodic operational risk presentations and reports, and disclose them to the various management and supervision bodies (internal and external).

The operational-risk control model implemented provides us with the following benefits:

  • Promotes the development of an operational-risk culture.
  • Allows full and effective management of the operational risk (identification, measurement/assessment, control/mitigation and reporting).
  • Improves knowledge of the operational risks, both real and potential, and establishes their relationship with the business and support lines.
  • Increases the improvement of processes and controls and reduces potential losses.
  • Simplifies the establishment of operational-risk appetite limits.

As regards the identification, measurement and assessment of the operational risk, several quantitative and qualitative instruments were defined, which together permit a diagnosis in the field of operational risk and classification/ evaluation of the different areas in relation to the management their own risk.

The quantitative analysis is mainly conducted through instruments that record and quantify the potential level of losses associated with operational-risk events, in particular:

  • Database of internal events, the objective of which is to log operational-risk events, with or without possible accounting impacts. There are accounting-reconciliation procedures that ensure the quality of the information contained in the database.
  • Database of external events that provides quantitative and qualitative information and simplifies a more detailed and structured analysis of relevant events that may occur in the sector.
  • Scenario analysis, in which various business areas, second line and operational-risk co-ordinators take part, with the objective of identifying potential events entailing low probability and high severity for the institution. The possible impact is assessed and, if necessary, additional controls and/or mitigation measures are identified that will minimise their impact.

The qualitative analysis allows an assessment of aspects related with the risk profile. The instruments used are fundamentally:

  • The RCSA-Risk Control Self-Assessment, the main objective of which is to identify and assess operational risks in relation to existing controls, and identify possible mitigation measures.
  • The ORIs (Operational Risk Indicators) are parameters of a different nature (metrics, indices and measurements) which provide useful information about risk exposure. These indicators and respective limits are reviewed periodically to warn about changes that might anticipate the materialisation of the major risks.
  • Recommendations of the internal and external audit and regulators that provide relevant information on the risk,

allowing identification of possible weaknesses and improvement measures.

The Bank also prepares specific supervision and control models in the field of technological and cyber-risk management to ensure the existence of a minimum set of controls that allow adequate control of the Bank's information systems and information resources. Nevertheless, the principle is one of homogenization and, therefore, the models are perfectly aligned with the tools and with the operational-risk management instruments previously mentioned.

Additionally, there is also a set of various instruments that complement and ensure a solid environment of control, in particular:

  • Policies and procedures;
  • Corrective/mitigating measures;
  • Crisis management and Business Continuity Plan;
  • Risk-transfer mechanisms and insurance;
  • Agreement with third parties and supplier control.

The Bank implemented an advanced operational-risk management programme, having as its main objective the involvement of all employees and management bodies in the control and mitigation of the operational risk. The implementation and disclosure of the Banco Santander in Portugal risk culture allow more efficient evaluation and monitoring of the operational risk and simplify decision-making by the business areas and Management.

The Bank continues to take measures to improve the efficiency of the operational-risk management tools, including a specific application that is used by the first lines of defence and the various control areas. This tool enables synergies to be generated among the different areas and fosters the use of common risk assessment and control methodologies. It is an integrated tool that incorporates the institution's risks, the event database, the control system, the metrics/ indicators and the action/ risk-mitigation plans.

Compliance and Reputational Risk

Compliance risk is defined as the probability of negative impacts for the institution, with projection on net income or share capital arising from violation of legal rules, specific determinations, contractual obligations, rules of conduct and relationship with customers, ethical principles and established practices concerning the business carried on, which give rise, in particular, to sanctions of a legal or regulatory nature, impairment of business opportunities, reduction of the potential for expansion or inability to demand fulfilment of contractual obligations by third parties.

In turn, reputation (or reputational) risk is understood to be the likelihood of occurrence of negative financial impacts for the institution, reflected in net income or share capital resulting

from an unfavourable perception of its public image, reasoned or not, by customers, suppliers, analysts, employees, investors, the media and other entities with which the institution is related, or by public opinion in general.

The purpose of the Compliance and Reputational risk policies is the management of those risks, as defined in the preceding paragraphs, determining the mechanisms and procedures that allow: i) minimisation of the likelihood of materialisation; ii) identification, reporting to the board and overcoming situations that may have arisen; iii) ensure monitoring and control; and iv) show, if necessary, that these risks are among the Bank's main concerns and that it has the organisation and means to prevent, detect and, where appropriate, overcome them.

In accordance with the applicable legal and regulatory framework, the Bank has set up a compliance function under the Compliance and Conduct Area, the first line in the hierarchy of the Bank, to which functional management of the Compliance and Reputational risks is assigned. The management of the reputational risk is increasingly important at Banco Santander in Portugal and also at the Santander Group, now planning internal training courses specifically dedicated to this type of risk.

In parallel with these two risks, also of particular relevance is the Conduct risk, which impacts more on the relations been the Bank and its employees, customers and suppliers, among other aspects.

Without prejudice to all other aspects arising from the foregoing, the overall policies relating to the Compliance and Reputational risks include various instruments (in particular, those listed hereunder for their special impact on the prevention and management of the said Compliance and Reputational risks, as well as of the Conduct risk:

  • Corporate values that translate into concrete "behaviours", which govern the conduct of all employees;
  • Compliance policy;
  • Policies for the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing;
  • Codes of conduct (with three dimensions: general; in the relationship with customers; and relating to the stock market);
  • Marketing and regular product follow-up policies;
  • Financial risks policy;
  • Identification and management of conflicts of interest policy;
  • Quality policy;
  • Personal data processing and protection policy;
  • Monitoring and follow-up of new regulations;
  • Liaison with the supervisory authorities and follow-up of actions undertaken by them;
  • Employee training policy, which includes mandatory regulatory, as well as additional, training;
  • Corporate defence policies;
  • Reputational risk policy (and model of management of this risk);
  • Policy for the financing of sensitive sectors (regulates the financing for certain sectors considered sensitive because of their possible social, political or cultural repercussions, establishing the guidelines to assess and decide on the involvement with these same sectors, in order to be able to identify and prevent the associated reputational risk);
  • Defence policy (setting the criteria to be followed in financial activity related with this sector and providing an

analysis procedure for all operations and customers covered in the sector).

Apart from the Compliance risk and the Reputational risk, the Bank also has a separate Sustainability and Responsible Banking area, in which other policies stand out, such as the General Sustainability Policy, the Human Rights Policy, the Corporate Culture Policy and the Social Purposes Contributions Policy.

In this context, mention should also be made of the social and environmental sectoral policies (energy, mines and mining sector and soft commodities), which are monitored by the Risk area, and define the criteria to be followed in the financial activity related to these sectors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Money laundering prevention

Banco Santander in Portugal carries on its business in keeping with prevention and control of money laundering and terrorist financing policies and criteria, in accordance with legislation in force.

The Bank complies with the duties established by law and has an organic structure dedicated exclusively to the prevention and control of money laundering and terrorist financing, which is included in the Compliance and Conduct Co-ordination Division. The teams are trained in this matter and are regularly updated in order to identify and monitor situations of possible risk, immediately making the communications judged appropriate to the relevant bodies.

Similarly, the Bank uses IT tools to monitor the customers' operative and its segmentation in the light of the potential risk, applying enhanced due-diligence measures where appropriate, and satisfying other relevant legal and regulatory requirements.

The system is audited annually

In accordance with Bank of Portugal Instruction No. 6/2020, which amended the previous Instruction No. 5/2019, the Bank prepared the Money Laundering Prevention and Financing of Terrorism Report on the activity in these matters, last year, having sent it to the Bank of Portugal following its approval by the Board of Directors with the prior opinion of the Audit Committee.

Shareholder structure

Shareholder Nº of shares %
Santander Totta, SGPS, S.A. 1,241,179,513 98.76%
Taxagest - SGPS, S.A. 14,593,315 1.16%

Treasury shares movement

In keeping with the resolution passed by the Annual General Meeting held on May 26, 2020, Banco Santander Totta, SA, may directly or through a dependent company, acquire treasury shares as well as sell those purchased up to the limit and under the other conditions set by law.

Taking into account European Central Bank recommendation (ECB/2020/19) of March 27, 2020, the purchase of treasury shares is suspended until this recommendation has lapsed. The limit initially defined as October 1 was extended by the ECB on July 28 until January 2021, and the recommendation will be reviewed in the course of the fourth quarter, in the light of the economic conditions and financial stability.

On June 30, 2020, Banco Santander Totta, SA, held 416,525 treasury shares corresponding to 0.033% of its share capital. During the 1st half of 2020, the Bank bought no treasury shares: The movement presented had to do with the cancellation of a share purchase, in January 2020, at the instance of the customer.

TRANSACTION WITH OWN SHARES - 1H2020

Number of shares Average unit price (€) Book value (€) % of share capital
31/12/2019 417,583 5.23 2,181,972 0.033%
Purchases - - - -
Disposals 1,058 4.04 4,273 0.000%
30/06/2020 416,525 5.23 2,177,699 0.033%

Alternative Performance Indicators

A set of Alternative Performance Indicators (API) used in the Management Report is presented, prepared in accordance with guidelines issued by ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority) on October 5, 2015 (ESMA/2015/1415pt).

For management analysis the Bank uses a set of indicators to measure profitability, efficiency and turnover dynamics. Most of these indicators are derived from the financial information disclosed in accordance with the accounting standards in force (IFRS information), but others are calculated using management information (MIS information), not directly relatable to the IFRS information. Similarly, some indicators might be calculated by correcting non-recurrent movements, aiming to translate the underlying dynamics of the Bank's business, profitability and efficiency.

The indicators are detailed hereunder, with reference, as far as possible, to the IFRS information.

Net interest income

"Interest income" net of "Interest charge".

Net fees

"Income from services and commissions" less "Charges with services and commissions".

Commercial revenue

Sum of "net interest income", "Income from equity instruments", "Results from associates" "Net fees" and "other operating results".

Gain/losses on financial assets

Sum of "Financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss", "Other Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income", "Exchange revaluation", and "Disposal of other assets", as presented in the income statement.

Net income from banking activities

Sum of "commercial revenue" and "Gain/losses on financial assets".

Net operating income

Net income from banking activities minus operating costs.

Operating costs

"Staff costs" plus "General administrative costs" and "depreciation in the year"

Net operating income

Operating income minus operating costs

Impairment, net provisions and other results

Sum of "provisions net of reversals", "impairment on financial assets", "impairment of other non-financial assets", "Results from non-current assets held for sale" and "Other results", as presented in the Income Statement.

Income before taxes and non-controlling interests

Net operating income less impairment, net provisions and other results.

Income after taxes and non-controlling interests

Income before taxes and non-controlling interests less taxes.

Consolidated net income attributable to the shareholders of the Bank / Net income

Income after taxes and before non-controlling interests, less "non-controlling interests"

Efficiency ratio

Ratio between operating costs and operating income

Loans / Deposits ratio (transformation ratio)

Calculated in accordance with Bank of Portugal Instruction 6/2018

Commercial gap

Difference between "loans granted and other receivable balances at amortised cost" and "customers' resources and other loans"

Business Volume

Sum of loans and advances to customers (gross) and customers' resources

Loans and advances to customers (gross)

In June 2020, this concept corresponds to the balance sheet item "Loans granted and other accounts receivable at amortized cost" before

impairment, net of "Other balances receivable" (note 10), plus the item "Credit granted" (included in the balance sheet under "Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income" (note 9). The reclassification is explained in note 9.

Loans and advances to customers (net)

Corresponds to the balance sheet item " Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost" net of impairment

Loans to individuals (mortgage and consumer) and companies

Defined in accordance with the management information system (MIS)

Non-performing exposure ratio

Non-performing exposure (NPE), defined in accordance with the document "Guidance to banks on non-productive loans" of the European Central Bank (March 2017), as a ratio of total exposure, including off-balance sheet items

Cost of credit

Ratio between "impairment of financial assets" (of the income statement) and the average of "Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost" (of the balance sheet). – average figure of the past 12 months

Non-performing exposure coverage

Impairments of non-performing exposures in relation to total non-productive exposures (NPE)

Deposits

Corresponds to the balance sheet item "Resources from customers and other debts".

Off-balance sheet resources

Sum of investment funds and insurance marketed and other resources, information of which is obtained through Santander Asset Management and/or the management information system (MIS)

Customers' resources

Sum of on-balance sheet resources (deposits) and off-balance sheet resources.

Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

The LCR (liquidity coverage ratio), in accordance with article 412(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013, shall be equal to the ratio of the liquidity reserve of a credit institution and its net liquidity outflows during a 30 calendar day stress period.

Return on Equity (RoE)

Ratio between net income for the period (annualised) and equity at the beginning of the period

Return on Assets (RoA)

Ratio between net income and net assets

Declaration to which article 246(1)(c) of the Securities Code refers

Article 246(1)(c) of the Securities Code determines that each of the persons in charge of the company issue a declaration the content of which is defined therein.

The members of the Board of Directors of Banco Santander Totta, SA, here identified by name, each signed the declaration transcribed hereunder:

"I declare, under the terms of and for the purposes set out in article 246(1)(c) of the Securities Code that, to the best of my knowledge, the condensed financial statements for the 1st six months of the 2020 period were prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, providing a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities, financial position and results of Banco Santander Totta, SA, and of the companies included in the consolidation perimeter, and that the interim management report faithfully sets out the information required under article 246(2) of the Securities Code".

Board of Directors
José Carlos Brito Sítima Pedro Aires Coruche Castro e Almeida
Chair Deputy-chair
Amílcar da Silva Lourenço Ana Isabel Abranches Pereira de Carvalho Morais
Member Member
Andreu Plaza Lopez Daniel Abel Monteiro Palhares Traça
Member Member
Inês Oom Ferreira de Sousa Isabel Cristina da Silva Guerreiro
Member Member
Isabel Maria de Lucena Vasconcelos Cruz de Almeida Mota Manuel António Amaral Franco Preto
Member Member
Manuel Maria de Olazabal y Albuquerque Maria Manuela Machado Costa Farelo Ataíde Marques
Member Member
Miguel Belo de Carvalho Remedios Ruiz Macia
Member Member

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The accounts for the 1st half of 2020 have been submitted neither to limited audit nor to the respective opinion of the Bank's auditors.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS OF JUNE 30, 2020 AND DECEMBER 31, 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of Euros - tEuros)

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Amounts before
impairment and Impairment and Net Net
ASSETS Notes depreciation depreciation assets assets LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Notes 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Cash and deposits at central banks 5 7,039,808 - 7,039,808 3,153,555 Liabilities
Balances due from other banks 6 509,393 - 509,393 339,109 Financial liabilities held for trading 7 1,020,162 1,114,703
Financial assets held for trading 7 995,936 - 995,936 1,085,927 Financial liabilities at amortised cost
Financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss 8 138,096 - 138,096 144,998 Resources from central banks 18 6,801,194 3,037,524
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 9 7,646,583 18 7,646,565 5,862,349 Resources from other credit institutions 18 3,025,529 3,195,996
Financial assets at amortised cost Resources from customers and other debts 18 36,623,747 35,873,272
Loans and advances to credit institutions 10 17,431 125 17,306 727,486 Debt securities 18 3,645,323 3,728,941
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 10 40,178,259 1,018,432 39,159,827 39,340,180 Other financial liabilities 18 225,486 218,021
Hedging derivatives 11 40,424 - 40,424 56,246 Hedging derivatives 11 499,920 393,831
Investment in associated companies 12 57,020 - 57,020 59,240 Provisions 19 208,191 223,029
Investment properties 13 254,909 - 254,909 252,513 Tax liabilities 15 492,727 377,262
Other tangible assets 14 652,070 280,865 371,205 376,593 Equity representative instruments 20 64,738 64,620
Intangible assets 14 107,963 70,158 37,805 30,734 Other liabilities 21 581,558 443,311
Tax assets 15 545,712 - 545,712 583,982 Total liabilities 53,188,575 48,670,510
Other assets 16 327,399 113,348 214,051 248,371
Non-current assets held for sale 17 89,624 34,797 54,827 44,043 Shareholders' equity
Share capital 22 1,256,723 1,256,723
Share premium account 22 193,390 193,390
Other equity instruments 22 135,000 135,000
Accumulated comprehensive income reserves 22 (119,448) (224,423)
Other reseves and retained earnings 22 2,317,561 1,828,113
(Own shares) 22 (44,060) (44,065)
Consolidated net income attributable to the shareholders of the Bank23 154,516 489,451
Shareholders' equity attributable to the shareholders of the Bank 3,893,682 3,634,189
Non-controlling interests 24 627 627
Total shareholders' equity 3,894,309 3,634,816
Total assets 58,600,627 1,517,743 57,082,884 52,305,326 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 57,082,884 52,305,326

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the consolidated balance sheet for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2020 AND 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of Euros - tEuros)

Notes 30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Interest income 26 578,035 606,653
Interest charge 26 (179,387) (180,439)
Net interest income 398,648 426,214
Income from equity instruments 27 1,733 1,637
Results from associates 28 751 412
Income from services and commissions 29 237,493 241,893
Charges with services and commissions 29 (52,317) (46,892)
Gains/Losses on financial assets
Financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 30 6,288 12,475
Other Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 30 79,564 57,695
Exchange revaluation 30 5,636 4,976
Disposal of other assets 30 61 (2,331)
Other operating results 31 (28,906) (25,495)
Net income from banking activities 648,951 670,584
Staff costs 32 (160,015) (172,320)
General administrative costs 33 (97,717) (101,638)
Depreciation in the year 14 (25,708) (24,182)
Provisions, net of reversals 19 (1,354) (9,241)
Impairment on financial assets 19 (100,914) 16,497
Impairment of other non-financial assets 19 (8,539) (7,488)
Results from non-current assets held for sale 34 (90) 10,217
Other results 1.3 l) (29,258) -
Income before taxes and non-controlling interests 225,356 382,429
Taxes 15 (70,840) (142,674)
Income after taxes and before non-controlling interests 154,516 239,755
Non-controlling interests - -
Consolidated net income attributable to the shareholders of the Bank 154,516 239,755
Number of ordinary shares outstanding 23 1,241,713,409 1,241,722,839
Earnings per share (in Euros) 23 0.12 0.19

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the consolidated income statements for the for six-month period ended June 30, 2020

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, AND 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of Euros - tEuros)

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Attributable to the Attributable to non- Attributable to the Attributable to non
shareholders of the Bank controlling interests shareholders of BST controlling interests
Consolidated net income for the period 154,516 - 239,755 -
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to the income statement:
Actuarial and financial deviations
Gross value (54,306) - 39,588 -
Tax effect - - - -
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to the income statement:
Revaluation reserves of associated companies valued by the equity method
Fair value 295 - 1,050 -
Tax effect (76) - (270) -
Changes in the fair value of debt instruments
Fair value (211,419) - 369,345 -
Tax effect 65,512 - (114,248) -
Changes in fair value of cash flows hedging derivatives
Fair value 60,048 - (60,118) -
Tax effect (18,615) - 18,638 -
Changes in the business model
Initial impact
Gross value 373,172 - - -
Tax effect (115,683) - - -
Changes in fair value
Gross value 8,764 - - -
Tax effect (2,717) - - -
Consolidated comprehensive income for the first half year 259,491 - 493,740 -

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the consolidated statements of other comprehensive income for the for six-month period ended June 30, 2020

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, AND DECEMBER 31, 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of Euros)

Share Other Reserves for accumulated
comprehensive income
Net
Share
capital
premium
account
equity
instruments
Fair
value
taxes Legal
reserve
Other
reserves
Retained
earnings
Own shares income for
the period
Non-controlling
interests
Shareholders'
equity
Balances as at December 31, 2018 1,256,723 193,390 135,000 (288,315) 52,993 414,311 850,107 511,242 (44,022) 469,951 919 3,552,299
Appropriation of net income
. Transfer to reserves - - - - - 47,553 420,506 1,892 - (469,951) - -
. Distribution of dividends - - - - - - (422,873) - - - - (422,873)
Acquisition of own shares - - - - - - - - (43) - - (43)
Disposal of equity instruments at fair value through
other comprehensive income - - - - - - 5,799 - - - - 5,799
Long ter incentives - shares - - - - - - (332) - - - - (332)
Other - - - - - - (92) - - - (292) (384)
Consolidated comprehensive income
for 2019 - - - 50,793 (39,894) - - - - 489,451 - 500,350
Balances as at December 31, 2019 1,256,723 193,390 135,000 (237,522) 13,099 461,864 853,115 513,134 (44,065) 489,451 627 3,634,816
Appropriation of net income
. Transfer to reserves - - - - - 49,972 640 438,839 - (489,451) - -
. Distribution of dividends - - - - - - - - - - -
Acquisition of own shares - - - - - - - - 5 - - 5
Disposal of equity instruments at fair value through
other comprehensive income - - - - - - (3) - - - - (3)
Consolidated comprehensive income
for the first half-year 2020 - - - 176,554 (71,579) - - - - 154,516 - 259,491
Balances as at June 30, 2020 1,256,723 193,390 135,000 (60,968) (58,480) 511,836 853,752 951,973 (44,060) 154,516 627 3,894,309

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the consolidated statements of changes in shareholder' equity for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW FOR THE FIRST HALF 2020 AND 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of Euros)

CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Interest and commissions received
773,680
741,862
Payment of interest and commissions
(173,811)
(205,540)
Payment to staff and suppliers
(271,265)
(307,133)
Contributions to the pension funds
-
-
Foreign exchange and other operating results
(24,394)
(21,999)
Recovery of uncollectable loans
4,453
4,034
Operating results before changes in operating assets and liabilities
308,663
211,224
(Increase) / decrease in operating assets
Loans and advances to credit institutions
710,019
(158,407)
Financial assets held for trading
89,991
79,722
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost
(2,381,538)
(121,398)
Assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
16,129
15,371
Non-current assets held for sale
9,804
(49,287)
Investment properties
(2,397)
7,512
Other assets
(4,166)
83,452
(1,562,158)
(143,035)
Increase / (decrease) in operating liabilities
Resources from financial institutions and Central Banks
3,551,633
236,718
Resources from customers and other debts
751,928
1,679,270
Financial liabilities hedl for trading
(94,540)
(93,082)
Other liabilities
86,795
166,223
4,295,816
1,989,129
Net cash flow from operating activities before income tax
3,042,321
2,057,318
Income tax paid
(17,866)
(43,734)
Net cash flow from operating activities
3,024,455
2,013,584
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Dividends received
1,733
1,637
Purchase of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
(152,451)
(1,066,380)
Sale of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
1,293,828
713,960
Other financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss
6,902
15,587
Income from financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
13,602
84,114
Purchase of tangible and intangible assets
(31,368)
(61,227)
Sale of tangible assets
1,481
12,944
Net cash flow from investing activities
1,133,727
(299,365)
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Issuance/(redemption) of debt securities
(89,256)
(842,033)
Interest paid on bonds issued and other
(23,215)
(10,013)
Dividends paid
-
(422,873)
Interest paid on subordinated liabilities
(2,376)
(2,528)
(101,645)
(1,290,649)
Net Increase / (Decrease) (a) in cash and cash equivalents
4,056,537
423,570
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
3,492,664
2,500,733
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
7,549,201
2,924,303
30-06-2020 30-06-2019

The accompanying notes form an integral part of the consolidated statements of cash flow for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Banco Santander Totta, SA (hereinafter also "Bank" or "Group") was established in 1864 and was formerly known as Companhia Geral de Crédito Predial Português, SA (CPP), and it has its registered office in Portugal at Rua do Ouro, 88, Lisbon. The Bank was nationalised in 1975 and transformed into a state-owned public limited company in 1990. On December 2, 1992, its share capital was reprivatized by means of a public share offering at a special session of the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

As from December 2000, the Bank joined the Santander Group, following the acquisition of Banco Totta & Azores, SA, (Totta), by the Group. The main balances and transactions with companies of the Santander Group during the six-month period ending June 30, 2020, and during 2019 are detailed in Note 38. The Bank is included in the Banco Santander, SA (parent company) consolidation.

On December 16, 2004, the totta demerger/merger operation was registered, under which its financial holdings in Foggia, SGPS, SA and in Totta Seguros – Companhia de Seguros de Vida, SA, were spun off, the remainder of its business, together with Banco Santander Portugal, SA (BSP), having been incorporated by merger into CPP, which changed its name to the present one.

On May 3, 2010, the Bank carried out the merger by incorporation of Banco Santander de Negócios Portugal, SA (BSN). The transaction was recorded for accounting purposes with reference to January 1, 2010.

On April 1, 2011, the Bank carried out the merger by incorporation of Totta Crédito Especializado – Instituição Financeira de Crédito, SA (Totta IFIC).

On December 20, 2015, following the resolution measure applied by the Bank of Portugal to Banif – Banco Internacional do Funchal, SA (Banif), the Bank acquired the banking business and a set of assets, liabilities, offbalance-sheet items and assets under the management of this entity.

Following the decision of the Single Resolution Board with regard to the application of a resolution measure to Banco Popular Español, SA, taken on June 7, 2017, through the instrument for the sale of the whole of the business, with the transfer of the whole of the shares representing the share capital of Banco Popular Español, SA, to Banco Santander, SA, the latter came to hold indirectly the whole of the share capital and voting rights of Banco Popular Portugal, SA (BAPOP). In this regard, on December 27, 2017, the Bank purchased the entire share capital and voting rights of BAPOP, having carried out its merger by incorporation on that date.

The Bank is engaged in obtaining third-party financial resources, in the form of deposits and otherwise, which it invests, together with its own funds, in every sector of the economy, mainly in the form of extending credit or in securities, while also providing other banking services in the country and abroad.

The Bank has a nationwide network of 482 branches (497 branches as at December 31, 2019). It also has several branches and representation offices abroad and holdings in subsidiaries and associated companies.

The Bank's financial statements for the first half of 2020 were approved at the Board of Directors meeting on September 22, 2020.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

1. BASES OF PRESENTATION AND MAIN ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1.1. Basis of presentation of the accounts

The Group's consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, based on the books and accounting records maintained in accordance with the principles enshrined in the International Financial Reporting Standards (IAS/IFRS), as endorsed by the European Union, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 1606/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 19, transposed into Portuguese law by Decree-Law 35/2005, of February 17 and by Bank of Portugal Notice No. 5/2005 of December 30. As regards Group companies that use different accounting standards, adjustments are made for conversion to the IAS/IFRS.

The accounting policies used by the Bank in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements as at June 30, 2020, are consistent with those used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements as at December 31, 2019, applying in particular IAS 34 (Interim Financial Reporting ).

The consolidated financial statements are presented in thousands of euros, rounded to the nearest thousand.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with the IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates, implying also judgement by the Board as to the application of the Group's accounting policies. The areas of the financial statements involving a greater degree of judgement or complexity, or the areas in which the assumptions and estimates are significant in the preparation of this set of financial statements are detailed in Note 2.

Within the scope of the application of the IFRS as approved by the European Union, the Bank adopted the following standards, amendments and interpretations with reference to January 1, 2020:

  • IFRS 3 (Amendment), Definition of business. This amendment is a revision to the definition of business for the purpose of accounting for business combinations. The new definition requires that an acquisition include an input and a substantial process that jointly manage outputs. The outputs are now defined as goods and services that are provided to customers, which generate income from financial investments and other income, excluding returns in the form of reductions of costs and other economic benefits for shareholders. Concentration tests are now allowed to determine whether a transaction relates to the acquisition of an asset or a business.
  • IFRS 9, IAS 39 and IFRS 7 (amendment), 'Reform of the reference interest rates'. These amendments are part of the first phase of the IBOR reform of the IASB and allow exemptions related to the reform of the benchmark for the reference interest rates. The exemptions relate to hedge accounting in terms of: i) risk components; ii) "highly likely" requirement; iii) prospective valuation; iv) retrospective effectiveness test (for those adopting IAS 39); and v) recycling the cash-flow hedge reserve, and its objective is that the reform in of the reference interest rates will not determine the termination of hedge accounting. However, any hedge ineffectiveness determined must continue to be recognized in the income statement.
  • IAS 1 and IAS 8 (amendment), 'Definition of material'. This amendment introduces a change to the concept of "material", and clarifies that the mention of unclear information refers to situations whose effect is similar to omitting or distorting such information, the entity to assess the materiality considering the financial statements as a whole. Clarifications are also provided as to

the meaning of "primary users of the financial statements", which are defined as 'current and future investors, lenders and creditors' who rely on the financial statements to obtain a significant part of the information they need.

  • Conceptual structure, 'Changes in the reference to other IFRS'. As a result of the publication of new Conceptual Structure, the IASB has introduced changes to the wording of various standards and interpretations, such as: IFRS 2, IFRS 3, IFRS 6, IFRS 14, IAS 1, IAS 8, IAS 34, IAS 37, IAS 38, IFRIC 12, IFRIC 19, IFRIC 20, IFRIC 22, SIC 32, in order to clarify the application of the new definitions of asset/ liability and expense/income, besides some of the characteristics of the financial information. These amendments are of retrospective application except if impracticable.

In the wake of the standards and interpretations referred to above no material impacts were identified:

Additionally, by the date of approval of these financial statements, the following standards and improvements were issued and have not yet been adopted by the Bank by virtue of their application not yet being mandatory or they have not yet been endorsed by the European Union:

  • IFRS 16 (amendment), "Leases COVID-19 related rent concessions". The amendment permits lessees (but not lessors) as a practical expedient, not to assess whether particular rent concessions occurring as a direct consequence of the covid-19 pandemic are lease modifications and instead to account for those rent concessions as if they are not lease modifications. when three criteria are cumulatively met: i) the change in lease payments results in a revised remuneration of the lease that is equal to, or less than, the remuneration immediately before the change; ii) any reduction of the lease payments only affects payments due on or up to June 30, 2021; and iii) there are no significant changes to other terms and conditions of the lease. Lessees who opt for this exemption, account for the change to the payments of rents as variable lease rents in the period or periods in which the event or condition that leads to reduction of payment occurs. This amendment is applied retrospectively with the impacts reflected as an adjustment to retained earnings (or other component of equity, as appropriate) at the beginning of the annual reporting period in which the lessee applies the amendment for the first time.
  • IAS 1 (amendment), 'Presentation of financial statements classification of liabilities'. This amendment seeks to clarify the classification of liabilities as current or non-current balances in the light of the rights that an entity has to defer their payment at the end of each reporting period. The classification of liabilities is not affected by the expectations of the entity (the assessment should determine whether a right exists, but should not consider whether the entity will or will not exercise such right), or by events occurring after the reporting date, such as non-compliance of a covenant. The amendment also includes a new definition of settlement of a liability. This amendment is applied retrospectively.
  • IFRS 3 (amendment) 'References to the conceptual framework'. This amendment updates the references to Conceptual Framework in the wording of IFRS 3, no changes having been introduced to the accounting requirements for concentrations of business activities. The amendment also clarifies the accounting treatment to be adopted in respect of liabilities and contingent liabilities under IAS 37 and IFRIC 21, incurred separately versus those included in a business combination. This amendment is applied retrospectively.

  • IAS 16 (amendment) 'Proceeds before intended use'. Change in the accounting treatment given to consideration obtained on the sale of products that result from production in test phase of tangible fixed assets, prohibiting their deduction from the acquisition cost of the assets. This change is applied retrospectively; without restatement of the comparatives.

  • IAS 37 (amendment) 'Onerous contracts costs of fulfilling a contract'. This amendment specifies that in assessing whether a contract is or is not onerous, only the expenses directly related to the fulfilment of the contract can be considered, such as the incremental costs related to direct labour and materials and the allocation of other directly related expenses such as the allocation of expenditure on depreciation of tangible assets used to fulfil the contract. This change will be applied to contracts that, at the beginning of the first annual reporting period to which the change is applied, also include unfulfilled contractual obligations, with no restatement of the comparative.
  • Improvements to the 2018 – 2020 standards (to be applied in periods beginning on or after January 1, 2022). This cycle of improvements amends the following standards: IFRS 1, IFRS 16 and IAS 41.
  • IFRS 17 (new), 'Insurance contracts'. This new standard replaces IFRS 4 and applies to all entities that issue insurance contracts, reinsurance contracts and investment contracts with discretionaryparticipation features. IFRS 17 is based on the current measurement of technical liabilities, which are revalued on each reporting date. Current measurement may be made by application of the complete (building block approach) or simplified model (premium allocation approach) model. The complete model is based on discounted cash flow scenarios weighted by the probability of occurrence and adjusted for the risk, and a contractual service margin, which is the estimate of the future profitability of the contract. Subsequent changes of the estimated cash flows are adjusted against the contractual service margin, except if it becomes negative. IFRS 17 is of retrospective application with some exemptions on the transition date.
  • IFRS 17 (amendment) 'Insurance contracts' (applicable in annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2023). This amendment includes specific changes in eight areas of IFRS 17, such as: i) scope; ii) level of aggregation of insurance contracts; iii) recognition; iv) measurement; v) modification and derecognition; vi) presentation of the statement of financial position; vii) recognition and measurement of the income statement; and viii) disclosures. This amendment also includes clarifications, which aim to simplify some of the requirements of this standard and speed up its implementation.

In the wake of the standards and interpretations referred to above no material impacts were identified:

1.2. Consolidation of subsidiary companies and entities under joint control and registration of associated companies (IFRS 10, IFRS 11, IAS 28 and IFRS 3)

The consolidated financial statements now presented reflect the assets, liabilities, income, expenditures, other comprehensive income and cash flows of the Group and of the entities directly or indirectly controlled by it (Note 4), including special-purpose entities.

Subsidiaries are entities (including investment funds and securitization vehicles) controlled by the Group. The Group controls another entity when it has the power to manage the relevant activities of the entity, and when it is exposed, or has right, to the variability in the returns generated by its involvement with that entity and can take possession thereof through the power it holds over the relevant activities of that entity (de facto control). The financial statements of subsidiary companies are consolidated using the full consolidation method as soon as the Group takes control of their business until such time as control ceases. All significant balances and transactions between the consolidated companies have been eliminated. Additionally, where applicable, consolidation adjustments are made in order to ensure consistency in the application of the accounting principles. The amount corresponding to the holding of third parties in subsidiaries that have been consolidated using the full consolidation method is presented under Non-controlling interests (Note 24).

The accumulated losses of a subsidiary are allocated to the non-controlling interests in the proportion held, which might imply recognition of non-controlling interests of a negative amount.

In a step-acquisition transaction resulting in the acquisition of control, any non-controlling interest previously held is revalued at fair value with a contra entry in profit or loss at the time of calculation of the goodwill. At the time of a partial sale, resulting in loss of control over a subsidiary, any remaining non-controlling interest held is revalued at fair value on the date of sale and the gain or loss resulting from such revaluation is recorded with a contra entry in profit or loss.

Financial investments in associates are carried using the equity method as from the moment the Group comes to have significant control until such time as it ceases. Associated companies are entities in which the Group has significant influence but does not control them. Significant influence is understood to exist when one has a (direct or indirect) financial holding of more than 20% but less than 50% (with voting rights proportionate to the holding) or the power to take part in decisions on the financial and operational policies of an entity, but without control or joint control over it.

Under the equity method, the consolidated financial statements include the portion attributable to the Group's total equity and of the profits and losses recognised by the associated companies. Dividends allocated by associates reduce the amount of the investment made by the Group. The Group performs impairment tests for its investments in associates whenever there are signs of impairment. Impairment losses recorded in prior periods may be reversible, up to the limit of the accumulated losses.

Goodwill corresponds to the positive difference between the acquisition cost of the business and the effective equivalent percentage in the fair value of the assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the subsidiaries and associates acquired, as well as any equity instruments issued by the Group. With a minimum annual frequency, the Group performs goodwill impairment tests in accordance with the requirements of IAS 36 – Impairment of assets For the purpose, goodwill is allocated to cash-flow generating units, never greater than the group of assets comprising each of the Group's operational segments, determination of the respective recoverable amount being based on estimates of future cash flows updated on the basis of discount rates considered appropriate by the Group based on appropriate and accepted methods. Impairment losses related to goodwill are recorded in profit or loss for the year and cannot be reversed. The goodwill of associated companies is included in the carrying amount of the holding, and is subject to impairment tests.

On the date of the first adoption of the IFRS, the Group decided not to apply IFRS 3 – Business combinations retrospectively. In this sense, the goodwill resulting from acquisitions that occurred until January 1, 2004, is deducted from equity in keeping with the previous accounting policy. On the other hand, the negative consolidation differences previously recorded have been added to equity, as permitted by IFRS 1.

Acquisitions of subsidiaries and associate companies arising after January 1, 2004, were recorded using the purchase method. The Group recognised the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed or valued them in accordance with the international financial reporting standards applicable to certain assets and liabilities in which the former is not the measurement principle laid down in IFRS 3 – Business combinations. The acquisition cost was equal to the amount determined on the date of purchase of the assets acquired and liabilities incurred or assumed and of the contingencies, under the terms of IFRS 3. In this way, the Group applied IAS 19 to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed related with employee benefits and IAS 12 to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with income taxes.

Additionally, whenever it is determined that the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities incurred or assumed – and after its confirmation under the terms of IFRS 3, – is greater than the acquisition cost (gain on the purchase at a discount), the difference is recognised in the income statement. Under the terms of IFRS 3, the Group has a maximum period of one year from the date of acquisition to obtain missing information and possibly correct retrospectively the value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and, consequently, the result determined at the time of the purchase.

With application of the amendments to IFRS 3 and IAS 27, the Group defined as its accounting policy valuation at fair value through profit or loss in cases where there is change of control by acquisition of subsidiaries in different stages. In these cases, the holding acquired prior to the moment of change of control is revalued at fair value through profit or loss. Goodwill is determined on that date as the difference between the total acquisition cost and the proportion of the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the subsidiary. Similarly, on application of the amendments to the standards referred to above the Group revalued in profit or loss the holdings in which it had lost control.

The accounting policies of subsidiaries and associates are altered, where necessary, to ensure that they are applied consistently by all Group companies.

1.3. Summary of the main accounting policies

The more significant accounting policies used in the preparation of the attached financial statements were as follows:

a) Accrual accounting

The Bank uses the accrual-accounting principle for most items of the financial statements. Thus, expenses and income are recorded as and when generated, regardless of the time of payment or receipt.

b) Foreign currency transactions

The Bank's accounts are prepared in the currency of the economic environment in which it

operates ("functional currency"), and are expressed in euros.

Transactions in currencies other than the functional currency and the corresponding income and expenses are recorded at the exchange rate ruling on the date on which they occur. On each reporting date, assets and liabilities expressed in a currency other than the functional currency are translated at the official closing exchange rate (Bank of Portugal fixing).

c) Financial instruments

The classification of financial assets is in keeping with three criteria:

  • The business model under which financial assets are managed;
  • The type of financial instrument, that is (i) derivative financial instruments, (ii) equity instruments or (iii) financial debt instruments; and
  • The contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial debt instruments (which represent just payments of principal and interest).

In this connection, the categories of financial assets laid down for debt financial instruments are:

  • A financial debt instrument that (i) is managed under a business model whose objective involves keeping the financial assets in the portfolio and receiving all of their contractual cash flows and (ii) has contractual cash flows on specific dates that correspond exclusively to the payment of principal and of interest on the outstanding principal – must be measured at amortised cost unless designated at fair value through profit or loss under the fair value option – "Hold to Collect".
  • A financial debt instrument that (i) is managed under a business model whose objective is achieved either through the receipt of contractual cash flows or through the sale of financial assets and (ii) include clauses that give rise to cash flows that correspond exclusively to the payment of principal and of interest on the outstanding principal – must be measured at fair value through the statement of other comprehensive income ("FVTOCI"), unless it is designated at fair value through profit or loss under the fair value option – "Hold to Collect & Sale".
  • All other financial debt instruments must be measured at fair value through profit or loss ("FVPL").

The Bank assessed its business models on the basis of a broad set of indicators of which emphasis is given to its business plan and current risk-management policies. For the "Hold to Collect" business model, in order to assess the frequency and materiality of the sales, quantitative thresholds were defined based on past experience. The sales projected for the financial assets classified in this business model do not exceed the thresholds defined by the Bank.

The other financial instruments, specifically equity instruments and derivatives, are by definition classified at fair value through profit or loss. For equity instruments, there is the irrevocable option of designating that all fair-value variations are recognised under other comprehensive income, in

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which case, only the dividends are recognised in profit or loss, because gains and losses are not reclassified to profit or loss even when they are derecognised/sold.

Reclassifications between financial instrument portfolios

According to the requirements of IFRS 9, reclassification between financial instrument portfolios can only take place if the Bank decides to change the business model to management of a portfolio of financial assets. According to the referred requirement, these changes must be infrequent and must comply with the following requirements, namely:

  • The change in the respective business model must be taken by the Management;
  • This change is expected to have a significant impact on the entity's operations; and
  • The change must be demonstrable to external entities.

In March 2020, due to the events mentioned in Note 9, the Bank's management took the decision to discontinue the activity of granting loans that require stable financing and in large amounts and terms, within this activity is direct financing to the Portuguese state. This decision was (i) duly documented internally, (ii) disseminated throughout the Bank's structure and (iii) communicated in the Bank's press release in April 2020 to all stakeholders. Management understands that credits impacted by changes in the business model have a significant impact on the Bank's balance sheet, as can be seen in Note 9.

In view of the above, and once all the impact requirements defined in IFRS 9 have been met, the Bank proceeded to reclassify the respective contracts, and they are now measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, when previously they were measured at amortized cost. The difference between the fair value and the respective balance sheet value on the reclassification date, was recognized in other comprehensive income, as shown:

Measurement
Fair value through
Amortised other comprehensive
cost income
Credit granted 2,300,000 2,300,000
Interest receivable 49,478 49,478
Fair value - 373,172
Value adjustments of hedged assets 258,180 258,180

Sale of credits

Gains and losses obtained on the sale of credits on a definitive basis are carried in the income statement under "Impairment of financial assets at amortised cost". These gains or losses correspond to the difference between the selling price fixed and the carrying amount of those assets, net of impairment losses.

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Securitised credit not derecognised

The Bank does not derecognise the credits sold in the securitisation operations when:

  • it maintains control over operations;
  • it continues to receive a substantial part of their remuneration; and
  • it maintains a substantial part of the risk of the credits transferred.

Credits sold and not derecognised are carried under "Financial assets at amortized cost" and are subject to accounting criteria identical to other credit operations. Interest and commissions associated with the securitised credit portfolio are accrued in keeping with the respective term of the credit operations.

Maintenance of the risk and/or benefit is represented by bonds of a higher risk issued by the securitisation vehicle. The amount carried under assets and liabilities represents the proportion of the risk/benefit held by the Bank (ongoing involvement).

The bonds issued by securitisation vehicles and held by Group entities are eliminated in the consolidation process.

Derecognition

Assets are derecognised when (i) the Bank's contractual right to receive their cash slows expires, (ii) the Bank has substantially transferred all the risks and benefits inherent in holding them; or (iii) notwithstanding retaining a part, but not substantially the whole, of the risks and benefits inherent in holding them, the Bank shall have transferred control over the assets.

Guarantees provided and irrevocable commitments

Liabilities for guarantees provided and irrevocable commitments are recorded in off-balance sheet items for the value-at-risk, and interest flows, commissions or other income are recorded in profit or loss over the life of these transactions.

Performance guarantees are initially recognised at fair value, which is normally evidenced by the amount of the fees received over the duration of the contract. At the time of contractual termination, the Bank has the right to reverse the guarantee, the amounts being recognised under Financial assets at amortized cost after the transfer of the compensation of losses to the beneficiary of the guarantee.

Recognition of income and expenditure with services and commissions

Services income and commissions obtained in the execution of a significant act, such as commissions on loan syndications, are recognised in profit or loss when the significant act has been finalised.

Services income and commissions obtained as the services are provided are recognised in profit or loss for the period to which it refers.

Services income and commissions that form an integral part of the remuneration of financial instruments are recorded in profit or loss using the effective interest rate method.

Recognition of expenses with services and commissions is carried out using the same criteria adopted for income.

Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income

Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income include equity and debt instruments that are recorded at the time of their initial recognition at fair value, plus transaction expenses, and they are subsequently measured at fair value. Gains and losses related to subsequent variation of the fair value are reflected under a specific equity heading named Accumulated comprehensive income reserve until their sale, when they are reclassified to profit or loss for the period, with the exception of equity instruments that remain in share capital.

The interest is calculated in accordance with the effective interest-rate method and carried in profit or loss under Interest income.

Income from floating-rate securities is recognised in the income statement under Income from equity instruments on the date when they are allocated. In accordance with this criterion, interim dividends are recorded as income in the period in which its distribution is decided.

Financial assets and liabilities held for trading and other financial assets that must be carried at fair value through profit or loss

Held for trading financial assets include floating income securities traded on active markets acquired for the purpose of their sale in the short term. Trading derivatives with net amount receivable (positive fair value), as well as the options bought are included under Financial assets held for trading. Trading derivatives with net amount payable (negative fair value), as well as the options sold are included under Financial liabilities held for trading.

Financial assets and liabilities held for trading and other financial assets that must be carried at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value, the expenses associated with the transactions being recognised in profit or loss at the initial moment. Gains and losses resulting from the subsequent valuation at fair value are recognized in the income statement under "Financial assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss".

The fair value of financial assets held for trading and traded on active markets is their most representative bid-price, within the bid-ask interval, or their closing price on the reporting date. If a market price is not available, the fair value of the instrument is estimated using valuation techniques that include price valuation models or discounted cash flow techniques. When discounted cash flow techniques are used the future cash flows are estimated in accordance with management's expectations and the discount rate used corresponds to the market rate for financial instruments of similar characteristics. In the price valuation models, the data used correspond to information on market prices.

The fair value of derivative financial instruments that are not traded on the stock market, including the credit-risk component assigned to the parties involved in the transaction (Credit Value Adjustments and Debit Value Adjustments), is estimated based on the amount that would be received or paid to settle the contract on the date in question, considering current market conditions, as well as the credit rating of the parties involved.

Financial liabilities

With regard to the measurement of financial liabilities IFRS 9 did not introduce significant changes compared to the requirements previously set out, except for the requirement of recognition of the fair-value variations of financial liabilities resulting from changes in the entity's own credit risk, to be recognised in equity, rather than in profit or loss as required previously, unless such accounting treatment generates accounting mismatch. Subsequent reclassifications of these variations to profit or loss are not allowed, not even at the time of the repurchase of these liabilities.

Other financial liabilities correspond mainly to the resources of central banks and of other credit institutions, customers' deposits and bond issues. These liabilities are initially carried at their fair value, which normally corresponds to the consideration received, net of transaction expenses, and are subsequently carried at amortised cost in keeping with the effective interest-rate method.

Repo Operations

Securities sold with repurchase agreement are kept in the portfolio where they were originally recorded. Funds received are recorded on the settlement date, in a specific account under liabilities, with accrual of the respective interest payable.

Secondary market transactions

The Bank repurchases bonds issued on the secondary market. Purchases and sales of own bonds are included proportionately under the respective headings of debt issued (principal, interest and fees) and the differences between the amount settled and the write-off, or the increase of liabilities, are recognised immediately in profit or loss.

Hedge accounting

The new IFRS 9 hedge accounting model aims not only to simplify the process of creating and maintaining hedging relationships, but also to align the accounting of these relationships with the risk-management activities of each institution, extending the eligibility of a greater number of hedged and hedging instruments, but also types of risk.

The new standard still does not provide rules for the accounting of hedges called macro-hedging, and these are still to be defined by the IASB. Because of this limitation of the IFRS 9, and with regard to hedge accounting, institutions may choose to maintain the accounting principles of IAS 39 (only for hedge accounting) until the completion of the macro-hedging project by the IASB.

In this framework, the Bank decided to continue applying the hedge accounting defined within the scope of IAS 39.

The Bank uses derivative financial instruments in particular to hedge the interest-rate risk arising from financing and investment activities. Derivatives that qualify for hedge accounting are carried at their fair value and gains or losses are recognised in keeping with the Bank's hedge-accounting model.

Under the terms of the standard, application of hedge accounting is only possible when both the following requirements are met:

  • Existence of formal documentation of the hedge relationship and of the Bank's riskmanagement strategy;
  • Initial expectation that the hedge relationship is highly effective;
  • The effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured;
  • The hedge is valued on a continuous basis and effectively determined as being highly effective throughout the financial reporting period;
  • Regarding the hedge of a planned transaction, it is highly probable and presents an exposure to variations in cash flows that could ultimately affect results.

Fair-value hedges

The gains or losses on revaluation of a hedging derivative financial instrument are recognised in profit or loss. Should the hedge be effective, the gains or losses resulting from the change in fair value of the hedged item relative to the risk being hedged are also recognised in profit or loss.

If a hedging instrument matures or is terminated early, the gain or loss recognised in the valuation of the hedged risk as value adjustments of the hedged items is amortised over its remaining term. If the hedged asset or liability is sold or settled, all amounts recognised in the valuation of the hedged risk are recognised in profit or loss for the period and the derivative financial instrument is transferred to the trading portfolio. If the hedge is no longer effective, the gains or losses recognised as value adjustments of the hedged items are amortised through profit or loss during their remaining term.

In the case of exchange-rate hedges of monetary items, hedge accounting is not applied, and the gain or loss on the derivative is recognised in the income statement, as are foreign-exchange variations of the monetary items.

Cash flow hedge

Cash-flow hedges are understood to be the hedge of an exposure relating to the variability of future cash flows, which may be assigned to a specific risk associated with a recognised asset or liability, or to a highly probable future transaction, and may affect profit or loss.

In this sense, the Bank contracted financial derivatives to hedge the future interest flows of part of its mortgage loan portfolio remunerated at a floating rate. It also contracted financial derivatives instruments to hedge future flows from the sale of part of its portfolio at fair value through other comprehensive income.

Application of cash-flow hedge accounting is subject to the general requirements referred to above for hedge accounting and entails the following records:

  • The gain or loss on the hedging instrument in that part considered effective is recognised directly in a specific item of equity; and
  • The non-effective part is recorded in profit or loss.

Additionally, the gain or loss on the hedging instrument recognised in equity corresponds to the lesser of the following amounts:

  • The accumulated variation in the fair value of the hedging instrument from the start of the hedge; and
  • The accumulated variation in the fair value of the hedging instrument, relative to the risk, from the start of the hedge.

In this sense, and if applicable, the part not recognised in equity of the gain or loss on the hedging instrument is reflected in profit or loss.

Cash-flow hedge accounting must be discontinued if the hedging instrument expires or is terminated early, if the hedge ceases to be effective or if it is decided to terminate the designation of the hedging relationship. In these cases, the cumulative gain or loss resulting from the hedging instrument must continue to be separately recognised in equity, and is reflected in profit or loss in the same period of time as the recognition in profit or loss of the gains or losses of the hedged item. Should the Bank hedge an operation that is not expected to be realised, the amount of derivative still recognised in Equity is immediately transferred to profit or loss for the period, the derivative being transferred to the Bank's trading portfolio.

Loan impairment

IFRS 9 determines that the concept of impairment based on expected losses is to be applied to all financial assets except for financial assets at fair value through profit or loss and equity instruments measured at fair value through equity.

The Bank applies the IFRS 9 concept to financial assets at amortised cost, debt instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, off-balance sheet exposures, finance leasing, other receivables, financial guarantees and loan commitments not carried at fair value.

With the exception of purchased or originated credit-impaired financial assets (referred to as POCI) (which are described separately below), impairment losses must be estimated through a provision for losses of an amount equal to:

  • expected loss for credit risk at 12 months, that is, total estimated loss resulting from default events of the financial instrument events that are possible within 12 months of the reporting date (called Stage 1);
  • or expected loss for credit risk to maturity, that is, total estimated loss resulting from all possible default events throughout the life of the financial instrument (referred to as Stage 2 and Stage 3). A provision for expected loss for credit risk to maturity is required for a financial

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instrument if the credit risk of that financial instrument has increased significantly since the initial recognition or if the financial instrument is impaired.

The expected loss for credit risk is an estimate weighted by the probability of the present value of the loan losses. This estimate results from the present value of the difference between the cash flows due to the Bank under the contract and the cash flows that the Bank expects to receive arising from the weighting of multiple future economic scenarios, discounted at the effective interest rate of the financial instruments.

The Bank measures the expected loss individually or on a collective basis for portfolios of financial instruments that share similar risk characteristics. The adequacy of the provision for losses is based on the present value of expected cash flows of the asset using the original effective interest rate of the asset, regardless of being measured individually or collectively.

Impaired financial assets

A financial asset is impaired when one or more events that have a negative impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset have occurred. Financial assets with a reduction of the recoverable amount of loans are referred to as Stage 3 assets. The Bank has adopted the internal definition of non-performing loans as the criterion for the identification of Stage 3 loans. The internal definition of non-performing loans is governed by objective and subjective criteria and is used for the management of the Bank's credit risk and for the calculation of the regulatory capital using advanced credit-risk methods.

Purchased or originated credit-impaired (POCI) financial assets

Financial assets classified as POCI are treated differently, in that they are in an impaired situation. For these assets, the Bank classifies them as Stage 3 for the net amount of the expected loss. In the revaluation of assets the expected loss to maturity is applied. The associated interest is calculated by applying the effective interest rate to the net amount.

Significant increase of the credit risk

The Bank monitors all financial assets in order to assess whether there has been a significant increase of credit risk since their initial recognition. If there has been a significant increase of the credit risk, the Bank estimates the loan-loss provision to maturity (LTPD (life time probability of default)) and not over 12 months.

The Bank uses scorings and rating systems for internal credit-risk management. These notations allow an assessment of the risk level of the transactions or of the customer at all times and they are considered in the credit-risk approval and monitoring decisions. The models are based on series of data that are considered predictors of the risk of default, which apply judgements, that is, the credit-risk notations are defined using qualitative and quantitative factors that are indicative of the risk of default. The notations consider current characteristics and past events, and their significance for the risk level is studied.

The Bank uses different criteria to determine if the credit risk has increased significantly per asset portfolio, in particular:

  • Limits of relative variation of the accumulated PD for the residual maturity of the transaction. The limits of relative variation are differentiated by PD level to the extent that variations of risk in very low risk transactions may not represent a significant increase of the risk. It should be noted that customers with no alteration of the credit-risk notation can have a significant deterioration (accumulated PD variation above the defined limit) for evolution of the residual term (sensitivity of the transactions differentiated over time) or for alterations of future expectations regarding the economy.
  • Regardless of the outcome of the aforesaid evaluation, the Bank assumes that the credit risk of a financial asset has increased significantly since the initial recognition when the contractual payments are overdue by more than 30 days or when the transactions are identified as loans restructured for financial difficulties.

Measurement of expected credit-risk loss for impairment-loss purposes

Credit risk parameters

The main concepts used to measure the expected credit-risk loss are:

  • probability of default (PD)
  • loss given default (LGD)
  • and exposure at default (EAD).

These concepts are calculated through statistical models developed internally and are adjusted to reflect prospective information.

PD is an estimate of the probability of default over a given time horizon. The models that have been developed estimate this probability over sufficiently broad horizons for application in the residual maturity of the financial assets. The calculation is based on statistical classification models (rating and scoring) that detail the level of risk of the individual counterparties. The classification models (rating and scoring) are used in the management and are based on internal data comprising both quantitative and qualitative factors. The estimate is based on current conditions, adjusted to take into account the estimates of future conditions that will affect the PD.

LGD is an estimate of the total loss should the asset enter into default. It is based on the difference between the contractual cash flows due and those that the Bank expects to receive, taking into account the cash flows of existing guarantees. The LGD models for secured assets consider the valuation of the guarantees, taking into account selling expenses, the time to execute the guarantees, collateralisation level, etc. The LGD models for unsecured assets consider recovery time, recovery rates and recovery expenses. The calculation is based on cash flows discounted at the original effective interest rate of the loan. The estimate is based on current conditions, adjusted to take into account the estimates of future conditions that will affect the LGD.

EAD is an estimate of exposure on a date of future default, taking into account the expected changes in the exposure after the reporting date. The Bank's modelling approach for EAD reflects the expected changes in the outstanding balance over the loan's lifetime exposure allowed by the

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current contractual terms, such as amortisation profiles, total or partial early repayment, and changes in the use of unused commitments before entry into default.

The Bank assesses the expected credit-risk loss for the purpose of impairment losses, considering the risk of default during the maximum contractual period during which the entity is exposed to the credit risk. However, for financial instruments such as credit cards, credit lines and overdraft facilities that include a loan and an unused commitment component, the Bank's contractual ability to demand repayment and to cancel the unused commitment does not limit the Bank's exposure to loan losses to the contractual period of notice. For such financial instruments, the Bank measures the Expected Credit Risk Loss for the period historically observed as the average life of these instruments.

Collective analysis

When the expected credit-risk loss is measured collectively, the financial instruments are grouped on the basis of common risk characteristics, such as instrument type, customer type, credit risk degree as measured by the ratings or scoring system, type of collateral, date of initial recognition, relationship between loan and value of the guarantee (LTV).

The groupings are reviewed regularly to ensure that each group comprises homogeneous exposures.

Individual analysis

The process of quantification of the impairment loss through an individual analysis is applied to customers with individually significant Stage 3 exposure (assets impaired and in default) (exposure greater than €0.5 million).

The process involves calculation of an estimated loss, taking into account anticipated future cash flows under several different scenarios, each using specific factors and circumstances of the customers, in particular, execution of guarantees in situations in which customers do not generate sufficient cash flows for payment of the debt, or projection and discount of the cash flows of the deal for the remaining customers. The net present value of the cash flows is determined considering the original effective interest rate of the contracts.

This evaluation process is updated at least every quarter, but more frequently if there are changes of circumstances that may affect the cash-flow scenarios.

Incorporation of forward-looking information

The Bank's Office of Economic Studies models economic-forecast scenarios for the Bank's various planning exercises, in particular, budget, strategic planning and ICAAP. In this connection, different macro-economic scenarios are generated, including two pessimistic scenarios, one base scenario and two optimistic scenarios.

For the purposes of impairment losses, a pessimistic scenario, the base scenario and an optimistic scenario are used. The Bank applies probabilities to the forecast scenarios identified. The base scenario is the most likely outcome and consists of information used by the Bank for strategic

planning and budgeting. The estimates are updated at least once a year and are subject to annual monitoring exercises.

d) IFRS 16 - Leases

The Bank applied the modified retrospective approach to determine the impacts at the time of the transition and first adoption of IFRS 16, on January 1, 2019. Thus, the impacts at the time of transition were prospectively determined, the cumulative effect of the initial application being recognized as a balance sheet adjustment on the transition date (January 1, 2019). The main type of contracts that require estimation of an asset for right of use and a liability for lease entail leases of properties (branches and central services) that are assigned to the business of the Bank.

Method for measuring the right of use and lease liability

IFRS 16 defines a set of new requirements for the application of this standard, especially for the classification and measurement of lease operations from the viewpoint of the lessee. As lessee, the Bank records an asset of right of use and a lease liability on the start date of the respective operation:

i. The lease liability is measured by the present value of future lease payments to be incurred during the life of the contract, using a discount rate differentiated per maturity. In the estimate of the liabilities consideration is given to the fixed payments, the variable ones that depend on a rate or index, amounts relating to the exercise of the purchase option when the Bank is reasonably certain that it will exercise its right.

The lease liability is remeasured whenever a contractual amendment occurs, and at the time the lease liability is revalued, the effects of the revaluation are recognized against the right to use (asset). In the event of a change in the term of the contract or of an alteration as to the valuation of the exercise of the option a new discount rate must be estimated and, consequently, the liability remeasured.

ii. The right of use is initially measured at cost at the value of the lease liability, adjusted for subsequent contractual changes, and it is depreciated using the straight method until the contract expires, and is subject to impairment tests.

Use of practical expedients provided for in the standard

In the adoption of IFRS 16 the Bank implemented a set of practical expedients provided for in the standard, namely: low-value leases; short-term leases and non-inclusion of initial direct expenses incurred in the calculation of the right to use; in the measurement of the lease liability it did not separate the non-lease components included in lease contracts.

Definition of the main assumptions on the date of transition and contracts concluded later

On the transition date, the Bank estimated a discount rate differentiated by maturity and collateralized by the same type of target asset of the lease. With regard to the maturity of the lease to be considered in the calculation of the lease liability, its determination must take into account the period of the lease that cannot be cancelled, as well as the period covered by any deadline extension options and/or early termination, if any reasonable certainty as to its exercise exists. Thus, when the term is not defined by contract the Bank made its best estimate for its termination.

e) Tangible assets

Tangible assets used by the Bank to carry on its business are carried at acquisition cost (including directly attributable expenses), less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses, as and when applicable.

Depreciation of tangible assets is accrued systematically, in monthly instalments, over the period of the estimated useful life of the assets, which corresponds to the period during which the assets are expected to be available for use, as detailed hereunder:

Years of useful life
Premises 50
Equipment 4 to 10

Non-recoverable expenses incurred with construction works on buildings that are not owned by the Bank (leased) are depreciated over a period of time compatible with their expected useful life or of the lease, if less, which on average corresponds to a period of ten years. Expenditure to be incurred with the dismantling or removal of these assets is considered a part of the initial cost when it involves significant and reliably-measurable amounts. Maintenance and repair expenses are recognized under "General administrative expenses".

Whenever there is an indication that the tangible fixed asset may be impaired, an estimate of its recoverable value is made. For the purpose, the branches are considered cash-flow generating units, and impairment losses are recorded in situations where the recoverable amount of property where the branch is located, through its use in the operations or through its sale, is less than its net carrying amount. Impairment losses are recognised in the income statement, and they are reversed in subsequent reporting periods when the reasons for their initial recognition cease. To this end, the new depreciable amount shall not exceed its carrying amount had impairment losses not been assigned to the asset, considering the depreciation that it would have undergone.

The criteria followed in the valuation of the properties normally consider the market comparison method and the amount detailed in the valuation corresponds to the market value of the property in its current state.

The Bank's premises that are undergoing sale are carried under Other assets. These assets were transferred at their net carrying amount in accordance with IAS 16 (acquisition cost, net of accumulated depreciation and impairment losses), and are tested for impairment at the time of the reclassification and of periodic valuations to determine possible impairment losses.

Gains and losses on the sale of these assets are recognized under "Results of non-current assets held for sale".

f) Intangible assets

The Bank records under this heading expenses incurred at the stage of development of projects relating to information technologies implemented and at the implementation stage, as well as those relating to software purchased, in every case where their expected impact has to be reflected in years subsequent to that in which they are made.

Amortisation of intangible assets is accrued, in twelfths, over their estimated period of useful life, which is three years on average.

Internally developed software is recognized under intangible assets when, among other requirements, it can be seen that they are usable and capable of being sold and, additionally, they are identifiable and it is possible to demonstrate their ability to generate future economic benefits.

g) Investment properties

Investment properties comprise buildings and land held by Novimovest - Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Aberto (Novimovest) to earn income or for capital appreciation or both, and not for use in the provision of goods or services or for management purposes.

Investment properties are carried fair value determined by periodic valuations performed by specialised independent entities. Variations of the fair value of investment properties are recognised directly in the income statement for the period.

Costs incurred with investment properties in use, namely maintenance, repairs, insurance and property taxes (municipal property tax) are recognized in the income statement for the period to which they refer. Ameliorations that are expected to generate additional future economic benefits are capitalised.

h) Non-current assets held for sale

The Bank essentially recognizes under non-current assets held for sale real estate, equipment and other assets received by way of payment in kind or auction for the payment of overdue loan transactions when they are available for immediate sale in their present condition and there is a likelihood of their sale with a period of one year. If they do not meet these criteria, those assets are carried under Other assets (Note 16).

When it is a matter of discontinued operational units, in accordance with the provisions of IFRS 5 – Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations, the Bank does not recognise potential gains on these assets.

Their initial recognition is at the lower of their fair value less expected selling expenses and the carrying amount of the loans granted constituting the object of the recovery, and they are tested for impairment on the date of reclassification as non-current assets held for sale. Subsequently, these assets are measured at the lesser of the initial recognition amount and fair value less costs to sell, and they are not depreciated. Unrealized losses on these assets, thus determined, are recorded in profit or loss.

If, on a subsequent date, the facts that led to the recording of impairment losses no longer exist due to an increase of the fair value less sales expense, the impairment losses will be reverted up to the limit of the amount that the assets would have had they not been reclassified to non-current assets held for sale.

i) Provisions

A provision is set aside where there is present (legal or constructive) obligation resulting from past events in respect of which there will be a probable outflow of funds that can be determined reliably. The amount of the provision corresponds to the best estimate of the amount to be disbursed to settle the liability on the reporting date, in accordance with the information provided by the Bank's legal and tax consultants.

In this way, Provisions includes provisions set aside to cover, inter alia, the post-employment benefits specific to certain members of Bank's Board of Directors, restructuring plans approved by the Executive Committee, tax risks, ongoing legal proceedings and other specific risks arising from its business

j) Employee post-employment benefits

The Bank endorsed the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) for the banking industry, and therefore its employees or their families are entitled to retirement, disability and survivors' pensions.

For employees admitted to the Bank up until December 31, 2008, the existing pension plan was a defined-benefit plan, in that it established the criteria for the determination of the value of the pension that an employee would receive during retirement in the light of the length of service provided and the respective remuneration on retirement, the pensions being updated annually on the basis of the remuneration provided for in the CBA for personnel in service. For these employees, the Bank is liable for the full amount of the pensions provided for in the CBA. To cover the liabilities under this defined-benefit plan, the Bank has a Pension Fund.

As from January 1, 2009, employees taken on by the Bank came to be included in Social Security, and are covered by a supplementary defined-contribution pension plan and by the rights acquired under clause 93 of the CBA. The plan is funded through contributions by employees (1.5%) and by the Bank (1.5%) calculated on the basis of the effective monthly remuneration. For the purpose, each employee can opt for an open pension fund at his or her choice.

Employees of the former Totta have always been enrolled in Social Security, and therefore the Bank's liability with regard to the defined-benefit plan in respect of those employees has consisted

of payment of supplements.

In October 2010 an agreement was concluded between the Ministry of Labour and Social Solidarity, the Portuguese Banks Association and the Financial Sector Federation (FEBASE), for the inclusion of banking sector employees in the General Social Security Regime. As a result of that agreement, Decree-Law 1-A/2011, of January 3, was published, which determined that banking sector workers who were in active service on the date of its entry into force (January 4, 2011) would be covered by the General Social Security Regime, as regards old-age pension and in the event of maternity, paternity and adoption. In view of the supplementary nature laid down in the rules of the collective bargaining agreement of the banking sector, the Bank continues to cover the difference between the amount of the benefits paid under the General Social Security Regime for the events included and for those laid down under the terms of that Agreement.

Liabilities for past services recognized as at December 31, 2010, were not altered with the publication of the aforesaid decree-law, since the reduction of the amount of the pensions payable by the Bank related with workers in active service was applicable to the future services of the employees, beginning on January 1, 2011. In this way, the cost of the current service fell as from that date, but the Bank came to bear the Single Social Charge (TSU) of 23.6%. On the other hand, the Bank is still liable for the payment of invalidity and survivors' pensions and of the sickness benefits.

Following the approval by the Government of Decree-Law 127/2011, of December 31, a Tripartite Agreement has been established between the Government, the Portuguese Banks Association and the bank employees union on the transfer to the sphere of social security of the liabilities for pensions payable to retirees and pensioners as of December 31, 2011.

This decree-law established that the liabilities to be transferred correspond to pensions payable as of December 31, 2011, at constant values (update rate of 0%) in the component provided for in the CBA. The liabilities in respect of the updates of the pensions, supplementary benefits, contributions to the SAMS on retirement and surviving relative pensions, death allowance and deferred survival pension continue to be the responsibility of the institutions.

Additionally, employees of the Bank's former London Branch (now representation office) are covered by a defined-benefit pension plan, for which the Bank has a separate pension fund.

On the other hand, in February 2010 a supplementary defined-contribution pension plan was approved for a number of directors of the Bank, insurance having been taken out for the purpose.

On December 20, 2015, following the resolution measure applied by the Bank of Portugal to Banif, the Bank took over the pension liabilities of a number of Banif workers.

On August 8, 2016 the Ministry of Labour published a new CBA in the BTE. The more significant changes were the following:

  • i) Change in the formula for determining the employer's contribution to the SAMS, which is no longer a percentage of the pension and becomes a fixed amount (€89.01 per beneficiary and €38.52 in the case of pensioners); and
  • ii) Introduction of a new benefit called pension bonus end of career bonus. This benefit,

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because it is allocated on the date of retirement or in event of death, is considered a postemployment benefit and therefore comes to form part of the retirement liabilities.

On December 27, 2017, within the scope of the purchase and merger of BAPOP, the Bank assumed the pension liabilities of all this entity's workers.

The Bank's liabilities for retirement pensions are calculated by external experts (Mercer (Portugal), Limitada) on the basis of the Projected Unit Credit method. The discount rate used in actuarial studies is determined based on the market rates of the bonds of companies of high quality in terms of credit risk, denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid (euros) and with maturity similar to the end date of the obligations of the plan. The post-employment benefits of employees also include medical care (SAMS), and the death benefit and the bonus on retirement.

According to IAS 19 - "Employee Benefits" actuarial gains and losses are recorded directly in equity (other comprehensive income) and under the heading "Staff costs" of the income statement, the following components being recognized:

  • Cost of current services;
  • Net interest with the pension plan;
  • Expenses incurred with early retirement, corresponding to the increase of liabilities on retirement; and
  • Gains and losses resulting from the alteration of the conditions of the plan.

The net interest with the pension plan is calculated by the Bank by multiplying the net asset/liability involved in retirement pensions (liabilities less the fair value of the Fund's assets) by the discount rate used in determining the retirement-pension liabilities. In this way, net interest represents the interest cost associated with the retirement-pension liabilities net of the theoretical return on the Fund's assets, both measured on the basis of discount rate used in the calculation of the liabilities.

Remeasurement gains and losses, namely: (i) actuarial gains and losses resulting from differences between actuarial assumptions used and the amounts actually incurred (gains and losses of experience) as well as changes of actuarial assumptions and (ii) gains and losses arising from the difference between the theoretical returns on the Fund's assets and the amounts obtained are recognized with a contra-entry in the Other comprehensive income statement.

Pension liabilities, less the fair value of the assets of the Pension Fund, are carried under Other assets or Other liabilities, depending on the existence of surplus or insufficient funding. Recognition of a surplus of fair value of the plan's assets over its discounted liabilities depends on the existence of a reduction of future contributions, or on the reimbursement of contributions made.

Bank of Portugal Notice No. 4/2005 determines the obligation of full funding by the Pension Fund of the liabilities for pensions payable and a minimum level of funding of 95% of the past-service liabilities of personnel in service.

k) Corporation tax

The Bank is subject to the tax system established in the Corporation Tax Code (IRC). Current taxes are calculated based on the Bank-s taxable income, determined in accordance with the tax rules approved or substantively approved on the financial reporting sate.

Law 98/2019 of September 4 approved a new regime in the matter of the impairments of credit institutions and other financial institutions, also establishing the regime applicable to impairment losses recorded in previous taxation periods not yet accepted for tax purposes.

Since this new system is of optional nature during a five-year adjustment period commencing on or after January 1, 2019, the expected accession to the new tax regime, applicable in the matter of impairments of credit institutions and other financial institutions, is dependent on a communication addressed to the Director General of the Tax and Customs Authority by the end of the tenth month of the current tax period (cf. Article 4.1 of this law).

In this sense, the Bank adhered to the definitive regime enshrined in Articles 2 and 3 of this law.

The Santander Totta Group decided to apply as from 2017 the Special Taxation of Groups of Companies Regime (RETGS). Under this regime, the Group's taxable profit/tax loss corresponds to the sum of the taxable profit/tax loss that comes to be determined by the parent company through the algebraic sum of tax results determined in the periodic separate statements of each company. The companies covered by this scheme are: Santander Totta, SGPS - the controlling company, and Taxagest, Banco, Santander Totta Seguros and Gamma - controlled companies. The gain obtained by application of the RETGS is allocated to the entities in question in a manner proportional to the taxable income of each company.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities correspond to the amount of the tax recoverable and payable in future periods resulting from temporary differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability and its taxation base. Tax credits are also recorded as deferred tax assets.

The Bank does not recognize deferred tax assets or liabilities for the deductible or taxable temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries and associates, as it is not likely that the difference will revert in the foreseeable future.

Deferred tax assets are recognized when they are expected to be recoverable and up to the amount that the existence is probable of future taxable profits that will accommodate the deductible temporary differences.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities have been calculated on the basis of the tax rates approved or substantially approved on the reporting date, which constitute the best estimate of the rate to be in force for the period when it is expected that the asset will be realised or the liability incurred.

Current taxes and deferred tax are reflected in profit or loss, with the exception of taxes relating to transactions directly recorded in equity, in particular, potential gains and losses on Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income in cash-flow hedging derivatives, as well as those associated with actuarial deviations relating to pension liabilities, which are also recorded in equity.

l) Banking sector contribution

The Bank is covered by the banking sector contribution scheme defined in Law No. 55-A/2010 of December 31.

m) Treasury shares

Treasury shares are recoded as a debit in the capital accounts for the purchase price and are not subject to revaluation, the portion of the dividend to be distributed in respect of these shares being retained under equity. Gains and losses realised on the sale of treasury shares, as well as the respective taxes, are recorded directly in equity and do not affect the year's profit or loss.

n) Provision of insurance brokerage services

The Bank uses the accrual-accounting principle in relation to income from the provision of insurance brokerage services - commissions. Thus, income is recorded as and when generated, regardless of the time of payment or receipt. The amounts receivable are subjected to impairment loss analyses.

The Bank does not collect insurance premiums on behalf of insurers, nor does it handle funds relating to insurance contracts. There is therefore no other asset, liability, income or expense to report in respect of insurance brokerage business carried on by the Bank, other than those already disclosed.

o) Cash & cash equivalents

For purposes of the preparation of the cash-flow statement, the Bank considers as Cash and cash equivalents the total of Cash and deposits at central banks and Cash and cash equivalents at other credit institutions, in that the items carried under this heading have a maturity period not exceeding 3 months, and their risk of variation of value is immaterial.

2. MAIN ESTIMATES AND UNCERTAINTIES REGARDING THE APPLICATION OF THE ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Estimates and judgements impacting on the Bank's financial statements are continually assessed, representing on each reporting date the Board of Directors' best estimate, taking into account historical performance, accumulated experience and expectations as to future events that, in the circumstances at issue, are believed to be reasonable.

The intrinsic nature of the estimates may mean that the actual reflection of the situations that have been estimated may, for financial reporting purposes, differ from the estimated amounts.

Employee post-employment benefits (Note 36)

Retirement and survivor pensions are estimated based on actuarial evaluations carried out by external experts certified by the Insurance and Pension Fund Supervisory Authority (ASF). These estimates incorporate a set of financial and demographic assumptions, including the discount rate, mortality and invalidity tables, pension and salary growth, among others. The discount rate used to determine the liabilities was calculated by reference to the market rates of low-risk corporate bonds of a term similar to that of the settlement of the liabilities. Estimated salary and pension growths take into account the country's current situation and the consequent perspectives of smaller increases in the future, or even maintenance of current values. The mortality table used was based on the recommendation of the actuary.

The assumptions adopted correspond to the best estimate of the Bank's Board of Directors as to the future behaviour of the above variables.

Valuation of financial instruments not traded on active markets (Note 39)

In the valuation of financial instruments not traded on active markets valuation models or techniques are used. Accordingly, the valuations obtained correspond to the best estimate of the fair value of those instruments on the reporting date.

The fair value of the instrument is estimated on the basis of valuation techniques, including pricing models or discounted cash flow techniques. When discounted cash flow techniques are used, the future financial flows are estimated in keeping with management's expectations, and the discount rate used corresponds to the market rate for financial instruments of similar characteristics.

To ensure an appropriate segregation of duties, the value of those financial instruments is determined by a body independent of the trading function.

Fair value (Notes 7, 8, 9 and 39)

Financial assets and liabilities carried under Financial assets held for trading, Financial liabilities held for trading, Other financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss and Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income are measured at fair value.

The fair value of a financial instrument corresponds to the amount for which a financial asset or liability may be sold or settled (that is, an exit price) between unrelated, informed parties interested in conducting the transaction in arm's length terms.

The fair value of financial assets and liabilities is determined by a body of the Bank independent of the trading function, taking the following aspects into account:

  • For financial instruments traded on active markets, closing price on the reporting date;
  • For debt instruments not traded on active markets (including unlisted or illiquid securities), valuation methods and techniques are used that include:
    • i) Bid prices disclosed by means of dissemination of financial information, such as Bloomberg and Reuters, including market prices available for recent transactions;
    • ii) Bid prices obtained from financial institutions operating as market makers; and
    • iii) Valuation models that take into account market data that would be used in setting a price for the financial instrument, reflecting market interest rates and volatility, as well as the liquidity and the credit risk associated with the instrument.

Amortized cost (Notes 10 and 39)

Financial instruments measured at amortised cost are initially recorded at fair value plus or minus expenses or revenues directly attributable to the transaction. Recognition of interest is performed using the effective interest rate method.

Whenever the estimated payments or collections associated with financial instruments measured at amortised cost are revised (and provided that this does not entail derecognition and recognition of new financial instruments), the respective carrying amount is adjusted to reflect the revised cash flows. The new amortised cost is determined by calculating the present value of the revised future cash flows at the original effective interest rate of the financial instrument. The adjustment of the amortized cost is recognised in the income statement.

Determination of impairment losses (Notes 10, 19 and 39)

Impairment losses on loans are calculated as indicated in Note 1.3 (c). In this way, determination of the impairment through individual analysis corresponds to the judgement of the Board of Directors regarding the economic and financial situation of its customers and to its estimate of the value of the guarantees associated with the respective loans, with the consequent impact on expected future cash flows. Determination of the impairment through collective analysis is performed on the basis of parameters for comparable types of operations, such as instrument type, customer type, credit-risk degree as measured by the ratings or scoring system, type of collateral, date of initial recognition, relationship between loan and collateral value (LTV) and incorporation of prospective information.

Non-current assets held for sale (Notes 16 and 17)

Properties, equipment and other goods received as payment in kind or acquired in payment of past-due credit operations are carried at the amount agreed by negotiation or judicial means, after deduction of the lesser of the costs the Bank expects to incur with their sale, or their quick-sale value, if lower. Properties are subject to periodic valuation conducted by independent evaluators, which incorporate various assumptions, particularly as to the evolution of the property market and, where applicable, expectations as

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to the development of real-estate projects. The assumptions used in the valuations of these properties have an impact on their valuation and hence on the determination of the impairment.

Taxes (Note 15)

Recognition of deferred tax assets assumes the existence of profits and future taxable matter. Additionally, current and deferred taxes were determined on the basis of the interpretation of current tax legislation. Thus, changes to tax laws or to their interpretation by the authorities may have an impact on the amount of current and deferred taxes. For the purpose of analysis of the recoverability of deferred tax assets (tax losses), the Bank projects taxable profits on the basis of assumptions. Thus the recoverability of deferred tax assets depends on the implementation of the strategy of the Bank's Board of Directors.

Determination of the outcome of legal proceedings in progress (Notes 19 and 42)

A provision is recognized where there is present (legal or constructive) obligation resulting from past events in respect of which there will be a probable outflow of funds that can be determined reliably. The outcome of the legal proceedings in progress, as well as the respective amount of the provision corresponding to the best estimate of the amount to be spent to settle the liability on the balance/sheet date, is assessed in accordance with the opinion of the Bank's lawyers/legal advisers and decisions of the courts to date, which, however, might not come about.

3. DISCLOSURES BY SEGMENTS

Under the terms of IFRS 8, disclosures by operating segment are presented below in accordance with information as analysed by the Bank's management (Executive Committee) bodies:

Corporate Investment Banking:

Essentially includes the Bank's business on the financial markets and with large enterprises, involving provision of financial advisory services, Corporate and Project Finance in particular, as well as brokering, custody and settlement of securities services.

Retail Banking:

Essentially refers to the granting loans and attracting resources related with private customers and businesses with a turnover of less than €10 million, channelled through the branch network, and services provided by complementary channels.

Business Banking:

This area comprises businesses with billing between €10 million and €125 million. This business is underpinned by the branch network, business centres and specialised services, and includes several products, including loans, project finance, trade, exports and real estate.

Corporate Activities:

This area includes the entire business carried on at the Bank that supports the main activities but is not directly related to the customers' business areas, including liquidity management, balance-sheet hedging and the Bank's structural funding.

The breakdown of the income statement by operating segment for the six-month period ending on at June 30, 2020 and 2019, is as follows:

30-06-2020
Corporate
Investment Retail Commercial Corporate Total
Banking Banking Banking Activities Consolidated
Financial margin (narrow sense) 35,802 234,618 43,433 84,795 398,648
Income from equity instruments - - - 1,733 1,733
Financial margin 35,802 234,618 43,433 86,528 400,381
Result from associates - - - 751 751
Net commissions 24,298 166,671 12,200 (17,993) 185,176
Other results from banking activity - 1,651 - (30,557) (28,906)
Commercial margin 60,100 402,940 55,633 38,729 557,402
Results from financial operations 3,392 2,860 209 85,088 91,549
Net income from banking activities 63,492 405,800 55,842 123,817 648,951
Operating costs (12,797) (224,112) (19,051) (1,772) (257,732)
Depreciation and amortization (1,605) (23,222) (881) - (25,708)
Net operating income 49,090 158,466 35,910 122,045 365,511
Impairment and provisions, net of reversals (6,769) 15,016 3,491 (122,545) (110,807)
Non-current assets held for sale - - - (90) (90)
Other results - - - (29,258) (29,258)
Income before taxes 42,321 173,482 39,401 (29,848) 225,356
Taxes (13,120) (53,789) (12,214) 8,283 (70,840)
Non-controlling interests - - - - -
Net income for the period 29,201 119,693 27,187 (21,565) 154,516
30-06-2019
Corporate
Investment Retail Commercial Corporate Total
Banking Banking Banking Activities Consolidated
Financial margin (narrow sense) 41,008 260,623 50,851 73,732 426,214
Income from equity instruments - - - 1,637 1,637
Financial margin 41,008 260,623 50,851 75,369 427,851
Result from associates - - - 412 412
Net commissions 24,914 162,963 12,639 (5,515) 195,001
Other results from banking activity - 1,471 - (26,966) (25,495)
Commercial margin 65,922 425,057 63,490 43,300 597,769
Results from financial operations 8,625 2,595 587 61,008 72,815
Net income from banking activities 74,547 427,652 64,077 104,308 670,584
Operating costs (12,667) (241,614) (18,384) (1,293) (273,958)
Depreciation and amortization (1,430) (22,214) (538) - (24,182)
Net operating income 60,450 163,824 45,155 103,015 372,444
Impairment and provisions, net of reversals 1,757 4,126 (11,754) 5,639 (232)
Non-current assets held for sale - - - 10,217 10,217
Income before taxes 62,207 167,950 33,401 118,871 382,429
Taxes (19,284) (52,064) (10,354) (60,972) (142,674)
Non-controlling interests - - - - -
Net income for the period 42,923 115,886 23,047 57,899 239,755

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of the assets and liabilities under management of each business segment, in accordance with information used by the Bank's Management for decision-making, is as follows:

30-06-2020
Corporate
Investment Retail Commercial Corporate Total
Banking Banking Banking Activities Consolidated
Assets
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income - - - 3,049,079 3,049,079
Financial assets at amortized cost
Mortgage loans - 20,070,173 - - 20,070,173
Consumer loans - 1,679,493 - - 1,679,493
Other loans 3,816,063 6,187,095 6,300,901 - 16,304,059
Other balances receivable - 58,975 - 1,047,127 1,106,102
Total allocated assets 3,816,063 27,995,736 6,300,901 4,096,206 42,208,906
Total non-allocated assets 14,873,978
Total Assets 57,082,884
Liabilities
Financial resources at amortised cost
Resources fromf customers and other debts 1,799,906 28,546,284 5,788,199 489,358 36,623,747
Debt securities - - - 3,645,323 3,645,323
Total allocated liabilities 1,799,906 28,546,284 5,788,199 4,134,681 40,269,070
Total non-allocated Liabilities 12,919,505
Total Liabilities 53,188,575
Guarantees and sureties given 253,966 520,804 831,713 - 1,606,482

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020

(Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

31-12-2019
Corporate
Investment Retail Commercial Corporate Total
Banking Banking Banking Activities Consolidated
Assets
Financial assets at amortized cost
Mortgage loans - 19,653,605 - - 19,653,605
Consumer loans - 1,706,797 - - 1,706,797
Other loans 3,664,919 6,046,351 8,268,508 - 17,979,778
Total allocated assets 3,664,919 27,406,753 8,268,508 - 39,340,180
Total non-allocated assets 12,965,146
Total Assets 52,305,326
Liabilities
Financial liabilities at amortized cost
Resources from customers and other debts 2,435,766 27,074,231 5,737,845 625,430 35,873,272
Debt securities - - - 3,728,941 3,728,941
Total allocated liabilities 2,435,766 27,074,231 5,737,845 4,354,371 39,602,213
Total non-allocated Liabilities 9,068,297
Total Liabilities 48,670,510
Guarantees and sureties given 285,882 576,451 714,469 - 1,576,802

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Bank did not have relevant business in any geography other than that of the domestic business.

The accounting policies used in preparing the financial information by segments were consistent with those described in Note 1.3 of these Notes.

4. GROUP COMPANIES AND TRANSACTIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the subsidiary and associate companies and their most significant financial data taken from the respective separate financial statements, excluding adjustments on conversion to IAS/IFRS, can be summarised as follows:

Direct (%) Effective (%) Total assets Shareholders' Net income
participation participation (net) equity of the period
Company 30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
BANCO SANTANDER TOTTA, S.A. Headquarters Headquarters Headquarters Headquarters 60,260,049 55,639,804 3,759,891 3,497,526 157,611 499,715
TOTTA IRELAND, PLC (2) 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 591,652 579,674 463,421 458,974 5,904 1,457
TOTTAURBE - EMP.ADMIN. E CONSTRUÇÕES, S.A. (1) 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 136,542 148,280 128,176 131,505 1,033 6,083
TAXAGEST,SGPS,SA 99.00 99.00 99.00 99.00 55,750 55,751 55,746 55,747 (1) 8
NOVIMOVEST - Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Aberto 78.74 78.74 78.74 78.74 313,520 312,552 304,552 303,994 558 5,750
GAMMA, Sociedade Financeira de Titularização de Créditos, S.A. 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 7,230 7,166 6,785 6,747 38 228
HIPOTOTTA NO. 4 PLC - - - - 591,929 622,446 (4,645) (4,697) 6 (958)
HIPOTOTTA NO. 5 PLC - - - - 592,153 616,581 (10,875) (11,309) 555 (4,005)
HIPOTOTTA NO. 4 FTC - - - - 530,996 561,424 530,286 560,487 144 (740)
HIPOTOTTA NO. 5 FTC - - - - 525,261 550,361 524,792 549,042 67 (1,171)
Operações de Securitização geridas pela GAMMA, STC - - - - 2,951,069 3,157,980 - - - -
UNICRE - INSTITUIÇÃO FINANCEIRA DE CRÉDITO, S.A. 21.86 21.86 21.86 21.86 344,429 374,480 85,679 96,688 2,549 16,194
LUSIMOVEST - FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO IMOBILIÁRIO 25.76 25.76 25.76 25.76 106,786 106,281 101,321 100,597 724 292

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the business, the location of the registered office and the consolidation method used for the companies included in the consolidation were as follows:

Consolidation
Company Activity Headquarters Method
BANCO SANTANDER TOTTA, S.A. Banking Portugal Headquarters
TOTTA (IRELAND), PLC (2) Investment management Ireland Full
TOTTA URBE - Emp.Admin. e Construções, S.A. (1) Holding company Portugal Full
TAXAGEST, SGPS, S.A. Holding company Portugal Full
UNICRE - INSTITUIÇÃO FINANCEIRA DE CRÉDITO, S.A. Issuance and management of credit cards Portugal Equity
HIPOTOTTA nº 4 PLC Investment management Ireland Full
HIPOTOTTA nº 5 PLC Investment management Ireland Full
HIPOTOTTA nº 4 FTC Securitized loans fund Portugal Full
HIPOTOTTA nº 5 FTC Securitized loans fund Portugal Full
Operações de Securitização geridas pela GAMMA, STC Securitized loans fund Portugal Full
NOVIMOVEST - Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Aberto Real Estate Fund Portugal Full
GAMMA, Sociedade Financeira de Titularização de Créditos, S.A. Securitized loans Portugal Full
LUSIMOVEST - FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO IMOBILIÁRIO Real Estate Fund Portugal Equity
  • (1) The equity of this subsidiary included supplementary capital contributions amounting to €99,760k.
  • (2) By virtue of this subsidiary closing its economic year on November 30, the amounts reflected in the "Income for the period" columns correspond to the net income determined between December 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020 (December 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019).

During 2019, the Group sold the holding in Benim-Sociedade Imobiliária, SA, and wound up Atlantes Mortgage Nº 1 FTC, Banif International Bank, LTD and Primestar Servicing, SA.

In keeping with IFRS 10, which superseded IAS 27 and SIC 12, the Group includes in its consolidated financial statements the special purpose entities (SPEs) created within the scope of the securitisation operations when it controls them, that is, when it has the majority of the risks and benefits associated with their business, in particular the bonds that they issued with a higher degree of subordination – equity pieces.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the composition of the Novimovest Fund balance sheet was as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Securities portfolio - -
Real estate portfolio 254,909 252,513
Accounts receivable 8,857 6,672
Cash and banks 49,713 53,312
Accruals and deferrals 41 55
313,520 312,552
Fund capital 304,552 303,994
Adjustments and provisions 4,646 3,802
Accounts payable 2,567 2,973
Accruals and deferrals 1,755 1,783
313,520 312,552

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the consolidated net income includes a profit of €439k and €4,528k, respectively, attributable to the Novimovest Fund.

5. CASH AND DEPOSITS AT CENTRAL BANKS

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Cash 264,427 354,664
Demand deposits in central banks
European Central Bank 6,775,381 2,798,891
7,039,808 3,153,555

In accordance with Regulation No. 2818/98, of December 1, issued by the European Central Bank, as from January 1, 1999, credit institutions established in the participating Member States are subject to setting aside minimum reserves in accounts held with the participating National Central Banks. The basis of incidence includes all deposits at central banks and at financial and monetary institutions located outside the euro area and all customer deposits with maturities less than two years. A coefficient of 1% is applied to this base and an amount of €100,000 is deducted. Compliance with the mandatory minimum deposits, for a given observation period, is carried out taking into consideration the average of balances of deposits at the Bank of Portugal during that period. The minimum required reserves are remunerated at the RFI rate (on these dates this rate is zero).

On September 12, 2019, the ECB Council decided to introduce a two-tier system for the remuneration of excess reserves, exempting part of the surplus liquidity of the institutions, that is, the part of the reserves that exceeds the mandatory reserves, of the negative remuneration at the interest rate applicable to the permanent deposit facility. The ECB Council decided, inter alia, to exempt a multiple of the mandatory reserves of the institutions and decided to fix at six the initial multiplier 'm' of the mandatory reserves of the institutions that is used to calculate the portion exempt from the excess reserves of the institutions in relation to all eligible institutions, and at zero per cent the initial interest rate applicable to the exempt excess reserves. The said multiplier 'm' and the interest rate applicable to the exempt free reserves can be adjusted over time by the ECB Council.

6. BALANCES DUE FROM OTHER BANKS

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Balances due from domestic banks
Demand deposits 3,141 13,798
Balances due from foreign banks
Demand deposits 506,252 325,311
509,393 339,109

7. FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES HELD FOR TRADING

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Financial assets held for trading
Derivatives with positive fair value 995,936 1,085,927
Financial liabilities held for trading
Derivatives with negative fair value (1,020,162) (1,114,703)

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the following derivatives are recorded:

30-06-2020
Notional value Assets Liabilities Net Notional value Assets Liabilities Net
Forwards
Purchases 382,376 5,801
6
8
348,012 3,363 3,215 148
Sales 382,297 5,869 347,891
Swaps
Currency Swaps
Purchases 1,172,499 1,769,065 9
3
8,255 (8,162)
Sales 1,167,950 4,829 7
4
4,755 1,776,582
Interest Rate Swaps 32,353,476 914,858 944,240 (29,382) 25,701,557 1,004,267 1,025,517 (21,250)
Equity Swaps 720,879 18,693 18,665 2
8
731,745 21,612 21,342 270
Options
Currency Swaps
Purchases 27,227 72,416
Sales 27,227 172 174 (2) 72,416 540 540 -
Equity Swaps
Purchases 67,886 1,552 1,571
(19)
146,926 2,871 2
Sales 67,886 146,926 2,873
Caps and Floors 1,030,200 49,963 49,637 326 1,073,415 53,179 52,963 216
37,399,903 995,936 1,020,162 (24,226) 32,186,951 1,085,927 1,114,703 (28,776)

As at June 20, 2020, the assets and liabilities headings relating to "Derivative financial instruments" are reduced by the amounts of approximately €10,185k and €12,036k of "Credit Value Adjustments" and "Debit Value Adjustments", respectively (€7,120k and €7,141k as at December 31, 2019, respectively), in accordance with the method described in Note 39.

As at June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, almost all the trading derivative financial instruments were hedged back-to-back with Banco Santander, SA.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

8. FINANCIAL ASSETS MANDATORILY AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS

The composition of this heading is as follows:

Fair value
Description 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Equity Instruments
Issued by residents 137,846 144,372
Issued by non-residents 250 626
138,096 144,998

9. FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020
Acquisition Interest Hedge Fair Value Reserve Book
cost receivable adjustment Positive Negative Total Other Impairment Value
(Note 22) (Note 19)
Debt instruments
Issued by residents
Public residentes 3,620,083 41,214 89,587 435,551 (44) 435,507 (2,692) - 4,183,699
Other residents 1,996 - - - - - - (18) 1,978
Issued by non-residents
Foreign public issuers 309,795 2,944 - 25,694 - 25,694 - - 338,433
3,931,874 44,158 89,587 461,245 (44) 461,201 (2,692) (18) 4,524,110
Equity instruments 72,579 - - 797 - 797 - - 73,376
4,004,453 44,158 89,587 462,042 (44) 461,998 (2,692) (18) 4,597,486
Credit granted 2,300,000 67,804 299,339 381,936 - 381,936 - - 3,049,079
6,304,453 111,962 388,926 843,978 (44) 843,934 (2,692) (18) 7,646,565
31-12-2019
Acquisition Interest Hedge Fair Value Reserve Book
cost receivable adjustment Positive Negative Total Other Impairment Value
(Note 22) (Note 19)
Debt instruments
Issued by residents
Public residentes 4,680,416 75,853 48,352 648,093 (56) 648,037 (2,860) - 5,449,798
Other residents 2,327 - - - - - - (89) 2,238
Issued by non-residents
Foreign public issuers 310,338 1,412 - 24,662 - 24,662 - - 336,412
4,993,081 77,265 48,352 672,755 (56) 672,699 (2,860) (89) 5,788,448
Equity instruments 73,183 - - 718 - 718 - - 73,901
5,066,264 77,265 48,352 673,473 (56) 673,417 (2,860) (89) 5,862,349

In order to place greater emphasis on the development of its core business (retail banking - mortgages and SMEs), during the first quarter of 2020, the Bank changed its business plan having revised its financing strategy and allocated its resources, which will imply the discontinuation of activities (through sale or maturity) that require stable financing and in large amounts and terms. In view of the Bank's strategic change, and taking into account its new business model ("hold to collect and sale"), this type of credit, which was previously measured at amortized cost, is now measured at fair value through other comprehensive income, the respective impacts of which can be seen in Note 1.3 c).

The public issuers headings had the following characteristics:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Description Acquisition
cost
Interest
receivable
Gain/losses
reflected in
reserves
Book value Acquisition
cost
Interest
receivable
Gain/losses
reflected in
reserves
Book value
National public issuers
Maturing between three and five years 22,615 676 940 24,231 23,008 184 914 24,106
Maturing between five and ten years 3,596,982 40,533 521,507 4,159,022 4,600,348 73,967 682,619 5,356,934
Maturing in more than ten years 486 4 (44) 446 57,060 1,702 9,996 68,758
Foreign public issuers
Maturing between three and five years 1,504 1 1
9
1,524 1,505 4 2
2
1,531
Maturing between five and ten years 308,291 2,943 25,675 336,909 308,833 1,408 24,640 334,881
3,929,878 44,157 548,097 4,522,132 4,990,754 77,265 718,191 5,786,210

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Group's portfolio contained Portuguese Treasury Bonds in the amounts of €175.422k and €445,207k respectively, used as collateral in funding operations (Note 18).

10. FINANCIAL ASSETS AT AMORTISED COST

The placements at credit institutions sub-heading comprises the following:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Loans and advances to other domestic banks
Deposits 2 1
Loans 2,660 55
2,662 56
Loans and advances to other foreign banks
Deposits 14,764 17,609
Other applications - 709,836
Interest receivable 5 14
14,769 727,459
17,431 727,515
Impairment losses (Note 19) (125) (29)
17,306 727,486

As at December 31, 2019 "Investments at credit institutions abroad – Other investments" includes margin accounts of €507.569k. In 2020 the margin account was reclassified to Loans and advances and other receivables at amortized cost in the amount of €883,560k.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

The credit extended and other receivable balances at amortised cost sub-heading is broken down as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
To corporate clients
Discount and other credit securities 148,252 195,390
Loans 8,182,888 9,555,392
Current account loans 982,604 1,033,064
Overdrafts 125,779 121,144
Factoring 1,460,866 1,541,033
Finance leasing 1,093,871 1,124,395
Other credits 47,400 52,241
To individuals
Mortgage loans 19,970,558 19,541,151
Consumer credit and other loans 2,253,015 2,291,403
34,265,233 35,455,213
Loans represented by securities 4,174,361 3,765,428
Overdue loans and interest 522,195 504,040
Interest receivable 81,685 88,071
Value adjustments of hedged assets 57,714 219,139
Deferred expenses 99,427 94,969
Commissions associated with amortized cost (net) (132,731) (149,262)
Supplies 607 -
4,803,258 4,522,385
39,068,491 39,977,598
Other balances receivable
Margin accounts 833,560 -
Cheques for collection 58,975 60,591
Debtors 217,233 223,470
1,109,768 284,061
40,178,259 40,261,659
Impairment of loans and advances to customers (1,014,768) (921,479)
Impairment of other balances receivable (3,664) -
Impairment of loans and advances to customers and other balances receivable (Note 19) (1,018,432) (921,479)
39,159,827 39,340,180

In the first half of 2019, portfolios of loans granted to individuals and companies, with a carrying amount of €157,071k, were sold. As a result of these transactions net gains were recorded in the amount of €2,082k (Note 19).

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, "Domestic loans – To individuals - Mortgage" included loans assigned to the autonomous property of the mortgage bonds issued by the Bank in the amounts of €10,240,158k and €9,345,054k, respectively (Note 18).

Movement under impairments losses during the first halves of 2020 and 2019 is presented in Note 19.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

As at June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of overdue loans and interest by default period was as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Up to three months 13,468 23,106
Between three and six months 21,181 24,530
Between six months and one year 63,526 88,965
Between one year and three years 184,872 207,774
More than three years 239,148 159,665
522,195 504,040

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the detail of the division by stage of the portfolio of loans and other receivable balances at amortized cost is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Gross Gross
value Impairment Coverage value Impairment Coverage
Stage 1 36,807,653 (89,069) 0.24% 36,616,680 (64,526) 0.18%
Stage 2 1,817,152 (109,724) 6.04% 2,022,651 (72,855) 3.60%
Stage 3 1,553,454 (819,639) 52.76% 1,622,328 (784,098) 48.33%
40,178,259 (1,018,432) 40,261,659 (921,479)

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

The evolution that occurred in the exposure and in the impairment for financial assets at amortized cost in 2019 and the first half of 2020 was as follows:

Credit granted and other balances receivable Impairment
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total
Balance as at 01-01-2019 36,740,255 1,962,197 2,035,403 40,737,855 78,690 96,651 933,243 1,108,584
Transfers:
Stage 1 to 2 (925,665) 925,665 - - (4,544) 27,068 - 22,524
Stage 1 to 3 (81,163) - 81,163 - (13,261) - 43,723 30,462
Stage 2 to 3 - (107,057) 107,057 - - (7,736) 30,262 22,526
Stage 2 to 1
Stage 3 para 2
- 772,355 (772,355)
100,926
-
(100,926)
-
-
3,291
-
(37,561)
6,467
-
(33,142)
(34,270)
(26,675)
Stage 3 to 1 87,493 - (87,493) - 471 - (9,420) (8,949)
Write offs and sales - - (233,531) (233,531) - - (173,210) (173,210)
Origination net of depreciation 23,405 (86,725) (179,345) (242,665) (121) (12,034) (7,358) (19,513)
Balance as at 31-12-2019 36,616,680 2,022,651 1,622,328 40,261,659 64,526 72,855 784,098 921,479
Transfers:
Stage 1 to 2 (468,288) 468,288 - - (2,340) 17,617 - 15,277
Stage 1 to 3 (12,246) - 12,246 - (140) - 5,167 5,027
Stage 2 to 3 - (43,294) 43,294 - - (3,427) 13,966 10,539
Stage 2 to1 409,585 (409,585) - - 1,325 (17,160) - (15,835)
Stage 3 to 2 - 34,393 (34,393) - - 2,765 (10,709) (7,944)
Stage 3 to 1 1,520 - (1,520) - 4
7
- (324) (277)
Business model reclassification (2,331,153) - - (2,331,153) - - - -
Write offs and sales - - (4,117) (4,117) - - (4,080) (4,080)
Overlay - - - - 39,000 46,000 40,000 125,000
Origination net of depreciation 2,591,555 (255,301) (84,384) 2,251,870 (13,349) (8,926) (8,479) (30,754)
Balance as at 30-06-2020 36,807,653 1,817,152 1,553,454 40,178,259 89,069 109,724 819,639 1,018,432

11. HEDGING DERIVATIVES

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020
Book value Notional value
Until 3 Between 3 months More than
Financial instrument Assets Liabilities months and 1 year 1 year Total
Hedging derivatives
Fair value coverage
Interest rate swaps
Liabilities and credit 331 87,305 15,915 259,232 2,836,535 3,111,682
Other financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income - 389,972 - - 3,880,000 3,880,000
Equity swaps 529 1
0
7,613 27,476 32,796 67,885
Cash flow coverage
Interest rate swaps
Cash flows 39,564 - - 2,000,000 3,000,000 5,000,000
Forward sale - 22,633 96,237 1,412,637 - 1,508,874
40,424 499,920 119,765 3,699,345 9,749,331 13,568,441
31-12-2019
Notional value
Book value Until 3 Between 3 months More than
Financial instrument Assets Liabilities months and 1 year 1 year Total
Hedging derivatives
Fair value coverage
Interest rate swaps
Liabilities and credit 2,187 244,164 4,004 111,244 4,340,124 4,455,372
Other financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income - 49,904 - - 2,080,000 2,080,000
Equity swaps 135 765 10,781 25,326 42,339 78,446
Cash flow coverage
Interest rate swaps
Cash flows 52,795 - - 6,000,000 3,000,000 9,000,000
Forward sale 1,129 98,998 1,061,803 1,404,835 326,558 2,793,196
56,246 393,831 1,076,588 7,541,405 9,789,021 18,407,014

The Bank carries out derivatives transactions within the scope of its business, managing its positions based on expectations of the evolution of the markets, satisfying the needs of its customers, or hedging positions of a structural nature. The interest-rate risk implicit in the securitisation and mortgage loans issues are also managed by the Bank through contracting derivative financial instruments.

The Bank trades derivatives, particularly in the form of exchange-rate or interest-rate contracts or a combination of both. These transactions are carried out on OTC (over-the-counter) markets.

Over-the-counter derivatives trading is usually based on a standard bilateral contract, which encompasses the set of operations on derivatives existing between the parties. In the case of inter-professionals relations, a Master Agreement of the ISDA – International Swaps and Derivatives Association. In the case of relations with customers, a contract of the Bank.

In this type of contract, offsetting liabilities is provided for in the event of default (the coverage of this offset is provided for in the contract and is governed by Portuguese law and, for contracts with foreign counterparts or executed under foreign law, in the relevant jurisdictions).

The derivatives' contract may also include a collateralisation agreement of the credit risk generated by the transactions governed by it. It should be noted that the derivatives contract between two parties usually covers all OTC derivatives transactions carried out between these two parties, be they used to hedge or not.

In accordance with the standard, parts of operations commonly known as "embedded derivatives" are also separated and carried as derivatives, in a manner such as to recognize the fair value of these operations in profit or loss.

All derivatives (embedded or autonomous) are carried at fair value.

Derivatives are also recorded in off-balance-sheet accounts at their theoretical value (notional value). The notional value is the reference value for the calculation of flows of payments and receipts originated by the operation.

The fair value corresponds to the estimated value that the derivatives would have if they were traded on the market on the reference date. The evolution of the fair value of derivatives is recognized in the relevant balance sheet accounts and has immediate impact on profit or loss.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

12. INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATED COMPANIES

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Effective
participation Book value participation Book value
(%) (%)
Domestic
Lusimovest - Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário 25.77 26,109 25.77 25,923
Unicre - Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A. 21.86 30,911 21.86 33,317
57,020 59,240

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the financial investments held in Unicre included goodwill. The impairment test conducted on the goodwill at Unicre revealed no impairment losses in this financial investment.

As of this day, there are no liabilities to be met before the associates nor are there any contingent liabilities to be recognized by the Company arising from the holdings therein.

13. INVESTMENT PROPERTIES

During 2013, following the subscription of several units, the Bank came to consolidate, using the full consolidation method, the Novimovest Real Estate Fund, whose main asset is rental properties.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the characteristics of properties held by the Novimovest Real Estate Fund were as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Land
Urbanized 13,810 13,972
Non-urbanized 1,125 1,128
Finished constructions
Rented 177,305 190,611
Not rented 41,005 29,060
Other construction projects 21,664 17,742
254,909 252,513

Movement under "Investment properties" in the first halves of 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

2020
Balances at Fair value Balances at
31-12-2019 Increases valuation Sales 30-06-2020
Properties held by Novimovest Fund 252,513 4,127 (732) (999) 254,909
2019
Balances at Fair value Balances at
31-12-2018 Increases valuation Sales 30-06-2019
Properties held by Novimovest Fund 297,625 - (1,590) (5,922) 290,113

The effect of the valuation at fair value of the properties held by the Novimovest Real Estate Fund is recorded in the income statement under Other operating results – Gains / Losses on investment properties (Note 31).

Investment properties held by the Group are valued bi-annually, or more frequently if an event occurs in the meantime giving rise to doubts as to the value of the latest valuation conducted by specialised, independent entities in accordance with the method described in Note 17.

As at June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the form of determination of the fair value of the investment properties in accordance with the levels set out in IFRS 13 is as follows:

Level 3
30-06-2020
31-12-2019
Investment properties 254,909 252,513

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

14. OTHER TANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Movement under these headings during the first halves of 2020 and 2019 is as follows.

2020
Transfers
From/to non-current
Transfers
31-12-2019 Write-offs and sales assets held for sale other Depreciation 30-06-2020
Gross Accumulated Gross Accumulated Gross Accumulated Gross Accumulated in the Gross Accumulated Net
amount depreciation Impairment Acquisitions amount depreciation amount depreciation amount depreciation period amount depreciation Impairment amount
(Note 19) (Note 16) (Note 19)
Tangible assets
Real estate properties
Real estate properties for own use 413,714 137,398 6,146 2,584 1
5
- (4,806) (1,418) - - 4,257 411,477 140,237 6,146 265,094
Leasehold expenditure 28,211 22,336 - 312 9
4
110 - - - - 1,015 28,429 23,241 - 5,188
Other property 167 7
9
- - - - - - - - - 167 7
9
- 8
8
Rights of use (IFRS 16 - Note 18) 41,288 6,190 - - - - - - - - 3,072 41,288 9,262 - 32,026
483,380 166,003 6,146 2,896 109 110 (4,806) (1,418) - - 8,344 481,361 172,819 6,146 302,396
Equipment 159,795 96,547 - 11,107 2,282 1,755 (95) (33) - - 7,068 168,525 101,827 - 66,698
Other tangible assets 2,184 7
0
- - - - - - - - 3 2,184 7
3
- 2,111
161,979 96,617 - 11,107 2,282 1,755 (95) (33) - - 7,071 170,709 101,900 - 68,809
645,359 262,620 6,146 14,003 2,391 1,865 (4,901) (1,451) - - 15,415 652,070 274,719 6,146 371,205
Intangible assets
Software purchased 84,819 55,479 - 15,236 - - - - 2,069 - 10,293 102,124 65,772 - 36,352
Unfinished intangible assets 4,620 4,386 - 2,128 - - - - (2,069) - - 4,679 4,386 - 293
Negative consolidation differences 1,160 - - - - - - - - - - 1,160 - - 1,160
90,599 59,865 - 17,364 - - - - - - 10,293 107,963 70,158 - 37,805

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020

(Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

2019
Transferências from/to Transfers
31-12-2018 Write-offs and sales other assets other Depreciation
30-06-2019
Gross Accumulated Gross Accumulated Gross Accumulated Gross Accumulated in the Gross Accumulated Net
amount depreciation Impairment Acquisitions amount depreciation amount depreciation amount depreciation period amount depreciation Impairment amount
(Note 19) (Note 16) (Note 19)
Tangible assets
Real estate properties
Real estate properties for own use 432,145 141,813 6,146 2,459 - - (5,622) (1,918) 176 - 4,541 429,158 144,436 6,146 278,576
Leasehold expenditure 28,310 21,143 - 525 308 252 - - (182) - 812 28,345 21,703 - 6,642
Other property 167 7
8
- - - - - - - - 1 167 7
9
- 8
8
Rights of use - - - 37,997 a) - - - - - - 3,095 37,997 3,095 - 34,902
460,622 163,034 6,146 40,981 308 252 (5,622) (1,918) (6) - 8,449 495,667 169,313 6,146 320,208
Equipment 141,835 88,616 - 7,815 3,968 3,551 (91) (34) (75) (48) 5,958 145,516 90,941 - 54,575
Other tangible assets 2,110 3
8
2
6
2
6
3 2,136 6
7
2,069
143,945 88,654 - 7,815 3,968 3,551 (91) (34) (49) (22) 5,961 147,652 91,008 - 56,644
604,567 251,688 6,146 48,796 4,276 3,803 (5,713) (1,952) (55) (22) 14,410 643,319 260,321 6,146 376,852
Intangible assets
Software 62,830 36,497 - 10,226 - - - - 2,486 2
2
9,526 75,542 46,045 - 29,497
Other intangible assets 4,878 3,893 - 2,205 - - - - (2,432) - 246 4,651 4,139 - 512
Positive consolidation differences 1,160 - - - - - - - - - 1,160 - - 1,160
68,868 40,390 - 12,431 - - - - 5
4
2
2
9,772 81,353 50,184 - 31,169

15. CURRENT TAX AND DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Current tax assets 15,074 27,869
Deferred tax assets 530,638 556,113
545,712 583,982
Current tax liabilities 156,656 87,171
Deferred tax liabilities 336,071 290,091
492,727 377,262
Deferred taxes 194,567 266,022

As at December 31, 2020 and June 30, 2019, the breakdown of taxes in the income statement is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Current taxes (70,890) (93,566)
Deferred assets 50 (49,108)
(70,840) (142,674)

Movement under deferred tax assets and liabilities during the first half of 2020 and in 2019 was as follows:

Other
Balances at Comprehensive Income Balances at
31-12-2019 Income statement Other 30-06-2020
Provisions/Impairment temporarily not accepted for tax purposes
.Deferred tax assets 188,261 - 13,966 - 202,227
.Deferred tax liabilities (5,222) - - - (5,222)
Revaluation of tangible assets
.Deferred tax assets 1,568 - (143) - 1,425
.Deferred tax liabilities (2,123) - 66 - (2,057)
Reportable tax losses 185,508 - - - 185,508
Pensions:
.Change in accounting policy related to pensions 38,158 - (8,025) - 30,133
.Early retirement pensions 39,803 - (2,465) - 37,338
Transfer of pension liabilities to the
Social Security 3,878 - (162) - 3,716
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (226,051) (52,888) - - (278,939)
Hedging derivatives - cash flows 16,436 (18,615) - - (2,179)
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 37,517 - - - 37,517
Securitization operations: (24,120) - (138) - (24,258)
Integration costs 10,530 - (2,128) - 8,402
Other 1,879 - (921) (2) 956
266,022 (71,503) 5
0
(2) 194,567
Other
Balances at Comprehensive Income Balances at
31-12-2018 Income statement Other 31-12-2019
Provisions/Impairment temporarily not accepted for tax purposes
.Deferred tax assets 229,023 - (40,762) - 188,261
.Deferred tax liabilities (5,243)
-
- 21 - (5,222)
Revaluation of tangible assets
.Deferred tax assets 2,140 - (572) - 1,568
.Deferred tax liabilities (2,983)
-
- 860 - (2,123)
Reportable tax losses 219,136
-
- (33,628) - 185,508
Pensions:
.Change in accounting policy related to pensions 55,112 - (16,954) - 38,158
.Early retirement pensions 37,465 - 2,338 - 39,803
Transfer of pension liabilities to the
Social Security 4,201 - (323) - 3,878
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (141,477)
-
(88,822) 4,248 - (226,051)
Hedging derivatives - cash flows (9,901)
0
26,337 - - 16,436
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 21,240 - 16,277 - 37,517
Securitization operations: (24,701) - 581 - (24,120)
Integration costs 17,735 - (7,205) - 10,530
Other 1,081 - 12 786 1,879
402,828 (62,485) (75,107) 786 266,022

Dividends distributed to the Bank by subsidiaries and associates located in Portugal or in a European Union Member State are not taxed within the sphere of the latter as a result of the application of the arrangements provided for in article 51 of the IRC Code that provides for the elimination of double taxation of distributed profits.

The tax authorities are entitled to review the Bank's tax situation during a period of four years (five years for Social Security), except in cases where there are tax losses carried forward and any other tax deduction or credit, situations in which the expiry is that of the exercise of that right.

The Bank was subject to a tax inspection up to and including 2016. As a result of the inspection, it was subject to an additional IRC assessment related with the autonomous taxation and with sundry corrections to the tax loss determined that year. In the matter of Stamp Duty, the Bank was also subject to an additional assessment. The corrections made to taxable income covered various matters and most are merely temporary corrections.

As for the assessments received, the Bank made payment of the amounts assessed. Nevertheless, the majority of the additional assessments were subject to administrative claim and/or judicial review.

The Bank records under Provisions under Liabilities the amount that it considers appropriate to satisfy the additional assessments to which it was subjected, as well as for contingencies relating to fiscal years not yet reviewed by the Tax Authority (Note 19).

Of the Bank's tax losses €27,655k can be used up until 2026 and €157,843k up until 2027. The Group decided to apply as from 2017 the Special Taxation of Groups of Companies Regime (RETGS). This new regime is reflected in the algebraic sum of the tax results determined in the separate periodic returns of each company. The companies covered by this scheme are: Santander Totta, SGPS - the controlling company, and Taxagest, Banco, Santander Totta Seguros and Gamma controlled companies.

16. OTHERS ASSETS

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Gold, other precious metals, coins and medals 3,145 3,145
Promises and other assets
received as settlement of defaulting 267,499 255,543
Income receivable and deferred income 23,814 24,095
Deferred costs 1,337 1,350
Other assets pending regularization 31,604 52,430
327,399 336,563
Impairment losses for assets received as settlement of defaulting (Note 19) (113,348) (88,192)
214,051 248,371

The "Income receivable" heading mainly includes fees receivable from insurers for the marketing of their insurance (Note 35).

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, "Operations pending settlement" includes loan/borrowing operations pending settlement as detailed below:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Other Other
assets
liabilities
Other
liabilities
(Note 21) (Note 21)
Values in transit and other transactions to be settled 17,854 (34,542) 34,280 (25,858)
Transfers within SEPA 967 (179,102) 130 (126,562)
Balances to be settled in ATM's 2,802 - 2,504 (6)
Other 9,981 (40,144) 15,516 (32,277)
31,604 (253,788) 52,430 (184,703)

Movement under "Payment in kind promises, auctions and other assets received as payment in kind" during the six-month period ended in June 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

December 31, 2019 Impairment (Note 19) June 30, 2020
Gross Net Transfers Transfers Utilisation Gross
value Impairment value Increases Sales to/from AFS /tangible assets Increases Reversals and other value Impairment Net value
(Note 19) (Note 17) (Note 14) (Note 19)
Assets received as settlement of defaulting
Real estate properties 64,026 (28,141) 35,885 - - 12,956 - - - (17,239) 76,982 (45,380) 31,602
Lieu of payment 1,976 (86) 1,890 - - (176) - (1) - - 1,800 (87) 1,713
Auctions 16,474 (5,203) 11,271 3,411 - (2,970) - (1,259) 6
2
- 16,915 (6,400) 10,515
Other 33,454 (26,911) 6,543 1,451 (1,816) (155) - (710) 709 120 32,934 (26,792)
-
6,142
Own real estate properties for sale 42,407 (27,467) 14,940 4
0
(2,503) - 3,450 (1,627) 634 687 43,394 (27,773) 15,621
Other real estate properties for sale 97,206 (384) 96,822 7,065 (8,797) - - (7,021) 387 102 95,474 (6,916) 88,558
255,543 (88,192) 167,351 11,967 (13,116) 9,655 3,450 (10,618) 1,792 (16,330) 267,499 (113,348) 154,151
December 31, 2018 Impairment (Note 19) 30 de junho de 2019
Gross Net Transfers Transfers Utilisation Gross Net
amount Impairment amount Increases Sales to/from AFS /tangible assets Increases Reversals and other amount Impairment amount
(Note 19) (Note 17) (Note 149) (Note 19)
Assets received as settlement of defaulting
Real estate properties 109,320 (52,155) 57,165 9,900 (4,760) (47,593) - (5,771) 8,640 1,304 66,867 (47,982) 18,885
Lieu of payment 11,435 (43) 11,392 - (8,826) - - (18) 2 - 2,609 (59) 2,550
Auctions 49,820 (27,452) 22,368 9,751 (8,178) 605 - (1,110) 215 - 51,998 (28,347) 23,651
Other 139,419 (4,168) 135,251 2,388 (24,309) (84) - (214) 12,764 - 117,414 8,382 125,796
Bankruptcy 1,892 (1,892) - 478 (103) (521) 3,450 (258) 404 - 1,746 (1,746)
-
-
Other real estate properties for sale 44,773 (23,624) 21,149 3
9
(1,993) - 3,761
7,211
(7,902) 392 871 46,580 (30,263) 16,317
356,659 (109,334) 247,325 22,556 (48,169) (47,593) (15,273) 22,417 2,175 287,214 (100,015) 187,199

The determination of impairment losses is performed according to the methodology described in Note 17.

17. NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

Movement under this heading in the six-month period ended June 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

December 31, 2019
Accumulate
Impairment (note 19) June 30, 2020
Gross d Transf. from/to Utilisation Gross Accumulated
amount impairment Increases Sales other assets Increases Reversals and other amount impairment Net value
(Note 19) (Note 16) (Note 19)
Real estate properties 74,822 (31,223) 33,190 (10,833) (9,655) (3,560) 3,840 (2,332) 87,524 (33,275) 54,249
Equipment 2,047 (1,603) 635 (582) - (68) 7
5
7
5
2,100 (1,521) 579
76,869 (32,826) 33,825 (11,415) (9,655) (3,628) 3,915 (2,257) 89,624 (34,796) 54,828
December 31, 2018 Impairment (note 19) June 30, 2019
Gross Accumulate Transf. from/to Utilisation Gross Accumulated
amount d Increases Sales other assets Increases Reversals and other amount impairment Net value
(Note 19) (Note 16) (Nota 19)
Real estate properties 46,277 (16,599) 7,753 (11,376) 47,593 (20,889) 6,439 6,466 90,247 (24,583) 65,664
Equipment 1,913 (1,569) 588 (512) - (355) 173 159 1,989 (1,592) 397
48,190 (18,168) 8,341 (11,888) 47,593 (21,244) 6,612 6,625 92,236 (26,175) 66,061

These assets are carried at the amount agreed by negotiation or judicial means, after deduction of the lesser of the expenses the Bank expects to incur with their sale, or their quick-sale value. On the other hand, assets recovered following the termination of finance lease contracts are carried in assets for the amount of principal outstanding on the date of termination of the contract.

Real estate is subject to periodic valuations performed by independent valuers. Whenever the amount arising from these valuations (net of selling expenses) is lower than the amount at which the properties are carried, impairment losses are recorded. If, on a subsequent date, the facts that led the Bank to record impairment losses no longer exist, the Bank will reverse the impairment losses, up to the limit of the amount that the assets would have had they not been reclassified to non-current assets held for sale.

Valuations of these properties are carried out in accordance with one of the following methods, applied according to the specific situation of the asset:

a) Market method

The market comparison criterion is based on real-estate transaction figures for similar properties comparable to the property constituting the object of the study obtained through market research conducted in the area where the property is located.

b) Income method

This method is intended to estimate the value of the property based on the capitalisation of its net rent, updated to the present moment, using the discounted cash flows method.

c) Cost method

The cost method consists of determining the replacement value of the property in question taking into account the cost of building another one of identical functionality, less the amount relating to its functional, physical and economic depreciation/obsolescence.

The valuations performed on the properties referred to above are performed by independent, specialised entities accredited by the Securities Markets Commission (CMVM).

18. FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT AMORTISED COST

The central banks resources sub-heading comprises the following:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Resources from Bank of Portugal
Deposits 6,799,339 3,033,002
Resources from other Central Banks
Deposits 1,855 4,522
6,801,194 3,037,524

The composition of the resources of other credit institutions sub-heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Resources from domestic credit institutions
Deposits 123,176 162,910
Other resources 2,073 1,833
Interest payable - 16
Revenue with deferred income 168 50
125,417 164,809
Resources from foreign credit institutions
Consigned resources 900,000 900,000
Short-term resources 71,441 152,216
Deposits 340,376 316,070
Sale operations with repurchase agreement 1,581,109 1,654,668
Other resources 6,417 7,738
Interest payable 769 495
2,900,112 3,031,187
3,025,529 3,195,996

The customers' resources and other loans sub-heading comprises the following:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Term deposits 14,887,386 16,986,546
Demand deposits 20,842,165 17,787,089
Structured deposits 59,804 217,162
Savings deposits 746,522 800,057
Other 77,467 69,629
36,613,344 35,860,483
Interest payable 9,933 12,420
Value adjustments for hedging operations 470 369
10,403 12,789
36,623,747 35,873,272

The debt securities sub-heading comprises the following:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Issues Repurchases Amount Issues Repurchases Amount
Covered bonds
Opening balance 8,050,000 (5,300,000) 2,750,000 7,700,000 (4,200,000) 3,500,000
Issued 750,000 - 750,000 1,100,000 - 1,100,000
Repurchased - (750,000) (750,000) - (1,100,000) (1,100,000)
Reimbursed - - - (750,000) - (750,000)
Interest payable - - 15,577 - - 10,526
Commissions associated to the cost - - (23,957) - - (25,372)
Final balance 8,800,000 (6,050,000) 2,741,620 8,050,000 (5,300,000) 2,735,154
Bonds issued in securitization operations
Opening balance 4,269,015 (3,525,534) 743,481 4,898,562 (4,010,288) 888,274
Reimbursed (262,321) 168,128 (94,193) (629,547) 484,754 (144,793)
Interest payable - - 640 - - (55,140)
Commissions associated to the cost - - (52,083) - - -
Final balance 4,006,694 (3,357,406) 597,845 4,269,015 (3,525,534) 688,341
Structured bonds
Issued 8,227 - 8,227 8,227 - 8,227
Interest payable 5
0
- 5
0
3 - 3
Value adjustments for hedging operations 235 - 235 152 - 152
8,512 - 8,512 8,382 - 8,382
Subordinated liabilities
Issued 522,099 (225,362) 296,737 522,099 (225,361) 296,738
Interest payable - - 609 - - 326
522,099 (225,362) 297,346 522,099 (225,361) 297,064
13,337,305 (9,632,768) 3,645,323 12,849,496 (9,050,895) 3,728,941

Under the law, holders of the covered bonds have a special creditor privilege over the autonomous assets and liabilities, which constitutes a guarantee of the debt to which the bondholders will have access in the event of the issuer's insolvency.

The conditions of the covered bonds, of the bonds issued within the scope of securitisation operations and cash bonds are described in Annex I, and those of the subordinated liabilities in Annex II.

Between May 2008 and June 2020, the Bank undertook twenty-five covered-bond issues under the €12.5 billion Covered Bonds Programme. As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, covered bonds had autonomous assets and liabilities comprising:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Loans and advances (Note 10) 10,240,158 9,345,054
Credit interests 8,163 7,038
Commissions (51,085) (52,346)
Deferred costs 2,126 2,605
Derivatives (169,873) (178,272)
10,029,489 9,124,079

The Other financial liabilities sub-heading comprises the following:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Cheques and orders payable 73,821 63,307
Creditors and other resources
Creditors resulting from operations with futures 17,545 5,418
Public sector 22,536 32,071
Creditors under factoring contracts 47,138 44,257
Creditors for supplies of goods 1,438 5,090
Other 30,500 32,522
Commitments to future income (IFRS 16) 32,508 35,356
225,486 218,021

Commitments with future rents corresponds to the adoption of IFRS 16, and their movement during the 2019 and the first half of 2020 was as follows:

Lease liabilities Right of use
(Note 14)
Balance as at January 1, 2019 37,997 37,997
Depreciation 2019 (6,603) (6,190)
Outs (1,220) (1,891)
Ins 3,238 3,238
Rent extentions and modification 1,944 1,944
Balance as at December 31, 2019 35,356 35,098
Depreciation 2020 (2,848) (3,072)
Balance as at June 30, 2020 32,508 32,026

19. MOVEMENT IN PROVISIONS AND IN IMPAIRMENT

Movement under Provisions and under impairment during the first halves of 2020 and 2019, was as follows:

2020
31-12-2019 Increases Reversals Utilization Others 30-06-2020
Provisions for tax contingencies 10,589 - - - 54 10,643
Provisions for pensions and other charges 78,116 78 (10,680) (1,598) 65,916
Impairment and provisions for guarantees
and other sureties given (Note 25) 53,248 4,236 (1,090) - - 56,394
Other provisions 81,076 2,245 (4,115) (4,207) 239 75,238
223,029 6,559 (5,205) (14,887) (1,305) 208,191
2019
31-12-2018 Increases Reversals Utilisation 30-06-2019
Provisions for tax contingencies 10,796 - - (207) 10,589
Provisions for pensions and other charges 129,353 162 - (25,951) 103,564
Impairment and provisions for guarantees
and other sureties given 53,159 4,843 - - 58,002
Other provisions 93,138 16,010 (11,774) (358) 97,016
286,446 21,015 (11,774) (26,516) 269,171
2020
Reversals of Recoveries
impairment Utilization of past Gain/loss from
31-12-2019 Increases losses and others 30-06-2020 due loans loan sales
Impairment to loans and advances to credit institutions (Note 10) 2
9
121 (25) - 125 - -
Inpairment to credit granted and other balances receivable (Note 10) 921,479 361,081 (256,799) (7,329) 1,018,432 (4,451) 1,058
Impairment to financial assets at fair value through
other comprehensive income (Note 9) 8
9
5
7
(128) - 1
8
- -
921,597 361,259 (256,952) (7,329) 1,018,575 (4,451) 1,058
Tangible assets (Note 14) 6,146 - - - 6,146 - -
Other assets (Note 16) 88,192 10,618 (1,792) 16,330 113,348 - -
Non-current assets held for sale (Note 17) 32,826 3,628 (3,915) 2,257 34,796 - -
127,164 14,246 (5,707) 18,587 154,290 - -
2019
Reversals of Recoveries
impairment Utilization of past Gain/loss from
31-12-2018 Increases losses and others 30-06-2019 due loans loan sales
Impairment to loans and advances to credit institutions 8
4
2 (46) - 4
0
- -
Inpairment to credit granted and other balances receivable 1,108,584 138,483 (147,243) (136,051) 963,773 (5,611) (2,082)
Impairment to financial assets at fair value through
other comprehensive income (Note 9) 3 - - - 3 - -
Investment in associates (Note 12) 1,918 - - - 1,918 - -
1,110,589 138,485 (147,289) (136,051) 965,734 (5,611) (2,082)
Tangible assets (Note 14) 6,146 - - - 6,146 - -
Other assets (Note 16) 109,334 15,273 (22,417) (2,175) 100,015 - -
Non-current assets held for sale (Note 17) 18,168 21,244 (6,612) (6,625) 26,175
-
-
-
-
133,648 36,517 (29,029) (8,800) 132,336 - -

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of Provisions for pensions and other charges was as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Restructuring plans 51,683 62,278
BAPOP retirement prize - 1,684
Supplementary pension plan
of the Board of Directors (Note 38) 14,233 14,154
65,916 78,116

20. EQUITY INSTRUMENTS

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, this item represented units of the Novimovest Fund not held by the Group.

21. OTHER LIABILITIES

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Relating to personnel
Vacation and vacation subsidies 31,802 39,325
Other variable remuneration 16,281 29,470
Christmas subsidy 9,496 -
End of career award (BAPOP) 1,358 -
Other personnel costs 2,456 698
Other charges 146,896 143,947
Liabilities with pensions and other benefits (Note 36)
Pension fund of BST 1,126,793 1,131,980
Bank pension fund book value (1,107,078) (1,160,573)
London branch liabilities 53,335 51,848
London branch pension fund book value (44,014) (44,654)
Former Banif liabilities 160,458 161,803
Former Banif pension fund book value (89,665) (101,126)
Former Popular liabilities 181,684 181,503
Former Popular pension fund book value (180,122) (185,459)
Other deferred income 11,050 2,433
Liability operations to be settled 7,040 7,413
Other (Note 16) 253,788 184,703
581,558 443,311

22. EQUITY

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Bank's share capital was represented by 1,256,723,284 shares, each of a par value of €1, fully subscribed and paid up by the following shareholders:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Number % of Number % of
of shares participation Amount of shares participatio Amount
Santander Totta, SGPS, S.A. 1,241,179,513 98.76% 1,241,179 1,241,179,513 98.76% 1,241,180
Own shares 15,009,840 1.19% 15,010 15,010,898 1.19% 15,011
Other 533,931 0.04% 534 532,873 0.05% 532
1,256,723,284 100.00% 1,256,723 1,256,723,284 100.00% 1,256,723

During 2019, the Bank purchased 10,453 treasury shares for the amount of €43k.

Under the terms of Order-in-Council No. 408/99, of June 4, published in Diário da República – 1st series B, No. 129, the issue premiums, in the amount of €193,390k, cannot be used for the allocation of dividends or for the acquisition of treasury shares.

Other capital instruments refer to the ancillary capital contributions granted by shareholder Santander Totta, SGPS, SA, which neither bear interest nor have a defined reimbursement period. Those contributions can be reimbursed only by resolution of the Board of Directors, upon prior authorisation of the Bank of Portugal.

In 2019 the Bank distributed dividends in the amount of €422,873k (net amount of dividends allocated to treasury shares), equivalent to a unit dividend of approximately €0.336 per share.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of reserves for accumulated comprehensive income was as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Revaluation reserves
Reserves resulting from the fair value valuation
Of other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (Note 9) 843,934 673,417
Revaluation reserves of companies under the equity method 3,870 3,575
Of cash-flow hedging instruments 7,030 (53,018)
Actuarial gains and losses (Note 38)
Pension Fund of BST (836,855) (799,225)
Pension Fund of the Lond branch of BST (15,522) (13,447)
Pension fund of Former Banif (46,865) (36,753)
Pension fund of Former BAPOP (12,526) (8,037)
Actuarial gains and losses of companies under the equity method (4,034) (4,034)
(60,968) (237,522)
Deferred tax reserves
For temporary differences
Reserves resulting from the fair value valuation of:
Other financial assets at fair value trough other comprehensive income (260,538) (207,650)
Revaluation reserves of companies under the equity method (987) (911)
Hedging instruments
Cash-flow hedging instruments (2,179) 16,436
Tax impact of actuarial gains and losses 204,286 204,286
Tax impact due to actuarial deviations of companies in equity method 938 938
(58,480) 13,099
(119,448) (224,423)

Deferred taxes were calculated based on legislation currently in force and correspond to the best estimate of the impact of the realisation of the potential gains and losses included in the revaluation reserves.

Revaluation reserves cannot be used for the allocation of dividends or to increase share capital.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of "Other reserves and retained earnings" is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Legal reserve 511,836 461,864
Other reserves
Reserves of consolidated companies 168,030 164,605
Reserves of companies consolidated under the equity method (621) 8,822
Merger reserve
By incorporation of Totta and BSP 541,334 541,334
By incorporation of BSN 35,405 35,405
By incorporation of Totta IFIC 90,520 90,520
By incorporation of BAPOP (8,411) (8,411)
Other reserves 27,495 20,840
Retained earnings 951,973 513,134
2,317,561 1,828,113

Legal reserve

In accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law 298/92, of December 31, amended by Decree-Law 201/2002, of September 26, the Bank sets aside a legal reserve until it equals the share to capital or sum of the free reserves formed and of the retained earnings, if greater. To this end, a fraction of not less than 10% of the net income for the period of the separate business is annually transferred to this reserve, until the said amount is achieved. This reserve may be used only to cover accumulated losses or to increase the share capital.

Merger reserve

In accordance with legislation in force, the merger reserve is considered equivalent to the legal reserve, and may only be used to cover accumulated losses or increase the share capital.

Other reserves

This heading includes the revaluation reserves, in 1998, under Decree-Law 31/98 of February 11, and the Bank revalued its tangible fixed assets, increasing their value, net of accumulated depreciation, by approximately €23,245k, which was recorded in revaluation reserves. The net amount resulting from the revaluation carried out can only be used for share capital increases or to cover losses, as and when they are used (amortized) or the assets to which they relate are sold.

23. CONSOLIDATED PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD

In the first half of 2020 and of 2019, the determination of the consolidated profit can be summarised as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Contribution Contribution
Net Income to the Net Income to the
for the consolidated for the consolidated
period net income period net income
Net income of BST (individual basis) 157,611 157,611 249,510 249,510
Net income of other Group companies:
Totta (Ireland), Plc. 5,904 5,904 5,182 5,182
Novimovest - Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Aberto 558 439 2,941 2,353
Unicre, Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A. 2,549 557 6,778 1,482
Gamma, Sociedade Financeira de Titularização de Créditos, S.A. 38 38 26 26
Totta Urbe, Empresa de Administração e Construções, S.A. 1,033 1,033 3,316 3,316
Banif International Bank, LTD - - 89 89
Lusimovest Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário 724 187 (3) (1)
Taxagest, S.A. (1) (1) 4 4
10,805 8,157 18,333 12,451
Elimination of dividends:
Unicre, Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A. (3,192) (5,203)
Adjustments related with securitization operations (3,122) (8,525)
Other (4,938) (8,478)
Consolidated net income for the period 154,516 239,755

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the consolidated net income attributable to the Bank's shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares in circulation during the year.

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Consolidated net income attributable to the shareholders of BST 154,516 239,755
Weighted average number of ordinary shares issued 1,256,723,284 1,256,723,284
Weighted average number of own shares 15,009,875 15,000,445
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding 1,241,713,409 1,241,722,839
Basic earnings per share attributable to the shareholders of BST (Euros) 0.12 0.19

Basic earnings per share are the same as diluted earnings per share since there are no contingently issuable common shares, including options, warrants or equivalent financial instruments as of the reporting date.

24. NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS

The value of third-party holdings in Group companies is broken down by entity as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Taxagest, S.A. 557 557
Other 70 70
627 627

25. OFF-BALANCE-SHEET ACCOUNTS

The breakdown of off-balance-sheet liabilities is as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Guarantees given and other contingent liabilities
Financial guarantees and sureties 551,472 563,159
Commitments for credit granted
Revocable 5,642,778 5,166,328
Irrevocable 626,618 1,000,630
6,269,396 6,166,958
Other commitments granted
Non-financial guarantees and sureties 1,055,010 1,013,643
Documentary credits 366,813 374,410
Deposit Guarantee Fund 68,969 68,969
Investor Indemnity System 7,424 6,817
Other commitments granted 215 215
1,498,431 1,464,054
8,319,299 8,194,171
Assets pledged as collateral
Bank of Portugal 156,276 165,818
Deposit Guarantee Fund 85,430 85,447
Investor Indemnity System 9,112 9,114
Assets pledged as guarantees in monetary policy operations 14,789,190 11,621,096
15,040,008 11,881,475
Liabilities for services rendered
Deposit and custodial services 38,187,383 36,555,568
Amounts received for collection 379,635 161,128
Other values 95,381 76,780
38,662,399 36,793,476

Assets pledged as collateral for monetary policy operations correspond to the collateral pool that the Bank has with the European Central Bank, to ensure operational liquidity.

Guarantees and contingent commitments have the following exposure per stage:

30-06-2020
Exposure Impairment (Note 19)
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total
(Note 19)
Commitments for credit granted 5,641,197 621,111 7,088 6,269,396 4,017 871 13 4,901
Financial guarantees 471,802 37,764 41,906 551,472 363 492 23,739 24,594
Other commitments granted 1,282,647 57,491 158,293 1,498,431 1,293 174 25,432 26,899
7,395,646 716,366 207,287 8,319,299 5,673 1,537 49,184 56,394
31-12-2019
Exposure
Impairment (Note 19)
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Total
(Note 19)
Commitments for credit granted 5,391,943 768,621 6,394 6,166,958 3,040 1,403 9 4,452
Financial guarantees 394,581 127,140 41,438 563,159 482 329 21,562 22,373
Other commitments granted 1,186,718 114,059 163,277 1,464,054 1,262 183 24,978 26,423
6,973,242 1,009,820 211,109 8,194,171 4,784 1,915 46,549 53,248

Deposit Guarantee Fund

Pursuant to Decree-Law 298/92 of December 31, the Deposit Guarantee Fund was created in November 1994 in order to secure the deposits made at credit institutions, in accordance with the limits established in the General Credit Institutions Regime. The initial contribution to the Fund, established by Ministry of Finance Order-in-Council, was made through the delivery of cash and deposit securities, and has been amortised over 60 months as from January 1995. Except for what is referred to in the following paragraph, the regular annual contributions to the Fund are recognised as an expense for the period to which they relate.

Until 2011, as permitted by the Bank of Portugal, the Bank paid 90% of the annual contribution to the Deposit Guarantee Fund, having also entered into an irrevocable commitment to the Deposit Guarantee Fund to pay up the 10 % of the annual contribution, if and when so requested. The unpaid amount accumulated as at June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, for which this commitment was entered into totalled €68,969k. The assets pledged to the Bank of Portugal are reflected under offbalance sheet headings at their market value. In 2020 and 2019, the Bank paid 100% of the annual contribution in the amounts of €48k and €50k, respectively (Note 31).

Investor Compensation System (SII)

Liabilities to the Investor Compensation System are not recognised as expense. These liabilities are covered through the acceptance of an irrevocable commitment to make their payment, if it comes to be required, a part of which (50%) is secured by pledge of Portuguese Treasury securities. As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2018, these liabilities amounted to €7,424k and €6,817k, respectively.

26. NET INTEREST INCOME

The composition of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Interest income
Interest on deposits in Central Banks and credit institutions 172 327
Interest on financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 48,317 61,734
Interest on financial assets at amortised cost
Loans and advances to credit institutions 1,255 7,031
Loans represented by securities 28,630 36,184
Loans granted to customers 332,894 352,901
Interest on resources from Central Banks and credit institutions 7,031 6,807
Interest on hedging derivatives 157,639 141,526
Other 2,097 143
578,035 606,653
Interest charges
Interest on financial liabilities at amortised cost
Resources from other credit institutions (3,230) (6,359)
Resources from customers and other debts (13,231) (26,210)
Debt securities (21,315) (27,702)
Interest on hedging derivatives (137,124) (118,257)
Other (4,487) (1,911)
(179,387) (180,439)
398,648 426,214

27. INCOME FROM EQUITY INSTRUMENTS

This item refers to dividends received and is broken down as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
SIBS – Sociedade Interbancária de Serviços, S.A. 1,733 1,634
Other - 3
1,733 1,637

28. RESULTS FROM ASSOCIATES

The composition of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Unicre - Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A. 564 412
Other 187 -
751 412

29. SERVICES AND COMMISSIONS

The composition of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Income from services and commissions
Guarantees given 8,775 9,452
Commitments to third parties 2,507 402
Banking services provided
Deposit and custody services 3,153 3,106
Asset management and collection 7,897 6,107
Real estate and mutual fund management 11,524 12,957
Value Transfers 636 896
Card transactions 40,534 45,274
Annuities 15,514 15,111
Credit operations 25,228 26,313
Other services rendered 6,798 499
Operations carried out on behalf of third parties
Securities 8,584 7,585
Other 4
0
8
6
Other commission received
Insurance companies (Note 35) 50,969 50,571
Deposits 42,969 39,915
Cheques 2,806 4,674
Other 9,559 18,945
237,493 241,893
Charges with services and commissions
Guarantees received (1,353) (2,233)
Banking services rendered by third parties
Funds for collection and management (896) (818)
Transactions with customers (30,956) (34,444)
Credit operations (1,575) (3,959)
Other services rendered (3,416) (1,028)
Operations carried out by third parties
Securities (1,566) (928)
Other (3,388) (2,909)
Other commissions paid (9,167) (573)
(52,317) (46,892)
185,176 195,001

30. GAINS/LOSSES ON FINANCIAL ASSETS

The results of assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss and results of other financial assets that must be carried at fair value through profit or loss sub-headings are as follows: 30-06-2020 30-06-2019

Gain/losses on financial assets held for trading
Equity instruments - 9
0
Derivative instruments 1,049 10,095
1,049 10,185
Gain/losses on financial assets mandatory at fair value through P&L accounts
Debt instruments 3,013 -
Equity instruments 2,079 2,290
5,092 2,290
Gain/losses on hedging derivatives
Hedging derivatives (178,819) (204,324)
Item covered 178,966 204,324
147 -
6,288 12,475
Gain/losses on financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income
Debt instruments 79,564 57,029
Other - 666
79,564 57,695
Exchange revaluation 5,636 4,976
The breakdown of the results of the sale of other assets is as follows:
30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Gains on investment properties 106 2,168
Losses on investment properties (45) (4,349)
Other losses in financial operations - (150)
(45) (4,499)
6
1
(2,331)

31. OTHER OPERATING RESULTS

The breakdown of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Rents received 5,528 7,206
Income from services rendered 1,491 1,471
Contributions to the Deposit Guarantee Fund (Note 25) (48) (50)
Contributions to the Resolution Fund
National Resolution Fund (12,875) (12,261)
Single Resolution Fund (22,701) (20,336)
Charges related to transactions made by customers (2,326) (3,624)
Other charges and operating expenses 2,025 2,099
(28,906) (25,495)

On June 30, 2020 and 2019, "Rents earned" includes the amounts of €5,474k and €6,726k, respectively, in respect of the rents earned by the Novimovest Real Estate Fund (Note 13).

Decree-Law 24/2013 of February 19, established the regime governing bank contributions to the new Resolution Fund, created for the purpose of prevention, mitigation and containment of the systemic risk. According to Bank of Portugal Notice No. 1/2013 and Instructions No. 6/2013 and 7/2013, payment is laid down of an initial contribution and periodic contributions to the Resolution Fund.

Within the scope of the single Resolution mechanism the annual contributions will be transferred to the Single Resolution Fund, in accordance with article 3(3) of the agreement on the transfer and pooling of the contributions to the Single Resolution Fund, signed in Brussels on May 21, 2014. The Bank of Portugal, as resolution authority, determines the amount of the contribution of each institution depending on the risk profile of each entity. In December 2015 the Bank paid an additional contribution to the Resolution Fund in the amount of €13,318k, in keeping with a letter received from the Bank of Portugal in November 2015. In 2019 and 2020 and as provided for in the Bank of Portugal's letter, the Single Resolution Council (CUR) allowed banking institutions, in these years, to opt for the use of irrevocable payment commitment, in the proportion of 15% of the amount of the annual contribution. The annual contribution amounted to €26,707k and €23.924k, respectively.

32. STAFF COSTS

The composition of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Remuneration
Management and supervisory boards (Note 38) 2,731 4,121
Employees 111,364 113,542
Other variable remuneration 6,161 16,036
120,256 133,699
Mandatory social charges
Charges on remuneration 30,500 30,178
Pension Funds (Note 36) 4,106 2,854
Other mandatory social charges 486 552
35,092 33,584
Other staff costs
Complementary pension plan (Note 36) 291 291
Staff transfers 609 644
Other 3,767 4,102
4,667 5,037
160,015 172,320

33. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS

The composition of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
External services
Specialized services 37,262 36,334
Maintenance of software and hardware 27,366 26,373
Other lease operations (short-term and low-value leases) 2,396 3,124
Communications 4,273 5,256
Advertising and publishing 6,517 6,900
Travel, lodging and representation expenses 1,305 2,608
Maintenance and repairs 2,228 2,667
Transportation 2,138 2,560
Insurance 1,080 728
Other 3,147 3,498
External supplies 5,434 5,843
Subscriptions and donations 3,217 3,573
Other taxes 1,354 2,174
97,717 101,638

34. RESULTS FROM NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE

The composition of this heading is as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Gain Loss Net Gain Loss Net
Assets received in lieu of payment 2,870 (5,562) (2,692) 33,999 (23,872) 10,127
Other non-financial assets 18,298 (15,696) 2,602 - - -
21,168 (21,258) (90) 33,999 (23,872) 10,127

35. PROVISION OF INSURANCE BROKERAGE SERVICES

Income from the provision of insurance brokerage services relates primarily to commissions billed for the marketing of life and non-life insurance, as follows:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Life
Non-Life
Life Non-Life
Products Products Total Products Products Total
(Note 30)
Santander Totta Seguros - Companhia de Seguros de Vida, S.A. 20,246 - 20,246 24,667 - 24,667
Aegon Santander Portugal Vida - Companhia de Seguros de Vida, S.A. 18,932 - 18,932 15,634 - 15,634
Aegon Santander Portugal Não Vida - Companhia de Seguros, S.A. - 11,007 11,007 - 9,514 9,514
Other - 784 784 - 756 756
39,178 11,791 50,969 40,301 10,270 50,571

As at June 30, 2020 and 2019, Other assets – Income receivable (Note 16) includes commissions receivable from insurers as detailed hereunder:

30-06-2020 30-06-2019
Santander Totta Seguros - Companhia de Seguros de Vida, S.A. 9,913 11,564
Aegon Santander Portugal Vida - Companhia de Seguros de Vida, S.A. 2,888 2,705
Aegon Santander Portugal Não Vida - Companhia de Seguros, S.A. 1,881 1,631
Other 11 12
14,693 15,912

These amounts refer essentially to the commissions determined and not yet paid in respect of premiums of insurance marketed during the second quarter of 2020 and 2019.

36. EMPLOYEE POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

For the determination of liabilities for past services of the Bank (Santander and BAPOP Plan) in respect of employees in service and those already retired, actuarial studies were conducted by Mercer (Portugal), Limitada. The current value of the past-service liabilities, as well as the related costs of current services, were calculated based on the Projected Unit Credit method.

The Bank's liabilities for retirement pensions, health care and death benefits as at June 20, 2020 and December 31, 2019, as well as the respective coverage, are detailed as follows:

Santander BAPOP
30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Estimate of liabilities for past services:
- Pensions
.Current employees 316,098 314,702 64,144 63,195
.Pensioners 48,007 46,489 7,867 7,970
.Retired staff and early retired staff 576,673 584,284 96,282 97,164
- Healthcare systems (SAMS) 940,778
171,127
945,475
171,834
168,293
12,661
168,329
12,456
- Death subsidy 6,408 6,349 730 718
- Retirement bonus 8,480 8,322 - -
1,126,793 1,131,980 181,684 181,503
Coverage of liabilities:
- Net assets of the Fund
1,107,078 1,160,573 180,122 185,459
Excess / insufficient funding (Note 21) (19,715) 28,593 (1,562) 3,956
Actuarial and financial deviations generated in the period/year
- Change in assumptions - 150,685 - 26,378
- Experience adjustments:
.Other actuarial (gains) / losses 7,751 12,609 (122) (11,924)
.Financial (gains) / losses 29,880 (50,241) 4,611 (7,170)
37,631 (37,632) 4,489 (19,094)
37,631 113,053 4,489 7,284
The main assumptions used by the Bank to determine its liabilities for retirement pensions were as
follows:
Mortality Table
Female TV 88/90 (-1 )
Male TV 88/90
Rate of return on pension fund assets 1.10%
Technical actuarial rate (discount rate) 1.10%
Wage growth rate 0.75%
Pension growth rate 0.50%
Inflation rate 0.75%
Decree-Law 167-E/2013, of December 31, changed the normal age of access to retirement under the
general Social Security regime to 66 years (in 2019 the normal retirement age is 66 years and 5
months), though the sustainability factor was no longer applicable to beneficiaries who retire at that
age.
The discount rate used to determine the liabilities was calculated by reference to the market rates of
low-risk corporate bonds of a term similar to that of the settlement of the liabilities.
Mortality Table
Female TV 88/90 (-1 )
Male TV 88/90
Rate of return on pension fund assets 1.10%
Technical actuarial rate (discount rate) 1.10%
Wage growth rate 0.75%
Pension growth rate 0.50%
Inflation rate 0.75%

Movement under liabilities for past services during the first half of 2020 and in 2019, can be detailed as follows with regard to the Bank's pension plan:

Santander BAPOP
30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Responsibilities at the beginning of the period 1,131,980 972,776 181,503 163,111
Cost of current services 2,791 3,712 674 891
Cost of interests 6,012 19,609 817 3,382
(Actuarial Gains / Losses) 7,751 163,294 (122) 14,454
Early retirements 7,886 23,891 355 2,673
Amounts paid (30,864) (53,794) (1,852) (3,665)
Employee Contributions 1,237 2,492 309 657
Responsabilities at the end of the period 1,126,793 1,131,980 181,684 181,503

The expense for the year relating to pensions includes the cost of current services and the interest expense, deducted from the expected return of the assets of the Pension Fund. In the first half of 2020 and in the period ended December 31, 2019, the breakdown of pension costs is as follows (Note 32):

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Cost of current services 3,465 4,603
Cost of interests 6,829 22,991
Assets return using discount rate (6,829) (22,991)
Defined benefit plan 3,465 4,603
Defined contribution plan 560 1,487
London branch plan 8
1
608
4,106 6,698

The Bank's employees taken on after January 1, 2009, came to be enrolled in Social Security, and are covered by a supplementary defined-contribution pension plan, and by the rights acquired under clause 93 of the CBA (published in BTE No. 29 of August 8, 2016). The plan is funded through contributions by employees (1.5%) and by BST (1.5%) calculated on the basis of the effective monthly remuneration. For the purpose, each employee may opt for an open pension at his or her choice, to which Bank transfers his or her contribution.

Estimated salary and pension growths take into account the country's current situation and the consequent prospect of smaller increases in the future, or even maintenance of current values.

The average duration of pension liabilities of the employees of the Bank, of BAPOP and of Banif is 15 years, including those in active service and pensioners.

Deviations at the beginning of the period (Note 22) 799,225 686,172 8,037 753 Actuarial (Gains) / Losses 7,751 163,294 (122) 14,454 Financial (Gains) / Losses 29,879 (50,241) 4,611 (7,170) Deviations at the end of the period (Note 22) 836,855 799,225 12,526 8,037 Santander BAPOP

Movement under actuarial deviations in the first half of 2020 and in 2019 was as follows:

Santander BAPOP
30-06-2020
31-12-2019
30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Current employees(1)
Defined benefit plan 3,995 4,055 727 737
Defined contribution plan 442 389 122 125
Pensioners 1,257 1,242 3
0
2
8
Retired staff and early retired staff 5,729 5,731 148 146
11,423 11,417 1,027 1,036
30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Deviations at the beginning of the period (Note 22) 799,225 686,172 8,037 753
Actuarial (Gains) / Losses 7,751 163,294 (122) 14,454
Financial (Gains) / Losses 29,879 (50,241) 4,611 (7,170)
Deviations at the end of the period (Note 22) 836,855 799,225 12,526 8,037
The Santander Pension Fund is managed by Santander Pensões - Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de
Pensões, SA, and the BAPOP Pension Fund is managed by Santander Totta Seguros – Companhia de
Seguros de Vida, SA. On June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the number of participants of the
Funds was as follows:
Santander BAPOP
30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Current employees(1)
Defined benefit plan 3,995 4,055 727 737
Defined contribution plan 442 389 122 125
Pensioners 1,257 1,242 3
0
2
8
Retired staff and early retired staff 5,729
5,731
148 146
11,423 11,417 1,027 1,036
Santander
BAPOP
30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Book value at the beginning of the period 1,160,573 979,892 185,459 163,475
Bank contribution (monetary) 162,133
-
- 14,440
Employees contribution 1,237 2,492 309 657
Net income of the fund
Income from assets using discount rate
6,011 19,609 817 3,382
Income of the fund above the discount rate (29,879) 50,241 (4,611) 7,170
Amount paid (30,864) (53,794) (1,852) (3,665)
Book value at the end of the period 1,107,078 1,160,573 180,122 185,459
The yields of the Pension Fund amounted to Santander (2.03%) and BAPOP (1.78%) in 2020, and
Santander 7.25% and BAPOP 7.66% in 2019.
The investments and allocation policy of the Bank's Pension Fund determines that the asset portfolio
be constituted in compliance with security, profitability and liquidity criteria, through a diverse set of
investments, namely shares, bonds, other debt securities, holdings in collective-investment
institutions, bank deposits, other monetary assets and land and buildings included in the land registry.
On the other hand, that policy is guided by risk-diversification and profitability criteria and the Fund's
Management Company may opt for a more or less conservative policy by increasing or decreasing the

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

exposure to equities or bonds, according to its expectations as to the evolution of the markets and in accordance with the defined investment limits.

The investment policy of the Bank's Pension Fund in force provides for the following limits:

Asset Class Intervals foreseen
Securities 40% a 95%
Real estate 0% a 25%
Shares 0% a 20%
Liquidity 0% a 15%
Alternatives 0% a 10%
Commodities 0% a 5%

As at June 30 2020 and December 31, 2019, the composition of the Bank's Pension Fund was as follows:

Santander BAPOP
30-06-2020 31-12-2019 30-06-2020 31-12-2019
88,827 69,147 22,733 17,620
419,330 522,599 72,266 83,538
5,046 3,999 800 808
60,656 62,640 8,220 7,965
124,592 123,925 1,275 1,246
318,992 245,157 69,814 62,478
23,564 67,828 6,482 9,592
19,216 19,238 - -
1,142 1,142 - -
114 187 - -
28,543 36,955 - 157
(1,006) (149) (157) 36
18,062 7,905 (1,311) 2,019
1,107,078 1,160,573 180,122 185,459

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the method for the determination of the fair value of the assets and liabilities mentioned above, adopted by the Management Companies as recommended in the IFRS 13 (Note 39), was as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Debt instruments 609,002 - 68,876 677,878 697,711 - 70,605 768,316
Investment Funds 368,040 - 146,633 514,673 279,349 - 153,457 432,806
Equity instruments 28,657 - - 28,657 37,299 - - 37,299
Derivative financial instruments (1,163) (1,163) (113) - - (113)
Real estate - - 20,358 20,358 - - 20,380 20,380
1,004,536 - 235,867 1,240,403 1,014,246 - 244,442 1,258,688

In 2010 insurance was taken out at Santander Totta Seguros – Companhia de Seguros de Vida, SA, to meet the liabilities of a new supplementary defined-contribution pension plan attributed to the Bank's senior management. The initial contribution to the new plan amounted to €4,430k. In the first six months of 2020 and 2019, the premium paid by the Bank amounted to €291k, (Note 32).

This plan covers the contingencies of retirement, death and permanent absolute disability for customary work or invalidity.

For all these contingencies, the benefits to be received by the beneficiaries will equal the accumulated balance in the supplementary plan on the date on which the benefits are realised. In the case of the beneficiary's death this amount will be further increased by €6,000.

Defined-benefit pension plan – former London Branch

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the main assumptions used in the calculation of retirement pension liabilities related with the pension plan covering the employees of Bank's London Branch were as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
92% of S3NMA/ 92% of S3NMA/
Mortality table 98% of S3NFA 98% of S3NFA
Technical actuarial rate (discount rate) 1.4% 1.9%
Wage growth rate 2.4% 2.2%
Pension growth rate 1.9% 1.8%
Inflation rate 2.4% 2.2%

As at June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the liabilities for the defined-benefit pension plan and

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

their coverage were as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
53,335 51,848
44,014 44,654
(9,321) (7,194)

Movement under liabilities for past services during the first half of 2020 and in 2019 can be detailed as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Liabilities as at the beginning of the period 51,848 44,509
Cost of current services 2
0
432
Interest cost 455 1,252
Actuarial (gains)/losses 1,627 7,384
Amounts paid
Cost of current services
(615) (1,729)
Liabilities as at end of the period 53,335 51,848
The movement occurred in the Fund in the first half of 2020 and in 2019 was as follows:
30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Book value at the beginning of the period 44,654 38,891
Net income of the Fund:
Return on assets calculated with the discount rate 396 1,076
Income of the Fund above/(below) the discount rate (448) 6,046
Contribution of the Branch 2
7
370
Amounts paid (615) (1,729)
Book value at the end of the period 44,014 44,654
The movement under actuarial deviations in the first half of 2020 and in 2019 was as follows:
30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Deviations at the beginning of the period (Note 22) 13,447 12,109
Actuarial (gains)/losses 1,627 7,384
Financial (gains)/losses 448 (6,046)
Deviations at the endg of the period (Note 22) 15,522 13,447

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the portfolio of the Pension Fund of the London Branch included the following assets:

included the following assets:
30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Debt instruments 25,413 27,486
Equity instruments 18,413 17,446
Other 187 (278)
Fund value 44,014 44,654

Liabilities for defined-benefit pension plans expose the Bank to the following risks:

  • Investment risk the updated value of the liabilities is calculated on the basis of a discount rate determined with reference, in terms of credit risk, to high-quality bonds denominated in euros; if the return of the Pension Fund is below that discount rate, it will create a shortfall in the funding of the liabilities.
  • Interest-rate risk a decrease of the interest rate of the bonds will increase the pension liabilities.
  • Longevity risk the updated amount of the liabilities is calculated on the basis of the best estimate at the time of the expected mortality of the participants before and after the retirement date. An increase of the life expectancy of the plan's participants will increase the pension liabilities.
  • Salary risk the updated amount of the liabilities is calculated on the basis of an estimate of the future salary of the participants. So, an increase of the participants' salary will increase the pension liabilities.

Pension Fund – Banif

As a result of the resolution measure applied to Banif on December 20, 2015, a number of employees were transferred to the Bank, as were the corresponding liabilities for past services. Also transferred were the liabilities for retired employees, retirees, pensioners and former participants with vested rights. On January 27, 2016, authorisation was requested of the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority for the transfer to the Bank of Banif's position as associate of the Banif Pension Fund, with regard to the defined-benefit pension plan, subpopulations A and B, and in definedcontribution pension plans II and III. By letter dated June 7, 2016, the Bank of Portugal stated that the parties should revise some of the terms of the Contract for the Termination of the Share of the Pension Fund. The process is undergoing final assessment by the Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority.

Banif employees were covered by different types of pension plans:

  • a) The first pension plan, defined-benefit, was subdivided between the Banif population and the former Banco Banif e Comercial dos Açores (BBCA), with different benefits. Defined-benefit pension plan I – BANIF subpopulation: (i) payment of disability, presumable disability and survivor pensions complementing Social Security; (ii) future payment of mandatory contributions for postemployment medical care (SAMS, the Medical-Social Assistance Services). For employees eligible for the retirement pension, the contribution of 6.5% was made on pensions and for employees associated with the defined-contribution plan, the benefit was changed to a single capital on retirement, corresponding to 6.5% of the capital constituted, based on the initial contribution plus the amount of the future contributions. Future contributions to the SAMS were changed in accordance with the new rules of the CBA.
  • b) Defined-benefit pension plan I– former BBCA subpopulation (closed to new subscribers): (i) payment of retirement, disability, presumable disability and survivors' pensions, in accordance with the CBA and the regimes introduced by Decree-Law 1-A/2011 of January 3 and Decree-Law 127/2011 of December 31; (ii) future payment of mandatory contributions relating to postemployment medical care (SAMS) and (iii) death benefits, both under the terms of the CBA.

Banif had two defined-contribution pension plans:

  • c) Pension plan II monthly contribution by Banif of 4.5% of the remuneration to which the plan applies and an initial contribution on the date of constitution of the plan, which included all employees taken on by Banif before January 1, 2007, with the exception of those included following the merger by incorporation of the former BBCA, who are not covered by the Company Agreement. The initial contribution was calculated in the light of: (i) supplementary old-age pensions estimated in the evaluation of liabilities performed by the Responsible Actuary of the Pension Plan on December 31, 2006; and (ii) the current value of the future contributions.
  • d) Pension plan III contribution by Banif of 1.5% of the remuneration of employees taken on after January 1, 2007, provided they had not died, retired or rescinded by the date of entry into force of the Company Agreement.

The breakdown of the estimated liabilities for past services as at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019, using the Bank's assumptions, is as follows for the defined-benefit pension plan (considering both the Banif and the former BBCA sub-populations):

30-06-2020
systems Death Prize in
Pensions (SAMS) Subsidy retirement Total
Current Employees 23,120 8,650 136 1,110 33,016
Retired staff and pensioners -
Early retired staff 110,261 10,822 473 - 121,556
Former participants with vested rigths 3,714 2,172 - - 5,886
Total liabilities for past services 137,095 21,644 609 1,110 160,458
Book value of the pension fund 89,665
Insufficient financing (70,793)
31-12-2019
Liabilities
Healthcare
systems Death Prize in
Pensions (SAMS) Subsidy retirement Total
Current Employees 22,837 8,436 133 1,086 32,492
Retired staff and pensioners 84,462 6,918 229 - 91,609
Early retired staff 26,977 4,271 246 - 31,494
Former participants with vested rigths 3,714 2,494 - - 6,208
Total liabilities for past services 137,990 22,119 608 1,086 161,803
Book value of the pension fund 101,126

Insufficient fund (60,677)

As at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of the portfolio of the Banif Pension Fund

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Relative Relative
Assets Total weight Total weight
Debt Instruments 41,596 45.21% 47,884 46.14%
Securities investment funds 3,034 3.30% 4,381 4.22%
Real estate fund 500 0.54% 1,160 1.12%
Real estate properties 13,722 14.91% 13,722 13.22%
Equity instruments 27,550 29.94% 31,733 30.58%
Deposits 4,924 5.35% 83 0.08%
Other 679 0.74% 4,811 4.64%
92,005 103,774
Assets to be transfered (2,340) (2,648)
89,665 101,126

associated with the defined-benefit pension plan by asset type is as follows:

The value of the assets to be transferred corresponds to the amount of the assets of the Pension Fund's portfolio to be allocated to the coverage of the liabilities relating to Banif employees who were not transferred to the Bank.

37. SECURITISATION OPERATIONS

Description of the operations

Between July 2003 and January 2018, the Bank securitised part of its mortgage-loan portfolio through thirteen operations, the initial amount of which was €25,450,000k. In the older transactions the loans were sold for their par (book) value to loan securitisation funds denominated Fundos Hipototta FTC. A substantial part of the securitisations was repurchased by the Bank under the said agreements, while the Hipototta No. 4 and Hipototta No. 5 were maintained. In January 2018 the Bank carried out a new securitisation in the amount of €2,266,000k, in which mortgage loans were ceded. The loans were ceded to Gamma – Sociedade de Titularização de Créditos (Gamma STC), which financed the transaction through the issue of Hipototta 13 bonds, classes A, B and C, with different levels of subordination and rating and, consequently, remuneration. All these bonds were acquired by the Bank.

The Hipototta Funds (No. 4 and No. 5) are managed by Navegator – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Titularização de Créditos, SA. (Navegator). The Bank continues to manage the loan contracts, delivering to the Hipototta Funds (No. 4 and No. 5) all amounts received thereunder. The Santander Group has no direct or indirect holding in Navegator.

As a form of funding, Hipototta Funds (No. 4 and No. 5) issued securitisation units of an amount identical to the loan portfolios acquired, which were fully subscribed by Hipototta Funds (No. 4 and No. 5) PLC, having its registered office in Ireland.

On the other hand, Hipototta Funds (No. 4 and No.º 5) FTC delivered all amounts received from the Bank and from the Directorate General of the Treasury to Hipototta Funds (No. 4 and No. 5) PLC, separating the instalments into principal and interest.

As a form of funding, Hipototta Funds No. 4 and No. 5) PLC issued bonds with different levels of subordination and rating and, consequently, of remuneration.

As at June 30, 2020, bonds issued that are still alive have the following characteristics:

Hipototta nº 4 PLC
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current Fitch Redemption date Early redemption
date
Up to early redemption
date
After early redemption date
Class A 2,616,040 463,069 A September, 2048 December, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0.12% Euribor 3 months + 0.24%
Class B 44,240 16,847 A September, 2048 December, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0.19% Euribor 3 months + 0.40%
Class C 139,720 53,205 BB- September, 2048 December, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0.29% Euribor 3 months + 0.58%
2,800,000 533,121
Class D 14,000 7,000 NR September, 2048 December, 2014 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
2,814,000 540,121
Hipototta nº 5 PLC
Amount
Rating
Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Moody´s Redemption date Early redemption
date
Up to early redemption
date
After early redemption
date
Class A1 200,000 - February, 2060 February, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0,05% Euribor 3 meses + 0,10%
Class A2 1,693,000 420,320 A Aa3 February, 2060 February, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0,13% Euribor 3 meses + 0,26%
Class B 26,000 26,000 A Aa3 February, 2060 February, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0,17% Euribor 3 meses + 0,34%
Class C 24,000 24,000 A A1 February, 2060 February, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0,24% Euribor 3 meses + 0,48%
Class D 26,000 26,000 A Baa2 February, 2060 February, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 0,50% Euribor 3 meses + 1,00%
Class E 31,000 31,000 BBB Ba2 February, 2060 February, 2014 Euribor 3 months + 1,75% Euribor 3 meses + 3,50%
2,000,000 527,320
Class F 10,000 6,000 CCC- Ca February, 2060 February, 2014 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
2,010,000 533,320

The bonds issued by Hipototta No. 4 PLC earn interest quarterly on March, June, September and December 30 each year. The bonds issued by Hipototta nº 5 PLC earn interest quarterly on February 28 and on May, August and November 30 each year.

The Bank has an option to reimburse the bonds in advance, on the dates indicated above. For all the Hipototta, BST has call option to repurchase the loan portfolios at par when these are equal to or less than 10% of the initial amount of the operations.

Additionally, up to 5 days before the interest-payment dates in each quarter, the Hipototta are entitled to make partial repayments of bonds issued of classes A, B and C, as well as of classes D and E in the case of Hipototta nº 5 PLC, in order to adjust the amount of the liabilities to that of the assets (loan portfolio).

The Hipototta No. 4 class D bonds and the Hipototta No. 5 class F bonds constitute the last liability to be settled.

The remuneration of the bonds of these classes corresponds to the difference between the yield of the securitised loan portfolios and the sum of all costs of the operations, namely:

  • Taxes;
  • Expenses and commissions calculated on the value of the portfolios (custody fee and servicer fee charged by the Bank, and management fee, charged by the Funds);
  • Interest on the bonds of the other classes;
  • Losses due to default.

On the date on which the securitisations were contracted, subordinated loans were concluded between the Bank and Hipototta, which correspond to credit facilities/lines in case of a need for liquidity on the part of Hipototta. Swap Agreements were also concluded between the Santander Group and securitisation vehicles, and between the Bank and the Santander Group intended to hedge the interest-rate risk.

Banif securitisation operations

In the wake of the resolution measure applied to Banif, the Bank acquired a number of securitisation operations issued by the said entity, and the corresponding securitised loans and bonds issued were transferred.

Azor Mortgage No. 1

Operation carried out in November 2004, in which mortgage loans originated at the former BBCA (Banco Banif e Comercial dos Açores, SA) were ceded. The ceded loans were acquired by Sagres – Sociedade de Titularização de Créditos (Sagres STC), which issued the Azor Notes bonds, fully subscribed by Azor Mortgages PLC, having its registered office Ireland. To finance itself, Azor Mortgage PLC issued bonds with different levels of subordination and rating and, consequently, of remuneration. In December 2006, the Azor Notes and respective rights to receive the credits and payment obligations to Azor Mortgages PLC were transferred from Sagres to Gamma STC.

Azor Mortgage nº 1
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Moody´s Redemption date Up to early redemption date
Class A 253,000 - AA A1 September, 2047 Euribor 3 months + 0.3%
Class B 19,000 14,382 AA Aa3 September, 2047 Euribor 3 months + 0.76%
Class C 9,000 9,000 A Aa3 September, 2047 Euribor 3 months + 1.75%
281,000 23,382
Class D 10,000 10,000 NR NR September, 2047 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
291,000 33,382

Atlantes Mortgage No. 2

Operation carried out in March 2008, in which mortgage loans were ceded. The loans were ceded to Gamma STC, which financed the operation through the issue of the Atlantes Mortgage No. 2, classes A, B and C bonds, with different levels of subordination and rating, and consequently, remuneration.

Atlantes Mortgage nº 2
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Fitch Redemption date Up to early redemption date
Class A 349,100 104,977 AA(sf) AA September, 2060 Euribor 3 months + 0.33%
Class B 18,400 13,069 AA(sf) A+ September, 2060 Euribor 3 months + 0.95%
Class C 7,500 5,327 BBB(sf) BBB+ September, 2060 Euribor 3 months + 1.65%
375,000 123,373
Class D 16,125 10,983 NR NR September, 2060 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
391,125 134,356

Azor Mortgage No. 2

Operation carried out in July 2008, in which the mortgage loans originated at the former BBCA were ceded to Gamma STC. To finance itself, Gamma STC issued Azor Mortgages No. 2 Class A, B and C bonds with different levels of subordination and rating and, consequently, of remuneration.

Azor Mortgage nº 2
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Fitch Redemption date Up to early redemption date
Class A 253,500 79,503 AA (sf) A (sf) December, 2065 Euribor 3 months + 0.3%
Class B 46,500 43,080 NR NR December, 2065 Euribor 3 months + 0.8%
300,000 122,583
Class C 6,750 6,750 NR NR December, 2065 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
306,750 129,333

Atlantes Mortgage No. 3

Operation carried out in October 2008, in which mortgage loans were ceded. The loans were ceded to Gamma STC, which financed the operation through the issue of the Atlantes Mortgage No. 3, classes A, B and C bonds, with different levels of subordination and rating, and consequently, remuneration.

Atlantes Mortgage nº 3
Remuneration Rating Amount
Up to early redemption date Redemption date Fitch S&P Current Initial Issued Debt
Euribor 3 months + 0.2% August, 2061 AA (sf) AA 181,640 558,600 Class A
Euribor 3 months + 0.5% August, 2061 NR NR 26,049 41,400 Class B
207,689 600,000
Residual income of the securitized portfolio August, 2061 NR NR 46,026 57,668 Class C
253,715 657,668

Atlantes Mortgage No. 4

Operation carried out in February 2009, in which mortgage loans were ceded. The loans were ceded to Gamma STC, which financed the operation through the issue of the Atlantes Mortgage No. 4, classes A, B and C bonds, with different levels of subordination and rating, and consequently, remuneration.

Atlantes Mortgage nº 4
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Fitch Redemption date Up to early redemption date
Class A 514,250 204,196 A+ A+ December, 2064 Euribor 3 months + 0.15%
Class B 35,750 22,487 NR NR December, 2064 Euribor 3 months + 0.3%
550,000 226,683
Class C 74,250 62,053 NR NR December, 2064 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
624,250 288,736

Atlantes Mortgage No. 5

Operation carried out in December 2009, in which mortgage loans were ceded. The loans were ceded to Gamma STC, which financed the operation through the issue of the Atlantes Mortgage No. 5, classes A, B and C bonds, with different levels of subordination and rating, and consequently, remuneration.

Atlantes Mortgage nº 5
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Fitch Redemption date Up to early redemption date
Class A 455,000 164,628 AAA AA- November, 2068 Euribor 3 months + 0.15%
Class B 45,000 30,394 NR NR November, 2068 Euribor 3 months + 0.3%
500,000 195,022
Class C 66,250 52,538 NR NR November, 2068 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
566,250 247,560

Atlantes Mortgage No. 7

Operation carried out in November 2010, in which a residential mortgage-loan portfolio was ceded. The loans were ceded to Gamma STC, which financed the operation through the issue of the Atlantes Mortgage No. 7, classes A, B and C bonds, with different levels of subordination and rating, and consequently, remuneration.

Atlantes Mortgage nº 7
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Fitch Redemption date Up to early redemption date
Class A 357,300 130,161 AA AA- August, 2066 Euribor 3 months + 0.15%
Class B 39,700 24,188 NR NR August, 2066 Euribor 3 months + 0.3%
397,000 154,349
Class C 63,550 50,329 NR NR August, 2066 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
460,550 204,678

Hipototta 13

In January 2018 the Bank carried out a new securitisation in the amount of €2,266,000k, in which mortgage loans were ceded. The loans were ceded to Gamma STC, which financed the transaction through the issue of Hipototta 13, classes A, B and C bonds, with different levels of subordination and rating, and consequently, remuneration. All these bonds were acquired by the Bank.

Hipototta 13
Amount Rating Remuneration
Issued Debt Initial Current S&P Fitch Redemption date Up to early redemption date
Class A 1,716,000 1,107,754 NR A+(sf) October, 2072 Euribor 3 months + 0.6%
Class B 484,000 484,000 NR NR October, 2072 Euribor 3 months + 1%
2,200,000 1,591,754
Class C 66,000 49,737 NR NR October, 2072 Residual income of the securitized portfolio
2,266,000 1,641,491
VFN 0.001 0.001 NR NR October, 2072 No remuneration

During 2019 the Atlantes Mortgage No. 1 operation was wound up.

38. RELATED ENTITIES

The Bank's related entities with which it maintained balances or transactions in the first half of 2020 are as follows:

Name of the related entity Headquarters
Companies that directly or indirectly control the Group
Santander Totta, SGPS Portugal
Santusa Holding, S.L. Spain
Banco Santander, S.A. Spain
Companies under direct or indirect control by the Group
Banif International Bank, Ltd (Bahamas)
GAMMA, Sociedade Financeira de Titularização de Créditos, S.A. Portugal
Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Novimovest Portugal
Taxagest, S.G.P.S., S.A. Portugal
Totta (Ireland), PLC Ireland
Tottaurbe - Emp.Admin. e Construções, S.A. Portugal
Companies significantly influenced by the Group
Entities
significantly
influenced
by
the
Group
Unicre-Instituição Financeira de Crédito Portugal
Lusimovest - Fundo de Inv. Imobiliario Portugal
Special Purpose Entities that are directly or indirectly controlled by the Group
Hipototta NO. 4 PLC Ireland
Hipototta NO. 4 FTC Portugal
Hipototta NO. 5 PLC Ireland
Hipototta NO. 5 FTC Portugal
Operações de Securitização geridas pela GAMMA, STC Portugal
Name of the related entity Headquarters
Companies that directly or indirectly are under common control by the Bank
Abbey National Treasury Services plc United Kingdom
Aegon Santander Portugal Não Vida - Companhia de Seguros, S.A. Portugal
Aegon Santander Portugal Vida - Companhia de Seguros Vida, S.A. Portugal
Banco Santander (México), S.A. Mexico
Banco Santander (Suisse), S.A. Switzerland
Banco Santander Brasil, S.A. Brazil
Banco Santander Consumer Portugal S.A. Portugal
Bank Zachodni WBK SA Poland
Caceis France
Consulteam - Consultores de Gestão, Lda Portugal
Financeira El Corte Inglés, Portugal, S.F.C., S.A. Portugal
Santander Global Operation, S.A. Spain
Gesban Servicios Administrativos Globais Spain
Ibérica de Compras Corporativas Spain
Inbond Inversiones 2014, S.L. Spain
Open Bank Santander Consumer S.A. Spain
Popular Seguros - Companhia de Seguros S.A. Portugal
Portal Universia Portugal, Prestaçao de Serviços de Informática, S.A. Portugal
Santander Consumer Services, S.A. Portugal
Retama Real Estate, S.L. Spain
Santander Asset Management SGFIM, S.A. Portugal
Santander Asset Management, S.A. SGIIC. Spain
Santander Back-Office Globales Mayorista Spain
Santander Bank & Trust Ltd. Bahamas
Santander Bank,National Association USA
Santander Consumer Bank AG Germany
Santander Consumer Finance S.A. Spain
Santander Consumer, EFC, S.A. Spain
Santander Global Thechnology, S.L. Spain
Santander Investment Securities,Inc USA
Santander Investment, S.A. Spain
Santander Pensões - Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões, S.A. Portugal
Santander Securities Services, S.A. Espanha
Santander Totta Seguros, Companhia de Seguros de Vida, S.A. Portugal
Santander UK plc United Kingdom
Sovereign Bank USA
UCI Mediação de Seguros, Unipessoal Lda. Portugal
Union de Créditos Inmobiliários,SA Spain

The Bank's related entities with which it maintained balances or transactions in 2019 are as follows:

Name of the related entity Headquarters
Companies that directly or indirectly control the Group
Santander Totta, SGPS Portugal
Santusa Holding, S.L. Spain
Banco Santander, S.A. Spain
Companies under direct or indirect control by the Group
Banif International Bank, Ltd (Bahamas) Bahamas
GAMMA, Sociedade Financeira de Titularização de Créditos, S.A. Portugal
Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Novimovest Portugal
Taxagest, S.G.P.S., S.A. Portugal
Totta (Ireland), PLC Ireland
Tottaurbe - Emp.Admin. e Construções, S.A. Portugal
Primestar Servicing Portugal
Companies significantly influenced by the Group
Benim - Sociedade Imobiliária, SA Portugal
Unicre-Instituição Financeira de Crédito Portugal
Lusimovest - Fundo de Inv. Imobiliario Portugal
Special purpose Entities that are directly or indirectly controlled by the Group
Hipototta NO. 4 PLC Ireland
Hipototta NO. 4 FTC Portugal
Hipototta NO. 5 PLC Ireland
Hipototta NO. 5 FTC Portugal
Operações de Securitização geridas pela GAMMA, STC Portugal
Atlantes Mortgage 1 PLC Ireland
Atlantes Mortgage 1 FTC Portugal
Name of the related entity Headquarters
Companies that directly or indirectly are under common control by the Bank
Abbey National Treasury Services plc United Kingdom
Aegon Santander Portugal Não Vida - Companhia de Seguros, S.A. Portugal
Aegon Santander Portugal Vida - Companhia de Seguros Vida, S.A. Portugal
Banco Santander (México), S.A. Mexico
Banco Santander (Suisse), S.A. Switzerland
Banco Santander Brasil, S.A. Brazil
Banco Santander Consumer Portugal S.A. Portugal
Bank Zachodni WBK SA Poland
Consulteam - Consultores de Gestão, Lda Portugal
Financeira El Corte Inglés, Portugal, S.F.C., S.A. Portugal
Santander Global Operation, S.A. Spain
Gesban Servicios Administrativos Globais Spain
Ibérica de Compras Corporativas Spain
Inbond Inversiones 2014, S.L. Spain
Open Bank Santander Consumer S.A. Spain
Popular Gestao de Ativos Portugal
Popular Seguros - Companhia de Seguros S.A. Portugal
Portal Universia Portugal, Prestaçao de Serviços de Informática, S.A. Portugal
Santander Consumer Services, S.A. Portugal
Retama Real Estate, S.L. Spain
Santander Asset Management SGFIM, S.A. Portugal
Santander Asset Management, S.A. SGIIC. Spain
Santander Back-Office Globales Mayorista Spain
Santander Bank & Trust Ltd. Bahamas
Santander Bank,National Association USA
Santander Consumer Bank AG Germany
Santander Consumer Finance S.A. Spain
Santander Consumer, EFC, S.A. Spain
Santander Global Thechnology, S.L. Spain
Santander Investment Securities,Inc USA
Santander Investment, S.A. Espanha
Santander Pensões - Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões, S.A. Portugal
Santander Securities Services, S.A. Spain
Santander Totta Seguros, Companhia de Seguros de Vida, S.A. Portugal
Santander UK plc United Kingdom
Santander Global Facilities,SL USA
UCI Mediação de Seguros, Unipessoal Lda. Portugal
Union de Créditos Inmobiliários,SA Spain

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the balances and transactions maintained during these periods with related parties were as follows:

periods with related parties were as follows:
30-06-2020
Companies that Companies that are Companies under
directly or indirectly significantly influenced direct or indirect
control the Group by the Group common control by the Group
Assets:
Balances due from banks 31,786 - 905
Financial assets held for trading 263,055 - 15,396
Loans and advances to credit institutions 772,688 - -
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 17,545 50,353 4,245
Hedging derivatives 860 - 8,240
Investment in associated companies - 57,020 -
Current Tax Assets 3 - -
Other assets 7 3,195 15,026
Liabilities:
Financial liabilities held for trading 974,980 - 14,804
Resources from other credit institutions 292,812 - 3,323
Resources from customers and other debts 41,494 19,015 505,682
Debt securities 78,562 - 8,511
Hedging derivatives 98,779 - -
Subordinated liabilities 335,033 - 4,296
Current tax liabilities 155,583 - -
Other liabilities 4,095 - 17,896
Costs:
Interest charge 115,135 - 1,696
Charges with services and commissions 793 - 849
Results from assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 404,386 - 108,177
General administrative costs 4,266 - 21,746
Income:
Interest income 107,043 137 40
Income from services and commissions 174 174 51,723
Results from assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 358,050 - 118,938
Results from foreign exchange revaluation 11,524 - -
Result from associates - 751 -
Other operating results - - 123
Off balance sheet items:
Guarantees provided and other contingent liabilities 46,732 22 203,927
Guarantees received 1 - 162
Commitments to third parties 114,170 40 91,620
Currency operations and derivatives 27,768,205 - 474,259
Liabilities for services rendered 3,552,349 - 7,102,149
Entities under
Entities that Entities that are direct or indirect
directly or indirectly significantly influenced common control
control the Group by the Group by the Group
Assets:
Balances due from banks 54,959 - 1,115
Financial assets held for trading 250,471 - 12,497
Loans and advances to credit institutions 578,742 54 1
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 5,418 55,659 98,885
Hedging derivatives 2,322 - -
Investment in associated companies - 59,240 -
Current Tax Assets 3 - 18,199
Other assets 87 - -
Liabilities:
Financial liabilities held for trading 1,064,339 - 20,280
Resources from other credit institutions 717,174 - 4,422
Resources of customers and other debts 100,788 17,811 654,923
Debt securities 46,576 - 8,382
Hedging derivatives 55,620 - -
Subordinated liabilities 335,033 - 4,295
Current tax liabilities 85,981 - -
Other liabilities 7,422 - 10,828
Costs:
Interest charge 284,759 - 10,650
Charges with services and commissions 3,570 - 3,625
Results from assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 783,908 - 166,055
Results from foreign exchange revaluation 2,649 - -
General administrative costs 7,157 - 34,607
Other operating results
Income:
Interest income 262,746 390 234
Income from services and commissions 358 286 123,162
Results from assets and liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 710,439 - 157,072
Results from foreign exchange revaluation - - 15
Result from associates - 2,546 -
Other operating results - - 339
Off balance sheet items:
Guarantees provided and other contingent liabilities 48,037 22 189,198
Guarantees received 1 - 162
Commitments to third parties 114,170 514 103,172
Currency operations and derivatives 26,522,471 - 482,186
Responsibilities for services rendered 3,596,890 - 5,822,454

Transactions with related entities arise from normal business and are carried out under market conditions.

GOVERNING BODIES

Board of Directors

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, advances or loans granted to members of the governing bodies, considered key management personnel of the Bank, amounted to €588k and €735k, respectively. As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, fixed and variable remuneration totalled €2,731k and €5,953k, respectively.

With regard to post-retirement benefits, the members of the Board of Directors who have an employment tie with the Bank are included in the pension plan of the collective bargaining agreement for the banking sector subscribed by the Bank. The general conditions of this plan are described in Note 1.3(j).

The General Meeting of Bank shareholders on May 30, 2007, approved the "Regulation on the supplementary award of an old-age or disability pension" to the executive members of the former Totta Board of Directors who came to be executive members (executive committee) of the Bank's Board of Directors in line with what had previously been defined in the former Totta Regulation. Members of the Board of Directors whose length of service is at least fifteen consecutive or interpolated years will be entitled to a pension supplement amounting to 80% of their gross annual salary. For terms of office less than fifteen years, the amount of the retirement pension supplement will be determined by the remuneration committee. For these persons, it is currently determined that the retirement pension supplement shall be 65% of the annual gross salary, for terms of office equal to or greater than ten years and 75% of the annual gross salary, for terms of office equal to or greater than twelve years. This defined-benefit pension plan is a supplementary plan and is dependent on the General Social Security Regime.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, liabilities with this plan amounted to €14,234k and €14,154k, respectively, and were covered by a provision of the same amount carried under "Provisions for pensions and other charges" (Note 19). The total number of beneficiaries of the Regulation was four in 2019 and six in 2018, and during 2019 two beneficiaries exercised the option for remission and one beneficiary exercised the right to payment of the supplementary pension.

With regard to termination of employment benefits, as provided for in the Companies Code, whenever, by decision of BST, the term of office of a member of the governing ends early, it shall compensate the member of the governing body with the future remuneration to which he or she is entitled up until the end of his or her term of office.

39. DISCLOSURES WITHIN THE SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE IFRS 7 and IFRS 13 STANDARDS

Fair value

The following table summarizes, for each group of financial assets and liabilities, their fair values with reference to June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

Amortised
cost
Book
value
Fair
value
7,039,808 7,039,808 7,162,982
509,393 509,393 509,393
- 995,936 995,936
- 138,096 138,096
- 7,646,565
17,306 17,306 17,303
39,358,981
- 40,424 40,424
55,869,680
- 1,020,162
6,782,170
3,032,024
36,555,262
3,629,680
225,486 225,486 225,486
- 499,920 499,920
51,744,704
36,004,211
43,570,718
6,801,194
3,025,529
36,542,619
3,636,811
50,231,639
7,646,565
39,159,827
55,547,355
1,020,162
6,801,194
3,025,529
36,623,747
3,645,323
51,841,361
31-12-2019
Fair Amortised Book Fair
value cost value value
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks - 3,153,555 3,153,555 3,168,987
Balances due from other banks - 339,109 339,109 339,109
Financial assets held for trading 1,085,927 - 1,085,927 1,085,927
Other financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss 144,998 - 144,998 144,998
Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income - - - 5,862,349
Financial assets at amortised cost
Loans and advances to credit institutions - 727,486 727,486 726,874
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 4,652,197 34,687,983 39,340,180 39,856,041
Hedging derivatives 56,246 - 56,246 56,246
5,939,368 38,908,133 44,847,501 51,240,531
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading 1,114,703 - 1,114,703 1,114,703
Financial liabilities at amortised cost
Resources from central banks - 3,037,524 3,037,524 3,035,739
Resources from other credit institutions - 3,195,996 3,195,996 3,199,609
Resources from customers and other debts 104,695 35,768,577 35,873,272 35,882,889
Debt securities 8,382 3,720,559 3,728,941 3,809,592
Other financial liabilities - 218,021 218,021 218,021
Hedging derivatives 393,831 - 393,831 393,831
1,621,611 45,940,677 47,562,288 47,654,384

The items credit extended and other receivables at amortised cost, customer resources and other loans and liabilities represented by securities include financial assets and liabilities in respect of which hedge accounting was applied and were considered to be measured at fair value, though they were only subject to value correction in relation to the risk hedged.

The following table summarizes, by valuation levels for each group of financial assets and liabilities, their fair values with reference to June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

30-06-2020
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks - 7,162,982 - 7,162,982
Balances due from other banks - 509,393 - 509,393
Financial assets held for trading - 995,936 - 995,936
Other financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss 737 - 137,359 138,096
Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 2,400,629 5,240,327 5,609 7,646,565
Financial assets at amortised cost
Loans and advances to credit institutions - 17,303 - 17,303
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost - 3,814,005 35,544,976 39,358,981
Hedging derivatives - 40,424 - 40,424
2,401,366 17,780,370 35,687,944 55,869,680
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading - 1,020,162 - 1,020,162
Financial liabilities at amortised cost
Resources from central banks - 6,782,170 - 6,782,170
Resources from other credit institutions - 2,132,024 900,000 3,032,024
Resources from customers and other debts - 12,643 36,542,619 36,555,262
Debt securities - 2,625,429 1,004,251 3,629,680
Other financial liabilities - 225,486 - 225,486
Hedging derivatives - 499,920 - 499,920
- 13,297,834 38,446,870 51,744,704
31-12-2019
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks - 3,168,987 - 3,168,987
Balances due from other banks - 339,109 - 339,109
Financial assets held for trading - 1,085,927 - 1,085,927
Other financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss 754 - 144,244 144,998
Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 3,627,955 2,228,001 6,393 5,862,349
Financial assets at amortised cost
Loans and advances to credit institutions - 726,874 726,874
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost - 6,260,664 33,595,377 39,856,041
Hedging derivatives - 56,246 - 56,246
3,628,709 13,865,808 33,746,014 51,240,531
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading - 1,114,703 - 1,114,703
Financial liabilities at amortised cost
Resources from central banks - 3,035,739 - 3,035,739
Resources from other credit institutions - 3,199,609 - 3,199,609
Resources from customers and other debts - 104,695 35,778,194 35,882,889
Debt securities - 2,630,495 1,179,097 3,809,592
Other financial liabilities - 218,021 - 218,021
Hedging derivatives - 393,831 - 393,831
- 10,697,093 36,957,291 47,654,384

The valuation at fair value of the Bank's financial assets and liabilities comprises three levels under IFRS 7 and IFRS 13:

  • Level 1 Financial instruments recorded at fair value based on quotes published in active markets, mainly comprising public debt, some private debt, some investment funds and shares.
  • Level 2 Financial instruments recorded at fair value using prices traded on the market that are not active or for which it is necessary to use valuation models or techniques with inputs that can be observed in the market, either directly (such as prices ) or indirect (derived from prices). This category includes some securities in the portfolio of other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income measured with indicative market bids or based on internal valuation models and all financial derivative instruments for hedging and trading. It should be noted that the internal valuation models used mainly correspond to models for updating future cash flows and valuation methodologies based on the "Black-Scholes" model for structured options and products. The models for updating future cash flows ("present value method") update future contractual flows using the interest rate curves of each currency observable in the market, plus the credit spread of the issuer or entity with a similar rating.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

For derivative financial instruments, the main valuation techniques are presented below:

Derivative instrument Main valuation techniques
Forwards Present value model
Interest rate swaps Present value model
Currency swaps Present value model
Equity swaps Present value model
Exchange rate options Black-Scholes model, Monte Carlo model
Contracts on prices (options) Black-Scholes model, Heston model
Interest rate options Black-Scholes model, Heath-Jarrow-Morton model
Options-other Black-Scholes model, Monte Carlo model, Heath-Jarrow-Morton model
Caps/Floors Black-Scholes model, Monte Carlo model, Heath-Jarrow-Morton model

The Bank calculates the "Credit Value Adjustment" (CVA) and the "Debit Value Adjustment" (DVA) for hedged financial instruments from financial assets held for trading and hedging derivatives from the perspective of aggregate exposure by counterparty. It's the evolution of the joint exposure of all derivatives, with a given counterparty, through stochastic processes is simulated. This evolution is grouped into time frames that represent the expected positive and negative future exposures (Positive and Negative Expected Future Exposures). To these exposures is applied an expected loss factor and discount factor for the respective term. The CVA and DVA calculated for each counterparty then result from the sum of expected losses in each term.

Additionally, for the purposes of calculating Credit Value Adjustments and Debit Value Adjustments to derivative financial instruments, the following inputs were used:

  • Counterparties with quoted credit default swaps Quotes published in active markets;
  • Counterparties without quoted credit default swaps;
  • Quotes published in active markets for counterparties with similar risk; or
  • Probability of default calculated taking into account the internal rating assigned to the client (see credit risk section of this annex) x loss given default (specific for project finance clients and 60% for other clients).
  • Level 3 The Bank classifies financial instruments at this level, which are measured using internal models with some inputs that do not correspond to observable market data. In this category, were classified, namely, securities not quoted in active markets for which the Bank uses extrapolations of market data.

To calculate the fair value of financial instruments recorded at amortized cost, the valuation methods used where the valuation techniques, namely through updating future cash flows.

The main assumptions used in determining fair value, by type of financial instrument, were as follows:

  • The future cash flows from applications and funds from credit institutions were discounted using interest rate curves for the monetary market;

  • For the purposes of discounting future flows from the customer loan portfolio, the fair value of the credit granted was determined taking into account the average spread of production carried out in the last quarter of the year;

  • For customer demand deposits, it was considered that the fair value was equal to the balance sheet value. For time deposits, the average rates of deposits contracted in the last quarter of the year were used, taking into account the different types;
  • In the case of liabilities represented by securities, future cash flows were discounted based on the market conditions required for similar issues at the end of the year;
  • In the case of subordinated liabilities, to discount future cash flows, market interest rates applied to similar issues were considered.

In the period ended June 30, 2020 and in 2019, the movement in financial instruments classified in Level 3 was as follows:

Financial assets Other financial assets
mandatory at fair value
Other financial assets
mandatory at fair value
Available-for-sale
held for trading through profit or loss through comprehensive income financial assets Total
December 31, 2018 3,379 166,375 10,562 35,457,030 35,637,346
Acquisitions - 127 4,309 - 4,436
Sales (3,379) - (10,852) - (14,231)
Reimbursements - (17,636) (774) - (18,410)
Reclassifications - - 3,100 (1,572,562) (1,569,462)
Changes in fair value - (4,622) 137 - (4,485)
Origination net of depreciation - - - (476,196) (476,196)
Impairment recognized in the year - - (89) 187,105 187,016
December 31, 2019 - 144,244 6,393 33,595,377 33,746,014
Acquisitions - 265 2,738 - 3,003
Sales - (43) (3,342) - (3,385)
Reimbursements - (6,594) (331) - (6,925)
Changes in fair value - (513) 79 - (434)
Origination net of depreciation - - - 2,046,552 2,046,552
Impairment recognized in the year - - 72 (96,953) (96,881)
June 30, 2020 - 137,359 5,609 35,544,976 35,687,944

The interest rate curves for the most representative terms and currencies used in the valuation of financial instruments were as follows:

31-12-2019
EUR USD EUR USD
-0.15% 0.31% 2.09%
-0.15% 0.31% 2.09%
-0.24% 0.30% 1.91%
-0.31% 0.28% 1.82%
-0.33% 0.28% 1.78%
-0.35% 0.26% 1.75%
-0.40% 0.22% 1.67%
-0.36% 0.31% 1.71%
-0.30% 0.44% 1.78%
-0.19% 0.61% 1.88%
30-06-2020 -0.34%
-0.34%
-0.33%
-0.33%
-0.32%
-0.32%
-0.24%
-0.11%
0.02%
0.21%

Hedge accounting

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, hedge derivatives and financial instruments designated as hedged items, presented the following detail:

30-06-2020
Hedged item Hedging instrument
Nominal Net value Fair value Book Nominal Fair
value of impairment adjustments value Value Value
Fair value hedge
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 3,084,518 3,097,902 57,714 3,155,616 3,092,224 (87,304)
Other financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income 3,880,000 3,898,942 388,926 4,287,868 3,880,000 (389,972)
Resources from customers and other debts (80,325) (80,658) (470) (81,128) 79,116 595
Debt securities (8,227) (8,277) (235) (8,512) 8,227 254
Cash flow hedge
Other financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income 1,354,500 1,354,500 - 1,354,500 1,508,874 (22,633)
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 5,000,000 5,000,000 - 5,000,000 5,000,000 39,564
13,230,466 13,262,409 445,935 13,708,344 13,568,441 (459,496)
31-12-2019
Hedged item Hedging instrument
Nominal Net value
Fair value
Book
Nominal Fair
value of impairment adjustments value Value Value
Fair value hedge:
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 4,423,905 4,433,058 219,139 4,652,197 4,423,419 (243,098)
Other financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income 2,080,000 2,129,252 48,352 2,177,604 2,080,000 (49,905)
Resources from customers and other debts (103,979) (104,325) (369) (104,694) 102,172 368
Debt securities (8,227) (8,230) (152) (8,382) 8,227 124
Cash flow hedge
Other financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income 2,466,500 2,466,500 - 2,466,500 2,793,196 (97,869)
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 9,000,000 9,000,000 - 9,000,000 9,000,000 52,795
17,858,199 17,916,255 266,970 18,183,225 18,407,014 (337,585)

Cash flow coverage

The expected periods for the occurrence of cash flows that will affect the results for the period present the following detail:

30-06-2020
Up to 3 From 1 Over
months to 6 months to 1 year to 3 years 3 years Total
4,589 13,895 6,846 13,234 - 39,564
Up to 3 From 1 Over
months to 6 months to 1 year to 3 years 3 years Total
5,957 13,049 17,604 16,185 - 52,795
From 3 months From 6 months
From 3 months From 6 months
31-12-2019

The gains and losses recognized in the income statements for the six-month period ended June 30, 2020 and in fiscal year 2019, with fair value hedging operations, presented the following detail:

2020 and in fiscal year 2019, with fair value hedging operations, presented the following detail:
30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Hedged Hedging Hedging
item instrument Net item instrument Net
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 161,572 (161,425) 147 171,977 (171,977) -
Financial assets at fair value
through other comprehensive income (340,574) 340,574 - 43,859 (43,859) -
Resources from customers and other debts 100 (100) - 2,030 (2,030) -
Debt securities 83 (83) - (152) 152 -
(178,819) 178,966 147 217,714 (217,714) -

RISK MANAGEMENT

CREDIT RISK

Credit risk management at the Bank covers the identification, measurement, integration and evaluation of the various credit exposures and an analysis of their profitability adjusted to the respective risk, both from an overall viewpoint and within every area of activity.

Credit-risk management is carried out by an independent body, the Risks Area, which is responsible in particular for managing the special customer monitoring system, for the segmentation of the credit risk in the light of the characteristics of the customers and of the products, and for the scoring systems (applicable to mortgage-loan and consumer-credit operations, credit cards and business) and the rating used at the Bank.

The counterparty risk consists of the latent credit risk in financial markets transactions corresponding to the possibility of default by the counterparties of the terms contracted and subsequent occurrence of financial losses for the Bank. The types of transactions covered include the purchase and sale of securities, contracting repos, securities lending and derivative instruments. Given the high complexity and volume of transactions, as well as the requirements of adequate control of the consolidated risks in certain customer segments, the control perimeter is defined in keeping with the segments at issue.

Control of these risks is performed on a daily basis in accordance with an integrated system that allows registration of the approved limits and real-time updating of positions, and provides information on the availability of limits and aggregate exposure, also in real time, for the various products and maturities. The system also allows transverse control (at different levels) of the concentration of risks by groups of customers/counterparties.

The risk in derivative positions (called Credit Risk Equivalent) is calculated as the sum of the present value of each contract (or current replacement cost) with the respective Potential Risk, a component that reflects an estimate of the maximum value expected to maturity, depending on the volatilities of the underlying market factors and the flow structure contracted. The credit risk in derivatives positions is captured through determination of the CVA/DVA.

For specific customer segments (namely global corporate clients) emphasis is given to the implementation of economic-capital limits, incorporating in the quantitative control the variables associated with the creditworthiness of each counterparty.

Risk analyses for customers or economic groups where the Bank has an exposure of more than €500,000 are performed by risk analysts who monitor the customers and are supported by rating models developed by the Bank and approved by the regulatory entities. Preparation of these models is mandatory. The assignment of various internal rating levels, ranging from 1.0 to 9.3, is underlain by the degree of risk inherent to the customer and a default probability at one year that the Bank monitors and calibrates on a constant and regular basis.

In concrete terms, the rating is determined by the analysis of the following factors to which are assigned a rating from 1.0 (minimum) to 9.3 (maximum), in accordance with the following weighting:

Department Weighting
. Demand/Market; 20%
. Partners/Management: 15%
. Access to credit; 10%
. Profitability; 15%
. Flow generation; 25%
. Solvency. 15%

The rating is calculated by the analysts, based on information provided by the customer, general information about the sector and external databases. The final rating is introduced in each of the valuation areas in the Bank's information technology system.

In this way, the Bank's internal rating system can be described as follows:

Rating 1.0 – 3.9: Customer of high-default probability; Rating 4.0 – 6.0: Customer of moderate-default probability; Rating 6.1 – 9.3: Customer of low-default probability;

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the maximum exposure to credit risk and the respective balance sheet value of financial instruments presented the following detail:

balance sheet value of financial instruments presented the following detail:
30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Book
Maximum
value
exposure
Book Maximum
value exposure
Cash and deposits at central banks 7,039,808 7,039,808 3,153,555 3,153,555
Balances due from other banks 509,393 509,393 339,109 339,109
Financial assets held for trading 995,936 995,936 1,085,927 1,085,927
Financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss 138,096 138,096 144,998 144,998
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 7,646,565 7,646,565 5,862,349 5,862,349
Loans and advances to credit institutions 17,306 17,306 727,486 727,486
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 39,159,827 45,429,223 39,340,180 45,507,138
Hedging derivatives 40,424 40,424 56,246 56,246
Investment in associated companies 57,020 57,020 59,240 59,240
55,604,375 61,873,771 50,769,090 56,936,048
Guarantees provided 1,973,295 1,973,295 1,951,212 1,951,212

The maximum exposure in "Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost" at 30 June 2020, included 626,618 thousand euros and 5,642,778 thousand euros referring to irrevocable credit lines and revocable credit lines, respectively (1,000,630 thousand euros and 5,166,328 thousand euros at 31 December 2019, respectively) (Note 25).

In accordance with the requirements defined in Bank of Portugal Instruction No. 4/2018, the Bank started to publish "non-performing exposures" (Non Performing Exposures) and "deferred exposures" (Forborne exposures).

In this sense, on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the productive and non-productive exhibitions present the following detail:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Book Book
value Impairment Coverage value Impairment Coverage
Performing exposures 38,624,805 (198,793) 0.5% 38,639,331 (137,381) 0.4%
Non-performing exposures
. Loans represented by securities - - 0.0% - - 0.0%
. Households 460,678 (249,348) 54.1% 477,921 (195,016) 40.8%
. Corporates 1,092,776 (570,291) 52.2% 1,144,407 (589,082) 51.5%
1,553,454 (819,639) 1,622,328 (784,098)
40,178,259 (1,018,432) 40,261,659 (921,479)

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the degree of coverage of non-performing exposures by collateral was as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Book Book
value Collateral value Collateral Coverage
- - - - - -
460,678 171,295 37.2% 477,921 243,917 51.0%
1,092,776 336,007 30.7% 1,144,407 363,235 31.7%
1,553,454 507,302 1,622,328 607,152
Coverage

Forborne exposures

In accordance with Bank of Portugal Instruction No. 04/2018, institutions must identify and mark, in their information systems, loan contracts of a customer in financial difficulties, whenever there are changes to the terms and conditions of such contracts (including extension of the repayment term, introduction of grace periods, capitalisation of interest, reduction of interest rates, pardon of interest or principal) or the institution contracts new credit facilities for the (total or partial) settlement of the service of the existing debt.

As at June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019 the breakdown of forborne exposures was as follows:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
Book Book
value Impairment Coverage value Impairment Coverage
Performing exposures 503,426 (21,396) 4.3% 568,508 (25,098) 4.4%
Non-performing exposures
. Households 285,223 (116,701) 40.9% 304,344 (123,671) 40.6%
. Corporates 822,065 (427,004) 51.9% 830,634 (439,479) 52.9%
1,107,288 (543,705) 1,134,978 (563,150)
1,610,714 (565,101) 1,703,486 (588,248)

LIQUIDITY RISK

The balance sheet liquidity-management policy is decided by the 1st level body of the organisational structure responsible for Asset and Liability Management (ALM), the Asset-Liability Committee (ALCO), chaired by the chair of the Executive Committee, which includes the directors responsible for the Financial, Treasury, Commercial, Marketing and International areas. Committee meetings are held monthly and at them the balance-sheet risks are analysed and strategic options decided.

For the ALM area the following balance-sheet management limits are defined:

  • Limits intended to control the interest-rate risk, in particular, the sensitivity of the net interest margin (NIM) and the sensitivity of the market value of equities (MVE) to unexpected interest-rate variations; and

  • Limits intended to control the liquidity risk through the net accumulated liquidity and illiquidity coefficient indicators.

The Bank's funding policy considers the evolution of the balance-sheet aggregates, the structural situation of the maturities of assets and liabilities, the net interbank debt level in the light of the available lines, maturity dispersal and minimization of the costs associated with the funding activity.

It should be noted that the Bank does not perform any liquidity-risk analysis for trading financial instruments.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the breakdown of the projected (not discounted) cash flows of the financial instruments, in keeping with their maturities, was as follows:

flows of the financial instruments, in keeping with their maturities, was as follows:
30-06-2020
Up to 3 From 3 months From 1 to From 3 to Over
On demand months to 1 year 3 years 5 years 5 years Undetermined Derivatives Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks 264,427 6,775,381 - - - 7,039,808
Balances due from other banks 509,393 - - - - - - - 509,393
Financial assets held for trading - - - - - - - 995,936 995,936
Financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss - - - - - - 138,096 - 138,096
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 2 160,027 1,376,801 290,388 290,391 5,496,511 72,580 - 7,686,700
Loans and advances to credit institutions - 2,669 1,592 - - 14,083 - - 18,344
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 532,175 1,861,582 5,177,502 10,105,701 7,048,406 18,765,204 - - 43,490,570
Hedging derivatives - - - - - - - 40,424 40,424
Investments in associates - - - - - - 57,020 - 57,020
1,305,997 2,024,278 6,555,895 10,396,089 14,114,178 24,275,798 267,696 1,036,360 59,976,291
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading - - - - - - - 1,020,162 1,020,162
Resources from central banks 1,855 - - 6,701,146 - - - - 6,703,001
Resources from other credit institutions 577,608 841,456 508,912 600,720 350,000 150,000 - - 3,028,696
Resources from customers and other debts 21,058,822 5,721,612 6,396,229 1,962,864 1,446,161 68,680 - - 36,654,368
Debt securities - 49,336 867,530 287,717 1,225,202 1,599,455 - - 4,029,240
Hedging derivatives - - - - - - - 499,920 499,920
21,638,285 6,612,404 7,772,671 9,552,447 3,021,363 1,818,135 - 1,520,082 51,935,387
31-12-2018
Up to 3 From 3 months From 1 to From 3 to Over
On demand months to 1 year 3 years 5 years 5 years Undetermined Derivatives Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks 354,664 - - - 2,798,891 - - - 3,153,555
Balances due from other banks 339,109 - - - - - - - 339,109
Financial assets held for trading - - - - - - - 1,085,927 1,085,927
Other financial assets mandatory - - - - - - 144,998 - 144,998
Other financial assets at fair value 427,295 614,073 1,298,752 444,759 141,742 2,531,428 73,183 - 5,531,232
Loans and advances to credit institutions - (817) (2,470) 704,012 (710) 21,065 - - 721,080
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 667,025 2,258,718 4,610,173 8,709,243 5,787,266 22,705,267 - - 44,737,692
Hedging derivatives - - - - - - - 56,246 56,246
Investments in associates - - - - - - 59,240 - 59,240
1,788,093 2,871,974 5,906,455 9,858,014 8,727,189 25,257,760 277,421 1,142,173 55,829,079
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading - - - - - - - 1,114,703 1,114,703
Resources of central banks 4,522 - 2,406,429 618,686 - - - - 3,029,637
Resources of other credit institutions 1,110,449 818,069 116,443 552,801 299,892 300,000 - - 3,197,654
Resources of customers and other debts 18,024,379 6,815,393 7,190,489 2,493,161 1,428,846 56,111 - - 36,008,379
Debt securities - 28,846 872,483 286,477 1,318,338 2,150,509 - - 4,656,653
Other liabilities - - - -
Hedging derivatives - - - - - - - 393,831 393,831
19,139,350 7,662,308 10,585,844 3,951,125 3,047,076 2,506,620 - 1,508,534 48,400,857

Determination of the projected cash flow from financial instruments was based on principles and assumptions used by the Bank in management and control of liquidity arising from its business, namely:

  • The projected cash flows of variable-remuneration assets and liabilities associated with the interest rate curve are calculated considering the forward interest rate curve;
  • Financial instruments classified as "non-structural" were considered to be payable "on demand", with the exception of equity instruments carried as Other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income, which were considered as having indeterminate maturity. Nonstructural financial assets and liabilities correspond to assets not subject to interest-rate variations (cash, deposits at credit institutions and equity instruments classified as other financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income), other financial assets mandatorily at fair value through profit or loss and trading assets and liabilities, whose management is based on control of the exposure to market risk. In this connection, the Bank considers the fair value of the trading assets and liabilities as the transactional value payable on demand;
  • Operations relating to credit lines without defined maturity or periodically renewable, including bank overdrafts and current account credit facilities, were considered as having an average maturity of 25 months;
  • For the subordinated liabilities the date on which the Bank may make early redemption of the bonds that make up this heading was considered;
  • The projected flows relating to current accounts have been considered as payable on demand.

MARKET RISK

Market risk generally consists of the potential variation of the value of a financial instrument due to unexpected changes of market variables such as interest rates, exchange rates, credit spreads, and prices of equity instruments, precious metals and commodities.

The standard method applied for the Bank's trading activity is Value at Risk (VaR). The Historic Simulation standard is used as the basis with a confidence level of 99% and a time horizon of one day, statistical adjustments being applied in order to include the more recent events that condition the risk levels assumed.

The calculated VaR is a daily estimate of the maximum potential loss under normal market conditions (individually by portfolios/business areas, and for the whole of the positions, within the assumptions defined in the construction of the model.

At the same time other measures are implemented that allow additional monitoring of the market risk. For unusual market conditions scenarios are analysed (Stress Testing), which consists of defining extreme scenarios for the behaviour of different financial variables and obtaining their potential impact on profit or loss. In short, the scenario analysis seeks to identify the potential risk under extreme market conditions and in the fringes of probability of occurrence not covered by the VaR.

In parallel, there is daily monitoring of the positions, and an exhaustive control is performed of the changes that occur in the portfolios, in order to detect the possible impacts that may exist for their correction. The daily preparation of the profit and loss account is intended to identify the impact of variations in financial variables or of the alteration of the composition of the portfolios.

The Bank also uses sensitivity measures and equivalent positions. In the case of the interest rate use is made of the basis point value (BPV) – estimated impact on profit or loss for parallel movements in the interest-rate curves. For the control of derivatives activities, due to their atypical nature, specific daily sensitivity measures are carried out, including calculation and analysis of sensitivities to movements of the underlying price (delta and gamma), volatility (vega) and time (theta).

Quantitative limits are used for the trading portfolios, which are classified in two groups, in the light of the following objectives:

  • Limits intended to control the volume of potential future losses (VaR, equivalent positions and sensitivities); and
  • Limits intended to control the volume of effective losses or to protect levels of results already achieved during the period (Loss Triggers and Stop Losses).

With regard to the structural interest-rate risk, it is measured through modelling the asset and liability positions sensitive to interest-rate variations in accordance with their indexing and re-appraisal structure. This model allows the measurement and control of the risks originating directly from the movement of the income curve, particularly their impact on net interest income and on the Bank's equity. Additionally, other risk indicators are calculated, such as value at risk (VaR) and scenario analysis (stress test).

Liquidity risk is measured and controlled through the modelling of present and future flows of payments and receipts, as well as by conducting stress tests that endeavour to identify the potential risk under extreme market conditions. In parallel, ratios are estimated on the current items of the balance sheet that act as indicators of structural and short-term liquidity requirements.

INTEREST RATE RISK

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 the breakdown of financial instruments by exposure to the interest-rate risk was as follows:

30-06-2020
Exposure to Non
Fixed rate Floating rate remunerated Derivatives Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks - 6,775,381 264,427 - 7,039,808
Balances due from other banks - 509,393 - 509,393
Financial assets held for trading - - - 995,936 995,936
Financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss - - 138,096 - 138,096
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 6,231,874 1,414,691 - 7,646,565
Loans and advances to credit institutions 2 17,304 - - 17,306
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 6,443,590 31,996,004 720,233 - 39,159,827
Hedging derivatives - - - 40,424 40,424
12,675,466 38,788,689 3,046,840 1,036,360 55,547,355
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading - - - 1,020,162 1,020,162
Resources from central banks - 6,800,000 1,194 - 6,801,194
Resources from other credit institutions 192,808 2,831,784 937 - 3,025,529
Resources from customers and other debts 15,711,160 20,902,184 10,403 - 36,623,747
Debt securities 2,765,826 939,146 (59,649) - 3,645,323
Other financial liabilities - - 225,486 - 225,486
Hedging derivatives - - - 499,920 499,920
18,669,794 31,473,114 178,371 1,520,082 51,841,361
31-12-2019
Exposure to Non
Fixed rate Floating rate remunerated Derivatives Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks - 2,798,891 354,664 - 3,153,555
Balances due from other banks - - 339,109 - 339,109
Financial assets held for trading - - - 1,085,927 1,085,927
Other financial assets mandatory - - 144,998 - 144,998
Other financial assets at fair value 4,993,081 - 869,268 - 5,862,349
Loans and advances to credit institutions - 727,444 42 - 727,486
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 8,319,687 30,900,954 119,539 - 39,340,180
Hedging derivatives - - - 56,246 56,246
13,312,768 34,427,289 1,827,620 1,142,173 50,709,850
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading - - - 1,114,703 1,114,703
Resources of central banks 3,079,382 - (41,858) - 3,037,524
Resources of other credit institutions 227,251 2,968,234 511 - 3,195,996
Resources of customers and other debts 17,841,369 18,019,114 12,789 - 35,873,272
Debt securities 2,765,826 1,032,620 (69,505) - 3,728,941
Other liabilities - - 218,021 - 218,021
Hedging derivatives - - - 393,831 393,831
23,913,828 22,019,968 119,958 1,508,534 47,562,288

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS AT JUNE 30, 2020 (Expressed in thousands of euros, except where otherwise stated)

Financial Instruments – non-trading

The method of calculation of the sensitivity of the asset value involves simulation of the change in the market value of the assets and liabilities, based on 100 basis point (bp) shifts of the forward interestrate curve. This method uses the following parameters and assumptions:

  • All assets and liabilities sensitive to interest-rate fluctuations are identified, that is, those whose value and respective contribution to net interest income may change due to changes in market rates;
  • Assets and liabilities are grouped into homogeneous aggregates according to their exposure to the interest-rate risk;
  • For each transaction (contract) the future flows properly distributed by repricing dates (variable rate) or maturity date (fixed rate) are calculated;
  • For each aggregate defined above the transactions are grouped by repricing/maturity dates;
  • The time intervals intended to measure the interest-rate gap are defined;
  • For each aggregate, the cash flows are grouped on the basis of the intervals created;
  • For each product considered sensitive but has no defined maturity distribution parameters are estimated in keeping with previously-studied behaviour models; and
  • For each interval the total flows of assets and liabilities and, by difference between them, the interest-rate risk gap of each interval are calculated.

The interest-rate gap allows an approximation of the sensitivity of the asset value and of the net interest income in the light of market-rate variations. This approach uses the following assumptions:

  • The volumes are always maintained in the balance sheet and are renewed automatically;
  • It assumes parallel variations in the interest-rate curve, not considering the possibility of specific movements for different periods of the interest-rate curve; and
  • It does not consider the different elasticities between the various products.

From the perspective of variation of the asset value, interest-rate increases entail a decrease of value in the intervals with positive gaps and an increase of value in the negative gaps. Interest-rate reductions have an opposite effect.

General assumptions of this Interest-rate sensitivity analysis

  • Balance-sheet Evolution – a static balance sheet is assumed, according to which the amounts of contracts that do not have a fixed maturity date or their renewal is presumed, are replaced with new transactions of the same amount, so that the balance-sheet balances remain constant during the period under analysis;

  • Maturities and repricing the real maturities and repricing of the transactions are considered. Assets and liabilities whose contribution to net interest income and whose carrying amount does not alter with the interest-rate variations are considered non-sensitive;

  • Indices the indices defined contractually are considered and the spot curve of the date of analysis with the underlying forward curve is used for the simulation; and
  • Characteristics of New Business (term, repricing, volumes, spread, index, etc.) the conditions entered in the budget for each product are used. When these characteristics begin to lie outside the market for certain products, the average conditions applied during the previous month or the new commercial guidelines for each of the products at issue are used.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the sensitivity of the asset value of the Bank's financial instruments to positive and negative variations of 100 basis points (bp) for a one-year time horizon was:

was:
30-06-2020 31-12-2019
+ 100 bp's
- 100 bp's
+ 100 bp's - 100 bp's
variation variation variation variation
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks (2,020) 135,240 (207) 91,492
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income (183,636) 85,439 (190,829) 150,794
Loans and advances to credit institutions (1) 2 (94) 2,207
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost (1,002,561) 665,135 (948,191) 951,589
(1,188,218) 885,816 (1,139,321) 1,196,082
Hedging derivatives 329,269 (227,985) 276,455 (363,242)
Liabilities
Resources from central banks (158) 71,732 (19,139) 8,281
Resources from other credit institutions (9,982) 12,404 (4,861) 16,808
Resources from customers and other debts (1,151,006) 535,760 (987,540) 714,077
Debt securities (157,058) 92,927 (166,593) 157,667
Other financial liabilities (27,362) 18,031 (39,113) 34,309
(1,345,566) 730,854 (1,217,246) 931,142

Financial Instruments – trading

The basic parameters for calculation of the VaR applicable in general are, besides the calculation method itself, as follows:

  • Time horizon: The time period for which potential losses of a portfolio are calculated for the measurement of the (daily) VaR is 1 day.
  • Confidence level: both the VaR (potential loss) and the VaE (potential gain) are determined with a confidence level of 99% (1% and 99% percentiles, respectively, of the losses and gains

distribution). For purposes of contrast analysis a VaR and a VaE will also be calculated at a confidence level of 95% (5% and 95% percentiles, respectively).

  • Exponential decrease factor: Allows exponential weighting of the amount of the variations in market factors over time, giving less weight to observations more distant in time. The exponential decrease factor applied is determined periodically by Market Risk.
  • The VaR values used correspond to the highest of those calculated with the decrease factor in force and those calculated using uniform weighting;
  • Calculation currency: In the process of calculating the VaR all positions are valued in euros, which guarantees that the risk-free currency is the local currency. However, VaR values are reported in US dollars (USD) in order to allow the aggregation of different units; and
  • Market data time window: A 2-year time window is used, or at least 520 data obtained from the VaR calculation reference date going back in time.

The calculation of the VaR Percentile gives equal weighting to the set of 520 observations considered. The Weighted Percentile VaR gives a significantly higher weighting to the more recent observations in relation to the reference date of the analysis.

Historical simulation consists of using the historical variations as the distribution model of possible variations in the risk factors. For this reason, the chosen period is sufficiently long and significant for all interactions between the market factors, its volatilities and the correlations among them, to be duly mirrored in the historical period selected.

On the other hand, the complete revaluation of the portfolio requires a valuation of each of the instruments, using the respective mathematical expression to obtain the market value of each individual position. In using forms of revaluation, non-linear effects implicit in certain financial products as a result of changes in market factors are calculated and collected on the values of the VaR.

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the VaR associated with the interest-rate risk corresponded to:

VaR Percentil 99% (1) -
VaR Weighted Percentil 99% (1) -

Exchange-rate Risk

The profile defined for the exchange-risk is quite conservative and is embodied in the hedging policy used. Its implementation is the responsibility of the Treasury Area, so the risks involved are not very relevant, and it is implemented primarily through the use of currency swaps. Risk limits are stipulated for the exchange-rate risk that are controlled by the Market Risks area. 30-06-2020 31-12-2019

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the detail of the financial instruments by currency was as follows:

30-06-2020
US Other
Euros Dollars currencies Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks 7,019,293 7,149 13,366 7,039,808
Balances due from other banks 97,873 213,955 197,565 509,393
Financial assets held for trading 994,502 781 653 995,936
Financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss 138,096 - - 138,096
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 7,646,565 - - 7,646,565
Loans and advances to credit institutions 17,305 1 17,306
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 38,426,186 700,263 33,378 39,159,827
Hedging derivatives 40,150 274 - 40,424
Investments in associates 57,020 - - 57,020
54,436,990 922,422 244,963 55,604,375
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading 1,018,706 801 655 1,020,162
Resources from central banks 6,801,194 - - 6,801,194
Resources from other credit institutions 2,888,882 135,938 709 3,025,529
Resources from customers and other debts 34,992,353 1,389,686 241,708 36,623,747
Debt securities 3,645,323 - - 3,645,323
Other financial libilities 225,486 - - 225,486
Hedging derivatives 480,142 19,303 475 499,920
50,052,086 1,545,728 243,547 51,841,361
31-12-2019
US Other
Euros Dollars currencies Total
Assets
Cash and deposits at central banks 3,141,857 4,191 7,507 3,153,555
Balances due from other banks 125,572 75,536 138,001 339,109
Financial assets held for trading 1,083,105 2,570 252 1,085,927
Financial assets mandatory at fair value through profit or loss 144,998 - - 144,998
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income 5,862,292 57 - 5,862,349
Loans and advances to credit institutions 727,474 - 12 727,486
Credit granted and other balances receivable at amortized cost 38,871,306 436,817 32,057 39,340,180
Hedging derivatives 55,168 1,078 - 56,246
Investments in associates 59,240 - - 59,240
50,071,012 520,249 177,829 50,769,090
Liabilities
Financial liabilities held for trading 1,111,881 2,570 252 1,114,703
Resources from central banks 3,037,524 - - 3,037,524
Resources from other credit institutions 3,008,714 186,486 796 3,195,996
Resources from customers and other debts 34,152,470 1,471,381 249,421 35,873,272
Debt securities 3,728,941 - - 3,728,941
Other financial libilities 218,021 - - 218,021
Hedging derivatives 390,861 2,749 221 393,831
45,648,412 1,663,186 250,690 47,562,288

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the VaR associated with the exchange-rate risk corresponded to:

30-06-2020 31-12-2019
VaR Percentil 99% (6) (3)
VaR Weighted Percentil 99% (4) (2)

Asset price risk

Financial Instruments – trading

As at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Bank had no risk associated with asset prices with regard to its trading financial instruments, and so the VaR associated with this risk is zero.

40. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

The Bank seeks a high financial solidity based on the maintenance of a capital adequacy ratio - the relationship between Eligible Equity Funds and risk-weighted assets. The policy for the distribution of results is conditioned by the maintenance of capital levels that allow the Group to sustain the development of its operations within its risk policy.

The Bank uses the mixed method for credit risk, namely the advanced method (IRB) for most credit segments and the standard method for manual operations, Banif portfolio and BAPOP portfolio. The Bank uses the standard method for calculating market risk. In June 2012, the Bank started using the standard method for the purpose of determining operational risk requirements, having used the basic indicator method until then.

As of January 1, 2014, it started reporting capital ratios in accordance with the new regulatory framework of BIS III, which, although it provides for a phasing in period, is more demanding for the core capital ratio (or Common Equity Tier I, CET1), in particular through additional deductions and higher weights in the computation of exposures.

On June 28, 2019, the Bank operationalized the first synthetic securitization operation originated by the Bank. The operation is based on a portfolio of Corporates, SMEs, City Councils and ENI's in the amount of € 2.4Bn, in relation to which the Bank buys protection corresponding to a mezzanine tranche with a 1% attachment point and an 8.5% detachment point. The € 181.3Mn mezzanine tranche was fully bonded to foreign institutional investors, in the form of a CLN with a premium of 8.7%.

The following table summarizes the composition of the Bank's regulatory capital and prudential ratios on June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (both in BIS III - Phasing In):

Amounts in million Euro
jun 2020 dec 2019
A - BASE OWN FUNDS (TIER I) 3,595 2,858
Share Capital (includes addicional instruments elegible as Tier I) 1,541 1,541
Reserves and Retained earnings (excluding Non-controlling interests) 2,198 1,606
Non-controlling interests - -
Deduction to base own funds (144) (290)
B - LEVEL 2 OWN FUNDS (TIER II) 405 408
Perpetual subordinated liabilities 347 347
Eligable Non-controlling interests - -
Other elements/deductions to complementary own funds 5
8
6
1
C - DEDUCTIONS TO OWN FUNDS - -
D - TOTAL OWN FUNDS (A+B+C) 3,999 3,266
E - ASSETS WEIGHTED BY RISK 17,627 18,681
Ratios
TIER I (A/E) 20.4% 15.3%
CORE CAPITAL (CET1) 20.4% 15.3%
TIER II (B/E) 2.3% 2.2%
CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO (D/E) 22.7% 17.5%
LEVERAGE 5.9% 4.7%

41. RESOLUTION FUND

The Resolution Fund is a legal person under public law with administrative and financial autonomy, established by Decree-Law 31-A/2012 of February 10, which is governed by the General Credit Institutions and Financial Companies Regime ("RGICSF") and by its regulation, the mission of which is to provide financial support for the resolution measures implemented by the Bank of Portugal, in the capacity of national resolution authority, and to perform all other functions conferred by law within the scope of implementation of such measures.

The Bank, like the majority of the financial institutions operating in Portugal, is one of the institutions taking part in the resolution fund, making contributions resulting from the application of a rate set annually by the Bank of Portugal essentially on the basis of the amount of their liabilities. In 2020, the periodic contribution made by the Bank amounted to €12,875k, based on a contribution rate of 0.048%.

Resolution measure applied to Banco Espírito Santo, SA

Within the scope of its responsibility as supervision and resolution authority of the Portuguese financial sector, on August 3, 2014, the Bank of Portugal decided to apply to Banco Espírito Santo, SA ("BES") a resolution measure under article 145-G(5) of the RGICSF, which consisted of the transfer of most of its business to a transition bank called Novo Banco, SA ("Novo Banco") created especially for the purpose.

To pay up the Novo Banco share capital the Resolution Fund, as sole shareholder, provided €4,900 million, of which €365 million corresponded to own financial resources. A loan was also granted by a banking syndicate to the Resolution Fund in the amount of €635 million, with the participation of each credit institution weighted in the light of several factors, including the respective dimension. The remainder (€3,900 million) consisted of a repayable loan granted by the Portuguese State.

Following the implementation of the said resolution measure, on July 7, 2016, the Resolution Fund stated that it would review and assess the steps to be taken following the publication of the report on the results of the independent evaluation conducted to estimate the credit recovery level for each class of creditors in a hypothetical scenario of a process of normal insolvency of BES on August 3, 2014. Under applicable law, if it is found that creditors whose credits have not been transferred to Novo Banco entail a larger loss than would hypothetically be the case if BES had entered into liquidation at a moment immediately preceding that of the application of the resolution measure, those creditors would be entitled to receive the difference from the Resolution Fund.

On March 31, 2017, the Bank of Portugal reported that it had selected the Lone Star Fund for the purchase of Novo Banco, which was completed on October 17, 2017, by injection, by the new shareholder of €750 million, which will be followed a new inflow of share capital in the amount of €250 million, to be implemented over a period of up to three years. This operation put an end to Novo Banco's status as a transition bank, the Lone Star Fund having acquired 75% of the Novo Banco share capital and the Resolution Fund the remaining 25%, albeit without voting rights.

On February 26, 2018, the European Commission released the non-confidential version of the decision approving the State aid underlying the Novo Banco sale process, which includes a contingent capitalisation mechanism, under which the Resolution Fund may be called upon to inject capital in the event of occurrence of certain conditions relating to the performance of a restricted set of Novo Banco's assets and to the evolution of the bank's capital levels.

This mechanism is triggered each year on the basis of Novo Banco's annual accounts certified by the respective auditor, and there is a possibility of intra-annual determinations only in the event of default, by Novo Banco, of the prudential requirements. For the purpose of this mechanism, consideration is given to the asset valuation differences (positive or negative) compared to their carrying amounts, net of impairment, as at June 30, 2016 (around €7.9 billion according to information provided by Novo Banco). Thus, economic losses or gains are considered, resulting, for example, from the sale of assets or restructuring of loans, as are impairments, or their reversal, recorded at Novo Banco in accordance with the accounting rules, as well as the financing costs associated with maintaining the assets in the Novo Banco balance sheet.

Under that mechanism, to date, the Resolution Fund made a payment of €2,978 million to Novo Banco in respect of the 2017 to 2019 accounts, having used for the purpose its own financial resources resulting from the contributions paid up, directly or indirectly, by the banking sector, complemented by a State loan of €2,130 million within the scope of the framework agreement between the Portuguese State and the Resolution Fund.

This mechanism will be in force until December 31, 2025 (which may be extended until December 31, 2026) and is limited to an absolute maximum of €3,890 million.

Resolution measure applied to Banif – Banco Internacional do Funchal, SA

On December 19, 2015, the Bank of Portugal decided to declare that Banif - Banco Internacional do Funchal, SA ("Banif") was "at risk of or was in a situation of insolvency" and began a process of urgent resolution of the institution in the form of partial or total sale of its business, which came about with the sale on December 20, 2015, to Banco Santander Totta SA ("Santander Totta") of the rights and obligations constituting assets, liabilities, off-balance sheet items and assets under Banif management, for €150 million.

The greater part of the assets that were not sold was transferred to an asset-management vehicle called Oitante, SA ("Oitante"), created specifically for the purpose, which has the Resolution Fund as its sole shareholder. Oitante issued bonds representing the debt, in the amount of €746 million, a guarantee having been provided by the Resolution Fund and a counter-guarantee by the Portuguese State.

This operation involved a public support estimated at €2,255 million which aimed to cover future contingencies, of which €489 million was financed by the Resolution Fund and €1,766 million directly by the Portuguese State.

On July 21, 2016, the Resolution Fund made a payment to the State in the amount of €136 million by way of partial early repayment of the resolution measure applied to Banif, allowing the amount owed to fall from €489 million to €353 million.

To date the findings are not yet known of the independent evaluation exercise conducted to estimate the credit recovery level for each class of creditors in the hypothetical scenario of normal insolvency proceedings of Banif as of December 20, 2015. As mentioned above for BES, if it is found that creditors entail a larger loss than would hypothetically be the case if Banif had entered into liquidation at a moment immediately preceding that of the application of the resolution measure, those creditors would be entitled to receive the difference from the Resolution Fund.

Resolution Fund's liabilities and funding

Following the resolution measures applied to BES and Banif and the agreement for the sale of Novo Banco to Lone Star, the Resolution Fund contracted the loans referred to above and assumed liabilities and contingent liabilities arising from:

  • the effects of the application of the principle that no creditor of the credit institution under resolution can assume a loss greater than what it would assume if the institution had gone into liquidation;
  • negative effects arising from the resolution process resulting in liabilities or additional contingencies for the Novo Banco that have to be neutralised by the Resolution Fund;
  • lawsuits against the Resolution Fund;
  • guarantee given to bonds issued by Oitante. This guarantee is counter-guaranteed by the Portuguese State;
  • contingent capitalisation mechanism associated with the process of sale of Novo Banco to Lone Star.

In order to preserve financial stability by promoting the conditions that lend predictability and stability to the contribution effort for the Resolution Fund, the Portuguese government reached an agreement with the European Commission to alter the conditions of the loans granted by the Portuguese State and by the participating banks to the Resolution Fund. To this end, an addendum to the Resolution Fund funding agreements was formalised, which introduced a number of amendments to the repayment plans, remuneration rates and other terms and conditions associated with these loans so that they are suited to the Resolution Fund's ability to fulfil its obligations in full on the basis of its regular revenues, that is, without a need for the banks participating in the Resolution Fund to be charged special contributions or any other type of extraordinary contribution.

According to the announcement of the Resolution Fund of March 31, 2017, the review of the conditions of the funding granted by the Portuguese State and the participating banks aimed to ensure the sustainability and the financial balance of the Resolution Fund, on the basis of a stable, predictable and affordable charge for the banking sector. Based on this review, the Resolution Fund considered that full payment of its liabilities is assured, as well as the respective remuneration, with no need for recourse to special contributions or any other type of extraordinary contributions on the part of the banking sector.

Notwithstanding the possibility provided for in applicable legislation governing the collection of special contributions, given the renegotiation of the conditions of the loans granted to the Resolution Fund by the Portuguese State and by a banking syndicate, in which the Bank is included, the public announcements made by the Resolution Fund and the Office of the Minister of Finance state that this possibility will not be used, these financial statements reflect the Board of Directors' expectation that no special contributions or any other type of extraordinary contributions will be required of the Bank to finance the Resolution Fund.

Any significant changes regarding this matter may have relevant implications for the Bank's financial statements.

42. COMPETITION AUTHORITY

In 2012 administrative-offence proceedings were instituted by the Competition Authority ("AdC"), for alleged signs of infringement of article 9 of Law 19/2012, of May 8 (Competition Act).

Within the scope of these proceedings search and seizure measures were carried out at the premises of the Bank and other credit institutions on March 6, 2013, and indiscriminate documentation was seized to determine possible evidence of infringement of the aforesaid legal precept.

On June 3, 2015, the Bank, like other 14 credit institutions, was notified of the statement of objections issued by the AdC regarding the administrative-offence under appraisal (Case No. PRC 9/2012), accused of taking part in an exchange of certain commercially sensitive information between competitors.

On September 9, 2019, the Competition Authority issued the final decision, essentially maintaining the theory presented in the 2015 statement of objections, namely the presumption of anti-competitive conduct based on the exchange of information between competitors on Mortgage Loans, Consumer

Credit and Loans to Companies. Banco Santander Totta was sentenced to a fine of €35 million, plus a fine of €650k applied to BAPOP.

The fine imposed, which could amount to a maximum equivalent to 10% of the annual turnover of the infringing company in the year next before the decision, came to be applied for an amount corresponding to about 2.02% of that indicator (considering not only the penalty imposed on the Bank, but also on BAPOP).

Nevertheless, on October 21, 2019, the Bank judicially challenged the final decision of the Competition Authority, the case now pending before the Competition, Regulation and Supervision Court.

In line with what has been its position throughout the process, the Bank strongly refutes all the arguments underlying the decision of the Competition Authority, and its judicial challenges through the Competition, Regulation and Supervision Court has been supported, in particular, by the opinion of eminent professors of law, attesting to the absence of any unlawful conduct by the institution.

The Bank will now await the judgement and subsequent decision on the judicial challenge presented and will not waive the exercise of all the legal and judicial faculties ensuring the protection of its interests.

Taking the foregoing into consideration, the Bank's Board of Directors is convinced that probabilities of the Bank not being ordered to pay a fine are greater than being so ordered, and therefore no provision for this process has been recorded in the financial statements as at June 30, 2020.

43. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On the date of approval of these consolidated financial statements by the Bank's Board of Directors, there was no event subsequent to June 30, 2020, the reference date of these financial statements, which requires adjustments or modifications of the amounts of assets and liabilities under the terms of IAS 10 – Events after the reporting period.

44. APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

These financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on September 22, 2020.

45. NOTE ADDED FOR TRANSLATION

These financial statements are a free translation of the financial statements originally issued in the Portuguese language. In the event of discrepancies, the Portuguese language version prevails.

1000 DEBT SECURITIES AS AT 30 JUNE 30, 2020

0 (Amounts expressed in thousand euros)

Amount issued Value adjustment
Subscribed Consolidated from hedge Total
Consolidated
Interest Issue Maturity
Securities issued Currency Total by the Group Balance sheet Accrual operations Balance sheet rate date date Index
Structured bonds
OB.BST INDEX LINKED NOTES 2024 23/12/2024 EUR 8,227 - 8,227 50 235 8,512 Floating December 20, 2019 December 23, 2024 Index basket
Total 8,227 - 8,227 50 235 8,512
Covered Bonds
Hipotecária XIV EUR 750,000 750,000 - (302) - (302) 0.754% March 04, 2015 March 04, 2022 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecária XV EUR 750,000 - 750,000 4,215 - 754,215 0.875% October 27, 2015 October 27, 2020 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecária XVI EUR 200,000 200,000 - (40) - (40) 0.842% February 24, 2016 February 24, 2022 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecária XVII EUR 750,000 750,000 - (348) - (348) 0.902% April 15, 2016 April 15, 2023 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecária XVIII EUR 750,000 750,000 - (605) - (605) 0.652% July 26, 2016 July 26, 2023 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecárias XX - 1ª EUR 750,000 750,000 - (1,223) - (1,223) 1.201% December 07, 2017 December 07, 2027 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecárias XXI EUR 1,000,000 1,000,000 - (1,426) - (1,426) 1.481% April 10, 2017 April 10, 2027 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecárias XXII EUR 1,000,000 - 1,000,000 (5,026) - 994,974 0.875% April 25, 2017 April 25, 2024 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecárias XXIII EUR 1,000,000 - 1,000,000 (644) - 999,356 1.250% July 05, 2019 July 05, 2029 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecária XXIV EUR 1,100,000 1,100,000 - (2,225) - (2,225) 0.412% July 05, 2019 July 05, 2029 Fixed interest rate
Hipotecárias XXV EUR 750,000 750,000 - (756) (756) 0.51% March 27, 2020 March 27, 2025 Fixed interest rate
Total 8,800,000 6,050,000 2,750,000 (8,380) - 2,741,620
Bonds issued on securitization operations from mortgage credit
Hipototta 4 - Classe A - Notes EUR 463,069 338,870 124,199 (410) - 123,789 Floating December 09, 2005 December 30, 2048 Euribor 3m+0.12% (up to early redemption date in December 2014); Euribor
3m+0.24% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 4 - Classe B - Notes EUR 16,847 16,847 - - - - Floating December 09, 2005 December 30, 2048 Euribor 3m+0.19% (up to early redemption date in December 2014); Euribor
3m+0.40% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 4 - Classe C - Notes EUR 53,205 53,205 - - - - Floating December 09, 2005 December 30, 2048 Euribor 3m+0.29% (up to early redemption date in December 2014); Euribor
3m+0.58% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 4 - Classe D - Notes EUR 7,000 7,000 - - - - Floating December 09, 2005 December 30, 2048 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Floating
Hipototta 5 - Classe A2 - Notes EUR 420,320 339,794 80,526 (130) - 80,396 Floating March 22, 2007 February 28, 2060 Euribor 3m+0.13% (up to early redemption date in February 2014); Euribor
3m+0.26% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 5 - Classe B - Notes EUR 26,000 26,000 - - - - Floating March 22, 2007 February 28, 2060 Euribor 3m+0.17% (up to early redemption date in February 2014); Euribor
3m+0.34% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 5 - Classe C - Notes EUR 24,000 24,000 - - - - Floating March 16, 2007 February 28, 2060 Euribor 3m+0.24% (up to early redemption date in February 2014); Euribor
3m+0.48% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 5 - Classe D - Notes EUR 26,000 26,000 - - - - Floating March 22, 2007 February 28, 2060 Euribor 3m+0.50% (up to early redemption date in February 2014); Euribor
3m+1.00% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 5 - Classe E - Notes EUR 31,000 31,000 - - - - Floating March 22, 2007 February 28, 2060 Euribor 3m+1.75% (up to early redemption date in February 2014); Euribor
3m+3.50% (After early redemption date)
Hipototta 5 - Classe F - Notes EUR 6,000 6,000 - - - - Floating March 22, 2007 February 28, 2060 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Azor Mortgages 1 - Classe B EUR 14,382 10,522 3,861 263 - 4,124 Floating November 25, 2004 September 20, 2047 Euribor 3m+0.76%
Azor Mortgages 1 - Classe C EUR 9,000 2,500 6,500 345 - 6,845 Floating November 25, 2004 September 20, 2047 Euribor 3m+1.75%
Azor Mortgages 1 - Classe D EUR 10,000 10,000 - - - - Floating November 25, 2004 September 20, 2047 Rendimento residual gerado pela carteira titularizada

ANEXO I

BANCO SANTANDER TOTTA, S.A.

1000 DEBT SECURITIES AS AT 30 JUNE 30, 2020

0 (Amounts expressed in thousand euros)

Amount issued Value adjustment
Total
Subscribed Consolidated from hedge Consolidated Interest Issue Maturity
Securities issued Currency Total by the Group Balance sheet Accrual operations Balance sheet rate date date Index
Azor Mortgages 2 - Classe A EUR 79,503 79,503 - - - - Floating July 24, 2008 December 14, 2065 Euribor 3m+0.30%
Azor Mortgages 2 - Classe B EUR 43,080 43,080 - - - - Floating July 24, 2008 December 14, 2065 Euribor 3m+0.8%
Azor Mortgages 2 - Classe C EUR 6,750 6,750 - - - - Floating July 24, 2008 December 14, 2065 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Atlantes Mortage 2 - Classe A EUR 104,977 - 104,977 (13,590) - 91,387 Floating March 05, 2008 September 18, 2060 Euribor 3m+0.33%
Atlantes Mortage 2 - Classe B EUR 13,069 13,069 - - - - Floating March 05, 2008 September 18, 2060 Euribor 3m+0.95%
Atlantes Mortage 2 - Classe C EUR 5,327 5,327 - - - - Floating March 05, 2008 September 18, 2060 Euribor 3m+1.65%
Atlantes Mortage 2 - Classe D EUR 10,983 10,983 - - - - Floating March 05, 2008 September 18, 2060 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Atlantes Mortage 3 - Classe A EUR 181,640 56,611 125,029 (9,825) - 115,204 Floating October 30, 2008 August 20, 2061 Euribor 3m+0.20%
Atlantes Mortage 3 - Classe B EUR 26,049 26,049 - - - - Floating October 30, 2008 August 20, 2061 Euribor 3m+0.50%
Atlantes Mortage 3 - Classe C EUR 46,026 46,026 - - - - Floating October 30, 2008 August 20, 2061 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Atlantes Mortage 4 - Classe A EUR 204,196 - 204,196 (28,096) - 176,100 Floating February 16, 2009 December 30, 2064 Euribor 3m+0.15%
Atlantes Mortage 4 - Classe B EUR 22,487 22,487 - - - - Floating February 16, 2009 December 30, 2064 Euribor 3m+0.30%
Atlantes Mortage 4 - Classe C EUR 62,053 62,053 - - - - Floating February 16, 2009 December 30, 2064 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Atlantes Mortage 5 - Classe A EUR 164,628 164,628 - - - - Floating December 21, 2009 November 23, 2068 Euribor 3m+0.15%
Atlantes Mortage 5 - Classe B EUR 30,395 30,395 - - - - Floating December 21, 2009 November 23, 2068 Euribor 3m+0.30%
Atlantes Mortage 5 - Classe C EUR 52,538 52,538 - - - - Floating December 21, 2009 November 23, 2068 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Hipototta nº13 Classe A EUR 1,107,754 1,107,754 - - - - Floating January 09, 2018 October 23, 2072 Euribor 3m+0.60%
Hipototta nº13 Classe B EUR 484,000 484,000 - - - - Floating January 09, 2018 October 23, 2072 Euribor 3m+1%
Hipototta nº13 Classe C EUR 49,737 49,737 - - - - Floating January 09, 2018 October 23, 2072 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
Hipototta nº13 Classe D EUR 0.001 0.001 - - - - Floating January 09, 2018 October 23, 2072
Atlantes Mortage 7 - Classe A EUR 130,161 130,161 - - - - Floating November 19, 2010 August 23, 2066 Euribor 3m+0.15%
Atlantes Mortage 7 - Classe B EUR 24,188 24,188 - - - - Floating November 19, 2010 August 23, 2066 Euribor 3m+0.30%
Atlantes Mortage 7 - Classe C EUR 50,329 50,329 - - - - Floating November 19, 2010 August 23, 2066 Residual return generated by securitized portfolio
4,006,694 3,357,406 649,288 (51,443) - 597,845
Total 12,814,921 9,407,406 3,407,515 (59,773) 235 3,347,977

OTHER SUBORDINATED LIABILITIES AS AT JUNE 30, 2020

(Amounts expressed in thousand euros)

Amount issued
Subscribed Consolidated
Securities issued Currency Total by the Group Balance sheet Accruals Total Interest rate Maturity Early repayment as from
Obrigações Perpétuas Subordinadas 2000 EUR 284,315 13,868 270,447 104 104 1.519% Perpetual June 22, 2010
Obrigações Perpétuas Subordinadas BSP 2001 EUR 54,359 50,084 4,275 20 20 1.39% Perpetual February 23, 2011
Obrigações Perpétuas Subordinadas CPP 2001 EUR 172,833 159,016 13,817 65 65 1.39% Perpetual February 23, 2011
MC Factor 2008 EUR 2,993 2,394 599 0 0 2.22% Perpetual -
BANCO SANTANDER TOTTA BOND SA 7.5% 06/10/2026 EUR 7,599 - 7,599 136 136 7.50% Perpetual October 6, 2026
522,099 225,362 296,737 326 326

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