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Bper Banca Interim / Quarterly Report 2019

Nov 7, 2019

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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PRESS RELEASE

Consolidated interim report on operations as at 30 September 2019 approved

July completion of the strategic operations involved in the acquisition of:

  • Unipol Banca1 , with the simultaneous sale of approximately € 1 billion of bad loans;
  • minority interests in Banco di Sardegna;
  • another stake in Arca Holding, reaching 57.1% of its share capital.

As a result, Unipol Banca and Arca Holding entered the BPER Group's scope of consolidation from 1 July 20192

Profit for the period of € 522.9 million, a figure that is not directly comparable with the result for the same period last year (€ 358.1 million which included non-recurring gains on debt securities). The profit for the nine months was affected by significant non-recurring items, including:

  • the provisional badwill generated by the acquisition of Unipol Banca of € 353.8 million3 and higher loan loss provisions in line with the expected acceleration of the de-risking process in the third quarter;
  • other negative items in the first half for a total of € 22.9 million4

Net operating income of € 572.0 million in the period, as a result of the difference between operating profit of € 1,643.8 million and operating costs of € 1,071.8 million

The Group's high capital strength is confirmed even after the completion of extraordinary transactions, with a Fully Phased CET1 ratio of 12.36%, up by 3 bps compared with June 2019 and by 41 bps on December 2018. Phased In CET1 ratio5 of 14.24%, far higher than the SREP requirement set at 9% by the ECB for 2019

The improvement in asset quality is continuing, with the gross NPE ratio down to 11.6% compared with 13.7% in June and an annualised default rate of 1.6%. The annualised cost of credit is 78 bps, up compared with June, due to higher provisions in view of the expected acceleration of the de-risking process. The BPER Group has in fact started work on a new bad loan securitisation, which is expected to be completed by the end of the first half of 2020, with the aim of reaching the target gross NPE ratio of less than 9% laid down in the Business Plan for 2021 a year ahead of schedule.

Total funding, including bancassurance, amounts to € 172.1 billion, a very strong increase mainly due to the expansion of the Group's scope of consolidation: direct deposits amount to € 58.2 billion, indirect deposits to € 107.4 billion, of which € 38.0 billion of assets under management and € 69.4 billion of assets under custody; life insurance premiums amount to € 6.5 billion. Loans to customers have grown with new mortgage loans up by 5.9% on the same period of 2018 on a consistent basis, with residential mortgages segment up by more than 40%

BPER Banca S.p.A., head office in Modena, via San Carlo, 8/20 - Tax Code and Modena Companies Register no. 01153230360 – Company belonging to the BPER BANCA GROUP VAT, VAT no. 03830780361 – Share capital Euro 1,542,925,305 - ABI Code 5387.6 - Register of Banks no. 4932 - Member of the Interbank Deposit Guarantee Fund and of the National Guarantee Fund - Parent Company of the BPER Banca S.p.A. Banking Group - Register of Banking Groups no. 5387.6 - Tel. 059.2021111 - Telefax 059.2022033 - e-mail: [email protected] - Certified email (PEC): [email protected] - bper.it – istituzionale.bper.it

The Board of Directors of BPER Banca has examined and approved the separate results of the Bank and the consolidated results of the Group at 30 September 2019.

Alessandro Vandelli, Chief Executive Officer of BPER Banca, commented: "The third quarter of the year saw an important phase of expansion for the BPER Group, with Unipol Banca and Arca Holding entering the scope of consolidation following completion of their acquisitions in July. Together with the benefit deriving from the purchase of the minority interests in Banco di Sardegna, both companies make a significant contribution to the Group's consolidated net profit, which comes to € 522.9 million for the first nine months of the year. This amount includes some significant non-recurring items, such as the badwill generated by the acquisition of Unipol Banca, provisionally amounting to € 353.8 million, and higher loan loss provisions, given the target of further accelerating the de-risking process after the positive outcome of the sale of € 1 billion bad loan portfolio, also completed last July. This context includes the new securitisation of bad loans, which is expected to be completed before the end of the first half of next year, so as to achieve the target of a gross NPE ratio of less than the 9% threshold set by the Business Plan for 2021 a year earlier than planned. This new securitisation, which follows the positive experience of the previous 4Mori Sardegna and AQUI securitisations, represents a decisive step forward in the BPER Group's de-risking process. The figures for the period confirm the improvement in asset quality, with a gross NPE ratio at 11.6%, down by more than 2 percentage points compared with 13.7% in June, and an annualised default rate at a very low level of 1.6%. We are very satisfied for having succeeded in combining a growth strategy, through the extension of the Group scope, with a clear improvement in asset quality, while maintaining a strong capital position with a fully phased CET1 ratio of 12.36% in September, compared with 12.33% in June and 11.95% at the end of 2018. The latter part of the year will see us heavily involved in integrating Unipol Banca with the Parent Company, scheduled for completion by the end of November, and taking further steps to simplify and improve the efficiency, as envisaged in the Business Plan".

Consolidated income statement6 : key figures

Net interest income amounts to € 862.1 million; based on the same scope of consolidation, the figure comes to € 814.5 million compared with € 850.1 million, a 4.2% decline y/y mainly due to the accounting effects of IFRS 9 and IFRS 167 , net of which the reduction would be significantly lower, at 1.1% y/y. Net interest income for the third quarter of the year amounts to € 315.9 million; the quarterly figure, based on the same scope of consolidation, comes to € 268.3 million, down by 1.5% q/q, due to the accounting effects of IFRS 9 and IFRS 16, net of which third quarter net interest income would show an increase of 0.5% q/q.

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Net commission income amounts to € 656.1 million; on a comparable basis, the figure is € 585.2 million, up by 1.4% y/y with a particularly positive performance in bancassurance (+19.0% y/y) and assets under management (+2.9% y/y), whereas there was a reduction in the commissions relating to loans and guarantees (-3.1% y/y). The figure for the third quarter of 2019 amounts to € 268.3 million; based on the same scope of consolidation, it comes to € 197.5 million, up by 1.2% q/q (+5.0% compared with the third quarter of 2018), mainly due to increases in assets under management and bancassurance (+2.4% q/q) and cards, collections and payments (+2.0% q/q).

Dividends for the period amount to € 13.6 million (€ 13.8 million in the same period of 2018).

Net income from financial activities comes to € 77.2 million (€ 190.9 million in the first nine months of 2018, which included non-recurring gains realised on debt securities) after having expensed the full non-recurring writedown of BPER's share of the support given by the IDPF Voluntary Scheme to Banca Carige of € 13.3 million (on a comparable basis, this item amounts to € 62.3 million for the period). It includes realised net gains on sale of financial assets and loans of € 69.1 million, net gains on securities and derivatives of € 3.4 million and other positive elements of € 4.7 million.

Operating income comes in at € 1,643.8 million. Based on the same scope of consolidation, this figure is € 1,508.5 million compared with € 1,662.6 million in the same period of 2018 (the two results are not comparable, mainly because of the non-recurring gains realised on debt securities in 2018, as mentioned previously, and the significant difference in the impact of the "IFRS 9 reclassification" on net interest income in the two periods).

Operating costs amount to € 1,071.8 million; on a comparable basis, they come to € 998.9 million, down 1.2% y/y. In detail, personnel expenses amount to € 657.7 million; based on the same scope of consolidation, the figure stands at € 615.5 million, more or less stable compared with the same period of last year. Other administrative expenses amount to € 305.4 million (€ 313.3 million on a comparable basis and pro-forma without considering the effects of applying IFRS 168 , down by 1.0% y/y on a like-for-like basis) and net adjustments to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets amount to € 108.7 million (€ 70.7 million on a comparable basis and pro-forma without considering the effects of applying IFRS 169 , not directly comparable with the figure for the same period last year which included net non-recurring adjustments to property, plant and equipment for € 13.5 million).

The net operating income (operating income, net of operating costs) amounts to € 572.0 million; on a like-for-like basis, this figure comes to € 509.6 million. In the third quarter, net operating income amounts to € 267.5 million (€ 205.1 million on a comparable basis).

Net impairment losses for credit risk amount to € 309.1 million (€ 291.3 million based on the same scope of consolidation), almost entirely referable to net adjustments to financial assets at amortised cost, including higher provisions for loans, partly due to the expected acceleration in the de-risking process through a new securitisation of a significant amount of bad loans to be completed in the first half of 2020. Net impairment losses for credit risk in the third quarter amount to € 161.1 million (€ 143.3 million on a like-for-like basis). The annualised cost of credit stands at 78 bps with respect to 47 bps in 2018.

Net provisions for risks and charges for the period amount to € 9.2 million.

Contributions to system funds recognised during the period total € 58.4 million (€ 56.8 million on a like-for-like basis compared with € 52.4 million in the same period of 2018). More specifically: the BPER Group's ordinary contribution to the Single Resolution Fund (SRF) for 2019 of € 23.0 million in the first quarter; the additional contribution for 2017 of € 9.6 million in the second quarter; the estimated amount of the ordinary contribution to the Deposit Guarantee Scheme (DGS) of € 25.8 million in the third quarter, of which € 1.6 million relating to Unipol Banca. Note that, in the interests of clarity, these contributions are shown on a separate line in the reclassified income statement, whereas in the Bank of Italy's schedule they are included in item 190 b) "Other administrative expenses".

A reminder that the first provisional accounting for the acquisition of Unipol Banca was carried out at 30 September 2019 in accordance with IFRS 3 "Business Combinations". The negative difference between the purchase price and consolidated equity attributable to the acquired group was € 353.8 million. The total benefit of the acquisition, € 353.8 million, was therefore recognised as income in caption 275 of the income statement ("badwill") as at 30 September 2019.

Gains on equity investments and on disposal of investments amount to € 8.8 million (€ 8.6 million on a like-forlike basis, compared with € 9.0 million in the same period last year).

The profit from current operations before tax is € 557.9 million (€ 162.0 million on a comparable basis). Income taxes for the period are € 19.9 million.

Profit for the period stands at € 538.0 million and includes a profit for the period attributable to minority interests of € 15.1 million (€ 153.9 million and € 10.2 million respectively on a like-for-like basis). The profit attributable to the Parent Company therefore comes to € 522.9 million (€ 143.7 million on a comparable basis).

Consolidated balance sheet10: key figures

Direct funding from customers (amounts due to customers, debt securities issued and financial liabilities designated at fair value through profit or loss) amounts to € 58.2 billion, of which € 9.0 billion relating to Unipol Banca. Ordinary customer deposits amount to € 55.0 billion, mainly including current accounts and sight deposits for € 46.8 billion, time deposits and certificates of deposit for € 2.4 billion and bonds for € 2.3 billion. Institutional funding amounts to € 3.2 billion, made up entirely of bonds.

Indirect deposits from customers, valued at market prices, come to € 107.4 billion, significantly higher than the 2018 figure mainly due to the expansion of the Group's scope of consolidation. In particular, assets under management amount to € 38.0 billion, of which € 2.5 billion relating to Unipol Banca and € 14.8 billion to Arca Holding, net of the portion of funds placed by the BPER Group network. Assets under administration amount to € 69.4 billion, of which € 50.6 billion relating to Unipol Banca, for the most part consisting of administered deposits of a leading insurance company. The portfolio of life insurance premiums, not included in indirect deposits, amounts to € 6.5 billion, of which about € 1.0 billion relating to Unipol Banca.

Gross loans to customers amount to € 56.0 billion. Gross performing loans amount to € 49.5 billion, whereas gross non-performing loans (bad, unlikely-to-pay and past due loans) amount to € 6.5 billion, with a percentage on total gross loans of 11.6%. Looking at the various components, gross bad loans amount to € 3.5 billion; gross unlikely-to-pay loans amount to € 2.9 billion; gross past due loans amount to € 102.5 million. The quality of performing loans remains high, with a percentage of low-risk ratings of 63.6%, a further improvement compared with 61.7% in June 2019.

Net loans to customers amount to € 52.5 billion. Net performing loans amount to € 49.3 billion, whereas net nonperforming loans (bad, unlikely-to-pay and past due loans) amount to € 3.2 billion, with a percentage on total net loans of 6.1% and a coverage ratio of 51.1%. Looking at the various components, net bad loans amount to € 1.3 billion, with a coverage ratio of 63.7%; net unlikely-to-pay loans amount to € 1.8 billion, with coverage of 37.2%; net past due loans amount to € 87.2 million with coverage of 15.0%.

The net interbank position is negative for € 8.6 billion and is the result of the imbalance between amounts due from banks of € 3.7 billion and amounts due to banks of € 12.4 billion. The BPER Group's total amount of refinancing with the European Central Bank (ECB) amounts to € 9.7 billion, entirely attributable to participation in TLTRO 2 with a four-year maturity. Financial instruments, which can be used as collateral for refinancing operations on the market, amount to € 20.9 billion, net of the haircut, of which € 10.6 billion is available, to which € 2.2 billion of deposits available at the ECB must be added.

Financial assets come to a total of € 18.8 billion and amount to 23.3% of total assets. Debt securities amount to € 17.8 billion and represent 94.8% of the total portfolio: of these, € 8.2 billion refer to government securities and other public entities, of which € 6.4 billion of Italian government securities.

Total shareholders' equity at 30 September 2019 amounts to € 5.4 billion, with a portion pertaining to minority interests of € 0.2 billion. The Group's consolidated shareholders' equity, including the result for the period, amounts to € 5.2 billion.

The Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and the Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) are both over 100%; at 30 September 2019, the LCR index is 163.9%, while the NSFR is estimated to be over 100% (it was 112.6% at 30 June 2019).

Capital ratios

The capital ratios at 30 September 2019, calculated taking into account the AIRB methodology for credit risk requirements, are based on Own Funds including the portion of profit realised during the period, net of the expected dividend:

  • Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio (Phased In)11 of 14.24% (14.33% at 30 June 2019 and 14.27% at 31 December 2018). This ratio calculated on a fully phased basis comes to 12.36% (12.33% at 30 June 2019 and 11.95% at 31 December 2018);
  • Tier 1 ratio (Phased in) of 14.68% (14.42% at 30 June 2019 and 14.37% at 31 December 2018);
  • Total Capital Ratio (Phased In) of 17.24% (17.32% at 30 June 2019 and 17.25% at 31 December 2018).

Main structure data at 30 September 2019

The Group is present in nineteen regions of Italy with 1,429 bank branches, of which 258 relating to Unipol Banca, in addition to the Luxembourg office of BPER Bank Luxembourg S.A.

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The Group employs 13,910 people, of whom 2,145 are employed by Unipol Banca (11,615 at the end of 2018).

Significant subsequent events that took place after 30 September 2019

Agreement on the 2019-2021 Business Plan signed by the BPER Group and the Trade Unions

With reference to the 2019-2021 Business Plan presented on 28 February 2019, featuring a strong focus on cost containment, also by optimising the size of the workforce, BPER Banca has announced the signing of an Agreement between the BPER Group and the Trade Unions in relation to the trade union procedure launched with the communication dated 28 June 2019.

The Agreement envisages:

  • voluntary termination from 31 March 2020 of personnel who have accrued or who will have accrued the right to receive a pension by 1 January 2022, with the payment of an incentive;
  • the possibility of applying to the Sector Solidarity Fund, from 1 April 2020 up to the date that pension payments commence, for those who will meet these requirements between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025, with payment of an incentive;
  • that these early retirement plans will lead to the resignation of 1,289 members of staff;
  • hiring 645 people, who will bring new skills and a degree of generational turnover;
  • a reduction in the workforce that will make it possible to achieve the target for the end of the Business Plan (a workforce of 12,739) and contribute towards the overall decrease of 1,300 people with respect to the workforce at the beginning of the Plan.

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Outlook for operations

In the latter part of the year, operating costs will include both the charges relating to the personnel retirement plan as a result of the trade union agreement signed at the end of October and the non-recurring costs incurred for the integration of Unipol Banca, while revenues are expected to remain substantially stable, bolstered, in particular, by commission income from the asset management and bancassurance businesses.

With reference to the regulatory provisions that were introduced with the amendment to Legislative Decree 25 of 15 February 2016, which followed the European Directive 2013/50/EU (Transparency II) and the subsequent Consob Resolution 19770 of 26 October 2016, it should be noted that BPER Banca decided on a voluntary basis, in continuity with the past, to publish the Group's consolidated interim report on operations at 31 March and 30 September of each year. The consolidated interim report on operations of the BPER Group at 30 September 2019 is reviewed by the Independent Auditors only for the purpose of calculating the amount of consolidated profit to be included in CET 1 capital for regulatory purposes.

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The document will soon be available at the Bank's head office, on the websites of the Bank and of the Group (www.bper.it and https://istituzionale.bper.it/), of Borsa Italiana S.p.A. and of the authorised storage system ().

To supplement the information provided in this press release, we attach the consolidated balance sheet and income statement (also quarterly and reclassified) at 30 September 2019, as well as a summary of the key financial indicators.

Modena, 7 November 2019

The Chief Executive Officer Alessandro Vandelli

The Manager responsible for preparing the Company's financial reports, Marco Bonfatti, declares, pursuant to art. 154-bis, paragraph 2, of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998 (Consolidated Finance Act), that the accounting information contained in this press release agrees with the supporting documentation, books of account and accounting entries.

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Modena, 7 November 2019

The Manager responsible for preparing the Company's financial reports Marco Bonfatti

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A conference call will be held on 8 November 2019 at 9.30 a.m. (CET), to explain the consolidated results of the BPER Group at 30 September 2019.

The conference call will be held in English and will be chaired by Alessandro Vandelli, the Chief Executive Officer.

To join the conference call, dial the following telephone number:

ITALY: +39 02 8020911 UK: +44 1212 818004 USA: +1 718 7058796

A set of slides to support the presentation will be available the same day, before the start of the presentation and the conference call, in the Investor Relations area of the Bank's website https://istituzionale.bper.it.

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This press release is also available in the storage device.

Contacts:

Investor Relations Manager Responsible External Relations Gilberto Borghi Marco Bonfatti Eugenio Tangerini Tel: (+39) 059/202 2194 Tel: (+39) 059/202 2713 Tel: (+39) 059/202 1330 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.bper.it – https://istituzionale.bper.it/

Footnotes

1 By entering the share capital of Unipol Banca, the Group also acquired indirect control of Finitalia S.p.A.

2 July 2019 saw completion of the extraordinary transactions announced in February, namely the acquisition of an additional shareholding in Arca Holding, the acquisition of the minority interests in Banco di Sardegna and the acquisition of 100% of Unipol Banca with the simultaneous sale to UnipolReC of bad loans for a gross carrying amount of around € 1 billion. These transactions took effect for accounting purposes from 1 July 2019; Unipol Banca and ARCA Holding Spa were included in the scope of consolidation of the BPER Group from the same date; the balance sheet figures at 30 September include the assets and liabilities of the new companies forming part of the Group scope, while their income statement figures have been included from the 3rd quarter onwards. It should also be noted that as a result of these transactions, the accounting figures at 30 September 2019 are not comparable with those of the corresponding period of the previous year, which also included non-recurring gains realised on debt securities. Furthermore, the consolidated result at 30 September 2019 includes significant non-recurring items, including the "badwill" generated by the acquisition of Unipol Banca of € 353.8 million (booked in the third quarter), the additional contribution to the European Single Resolution Fund for € 9.6 million (booked in the 2nd quarter) and the charges deriving from the total write-down of the share of the IDPF Voluntary Scheme's

intervention in Banca Carige for € 13.3 million (booked in the 1st quarter). 3 Provisional badwill of € 353.8 million, calculated as the difference between the shareholders' equity at current values with the acquisition of Unipol Banca and Finitalia for € 573.8 million (net of the value of the Finitalia investment held by Unipol Banca) and the cash cost for its acquisition of € 220 million. 4 More specifically: the additional contribution to the European Single Resolution Fund for a total of € 9.6 million in the second quarter of 2019; the charge deriving

from the total write-down of our share of the IDPF Voluntary Scheme's intervention in Banca Carige for € 13.3 million in the first quarter of 2019. 5 Reg. 2395/2017 "Transitional provisions for mitigating the impact of the introduction of IFRS 9 on own funds" introduced the transitional regime (the so-called "phased-in") for the impact of IFRS 9 on own funds, giving banks a chance to spread the effect on own funds over a period of 5 years (from March 2018 to December 2022), sterilizing the impact in CET1 by applying decreasing percentages over time. The BPER Banca Group has chosen to adopt the so-called "static approach" to be applied to the impact resulting from comparison between the IAS 39 adjustments at 31/12/2017 and the IFRS 9 adjustments at 1/1/2018. 6 The figures refer to the Group's new scope of consolidation, unless otherwise indicated.

7 For details relating to the application of the 5th and 6th update of Bank of Italy Circular 262/2005 from 1 January 2018 and 1 January 2019 respectively, see the

tables of the reclassified consolidated income statement at 30 September 2019 and the quarterly version attached. 8 See Note 7. 9 See Note 7. 10 Figures relating to the new scope of consolidation of the Group and including the sale of a portfolio of bad loans for a gross carrying amount of around € 1 billion to UnipolReC, unless otherwise indicated.

11 See Note 5.

Reclassified financial statement as at 30 September 2019

For greater clarity in the presentation of the results for the period, the accounting schedules envisaged by the 6th update of Bank of Italy Circular no. 262/2005 have been reclassified as follows.

In the balance sheet:

  • Debt securities valued at amortised cost (caption 40 "Financial assets measured at amortised cost") have been reclassified under caption "Financial assets";
  • "Other assets" include captions 110 "Tax assets", 120 "Non current assets and disposal groups classified as held for sale" and 130 "Other assets";
  • "Other liabilities" include captions 60 "Tax liabilities", 80 "Other liabilities", and 90 "Employee termination indemnities" and 100 "Provisions for risks and charges".

In the income statement:

  • "Net income from financial activities" includes captions 80, 90, 100 and 110 in the standard reporting format;
  • Indirect tax recoveries, allocated for accounting purposes to caption 230 "Other operating expense/income", have been reclassified as a reduction in the related costs under "Other administrative expenses" (Euro 100,051 thousand at 30 September 2019 and Euro 94,974 thousand at 30 September 2018);
  • "Net adjustments to property, plant, equipment and intangible assets" include captions 210 and 220 in the standard reporting format;
  • "Gains (Losses) on equity investments, disposal investments and impairment losses on goodwill" include captions 250, 270 and 280 in the reporting format;
  • "Contributions to the SRF, DGS and IDPF-VS funds" has been shown separately from the specific accounting technical forms to give a better and clearer representation, as well as to leave the "Other administrative expenses" as a better reflection of the trend in the Group's operating costs. In particular, at 30 September 2019, this caption represents the component allocated to administrative costs related to:
    • the 2019 ordinary contribution to the SRF (European Single Resolution Fund) for Euro 23,043 thousand;
    • the additional contribution required by SRF to the Italian Banks for the year 2017 equal to Euro 9,587 thousand;
    • the 2019 ordinary contribution to the DGS (Deposit Guarantee Scheme) for Euro 25,784 thousand as estimation of how much it will be required at the end of the year.
  • appropriate specifications ("of which") have been included in "Net interest income", "Other administrative expenses" and "Net adjustments to property, plant, equipment and intangible assets" captions in order to highlight the impacts of IFRS 16 application (from 1 January 20191 ) and in "Net interest income" caption in order to highlight the impacts of IFRS 9 application (from 1 January 2018).

It should be noted that the reclassified consolidated balance sheet and income statement show the contribution of Unipol Banca and Arca Holding to the BPER Banca Group consolidation.

1 The "of which interest expense lease liabilities IFRS 16" and "of which depreciation right of use IFRS 16" captions show a value at 30 September 2018 referred to the interests and depreciations of "Property, plant and equipment" recognized as financial leases.

Reclassified consolidated balance sheet as at 30 September 2019

(in thousands)
Assets 30.09.2019 Arca
Holding
contribution
Unipol
Banca
contribution
30.09.2019
on a like-for
like basis
30.06.2019 31.12.2018 Change
30.09.2019
-
31.12.2018
% Change
on a like
for-like
basis
on a like-for
like basis
Cash and cash equivalents 493,538 3 81,662 411,873 395,525 459,782 (47,909) -10.42
Financial assets 18,777,522 92,197 1,242,212 17,443,113 17,159,152 17,152,084 291,029 1.70
a) Financial assets held for trading
b) Financial assets designated at fair
328,291 - 466 327,825 270,204 247,219 80,606 32.61
value 131,594 - - 131,594 219,702 218,662 (87,068) -39.82
c) Other financial assets mandatorily
measured at fair value
d) Financial assets measured at fair
value through other comprehensive
662,663 92,197 23,311 547,155 557,815 662,744 (115,589) -17.44
income 6,911,141 - 41,444 6,869,697 7,808,130 8,560,568 (1,690,871) -19.75
e) Debt securities measured at
amortised cost
10,743,833 - 1,176,991 9,566,842 8,303,301 7,462,891 2,103,951 28.19
- banks 2,641,906 - - 2,641,906 2,384,640 1,766,169 875,737 49.58
- customers 8,101,927 - 1,176,991 6,924,936 5,918,661 5,696,722 1,228,214 21.56
Loans 56,244,776 64,461 7,155,184 49,025,131 49,158,263 48,594,875 430,256 0.89
a) Loans to banks 3,722,040 89,720 343,931 3,288,389 2,616,439 1,540,509 1,747,880 113.46
b) Loans to customers
c) Financial assets measured at fair
52,496,061 (25,259) 6,784,578 45,736,742 46,541,824 47,050,942 (1,314,200) -2.79
value 26,675 - 26,675 - - 3,424 (3,424) -100.00
Hedging derivatives 65,401 - - 65,401 53,567 35,564 29,837 83.90
Equity investments 251,613 (202,838) - 454,451 453,046 446,049 8,402 1.88
Property, plant and equipment 1,356,757 15,840 87,323 1,253,594 1,261,800 1,063,273 190,321 17.90
Intangible assets 612,235 179,558 307 432,370 431,922 445,689 (13,319) -2.99
- of which: goodwill 434,758 170,018 - 264,740 264,740 264,740 - -
Other assets 2,893,584 27,983 162,001 2,703,600 2,669,393 2,437,451 266,149 10.92
Total assets 80,695,426 177,204 8,728,689 71,789,533 71,582,668 70,634,767 1,154,766 1.63
(in thousands)
Liabilities and shareholders' 30.09.2019 Arca Unipol 30.09.2019 30.06.2019 31.12.2018 Change %
equity Holding Banca on a like 30.09.2019 Change
contribution contribution for-like - on a
basis 31.12.2018
on a like
like-for
like basis
for-like
basis
Due to banks 12,353,388 - (1,274,555) 13,627,943 12,504,749 13,126,248 501,695 3.82
Direct deposits 58,166,847 - 8,962,993 49,203,854 51,029,054 49,996,419 (792,565) -1.59
a) Due to customers 51,769,432 - 7,810,361 43,959,071 45,465,848 44,594,863 (635,792) -1.43
b) Debt securities issued 6,397,415 - 1,152,632 5,244,783 5,563,206 5,401,556 (156,773) -2.90
Financial liabilities held for trading 247,347 - 170 247,177 220,086 143,824 103,353 71.86
Hedging derivatives 419,671 - - 419,671 306,649 92,374 327,297 354.32
Other liabilities 4,075,781 77,644 664,525 3,333,612 2,572,406 2,379,334 954,278 40.11
Minority interests 176,160 92,854 - 83,306 505,929 507,457 (424,151) -83.58
Shareholders' equity pertaining to the
Parent Company 5,256,232 6,706 375,556 4,873,970 4,443,795 4,389,111 484,859 11.05
a) Valuation reserves (39,838) 26 (5,249) (34,615) 15,130 949 (35,564) --
b) Reserves 2,088,106 (25) 8,252 2,079,879 1,961,433 1,619,469 460,410 28.43
c) Equity instruments 150,000 - - 150,000 - - 150,000 n.s.
d) Share premium reserve 999,373 - - 999,373 930,073 930,073 69,300 7.45
e) Share capital 1,542,925 - - 1,542,925 1,443,925 1,443,925 99,000 6.86
f) Treasury shares (7,259) - - (7,259) (7,258) (7,258) (1) 0.01
g) Profit (Loss) for the period 522,925 6,705 372,553 143,667 100,492 401,953 (258,286) -64.26
Total liabilities and shareholders'
equity 80,695,426 177,204 8,728,689 71,789,533 71,582,668 70,634,767 1,154,766 1.63

Reclassified consolidated income statement as at 30 September 2019

(in thousands)
Captions 30.09.2019 Arca
Holding
contribution
Unipol
Banca
contribution
First-time
consolidation
impact of
Unipol Banca
30.09.2019
on a like
for-like
basis
30.09.2018 Change
30.09.2019

30.09.2018
on a like
for-like
basis
%
Change
on a
like-for
like
basis
10+20 Net interest income 862,093 (37) 47,646 814,484 850,092 (35,608) -4.19
of which IFRS 9 components*
of which interest expense lease
40,183 - 2,063 38,120 63,970 (25,850) -40.41
liabilities IFRS 16 (1,305) - (197) (1,108) (49) (1,059) --
40+50 Net commission income 656,070 27,492 43,331 585,247 577,081 8,166 1.42
70 Dividends 13,650 - 4 13,646 13,786 (140) -1.02
80+90+100+110 Net income from financial activities 77,186 (1) 14,852 62,335 190,944 (128,609) -67.35
230 Other operating expense/income 34,771 (74) 2,032 32,813 30,657 2,156 7.03
Operating income 1,643,770 27,380 107,865 1,508,525 1,662,560 (154,035) -9.26
190 a) Staff costs (657,676) (4,275) (37,900) (615,501) (614,987) (514) 0.08
190 b) Other administrative expenses (305,357) (7,001) (17,413) (280,943) (316,589) 35,646 -11.26
of which rental expenses (13,524) - (1,097) (12,427) (47,038) 34,611 -73.58
210+220 Net adjustments to property, plant,
equipment and intangible assets
of which depreciation right of use IFRS
(108,741) (798) (5,466) (102,477) (79,258) (23,219) 29.30
16 (38,417) (285) (4,361) (33,771) (2,200) (31,571) --
Operating costs (1,071,774) (12,074) (60,779) (998,921) (1,010,834) 11,913 -1.18
Net operating income 571,996 15,306 47,086 509,604 651,726 (142,122) -21.81
130 a) Net impairment losses to financial
assets at amortised cost
Net impairment losses to financial
(308,021) - (17,850) (290,171) (155,206) (134,965) 86.96
130 b) assets at fair value 582 - 44 538 2,054 (1,516) -73.81
140 Gains (Losses) from contractual
modifications without derecognition
(1,618) - 2 (1,620) (2,719) 1,099 -40.42
Net impairment losses for credit risk (309,057) - (17,804) (291,253) (155,871) (135,382) 86.86
200 Net provisions for risks and charges (9,202) - (1,034) (8,168) (49,130) 40,962 -83.37
### Contributions to SRF, DGS, IDPF - VS
Gains (Losses) on equity investments,
(58,414) - (1,626) (56,788) (52,400) (4,388) 8.37
250+270+280 disposal investments and impairment
losses on goodwill
8,810 224 - 8,586 8,953 (367) -4.10
275 Gain on a bargain purchase 353,805 - - 353,805 - - - n.s.
290 Profit (Loss) from current operations
before tax
Income taxes on current operations for
557,938 15,530 26,622 353,805 161,981 403,278 (241,297) -59.83
300 the period (19,945) (3,949) (7,874) (8,122) (23,974) 15,852 -66.12
330 Profit (Loss) for the period 537,993 11,581 18,748 353,805 153,859 379,304 (225,445) -59.44
340 Profit (Loss) for the period pertaining
to minority interests
Profit (Loss) for the period
(15,068) (4,876) - (10,192) (21,178) 10,986 -51.87
350 pertaining to the Parent Company 522,925 6,705 18,748 353,805 143,667 358,126 (214,459) -59.88

* The "of which IFRS 9 components" caption includes the time value of bad loans and the write-down of part of the interest charged on nonperforming exposures.

Reclassified consolidated income statement by quarter as at 30 September 2019

(in thousands)
Captions 1st
quarter
2019
2nd
quarter
2019
3rd
quarter
2019 on a
like-for
like basis
3rd
quarter
2019
1st
quarter
2018
2nd
quarter
2018
3rd
quarter
2018
4th
quarter
2018
10+20 Net interest income 273,896 272,288 268,300 315,909 293,234 280,268 276,590 272,345
of which IFRS 9 components* 13,352 15,083 9,685 11,748 25,637 20,757 17,576 12,397
of which interest expense lease liabilities IFRS 16 (361) (381) (366) (563) (18) (15) (16) (15)
40+50 Net commission income 192,544 195,210 197,493 268,316 198,120 190,936 188,025 199,184
70 Dividends 539 9,687 3,420 3,424 584 12,877 325 20,553
80+90+100+110 Net income from financial activities 22,062 5,403 34,870 49,721 153,634 16,431 20,879 (86,922)
230 Other operating expense/income 6,337 8,923 17,553 19,511 11,485 8,174 10,998 13,552
Operating income 495,378 491,511 521,636 656,881 657,057 508,686 496,817 418,712
190 a) Staff costs (213,631) (213,109) (188,761) (230,936) (207,534) (212,900) (194,553) (206,507)
190 b) Other administrative expenses (90,930) (96,204) (93,809) (118,223) (102,285) (109,981) (104,323) (125,842)
of which rental expenses (4,692) (4,007) (3,728) (4,825) (15,615) (15,540) (15,883) (15,994)
210+220 Net adjustments to property, plant and
equipment and intangible assets
(33,172) (35,380) (33,925) (40,189) (21,339) (34,986) (22,933) (39,681)
of which depreciation right of use IFRS 16 (11,249) (11,135) (11,387) (16,033) (726) (733) (741) (741)
Operating costs (337,733) (344,693) (316,495) (389,348) (331,158) (357,867) (321,809) (372,030)
Net operating income 157,645 146,818 205,141 267,533 325,899 150,819 175,008 46,682
130 a) Net impairment losses to financial assets at
amortised cost
(72,485) (74,551) (143,135) (160,985) (26,141) (58,793) (70,272) (70,566)
130 b) Net impairment losses to financial assets at fair
value
421 (392) 509 553 1,763 141 150 12
140 Gains (Losses) from contractual modifications
without derecognition
(891) (76) (653) (651) - (1,183) (1,536) (237)
Net impairment losses for credit risk (72,955) (75,019) (143,279) (161,083) (24,378) (59,835) (71,658) (70,791)
200 Net provisions for risks and charges (1,995) (9,698) 3,525 2,491 (11,663) (25,376) (12,091) 23,936
### Contributions to SRF, DGS, IDPF - VS (23,184) (9,459) (24,145) (25,771) (20,282) (8,670) (23,448) 75
250+270+280 Gains (Losses) on equity investments, disposal
investments and impairment losses on goodwill
3,809 4,586 191 415 2,827 2,591 3,535 (57,654)
275 Gain on a bargain purchase - - - 353,805 - - - -
290 Profit (Loss) from current operations before
tax
63,320 57,228 41,433 437,390 272,403 59,529 71,346 (57,752)
300 Income taxes on current operations for the period (12,266) 987 3,157 (8,666) (6,918) (2,850) (14,206) 124,238
330 Profit (Loss) for the period 51,054 58,215 44,590 428,724 265,485 56,679 57,140 66,486
340 Profit (Loss) for the period pertaining to minority
interests
(3,083) (5,694) (1,415) (6,291) (14,462) 183 (6,899) (22,659)
350 Profit (Loss) for the period pertaining to the
Parent Company
47,971 52,521 43,175 422,433 251,023 56,862 50,241 43,827

* The "of which IFRS 9 components" caption includes the time value of bad loans and the write-down of part of the interest charged on nonperforming exposures.

Consolidated balance sheet as at 30 September 2019

(in thousands)
Assets 30.09.2019 31.12.2018 Change % Change
10. Cash and cash equivalents 493,538 459,782 33,756 7.34
20. Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss 1,149,223 1,128,625 20,598 1.83
a) financial assets held for trading 328,291 247,219 81,072 32.79
b) financial assets designated at fair value 131,594 218,662 (87,068) -39.82
c) other financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value 689,338 662,744 26,594 4.01
30. Financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income 6,911,141 8,563,992 (1,652,851) -19.30
40. Financial assets measured at amortised cost 66,961,934 56,054,342 10,907,592 19.46
a) loans to banks 6,363,946 3,306,678 3,057,268 92.46
b) loans to customers 60,597,988 52,747,664 7,850,324 14.88
50. Hedging derivatives 65,401 35,564 29,837 83.90
70. Equity investments 251,613 446,049 (194,436) -43.59
90. Property, plant and equipment 1,356,757 1,063,273 293,484 27.60
100. Intangible assets 612,235 445,689 166,546 37.37
of which:
- goodwill 434,758 264,740 170,018 64.22
110. Tax assets 1,960,020 1,885,616 74,404 3.95
a) current 390,182 457,838 (67,656) -14.78
b) deferred 1,569,838 1,427,778 142,060 9.95
120. Non current assets and disposal groups classified as held for sale 5,346 2,800 2,546 90.93
130. Other assets 928,218 549,035 379,183 69.06
Total assets 80,695,426 70,634,767 10,060,659 14.24
(in thousands)
Liabilities and shareholders' equity 31.12.2018 Change % Change
10. Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost 70,520,235 63,122,667 7,397,568 11.72
a) due to banks 12,353,388 13,126,248 (772,860) -5.89
b) due to customers 51,769,432 44,594,863 7,174,569 16.09
c) debt securities issued 6,397,415 5,401,556 995,859 18.44
20. Financial liabilities held for trading 247,347 143,824 103,523 71.98
40. Hedging derivatives 419,671 92,374 327,297 354.32
60. Tax liabilities 89,467 62,644 26,823 42.82
a) current 29,538 3,966 25,572 644.78
b) deferred 59,929 58,678 1,251 2.13
80. Other liabilities 3,234,769 1,663,946 1,570,823 94.40
90. Employee termination indemnities 200,512 182,793 17,719 9.69
100. Provisions for risks and charges 551,033 469,951 81,082 17.25
a) commitments and guarantees granted 58,206 63,059 (4,853) -7.70
b) pension and similar obligations 169,465 131,126 38,339 29.24
c) other provisions for risks and charges 323,362 275,766 47,596 17.26
120. Valuation reserves (39,838) 949 (40,787) --
140. Equity instruments 150,000 - 150,000 n.s.
150. Reserves 2,088,106 1,619,469 468,637 28.94
160. Share premium reserve 999,373 930,073 69,300 7.45
170. Share capital 1,542,925 1,443,925 99,000 6.86
180. Treasury shares (-) (7,259) (7,258) (1) 0.01
190. Minority interests (+/-) 176,160 507,457 (331,297) -65.29
200. Profit (Loss) for the period (+/-) 522,925 401,953 120,972 30.10
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity 80,695,426 70,634,767 10,060,659 14.24

Consolidated income statement as at 30 September 2019

(in thousands)
Captions 30.09.2019 30.09.2018 Change Change %
10. Interest and similar income 1,057,644 1,044,587 13,057 1.25
of which: interest income calculated using the effective interest method 1,039,265 1,029,728 9,537 0.93
20. Interest and similar expense (195,551) (194,495) (1,056) 0.54
30. Net interest income 862,093 850,092 12,001 1.41
40. Commission income 720,079 603,652 116,427 19.29
50. Commission expense (64,009) (26,571) (37,438) 140.90
60. Net commission income 656,070 577,081 78,989 13.69
70. Dividends and similar income 13,650 13,786 (136) -0.99
80. Net income from trading activities (23,554) 25,217 (48,771) -193.41
90. Net income from hedging activities (4,178) 1,992 (6,170) -309.74
100. Gains (Losses) on disposal or repurchase of: 110,205 152,809 (42,604) -27.88
a) financial assets measured at amortised cost 39,458 (11,915) 51,373 -431.16
b) financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income 70,311 164,452 (94,141) -57.25
c) financial liabilities 436 272 164 60.29
110. Net income on financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value through
profit or loss
(5,287) 10,926 (16,213) -148.39
a) financial assets and liabilities designated at fair value (6,965) (5,010) (1,955) 39.02
b) other financial assets mandatorily measured at fair value 1,678 15,936 (14,258) -89.47
120. Net interest and other banking income 1,608,999 1,631,903 (22,904) -1.40
130. Net impairment losses for credit risk relating to: (307,439) (153,152) (154,287) 100.74
a) financial assets measured at amortised cost (308,021) (155,206) (152,815) 98.46
b) financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income 582 2,054 (1,472) -71.67
140. Gains (Losses) from contractual modifications without derecognition (1,618) (2,719) 1,101 -40.49
150. Net income from financial activities 1,299,942 1,476,032 (176,090) -11.93
180. Net income from financial and insurance activities 1,299,942 1,476,032 (176,090) -11.93
190. Administrative expenses: (1,121,498) (1,078,950) (42,548) 3.94
a) staff costs (657,676) (614,987) (42,689) 6.94
b) other administrative expenses (463,822) (463,963) 141 -0.03
200. Net provisions for risks and charges (9,202) (49,130) 39,928 -81.27
a) commitments and guarantees granted 6,837 18,843 (12,006) -63.72
b) other net provisions (16,039) (67,973) 51,934 -76.40
210. Net adjustments to property, plant and equipment (69,649) (43,900) (25,749) 58.65
220. Net adjustments to intangible assets (39,092) (35,358) (3,734) 10.56
230. Other operating expense/income 134,822 125,631 9,191 7.32
240. Operating costs (1,104,619) (1,081,707) (22,912) 2.12
250. Gains (Losses) of equity investments 10,539 8,806 1,733 19.68
275. Gain on a bargain purchase 353,805 - 353,805 n.s.
280. Gains (Losses) on disposal investments (1,729) 147 (1,876) --
290. Profit (Loss) from current operations before tax 557,938 403,278 154,660 38.35
300. Income taxes on current operations (19,945) (23,974) 4,029 -16.81
310. Profit (Loss) from current operations after tax 537,993 379,304 158,689 41.84
330. Profit (Loss) for the period (+/-) 537,993 379,304 158,689 41.84
340. Profit (Loss) for the period pertaining to minority interests (15,068) (21,178) 6,110 -28.85
350. Profit (Loss) for the period pertaining to the Parent Company 522,925 358,126 164,799 46.02

The "Interest and similar income" and "Interest and similar expense" captions at 30 September 2018 have been restated with respect to the Consolidated interim report as at 30 September 2018, due to reclassification of interest on hedging derivatives pursuant to the 5th update to Bank of Italy Circular 262/2005.

Performance ratios 2

Financial ratios 30.09.2019 2018 (*)
Structural ratios
Net loans to customers/total assets 65.05% 66.61%
Net loans to customers/direct deposits from customers 90.25% 94.11%
Financial assets/total assets 23.27% 24.28%
Fixed assets 3
/total assets
1.99% 2.14%
Goodwill/total assets 0.54% 0.37%
Direct deposits/total assets 87.39% 89.36%
Indirect deposits under management/indirect deposits 35.38% 53.32%
Financial assets/tangible equity4 3.90 3.85
Total tangible assets 5
/tangible equity
16.61 15.77
Net interbank position (in thousands of Euro) (8,631,348) (11,585,739)
Number of employees6 13,910 11,615
Number of national bank branches 1,429 1,218
Profitability ratios
ROE7 16.03% 9.06%
ROTE 8 18.25% 10.15%
ROA9 (net profit/total assets) 0.89% 0.63%
Cost to income ratio10 65.20% 60.80%
Net impairment losses on loans to customers/net loans to customers 0.58% 0.33%
Basic EPS11 1.069 0.745
Diluted EPS12 1.050 0.745

(*) The comparative patrimonial ratios, together with ROE, ROTE and ROA, have been calculated on figures at 31 December 2018 as per the Consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2018, while economical ratios have been calculated on figures at 30 September 2018 as per the Consolidated interim report as at 30 September 2018.

12 See previous note.

2 To construct ratios, reference was made to the balance sheet and income statement figures of the reclassified statements prepared from a management point of view as per the present Press Realease.

3 Fixed assets include both Equity investments and Property, plant and equipment.

4 Tangible equity: total shareholders' equity, including minority interests, net of intangible assets.

5 Total tangible assets = total assets net of intangible assets.

6 The number of employees (point figures) does not include the expectations.

7 ROE at 30 September 2019 has been calculated on an annual basis replicating the profit (loss) for the period for the rest of the year.

8 ROTE at 30 September 2019 has been calculated on an annual basis replicating the profit (loss) for the period for the rest of the year.

9 ROA at 30 September 2019 has been calculated on an annual basis replicating the profit (loss) for the period for the rest of the year.

10 The cost/income ratio has been calculated on the basis of the layout of the reclassified income statement (operating costs/operating income); when calculated on the basis of the layouts provided by Circular no. 262 of the Bank of Italy the cost/income ratio is at 68.65% (66.29% at 30 September 2018 as per the Consolidated interim report as at 30 September 2018).

11 EPS has been calculated net of treasury shares in portfolio.

(cont.)
Financial ratios 30.09.2019 2018 (*)
Risk ratios
Net non-performing loans/net loans to customers 6.07% 6.81%
Net bad loans/net loans to customers 2.41% 3.08%
Net unlikely to pay loans/net loans to customers 3.49% 3.60%
Net past due loans/net loans to customers 0.17% 0.13%
Impairment provisions for non-performing loans/gross non-performing loans 51.08% 54.52%
Impairment provisions for bad loans/gross bad loans 63.71% 66.62%
Impairment provisions for unlikely to pay loans/gross unlikely to pay loans 37.23% 35.73%
Impairment provisions for past due loans/gross past due loans 14.98% 12.33%
Impairment provisions for performing loans/gross performing loans 0.42% 0.37%
Texas ratio13 79.96% 84.97%
Own Funds (Phased in) (in thousands of Euro)14
Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) 4,957,756 4,367,711
Own Funds 6,001,478 5,278,852
Risk-weighted assets (RWA) 34,811,483 30,606,171
Capital and liquidity ratios
Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio (CET1 Ratio) - Phased in 14.24% 14.27%
Tier 1 Ratio (T1 Ratio) - Phased in 14.68% 14.37%
Total Capital Ratio (TC Ratio) - Phased in 17.24% 17.25%
Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio (CET1 Ratio) - Fully Phased 12.36% 11.95%
Leverage Ratio - Phased in15 6.1% 6.0%
Leverage Ratio - Fully Phased16 5.3% 5.0%
Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) 163.9% 154.3%
Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)17 n.a. 106.8%
Non-financial ratios 30.09.2019 2018 (*)
Productivity ratios (in thousands of Euro)
Direct deposits per employee 4,181.66 4,304.47
Loans to customers per employee 3,773.98 4,050.88
Assets managed per employee 2,732.79 1,664.31
Assets administered per employee 4,991.27 1,457.29
Core revenues18 per employee 109.14 122.75
Net interest and other banking income per employee 115.67 140.35
Operating costs per employee 79.41 93.03

(*) The comparative patrimonial ratios have been calculated on figures at 31 December 2018 as per the Consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2018, while economical ratios have been calculated on figures at 30 September 2018 as per the Consolidated interim report as at 30 September 2018.

13 The texas ratio is calculated as the relationship between total gross non-performing loans and net tangible equity increased by impairment provisions for non-performing loans.

14 Items have been calculated according to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 575/2013 (CRR), as amended by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2395/2017.

15 The ratio has been calculated according to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 575/2013 (CRR), as amended by the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 62/2015.

16 See previous note.

17 The NSFR, not yet available, is in any case estimated to exceed 100% (112.6% as at 30 June 2019).

18 Core revenues = net interest income + net commission income.