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FinecoBank

Earnings Release Feb 9, 2021

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Informazione
Regolamentata n.
1615-8-2021
Data/Ora Ricezione
09 Febbraio 2021
12:57:11
MTA
Societa' : FINECOBANK
Identificativo
Informazione
Regolamentata
: 142334
Nome utilizzatore : FINECOBANKN02 - Spolini
Tipologia : 1.1
Data/Ora Ricezione : 09 Febbraio 2021 12:57:11
Data/Ora Inizio
Diffusione presunta
: 09 Febbraio 2021 12:57:11
Oggetto : FinecoBank PR - FY2020 Results
Testo del comunicato

Vedi allegato.

Results at December 31st, 2020 approved

2020 MARKS A TURNING POINT: FINECO SPEEDS UP ITS GROWTH MOMENTUM

RECORD NET PROFIT AND INCREASING REVENUES THANKS TO OUR FINTECH DNA

  • Strong growth in net profit1 thanks to the diversified business model: €324.5 million (+19.2% y/y)
  • Total revenues1 : €775.8 million (+17.9% y/y)
  • Cost/income ratio1 down: 34.7% (-3.2 p.p.)
    • CET1 at 28.56%

Milan, 09 February 2021

The Board of Directors of FinecoBank S.p.A. has approved the results at 31 December 2020. Alessandro Foti, CEO and General Manager of FinecoBank, stated:

"Fineco recorded a very strong growth in 2020, confirming the soundness of its diversified business model and at the same time its great attractiveness in a context where clients are increasingly looking for efficient and quality solutions. The positive answer to new initiatives to invest liquidity, developed in collaboration with our financial advisors, has supported the growth of Investing area. At the same time, we recorded a significant enlargement of the clients' base interested in interacting with financial markets through our platforms. Fineco's digital DNA contributed in keeping this turning point sustainable, represents the starting point for a further development of our platform through new initiatives and supports the achievement of even more ambitious ESG targets".

1 Figures net of non-recurring items recorded in 2020: €-1.4 million gross (€-1.0 million net) related to Voluntary Scheme fair value, of which: €-0.2 million gross (€-0.2 million net) in the third quarter of 2020; €-1.2 million gross (- €0.8 million net) in the first quarter of 2020.

Non-recurring items recorded in 2019: €-3.0 million gross (€-2.0 million net) related to Voluntary Scheme fair value, of which: €1.4 million gross (€0.9 million net) in the fourth quarter of 2019; €0.4 million gross (€0.3 million net) in the third quarter of 2019; €-4.3 million gross (€-2.9 million net) in the second quarter of 2019; €-0.4 million gross (€-0.3 million net) in the first quarter of 2019. Patent Box: €18.1 million in 2019, of which €20.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2019; €-0.9 million in the third quarter of 2019; €-0.9 million in the second quarter of 2019; €-0.9 million in the first quarter of 2019.

FINECOBANK
2020
HIGHLIGHTS
Revenues1 at €775.8 million, +17.9% y/y
mainly led by Brokerage area

(+72.9% y/y), thanks to the combined effect of the reshape of our product
offer, the enlargement of the client base, the increase of Fineco market share
and the higher market volatility, and by Investing area (+7.1% a/a), thanks to
the contribution of Fineco Asset Management and the increase in Asset
under Management.
Operating costs at €269.6 million, +8.0% y/y (+4.4% y/y2
), mainly due to the

launch of the marketing campaign in UK (€7.2 million). Cost/Income ratio1 at
34.7%, down by 3.2 percentage points y/y confirming the Bank's operational
efficiency.
Net profit1 at €324.5 million, +19.2% y/y, despite the higher contribution

related to Systemic charges3
UPDATE ON
INITIATIVES
Fineco keeps on developing its UK offer, with the launch of the ISA products

and the progressive widening of its mutual funds offer on the platform.
The process of reshape of the brokerage offer is continuing with the launch

of new products and services (Asian markets, CFD, new release of the
platform PowerDesk, we are in the process of vertically integrating
certificates, becoming issuer, market maker and distributor through our
platform).
The Board of Directors of FinecoBank approved the binding offer for the

acquisition of a 20% stake of Hi-MTF Sim SPA, for a cost of about € 1.25
million. The acquisition is aimed at increasing the Bank's ability to extract
value from the vertical integration of the business thanks to clients' strong
volumes, developing a flexible and modern model, with the aim to offer our
customers more and more efficient and transparent products in line with our
business model.
Fineco Asset Management keeps on developing its product offer and in 2021

it will offer with new equity
and sustainable
products, confirming its
increasing capacity to promptly and effectively respond to customer needs.
SUSTAINABILITY Fineco was born and has developed as a company oriented towards long-term

sustainable growth, with lasting returns and satisfied stakeholders. To achieve
this goal, the Bank has chosen to follow the path of transparency and fair
pricing for the services offered, in line with its corporate purpose: to offer
clients excellent services and products through a multi-channel system in the
three integrated areas of banking, investing and brokerage, at fair pricing and
leveraging
on
the
three
strategic
pillars:
transparency,
efficiency
and
innovation. The Bank continued to develop its Sustainability strategy also in
2020 with actions detailed at page 7.

2 Net of marketing expenses in UK in 2020 (€-7.2 million), of the decision to invest additional marketing expenses in Italy in the last part of the year (€-1.3 million) and of unexpected staff costs related to annual leaves cancelled due to the lockdown in December 2020 (€-0.5 million).

3 Systemic charges in 2020: Deposit Guarantee Scheme estimated in €25.9 million, including an estimated additional contribution of €-6.2 million to a member of Interbank Deposit Protection Fund; Single Resolution Fund and National Resolution Fund: €-0.9 million

TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS AND NET SALES

Total Financial Assets (TFA) at 31 December 2020 amounted to €91.7 billion, up 12.6% compared to December 2019. Stock of Assets under Management was €45.4 billion, up by 12.0% y/y, assets under custody amounted to €18.3 billion (+19.5% y/y), the balance of direct deposits amounted to €28.0 billion (+9.5% y/y).

In particular, the TFA related to Private Banking customers, i.e. with assets above €500,000, totalled €38.6 billion, up 15.5% y/y.

In 2020, total net sales amounted to €9.3 billion (+58.9% y/y), again proving to be solid, of high quality, and not requiring recourse to short-term commercial policies. The asset mix shifted positively towards asset under management, standing at €4.3 billion (+31.3% y/y), still highlighting a cautious approach by clients who are favouring conservative products. Assets under custody amounted to €2.5 billion, confirming clients' increased interest towards financial markets through Fineco brokerage platform, while direct deposits were equalled to €2.5 billion.

Since the start of the year, inflows into "Guided products & services" reached €4.2 billion (+12.3% y/y), confirming customer appreciation. The ratio of Guided Products on total AuM rose to 74%.

At 31 December 2020, the network was composed of 2,606 Personal Financial Advisors operating through 410 Fineco Centers. Inflows through the PFA network came to €8.0 billion.

At 31 December 2020, Fineco Asset Management managed €16.3 billion of assets, of which €10.5 billion were retail class (+25.6% y/y) and around €5.8 billion institutional class (+6.2% y/y).

A total of 94,105 new customers were acquired in 2020. The total number of customers at 31 December 2020 was 1,369,814.

MAIN INCOME STATEMENT RESULTS AT 31.12.20

Figures and variations in this paragraph and in the next one on quarterly results are shown net of nonrecurring items1

mln 1Q19
Adj. (1)
2Q19
Adj. (1)
3Q19
Adj. (1)
4Q19
Adj. (1)
1Q20
Adj. (1)
2Q20
Adj. (1)
3Q20
Adj. (1)
4Q20 FY19
Adj. (1)
FY20
Adj. (1)
FY20/
FY19
4Q20/
4Q19
4Q20/
3Q20
Net interest income 70.4 71.4 69.8 69.7 68.2 70.1 68.6 63.9 281.3 270.7 -3.8% -8.4% -7.0%
Net commissions 77.4 81.3 84.3 82.3 105.0 104.8 97.9 96.7 325.2 404.3 24.3% 17.5% -1.2%
Trading profit 10.3 12.3 11.2 13.9 27.6 30.1 20.4 19.1 47.7 97.2 103.7% 37.4% -6.5%
Other expenses/income 0.2 0.3 0.1 2.9 0.6 0.8 0.2 2.0 3.6 3.6 -1.1% -31.3% n.s.
Total revenues 158.2 165.4 165.4 168.8 201.3 205.8 187.1 181.6 657.8 775.8 17.9% 7.6% -2.9%
Staff expenses -21.7 -22.4 -22.5 -23.6 -24.0 -24.9 -24.6 -26.0 -90.2 -99.5 10.4% 10.4% 5.5%
Other admin.expenses -38.5 -34.4 -29.4 -34.3 -36.5 -34.6 -33.4 -40.1 -136.6 -144.6 5.9% 16.9% 20.0%
Impairment/write-backs on intangible
and tangible assets
-5.1 -5.4 -5.8 -6.6 -6.1 -6.2 -6.4 -6.8 -22.9 -25.4 11.3% 3.5% 6.7%
Operating expenses -65.3 -62.3 -57.6 -64.4 -66.5 -65.7 -64.4 -72.9 -249.6 -269.6 8.0% 13.2% 13.1%
Gross operating profit 92.9 103.1 107.8 104.4 134.8 140.0 122.7 108.7 408.2 506.2 24.0% 4.2% -11.4%
Other charges and provisions -1.0 -2.9 -19.8 -3.5 -1.1 -6.5 -32.0 5.5 -27.2 -34.1 25.5% n.s. -117.3%
LLP -1.3 1.1 -1.2 -0.6 -1.0 -2.7 0.1 0.2 -2.0 -3.3 70.1% -129.7% 19.8%
Profit from investments -0.7 6.5 0.4 1.1 -0.1 -3.7 -0.2 -2.3 7.4 -6.3 n.s. n.s. n.s.
Profit before taxes 90.0 107.8 87.2 101.4 132.6 127.1 90.7 112.2 386.4 462.5 19.7% 10.7% 23.7%
Income taxes -26.5 -32.2 -25.6 -29.8 -40.4 -38.3 -25.3 -34.0 -114.2 -138.0 20.9% 13.9% 34.1%
Net profit adjusted 63.5 75.6 61.7 71.6 92.2 88.7 65.3 78.2 272.3 324.5 19.2% 9.3% 19.7%

Revenues totalled €775.8 million in 2020, increasing by 17.9% compared to €657.8 million of the previous year, mainly thanks to the positive contribution of net commission and trading profit.

Net interest income stood at €270.7 million, decreasing by 3.8% from €281.3 million in 2019, mainly due to the fall in market interest rates, partly offset by the higher lending activity and a more dynamic Treasury management (revenues generated by Other Treasury activities like collateral switch and unsecured lending have been recasted in the line).

The average gross margin on interest-earning assets in 2020 was 0.99% in 2020 compared to 1.20% in 2019.

Net fee and commission income amounted to €404.3 million, increasing by 24.3% compared to €325.2 million in 2019. This increase is mainly due to the higher net commissions related to the Brokerage area (+68.6% y/y) thanks to the combined effect of the reshape of our product offer, the enlargement of the client base, the increase of Fineco market share (Assosim market share on equity traded volumes increased by 0.8 percentage points y/y at 27.8% as of December 31st, 2020, last available data) and the higher market volatility in the period. Investing area grew by 7.8% y/y, also thanks to the contribution of Fineco Asset Management. Banking fees grew by 45.7% y/y thanks to the contribution coming from the repricing on current accounts.

Trading profit amounted to €97.2 million in 2020 (+103.7% y/y), mainly driven by the contribution from the Brokerage area (€87.4 million, +111.5% y/y). Trading profit also includes the income components from financial instruments accounted under "Other financial instruments measured at fair value" which include the Visa INC shares, convertible preferred, whose fair-value measurements led to a positive result of €0.6 million4 in 2020 (+€2.6 million in 2019). It also includes profits coming from the sale of government bonds held in "Financial assets designated at fair value through other comprehensive income" and in "Financial assets at amortized cost" for a total value of €9.0 million5 (€3.5 million in 2019).

4 €-1.1 million in 1Q20, €+1.2 million in 2Q20 and €+0.2 million in 3Q20, €+0,4 million in 4Q20

5 €3.8 million in 1Q20, €5.0 million in 2Q20 and €-0.1 million in 3Q20, €0,3 million in 4Q20

Operating costs in 2020 were well under control at €269.6 million, up 8.0% y/y mainly due to the launch of the marketing campaign in UK (€7.2 million). The cost/income ratio was equal to 34.7%, down by 3.2 percentage points y/y.

Staff expenses totaled €99.5 million (+10.4% y/y) mainly due to the increase in the number of employees, which rose to 1,262 as of December 31st , 2020 from 1,225 as of December 31st, 2019 also due to the gradual internalisation of some services following the exit from the UniCredit Group.

Gross operating profit amounted to €506.2 million at 31 December 2020, up by 24.0% y/y.

Other charges and provisions totaled €-34.1 million, increasing mainly due to ordinary annual contribution to the Deposit Guarantee Schemes (DGS), equal to €-25.9 million (compared to €-18.1 million in 2019), including an additional contribution related to a member of Interbank Deposit Protection Fund.

Loan loss provisions amounted to €-3.3 million, increasing compared to the €-2.0 million recorded in 2019. In the fourth quarter €0.2 million of write-backs have been accounted. Cost of risk is down to 10 basis points from 11 basis points as of September 30th, 2020 and 12 basis points as of December 31st, 2020, confirming the quality of the loan book of the Bank.

Profit on Investments amounted to €-6.3 million mainly due to the Bank's government institutional exposures, after the update of the macroeconomic scenario under IFRS9 following the health emergency caused by the spread of COVID-10 virus, which led to €-5.5 million higher provisions.

Please note that the €7.4 million recorded in 2019 benefitted from a write-back of approximately €7.0 million thanks to the collateralization of the exposure towards the UniCredit bonds due to the Pledge Agreement agreed between FinecoBank and the UniCredit Group.

Profit before taxes stood at €462.5 million, up by 19.7% y/y.

Net profit for the period was equal to €324.5 million, increasing by 19.2% y/y.

MAIN INCOME STATEMENT RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER 2020

Revenues in the fourth quarter totalled €181.6 million, down by 2.9% q/q and by 7.6% y/y.

Net interest income stood at €63.9 million, down by 7.0% t/t and 8.4% y/y due to the fall in base rates. The average lending rate for the investment of all deposits amounted to 0.88%, down compared to 0.98% of the previous quarter and 1.11% of the fourth quarter of 2019.

Net commissions amounted to €96.7 million, decreasing by 1.2% compared to the previous quarter and increasing by 17.5% compared to the previous year. Please note that in December 2020 the Bank refunded a cluster of clients the banking fees related to the repricing on current accounts paid from February 2020. The effect on the net profit is equal to zero as this refund was already provisioned in the previous quarters under "Provisions for risk and charges", following the communication by the Guarantor for Competition and the Market Authority (A.G.C.M.) of a proceeding to value if a commercial practice followed by the Bank in the past to promote the opening of current accounts was in accordance with Leg.Decree 206/2005. The Bank, while confirming the correctness of its actions, decided to refund the customers related to the commercial practice in question. In December 2020 the Authority has communicated to Fineco its acceptance of the Bank's commitments and closed the proceeding.

Trading profit equalled to €19.1 million, decreasing by €1.3 million q/q, and increasing by €5.2 million y/y.

Total operating costs came to €72.9 million, increasing by 13.1% q/q and by 13.2% y/y, due to higher staff expenses and to a different mainly due to the usual seasonality of the quarter.

Gross operating profit was equal to €108.7 million, decreasing by 11.4% q/q and increasing by 4.2% y/y.

Other charges and provisions amounted to €5.5 million. After the reimburse to a cluster of clients of the fees related to the smart repricing in 2020, €6.3 million of provisions previously recorded - following the communication received by the Guarantor for Competition and the Market Authority (A.G.C.M.) – were released.

Loan loss provisions amounted to €0.2 million, compared to €0.1 million in the previous quarter and €-0.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Profits from investments stood at €-2.3 million, mainly due to the update of the macroeconomic scenario under IFRS9 in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Profit before taxes in the quarter was equal to €112.2 million, up by 23.7% q/q and by 10.7% y/y.

Net profit in the quarter was equal to €78.2 million, up by 19.7% q/q and by 9.3% y/y.

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND CAPITAL RATIOS

Consolidated Shareholders' equity stood at €1,687.1 million, increasing by €66.7 million compared to September 30 th, 2020 and by €304.6 million compared to December 31st, 2020, mainly due to the profits achieved respectively in the fourth quarter 2020 and in the year 2020, net of the coupon payment of Fineco AT1 instruments in 2020 (€-19.8 million, net of tax).

The Bank confirms its solid capital position with a CET1 ratio of 28.56% as of December 31st , 2020 (including the amount of the 2019 dividend suspended by the Board of Directors on April 6th , 2020), compared to 24.19% as of 31 December 2019 restated (18.12% was the figure reported in 2019 Financial Statements approved by the Board of Directors on February 11th , 2020).

The Tier 1 ratio and the Total Capital Ratio were equal to 41.68% as of December 31st , 2020 compared to 39.73% as of December 31st , 2019 restated (33,67% was the figure reported in the 2019 Financial Statements approved by the Board of Directors on February 11th , 2020).

Leverage ratio was 4.85% in December 2020 compared to 4.54% restated in December 2019 (3.85% reported in the 2019 Financial Statements approved by the Board of Directors on February 11th, 2020).

LOANS TO CUSTOMERS

Loans to customers, which include mortgages, personal loans and Lombard loans, stood at €4,528 million as of December 31 st , 2020, increasing by 23.0% compared to December 31st, 2019 and by 4.8% compared to September 30 th , 2020.

The amount of non-performing loans (loans with insolvent borrowers, unlikely to pay and non-performing loans/past due) net of impairment totaled €3.5 million (€3.7 million as of September 30th and €3.6 million as of December 31st, 2019), with an 86.1% coverage ratio. The ratio between the amount of non-

performing loans and total loans to ordinary customers equaled to 0.09% (0.10% at September 30th, 2020 and 0.11% December 31st, 2019).

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2020 AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

No significant events occurred after December 31 st , 2020 that would make it necessary to change any of the information given in this report.

NEW INITIATIVES MONITORING

Fineco keeps on developing its UK offer, with the launch of the ISA products and the progressive widening of its mutual funds offer on the platform.

The process of reshape of the brokerage offer is continuing with the launch of new products and services (Asian markets, CFD, new release of the platform PowerDesk, we are in the process of vertically integrating certificates, becoming issuer, market maker and distributor through our platform).

The Board of Directors of FinecoBank approved the binding offer for the acquisition of a 20% stake of Hi-MTF Sim SPA, for a cost of about € 1.25 million. The acquisition is aimed at increasing our ability to extract value from the vertical integration of the business thanks to our clients' strong volumes, developing a flexible and modern model, with the aim to offer our customers more and more efficient and transparent products in line with our business model.

Fineco Asset Management keeps on developing its product offer and in 2021 it will offer new equity and sustainable products, confirming its increasing capacity to promptly and effectively respond to customer needs.

SUSTAINABILITY

Fineco was born and has developed as a company always oriented towards long-term sustainable growth, with lasting returns and satisfied stakeholders. To achieve this goal, the Bank has chosen to follow the path of transparency and fair pricing for the services offered, in line with its corporate purpose: to offer clients excellent services and products through a multi-channel system in the three integrated areas of banking, investing and brokerage, at fair pricing and leveraging on the three strategic pillars: transparency, efficiency and innovation.

In parallel with this approach, Fineco integrated ESG objectives in the Multi-Year Plan, for the realization of which several activities were completed during 2020, including the Bank's adherence to two important voluntary initiatives of the United Nations: the Global Compact and the Principles for Responsible Banking, while Fineco Asset Management signed up to the Principles for Responsible Investing, also a United Nations initiative.

As a Responsible Bank, Fineco has continued to develop market-friendly corporate governance and expand its ESG product offering, strengthening the management of ESG aspects in credit and investment products, and maintaining a constant focus on Cyber-Security and other ESG risks.

Fineco is also recognized as a sustainable bank by the major international rating agencies, having been included in the FTSE4Good Index in July 2020 and in the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index in January 2021. In 2020, Standard Ethics raised its rating from "EE" to "EE+", a very high investment grade rating given to sustainable companies with low reputational risk and strong long-term growth prospects; MSCI confirmed the Bank's "A" rating (on a scale from "CCC" to "AAA"), while Sustainalytics rated Fineco with a "Low" ESG Risk (18.7, a lower ESG risk compared to the banking industry average of 30.3).

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET

(Amounts in € thousand)
Amounts as at Changes
ASSETS December 31, 2020 December 31, 2019 Amounts %
Cash and cash balances 1,760,348 754,386 1,005,962 133.3%
Financial assets held for trading 16,997 7,933 9,064 114.3%
Loans and receivables with banks 780,473 566,033 214,440 37.9%
Loans and receivables with customers 4,527,837 3,679,829 848,008 23.0%
Financial investments 23,939,899 22,304,892 1,635,007 7.3%
Hedging instruments 74,451 64,939 9,512 14.6%
Property, plant and equipment 151,872 152,048 (176) -0.1%
Goodwill 89,602 89,602 - -
Other intangible assets 39,597 37,492 2,105 5.6%
Tax assets 13,314 23,444 (10,130) -43.2%
Other assets 360,627 342,309 18,318 5.4%
Total assets 31,755,017 28,022,907 3,732,110 13.3%

(Amounts in € thousand)

Amounts as at Changes
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY December 31, 2020 December 31, 2019 Amounts %
Deposits from banks 1,064,859 154,653 910,206 588.5%
Deposits from customers 28,359,739 25,919,858 2,439,881 9.4%
Financial liabilities held for trading 5,889 3,777 2,112 55.9%
Hedging instruments 232,102 94,950 137,152 144.4%
Tax liabilities 13,954 11,437 2,517 22.0%
Other liabilities 391,349 455,748 (64,399) -14.1%
Shareholders' equity 1,687,125 1,382,484 304,641 22.0%
- capital and reserves 1,366,387 1,093,117 273,270 25.0%
- revaluation reserves (2,833) 1,002 (3,835) -382.7%
- net profit 323,571 288,365 35,206 12.2%
Total liabilities and Shareholders' equity 31,755,017 28,022,907 3,732,110 13.3%

(Amounts in € thousand)

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET – QUARTERLY FIGURES

(Amounts in € thousand)
December 31, 2019 March 31, 2020 June 30, 2020 September 30, 2020 December 31, 2020
ASSETS
Cash and cash balances 754,386 1,177,380 909,802 987,533 1,760,348
Financial assets held for trading 7,933 12,888 14,591 13,146 16,997
Loans and receivables with banks 566,033 625,247 723,189 773,653 780,473
Loans and receivables with customers 3,679,829 3,741,000 4,204,291 4,320,340 4,527,837
Financial investments 22,304,892 23,400,694 22,946,524 22,974,599 23,939,899
Hedging instruments 64,939 76,454 75,577 76,119 74,451
Property, plant and equipment 152,048 152,973 153,685 150,459 151,872
Goodwill 89,602 89,602 89,602 89,602 89,602
Other intangible assets 37,492 37,053 36,592 37,812 39,597
Tax assets 23,444 3,300 4,186 14,405 13,314
Other assets 342,309 202,426 254,169 282,998 360,627
Total assets 28,022,907 29,519,017 29,412,208 29,720,666 31,755,017
December 31, 2019 March 31, 2020 June 30, 2020 September 30, 2020 December 31, 2020
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Deposits from banks 154,653 330,927 113,137 104,977 1,064,859
Deposits from customers 25,919,858 27,202,155 27,021,199 27,296,509 28,359,739
Financial liabilities held for trading 3,777 11,039 8,209 5,737 5,889
Hedging instruments 94,950 143,500 207,116 211,970 232,102
Tax liabilities 11,437 32,254 62,928 51,118 13,954
Other liabilities 455,748 322,068 443,965 429,953 391,349
Shareholders' equity 1,382,484 1,477,074 1,555,654 1,620,402 1,687,125
- capital and reserves 1,093,117 1,382,491 1,373,995 1,375,138 1,366,387
- revaluation reserves 1,002 3,152 1,485 (84) (2,833)
- net profit 288,365 91,431 180,174 245,348 323,571
Total liabilities and Shareholders' equity 28,022,907 29,519,017 29,412,208 29,720,666 31,755,017

CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT

FY 20 FY 19 Changes
Amounts %
Net interest 270.728 281.277 (10.549) -3,8%
Net fee and commission income 404.294 325.171 79.123 24,3%
Net trading, hedging and fair value income 95.774 44.761 51.013 114,0%
Net other expenses/income 3.566 3.608 (42) -1,2%
OPERATING INCOME 774.362 654.817 119.545 18,3%
Staff expenses (99.546) (90.152) (9.394) 10,4%
Other administrative expenses (255.112) (240.638) (14.474) 6,0%
Recovery of expenses 110.512 104.068 6.444 6,2%
Impairment/write-backs on intangible and tangible assets (25.440) (22.864) (2.576) 11,3%
Operating costs (269.586) (249.586) (20.000) 8,0%
OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS) 504.776 405.231 99.545 24,6%
Net impairment losses on loans and provisions for guarantees and (3.344) (1.970) (1.374) 69,7%
commitments
NET OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS) 501.432 403.261 98.171 24,3%
Other charges and provisions (34.076) (27.152) (6.924) 25,5%
Net income from investments (6.262) 7.377 (13.639) -184,9%
PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 461.094 383.486 77.608 20,2%
Income tax for the year (137.523) (95.121) (42.402) 44,6%
NET PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 323.571 288.365 35.206 12,2%
PROFIT (LOSS) FOR THE YEAR 323.571 288.365 35.206 12,2%
NET PROFIT (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROUP 323.571 288.365 35.206 12,2%

(Amounts in € thousand)

CONDENSED INCOME STATEMENT – QUARTERLY FIGURES

(Amounts in € thousand)
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter
2019 2019 2019 2019 2020 2020 2020 2020
Net interest 70.366 71.401 69.806 69.704 68.164 70.065 68.645 63.854
Net fee and commission income 77.361 81.282 84.253 82.275 104.954 104.785 97.874 96.681
Net trading, hedging and fair value income 9.811 8.026 11.601 15.323 26.394 30.088 20.188 19.104
Net other expenses/income 196 341 147 2.924 570 822 169 2.005
OPERATING INCOME 157.734 161.050 165.807 170.226 200.082 205.760 186.876 181.644
Staff expenses (21.653) (22.444) (22.497) (23.558) (24.007) (24.886) (24.647) (26.006)
Other administrative expenses (65.073) (58.669) (56.019) (60.877) (60.257) (63.081) (61.861) (69.913)
Recovery of expenses 26.590 24.227 26.669 26.582 23.807 28.456 28.438 29.811
Impairment/write-backs on intangible and tangible assets (5.144) (5.366) (5.783) (6.571) (6.058) (6.210) (6.373) (6.799)
Operating costs (65.280) (62.252) (57.630) (64.424) (66.515) (65.721) (64.443) (72.907)
OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS) 92.454 98.798 108.177 105.802 133.567 140.039 122.433 108.737
Net impairment losses on loans and provisions for guarantees and (1.270) 1.124 (1.227) (597) (963) (2.707) 148 178
commitments
NET OPERATING PROFIT (LOSS) 91.184 99.922 106.950 105.205 132.604 137.332 122.581 108.915
Other charges and provisions (980) (2.856) (19.780) (3.536) (1.124) (6.512) (31.970) 5.530
Integration costs (2) 2 - - - - - -
Net income from investments (658) 6.463 450 1.122 (89) (3.729) (181) (2.263)
PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 89.544 103.531 87.620 102.791 131.391 127.091 90.430 112.182
Income tax for the period (27.272) (31.689) (26.575) (9.585) (39.960) (38.348) (25.256) (33.959)
NET PROFIT (LOSS) BEFORE TAX FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 62.272 71.842 61.045 93.206 91.431 88.743 65.174 78.223
PROFIT (LOSS) FOR THE PERIOD 62.272 71.842 61.045 93.206 91.431 88.743 65.174 78.223
NET PROFIT (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE GROUP 62.272 71.842 61.045 93.206 91.431 88.743 65.174 78.223

Starting from June 30th, 2020, revenues resulting from the Other Treasury activities (unsecured lending, collateral switch) are now accounted within the line "Net Interest" of the reclassified income statement. The activity, which started in 2020, generated revenues for €74 thousands in the first quarter, therefore in the table above they were reclassified.

FINECOBANK RATING

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S&P GLOBAL RATING BBB A-2 Stable

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Milan, 09 February 2021

The Nominated Official in charge of drawing up company accounts

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