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LHV Group Interim / Quarterly Report 2022

Jul 19, 2022

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Interim / Quarterly Report

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Interim Report January – June 2022 Summary of Results

Q2 2022 in comparison with Q1 2022

  • Net profit EUR 14.0 m (EUR 12.4 m), of which EUR 13.5 m (EUR 11.9 m) is attributable to owners of the parent
  • Earnings per share EUR 0.44 (EUR 0.40)
  • Net income EUR 37.8 m (EUR 34.8 m)
  • Operating expenses EUR 21.1 m (EUR 18.9 m)
  • Loan and bond provisions EUR -0.3 m (EUR 0.7 m)
  • Income tax expenses EUR 3.2 m (EUR 2.8 m)
  • Return on equity 15.3% (14.7%)
  • Capital adequacy 20.0% (19.0%)

Q2 2022 in comparison with Q2 2021

  • Net profit EUR 14.0 m (EUR 12.9 m), of which EUR 13.5 m (EUR 12.4 m) is attributable to owners of the parent
  • Earnings per share EUR 0.44 (EUR 0.43)
  • Net income EUR 37.8 m (EUR 32.7 m)
  • Operating expenses EUR 21.1 m (EUR 17.9 m)
  • Loan and bond provisions EUR -0.3 m (EUR -0.8 m)
  • Income tax expenses EUR 328 m (EUR 2.8 m)
  • Return on equity 15.3% (19.7%)
  • Capital adequacy 20.0% (18.6%)

Earnings per share and return on equity ratios are based on the profit attributed to the shareholders and equity of AS LHV Group and do not include non-controlling interest.

Managing Director's Statement

Dear investor in LHV,

Once again, this message from the CEO must start by noting the challenging environment: the war in Ukraine, soaring energy prices and the highest inflation in decades, interest rate hikes in Europe, the US and the UK, simultaneously rising wages and low consumer confidence. The last of these is easy to explain when the prices of all basic items are rising for consumers: food, power, heat, transport fuel and loan costs. The list of input prices for businesses is similar. It is unrealistic to expect this type of dynamic not to impact home buyers' decisions or businesses' investment plans.

Still, it is not all bad news for banks, since an inflationary environment along with rising interest rates has generally meant income and profit growth for financial institutions. A majority of the loan portfolio is pegged to the Euribor and changes in the rate are also expressed in revenue. The decisions by the Bank of England to raise interest rates have an influence on gains earned on the funds held by our financial intermediaries. The expenses may not materialize simultaneously and credit losses continue to be associated with specific clients, because a change of a few per cent in the interest rates does not yet impact the magnitude of total losses in the portfolio as a whole.

Despite the stormy weather, LHV remains open for clients. The smartest decisions for business are made by business people. As a source of financing, we can weigh in on making business ideas better aligned to the changing environment. Sometimes it's smarter to take a step back and then later take two longer steps ahead.

In Estonia, we continue to focus on high-quality individual and business loan portfolio, strong investment offer along with pension funds and insurance. Internationally, we see our product portfolio geared to financial intermediaries as a chance to expand into online retail as well. We're hiring for this purpose in the UK and making preparations for putting together a suitable offer. That, along with the kickoff of our lending activity in the UK, will take place in the first half of next year, once we have secured our banking licence. From the supervisory authorities' perspective, we are on schedule for obtaining one and we hope to be fully licensed by year's end. Our UK management is fully appointed and operating. In July, the very experienced Sally Veitch joined, preceded in May by Keith Butcher.

In light of the above, it is gratifying that we have been able to enjoy high-quality, capital value-bolstering growth over the course of the second quarter. Loan volumes grew by 172 million euros in the second quarter. To continue the growth, we opened a new branch in the Graf Zeppelin building in Pärnu, and are now more easily accessible for west-country Estonians. On the payments side, the activity in the virtual currencies has been down due to the price drop, also in part because of accounts we have closed, although we have continued active growth in other fields in terms of both the number of clients and payment volumes.

Investors' trust in LHV has also remained high. Over 11,694 investors took part in the LHV Group IPO that closed in early June, subscribing a total of 43.6 million euros in new shares.

As to other important Q2 events, the Financial Supervision Authority decided to grant our parent AS LHV Group approval to operate as a financial holding company. Besides that, we placed a 1 million euro investment at group level into the Estonian fintech Modular Technologies OÜ, known for its trademark Tuum. This developer of a new-generation banking platform also provides the core system for LHV Group subsidiary LHV UK Limited.

LHV's greatest strengths are speed and adaptivity. I believe that these principles will allow us to come through the challenging environment without sacrificing our ambitious goals.

Madis Toomsalu

Financial Summary 4
Operating Environment 7
Financial Results of the Group 9
The Group's Liquidity, Capitalisation and Asset Quality 10
Overview of AS LHV Pank Consolidation Group 12
Overview of AS LHV Varahaldus 15
Overview of AS LHV Kindlustus 17
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 18
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income18
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Financial Position19
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Cash Flows20
Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Changes in Equity21
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements 22
NOTE 1
Accounting Policies 22
NOTE 2
Business Segments22
NOTE 3
Risk Management 26
NOTE 4
Breakdown of Financial Assets and Liabilities by Countries26
NOTE 5
Breakdown of Assets and Liabilities by Contractual Maturity Dates 27
NOTE 6
Open Foreign Currency Positions28
NOTE 7
Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities29
NOTE 8
Breakdown of Loan Portfolio by Economic Sectors and by Stages 30
NOTE 9
Net Interest Income31
NOTE 10 Net Fee and Commission Income32
NOTE 11 Operating Expenses32
NOTE 12 Balances with the Central Bank, Credit Institutions and Investment Companies 33
NOTE 13 Deposits of Customers and Loans Received 33
NOTE 14 Accounts payable and other liabilities34
NOTE 15 Contingent Liabilities 34
NOTE 16 Basic Earnings and Diluted Earnings Per Share34
NOTE 17 Capital Management 35
NOTE 18 Transactions with related parties 36
NOTE 19 Tangible and intangible assets 37
NOTE 20 Subordinated debts 37
NOTE 21 Changes in impairments38
Shareholders of AS LHV Group 39
Supervisory Boards and Management Boards of AS LHV Group and its Subsidiaries 40
Signatures of the Management Board to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Report 41

Financial Summary

The Group's consolidated net profit in Q2 2022 was EUR 14.0 million, having grown by EUR 1.6 million compared to Q1 2022 and by EUR 1.1 million compared to Q2 2021. The profit of the Group's shareholders in Q2 2022 was EUR 1.7 million higher than in Q1 2022.

The Group's net income in Q2 2022 amounted to EUR 37.9 million, having grown by EUR 3.1 million compared to Q1 2022 and by EUR 5.1 million compared to Q2 2021. Operating expenses amounted to EUR 21.1 million in Q2, having grown by EUR 2.2 million compared to Q1 2022 and by EUR 3.2 million compared to Q2 2021. The discounts of loans and bonds amounted to EUR 0.3 million in Q2. Income tax expense on dividend payments to be made by subsidiaries in the future was EUR 0.4 million at the consolidated level in Q2.

The return on equity owned by LHV's shareholders was 15.3% in Q2 2022, which was 0.6 percentage points higher than in Q1 2022 (14.7%) and 4.4 percentage points lower than in Q2 2021 (19.7%).

The Group's consolidated net loan portfolio grew by EUR 172 million in a quarter (EUR 75 million in Q1 2022) and consolidated deposits decreased by EUR 44 million (for comparison, a decrease of EUR 397 million in Q1 2022), while deposits related to payment intermediaries decreased by EUR 94 million (a decrease of EUR 397 million in Q1 2022).

The Bank's net profit at the consolidated level amounted to EUR 16.9 million in Q2 2022, which was EUR 2.1 million more than in the previous quarter (EUR 14.9 million in Q1 2022) and EUR 0.4 million more than in Q2 2021. The number of the Bank's customers grew by 13,100 in a quarter (16,100 in Q1 2022), amounting to a total of nearly 351,000.

The Bank's loan portfolio grew by EUR 172 million in Q2 (EUR 75 million in Q1 2022), reaching EUR 2,925 million. Corporate investment loans and housing loans grew the most.

The deposits of the Bank's customers decreased by EUR 12 million in Q2 – the balance of the deposits of payment intermediaries decreased by EUR 94 million, while the deposits of the remaining customers grew by EUR 82 million. The total volume of deposits was EUR 5,425 million at the end of Q2.

LHV Varahaldus made a loss of EUR 0.2 million in Q2 2022 (a loss of EUR 0.6 million in Q1 2022). The asset management service fee income was EUR 2.0 million, which was at the same level as in the previous quarter. The operating expenses of LHV Varahaldus amounted to EUR 1.3 million in Q2 2022 (EUR 1.4 million in Q1 2022). Expenses related to non-current assets (including depreciation on customer contracts) amounted to EUR 0.5 million in Q2 2022, which was at the same level as in the previous quarter.

The total volume of funds managed by LHV decreased by EUR 103 million in a quarter (an increase of EUR 13 million in Q1 2022).The number of active 2nd pillar customers decreased by 4,211 in a quarter (a decrease of 3,320 in Q1 2022).

LHV Kindlustus made a loss of EUR 0.2 million in Q2 2022 (a loss of EUR 0.5 million in Q1 2022). The volume of gross premiums increased by EUR 2.9 million, reaching EUR 4.6 million. The revenue of LHV Kindlustus from insurance activities grew by EUR 0.3 million in a quarter.

LHV UK Ltd made a loss of EUR 2.1 million in Q2 2022.

There is only one class of shares issued by LHV, each share gives 1 voting right. The shares of LHV Group is traded on NASDAQ Tallinn main list since May 2016. Graph below presents LHV Group share performance against OMX Tallinn index and OMX Baltics banchmark index. LHV Group share has outperformed both indexes and has raised 224%, when comparison indexes have increased by 42% and 43% respectively.

LHV Group share price has been 35.5 euros in the end of Q2 and based on the stock price, LHV's market value was EUR 1 120 million. In the second quarter, LHV carried out a successful share issue, issuing new shares in the amount of EUR 35 million. In addition, a 1/10 share split was formalized in the first days of the third quarter.

Business volumes
EUR million
Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Quarter
over quarter
Q2 2021 Year
over year
Loan portfolio 2 924.5 2 752.5 6% 2 401.3 22%
Financial investments 498.8 475.8 4% 86.6 476%
Deposits of customers 5 366.6 5 410.4 -1% 4 921.5 9%
incl. deposits of financial
intermediates
1 755.5 1 096.5 -5% 953.5 -10%
Equity (including minority
interest)
384.8 335.9 15% 262.0 47%
Equity (owners' share) 377.6 329.2 15% 254.8 48%
Volume of funds managed 1 258.7 1 362.0 -8% 1 620.0 -22%
Assets managed by bank 3 294.0 3 531.0 -7% 2 491.0 32%
Income statement
EUR million
Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Quarter
over quarter
Q2
2021
Year
over year
6M 2022 6M 2021 Year
over year
Net interest income 27.18 25.79 5% 22.93 19% 52.97 43.30 -18%
Net fee and commission
income
11.00 10.35 6% 9.11 21% 21.35 17.75 -15%
Other financial income -0.34 -1.31 -74% 0.29 NA -1.65 -0.08 -95%
Total net operating income 37.84 34.83 9% 32.74 16% 72.67 61.47 -15%
Other income 0.06 -0.04 NA 0.04 50% 0.02 0.08 300%
Operating expenses -21.08 -18.87 12% -17.87 18% -39.95 -31.63 -21%
Loan and bond portfolio
gains/(-losses)
0.34 -0.74 NA 0.79 -57% -0.40 -0.81 103%
Income tax expenses -3.18 -2.80 14% -2.79 14% -5.98 -4.78 -20%
Net profit 13.98 12.38 13% 12.91 8% 26.36 24.33 -8%
Including attributable to
owners of the parent
13.54 11.88 14% 12.41 9% 25.42 23.45 -8%
Ratios Quarter
Year
Year
EUR million Q2 2022 Q1 2022 over
quarter
Q2 2021 over
year
6M 2022 6M 2021 over
year
Average equity
(attributable to owners of the parent) 353.4 322.8 30.6 251.6 101,8 347.0 245.8 101.2
Return on equity (ROE), % 15.3 14.7 0.6 19.7 -4,4 14.7 19.1 -4.4
Return on assets (ROA), % 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.9 0,0 0.8 0.9 -0.1
Interest-bearing assets, average 6 480.0 6 644.2 -164.2 5 743.3 736,7 6 644.2 5 385.6 1 256.4
Net interest margin (NIM) % 1.68 1.55 0.13 1.60 0,08 1.60 1.61 -0.01
Price spread (SPREAD) % 1.65 1.53 0.12 1.60 0,05 1.57 1.58 -0.01
Cost/income ratio % 54.2 54.2 1.4 54.6 1.9 55.0 51.4 3.6
Profit attributable to owners before
income tax
16.6 14.6 2.0 15.05 1.5 31.2 28.0 3.2

Explanations to ratios (quarterly ratios have been expressed on an annualised basis)

Average equity (attributable to owners of the parent) = (equity as at the end of the reporting period + equity as at the end of the previous reporting period) / 2

Return on equity (ROE) = net profit for the quarter (share of owners of the parent) / average equity (attributable to owners of the parent) *100

Return on assets (ROA) = net profit for the quarter (share of owners of the parent) / average assets*100

Net interest margin (NIM) = net interest income / interest-bearing assets, average *100

Price spread (SPREAD) = interest yield from interest-bearing assets – cost of external capital

Interest yield from interest-bearing assets = interest income / interest-bearing assets, average *100

Cost of external capital = interest expenses / interest-bearing liabilities, average *100

Cost/income ratio = total operating cost / total income *100

Operating Environment

In the beginning of the year, inflation had only a modest influence on economic growth, but the influence became stronger in the spring months. Energy prices remain at record highs; futures also do not bode well for major price decrease in the near future. The growth in timber and industrial metals prices has eased off, but the price level is still nearly twice what it was in the pre-pandemic years. Russia's continuing war in Ukraine is putting more and more strain on the global grain market, since the blockade of the Black Sea has essentially brought Ukrainian grain exports to a halt. In the industrialized world, this is reflected in higher food prices, while in the developing world, it could lead to riots and uprisings.

Economic growth in the Eurozone surprisingly sped up to 0.6%, but the faster growth was due to one-time transactions by major international corporations (in Ireland). Neither did other indicators in the domestic economy stand out as especially positive. Private consumer spending dropped due to the pandemic restrictions still in place early in the year, and the rapid decrease of disposable income due to higher prices also left an impression. Economic developments in Estonia's main trade partners were mixed – Finland and Latvia posted quite strong economic growth, which undoubtedly provided some relief for Estonian companies. At the same time, the Swedish economy shrank quarter-over-quarter, which could create problems for the Estonian exporting sector. Estonia exports a great deal of industrial and construction goods to Sweden and the contribution made by these sectors fell short of expectations in Sweden in Q1.

Eurozone inflation in Q2 sped up significantly, reaching 8.6% in June, and an average of 8% in Q2. Of course, the most significant factor in rising prices stemmed from energy products, which in recent months have been close to 40% more expensive than a year ago. Fresh – unprocessed – foodstuffs have also become significantly more costly. The price rise has been very uneven from one country to the next – only 6% in Malta and France to nearly 20% in the Baltics. The differences are due to the sources used to generate energy in a given country and the extent to which governments have used support measures to pare back the rising prices. As always, the statistical methodology also influences the result. Domestic factors have also played a role – the budget stimulus used to ease the pandemic allowed many companies and consumers to exit the crisis more easily, but also artificially propped up demand in a situation where supply-side limitations kept producers from maintaining the same tempo. To sum up, the additional money injected into the economy created a very favourable footing for prices to increase and various (geo)political and other shocks have essentially acted only as a catalyst

Previously, inflation in Europe has been coloured solely by energy price dynamics, but in recent months, products with a more stable nature have also started increasing in price. Base inflation rose to 3.6% in Q2, making it significantly easier for the European Central Bank to change the course of monetary policy. At its June meeting, the ECB's Governing Council decided that asset purchases under the APP would be discontinued and only reinvesting of redemptions coming due in the PEPP portfolio would continue. Asset purchases under PEPP, the pandemic emergency purchase programme, were discontinued already in March. It was also announced that interest rates would be raised in July for the first time in 10 years. First, all three monetary policy interest rates will be raised by 0.25% and hikes will continue in September. Euribor rates, which reflect the price of interbank loan transactions, soared following the news and the 6-month Euribor on which most loan agreements are predicated had reached 0.32% by mid-July. That figure could reach 1.25% by the end of this year if market expectations hold course.

For some European countries, higher interest rates are beginning to result in serious problems servicing government debt. A few days after the interest rate hike was announced, long-term bond interest rates rose to over 5% in Italy and over 3% in Spain and Portugal. The central bank reacted quickly and announced that a new working group was being put together to begin developing principles for ensuring liquidity in those countries in a situation where regular asset purchases are discontinued and refinancing of debt seems risky for the market participants. Today all of the interest rates referred to have dropped one percentage point although no solution has yet actually been found for the situation.

The Estonian economy grew by 0.1% in Q1 compared to the end of the previous year and 4.3% year-over-year. Information and communications sector was the greatest factor in the economic growth – value-added grew 8% in a few months. The sector, which is mainly based on IT services, contributed 45% of the economic growth in Q1 and the sector held a share of 10% of the Estonian economy. Based on monthly indicators, stronger growth in valueadded would have been expected in the construction and retail sector, where business volumes grew more than 10% year-overyear, but the value-added generated in these fields declined in the beginning of the year instead. Nor has soaring inflation in Q2 actually pulled the rug out from the economy, but the signs of cooling are clearly in the air. The growth in processing industry output has slows to a few percent year-over-year, and even the growth of sales volumes in retail, which had withstood the inflation incredibly well, slowed in May. On the positive side, tourism and travel have recovered, undoubtedly offering some relief for the Estonian shipping, aviation and lodging businesses.

Together with relatively brisk economic growth, Estonian consumer prices remain among Europe's highest. Inflation averaged 20% in Q2, which is certainly unsustainable in the long term. Half of the price increase comes from energy, but base inflation has also reached 10%. In autumn, inflation will undoubtedly start tapering because of the higher comparison base from the end of last year. Unfortunately, there is no indication that energy or food prices might start decreasing in the near term, which means that even if growth figures become tolerable, the price level will remain high. For consumers it is certainly important how the new cabinet will compensate rising energy prices in the heating period ahead. In the short-term, it will provide relief for consumers, but in the longer perspective, all support measures will have to be paid for in the form of taxes.

Despite the rapidly rising prices and difficulties stemming from sanctions on Russia, the Estonian labour market has remained strong. Unemployment has not increased significantly compared to Q1 – registered unemployment remains around 7% and data based on survey results yields a figure of 5.5%. What is also positive is that although entrepreneurial confidence is down somewhat and the number of orders is down from a few months ago, perceptions are still that total employment will increase in industry rather than layoffs of workers. Still, individual companies may encounter difficulty coping with high energy prices or changes in supply chains, and this could ultimately be expressed in contraction of activity.

Estonian economic growth is due for a slowdown this year. This would have happened even in the absence of the war, because late last year production resources were fully committed and intensification of supply-side limitations began curtailing continued rapid growth. The war and its various knock-on effects are now exerting an additional curtailing effect on the outlook for the Estonian economy, due to the loss of some export markets, interruption of supply channels and rising commodities prices. While the price rise has already accelerated due to sanctions, the broader effect on the economy will start rearing its head only in the second half of the year. According to the latest forecast from the Bank of Estonia, the Estonian economy will grow 1.5% this year and growth will see moderate acceleration in the years ahead. The growth is supported by relatively strong export and internal demand. A negative influence stems from reduced investment, which on the one hand reflects the major one-time investments from the past year, but on the other hand general confidence among entrepreneurs has decreased and investments tend to be postponed. Inflation will average 15% for the year as a whole.

Financial Results of the Group

Compared to Q1, the Group's net interest income increased in Q2 2022 by 5%, standing at EUR 27.2 (Q1: 25.8) million.

At the consolidated level, income tax on future dividend payments by subsidiaries was EUR 0.4 million in the first quarter.

Net fee and commission income increased in Q2 by 6% and stood at EUR 11.0 (Q1: 10.4) million. In total, the net income of the Group increased by 9% in Q2, compared to Q1, amounting to EUR 37.8 (Q1: 34.8) million, with expenses increasing 12% and amounting to EUR 21.1 (Q1: 18.9) million. The Group's operating profit for Q2 amounted to EUR 16.8 (Q1: 15.9) million. The expenses from loan and bond portfolio impairments amounted to EUR -0.3 million in Q2 (Q1: 0.7). The Group's total profit for Q2 amounted to EUR 14.0 million (Q1: 12.4). Compared to Q2 2021, the Group's net interest income increased by 19% and net fee and commission income increased by 21%.

In terms of business entities, AS LHV Pank posted in Q2 a consolidated profit of EUR 16.9 million and AS LHV Varahaldus a loss of EUR 0.2 million because of the income tax expense. LHV Kindlustus posted a loss of EUR 0.2 million. The AS LHV Group on solo bases posted a profit of EUR 3.7 million thanks to the dividend income. In Q2 LHV UK Ltd posted a loss of EUR 2.1 million.

The Group's volume of deposits as at the end of Q2 amounted to EUR 5 367 (Q1: 5 410) million, of which demand deposits formed EUR 5 219 (Q1: 5 247) million and term deposits EUR 148 (Q1: 163) million.

As at the end of Q2, the volume of loans granted by the Group amounted to EUR 2 925 (Q1: 2 753) million, increasing in Q2 by 6%. Compared to Q2 2021, the volume of the Group's deposits has increased by 9% and the volume of loans by 22%.

The Group's Liquidity, Capitalisation and Asset Quality

As at 30 June 2022, the Group's own funds stood at EUR 433.5 million (31 December 2021: EUR 367.0 million). LHV Group own funds are calculated based on regulative requirements.

Compared to Group's internal capital adequacy ratio target 16.0%, the Group is capitalised good enough as at the end of the reporting period, with the capital adequacy ratio amounting to 20.0% (31 December 2021: 19.0%). In addition to total capital adequacy targets the Group has also set internal targets for the core Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio to 10.63% and Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio to 12.46%. The internal targets were approved in December 2021 by the Group's Supervisory Board, after the completion of the annual supervisory assessment by the Financial Supervision Authority.

The minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities (MREL) is included into resolution plan and LHV has to keep enough own funds and qualifying liabilities which can be used to cover losses in resolution planning. On 21st of June 2021 Estonian FSA set two separate MREL ratio on consolidation group level for LHV Group, one MREL-TREA is calculated against total risk weighted assets and another MREL-LRE against total assets. Both these ratios have transition time till 01.01.2024 and were set respectively at 21.42% and 5.91%. Additionally mid-term targets were set at 19.08% and 5.91%, what LHV Group has to fulfil by 01.01.2022. LHV Group issued in September EUR 100 milion MREL eligible bonds, which covers both MREL requirements over the full forecasting period.

The Group's liquidity coverage ratio (LCR), as defined by the Basel Committee, stood at 140.3% as at the end of June (31 December 2021: 142.7%). Financial intermediates' deposits in Bank are covered 100% with liquid assets. Excluding the financial intermediates deposits the Groups LCR is 227.3% (31.12.2021: 253.3%). The Group recognises cash and bond portfolios as liquidity buffers. These accounted for 54% of the balance sheet (31 December 2021: 60%). The ratio of loans to deposits stood at 51% as at the end of the second quarter (31 December 2021: 43%). Group's maturity structure is presented in Note 5.

The Group's credit quality was good. As at the end of June, provisions for estimated loan losses amounted to EUR 18.8 million in the balance sheet, i.e. approximately 0.6% of the loan portfolio (31 December 2021: EUR 19.0 million, 0.7%). Estimated loan losses make up 1 234.2% (31 December 2021: 1 693.6%) of the portfolio of loans overdue for more than 90 days.

EUR thousand 30.06.2022 Proportion 31.12.2021 Proportion
Loans to customers 2 943 537 2 696 210
including overdue loans: 24 616 0.8% 16 802 0.6%
1-30 days 18 957 0.6% 13 417 0.5%
31-60 days 3 684 0.1% 1 971 0.1%
61-90 days 460 0.0% 289 0.0%
91 and more days 1 515 0.1% 1 125 0.0%
Impairment of loans -18 838 -0.6% -19 049 -0.7%
Impairment % of loans overdue for more than 90 days 1 243.2% 1 693.6%
Capital base 30.06.2022 31.12.2021 31.12.2020
Paid-in share capital 31 542 29 864 28 819
Share premium 141 186 97 361 71 468
Statutory reserves transferred from net profit -75 4 713 4 713
Other reserves 4 713 47 0
Retained earnings 170 010 179 746 90 434
Intangible assets (subtracted) -22 899 -14 473 -18 528
Net profit for the reporting period (COREP) 8 590 0 37 950
Other adjustments -481 -128 -323
CET1 capital elements or deductions 0 -12 209 -8 358
CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment -3 881 -4 328 -4 842
CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has not a significant 0
investment -5 236 -5 236
Tier 1 capital 323 469 275 357 201 333
Additional Tier 1 capital 35 000 35 000 35 000
Total Tier 1 capital 3 58 469 310 357 236 333
Subordinated debt 75 000 75 000 75 000
Total Tier 2 capital 75 000 75 000 75 000
Net own funds for capital adequacy 433 469 385 357 311 333
Capital requirements
Central governments and central bank under standard method 0 0 363
Credit institutions and investment companies under standard method 12 134 10 465 8 060
Companies under standard method 1 271 277 1 141 853 865 624
Retail claims under standard method 233 506 212 860 197 849
Public sector under standard method 1 6 3 250
Housing real estate under standard method 326 812 291 338 243 971
Overdue claims under standard methods 11 342 19 332 13 362
Investment funds' shares under standard method 185 190 7 145
Other assets under standard method 86 728 93 939 49 321
Total capital requirements for covering the credit risk and counterparty credit risk 1 941 985 1 769 983 1 388 945
Capital requirement against foreign currency risk under standard method 3 472 3 489 3 950
Capital requirement against interest position risk under standard method 0 0 0
Capital requirement against equity portfolio risks under standard method 11 500 2 079 972
Capital requirement against credit valuation adjustment risks under standard method 2 918 1 211 82
Capital requirement for operational risk under base method 197 920 152 778 124 638
Total capital requirements for adequacy calculation 2 157 795 1 929 540 1 518 587
Capital adequacy (%) 20.09 19.97 20.50
Tier 1 capital ratio (%) 16.61 16.08 15.56
Core Tier 1 capital ratio (%) 14.99 14.27 13.26

Overview of AS LHV Pank Consolidation Group

  • (Net) growth in loan volume EUR 172 million
  • Net profit EUR 16.9 million
  • Early pepayment of TLTRO loan in the amount of EUR 50 million
EUR million Q2 2022 Q1 2022 Change
%
Q2 2021 Change
%
From the
beginning of
2022
From the
beginning of
2021
Change
%
Net interest income 27.23 25.88 5% 23.31 17% 53.11 44.07 21%
Net fee and commission income 7.64 7.79 -2% 6.82 12% 15.43 13.19 17%
Other financial income 0.08 -1.42 NA 0.11 -32% -1.35 -0.39 245%
Total net operating income 34.95 32.25 8% 30.24 16% 67.20 56.87 18%
Other income 0.07 -0.02 NA 0.12 -36% 0.05 0.18 -69%
Operating expenses
Loan and bond portfolio
-15.64 -14.37 9% -11.93 31% -30.01 -23.38 28%
gains/(-losses) 0.34 -0.74 NA 0.79 -57% -0.40 -0.81 -51%
Income tax expenses -2.79 -2.27 23% -2.68 4% -5.06 -4.56 11%
Net profit 16.94 14.85 14% 16.53 2% 31.79 28.29 12%
Loan portfolio 2 925 2 753 6% 2 401 22%
Financial investments 484 467 4% 79 511%
Deposits of customers
incl. deposits of financial
5 425 5 437 -0,2% 4 947 10%
intermediates 1 756 1 850 -5% 1 944 10%
Subordinated liabilities 99 104 -5% 86 19%
Equity 307 293 5% 238 29%

Q2 was successful with regard to the growth of business volumes and revenue. LHV Pank earned EUR 27.2 million in net interest income and EUR 7.6 million in net service fee income in Q2. In total, the Bank's revenue amounted to EUR 35.0 million and expenses to EUR 15.6 million. Net operating expenses grew by 15% and expenses by 31% in a year. The provisions for loans and bonds amounted to EUR 0.3 million. The proportion of debts in the loan portfolio is still small, but we are nevertheless keeping a close eye on developments in the credit portfolio.

Financial income amounted to EUR 0.1 million in Q2. LHV Pank calculates a 14% advance income tax and the respective income tax expenses was EUR 2.5 million in Q2. Income tax expense on dividend payments to be made by subsidiaries in the future was EUR 0.3 million at the consolidated level in Q1.

The Bank's Q2 profit amounted to EUR 16.9 million, which is 14% more than in Q1 2022 (14.9) and 2% more than in Q2 2021 (16.5).

The largest portion of the service fee income still derives from income from settlements and cards as well as income from currency exchange and payment collection.

The growth in net interest income comes from an increase in business volumes. The total volume of the Bank's loan portfolio amounted to EUR 2 925 million by the end of Q2 (EUR 2 753 million in Q1 2022). The volume of the portfolio grew by 6% in a quarter. The volume of loans grew by EUR 172 million in Q2 (EUR 75 million in Q1 2022). The net portfolio of retail loans grew 6% in a quarter, reaching EUR 1 321 million (EUR 1 242 million in Q1 2022). The net portfolio of corporate loans also grew by 6% in a quarter, reaching EUR 1 604 million (EUR 1 511 million in Q1 2022).

The Bank's volume of deposits remained largely at the same level as in the previous quarter, amounting to EUR 5 425 million at the end of the quarter (EUR 5 437 million in Q1 2022). The volume of Ordinary clients' deposits grew by 54 million euros during the quarter and financial intermediaries' deposits decreased by 94 million euros. Starting in the beginning of the year, significant changes have taken place in the dynamics of deposits and ordinary clients' deposits have grown at the planned rate. Financial intermediaries are impacted by the more modest level of activity on the market, volatility has abated and volumes of deposits remain stable at a lower level.

Loans to companies grew by 93 million euros and retail loans by 79 million euros. The growth in the corporate loan portfolio outstripped targets. The growth in the retail loan portfolio was according to plan, driven by home loans. Although uncertainty related to the war in Ukraine impacted demand in Q1, interest from clients recovered in Q2. It is important to note that the projects now going forward are of very good conception and design, and some are the ones that were paused by clients at the beginning of the year.

The Bank's income/expense ratio was 44.6% in Q2, which was 5.3 percentage points higher than in Q2 2021 (39.3%).

The corporate credit portfolio, which includes loans and guarantees, grew 316.4 million euros over the year (+22%) with quarter-over-quarter growth of 100.9 million euros (+6%). The greatest source of the growth was loans for real estate activities, which traditionally is the field that receives the most financing from commercial banks, growing 189.7 million euros during the year (+37%). The bulk of the growth came from financing of business real estate projects with a strong income stream. Next came loans to the wholesale and retail trade and motor vehicle repair sector, which grew 55.4 million euros from the year before (+58%) and loans issued to the financial and insurance activities sector, which grew 50.2 million euros (+57%) over the year.

Compared to Q1 of 2022, portfolio growth was most influenced by loans and guarantees issued for real estate activities (quarterly growth of 50.2 million euros; +8%), followed by the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector (47.3 million euros; +208%) and the sector engaged in electricity, gas, steam and conditioned air supply (7.3 million euros; +14%).

The most corporate loans were granted to the real estate sector, which makes up 41% of the bank's corporate loan portfolio. Of real estate loans, the principal part were issued to projects with high-quality rental streams, with real estate developments making up a much smaller share. Most real estate developments financed are located in Tallinn, and projects located in other major Estonian the deposits on payment intermediaries decreased by EUR 94 million in a quarter. Of the deposits, EUR 5 277 million were call deposits and EUR 148 million term deposits. The volume of the deposits of private persons amounted to EUR 1 112 million as at the end of the quarter, having grown by 1% in a quarter.

cities and in the vicinity of Tallinn made up 30% of developments. LHV's market share of new development financing in Tallinn made up about one-quarter of the whole at the end of Q2 2022. The LHV real estate development portfolio is well-positioned in case market trends should change – the financed developments are in good locations and the risk to planned sales price ratio averages 54%.

After the real estate sector, the most credit was issued to wholesale and retail trade, motor vehicle repair sector (9%) and processing industry companies (8%). Of sectors with ordinarily a higher credit risk, horeca made up 3%, construction 2% and transport and warehousing 1% of the total volume of the portfolio.

Net profit for the quarter was 16.9 million euros. Compared to last year, profit grew, but the result fell 2.3 million euros short of the ambitious growth plan tabled at the beginning of the year. The reason for the shortfall is the lower service charge income partially related to lower client activity level and shaky confidence, and mainly due to the more modest increase of business volumes in the payment services and currency exchange field.

During the quarter, the number of the bank's clients grew by 13,100. Client activity recovered compared to Q1, but is still impacted by the new and different environment. Deposits decreased by 12 million euros over the quarter and loans grew by 172 million euros.

Loan write-downs decreased by 0.4 million euros during the quarter. Although the macroeconomic environment has changed significantly since the plans laid at the start of the year, the amount of write-downs is impacted above all by the quality of the loan portfolio and strength of clients. Sectors that depend on tourism, which was hit the hardest by the pandemic crisis, have now recovered and clients operating in that sector are doing very well now – the expense base is under control and demand has returned to pre-crisis levels. As a whole, the quality of the bank's loan portfolio remains very low. Because of this, white-downs are also much smaller than planned.

Although the Euribor has a positive impact on the bank's revenue base, we must curb our expectations in the changed macroeconomic environment. The rapidly rising prices are highly likely to taper in autumn, but energy and food prices will not go down in the near term. Both businesses and consumers will have to factor in higher expenditures in the next heating period and increased prices of food and other commodities. This will definitely have an impact on both consumers and businesses.

The large number of sanctions imposed due to the Ukraine war caused numerous challenges in Q2, which required additional resources. Similarly to other banks operating on this market, we stopped executing payments to Russia and Belarus. Unlike other banks, we have continued receiving clients' payments from Russia and Belarus. Due to this, volumes are up somewhat.

We launched cooperation as the headline sponsor of the May Run to support the biggest annual women's sport event open to the public. We also improved our internet bank and added the option of investing in individual stocks to Growth Account. Euromoney selected LHV as the best bank in Estonia for the fifth time.

Overview of AS LHV Varahaldus

  • Profit before income tax in Q1 0.2 million EUR
  • Net profit was 0.2 million EUR, a negative yield generated by the funds meant a decline in the value of equity and resulted in financial expenses
  • Number of active second-pillar clients at the end of the quarter – 131 000
  • Volume of assets in second-pillar funds by the end of the quarter – more than 1.2 billion EUR
Change Change Change
EUR million Q2 2022 Q1 2022 % Q2 2021 % 6M 2022 6M 2021 %
Net fee and commission income 2.0 2.01 2% 2.3 -13% 3.96 4.6 -14%
Net financial income -0.41 0.10 NA 0.18 NA -0.31 0.29 NA
Operating expenses
Depreciation of non-current
-1.33 -1.35 -1% -1.18 13% -2.68 -2,.43 10%
assets -0.49 -0.53 -8% -3.60 -86% -1.02 -4.09 -75%
Profit -0.23 0.18 NA -2.30 -90% -0.05 -1.63 -97%
Financial investments 9 8.0 13% 7.1 27%
Equity 22.0 22.0 0% 24.0 -8%
Assets under management 1 259.0 1 362.0 -8% 1 620.0 -22%

In Q2, LHV Varahaldus posted an operating income of 2.0 million EUR, operating expenses of 1.8 million EUR, and an operating profit of 0.2 million EUR. The financial result for the quarter was negatively influenced by the funds' yield – since LHV Varahaldus has invested equity in the pension funds it manages and the these funds lost in value during the quarter, this also resulted in financial expenses for Varahaldus of more than 0.4 million EUR. Net profit for the quarter was 0.2 million EUR.

Q2 was again a challenging quarter for stock markets, and H1 as a whole was one of the worst in the last 50 years. The decline was even more broad-based than in Q1, with nearly all sectors hit, including the bond market. Measured in euros, MSCI World, SP500 and Euro Stoxx 50 lost 10.8%, 11.7% and 9.9% of their value in the most recent quarter, respectively. Q2 also saw the euro continue to weaken against the dollar – by 5.8% in the quarter.

During Q1, LHV pension funds managed to post positive results in spite of the declining market, but Q2 was more complicated. The values of the units in the biggest actively managed M, L and XL funds fell during the quarter by 1.8%, 4.0% and 5.3%. The decline in funds with higher stock risk was deeper, LHV's Index pension fund fell by 9.9%, and Roheline by 10.7%. The conservative funds S and XS fell 0.7% and 1.4%, respectively, but managed to maintain value fairly well against competing conservative funds. Growth in social tax revenue – which serves as a comparison index – saw rapid growth in Q1, remaining more than 13% higher than the same period in the previous year in each month.

In Q2, the focus in choosing stock market investments in the largest funds was on companies and sectors that would be capable of generating value and offering a return even in an inflationary environment. The largest positions were related to precious metals and commodities, plus blue-chip Scandinavian companies more broadly.

LHV's number of active second-pillar clients at quarter's end was slightly more than 131,000, having dropped by around 4,000 over three months. The decrease was caused by the clients who left the second pillar in early May. The market share did not change much in terms of clients, still around 25%. Q2 was the first one since pension reform came into effect where the number of clients exiting the second pillar was less than the number of new clients joining the pillar. The volume of assets managed by LHV Varahaldus was more than 1.2 billion EURO by the end of the quarter. The volume of second-pillar assets dropped by close to 100 million EUR during the quarter – more than 60 million EUR was due to disbursements made to clients who left the second pillar in early May; a negative impact on the funds' volume also stemmed from the yield in the last three months. The number of third-pillar clients is still seeing stable growth.

The portfolio of all actively managed funds and distribution of asset classes largely correspond to the long-term goal, where M, L and XL portfolio are mainly invested in unlisted asset classes less dependent on stock markets. We keep a close eye on developments on the stock market and are prepared to quickly adjust our positions depending on the conditions. We also devote extra attention to liquidity to ensure capability to more aggressively invest and naturally make disbursements to clients if they change or exit funds.

Overview of AS LHV Kindlustus

In Q2 of 2022, AS LHV Kindlustus continued active sale of insurance policies and development of its services. At the end of the quarter, a property and liability insurance product was introduced. It will initially be offered to LHV banking clients. The development of new claims adjusting software was launched to make the process even more convenient for clients.

The number of insurance policies concluded and the volume of insurance premiums earned are growing across all insurance product sales channels, particularly rapidly in the brokerage channel and via the LHV website. In April, the sale of insurance contracts through IIZI Kindlustusmaakler insurance broker began. Now, all clients who use IIZI services can also buy LHV Kindlustus third party liability and motor hull insurance contracts.

As of 30 June 2022, LHV Kindlustus had 216,000 valid insurance policies and 148,000 clients.

The volume of gross insurance premiums in Q2 is 4611.6 thousand euros and net earned insurance premiums totalled 648.0 thousand euros. Overall for the six months, auto and motor TPL insurance made up 54.8% of the insurance premium volume. Travel insurance, home insurance and loan payment insurance are other important insurance products. Over 95% of the insurance policies ending in Q2 were renewed for the next period. During Q2, 1289 new loss events were registered, and claims adjustment ended in the case of 1144 incidents. As of the end of the quarter, 698 loss files were open. The net losses incurred in the period together with indirect claims adjustment costs were 1045.4 thousand euros. Loss provisions was stood at 997.7 thousand euros as of the end of the period.

The result for Q2 was influenced by a number of house fires covered by home insurance, and the number of travel curtailments was up mainly due to the chaos in the aviation sector. The number of Covid-19 loss events in travel insurance was insignificant. The company's loss for Q2 was 237.4 thousand euros. The result is under the financial forecast due to lower net income caused by slower than planned sales activity at the beginning of the year. The volume of operating costs was lower than planned.

Change Change
EUR thousand Q2 2022 Q1 2022 % Q2 2021 %
Gross insurance premiums 4 612 1 748 164% 1 640 181%
Net earned insurance premiums 1 648 1 263 31% 527 213%
Net losses incurred 1 045 1 030 2% 103 914%
Total net operating expenses 838 731 15% 537 56%
Underwriting result -235 -498 -53% -114 107%
Net profit -237 -497 -52% -112 112%
Actuarial reserves at the end of the period 6 947 4 976 40% 3 160 120%
Equity at the end of the period 5 996 6 159 -3% 7 070 -15%

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income

(in thousands of euros) Note Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Interest income 33 498 66 348 29 747 56 783
Interest expense -6 314 -13 377 -6 819 -13 484
Net interest income 9 27 184 52 971 22 928 43 299
Fee and commission income 15 445 30 260 13 647 26 736
Fee and commission expense -4 441 -8 909 -4 129 -8 488
Net fee and commission income 10 11 004 21 351 9 518 18 248
Net gains from financial assets measured at fair value -351 -1 818 203 -224
Foreign exchange rate gains/losses 8 161 89 141
Net gains from financial assets -343 -1 657 292 -83
Other income 57 55 43 82
Other expense 0 -90 0 0
Total other income 57 22 43 82
Staff costs -11 747 -21 995 -8 007 -15 260
Administrative and other operating expenses -9 332 -17 950 -9 865 -16 372
Total expenses 11 -21 079 -39 945 -17 872 -31 632
Profit before impairment losses on loans and
advances 16 823 32 742 14 909 29 914
Impairment losses on loans and bonds 21 341 -394 791 -810
Profit before income tax 17 164 32 348 15 700 29 104
Income tax expense -3 395
-3 177
-5 078 -2 785
-2 785
-4 773
-4 773
Net profit for the reporting period 2 13 987 26 370 12 915 24 331
Other comprehensive income/loss: 0 1 038
3 324
39 846
78
561 27 092
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:
Changes in the fair value of debt instruments
measured at FVOCI 0 0 0 0
Unrealized exchange differences arising on the
translation of the financial statements of foreign
operations -79 -123 -58 0
Total profit and other comprehensive income for the
reporting period 13 908 26 247 12 587 24 331
Total profit of the reporting period attributable to:
Owners of the parent 13 543 25 423 12 409 23 451
Non-controlling interest 444 947 506 880
Total profit for the reporting period 2 13 987 26 370 12 915 24 331
Total profit and other comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent 13 464 25 300 12 351 23 451
Non-controlling interest 444 947 506 880
Total profit and other comprehensive income for the
reporting period 13 908 26 247 12 587 24 331
Basic earnings per share (in euros) 16 0,44 0,84 0.43 0.81
Diluted earnings per share (in euros) 16 0,43 0,82 0.42 0.79

The Notes on pages 22 to 38 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

(in thousands of euros) Note 30.06.2022 31.12.2021
Assets
Due from central bank 4, 5, 6, 12 2 925 391 3 874 284
Due from credit institutions 4, 5, 6, 12 124 476 106 838
Due from investment companies 4, 6, 12 5 086 6 188
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss 4, 6, 7 12 298 135 855
Financial assets at amortized cost 480 241 0
Loans and advances to customers 4, 6, 8, 21 2 924 536 2 677 160
Receivables from customers 9 182 9 752
Other financial assets 124 2 236
Other assets 3 582 3 471
Financial investment 6 236 5 236
Tangible assets 19 15 652 8 474
Intangible assets 19 13 317 11 825
Goodwill 10 736 3 614
Total assets 2 6 530 857 6 844 933
Liabilities
Loans received from Central Banks (TRTLO) 13 147 354 197 461
Deposits of customers 13 5 366 565 5 807 617
Loans received and debt securities in issue 13 349 645 349 146
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss 7 291 157
Accounts payable and other liabilities 14 171 842 55 373
Subordinated debt 6, 20 110 368 110 378
Total liabilities 2 6 146 065 6 520 132
Owner's equity
Share capital 31 542 29 864
Share premium 141 186 97 361
Statutory reserve capital 4 713 4 713
Other reserves 4 688 4 733
Retained earnings 195 432 179 746
Total equity attributable to owners of the parent 377 561 316 417
Non-controlling interest 7 231 8 384
Total equity 384 792 324 801
Total liabilities and equity 6 530 857 6 844 933

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Financial Position

The Notes on pages 22 to 38 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Cash Flows

(in thousands of euros) Note Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Cash flows from operating activities
Interest received 33 264 66 019 29 853 56 403
Interest paid -6 441 -12 732 -7 877 -14 196
Fees and commissions received 15 320 30 260 13 234 26 234
Fees and commissions paid -4 441 -8 909 -4 129 -8 488
Other income received 204 34 448 568
Staff costs paid -10 023 -18 742 -7 032 -13 358
Administrative and other operating expenses paid -6 711 -13 607 -5 591 -10 978
Income tax -263 -5 159 -1 578 -5 996
Cash flows from operating activities before change in operating
assets and liabilities 20 909 37 164 17 327 30 189
Net increase/decrease in operating assets:
Net increase/(decrease) in financial assets at fair value through profit or
loss -3 355 -3 464 -612 -980
Loans and advances to customers -170 919 -247 288 -96 335 -193 434
Mandatory reserve at central bank 359 3 935 -1 525 -8 045
Security deposits 0 2 112 28 -62
Other assets -3 165 1 686 672 6 085
Net increase/decrease in operating liabilities:
Demand deposits of customers -28 764 -430 329 386 257 1 023 565
Term deposits of customers -15 158 -11 463 -197 428 -220 863
Loans received 0 0 0 73
Prepayments of loans received -50 258 -50 479 -2 907 -2 907
Financial liabilities held for trading at fair value through profit and loss 258 134 -1 -216
Other liabilities 52 014 110 209 -14 318 34 027
Net cash generated from/used in operating activities -198 079 -587 783 91 159 667 432
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of non-current assets -8 805 -11 204 -1 250 - 2 547
Acquisition of subsidiaries and affiliates -8 966 -8 966 0 0
Net changes of investment securities at fair value through profit or loss and
of investment securities at amortized cost -9 820 -351 166 63 917 244 174
Net cash flows from/used in investing activities -27 591 -371 236 62 667 241 627
Cash flows from financing activities
Paid in share capital (incl. share premium) 45 504 45 504 1 578 1 578
Dividends paid -11 946 -14 046 -8 358 -10 458
Loans received (non-preferred bonds) 0 0 0 40 000
Repayments of the principal of lease liabilities -380 -744 -111 -266
Net cash flows from/used in financing activities -33 178 30 714 -6 891 30 854
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 6 115 17 88 199
Net increase/decrease in cash and cash equivalents -192 606 -928 422 147 023 940 112
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 3 194 196 3 930 012 3 145 373 2 352 284
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 12 3 001 590 3 001 590 3 292 396 3 292 396

The Notes on pages 22 to 38 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements

Total equity
attributable
Statutory to owners Non
Share Share reserve Other Retained of LHV controlling Total
(in thousands of euros) capital premium capital reserves earnings Group interest equity
Balance as at 01.01.2021 28 819 71 468 4 713 3 409 128 385 236 794 8 482 245 276
Paid in share capital 300 1 298 0 0 0 1 598 0 1 598
Dividends paid 0 0 0 0 -8 358 -8 358 -2 100 -10 458
Share options 0 0 0 -192 1 458 1 266 0 1 266
Profit for the reporting period 0 0 0 0 23 451 23 451 880 24 331
Other comprehensive
income/loss
0 0 0 31 0 31 0 31
Total profit and other
comprehensive income for the
reporting period 0 0 0 31 23 451 23 482 880 24 362
Balance as at 30.06.2021 29 119 72 766 4 713 3 248 144 936 254 782 7 262 262 044
Balance as at 01.01.2022 29 864 97 361 4 713 4 733 179 746 316 417 8 384 324 801
Paid in share capital 1 678 43 825 0 0 0 45 503 0 45 503
Dividends paid 0 0 0 0 -11 946 -11 946 -2 100 -14 046
Share options 0 0 0 78 2 209 2 287 0 2 287
Profit for the reporting period 0 0 0 0 25 432 25 423 947 26 370
Other comprehensive
income/loss
0 0 0 -123 0 -123 0 -123
Total profit and other
comprehensive income for the
reporting period 0 0 0 -123 25 432 25 300 947 26 247
Balance as at 30.06.2022 31 542 141 186 4 713 4 688 195 432 377 561 7 231 384 792

Condensed Consolidated Interim Statement of Changes in Equity

The Notes on pages 22 to 38 are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

NOTE 1 Accounting Policies

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the international financial reporting standard IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting", as adopted by the European Union, and consists of condensed consolidated financial statements and selected explanatory notes.

The accounting policies and methods of computation used in the preparation of the interim report are the same as the accounting policies and methods of computation used in the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2021, which comply with the International Financial Reporting Standards, as adopted by the European Union (IFRS EU).

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been reviewed, not audited and do not contain the entire range of information required for the preparation of complete financial statements. The condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Annual Report prepared for the year ended 31 December 2021, which has been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS EU).

The applicable accounting policies have not changed compared to the previous financial year, except for the treatment of the liquidity portfolio treated at the market price. We reclassified this portfolio to accounting at amortized cost at the beginning of the second quarter. It was a fundamental change in the risk taken by the business line.

The financial figures of the condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been presented in thousands of euros, unless otherwise indicated. The interim financial statements have been consolidated and include the results of AS LHV Group and its subsidiaries AS LHV Varahaldus (100% interest), AS LHV Pank (100% interest), LHV UK Ltd (100% interest), AS EveryPay (100% interest) and AS LHV Finance (65% interest) and AS LHV Kindlustus (65% interest).

NOTE 2 Business Segments

The Group divides its business activities into segments according to its legal structure, except LHV Pank divides its business activities by 3 main business segments: retail banking, corporate banking and financial intermediates. The business segments form a part of the Group, with a separate access to financial data and which are subject to regular monitoring of operating profit by the Group's decision-maker. The Management Board of AS LHV Group has been designated as the decision-maker responsible for allocation of funds and assessment of the profitability of the business activities. The result posted by a segment includes revenue and expenditure directly related to the segment.

The revenue of a reported segment includes gains from transactions between the segments, i.e. loans granted by AS LHV Pank to other group companies. The division of interest income and fee and commission income by customer location has been presented in Notes 9 and 10. The breakdown of interest income by customer location does not include the income from current accounts, deposits and investments in securities. The Group does not have any customers, whose income would account for more than 10% of the corresponding type of revenue.

Q2 2022 Retail
banking
Corporate
banking
Asset
manage
ment
Hire
purchase
and
consumer
finance in
Estonia
Financial
intermediates
Insura
nce
UK
LHV
Ltd
Other
activities
Total
Interest income 10 090 16 968 0 3 052 2 505 6 0 877 33 498
Interest expense -1 240 -2 579 0 -635 -1 736 0 -63 -61 -6 314
Net interest income 8 850 14 389 0 2 417 769 6 -63 816 27 184
Fee and commission
income
Fee and commission
2 281 633 2 000 203 9 743 484 0 101 15 445
expense -596 -20 0 -209 -4 093 0 0 477 -4 441
Net fee and
commission income
1 685 613 2 000 -6 5 650 484 0 578 11 004
Other income 1 21 0 0 26 0 0 9 57
Net income 10 536 15 023 2 000 2 411 6 445 490 -63 1 403 38 245
Net gains from
financial assets
Administrative and
27 0 -411 0 -11 -6 -1 59 -343
other operating
expenses, staff costs
-4 951 -2 994 -1 823 -554 -4 971 -719 -2 043 -3 024 -21 079
Operating profit
Impairment losses on
5 612 12 029 -234 1 857 1 463 -235 -2 107 -1 562 16 823
loans and advances -24 587 0 -95 -6 0 0 -121 341
Income tax -697 -1 550 0 0 -287 0 0 -643 -3 177
Net profit 4 891 11 066 -234 1 762 1 170 -235 -2 107 -2 326 13 987
6M 2022 Retail
banking
Corporate
banking
Asset
manage
ment
Hire
purchase
and
consumer
finance in
Estonia
Financial
intermediates
Insurance UK
LHV
Ltd
Other
activities
Total
Interest income 19 469 33 455 0 5 918 6 018 6 0 1 482 66 348
Interest expense -2 552 -4 877 0 -1 055 -4 278 0 -63 -552 -13 377
Net interest income 16 917 28 578 0 4 863 1 740 6 -63 930 52 971
Fee and commission
income
Fee and commission
5 166 1 186 3 959 398 19 178 626 0 -253 30 260
expense -1 245 -44 0 -389 -7 754 0 0 523 -8 909
Net fee and
commission income
3 921 1 142 3 959 9 11 424 626 0 270 21 351
Other income 3 51 0 0 -52 0 0 20 22
Net income 20 841 29 771 3 959 4 872 13 112 632 -63 1 220 74 344
Net gains from financial
assets
Administrative and
-45 0 -309 0 -4 -5 -2 -1 292 -1 657
other operating
expenses, staff costs
-10 024 -6 058 -3 700 -1 117 -9 913 -1 360 -3 680 -4 093 -39 945
Operating profit
Impairment gains/(-
losses) on loans and
10 772 23 713 -50 3 755 3 195 -733 -3 745 -4 165 32 742
bond portfolio -756 370 0 123 -10 0 0 -121 -394
Income tax -896 -1 930 -830 -1 107 -413 0 0 -802 -5 978
Net profit 9 120 22 153 -880 2 771 2 772 -733 -3 745 -5 088 26 370
Total assets
30.06.2022
2 747 381 3 718 566 22 579 80 531 0 20 484 9 497 -68 181 6 530 857
Total liabilities
30.06.2022
3 117 467 672 879 590 65 056 2 382 856 14 541 4 398 -111 722 6 146 065
Q2 2021 Retail
banking
Corporate
banking
Asset
manage
ment
Hire
purchase
and
consumer
finance in
Estonia
Financial
inter
mediates
Insura
nce
Other
activities
LHV
UK Ltd
Total
Interest income 8 858 14 040 0 2 884 1 359 0 2 606 0 29 747
Interest expense
Net interest
-347 -2 465 -2 -487 0 0 -3 518 0 -6 819
income
Fee and
commission
8 511 11 575 -2 2 397 1 359 0 -912 0 22 928
income
Fee and
commission
2 141 393 2 309 192 8 219 417 -24 0 13 647
expense
Net fee and
commission
-330 -5 0 -166 -3 627 0 -1 0 -4 129
income 1 811 388 2 309 26 4 592 417 -25 0 9 518
Other income 17 53 0 0 22 0 -49 0 43
Net income 10 339 12 016 2 307 2 423 5 973 417 -986 0 32 489
Net gains from
financial assets
Administrative
and other
operating
expenses, staff
-10 0 181 0 -1 0 121 1 292
costs -3 941 -2 409 -4 783 -485 -3 387 -531 -1 791 -545 -17 872
Operating profit
Impairment
gains/(-losses) on
loans and bond
6 388 9 607 -2 295 1 938 2 585 -114 -2 656 -544 14 909
portfolio 56 824 0 -82 -7 0 0 0 791
Income tax -742 -1 235 0 0 -407 0 -401 0 -2 785
Net profit 5 702 9 196 -2 295 1 856 2 171 -114 -3 057 -544 12 915
6M 2021 Retail
banking
Corporate
banking
Asset
manage
ment
Hire
purchase
and consu
mer
finance in
Estonia
Financial
inter
mediates
Insurance Other
activities
LHV UK Ltd Total
Interest income 17 148 27 668 0 5 841 1 664 0 4 462 0 56 783
Interest expense
Net interest
-780 -4 934 -14 -920 -2 0 -6 834 0 -13 484
income
Fee and
commission
16 368 22 734 -14 4 921 1 662 0 -2 372 0 43 299
income
Fee and
commission
4 976 709 4 616 381 15 604 506 -56 0 26 736
expense
Net fee and
commission
-819 -11 0 -332 -7 322 0 -4 0 -8 488
income 4 157 698 4 616 49 8 282 506 -60 0 18 248
Other income 11 60 0 0 60 0 -49 0 82
Net income 20 536 23 492 4 602 4 970 10 004 506 -2 481 0 61 629
Net gains from
financial assets
Administrative
and other
operating
expenses, staff
-35 0 306 0 -1 0 -354 1 -83
costs -7 924 -4 812 -6 538 -904 -6 605 -894 -3 410 -545 -31 632
Operating profit
Impairment
gains/(-losses) on
loans and bond
12 577 18 680 -1 630 4 066 3 398 -388 -6 245 -544 29 914
portfolio -160 -36 0 -572 -15 0 -27 0 -810
Income tax -1 302 -2 027 -1 241 -1 184 -633 0 1 614 0 -4 773
Net profit 11 115 16 617 -2 871 2 310 2 750 -388 -4 658 -544 24 331
Total assets
30.06.2021
Total liabilities
2 037 433 3 609 167 24 658 69 239 174 637 11 252 -67 142 2 423 5 861 667
30.06.2021 2 574 494 1 511 116 689 54 827 1 511 116 4 182 -56 830 29 5 599 623

The Group's activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk (including currency risk, fair value interest rate risk, cash flow interest rate risk and price risk), credit risk and liquidity risk. The condensed interim financial statements do not include all financial risk management information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements; they should be read in conjunction with the group's annual financial statements as at 31 December 2021. There have been no major changes in the risk management department or in any risk management policies since the year end. The impact of COVID-19 on the Group's operations needs to be reported separately. The crisis mainly affects three risks: personnel risk, liquidity risk and credit risk.

Fortunately, the impact on personnel risk has been minimal, LHV was ready to work in home offices and almost all employees worked for two months from home offices. This reduced social interaction and the chances of being exposed to the virus.

To reduce liquidity risk, LHV Pank has issued mortgage bonds.

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They made it possible to reduce the share of expensive platform deposits in financing and, together with the increased funding from the TLTRO III program, to finance the purchase of Danske's portfolio of local governments and companies at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

In terms of credit risk, in 2020 LHV joined in granting payment holidays to customers' loan payments agreed under the auspices of the Banking Association. In total, we provided 6 and 12 month payment payment holidays in the amount of 350 million euros. By the end of june, the volume of the loan portfolio on payment holidays has decreased by 300 EUR, where clients have moved back to originaal payment schedules and remaining payment holidays end by end of 2021. Only few customers require special attention. Second wave of pandemia has affected the credit portfolio only very limited amount and total portfolio on payment holidays at the end of September was EUR 53 million. In second quarter the restrictions set because of Covid ended, which has positively impacted the GDP growth forecasts, high 8 percent area.

NOTE 4 Breakdown of Financial Assets and Liabilities by Countries

30.06.2022 Estonia Germany Other EU USA UK Other Total
Due from banks and investment
companies
1 864 451 0 940 333 24 235 225 340 594 3 054 953
Financial assets at fair value 400 251 5 003 87 248 29 2 6 492 539
Loans and advances to customers 2 901 164 628 16 632 695 976 4 441 2 924 536
Receivables from customers 9 182 0 0 0 0 0 9 182
Other financial assets 24 0 0 100 0 0 124
Total financial assets 5 175 072 5 631 1 044 213 25 059 226 318 5 041 6 481 334
Loans received from Central Banks
(TRTLO)
147 468 0 0 0 0 0 147 468
Deposits of customers and loans
received
3 577 735 50 206 1 144 468 25 478 524 329 44 349 5 366 565
Loans received and bonds issued 349 531 0 0 0 0 0 349 531
Subordinated debt 110 368 0 0 0 0 0 110 368
Financial liabilities at fair value 291 0 0 0 0 0 291
Accounts payable and other financial
liabilities
171 842 0 0 0 0 0 171 842
Total financial liabilities 4 357 235 50 206 1 144 468 25 478 524 329 44 349 6 146 064

Unused loan commitments in the amount of EUR 607 417 thousand are for the residents of Estonia.

31.12.2021 Estonia Germany Other EU USA UK Other Total
Due from banks and investment
companies
3 611 765 0 76 010 29 900 269 593 42 3 987 310
Financial assets at fair value 55 949 6 79 709 30 2 159 135 855
Loans and advances to customers 2 652 960 781 17 292 903 849 4 375 2 677 160
Receivables from customers 9 752 0 0 0 0 0 9 752
Other financial assets 117 0 0 2 119 0 0 2 236
Total financial assets 6 330 543 787 173 011 32 952 270 444 4 576 6 812 313
Loans received from Central Banks
(TRTLO) 197 461 0 0 0 0 0 197 461
Deposits of customers and loans
received
3 449 803 113 798 1 484 106 62 541 631 356 66 013 5 807 617
Loans received and bonds issued 349 146 0 0 0 0 0 349 146
Subordinated debt 110 378 0 0 0 0 0 110 378
Financial liabilities at fair value 157 0 0 0 0 0 157
Accounts payable and other financial
liabilities 49 262 0 0 0 0 0 49 262
Total financial liabilities 4 156 207 113 798 1 484 106 62 541 631 356 66 013 6 514 021

Unused loan commitments in the amount of EUR 679 579 thousand are for the residents of Estonia.

NOTE 5 Breakdown of Assets and Liabilities by Contractual Maturity Dates

Total
0 0 0 147 750 147 750
5 218 714 48 119 92 161 5 638 100 5 364 732
0 1 004 253 352 518 0 353 775
0 1 923 5 706 120 548 0 128 177
0 163 947 0 0 0 163 947
0 607 417 0 0 0 607 417
0 53 334 0 0 0 53 334
0 150 069 0 0 0 150 069
0 291 0 0 0 291
5 218 714 1 026 104 98 120 626 454 100 6 969 492
3 054 580 0 0 0 0 3 054 580
0 156 983 236 498 90 716 1 173 485 370
0 189 824 415 069 1 974 671 1 216 834 3 796 398
0 9 182 0 0 0 9 182
0 150 069 0 0 0 150 069
124 0 0 0 0 124
3 054 704 506 058 651 567 2 065 387 1 218 007 7 495 723
-2 164 010 -520 046 553 447 1 438 933 1 217 907 526 231
On
demand
0-3
months
3-12
months
1-5
years
Over 5
years
On 0-3 3-12 1-5 Over 5
31.12.2021 demand months months years years Total
Liabilities by contractual maturity dates
Maturity gap from financial assets and liabilities -1 658 725 -606 248 326 318 1 063 089 924 574 49 008
Total financial assets 3 989 577 331 181 434 969 1 739 256 924 574 7 419 557
Other financial assets) 0 101 848 0 0 0 101 848
Foreign exchange derivatives (gross settled) 2 236 0 0 0 0 2 236
Receivables from customers 0 9 752 0 0 0 9 752
Loans and advances to customers 0 173 534 431 582 1 661 341 924 419 3 190 876
Financial assets at fair value (debt securities) 0 46 047 3 387 77 915 155,481 127 504
Due from banks and investment companies 3 987 341 0 0 0 0 3 987 341
Financial assets by contractual maturity dates
Total liabilities 5 648 302 937 429 108 651 676 167 0 7 370 549
Financial liabilities at fair value 0 157 0 0 0 157
Foreign exchange derivatives (gross settled) 0 101 848 0 0 0 101 848
Financial guarantees by contractual amounts 0 49 409 0 0 0 49 409
Unused loan commitments 0 679 579 0 0 0 679 579
Accounts payable and other financial liabilities 0 49 262 0 0 0 49 262
Subordinated debt 0 1 903 5 727 124 341 0 131 971
Loans received and bonds issued 0 0 1 140 352 538 0 353 678
Deposits from customers 5 648 302 55 271 101 784 2 288 0 5 807 645
Loans received from Centrral Banks (TLTRO) 0 0 0 197 000 0 197 000

It is possible to take a short-term loan from the central bank against the security of the majority of instruments in the bond portfolio. All cashflows from financial assets and –liabilities except derivatives include all contractual cash flows.

NOTE 6 Open Foreign Currency Positions

30.06.2022 EUR CHF GBP SEK USD Other Total
Assets bearing currency risk
Due from banks and investment companies 2 795 725 1 516 235 434 2 124 13 968 6 185 3 054 953
Financial assets at fair value 489 040 1 2 1 35 3 461 492 539
Loans and advances to customers 2 915 057 70 309 475 8 352 272 2 924 536
Receivables from customers 7 746 4 -3 241 80 4 274 320 9 182
Other financial assets 124 0 0 0 0 0 124
Total assets bearing currency risk 6 207 692 1 591 232 503 2 680 26 629 10 239 6 481 334
Liabilities bearing currency risk
Loans received from Central Banks (TRTLO) 147 354 0 0 0 0 0 147 354
Deposits from customers 4 982 565 6 099 220 952 10 218 136 467 10 264 5 366 565
Loans received and bonds issued 349 645 0 0 0 0 0 349 645
Financial liabilities at fair value 0 0 0 0 289 2 291
Accounts payable and other financial liabilities 134 171 38 11 675 459 17 286 318 163 947
Subordinated debt 110 368 0 0 0 0 0 110 368
Total liabilities bearing currency risk 5 724 103 6 137 232 627 10 677 154 042 10 584 6 138 169
Open gross position derivative assets at contractual value 0 4 519 0 7 997 134 216 3 337 150 069
Open gross position derivative liabilities at contractual value 150 069 0 0 0 0 0 150 069
Open foreign currency position 333 520 -27 -124 0 6 803 2 992 343 165
31.12.2021 EUR CHF GBP SEK USD Other Total
Assets bearing currency risk
Due from banks and investment companies 3 687 255 1 367 277 043 1 075 18 433 2 137 3 987 310
Financial assets at fair value 135 812 0 1 0 37 4 135 855
Loans and advances to customers 2 669 321 18 463 396 6 616 346 2 677 160
Receivables from customers 7 818 0 491 226 167 1 050 9 752
Other financial assets 117 0 0 0 2 119 0 2 236
Total assets bearing currency risk 6 500 323 1 385 277 998 1 697 27 372 3 538 6 812 313
Liabilities bearing currency risk
Loans received from Central Banks (TRTLO) 197 461 0 0 0 0 0 197 461
Deposits from customers 5 409 103 5 037 271 784 7 837 101 149 12 708 5 807 617
Loans received and bond issued 349 146 0 0 0 0 0 349 146
Financial liabilities at fair value 0 0 0 16 123 18 157
Accounts payable and other financial liabilities 36 376 218 6 456 217 5 676 319 49 262
Subordinated debt 110 378 0 0 0 0 0 110 378
Total liabilities bearing currency risk 6 102 464 5 254 278 240 8 070 106 948 13 045 6 514 021
Open gross position derivative assets at contractual value 0 3 872 0 6 454 82 496 9 026 101 848
Open gross position derivative liabilities at contractual value 101 848 0 0 0 0 0 101 848
Open foreign currency position 296 011 3 -242 81 2 920 -481 298 292

NOTE 7 Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities

The Management Board of the Group has determined the fair value of assets and liabilities recognised at amortised cost in the balance sheet. To determine the fair value, future cash flows are discounted based on the market interest curve.

The below table provides an overview of the assessment techniques, which depend on the hierarchy of assets and liabilities measured at fair value:

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 30.06.2022 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 31.12.2021
Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss
Shares and fund units* 739 7 289 0 8 028 727 7 620 0 8 347
Bonds at fair value through profit and loss 811 0 0 811 127 504 0 0 127 504
Interest rate swaps and foreign exchange
forwards 0 3 459 0 3 459 0 4 0 4
Total financial assets 1 550 10 748 0 12 298 128 231 7 624 0 135 855
Financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss
Interest rate swaps and foreign exchange 0 291 0 291 0 157 0 157
forwards
Total financial liabilities
0 291 0 291 0 157 0 157

*Shares and fund units include the Group companies' AS LHV Varahaldus investment into pension fund units in the amount of EUR 7 289 (31.12.2021: 7 620) thousand. Pursuant to the Investment Funds Act, the mandatory shares of LHV Varahaldus as the management company is 0.5% of the number of units in each of the mandatory pension fund managed by it.

Hierarchy levels:

  1. Level 1 – the price quoted on active market

    1. Level 2 a technique which uses market information as input (rates and interest curves of arms-length transactions)
    1. Level 3 other methods (e.g. discounted cash flow method) with estimations as input

Interest rate swaps are instruments, where the fair value is determined via the model-based approach by using the inputs available on the active market. The fair value of such non-market derivatives is calculated as a theoretical net present value (NPV), by using independent market parameters and without assuming the presence of any risks or uncertainties. The NPV is discounted by using the risk-free profitability rate available on the market.

As at 30.06.2022 the fair value of corporate loans and overdraft is EUR 76 276 thousand (4.59%) higher than their carrying amount (31.12.2021: 5 795 thousand, 0.38% higher). Loans are issued in the bank's business segments on market conditions. Therefore, the fair value of retail loans does not materially differ from their carrying amount as at 30 June 2022 and 31 December 2021. In determining the fair value of loans, considerable management judgements are used (discounted cash flow method with current

market interest is used for the valuation). Loans issued are thus categorised under hierarchy level 3.

Lease interest rates offered to customers generally correspond to interest rates prevailing in the market for such products. Considering that the interest rate environment has been relatively stable since the Group started to provide leasing, consequently the fair value of lease agreements does not materially differ from their carrying amount. As significant management judgment is required to determine fair value, leases are classified as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Leveraged loans, hire-purchase and credit cards granted to customers are of sufficiently short-term nature and they have been issued at market terms, therefore the fair market rate of interest and also the fair value of loans do not change significantly during the loan term. The fair value level of leveraged loans, hirepurchase, credit cards and consumer loans is 3 as significant judgmental assumptions are used for the valuation process.

Other receivables from customers, along with accrued expenses and other current receivables have been generated in the course of ordinary business and are subject to payment over a short period of time. Their fair value does not thus differ from the carrying amount. These receivables and payables do not bear any interest. The fair value of accounts payable, accrued expenses and other payables is determined based on hierarchy level 3.

Customer deposits with fixed interest rates are mostly short-term with the deposits priced pursuant to market conditions. The majority of the customer deposits include demand deposits. The fair value of the deposits determined via discounting future cash flows does not thus materially differ from the carrying amount. In determining the fair value of customer deposits, considerable management judgements are used. Customer deposits are thus categorised under hierarchy level 3.

Subordinated loans in the amount of EUR 50 000 thousand were received in 2020, subordinated loans in the amount of EUR 40 000 thousand were received in 2019 and EUR 20 000 thousand were received in 2018. Subordinated loans were issued on market terms and considering the movements in loan and interest market, we can say that the market conditions are similar as they were when issuing the subordinated loans so that the fair value of the loans does not materially differ from their carrying value. In determining the fair value of loans, considerable management judgements are used. Subordinated debt are thus categorised under hierarchy level 3.

NOTE 8 Breakdown of Loan Portfolio by Economic Sectors and by Stages

30.06.2022 Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Provision Total %
Individuals 1 003 718 115 333 6 688 -2 129 1 123 610 38.42%
Agriculture 52 825 2 377 15 -134 55 083 1.88%
Mining and Quarrying 652 811 0 -31 1 432 0.05%
Manufacturing 135 647 23 092 215 -851 158 103 5.41%
Energy 41 338 749 0 -112 41 975 1.44%
Water and sewerage 28 066 252 0 -274 28 044 0.96%
Construction 93 632 4 380 186 -1 771 96 427 3.30%
Wholesale and retail trade 130 071 17 697 724 -1 523 146 969 5.03%
Transportation and storage 14 150 10 247 91 -633 23 855 0.82%
Accommodation and catering 7 675 24 609 39 -1 672 30 651 1.05%
Information and communication 11 918 379 1 -14 12 284 0.42%
Financial activities 113 076 229 0 -583 112 722 3.85%
Real estate activities 651 465 84 534 1 850 -2 867 734 982 25.13%
Professional, scientific and technical activities 74 320 7 063 28 -158 81 253 2.78%
Administrative and support service activities 112 139 4 037 39 -2 965 113 250 3.87%
Local municipalities 88 351 297 0 0 88 648 3.03%
Education 4 478 321 0 -179 4 620 0.16%
Health care 10 855 899 0 -78 11 676 0.40%
Arts and entertainment 28 878 24 940 30 -2 818 51 030 1.74%
Other service activities 6 763 1 179 26 -46 7 922 0.27%
Total 2 610 017 323 425 9 932 -18 838
Provision -9 136 -7 942 -1 760
Total loan portfolio 2 600 881 315 483 8 172 2 924 536 100%
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Provision 31.12.2021 %
Individuals 886 127 114 863 11 328 -2 392 1 009 926 37.7%
Agriculture 63 843 4 809 21 -214 68 459 3.1%
Mining and Quarrying 923 1 114 0 -18 2 019 0.1%
Manufacturing 125 985 26 328 255 -930 151 638 6.9%
Energy 57 403 1 729 0 -627 58 505 2.6%
Water and sewerage 23 172 573 0 -240 23 505 1.1%
Construction 80 323 3 990 477 -1 778 83 012 3.8%
Wholesale and retail trade 126 082 5 186 848 -486 131 630 6.0%
Transportation and storage 25 730 3 057 101 -136 28 752 1.3%
Accommodation and catering 5 526 25 036 159 -2 041 28 680 1.3%
Information and communication 10 600 294 8 -24 10 878 0.5%
Financial activities 85 481 327 0 -303 85 505 3.9%
Real estate activities 569 902 85 688 1 995 -3 260 654 325 29.6%
Professional, scientific and technical activities 39 062 5 344 482 -219 44 669 2.0%
Administrative and support service activities 113 860 3 698 155 -3 268 114 445 5.2%
Local municipalities 97 307 315 0 0 97 622 4.4%
Education 4 035 275 31 -14 4 327 0.2%
Health care 9 766 3 441 3 -71 13 139 0.6%
Arts and entertainment 24 155 27 576 64 -2 963 48 832 2.2%
Other service activities 16 463 856 38 -65 17 292 0.8%
Total 2 365 745 314 499 15 965 -19 049
Provision -9 472 -7 444 -2 133
Total loan portfolio 2 356 273 307 055 13 832 2 677 160 100%

NOTE 9 Net Interest Income

Interest income Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
From balances with credit institutions and investment 671 934 72 117
companies
From central bank
488 988 233 483
From debt securities -243 -342 -79 -195
Leasing 1 441 2 881 1 489 2 935
Leverage loans and lending of securities 428 863 429 784
Consumer loans 2 245 4 303 2 034 4 080
Hire purchase 807 1 615 838 1 749
Corporate loans 17 853 35 181 14 614 28 683
Credit card loans 199 394 202 437
Mortgage loans 6 186 11 717 5 234 10 021
Private loans 568 1 122 569 1 123
Other loans 2 855 6 692 4 112 6 566
Total 33 498 66 348 29 747 56 783
Interest expense
Deposits of customers and loans received -1 250 -2 412 -1 218 -2 789
Balances with the central bank -2 946 -6 732 -3 371 -6 284
Subordinated liabilities -2 118 -4 233 -2 230 -4 411
including loans between related parties -81 -162 -81 -161
Total -6 314 -13 377 -6 819 -13 484
Net interest income 27 184 52 971 22 928 43 299

19 893 68 492 13 270 47 388

Interest income on loans by customer location
----------------------------------------------- -- -- --
(interest on bank balances and bonds excluded): Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Estonia 32 582 64 768 29 521 56 378
Total 32 582 64 768 29 521 56 378

NOTE 10 Net Fee and Commission Income

Fee and commission income Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Security brokerage and commissions paid 1 023 2 445 1 034 2 614
Asset management and similar fees 3 407 6 683 3 417 6 769
Currency exchange fees conversion revenues 2 201 4 505 2 032 3 924
Fees from cards and payments 6 420 613 064 5 624 10 542
Other fee and commission income 2 394 3 563 1 540 2 887
Total 15 445 30 260 13 647 26 736
Fee and commission expense
Security brokerage and commissions paid -598 -1 237 -333 -819
Expenses related to cards -1 768 -3 480 -1 379 -2 966
Expenses related to acquiring -1 837 -3 480 -1 740 -3 366
Other fee and commission expense -238 -712 -677 -1 337
Total -4 441 -8 909 -4 129 -8 488
Net fee and commission income 11 004 21 351 9 518 18 248
Fee and commission income by customer location: Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Estonia 13 558 26 463 12 655 24 779
Great Britain 1 887 3 797 992 1 957
Total 15 445 30 260 13 647 26 736

NOTE 11 Operating Expenses

Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Wages, salaries and bonuses 8 966 16 768 6 159 11 745
Social security and other taxes* 2 781 5 227 1 848 3 515
Total personnel expenses 11 747 21 995 8 007 15 260
IT expenses 1 577 3 241 1 007 2 027
Information services and bank services 341 640 330 682
Marketing expenses 655 1 617 552 1 084
Office expenses 435 851 216 407
Transportation and communication expenses 137 269 68 128
Staff training and business trip expenses 339 594 68 103
Other outsourced services 2 000 4 195 1 266 2 477
Other administrative expenses 1 594 2 697 1 918 3 697
Depreciation of non-current assets 1 487 2 825 4 155 5 113
Operational lease payments 491 599 169 441
Other operating expenses 276 422 116 212
Total other operating expenses 9 332 17 950 9 865 16 372
Total operating expenses 21 079 39 945 17 872 31 632

*lump-sum payment of social, health and other insurances

NOTE 12 Balances with the Central Bank, Credit Institutions and Investment Companies

30.06.2022 31.12.2021
Demand and term deposits with maturity less than 3
months* 129 562 113 026
Statutory reserve capital with the central bank 53 363 57 298
Demand deposit from central bank* 2 872 028 3 816 986
Total 3 054 953 3 987 310
*Cash and cash equivalents in the Statement of Cash
Flows 3 001 590 3 930 012

The breakdown of receivables by countries has been presented in Note 4. Demand deposits include receivables from investment companies in the total amount of EUR 5 086 thousand (31 December 2021: EUR 6 188 thousand). All other demand and term deposits are held with credit institutions and the central bank. The minimum reserve requirement as at 30 June 2022 was 1% (31 December 2021: 1%) of all financial resources (customer deposits and loans received). The reserve requirement is to be fulfilled as a monthly average in euros or in the foreign financial assets approved by the central bank.

NOTE 13 Deposits of Customers and Loans Received

Financial
Deposits/loans by type Individuals intermediates Legal entities Public sector 30.06.2022
Demand deposits 1 080 692 1 972 068 2 008 761 157 740 5 219 261
Term deposits 31 432 15 467 81 834 19 087 147 820
Accrued interest liability 293 -796 -15 2 -516
Total 1 112 417 1 986 739 2 090 580 176 829 5 366 565
Financial
Deposits/loans by type Individuals intermediates Legal entities Public sector 31.12.2021
Demand deposits 1 005 757 2 473 973 2 008 349 161 510 5 649 589
Term deposits 39 209 15 679 81 808 22 587 159 283
Accrued interest liability 285 -1 537 -5 2 -1 255
Total 1 045 251 2 488 115 2 090 152 184 099 5 807 617
Loans received 30.06.2022 TRTLO Covered
bonds
Preferred
senior
bond
Total loans received and dept
securities in issue
Loans received 150 000 249 126 100 000 349 126
Accrued interest liability -2 646 15 504 519
Total 147 354 249 141 100 504 349 645
Loans received 31.12.2021 TRTLO Covered
bonds
Preferred
senior
bond
Total loans received and dept
securities in issue
Loans received 200 000 248 980 100 000 348 980
Accrued interest liability -2 539 140 26 166

In June 2020, LHV Pank made a successful debut issue of EUR 250 million in covered bonds to international investors. 31 institutional investors participated in the 5-year issue and the interest rate was 0.12%. The issue by LHV Pank was the first debut issue since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. The issue received an Aa1 rating from Moodys and was listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange.

In September, LHV Group issued EUR 100 million of preferred bonds with a four-year maturity, which includes the option to call back the transaction after the third year. The issue received a Baa3 rating and was listed on the Dublin Stock Exchange.

In 2020, the Bank raised EUR 200 million in negative interest funds through the TLTRO III program offered by the European Central Bank. In the second quarter, the Bank returned early loan of 50 million euros to the European Central Bank.

The nominal interest rate of the deposits of customers and loans granted equals to their effective interest rate, as no other significant fees have been implemented.

NOTE 14 Accounts payable and other liabilities

Financial liabilities 30.06.2022 31.12.2021
Trade payables and payables to merchants 2 556 2 779
Other short-term financial liabilities 10 074 6 904
Lease liabilities 6 746 3 350
Payments in transit 130 216 27 202
Financial guarantee contracts issued 1 480 1 101
Liabilities from insurance services 12 875 7 926
Subtotal 163 947 49 262
Not financial liabilities
Performance guarantee contracts issued
Non-financial liabilities
853 543
Tax liabilities 2 544 2 207
Payables to employees 3 734 2 545
Other short-term liabilities 764 816
Subtotal 7 895 6 111
Total 171 842 55 373

Payables to employees consist of unpaid salaries; bonus accruals and vacation pay accrual for the reporting period and the increase in liabilities is caused by the increase in the number of employees during the year. Payments in transit consist of foreign payments and payables to customers related to intermediation of securities transactions. All liabilities, except for financial guarantees, are payable within 12 months and are therefore recognised as current liabilities.

NOTE 15 Contingent Liabilities

Irrevocable transactions Performance
guarantees
Financial
guarantees
Letter of credit Unused loan
commitments
Total
Liability in the contractual amount as at 30 June
2022 28 318 53 661 6 115 607 417 695 511
Liability in the contractual amount as at 31
December 2021 19 919 49 409 1 438 679 579 750 345

NOTE 16 Basic Earnings and Diluted Earnings Per Share

In order to calculate basic earnings per share, net profit attributable to owners of the parent has been divided by the weighted average number of shares issued. The dilution effect when calculating the Diluted earnings per share comes from the share options granted to management and key employees.

Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Total profit (incl. discontinued operations) attributable to
owners of the parent (EUR thousand) 13 543 25 423 13 543 23 452
Weighted average number of shares (in thousands of units) 30 703 30 097 30 703 28 894
Basic earnings per share (EUR)
Weighted average number of shares used for calculating the
0.44 0.84 0.44 0.81
diluted earnings per shares (in thousands of units) 31 332 30 762 29 815 29 815
Diluted earnings per share (EUR) 0.43 0.83 0.42 0.79

NOTE 17 Capital Management

The goal of the Group's capital management is to:

  • ✓ ensure continuity of the Group's business and ability to generate return for its shareholders;
  • ✓ maintain a strong capital base supporting the development of business;
  • ✓ comply with capital requirements as established by supervision authorities.

The amount of capital that the Group managed as of 30.06.2022 was 433 469 thousand euros (31.12.2021: 385 357 thousand euros). The goals of the Group's capital management are set based on both the regulative requirements and additional internal buffer.

The Group follows the general principles in its capital management:

  • The Group must be adequately capitalized at all times, ensuring the necessary capital to ensure economic preservation in all situations;
  • The main focus of the capital management is on tier 1 own funds, because only tier 1 own funds can absorb losses. All other capital layers in use are dependent of tier 1 own funds volume;
  • Capital of the Group can be divided in two: 1) regulative minimum capital and 2) capital buffer held by the Group. In order to reach its long-term economic goals the Group must on one hand strive towards proportional lowering of the regulative minimumcapital (through minimizing risks and high transparency). On the other hand, the Group must strive towards sufficient and conservative capital reserve, which will ensure economic preservation even in the event of severe negative risk scenario;
  • The risk appetite set by the Group is an important input to capital management planning and capital goal setting. Higher risk appetite requires marinating higher capital buffer.
Capital base 30.06.2022 31.12.2021
Paid-in share capital 31 542 29 864
Share premium 141 186 97 361
Reserves 4 713 4 713
Other reserves -75 47
Accumulated loss 170 010 179 746
Intangible assets (subtracted) -22 899 -14 473
Profit for the reporting period (COREP) 8 590 28 868
Other adjustments -481 -128
CET1 capital elements or deductions 0 -12 209
CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has a significant investment -3 881 -4 328
CET1 instruments of financial sector entities where the institution has not a significant
investment -5 236 -5 236
Total Core Tier 1 capital 323 469 275 357
Additional Tier 1 capital 35 000 35 000
Total Tier 1 capital 358 469 310 357
Subordinated liabilities 75 000 75 000
Total Tier 2 capital 75 000 75 000
Total net own funds 433 469 385 357

The Group has complied with all regulative capital requirements during the financial year and in previous year.

In preparing the financial statements of the Group, the following entities have been considered related parties:

  • owners that have significant impact on the Group and the entities related to them;
  • members of the management board and legal entities controlled by them (together referred to as management);
  • members of the supervisory board;
  • close relatives of the persons mentioned above and the entities related to them.
Transactions Q2 2022 6M 2022 Q2 2021 6M 2021
Interest income 30 61 31 55
incl. management 13 26 16 29
incl. shareholders that have significant influence 17 35 15 26
Fee and commission income 3 6 4 8
Incl. management 2 4 1 2
incl. shareholders that have significant influence 1 3 3 6
Interest expenses from deposits 4 8 5 10
incl. management 1 2 1 2
incl. shareholders that have significant influence 3 6 4 8
Interest expenses from subordinated loans 81 162 81 161
incl. management 3 6 2 5
incl. shareholders that have significant influence 78 156 79 156
Balances 30.06.2022 31.12.2021
Loans and receivables as at the year-end 5 839 6 047
incl. management 2 778 2 857
incl. shareholders that have significant influence 3 061 3 190
Deposits as at the year-end 51 302 30 639
incl. management 594 788
incl. shareholders that have significant influence 50 708 29 851
Subordinated loans as at the year-end 4 134 4 134
incl. management 148 148
incl. shareholders that have significant influence 3 986 3 986

The table provides an overview of the material balances and transactions involving related parties. All other transactions involving the close relatives and the entities related to members of the management board and supervisory board and the minority shareholders of the parent company AS LHV Group have occurred according to the overall price list. The management and shareholders with significant influence include also their related entities and persons.

Loans granted to related parties are issued at market conditions.

In Q2, salaries and other compensations paid to the management of the parent AS LHV Group and its subsidiaries totalled EUR 688 thousand (Q2 2021: EUR 646 thousand), including all taxes. As at 30.06.2022, remuneration for June and accrued holiday pay in the amount of EUR 172 thousand (31.12.2021: EUR 107 thousand) is reported as a payable to management. The Group did not have any long-term payables or commitments to the members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board as at 30.06.2022 and 31.12.2021 (pension liabilities, termination

benefits, etc.). In Q2 2022, the remuneration paid to the members of the Group's Supervisory Board totalled EUR 27 thousand (Q2 2021: EUR 32 thousand).

Management is related to the share-based compensation plan. In Q2 2022 the share-based compensation to management amounted to EUR 618 thousand (Q2 2021: EUR 291 thousand).

The Group has signed contracts with the members of the Management Board, which do not provide for severance benefits upon termination of the contract. In any matters not regulated by the contract, the parties adhere to the procedure specified in the legislation of the Republic of Estonia.

NOTE 19 Tangible and intangible assets

Costs incurred for
the acquisition of
Total
Tangible Right of use Total tangible Intangible customer intangible
(in thousands of euros) assets assets assets assets contracts assets
Balance as at 31.12.2020
Cost 6 763 5 446 12 209 9 457 15 964 25 421
Accumulated depreciation and amortisation -3 983 -1 641 -5 624 -5 579 -4 695 -10 274
Carrying amount 31.12.2020 2 780 3 805 6 585 3 878 11 269 15 147
Purchase of non-current assets 2 515 1 077 3 592 2 496 0 2 496
Depreciation/amortisation charge -863 -773 -1 636 -2 610 -3 958 -6 568
Recalculation of the accumulated 0 -67 -67 0 0 0
Write-off of on-current assets
amortisation
0 0 0 -807 0 -807
Capitalised selling costs 0 0 0 0 750 750
Balance as at 31.12.2021
Cost 9 278 6 523 15 801 11 146 16 714 27 860
Accumulated depreciation and amortisation -4 846 -2 481 -7 327 -7 382 -8 653 -16 035
Carrying amount 31.12.2021 4 432 4 042 8 474 3 764 8 061 11 825
Purchase of non-current assets 4 401 4 614 9 015 1 945 0 1 945
Depreciation/amortisation charge -560 -573 -1 133 -889 -803 -1 692
Tangible and intangible assets added by
the acquisition of a subsidiary 48 0 48 1 431 0 1 431
Accumulated depreciation added by the
acquisition of a subsidiary -25 0 -25 -534 0 -534
Recalculation of the accumulated
amortisation 0 -727 -727 1 0 1
Write-off of on-current assets 0 0 0 -2 0 -2
Capitalised selling costs 0 0 0 0 343 343
Balance as at 30.06.2022
Cost 13 728 11 137 24 865 14 520 17 057 31 577
Accumulated depreciation and amortisation -5 432 -3 781 -9 213 -8 804 -9 456 -18 260
Carrying amount 30.06.2022 8 296 7 356 15 652 5 716 7 601 13 317

NOTE 20 Subordinated debts

Subordinated debts (in thousands of euros)

Year
of
issue
Amount Interest
rate
Maturity date
Subordinated Tier 2 liabilities 2018 20 000 6.0% November 28 2028
Subordinated Tier 2 liabilities 2019 20 000 6.0% November 28 2028
Subordinated Tier 2 liabilities 2020 35 000 6.0% September 30 2030
Additional subordinated Tier 2 liabilites 2019 20 000 8.0% Perpetual
Additional subordinated Tier 2 liabilites 2020 15 000 9.5% Perpetual
Subordinated debt as at 30.06.2021 110 000
Subordinated debt as at 30.09.2021 110 000
Subordinated debt as at 31.12.2021 110 000
Subordinated debt as at 31.03.2022 110 000
Subordinated debt as at 30.06.2022 110 000

NOTE 21 Changes in impairments

Changes in impairments Balance as at
01.01
Impairment
provisions/reversals
set up during the year
Written off during the
reporting perion
Balance
as at
30.06
Corporate loans -15 288 3 746 -3 243 -14 786
Consumer loans -1 320 1 320 -1 089 -1 089
Investment financing -130 130 -133 -133
Leasing -1 250 1 231 -1 805 -1 824
Private loans -1 061 426 -370 -1 005
Total 2022 -19 049 6 852 -6 641 -18 838
Changes in impairments Balance as at
01.01
Impairment
provisions/reversals
set up during the year
Written off during the
reporting perion
Balance
as at
31.12
Corporate loans -13 449 4 603 -6 442 -15 289
Consumer loans -1 178 518 -659 -1 320
Investment financing -25 15 -120 -130
Leasing -1 385 747 -612 -1 250
Private loans -821 -28 -212 -1 061
Total 2021 -16 858 5 854 -8 045 -19 049

Shareholders of AS LHV Group

AS LHV Group has a total of 31 542 453 ordinary shares, with a nominal value of 1 euro.

As at 30 June 2022, AS LHV Group has 27 376 shareholders:

  • 14 417 567 shares (45.71%) were held by members of the Supervisory Board and Management Board, and related parties.
  • 17 124 886 shares (54.29%) were held by Estonian entrepreneurs and investors, and related parties.

Top ten shareholders as at 30 June 2022:

Participation Name of shareholder
11.8% AS Lõhmus Holdings
8.1% Viisemann Investments AG
8.1% Rain Lõhmus
5.3% Ambient Sound Investments OÜ
3.9% Krenno OÜ
3.6% AS Genteel
3.5% AS Amalfi
2.3% SIA Krugmans
2.1% Bonaares OÜ
1.9% OÜ Meroona Systems

Shares held by members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board

Madis Toomsalu holds 102 784 shares.

Rain Lõhmus holds 2 544 947 shares, AS Lõhmus Holdings 3 716 207 shares and OÜ Merona Systems 603 759 shares.

Andres Viisemann holds 54 584 shares. Viisemann Holdings OÜ holds 373 295 shares and Viisemann Investment AG holds 2 547 742 shares.

Tauno Tats does not hold shares. Ambient Sound Investments OÜ holds 1 682 821 shares.

Tiina Mõis holds 4 988 shares. AS Genteel holds 1 131 000 shares.

Heldur Meerits does not hold shares. AS Amalfi holds 1 087 528 shares.

Raivo Hein does not hold shares. OÜ Kakssada Kakskümmend Volti holds 502 837 shares, Astrum OÜ holds 389 shares and Lame Maakera OÜ holds 48 012 shares.

Sten Tamkivi holds 400 shares. OÜ Seikatsu holds 15 939 shares.

Supervisory Boards and Management Boards of AS LHV Group and its Subsidiaries

AS LHV Group

Supervisory board: Rain Lõhmus, Andres Viisemann, Tiina Mõis, Heldur Meerits, Raivo Hein, Tauno Tats, Sten Tamkivi Management board: Madis Toomsalu

AS LHV Varahaldus

Supervisory board: Madis Toomsalu, Andres Viisemann, Erki Kilu Management board: Vahur Vallistu, Joel Kukemelk

AS LHV Pank

Supervisory board: Madis Toomsalu, Rain Lõhmus, Andres Viisemann, Tiina Mõis, Heldur Meerits, Raivo Hein Management board: Kadri Kiisel, Jüri Heero, Andres Kitter, Meelis Paakspuu, Indrek Nuume, Martti Singi

AS LHV Finance

Supervisory board: Kadri Kiisel, Madis Toomsalu, Veiko Poolgas, Jaan Koppel Management board: Mari-Liis Stalde

AS LHV Kindlustus

Supervisory board: Madis Toomsalu, Erki Kilu, Veiko Poolgas, Jaan Koppel Management board: Jaanus Seppa, Tarmo Koll

LHV UK Limited

Board of Directors: Madis Toomsalu, Erki Kilu, Andres Kitter

AS EveryPay

Supervisory board: Kadri Kiisel, Madis Toomsalu, Erki Kilu, Andres Kitter Management board: Lauri Teder

Signatures of the Management Board to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Report

The Management Board has prepared the summary of results for January to June 2022 period the condensed consolidated interim financial statements of AS LHV Group for the 6-months period ended 30 June 2022.

The management board confirms that according to their best knowledge the interim report presents a fair view of LHV Group AS's assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the issuer and the entities involved in the consolidation as a whole and contains a description of the main risks and doubts.

19.07.2022

Madis Toomsalu