NLB — Capital/Financing Update 2021

Nov 29, 2021

Category: Inside information

Published on: SEOnet

Published at:  26.11.2021 17:30

Published document ID: INI-741/21

INI-727/21

NLB, d. d., Ljubljana

Change of capital buffer for other systemically important institutions for NLB d.d.

In accordance with the Ljubljana Stock Exchange Rules, Article 17 of Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 and Article 130 of Market in Financial Instruments Act, company Nova Ljubljanska banka d.d., Ljubljana (hereinafter: “NLB d.d.”) hereby announces that on 24th November 2021 it received the decision of the Bank of Slovenia (“BS”) relating to the macro-prudential measure capital buffer for other systemically important institutions. Capital buffer is set based on following criterion: size of the banking group, importance for the financial system infrastructure, complexity and cross -border activity and interconnectedness. Bank of Slovenia at least once a year conducts the O-SII identification process and sets the capital buffers for the identified O-SIIs.

As of 1st January 2023 NLB d.d., Ljubljana must meet the buffer at the highest level of consolidation in Slovenia, through common equity Tier 1 capital at the level of 1.25 % as proportion of total risk exposure amount. This represents an increase by 25 basis points to the previous decision.

This announcement will be available on the NLB d.d. website (www.nlb.si) as of 26th November 2021.

Investor Relations

NLB d.d., Ljubljana

Date: 29.11.2021