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SpareBank 1 SMN

Investor Presentation May 8, 2025

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First quarter 2025

May 8th 2025

Trond Søraas CFO

Q1 2025 Profitable and solid

  • Return on equity of 14.0 per cent Strong NII, broad growth and reduced costs
  • Seasonally strong results from subsidiaries YoY top line growth in Regnskapshuset SMN and EM1 Midt-Norge alike.
  • Increased contribution from SpareBank 1 Gruppen compared to Q1 2024, particularly good development in Fremtind Forsikring
  • Low loan losses and solid capitalisation Diversified lending book with high credit quality, rigged for further growth and good dividend capacity
  • Leading finance centre in Mid-Norway complete financial service offering with physical presence, digital solutions and regional knowledge as the foundation

Prepared to navigate a world of significant uncertainty

High value creation over time

The leading finance centre, both physically and digitally

Phygital relationship «One SMN»

We offer our customers the best of both worlds: personalised service combined with modern and user-friendly digital solutions

We engage with our customers through comprehensive journeys that include products, services, and expertise to address all financial needs

Mortgage customers are choosing SpareBank 1

Norion Commercial Real Estate becomes part of SpareBank 1 SMN

Corporate market

Profit before tax (NOKm)

Expanding nationally after acquiring T ' largest CRE broker

Adresseavisen, 18.February 2025 Translated text

From left: Kjetil Reinsberg, Jan-Frode Janson and Knut Efskin.

Photo: Gunnar Okstad

New division for Economic Crime and Business Support

  • Creating better customer experiences with simpler processes
  • Streamlining with digitalization and artificial intelligence
  • Reducing risk and losses from economic crime

The merger in Sunnmøre benefits customers, owners, and the community

Customer offer and presence

  • Enhanced service spectrum and increased lending capacity
  • Finance centres in Ålesund, Ørsta, Volda, and Sykkylven

Return to owners

  • Capital relief with IRB
  • Increased return on equity from ~ 9% in SpareBank 1 Søre Sunnmøre to targeted ROE of 13 % as a part of SMN

SpareBank Foundation Søre Sunnmøre

  • Dividend of ~130 NOKm in 2024
  • Managed capital increased from 1.4 NOKbn to 2.5 NOKbn

Financial Information

Q1 2025

14.0% Return on equity

1,004 mill Profit after tax

18.1% CET1-ratio

21 mill Loan losses Lending growth 0.2% Retail banking 0.7% Corporate banking -0.9%

Deposit growth 5.2% Retail banking 3.4% Corporate banking 5.5%

Operating margin subsidiaries

Regnskapshuset SMN 21.3% Eiendomsmegler 1 Midt-Norge 6.1% SB1 Finans Midt-Norge 13.3 % (ROE)

Achieving financial targets

Cost/income bank ex. finance (per cent)

Cost/income subsidiaries ex. finance (per cent)

Growth and margins in Retail Banking - quarterly

Lending volume (NOKbn) Deposit volume (NOKbn)

-

Margins vs NIBOR3M

-

Growth and margins in Corporate Banking - quarterly

Lending volume (NOKbn) Deposit volume (NOKbn) Margins vs NIBOR3M

-

Results

mill
NOK
Q1
25
Q4
24
Q3
24
Q2
24
Q1
24
Change
from
Q4
24
Change
from
Q1
24
interest
income
Net
321
1
,
372
1
,
355
1
,
310
1
,
336
1
,
-51 -15
Commission
income
income
and
other
648 580 553 680 579 68 69
Operating
Income
969
1
,
953
1
,
908
1
,
990
1
,
915
1
,
17 54
operating
Total
expenses
859 901 810 801 789 -42 7
0
business
Pre-loss
result
of
core
1
111
,
1
052
,
1
098
,
1
190
,
1
126
,
59 -15
loans
and
Losses
guarantees
on
21 3
0
7
5
47 24 -9 -3
business
of
Post-loss
result
core
1
090
,
1
022
,
1
023
,
1
143
,
1
103
,
68 -12
Related
companies
191 227 685 148 194 -36 -3
Securities
foreign
derivates
and
currency
,
-12 5
6
-14 5 5
7
-68 -69
Result
before
tax
1
269
,
1
305
,
1
693
,
1
296
,
1
353
,
-36 -84
Tax 262 253 252 276 273 9 -11
investment
for
Result
held
sale
-3 -1 0 -5 3 -3 -6
profit
Net
004
1
,
052
1
,
1
441
,
015
1
,
084
1
,
-48 -80
equity
Return
on
14
0
%
14
4
%
21
0
%
15
4
%
16
0
%
-0
4
%
-1
9
%

Income

Net interest income and other income (NOKm) Commission income

mill
NOK
Q1
25
Q4
24
Q3
24
Q2
24
Q1
24
C hange
fro m Q4 24
C hange
fro m Q1 24
transmission
income
Payment
80 107 79 91 77 -27 3
Credit
cards
13 18 18 17 18 -5 -5
Commissions
savings
and
asset
mgmt
12 13 13 12 11 -1 0
Commissions
insurance
71 69 67 65 63 3 8
commissions
Guarantee
17 17 16 17 15 0 2
Estate
agency
125 112 127 151 115 13 10
services
Accountancy
225 160 145 228 200 65 25
commissions
Other
18 16 13 19 18 1 -1
Commissions
ex. Bolig/Næringskreditt
560 512 479 599 517 48 44
Commissions
Boligkreditt
(cov
bonds)
84 65 71 78 5
9
19 26
Commissions
Næringskred
(cov
bonds)
4 3 3 4 4 1 0
commission
income
Total
648 580 553 680 579 68 69

16

Costs

Total operating expenses per quarter (NOKm) Costs per category

  • Total costs decreased by 42NOKm from the previous quarter. Costs in the bank decreased by 54NOKm. Q4 2024 included capital tax costs and higher national insurance contribution account of 60NOKm
  • Increased costs in EiendomsMegler 1 Midt-Norge due to changes in accounting for commission-based salaries
  • Compared to Q1 2024 the cost growth in the bank is at 2.0 per cent adjusted for insurance settlement in Q1 2024.
Mill
kr
Q1
25
Q4
24
Q3
24
Q2
24
Q1
24
C
hange fro
m
Q4 24
C
hange fro
m Q1
2
4
Staff
costs
532 516 498 484 482 16 0
5
IT
costs
109 83 108 109 110 26 -1
Marketing 25 30 23 25 26 -6 -1
Ordinary
depreciation
46 48 44 44 41 -2 5
.ex., real
properties
Op
estate
16 10 14 12 13 7 3
Purchased
services
64 98 61 66 74 -34 -10
Other
operating
expense
67 116 62 62 43 -49 24
Total
operating
expenses
859 901 810 801 789 -42 70

Broad product range and a diversified income platform

Losses

Loan losses (NOKm) Distribution of losses in the quarter (NOKm)

Strong liquidity and balanced maturity structure

  • Diversified deposit base with deposit-to-loan ratio of 59 per cent
  • Solid regulatory headroom

Capital markets funding (NOKbn) Maturity structure*) (NOKbn)

Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR)

*) SP, SNP. Final maturity

Solidity

CET 1 Leverage ratio

T ' q T -capital. The bank is subject to a provisional add-on of 0.7 per cent to its Pillar 2 requirement. Until the application for adjustment of IRB models has been processed the CET1 requirement is 16.95%

MING – an attractive investment

Profitable, solid and with a shareholder-friendly dividend policy

Market leader in Central Norway

High share of commission income from subsidiaries and product companies

Significant value from ownership within and outside the SpareBank 1 Alliance

Well-positioned for structural changes

22

Visible and engaged community builder with a strong brand

SpareBank 1 Markets and Swedbank establish new nordic brokerage firm

Together with its long-time business partner and international competitor, Swedbank, SpareBank 1 Markets is launching a new initiative in Sweden.

Dagens Næringsliv, 4. March 2025

Photo: Mikaela Bergli

Disclaimer

This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements relating to the business, financial performance and results of SpareBank 1 SMN and/or the industry in which it operates. Forward- looking statements concern future circumstances and results and other statements that are not historical facts, sometimes identified by the words "believes", "expects", "predicts", "intends", "projects", "plans", "estimates", "aims", "foresees", "anticipates", "targets", and similar expressions.

The forward-looking statements contained in this presentation, including assumptions, opinions and views of SpareBank 1 SMN, or cited from third party sources, are solely opinions and forecasts which are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual events to differ materially from any anticipated development. Important factors that may cause such a difference for SpareBank 1 SMN are but not limited to: (i) the macroeconomic development, (ii) change in the competitive climate, (iii) change in the regulatory environment and other government actions and (iv) change in interest rate and foreign exchange rate levels.

SpareBank 1 SMN do not provide any assurance that the assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements are free from errors and do not accept any responsibility for the future accuracy of the opinions expressed in this presentation or the actual occurrence of the forecasted developments. SpareBank 1 SMN assumes no obligation, except as required by law, to update any forward-looking statements or to conform these forward-looking statements to our actual results.

Appendix

Macro in Mid-Norway

Unemployment

Wholly unemployed as a percentage of the labor force

Housing market dynamics Mid-Norway

Development in housing prices

Seasonally adjusted prices

Number of bankruptcies in Trøndelag, Møre & Romsdal

Source: NAV, SSB Boligpriser, Brønnøysundregisteret og Eiendomsverdi

Profitable and solid

Return on equity

CET1 ratio

Result per ECC Loan losses in per cent of total lending

Diversified deposit portfolio

Public deposits are not covered by the guarantee scheme, but are mostly

bound by contractual obligations

Well diversified lending portfolio dominated by mortgages

Loans per sector

as at 31st of March 2025 and change last 12 months (NOKbn)

Commercial property, construction, building

Share of commercial real estate exposure in the corporate lending book*

Rental properties make up 78 % of the banks CRE exposure, mainly to retail trade, industry/storage and offices

*Gross lending to commercial real estate as a share of corporate lending.. National data from SSB. Data for individual banks are based on reported numbers as at Q4 2024

Robust mortgage portfolio

Loan-to-value ratio in the mortgage portfolio Share of mortgages by LTV

Risk weight mortgages

31

Problem loans

Subsidiaries

mill
in
share
parentheses
NOK
SMN's
,
Q1
25
Q4
24
Q3
24
Q2
24
Q1
24
Change
from
Q4
24
Change
from
Q1
24
EiendomsMegler
Midt-Norge
(92
4%)
1
8 -1 8 43 20 8 -12
SpareBank
Regnskapshuset
SMN
(93
3%)
1
2
5
-3 -7 5
4
3
5
5
5
17
Finans
Midt-Norge
SpareBank
(64
8%)
1
69 87 68 76 66 -18 3
SpareBank
(100%)
1
SMN
Invest
4 27 -12 -13 48 -23 -44
companies
Other
5 6 3 5 5 -1 0
subsidiaries
Sum
138 117 60 165 174 21 -37

Product companies

mill
in
share
parentheses
NOK
SMN's
,
Q1
25
Q4
24
Q3
24
Q2
24
Q1
24
Change
from
Q4
24
Change
from
Q1
24
SpareBank
(19
5%)
1
Gruppen
5
9
99 86 1 40 -40 19
Gain
Fremtind/Eika
from
between
merger
452
Boligkreditt
SpareBank
(23
2%)
1
24 23 3
7
3
5
3
3
0 -9
SpareBank
Næringskreditt
(12
7%)
1
3 4 3 3 4 -1 -1
Bank
(35
0%)
BN
74 68 77 73 84 6 -11
SpareBank
Markets
(39
9%)
1
19 19 20 26 25 0 -6
Kredittbanken
(15
1%)
-1 -5 -3 1 -4 4 3
Betaling
SpareBank
(20
9%)
1
-4 -4 -1 -2 -12 1 8
SpareBank
Forvaltning
(21
5%)
1
14 17 13 13 10 -4 4
companies
Other
4 4 1 -3 13 -0 -9
associated
companies
Sum
191 226 685 148 194 -35 -3

Return on financial investments

mill
NOK
Q1
25
Q4
24
Q3
24
Q2
24
Q1
24
Change
from
Q4
24
Change
from
Q1
24
gain/(loss)
stocks
Net
on
25 44 -1 4 42 -20 -18
gain/(loss)
financial
instruments
Net
on
-39 -47 -45 -17 -11 8 -28
gain/(loss)
forex
Net
on
-2 42 24 11 22 -44 -25
financial
instruments
Net
return
on
-17 40 -22 -1 54 -57 -70

Equity certificate, key figures

figures
Key
Q1
2025
2024 2023 2022 2021
ratio
ECC
66
8
%
66
8
%
66
8
%
64
0
%
64
0
%
issued
(mill)
Total
ECCs
144
17
144
21
144
20
129
29
129
39
price
ECC
182
76
32
171
80
141
127
40
149
00
Market
value
(NOKm)
26
349
,
24
706
,
20
448
,
16
471
,
19
279
,
Booked
equity
capital
ECC
per
122
57
128
09
120
48
109
86
103
48
earnings
in
ECC
NOK
Post-tax
per
,
32
4
20
10
16
88
12
82
13
31
Dividend
ECC
per
- 12
50
12
00
6
50
7
50
P/E 10
43
8
32
8
40
9
94
19
11
Price
equity
capital
/
Booked
1
49
1
34
1
18
1
16
1
44

Balance sheet

NOKbn 31
3
25
31
3
24
Cash
and
receivables
from
central
banks
2
1
2
0
Deposits
with
credit
institutions
and
loans
to
10
3
8
1
receivables
from
loans
and
Net
to
customers
178
9
168
4
Fixed-income
and
bonds
CDs
37
6
36
1
Derivatives 6
6
7
3
Shares
, units
and
other
equity
interests
1
0
1
2
in
companies
related
Investment
10
0
9
0
for
held
sale
Investment
0
2
0
1
Intangible
assets
2
1
2
1
Other
assets
3
0
2
3
Total
assets
251
0
235
7
Deposits
credit
institutions
from
10
8
9
14
Deposits
from
and
debt
to
customers
148
2
134
4
issue
securities
Debt
created
by
of
35
3
31
1
Subordinated
debt
(SNP)
13
6
12
7
Derivatives 6
2
7
1
Other
debt
5
7
5
8
for
held
sale
Investment
0
0
0
0
Subordinated
loan
capital
2
7
2
8
equity
Tier
Capital
Total
1
ex
26
7
25
1
Additional
Tier
Capital
1
1
8
1
9
liabilities
equity
Total
and
251
0
235
7

Maturity structure SP, SNP. Final maturity

NOKbn

Development in CET1 capital and capital adequacy

CET1 ratio in per cent

Strengthened position in the business market

Market shares

Trøndelag, Møre & Romsdal

Accountancy Corporate lending Newly established businesses

Development trends in Mid-Norway's business sector

Regional network, Norges Bank

Mid-Norway has a diversified economic structure

Staying on course during the transformation of the accounting sector

Solid growth in advisory revenus (NOKm)

  • CAGR of 25 per cent
  • The share of advisory revenues out of total revenues has increased from 11% to 18%

Customer in focurs with «Bank in accounting»

Development in the share of joint customers over the past two years*

Pilot – market area Molde

Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Jan May Jul Sep Nov Jan Mar
2023 2024 2025

Joint customer: a customer of both SpareBank 1 SMN and Regnskapshuset SMN.

42 % Joint customers are more satisfied

  • We coordinate on behalf of the customer, rather than the customer having to coordinate on our behalf
  • Customer satisfaction increased from 7.5 to 8.0

Close interaction bertween bank and real estate agent

Tips from Real Estate Agent to Bank Advisor

Market area: Trondheim

Synergy from Real Estate Agent to Bank*

Market area: Trondheim

Synergy: the share of properties sold by EiendomsMegler 1 Midt-Norge that are mortgaged with SpareBank 1 SMN.

Movements in the Savings and Investment area

Net fund subscription by channel

As of Q1 2025 (NOKm)

Net subscriptions in Active Management

  • Net subscriptions in active portfolio management totaled 310 NOKm in Q1
  • SMN accounted for 40 per cent of net subscriptions among the Alliance banks in Q1

Digitalization and the use of AI are critical to delivering on our strategy

Easy to meet daily needs digitally

Fast and efficient service when needed

Competent advisors with AI tools

The Group's AI program has delivered efficiency gains and business value

Enabled large-scale AI development

Migration of data and analytics platform to the cloud

AI-powered chatbot in the customer interface

  • ~ 22.000 conversations per month
  • ~ 60% resolved by the chatbot

Efficient searches using AI in internal procedure libraries

~ 44.000 queries in Q1 ~ 4-5 NOKm in annual efficiency gains

Training on customer conversations with AI as a conversation partner

Automatic summarization of customer service calls

  • ~ 72.000 calls transcribed in Q1
  • ~ 3-4 mill NOKm in annual efficiency gains

Automatic generation of meeting summaries after customer meetings

  • ~ 100.000 meetings per year in the retail market
  • ~ 20,000 hours of potential annual time savings

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