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TIDMBGEO
RNS Number : 2754X
Bgeo Group PLC
20 February 2017
BGEO Group PLC
4(th) quarter and full year 2016
preliminary results
www.BGEO.com
Name of authorised official of issuer responsible for making notification:
Ekaterina Shavgulidze, Head of Investor Relations and Funding
BGEO Group PLC 4Q 2016 and full year 2016 Results Earnings call
BGEO Group PLC ("BGEO" or the "Group") will publish its financial results for the 4(th) quarter and full year 2016 at 07:00 London time on Monday, 20 February 2017. The results announcement will be available on BGEO Group's website at www.bgeo.com. An investor/analyst conference call, organised by BGEO Group, will be held on, 20 February 2017, at 14:00 UK / 15:00 CET / 09:00 U.S Eastern Time. The duration of the call will be 60 minutes and will consist of a 15-minute update and a 45-minute Q&A session.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
4Q16 and full year 2016 Results Highlights 4 ================================================ Chief Executive Officer's Statement 9 ================================================ Financial Summary of BGEO 11 ================================================ Discussion of Banking Business Results 13 ================================================ Discussion of Segment Results 17 ================================================ Selected Financial and Operating Information 34 ================================================ Company Information 42 ================================================
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Announcement contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements concerning expectations, projections, objectives, targets, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, competitive strengths and weaknesses, plans or goals relating to financial position and future operations and development. Although BGEO Group PLC believes that the expectations and opinions reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations and opinions will prove to have been correct. By their nature, these forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies, and actual results and events could differ materially from those currently being anticipated as reflected in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements, certain of which are beyond our control, include, among other things: weakening of global and regional economic conditions; exchange rate fluctuations, including depreciation of the Georgian Lari; deterioration in the quality of our loan book; adverse changes in the financial position or credit worthiness of our customers, obligors and counterparties and developments in the market in which they operate; increase in interest rates; governmental, legislative and regulatory risk; regional tensions; changes in US foreign policy affecting the region; failure to achieve strategic priorities or to meet targets or expectations; competitive pressures; operational risk; risk of failure of information technology and cybercrime; and other key factors that we have indicated could adversely affect our business and financial performance, which are contained elsewhere in this Announcement and in our past and future filings and reports, including the 'Principal Risks and Uncertainties' included in BGEO Group PLC's 2Q 2016 and 1H16 Results and in BGEO Group PLC's 2015 Annual Report and Accounts. No part of these results constitutes, or shall be taken to constitute, an invitation or inducement to invest in BGEO Group PLC or any other entity, and must not be relied upon in any way in connection with any investment decision. BGEO Group PLC undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required. Nothing in this document should be construed as a profit forecast.
About BGEO Group
The Group: BGEO Group PLC ("BGEO"- LSE: BGEO LN) is a UK incorporated holding company of a Georgia-focused investment platform. BGEO invests, via its subsidiaries, in the banking and non-banking sectors in Georgia (BGEO and its subsidiaries, the "Group"). BGEO aims to deliver on a 4x20 strategy: (1) at least 20% ROAE; (2) at least 20% growth of our Banking Business retail loan book; (3) at least 20% IRR; and (4) up to 20% of the Group's profit from its Investment Business.
Banking Business: Our Banking Business comprises at least 80% of the Group's profit. JSC Bank of Georgia ("BOG" or the "Bank") is the main entity in the Group's Banking Business. The Banking Business consists of Retail Banking, Corporate Banking and Investment Management businesses at its core and other banking businesses such as P&C Insurance ("Aldagi"), leasing, payment services and banking operations in Belarus ("BNB"). The Group strives to benefit from the underpenetrated banking sector in Georgia especially through its Retail Banking services.
Investment Business: Our Investment Business comprises up to 20% of the Group's profit and consists of Georgia Healthcare Group ("Healthcare Business" or "GHG") - an LSE (London Stock Exchange PLC) premium listed company, m(2) Real Estate ("Real Estate Business" or "m(2) "), Georgia Global Utilities ("Utility Business" or "GGU") and Teliani Valley ("Beverage Business" or "Teliani"). Georgia's fast-growing economy provides opportunities in a number of underdeveloped markets and the Group is well positioned to capture growth opportunities in the Georgian corporate sector.
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The information in this Announcement in respect of full year 2016 preliminary results, which was approved by the Board of Directors on 19 February 2017, does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 435 of the UK Companies Act 2006. The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2015 were filed with the Registrar of Companies, and the audit report was unqualified and contained no statements in respect of Sections 498 (s) and 495 (3) of the UK Companies Act 2006. The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 will be included in the Annual Report and Accounts to be published in April 2017 and filed with the Registrar of Companies in due course.
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BGEO Group PLC announces the Group's fourth quarter 2016 and full year 2016 preliminary consolidated results. Unless otherwise mentioned, figures are for the fourth quarter 2016 and comparisons are with the fourth quarter 2015. The results are based on International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union, are unaudited and derived from management accounts.
BGEO highlights
-- 4Q16 profit was GEL 88.7mln (US$ 33.5mln/GBP 27.2mln), down 7.2% y-o-y
-- 4Q16 earnings per share ("EPS") was GEL 2.29 (US$ 0.87 per share/GBP 0.70 per share), down 5.4% y-o-y
-- 2016 profit was GEL 428.6mln (US$ 161.9mln/GBP 131.6mln), up 37.8% y-o-y
-- 2016 EPS was GEL 10.41 (US$ 3.93 per share/GBP 3.20 per share), up 31.3% y-o-y
- The Group's annual figures have been positively affected by one-off items recorded during the reporting period, including partially offsetting one-off items highlighted in italics below on this page. The combined effect of the deferred tax adjustments and "net non-recurring items" (net of applicable taxes) results in a net benefit of GEL 60.5mln in 2016, of which a loss of GEL 0.8mln, a gain of GEL 34.6mln and a gain of GEL 25.5mln were reported in 4Q16, 3Q16 and 2Q16, respectively
- Profit excluding the effect of these deferred tax adjustments and "net non-recurring items" was GEL 89.5mln in 4Q16 (down 11.3% y-o-y) and GEL 368.0mln in 2016 (up 13.8% y-o-y)
-- Book value per share was GEL 57.52, up 18.0% y-o-y
-- Total equity attributable to shareholders was GEL 2,166.2mln, up 17.0% y-o-y
-- Total assets increased to GEL 12,989.5mln, up 28.4% y-o-y
-- As of 17 February 2017, GEL 325.2mln liquid assets were held at the holding company level
-- In May 2016, the Parliament of Georgia approved a change in the current corporate taxation model, with changes applicable from 1 January 2017 for all entities apart from certain financial institutions, including banks and insurance businesses (changes are applicable to financial institutions, including banks and insurance businesses from 1 January 2019). The changed model implies a zero corporate tax rate on retained earnings and a 15% corporate tax rate on distributed earnings, compared to the previous model of a 15% tax rate charged to the company's profit before tax, regardless of the retention or distribution status. The change has had an immediate impact on deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability balances ("deferred taxes") attributable to previously recognised temporary differences arising from prior periods. The Group considered the new regime as substantively enacted effective June 2016 and thus has re-measured its deferred tax assets and liabilities as at 30 June 2016. Subsequently, deferred tax assets and liabilities were re-measured again at 31 December 2016. The Group has calculated the portion of deferred taxes that it utilised before 1 January 2017 for our non-financial businesses and the portion of deferred taxes it expects to utilise before 1 January 2019 for financial businesses and has fully released the un-utilisable portion of deferred tax assets and liabilities ("Deferred tax adjustments") as of 31 December 2016. The deferred tax liabilities that were reversed significantly exceeded the deferred tax assets written off(1) . The net amount was recognised as an income tax benefit for the Group and amounted to GEL 63.8mln for full year 2016, of which GEL 39.4mln and GEL 24.4mln impacts the Group's Banking Business and Investment Business profit after tax, respectively. The net amount includes 4Q16 impact of deferred tax expense of GEL 3.1mln resulting from 31 December 2016 re-measurement. The amounts are reflected in the "income tax (expense) benefit" line of the income statement
-- The Group has also incurred a GEL 43.9mln charge for accounting losses arising from the buyback of the Bank's Eurobond, which took place in July 2016. The Group provisioned GEL 42.5mln for expected buyback losses in 1H16 and the related charge in 3Q16 was GEL 1.4mln, no charges were added in 4Q16. This expense is reflected in the "net non-recurring items" line of the income statement
-- During July 2016, the Group completed the acquisition of the remaining equity interests in Georgia Global Utilities Limited ("GGU"), its utility and energy business, and gained full control of GGU. As a result of this acquisition, the Group recorded a GEL 31.8mln gain from negative goodwill. The gain resulted from the fair value of the net identifiable assets acquired (totalling GEL 255.9mln) which exceeded the fair value of the total consideration paid by the Group (totalling GEL 224.1mln). This gain is reflected in the "net non-recurring items" line of the income statement. The Group started consolidating GGU results on 21 July 2016. Prior to this, the Group reported the results of GGU's operations under "profit from associates"
-- Full year 2016 profit was also positively affected by a GEL 16.4mln one-off gain from the sale of Class C shares and Class B shares of Visa Inc. and MasterCard, respectively. This gain was recorded in 3Q16. This gain recorded in 3Q16 was partially offset by one-off employee costs related to termination benefits, inclusive of the Bank's former CEO incurred in the same quarter. These items are also reflected in the "net non-recurring items" line of the income statement
(1) Significant deferred tax liabilities that were reversed arose from the recognition timing differences between the IFRS and the tax accounting rules and were related to accumulated depreciation, allowance for impairment of loans, property and equipment, investment properties, intangible assets, accruals of certain provisions, and various other items
Banking Business highlights
4Q16 performance
-- Revenue was GEL 232.5mln (up 15.6% y-o-y and up 15.2% q-o-q)
-- Net Interest Margin ("NIM") was 7.6% (flat y-o-y and up 30 bps q-o-q)
-- Loan Yield stood at 14.4% (down 40 bps y-o-y and up 30 bps q-o-q)
-- Cost of Funds stood at 4.6% (down 50 bps y-o-y and down 10 bps q-o-q)
-- Cost to Income ratio was 37.5% (35.4% in 4Q15 and 37.3% in 3Q16)
-- Cost of credit risk stood at GEL 70.9mln (up 101.2% y-o-y and up 105.3% q-o-q)
-- Cost of Risk ratio was 4.2% (2.4% in 4Q15 and 2.3% in 3Q16)
-- Profit was GEL 75.3mln (down 6.5% y-o-y and down 16.1% q-o-q)
- Profit excluding the effect of above mentioned "net non-recurring items" (net of applicable taxes) was GEL 74.8mln in 4Q16 (down 9.6% y-o-y)
-- Return on Average Assets ("ROAA") was 2.9% (3.5% in 4Q15 and 3.7% in 3Q16)
-- Return on Average Equity ("ROAE") was 20.1% (25.1% in 4Q15 and 24.7% in 3Q16)
Full-year 2016 performance
-- Revenue was GEL 802.5mln (up 6.8% y-o-y)
-- NIM was 7.5% (down 20 bps y-o-y)
-- Loan Yield was 14.2% (down 60 bps y-o-y)
-- Cost of Funds was 4.7% (down 40 bps y-o-y)
-- Cost to Income ratio stood at 37.7% (35.7% for 2015)
-- Cost of credit risk stood at GEL 168.6mln (up 11.2% y-o-y)
-- Cost of Risk ratio stood at 2.7% (flat y-o-y)
-- Profit increased to GEL 309.4mln (up 12.8% y-o-y)
- Profit excluding the effect of the above-mentioned deferred tax adjustments and "net non-recurring" items was GEL 307.2mln in 2016 (up 7.7% y-o-y)
-- ROAA was 3.2% (3.2% in 2015)
-- ROAE was 22.1% (21.7% in 2015)
Balance sheet strength supported by solid capital and liquidity positions
-- The net loan book reached a record GEL 6,681.7mln, up 24.5% y-o-y and up 16.9% q-o-q. The growth on a constant-currency basis was 16.1% y-o-y
-- Customer funds increased to GEL 5,730.4mln, up 14.8% y-o-y and up 17.5% q-o-q. The growth on a constant-currency basis was 6.4% y-o-y
-- Net Loans to Customer Funds and DFI ratio stood at 95.3% (90.8% at 31 December 2015 and 94.2% at 30 September 2016)
-- Leverage stood at 6.9-times as at 31 December 2016 compared to 6.0-times at the same time last year
-- NBG (Basel 2/3) Tier I and Total CAR stood at 10.1%(2) and 15.4%, respectively as at 31 December 2016
-- NBG Liquidity Ratio was 37.7% as at 31 December 2016, compared to 46.2% at the same time last year
Resilient growth momentum sustained across major business lines
-- Retail Banking ("RB") continues to deliver strong franchise growth. Retail Banking revenue reached GEL 147.7mln in 4Q16, up 29.3% y-o-y and up 16.1% q-o-q, with full year 2016 revenue totalling GEL 494.1mln, up 15.6% y-o-y
-- The Retail Banking net loan book reached GEL 3,902.3mln as at 31 December 2016, up 39.5% y-o-y and up 18.7% q-o-q. The growth on a constant-currency basis was 31.5% y-o-y, well above our strategic target of 20%+. Consequently, our share of retail loan book accounted for 60.9% of our total loan book at the end of 2016, 5.9ppts up compared to last year
-- Retail Banking client deposits increased to GEL 2,413.6mln as at 31 December 2016, up 28.4% y-o-y and up 15.8% q-o-q. The growth on a constant-currency basis was 19.2% y-o-y
-- The number of Retail Banking clients reached 2.1mln at the end of 4Q16, up 7.1% from 2.0mln a year ago
-- Solo - our premium banking brand - continues its strong growth. Solo, which offers a fundamentally different approach to premium banking and targets the mass affluent client segment, more than doubled its client base since April 2015, when we launched Solo in its current format. As of 31 December 2016, the number of Solo clients reached 19,267. Our goal is to significantly increase our market share in the mass affluent segment, which stood below 13% at the beginning of 2015
-- Our Retail Banking product to client ratio reached 2.0 in 4Q16, up from 1.9 at the end of 2015. The start of the transformation of our retail banking operations from product-based into a client-centric one is expected to positively affect the Retail Banking product to client ratio in the future. We completed the change in 15 branches in 2016 and are currently in process of converting nine additional branches into the new client-centric model. We have seen outstanding sales growth in transformed branches, with the number of products sold to our clients increasing by over 100% compared to the base-line figures
-- Corporate Investment Banking ("CIB") is successfully delivering its risk deconcentration strategy, having reduced the concentration of our top 10 CIB clients to 11.8% by the end of 4Q16, down from 12.7% a year ago. The CIB net loan book totalled GEL 2,394.9mln, up 8.3% y-o-y, and up 15.0% in the fourth quarter. On a constant-currency basis, the loan portfolio was largely flat y-o-y. CIB net fee and commission income was GEL 28.0mln or 12.0% of total CIB revenue in 2016 compared to GEL 34.3mln or 14.2% a year ago. The decline was mainly driven by the decrease in commission fee income from guarantees (net income from guarantees was GEL 12.6mln in 2016, down by GEL 6.2mln or 33.0% y-o-y) as we reduced our large guarantee exposures (more detailed review on this is presented in the Banking business discussion below). CIB ROAE was 14.5% in 2016, down from 18.5% in 2015, which was primarily a result of 1) negative operating leverage and 2) higher cost of risk, largely related to the impact of the recent GEL devaluation. We expect to further reduce concentration risk in the corporate loan portfolio, grow our fee income, and improve the Bank's ROAE in this segment
-- Investment Management's Assets Under Management ("AUM") increased to GEL 1,592.0mln(3) , up 15.9% y-o-y, reflecting higher bond issuance activity by our brokerage arm Galt & Taggart, as our clients increasingly access these new products
(2) Capital adequacy ratios include GEL 99.5mln distributed as dividend from the Bank to the holding level on 29 December 2016. These funds are earmarked for regular dividends to be paid from BGEO Group in respect of the 2016 financial year and will be payable in 2017, subject to shareholder approval. Including this payment, NBG (Basel 2/3) Tier I and Total CAR is 9.1% and 14.4%, respectively.
(3) Wealth Management client deposits, Galt & Taggart client assets, Aldagi Pension Fund and Wealth Management client assets at Bank of Georgia Custody
Investment Business Highlights
-- Our Investment Business contributed GEL 119.1mln, or 27.8% to the Group's profit in 2016, up from GEL 36.7mln a year ago. Of this, GEL 91.6mln is attributed to shareholders of BGEO and the rest mainly belongs to the non-controlling shareholders of GHG.
-- 2016 profit includes material one-offs from deferred tax adjustments, gain from the purchase of GGU and other net non-recurring items. Excluding these one-offs, profit from our Investment Business was GEL 60.8mln, or 16.5% of the Group's profit. Furthermore, if we exclude our publicly listed subsidiary, GHG, from this figure, then our Investment Business profit was GEL 26.0mln or 7.8% of the Group's profit
-- For 4Q16, our Investment Business contributed GEL 13.4mln or 15.1% to the Group's profits, down from GEL 15.1mln in 4Q15. Of this, GEL 11.3mln was attributed to shareholders of BGEO and the rest mainly to the non-controlling shareholders of GHG
-- Our healthcare business, Georgia Healthcare Group PLC ("GHG") continued to deliver strong revenue performance across all business lines. GHG recorded revenue of GEL 136.0mln (up 95.1% y-o-y and up 17.1% q-o-q) and GEL 426.4mln (up 73.4% y-o-y) in 4Q16 and 2016, respectively. During 2016, GHG achieved further diversification of the revenues. The healthcare services business revenue accounted for around 55%, the pharmacy business revenue accounted for c.31% and the medical insurance business revenue accounted for c.14% of its gross revenues in 4Q16. GHG delivered quarterly EBITDA of GEL 24.3mln, up 47.0% y-o-y. This growth was primarily driven by the healthcare services business EBITDA growth of 30.2% y-o-y. Consequently, for 2016 EBITDA was GEL 78.0mln (up 39.0% y-o-y) and profit was GEL 61.3mln (up 159.7% y-o-y) (including a tax benefit of GEL 24.0mln relating to the deferred tax adjustments)
-- In January 2017, GHG received final approval for and completed the acquisition of JSC ABC Pharmacia ("ABC"), owner of the Pharmadepot chain of pharmacies. This acquisition has resulted in GHG becoming the number one player in the pharmacy market, as it is in the healthcare services and medical insurance markets. Details of this acquisition are in GHG's separate press release, which is available at www.ghg.com.ge. GHG will be consolidating this pharmacy business from 1 January 2017
-- Our real estate business, m(2) Real Estate ("m(2) ") continued its strong project execution and sales performance in 4Q16. In 4Q16, m(2) achieved sales of US$ 8.3mln, selling a total of 112 apartments, compared to US$ 10.8mln sales and 106 apartments sold in 4Q15. In 4Q16, m(2) recognised revenue of GEL1.6mln and recorded net loss of GEL 1.1mln. In 2016, m(2) achieved sales of US$ 34.4mln, selling a total of 407 apartments, compared to US$ 30.0mln sales and 346 apartments sold in 2015. Subsequently, m(2) recognised revenue of GEL 20.9mln (down 3.2% y-o-y) and net profit of GEL 12.5mln (up 16.1% y-o-y)
-- Prior to 1 January 2017, m2 Real Estate followed revenue recognition guidance under International Accounting Standard (IAS) 18 and recognised revenues from sales of residential units upon completion and handover of the units to customers. Effective 1 January 2017, the Group, inclusive of m2 Real Estate, is early adopting the new revenue recognition standard, IFRS 15, which allows revenue recognition according to the percentage of completion method. As a result, m2 Real Estate expects that out of its total deferred revenue of US$ 30.6mln (net of US$5.5mln VAT) at 31 December 2016, US$ 17.1mln will be recognised as revenue gradually in the upcoming years, while US$ 13.5mln will be recognised through equity on 1 January 2017
-- Our utility and energy business, Georgia Global Utilities ("GGU"), delivered strong revenue and cost-efficiency performance in 2016 and achieved revenue of GEL 127.4mln (up 7.7% y-o-y), EBITDA of GEL 68.1mln (up 10.3% y-o-y) and profit of GEL 35.7mln (up 134.5% y-o-y) for 2016. As BGEO owned 25% of GGU until July 2016, we have reported our share of GGU's profits in the line item "profit from associates". In July 2016, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 75% equity stake in GGU and we started consolidating GGU financial results from 21 July 2016 as part of our Investment Business and included it in the segment results discussion as a separate business
-- Our beverages business, Teliani, reached a major milestone in 2016 and finished the construction of beer brewery. Teliani will brew Heineken under the ten-year exclusive licence agreement to sell Heineken in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S STATEMENT
During 2016, BGEO Group delivered a strong earnings performance against a challenging macroeconomic backdrop in a number of Georgia's regional trading partner countries which resulted in a year of lower economic growth than expected and a 10.5% devaluation of the Georgian Lari compared to the US Dollar. The Lari was particularly weak in the last quarter of the year when it devalued by over 13% against the US Dollar. Despite these challenges, Group revenue in 2016 increased by 17.8% to GEL 1.01 billion, profit increased by 37.8% to GEL 428.6 million, and earnings per share increased by 31.3% to GEL 10.41. The Group's figures were affected by a number of "one-off" items during the year, which are described in detail on page 5 of this announcement. Book value per share at the end of 2016 was GEL 57.52, up 18.0% year-on-year. The Return on Average Equity in the banking business increased from 21.7% in 2015, to 22.1% in 2016.
During the fourth quarter, the Group delivered revenue of GEL 305.5 million, up 13.3% quarter-on-quarter, and profit of GEL 88.7 million, down 37.3% quarter-on-quarter, reflecting the absence of some net positive one-off benefits in the third quarter and a higher cost of credit risk as a result of additional impairment provisioning following the Lari devaluation.
In the Banking Business, 2016 was characterised by the expected strong growth in the retail bank, and a repositioning of the corporate bank to reduce concentration risk. The devaluation of the Lari during the year, and in particular the fourth quarter, led to increased nominal growth in the Bank's balance sheet, with higher net interest income being offset by a higher cost of credit risk. Customer lending increased by 24.5% during the year, with 39.5% growth in the retail bank and 8.3% growth in the corporate bank. The net interest margin remained in our targeted range despite the continuing impact of high levels of excess liquidity, with a 30 basis point quarter-on-quarter increase in the fourth quarter to 7.6%.
Overall, asset quality during the year remained robust with the NPL to Gross Loans ratio improving slightly to 4.2%, from 4.3% a year ago, whilst the NPL coverage ratio improved to 86.7% at 31 December 2016, compared to 83.4% as at 31 December 2015. The NPL coverage ratio, adjusted for the discounted value of collateral, also improved, to 132.1%, from 120.6% over the same period. The cost of risk ratio in 2016 was unchanged at 2.7%, compared to 2015. Any Lari devaluation against the US dollar creates an automatic increase in provisioning since Lari denominated provisions against US dollar lending increase mathematically. In addition, as a result of the further deterioration of the Lari' value in the fourth quarter, the Group reviewed both its performing and non-performing US dollar denominated portfolios and decided to increase its impairment provisions in the quarter by c.GEL 32 million.
The Group's Investment Businesses continue to deliver very strong earnings performances, with strong organic growth supported by the impact of recent acquisitions - specifically (1) the inclusion in our healthcare business Georgia Healthcare Group (GHG) of our pharmacy business GPC following its acquisition during the second quarter, and (2) the second half consolidation of our utility and energy business Georgia Global Utilities. EBITDA from the investment businesses increased by 71.1% to GEL 132.6 million in 2016.
GHG again delivered strong revenues of GEL 136.0 million in the fourth quarter, up 95.1% year-on-year, and 17.1% quarter-on-quarter. This continues to reflect a combination of good levels of organic growth of the healthcare services operations (16.3% year-on-year) and the impact of pharmacy acquisitions. The healthcare services EBITDA margin continues to improve, and at 31.9% in the fourth quarter and 30.2% for the full year is now above GHG's medium-term target of 30%. The acquisition of a second pharmacy chain, ABC, in January 2017 has made GHG the number one player in the Georgian pharmacy market, and provides additional synergies for GHG's healthcare services and medical insurance businesses. GHG remains clearly on track to reach its target to more than double 2015 healthcare services revenues by 2018.
In July 2016, the Group acquired the remaining 75% equity stake in Georgia Global Utilities (GGU), our utility and energy business, and GGU was therefore fully consolidated into BGEO with effect from 21 July 2016. The Group has a significant opportunity to increase GGU's operational cash flow over the next few years from a combination of increasing energy efficiency and reducing water loss rates, and by the development of additional revenue streams. The new management team is focused on improving efficiency and, on a stand-alone basis, GGU delivered a net profit of GEL 35.7 million in 2016, compared to GEL 15.2 million in 2015.
Rounding out our investment business story is our real estate business, m2 Real Estate, which continues to develop its apartment projects very successfully. Its strong project execution and sales performance delivered a net profit of GEL 12.5 million in 2016, an increase of 16.1% over last year.
The Group's capital and funding position continues to be very strong, with capital being held both in the regulated banking business and at the holding company level. The Bank's year-end capital ratios were 10.1%(4) and 15.4% for NBG (Basel2/3) Tier 1 and total capital respectively. In addition, at year-end, GEL 405.2 million liquid assets were held at the Group level. From a funding perspective, the Bank's NBG Liquidity ratio was 37.7%, and the Liquidity Coverage Ratio was 151.5%, reflecting the significant excess liquidity held by the Bank.
As a result of the Group's very strong capital position, excess levels of liquidity and high level of internal capital generation, in November 2016 the Board approved a $50 million share buyback and cancellation programme, to be completed over a two year period, in addition to the regular annual dividend to be paid to shareholders. In addition, over the last few months, the Group Employee Benefits Trust has purchased shares in the market totaling approximately US$20 million.
Since the introduction of dividends in 2010, the Group has managed to grow its annual dividend per share by 51.6% CAGR. At the 2017 Annual General Meeting the Board intends to recommend an annual regular dividend for 2016 of GEL 2.6 per share payable in British Pounds Sterling at the prevailing rate. This is in the range of our regular dividend payout ratio target of 25-40% paid from the Banking Business profits and represents an 8.3% increase over the 2015 dividend.
Despite the headwinds, the Georgian economy remained resilient during 2016, with estimated GDP growth of 2.2% for the year. Foreign Direct Investments were stable in 9M16 and tourist numbers - a significant driver of US Dollar inflows for the country - continued to rise throughout the year. Inflation remained well controlled at 1.8% at the end of 2016.
The Group has delivered another strong year of strategic progress and excellent earnings growth, in what remains a challenging and uncertain macroeconomic backdrop, both globally and in the Caucasus region. We are confident however in our ability to continue to deliver high returns and strong performances in both the Banking Business and the Investment Businesses during 2017 and beyond.
Irakli Gilauri,
Group CEO of BGEO Group PLC
(4) See the footnote 2 in Banking Business Highlights section on page 6
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INCOME
STATEMENT
(quarterly) BGEO Consolidated Banking Business(5) Investment Business
GEL thousands
unless
otherwise Change Change Change Change Change Change
noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q
Net banking
interest
income 155,403 131,434 18.2% 136,624 13.7% 158,371 134,217 18.0% 138,615 14.3% - - - - -
Net fee and
commission
income 35,325 31,639 11.7% 30,431 16.1% 36,645 32,266 13.6% 30,651 19.6% - - - - -
Net banking
foreign
currency
gain 28,516 19,525 46.0% 21,497 32.7% 28,516 19,525 46.0% 21,497 32.7% - - - - -
Net other
banking
income 2,199 9,318 -76.4% 4,077 -46.1% 2,506 9,699 -74.2% 4,269 -41.3% - - - - -
Gross
insurance
profit 9,171 6,733 36.2% 9,687 -5.3% 6,445 5,441 18.5% 6,816 -5.4% 3,557 2,126 67.3% 3,610 -1.5%
Gross
healthcare
and pharmacy
profit 42,221 23,845 77.1% 35,517 18.9% - - - - - 42,221 23,845 77.1% 35,517 18.9%
Gross real
estate
profit 1,339 12,769 -89.5% 10,032 -86.7% - - - - - 2,033 12,769 -84.1% 10,032 -79.7%
Gross utility
profit 21,600 - - 16,942 27.5% - - - - - 21,671 - - 17,011 27.4%
Gross other
investment
profit 9,697 11,271 -14.0% 4,821 101.1% - - - - - 9,391 11,157 -15.8% 4,927 90.6%
Revenue 305,471 246,534 23.9% 269,628 13.3% 232,483 201,148 15.6% 201,848 15.2% 78,873 49,897 58.1% 71,097 10.9%
Operating
expenses (117,358) (84,262) 39.3% (101,553) 15.6% (87,069) (71,172) 22.3% (75,375) 15.5% (32,163) (14,580) 120.6% (27,349) 17.6%
Operating
income
before cost
of credit
risk /
EBITDA 188,113 162,272 15.9% 168,075 11.9% 145,414 129,976 11.9% 126,473 15.0% 46,710 35,317 32.3% 43,748 6.8%
Profit (loss)
from
associates 254 1,938 -86.9% 256 -0.8% - - - - - 254 1,938 -86.9% 256 -0.8%
Depreciation
and
amortisation
of
investment
business (9,615) (4,731) 103.2% (9,566) 0.5% - - - - - (9,615) (4,731) 103.2% (9,566) 0.5%
Net foreign
currency
gain (loss)
from
investment
business (6,065) (3,416) 77.5% (1,221) NMF - - - - - (6,065) (3,416) 77.5% (1,221) NMF
Interest
income from
investment
business 1,551 602 157.6% 1,930 -19.6% - - - - - 540 957 -43.6% 1,667 -67.6%
Interest
expense from
investment
business (8,673) (3,166) 173.9% (8,876) -2.3% - - - - - (11,673) (6,542) 78.4% (10,759) 8.5%
Operating
income
before cost
of credit
risk 165,565 153,499 7.9% 150,598 9.9% - - - - - 20,151 23,523 -14.3% 24,125 -16.5%
Cost of
credit risk (69,967) (36,022) 94.2% (35,591) 96.6% (70,873) (35,230) 101.2% (34,525) 105.3% 906 (792) NMF (1,066) NMF
Net
non-recurring
items 698 (6,227) NMF 35,156 -98.0% (1,056) (2,502) -57.8% 3,474 NMF 1,754 (3,725) NMF 31,682 -94.5%
Income tax
(expense)
benefit (7,553) (15,578) -51.5% (8,614) -12.3% 1,830 (11,653) NMF (5,665) NMF (9,383) (3,925) 139.1% (2,949) NMF
Profit 88,743 95,672 -7.2% 141,549 -37.3% 75,315 80,591 -6.5% 89,757 -16.1% 13,428 15,081 -11.0% 51,792 -74.1%
Earnings per
share (basic) 2.29 2.42 -5.4% 3.55 -35.5% 1.99 2.08 -4.3% 2.32 -14.1% 0.30 0.34 -12.2% 1.23 -75.9%
Earnings per
share
(diluted) 2.21 2.42 -8.7% 3.55 -37.7% 1.92 2.08 -7.6% 2.32 -17.1% 0.29 0.34 -15.3% 1.23 -76.8%
Investment
INCOME STATEMENT BGEO Consolidated Banking Business Business
GEL thousands
unless Change Change Change
otherwise noted 2016 2015 y-o-y 2016 2015 y-o-y 2016 2015 y-o-y
Net banking
interest
income 549,407 501,390 9.6% 556,728 512,927 8.5% - - -
Net fee and
commission
income 122,913 118,406 3.8% 124,949 121,589 2.8% - - -
Net banking
foreign
currency gain 82,909 76,926 7.8% 82,909 76,926 7.8% - - -
Net other
banking
income 11,773 18,528 -36.5% 12,767 19,837 -35.6% - - -
Gross insurance
profit 33,683 29,907 12.6% 25,101 20,047 25.2% 11,454 12,116 -5.5%
Gross
healthcare
and pharmacy
profit 134,862 80,938 66.6% - - - 134,862 80,938 66.6%
Gross real
estate
profit 19,768 14,688 34.6% - - - 20,462 14,688 39.3%
Gross utility
profit 38,541 - - - - - 38,680 - -
Gross other
investment
profit 20,926 20,777 0.7% - - - 20,802 20,639 0.8%
Revenue 1,014,782 861,560 17.8% 802,454 751,326 6.8% 226,260 128,381 76.2%
Operating
expenses (390,788) (314,732) 24.2% (302,227) (267,859) 12.8% (93,648) (50,862) 84.1%
Operating
income
before cost of
credit
risk / EBITDA 623,994 546,828 14.1% 500,227 483,467 3.5% 132,612 77,519 71.1% Profit from associates 4,328 4,050 6.9% - - - 4,328 4,050 6.9% Depreciation and amortisation of investment business (28,865) (14,225) 102.9% - - - (28,865) (14,225) 102.9% Net foreign currency gain (loss) from investment business (9,650) 651 NMF - - - (9,650) 651 NMF Interest income from investment business 4,155 2,340 77.6% - - - 3,232 3,338 -3.2% Interest expense from investment business (21,429) (10,337) 107.3% - - - (29,351) (25,493) 15.1% Operating income before cost of credit risk 572,533 529,307 8.2% 500,227 483,467 3.5% 72,306 45,840 57.7% Cost of credit risk (171,089) (155,377) 10.1% (168,561) (151,517) 11.2% (2,528) (3,860) -34.5% Net non-recurring items (11,524) (14,577) -20.9% (45,351) (13,046) NMF 33,827 (1,531) NMF Income tax (expense) benefit 38,656 (48,408) NMF 23,126 (44,647) NMF 15,530 (3,761) NMF Profit 428,576 310,945 37.8% 309,441 274,257 12.8% 119,135 36,688 224.7% Earnings per share (basic) 10.41 7.93 31.3% 8.02 7.06 13.5% 2.39 0.87 175.8% Earnings per share (diluted) 10.09 7.93 27.2% 7.77 7.06 10.0% 2.32 0.87 167.3%
(5) Banking Business and Investment Business financials do not include inter-business eliminations. Detailed financials, including inter-business eliminations are provided on pages 34, 35 and 36
BALANCE SHEET BGEO Consolidated Banking Business Investment Business
GEL thousands
unless otherwise Change Change Change Change Change Change
noted Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q
Liquid assets 3,914,596 3,068,166 27.6% 3,313,188 18.2% 3,712,489 3,006,991 23.5% 3,111,521 19.3% 554,192 307,459 80.2% 380,568 45.6%
Cash and cash
equivalents 1,573,610 1,432,934 9.8% 1,197,687 31.4% 1,482,106 1,378,459 7.5% 1,090,511 35.9% 397,620 290,576 36.8% 237,426 67.5%
Amounts due
from credit
institutions 1,054,983 731,365 44.2% 944,061 11.7% 943,091 721,802 30.7% 848,185 11.2% 153,497 15,730 875.8% 140,635 9.1%
Investment
securities 1,286,003 903,867 42.3% 1,171,440 9.8% 1,287,292 906,730 42.0% 1,172,825 9.8% 3,075 1,153 166.7% 2,507 22.7%
Loans to customers
and finance lease
receivables 6,648,482 5,322,117 24.9% 5,676,225 17.1% 6,681,672 5,366,764 24.5% 5,715,737 16.9% - - - - -
Property and
equipment 1,323,870 794,682 66.6% 1,224,620 8.1% 339,442 337,064 0.7% 338,455 0.3% 984,428 457,618 115.1% 886,165 11.1%
Total assets 12,989,453 10,115,739 28.4% 11,286,088 15.1% 11,248,226 9,171,437 22.6% 9,654,646 16.5% 2,194,926 1,247,960 75.9% 1,875,062 17.1%
Client deposits
and notes 5,382,698 4,751,387 13.3% 4,700,324 14.5% 5,730,419 4,993,681 14.8% 4,878,171 17.5% - - 0.0% - 0.0%
Amounts due to
credit
institutions 3,470,091 1,789,062 94.0% 2,740,926 26.6% 3,067,651 1,692,557 81.2% 2,396,969 28.0% 435,630 144,534 201.4% 380,745 14.4%
Borrowings
from
DFI 1,403,120 917,087 53.0% 1,280,795 9.6% 1,281,798 917,087 39.8% 1,188,544 7.8% 121,323 - - 92,251 31.5%
Short-term
loans
from NBG 1,085,640 307,200 253.4% 604,608 79.6% 1,085,640 307,200 253.4% 604,608 79.6% - - - - -
Loans and
deposits
from
commercial
banks 981,331 564,775 73.8% 855,523 14.7% 700,213 468,270 49.5% 603,817 16.0% 314,307 144,534 117.5% 288,494 8.9%
Debt securities
issued 1,255,643 1,039,804 20.8% 1,036,086 21.2% 858,037 961,944 -10.8% 722,088 18.8% 407,242 84,474 382.1% 320,128 27.2%
Total liabilities 10,566,035 8,042,101 31.4% 8,897,339 18.8% 9,819,375 7,856,146 25.0% 8,138,685 20.7% 1,200,359 489,613 145.2% 1,002,274 19.8%
Total equity 2,423,418 2,073,638 16.9% 2,388,749 1.5% 1,428,851 1,315,291 8.6% 1,515,961 -5.7% 994,567 758,347 31.1% 872,788 14.0%
BANKING BUSINESS RATIOS 4Q16 4Q15 3Q16 2016 2015
ROAA 2.9% 3.5% 3.7% 3.2% 3.2%
ROAE 20.1% 25.1% 24.7% 22.1% 21.7%
Net Interest Margin 7.6% 7.6% 7.3% 7.5% 7.7%
Loan Yield 14.4% 14.8% 14.1% 14.2% 14.8%
Liquid assets yield 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2%
Cost of Funds 4.6% 5.1% 4.7% 4.7% 5.1%
Cost of Client Deposits
and Notes 3.5% 4.4% 3.6% 3.8% 4.3%
Cost of Amounts Due
to Credit Institutions 6.4% 5.9% 6.5% 6.2% 5.8%
Cost of Debt Securities
Issued 6.1% 6.8% 6.6% 6.8% 7.1%
Cost / Income 37.5% 35.4% 37.3% 37.7% 35.7%
NPLs To Gross Loans
To Clients 4.2% 4.3% 4.4% 4.2% 4.3%
NPL Coverage Ratio 86.7% 83.4% 86.5% 86.7% 83.4%
NPL Coverage Ratio,
Adjusted for discounted
value of collateral 132.1% 120.6% 131.1% 132.1% 120.6%
Cost of Risk 4.2% 2.4% 2.3% 2.7% 2.7%
Tier I capital adequacy
ratio (New NBG, Basel
2/3)(6) 10.1% 10.9% 11.0% 10.1% 10.9%
Total capital adequacy
ratio (New NBG, Basel
2/3)(6) 15.4% 16.7% 16.2% 15.4% 16.7%
(6) See the footnote 2 in Banking Business Highlights section on page 6
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
Discussion of Banking Business Results
The Group's Banking Business is comprised of several components. Retail Banking operations in Georgia principally provides consumer loans, mortgage loans, overdrafts, credit cards and other credit facilities, funds transfer and settlement services, and handling customers' deposits for both individuals as well as legal entities. The business targets the emerging retail, mass retail and mass affluent segments, together with small and medium enterprises and micro businesses. Corporate Investment Banking comprises Corporate Banking and Investment Management operations in Georgia. Corporate Banking principally provides loans and other credit facilities, funds transfers and settlement services, trade finance services, documentary operations support and handles saving and term deposits for corporate and institutional customers. The Investment Management business principally provides private banking services to high net worth clients. Property and Casualty ("P&C") principally provides property and casualty insurance services to corporate clients and insured individuals in Georgia. BNB, comprising JSC Belarusky Narodny Bank, principally provides retail and corporate banking services in Belarus. The following discussion refers to the Banking Business only.
REVENUE GEL thousands, unless Change, Change, Change, otherwise noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y Banking interest income 258,414 230,833 11.9% 231,849 11.5% 933,715 872,299 7.0% Banking interest expense (100,043) (96,616) 3.5% (93,234) 7.3% (376,987) (359,372) 4.9% Net banking interest income 158,371 134,217 18.0% 138,615 14.3% 556,728 512,927 8.5% Fee and commission income 50,135 42,856 17.0% 43,421 15.5% 172,715 161,891 6.7% Fee and commission expense (13,490) (10,590) 27.4% (12,770) 5.6% (47,766) (40,302) 18.5% Net fee and commission income 36,645 32,266 13.6% 30,651 19.6% 124,949 121,589 2.8% Net banking foreign currency gain 28,516 19,525 46.0% 21,497 32.7% 82,909 76,926 7.8% Net other banking income 2,506 9,699 -74.2% 4,269 -41.3% 12,767 19,837 -35.6% Net insurance premiums earned 11,559 10,810 6.9% 11,616 -0.5% 42,959 40,161 7.0% Net insurance claims
incurred (5,114) (5,369) -4.7% (4,800) 6.5% (17,858) (20,114) -11.2%
Gross insurance profit 6,445 5,441 18.5% 6,816 -5.4% 25,101 20,047 25.2%
Revenue 232,483 201,148 15.6% 201,848 15.2% 802,454 751,326 6.8%
Net Interest Margin 7.6% 7.6% 7.3% 7.5% 7.7%
Average interest earning
assets 8,240,676 7,014,711 17.5% 7,543,357 9.2% 7,447,665 6,667,220 11.7%
Average interest bearing
liabilities 8,609,618 7,575,074 13.7% 7,864,440 9.5% 7,961,933 7,069,269 12.6%
Average net loans
and finance lease
receivables, currency
blended 6,134,296 5,401,904 13.6% 5,596,305 9.6% 5,640,611 5,200,650 8.5%
Average net loans
and finance lease
receivables, GEL 1,780,650 1,536,973 15.9% 1,588,995 12.1% 1,592,987 1,527,852 4.3%
Average net loans
and finance lease
receivables, FC 4,353,646 3,864,931 12.6% 4,007,310 8.6% 4,047,624 3,672,798 10.2%
Average client deposits
and notes, currency
blended 5,236,265 4,807,651 8.9% 4,892,822 7.0% 5,017,993 4,379,707 14.6%
Average client deposits
and notes, GEL 1,221,435 1,258,566 -3.0% 1,166,397 4.7% 1,221,469 1,203,167 1.5%
Average client deposits
and notes, FC 4,014,830 3,549,085 13.1% 3,726,425 7.7% 3,796,524 3,176,540 19.5%
Average liquid assets,
currency blended 3,307,646 2,842,715 16.4% 3,240,623 2.1% 3,106,676 2,540,310 22.3%
Average liquid assets,
GEL 1,325,275 1,194,534 10.9% 1,227,967 7.9% 1,210,935 1,153,425 5.0%
Average liquid assets,
FC 1,982,371 1,648,181 20.3% 2,012,656 -1.5% 1,895,741 1,386,885 36.7%
Excess liquidity (NBG) 418,016 789,311 -47.0% 545,556 -23.4% 418,016 789,311 -47.0%
Liquid assets yield,
currency blended 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2%
Liquid assets yield,
GEL 7.3% 7.2% 7.4% 7.4% 6.5%
Liquid assets yield,
FC 0.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.5% 0.5%
Loan yield, currency
blended 14.4% 14.8% 14.1% 14.2% 14.8%
Loan yield, GEL 22.9% 23.4% 23.4% 23.3% 22.6%
Loan yield, FC 10.9% 11.3% 10.3% 10.6% 11.4%
Cost of Funds, currency
blended 4.6% 5.1% 4.7% 4.7% 5.1%
Cost of Funds, GEL 6.0% 6.8% 6.1% 6.4% 5.5%
Cost of Funds, FC 4.1% 4.6% 4.2% 4.2% 4.9%
-- Banking Business revenue: We recorded quarterly revenue of GEL 232.5mln (up 15.6% y-o-y and up 15.2% q-o-q), ending 2016 with revenue of GEL 802.5mln (up 6.8% y-o-y). Quarterly revenue growth, compared to last year, was primarily driven by an increase in net banking interest income and net banking foreign currency gain. For 2016 overall, our revenue was primarily driven by net interest income resulting from the growth in our loan book, together with a smaller increase in net fee and commission income, gain on foreign currency and strong performance of our P&C insurance business
-- Net banking interest income. Our net banking interest income was up 18.0% in 4Q16 y-o-y and up 8.5% for 2016 y-o-y. Net banking interest income was primarily driven by a strong performance in our Retail Banking operations, offset by a slight decline in CIB net interest income
-- Our NIM stood comfortably within our target range of 7.25% - 7.75%. Excess liquidity, which was a drag to NIM in previous quarters, started to be deployed in our loan portfolio in 4Q16 and consequently decreased by 47.0% y-o-y and 23.4% q-o-q. Reflecting this, NIM rebounded in 4Q16 compared to 3Q16. At the same time, cost of funds improved, reflecting lower cost on deposits compared to the previous year as well as the lower cost of our Eurobond funding. These factors influenced NIM's increase by 30bps in 4Q16 to 7.6%. On a full year basis, NIM stood at 7.5%, 20bps lower compared to 2015 primarily due to high levels of excess liquidity held during the first half of 2016
-- Loan yields. Loan yield grew by 30 bps in 4Q16 compared to 3Q16, which partially reflected a shift in our loan book toward higher yielding local currency denominated loans. Average local currency denominated loans grew faster than foreign currency denominated loans compared to previous quarter. Similarly, our liquid asset yield also increased reflecting growth in average liquid assets in local currency compared to reduction in foreign currency denominated liquid assets
-- Dollarisation. Dollarisation of our loan book decreased since last year as local currency denominated loans increased faster than foreign currency denominated loans during the year. On the other hand, the dollarisation of our average liquid assets increased slightly to 60% in 2016, up from 58% in 2015 - this is primarily due to a higher level of US Dollar liquidity mobilised at the beginning of the 2016 in connection with the liability management exercise of the Bank's outstanding Eurobonds, which was completed during the 3(rd) quarter. In addition, a change in the minimum reserve requirement for foreign currency deposits resulted in a further increase of dollarisation of liquid assets(7)
-- Net Loans to Customer Funds and DFI ratio. At year-end 2016, customer funds (client deposits and notes) increased 14.8% y-o-y to GEL 5,730.4mln primarily driven by strong deposit generation in our Retail Banking operations where client deposits grew by 28.4% y-o-y to GEL 2,413.6mln. We also increased our borrowings from DFIs by 39.8% y-o-y to GEL 1,281.8mln, particularly to support local currency lending. Consequently, our Net Loans to Customer Funds and DFI ratio, which is closely monitored by management, stood at 95.3% (90.8% at 31 December 2015 and 94.2% at 30 September 2016)
-- Net fee and commission income. Net fee and commission income performance is mainly driven by the strong performance in our settlement operations supported by the success of our Express banking franchise. This was partially offset by a decline in our fees from guarantees, driven by the deconcentration efforts in CIB segment which resulted in decreased large guarantee exposures in the Bank. Excluding the impact of guarantees, net fee and commission income was GEL 33.6mln for 4Q16, up 19.4% y-o-y, and GEL 112.3mln for 2016, up 9.3% y-o-y
-- Net banking foreign currency gain. On the back of continued volatility in the GEL exchange rate, banking foreign exchange gain was up 46.0% y-o-y for 4Q16 and 7.8% y-o-y for the year. Both Retail Banking and CIB contributed to the foreign currency gain
-- Net other banking income. The decrease in net other banking income by 74.2% y-o-y was caused by the difference between insignificant loss from revaluation of investment property in 4Q16 compared to the substantial gain of GEL 6.4mln recorded in 4Q15. On an annual basis, the decrease was affected by similar factors as in 4Q16
-- Gross insurance profit. Gross insurance profit continued its strong growth throughout 2016. This is reflected in year-to-date performance, as net insurance premiums earned increased by 7.0% y-o-y and net insurance claims incurred decreased by 11.2% y-o-y, driving y-o-y growth in gross insurance profit of 25.2%. This strong performance is mainly driven by the improved quality of the insurance portfolio that resulted from the termination of relationships with loss making clients. The improvement in 2016 also results from a base effect, as claims in 2015 year were high with GEL 1.3mln of expense recognised related to floods in Tbilisi. For P&C insurance segment financials please see page 39
(7) Effective 17 May 2016, the National Bank of Georgia changed its minimum reserve requirements, with the goal to incentivise local currency lending. The minimum reserve requirement for local currency was reduced from 10% to 7% and the minimum reserve requirement for foreign currency has increased from 15% to 20%
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE NON-RECURRING ITEMS; COST
OF CREDIT RISK; PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD
Change Change Change
GEL thousands,
unless otherwise
noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y
Salaries and other
employee benefits (50,052) (39,304) 27.3% (45,575) 9.8% (176,280) (155,744) 13.2%
Administrative
expenses (25,714) (21,657) 18.7% (18,970) 35.6% (83,792) (74,381) 12.7%
Banking depreciation
and amortisation (9,841) (8,982) 9.6% (9,665) 1.8% (37,981) (34,199) 11.1%
Other operating
expenses (1,462) (1,229) 19.0% (1,165) 25.5% (4,174) (3,535) 18.1%
Operating expenses (87,069) (71,172) 22.3% (75,375) 15.5% (302,227) (267,859) 12.8%
Operating income
before cost of
credit risk 145,414 129,976 11.9% 126,473 15.0% 500,227 483,467 3.5%
Impairment charge
on loans to customers (69,920) (33,929) 106.1% (29,936) 133.6% (158,892) (142,819) 11.3%
Impairment charge
on finance lease
receivables 3,124 (215) NMF (3,258) NMF (777) (1,958) -60.3%
Impairment charge on other assets and provisions (4,077) (1,086) NMF (1,331) NMF (8,892) (6,740) 31.9% Cost of credit risk (70,873) (35,230) 101.2% (34,525) 105.3% (168,561) (151,517) 11.2% Net operating income before non-recurring items 74,541 94,746 -21.3% 91,948 -18.9% 331,666 331,950 -0.1% Net non-recurring items (1,056) (2,502) -57.8% 3,474 NMF (45,351) (13,046) NMF Profit before income tax 73,485 92,244 -20.3% 95,422 -23.0% 286,315 318,904 -10.2% Income tax (expense) benefit 1,830 (11,653) NMF (5,665) NMF 23,126 (44,647) NMF Profit 75,315 80,591 -6.5% 89,757 -16.1% 309,441 274,257 12.8%
-- Operating expenses increased to GEL 87.1mln in 4Q16 (up 22.3% y-o-y and up 15.5% q-o-q) and to GEL 302.2mln in 2016 (up 12.8% y-o-y). Growth in operating expenses outpaced growth in revenue, and consequently operating leverage was negative in 4Q16 at 6.8 percentage points and also negative in 2016 at 6.0 percentage points, both on y-o-y basis. Both 4Q16 and full year 2016 operating expenses were driven by:
- An increase in salaries and employee benefits, which mainly reflects the organic growth of our Retail Banking Business
- Growth in year-to-date administrative expenses which was driven by the rent, marketing expenses and operating taxes compared with the same period last year. The increase in operating taxes is due to change in Georgian Tax code from January 2016 as a result of which the Group pays property taxes on investment properties owned
-- Cost of Risk and Cost of Risk ratio. For 4Q16, the y-o-y increase in Banking Business cost of credit risk is mainly attributable to the GEL devaluation, and the Group's subsequent review of its performing and non-performing US dollar denominated portfolios, which resulted in an increase in impairment of c.GEL 32 million. As a result, we recorded cost of credit risk of GEL 168.6mln in 2016, up 11.2% y-o-y (compared to 24.5% growth in loan book), and Cost of Risk ratio of 2.7%, flat y-o-y. Despite more than 13% GEL devaluation during the 4Q16, the quality of the Bank's loan book remains solid:
- NPLs. NPLs were GEL 294.8mln, up 22.2% y-o-y and up 13.0% q-o-q. The increase reflects the growth in net loan book and the effect of the local currency devaluation
- NPLs to gross loans. NPLs to gross loans were 4.2% as of 31 December 2016, down 10 bps y-o-y and down 20 bps q-o-q. Our Retail Banking NPLs to gross loans stood at 1.4%, down from 1.6% as of 30 September 2016 and 1.5% a year ago. CIB NPLs to gross loans were 8.0%, compared to 7.6% as of 30 September 2016 and 7.3% a year ago
- The NPL coverage ratio. The NPL coverage ratio stood at 86.7% as of 31 December 2016, compared to 83.4% as of 30 December 2015 and 86.5% as of 30 September 2016. Our NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral was 132.1% as of 31 December 2016, compared to 120.6% as of 31 December 2015 and compared to 131.1% as of 30 September 2016
- Past due rates. Our 15 days past due rate for retail loans stood at 1.2% as of 31 December 2016 compared to 0.9% as of 31 December 2015 and 1.3% as of 30 September 2016. 15 days past due rate for our mortgage loans stood at 0.6% as of 31 December 2016 compared to 0.4% as of 31 December 2015 and 0.6% as of 30 September 2016
-- Net non-recurring items and Income tax expense (benefit). For a discussion of the factors affecting these two items and their impact, see page 5 above
-- As a result of the foregoing, the Banking Business profit was GEL 75.3mln in 4Q16 (down 6.5% y-o-y and down 16.1% q-o-q) and GEL 309.4mln in 2016 (up 12.8% y-o-y). This resulted in an ROAE of 20.1% in 4Q16 (down 500bps y-o-y and down 460bps q-o-q) and of 22.1% in 2016 (up 40bps y-o-y)
-- BNB - the banking subsidiary in Belarus - incurred a loss of GEL 4.1mln in 4Q16 and a profit of GEL 2.7mln in 2016 (down 84.6% y-o-y)(8) ; The earnings were negatively impacted by higher cost of risk due to the difficult economic environment in Belarus, a GEL 1.4 mln impairment charge on PPE, and a GEL 1.2mln loss from revaluation of investment property. The BNB loan book reached GEL 362.1mln, up 13.1% y-o-y, mostly consisting of an increase in SME loans. BNB client deposits were to GEL 233.5mln, down 15.9% y-o-y. BNB remains well capitalised, with Capital Adequacy Ratios well above the requirements of its regulating Central Bank. As at 31 December 2016, Total CAR was 15.5%, above 10% minimum requirement by the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus ("NBRB") and Tier I CAR was 9.5%, above the 6% minimum requirement by NBRB. Return on Average Equity ("ROAE") for BNB was negative 21.9% in 4Q16 (23.5% in 4Q15 and 13.0% in 3Q16), ending 2016 with ROAE of 2.6% compared to 22.3% for the same period last year. For BNB standalone financial highlights, please see page 39
BANKING BUSINESS BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS
Change Change
GEL thousands, Sep-16 q-o-q
unless otherwise
noted Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y
Liquid assets 3,712,489 3,006,991 23.5% 3,111,521 19.3%
Liquid assets,
GEL 1,455,296 1,191,353 22.2% 1,257,008 15.8%
Liquid assets,
FC 2,257,193 1,815,638 24.3% 1,854,513 21.7%
Net loans and finance
lease receivables 6,681,672 5,366,764 24.5% 5,715,737 16.9%
Net loans and finance
lease receivables,
GEL 1,920,422 1,502,888 27.8% 1,699,647 13.0%
Net loans and finance
lease receivables,
FC 4,761,250 3,863,876 23.2% 4,016,090 18.6%
Client deposits
and notes 5,730,419 4,993,681 14.8% 4,878,171 17.5%
Amounts due to
credit institutions 3,067,651 1,692,557 81.2% 2,396,969 28.0%
Borrowings from
DFIs 1,281,798 917,087 39.8% 1,188,544 7.8%
Short-term loans
from central banks 1,085,640 307,200 253.4% 604,608 79.6%
Loans and deposits
from commercial
banks 700,213 468,270 49.5% 603,817 16.0%
Debt securities
issued 858,037 961,944 -10.8% 722,088 18.8%
Liquidity and CAR
ratios
Net loans / client
deposits and notes 116.6% 107.5% 117.2%
Net loans / client
deposits and notes
+ DFIs 95.3% 90.8% 94.2%
Liquid assets as
percent of total
assets 33.0% 32.8% 32.2%
Liquid assets as
percent of total
liabilities 37.8% 38.3% 38.2%
NBG liquidity ratio 37.7% 46.2% 41.4%
Excess liquidity
(NBG) 418,016 789,311 -47.0% 545,556 -23.4%
New NBG (Basel
II) Tier I Capital
Adequacy Ratio(9) 10.1% 10.9% 11.0%
New NBG (Basel
II) Total Capital
Adequacy Ratio(9) 15.4% 16.7% 16.2%
Our Banking Business balance sheet remained highly liquid (NBG Liquidity ratio of 37.7%) and well-capitalised (Tier I Capital Adequacy Ratio, NBG Basel 2/3 of 10.1%(9) ) with a well-diversified funding base (Client Deposits and notes to Total Liabilities of 58.4%).
-- Liquidity: The NBG liquidity ratio stood at 37.7% as of 31 December 2016 compared to 46.2% a year ago, and against a regulatory minimum requirement of 30.0%. Liquid assets increased to GEL 3,712.5mln, up 23.5% y-o-y which was primarily due to increase in obligatory reserves mandated by the change in NBG regulation. Increase in local currency corporate bonds, which the Bank uses as collateral for short-term borrowing from NBG, was another contributor to growth in liquid assets
-- Diversified funding base. Short-term borrowings from NBG grew 253.4% y-o-y due to increase in local currency sourcing from International Financial Institutions whose GEL-denominated bonds were used as collateral for NBG loans. The increase in loans and deposits from commercial banks was partially a result of the GEL devaluation as these loans and deposits are primarily US dollar denominated. Net Loans to Customer Funds and DFIs ratio, a ratio closely observed by management, stood at 95.3%, up from 94.2% as of 30 September 2016 and from 90.8% as of 31 December 2015
-- Loan book. Our net loan book and financial lease receivables reached a record GEL 6,681.7mln, up 24.5% y-o-y and up 16.9% q-o-q. Both, local and foreign currency portfolios recorded strong growth with our focus to increase share of local currency loans in our portfolio
(8) BNB 2016 profit reflects the deferred tax adjustment attributable to BNB. Before this adjustment, BNB profit was GEL 6.2mln in 2016
(9) See the footnote 2 in Banking Business Highlights section on page 6
Discussion of Segment Results
The segment results discussion is presented for Retail Banking (RB), Corporate Investment Banking (CIB), Utility & Energy Business (GGU), Healthcare Business (GHG) and Real Estate Business (m(2) Real Estate)
Banking Business Segment Result Discussion
Retail Banking (RB)
Retail Banking provides consumer loans, mortgage loans, overdrafts, credit card facilities and other credit facilities as well as funds transfer and settlement services and the handling of customer deposits for both individuals and legal entities, encompassing the emerging mass retail segment (through our Express brand), retail mass market segment and SME and micro businesses (through our Bank of Georgia brand), and the mass affluent segment (through our Solo brand)
GEL thousands, unless Change Change Change otherwise noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS Net banking interest income 111,109 85,318 30.2% 95,507 16.3% 374,022 322,879 15.8% Net fee and commission income 26,810 21,264 26.1% 22,402 19.7% 90,193 78,218 15.3% Net banking foreign currency gain 8,825 3,697 138.7% 8,198 7.6% 26,086 17,108 52.5% Net other banking income 989 3,950 -75.0% 1,097 -9.8% 3,833 9,159 -58.2% Revenue 147,733 114,229 29.3% 127,204 16.1% 494,134 427,364 15.6% Salaries and other employee benefits (31,149) (23,613) 31.9% (27,315) 14.0% (106,396) (92,091) 15.5% Administrative expenses (17,287) (14,445) 19.7% (13,179) 31.2% (57,743) (50,398) 14.6% Banking depreciation and amortisation (8,052) (7,259) 10.9% (7,910) 1.8% (30,943) (27,714) 11.7% Other operating expenses (818) (782) 4.6% (837) -2.3% (2,545) (2,093) 21.6% Operating expenses (57,306) (46,099) 24.3% (49,241) 16.4% (197,627) (172,296) 14.7% Operating income before cost of credit risk 90,427 68,130 32.7% 77,963 16.0% 296,507 255,068 16.2% Cost of credit risk (19,272) (15,371) 25.4% (20,691) -6.9% (75,690) (75,407) 0.4% Net non-recurring items (1,921) (2,494) -23.0% 2,297 NMF (32,002) (8,945) NMF Profit before income tax 69,234 50,265 37.7% 59,569 16.2% 188,815 170,716 10.6% Income tax (expense) benefit (1,235) (7,608) -83.8% (3,147) -60.8% 20,475 (23,994) NMF Profit 67,999 42,657 59.4% 56,422 20.5% 209,290 146,722 42.6% BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS Net loans, Currency Blended 3,902,306 2,796,479 39.5% 3,286,958 18.7% 3,902,306 2,796,479 39.5% Net loans, GEL 1,530,661 1,279,286 19.6% 1,374,161 11.4% 1,530,661 1,279,286 19.6% Net loans, FC 2,371,645 1,517,193 56.3% 1,912,797 24.0% 2,371,645 1,517,193 56.3% Client deposits, Currency Blended 2,413,569 1,880,018 28.4% 2,084,371 15.8% 2,413,569 1,880,018 28.4% Client deposits, GEL 603,149 486,806 23.9% 565,240 6.7% 603,149 486,806 23.9% Client deposits, FC 1,810,420 1,393,212 29.9% 1,519,131 19.2% 1,810,420 1,393,212 29.9% of which: Time deposits, Currency Blended 1,437,644 1,156,382 24.3% 1,261,273 14.0% 1,437,644 1,156,382 24.3% Time deposits, GEL 228,047 192,178 18.7% 219,117 4.1% 228,047 192,178 18.7% Time deposits, FC 1,209,597 964,204 25.5% 1,042,156 16.1% 1,209,597 964,204 25.5% Current accounts and demand deposits, Currency Blended 975,925 723,636 34.9% 823,098 18.6% 975,925 723,636 34.9% Current accounts and demand deposits, GEL 375,102 294,628 27.3% 346,123 8.4% 375,102 294,628 27.3% Current accounts and demand deposits, FC 600,823 429,008 40.0% 476,975 26.0% 600,823 429,008 40.0% KEY RATIOS ROAE Retail Banking 35.8% 28.6% 31.6% 30.5% 24.6% Net interest margin, currency blended 9.3% 9.6% 9.0% 9.2% 9.6% Cost of risk 2.0% 2.1% 2.4% 2.3% 2.6% Cost of funds, currency blended 5.1% 6.9% 5.4% 5.7% 6.4% Loan yield, currency blended 16.4% 17.9% 16.6% 16.8% 17.6% Loan yield, GEL 25.4% 25.4% 25.5% 25.4% 24.2% Loan yield, FC 10.1% 11.2% 10.0% 10.2% 10.6% Cost of deposits, currency blended 3.1% 3.5% 3.3% 3.3% 3.9% Cost of deposits, GEL 4.0% 4.4% 4.5% 4.5% 4.7% Cost of deposits, FC 2.7% 3.2% 2.9% 2.9% 3.5% Cost of time deposits, currency blended 4.5% 5.2% 4.8% 4.9% 5.5% Cost of time deposits, GEL 8.6% 9.3% 9.3% 9.3% 8.7% Cost of time deposits, FC 3.7% 4.4% 3.9% 4.0% 4.7% Current accounts and demand deposits, currency blended 0.8% 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1.2% Current accounts and demand deposits, GEL 1.1% 1.0% 1.4% 1.2% 1.5% Current accounts and demand deposits, FC 0.6% 0.8% 0.6% 0.6% 0.9% Cost / income ratio 38.8% 40.4% 38.7% 40.0% 40.3%
Performance highlights
-- Retail Banking has continued its strong performance across all major business lines and recorded revenue of GEL 147.7mln in 4Q16 (up 29.3% y-o-y) and GEL 494.1mln (up 15.6% y-o-y) in 2016
-- Net banking interest income is growing on the back of the strong growth in the loan book and also reflects growth in the local currency loan portfolio which picked up in 4Q16. However, our foreign currency denominated loan book growth still outpaced the growth of local currency denominated loan book. Dollarisation of the loan book increased y-o-y from 54.3% as at 31 December 2015 to 60.8% as at 31 December 2016, with net loans in foreign currency increasing 56.3% y-o-y
-- The Retail Banking net loan book reached a record level of GEL 3,902.3mln, up 39.5% y-o-y. Foreign currency denominated loans grew to GEL 2,371.6 mln (up 56.3% y-o-y) compared to local currency loans that increased to GEL 1,530.7mln (up 19.6% y-o-y)
-- The loan book growth was a result of accelerated loan origination delivered across all Retail Banking segments:
- Consumer loan originations totalled GEL 312.8mln in 4Q16 and GEL 1019.0mln in 2016, resulting in consumer loans outstanding of GEL 886.6mln as of 31 December 2016, up 41.4% y-o-y
- Micro loan originations totalled GEL 272.4mln in 4Q16 and GEL 800.3mln in 2016, resulting in micro loans outstanding of GEL 856.7mln as of 31 December 2016, up 56.7% y-o-y
- SME loan originations totalled GEL 166.3mln in 4Q16 and GEL 509.4mln in 2016, resulting in SME loans outstanding of GEL 489.6mln as of 31 December 2016, up 37.1% y-o-y
- Mortgage loan originations totalled GEL 239.0mln in 4Q16 and GEL 717.7mln in 2016, resulting in mortgage loans outstanding of GEL 1,227.6mln as of 31 December 2016, up 51.7% y-o-y
- Originations of loans disbursed at merchant locations totalled GEL 69.0mln in 4Q16 and GEL 220.9mln in 2016, resulting in loans disbursed at merchant locations outstanding of GEL 121.2mln as of 31 December 2016, up 1.5% y-o-y
-- Retail Banking client deposits increased to GEL 2,413.6mln, up 28.4% y-o-y, notwithstanding a decrease of 60bps y-o-y in the cost of deposits. The dollarisation of our deposits has increased slightly to 75.0% from 74.1% a year ago. Foreign currency denominated deposits grew to GEL 1,810.4 mln (up 29.9% y-o-y) compared to local currency denominated deposits that grew to GEL 603.1mln (up 23.9% y-o-y)
-- Retail Banking NIM was 9.3% in 4Q16, down 30bps y-o-y and up 30bps q-o-q, ending 2016 with 9.2%, down 40bps y-o-y. The increasing dollarisation of our loan book had an important impact on the retail NIM. Our focus going forward continues to be the growth in local currency lending, which will be supported by the new lines of longer term local currency funding that we have been sourcing since the beginning of 2016
-- The number of Retail Banking clients totalled 2.1mln, up 7.1% y-o-y and the number of cards totalled 2,056,258 , up 5.0% y-o-y
-- Our express banking franchise, the major driver of fee and commission income, added 25,757 Express Banking customers during the fourth quarter of 2016 and 46,617 clients during 2016, accumulating a total of 471,967 clients by the end of 2016. The growth in client base has triggered a significant increase in the volume of banking transactions, up 55% y-o-y. The growth of transactions was achieved largely through more cost-effective remote channels. The strong client growth has supported an organic increase in our Retail Banking net fee and commission income to GEL 26.8mln, up 26.1% y-o-y for 4Q16 with the 2016 result reaching GEL 90.2mln, up 15.3% y-o-y. See below for more information on the development of our express banking franchise
-- Our Express Banking business continues to deliver strong growth as we continue to develop our mass market Retail Banking strategy:
- In order to better serve the different needs of our Express Banking customers, we have expanded our payment services through various distance channels including ATMs, Express Pay Terminals, internet and mobile banking and the provision of simple and clear products and services to our existing customers as well as the emerging bankable population
- As of 31 December 2016, 1,279,113 Express Cards were outstanding, compared to 1,045,433 cards outstanding on the same date last year. 185,227 Express Cards were issued in 4Q16, up 34.0% y-o-y, leading to total of 566,394 Express Cards issued in 2016, up 20.5% on 2015.
- We have increased number of Express Pay terminals to 2,729, from 2,589 a year ago. Express Pay terminals are an alternative to tellers, placed at bank branches as well as various other venues (groceries, shopping centres, bus stops, etc.), and are used for bank transactions such as credit card and consumer loan payments, utility bill payments and mobile telephone top-ups
- The utilisation of Express Pay terminals continued to grow in 2016. The volume of transactions reached GEL 936.0mln, up 38.6% y-o-y and the number of transactions was 27.2mln, down 9.8% y-o-y for the first time. This decrease was a result of a management decision to introduce transaction fees on non-banking transactions processed through Express Pay terminals, however, this introduction had a positive impact on the Bank's fees and commission income. In 2016, the number of transactions increased to 117.5mln, up 3.9% y-o-y and volume of transactions reached GEL 3,167.4mln, up 45.4% y-o-y
- Increased Point of Sales ("POS") footprint to 8,516 desks and 4,514 contracted merchants as of 31 December 2016, up from 6,632 desks and 3,335 contracted merchants as of 31 December 2015
- The number of POS terminals reached 10,357, up 27.8% from 8,103 a year ago
- The volume of transactions through the Bank's POS terminals grew to GEL 290.1mln in 4Q16, up 43.1% y-o-y. For 2016, the volume of transactions reached GEL926.3mln, up 30.4% y-o-y
- The number of transactions via Internet banking has increased to 1.7mln in 4Q16, up from 1.2mln a year ago, with volume reaching GEL 434.4mln, up 94.9% y-o-y. In 2016, the number of transactions reached 5.8mln, up from 4.4mln a year ago, with volume of transaction reaching GEL 1,290.6mln, up 68.7% y-o-y
- The number of transactions via mobile banking reached 0.86mln in 4Q16, up from 0.5mln a year ago, with volume reaching GEL 89.6mln, up 144.6% y-o-y. For 2016, number of transactions reached 2.6mln, up from 1.7mln a year ago, with volume reaching GEL 246.3mln, up 90.5% y-o-y
-- The number of Solo clients reached 19,267 at the end of 2016, up 132.6% since its re-launch in April 2015. We have now launched 11 Solo lounges, of which 8 are located in Tbilisi, the capital city and 3 in major regional cities in Georgia. In 2016, profit per Solo client was GEL 1,692 compared to a profit of GEL 77 and GEL 65 per Express and mass retail clients, respectively. Product to client ratio for Solo segment was 6.9, compared to 3.1 and 1.7 for Express and mass retail clients. While Solo clients currently represent c.0.9% of our total retail client base, they contributed 21.7% to our retail loan book, 36.5% to our retail deposits, 9.5% to our net interest income and 10.9% to our net fee and commission income. Our goal is to significantly increase our market share in this segment, which stood below 13% at the beginning of 2015 when we launched Solo in its current format. See below for more information on Solo
-- With Solo we target the mass affluent retail segment and aim to build brand loyalty through exclusive experiences offered through the new Solo Lifestyle. In our Solo lounges, Solo clients are offered, at cost, a selection of luxury products and accessories that are currently not available in the country. Solo clients enjoy tailor-made solutions including new financial products such as bonds, which pay a significantly higher yield compared to deposits, and other financial products developed by Galt & Taggart, the Group's Investment Banking arm. Through Solo Lifestyle, our Solo clients are given access to exclusive products and the finest lounge-style environment at our Solo lounges and are provided with new lifestyle opportunities, such as exclusive events, offering live concerts with world famous artists and other entertainments for solo clientele exclusively, as well as handpicked lifestyle products. Solo organised two Sting concerts in February 2016, where over 4,500 Solo clients had exclusive access to the event, at cost. In September 2016, Solo clientele enjoyed the concerts of world famous Eric Benét and in January 2017, Boyz II Man performed for Solo clients in Tbilisi. The events were met with strong demand and were regarded highly by Solo clients. All these events were held in Tbilisi
-- RB cost to income ratio remained well-controlled and improved to 40.0% down by 30 bps y-o-y. Retail Banking Cost to Income ratio continued the improving trend of 2016 into the 4Q16 and stood at 38.8% in 4Q16, compared to 38.7% in 3Q16, 39.9% in 2Q16 and 43.3% in 1Q16. This is a result of increasing utilisation of our newly launched Solo lounges combined with the increasing number of clients and growth of Express Banking which is the most cost efficient among the three Retail Banking segments
-- The cost of credit risk was GEL 19.3mln (up 25.4% y-o-y) and GEL 75.7mln (up 0.4% y-o-y) for 4Q16 and 2016, respectively. Cost of Risk ratio was 2.0% in 4Q16 down from 2.1% in 4Q15 and down from 2.4% in 3Q16, ending 2016 with Cost of Risk of 2.3%, down from 2.6% a year ago
-- As a result, Retail Banking profit reached GEL 68.0mln (up 59.4% y-o-y) and GEL 209.3mln (up 42.6% y-o-y) for 4Q16 and 2016, respectively. Retail Banking continued to deliver an outstanding ROAE, which stood at 35.8% in 4Q16 compared to 28.6% in 4Q15 and 31.6% in 3Q16, whilst ROAE for 2016 was 30.5% compared to 24.6% a year ago
Corporate Investment Banking (CIB)
CIB comprises (1) loans and other credit facilities to the country's large corporate clients as well as other legal entities, excluding SME and micro businesses. The services include fund transfers and settlements services, currency conversion operations, trade finance services and documentary operations as well as handling savings and term deposits for corporate and institutional customers. The Corporate Banking Business also includes finance lease facilities provided by the Bank's leasing operations (the Georgian Leasing Company) and (2) Wealth Management and the brokerage arm of the Bank, Galt & Taggart. Bank of Georgia Wealth Management provides private banking services to high-net-worth individuals and offers investment management products internationally through representative offices in London, Budapest, Istanbul and Tel Aviv. Galt & Taggart brings under one brand corporate advisory, private equity and brokerage services. In its brokerage business, Galt & Taggart serves regional and international markets, including hard-to-reach frontier economies
GEL thousands, unless Change Change Change otherwise noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS Net banking interest income 39,168 39,381 -0.5% 34,457 13.7% 147,108 156,068 -5.7% Net fee and commission income 8,133 8,781 -7.4% 6,680 21.8% 27,963 34,335 -18.6% Net banking foreign currency gain 16,158 13,942 15.9% 12,196 32.5% 48,643 41,763 16.5% Net other banking income 2,518 4,328 -41.8% 3,244 -22.4% 10,170 10,112 0.6% Revenue 65,977 66,432 -0.7% 56,577 16.6% 233,884 242,278 -3.5% Salaries and other employee benefits (12,368) (9,982) 23.9% (12,851) -3.8% (47,731) (43,333) 10.1% Administrative expenses (4,943) (4,231) 16.8% (3,223) 53.4% (15,214) (14,574) 4.4% Banking depreciation and amortisation (1,262) (1,242) 1.6% (1,285) -1.8% (5,124) (4,612) 11.1% Other operating expenses (330) (242) 36.4% (246) 34.1% (1,031) (839) 22.9% Operating expenses (18,903) (15,697) 20.4% (17,605) 7.4% (69,100) (63,358) 9.1% Operating income before cost of credit risk 47,074 50,735 -7.2% 38,972 20.8% 164,784 178,920 -7.9% Cost of credit risk (42,172) (11,991) NMF (10,608) NMF (76,266) (56,158) 35.8% Net non-recurring items 2,267 (2,524) NMF 1,191 90.3% (11,934) (4,877) 144.7% Profit before income
tax 7,169 36,220 -80.2% 29,555 -75.7% 76,584 117,885 -35.0%
Income tax (expense)
benefit 2,885 (5,416) NMF (1,308) NMF 11,698 (17,255) NMF
Profit 10,054 30,804 -67.4% 28,247 -64.4% 88,282 100,630 -12.3%
BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS
Letters of credit and
guarantees, standalone(*) 511,615 511,399 0.0% 427,287 19.7% 511,615 511,399 0.0%
Net loans and finance
lease receivables,
Currency Blended 2,394,876 2,210,964 8.3% 2,083,381 15.0% 2,394,876 2,210,964 8.3%
Net loans and finance
lease receivables,
GEL 400,395 220,306 81.7% 335,533 19.3% 400,395 220,306 81.7%
Net loans and finance
lease receivables,
FC 1,994,481 1,990,658 0.2% 1,747,848 14.1% 1,994,481 1,990,658 0.2%
Client deposits, Currency
Blended 3,059,150 2,871,323 6.5% 2,580,099 18.6% 3,059,150 2,871,323 6.5%
Client deposits, GEL 772,253 797,238 -3.1% 617,313 25.1% 772,253 797,238 -3.1%
Client deposits, FC 2,286,897 2,074,085 10.3% 1,962,786 16.5% 2,286,897 2,074,085 10.3%
Time deposits, Currency
Blended 1,230,627 1,248,720 -1.4% 1,119,716 9.9% 1,230,627 1,248,720 -1.4%
Time deposits, GEL 135,002 187,437 -28.0% 141,074 -4.3% 135,002 187,437 -28.0%
Time deposits, FC 1,095,625 1,061,283 3.2% 978,642 12.0% 1,095,625 1,061,283 3.2%
Current accounts and
demand deposits,
Currency
Blended 1,828,523 1,622,603 12.7% 1,460,383 25.2% 1,828,523 1,622,603 12.7%
Current accounts and
demand deposits, GEL 637,251 609,801 4.5% 476,239 33.8% 637,251 609,801 4.5%
Current accounts and
demand deposits, FC 1,191,272 1,012,802 17.6% 984,144 21.0% 1,191,272 1,012,802 17.6%
Assets under management 1,591,963 1,373,112 15.9% 1,407,981 13.1% 1,591,963 1,373,112 15.9%
RATIOS
ROAE, Corporate Investment
Banking 6.1% 21.7% 17.9% 14.5% 18.5%
Net interest margin,
currency blended 3.6% 3.8% 3.4% 3.6% 3.9%
Cost of risk 6.6% 1.8% 1.9% 3.1% 2.2%
Cost of funds, currency
blended 5.1% 4.3% 4.7% 4.7% 4.6%
Loan yield, currency
blended 11.1% 10.8% 10.1% 10.4% 10.7%
Loan yield, GEL 13.0% 13.3% 12.6% 13.2% 12.6%
Loan yield, FC 10.8% 10.6% 9.8% 10.1% 10.4%
Cost of deposits, currency
blended 3.6% 4.6% 3.5% 3.9% 4.1%
Cost of deposits, GEL 5.0% 7.5% 4.9% 6.3% 5.2%
Cost of deposits, FC 3.2% 3.3% 3.1% 3.1% 3.6%
Cost of time deposits,
currency blended 5.8% 6.1% 6.0% 5.9% 6.3%
Cost of time deposits,
GEL 9.2% 9.1% 9.5% 9.5% 8.0%
Cost of time deposits,
FC 5.4% 5.5% 5.4% 5.3% 5.8%
Current accounts and
demand deposits, currency
blended 2.0% 3.4% 1.8% 2.6% 2.1%
Current accounts and
demand deposits, GEL 3.9% 7.3% 3.5% 5.4% 4.0%
Current accounts and
demand deposits, FC 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% 0.9% 1.1%
Cost / income ratio 28.7% 23.6% 31.1% 29.5% 26.2%
Concentration of top
ten clients 11.8% 12.7% 11.9% 11.8% 12.7%
*Off-balance sheet item
Performance highlights
-- A key focus of Corporate Investment Banking business is to increase ROAE and we are doing this by deconcentrating our loan book and decreasing the credit losses, while focusing on further building our fee business through the investment management and the trade finance franchise, which we believe is the strongest in the region
- CIB is successfully following a deconcentration strategy, reducing the concentration of our top 10 Corporate Investment Banking clients to 11.8% by the end of 4Q16, down from 12.7% a year ago
- CIB net banking interest income reflects our continuous efforts towards CIB loan portfolio de-concentration. 4Q16 showed a healthy 13.7% rebound from 3Q16 as a result of (1) the higher GEL interest income from FX denominated loans and (2) increase of local currency denominated loans, which bear higher interest rates than FX denominated loans, in the total CIB portfolio
- CIB net fee and commission income represented GEL 28.0mln or 12.0% of total CIB revenue in 2016 compared to GEL 34.3mln or 14.2% a year ago. The decline was mainly driven by the decrease in commission fee income from guarantees (income from guarantees was GEL 12.6mln in 2016, down by GEL 6.2mln or 33.0% y-o-y), which is a result of our de-concentration efforts as we reduced our large guarantee exposures (as mentioned in the Banking business discussion above)
- Cost of credit risk was GEL 42.2mln for 4Q16 (more than tripled y-o-y) and GEL 76.3mln for 2016 (up 35.8% y-o-y). For 4Q16, the y-o-y increase in CIB cost of credit risk is mainly attributable to the GEL devaluation, and the Group's subsequent portfolio review, which led to an increase in impairment provisioning of c. GEL 31 million in the fourth quarter of 2016. As a result, we recorded Cost of Risk at 6.6% in 4Q16, ending 2016 at 3.1%, up 90 bps y-o-y
- As a result of the foregoing, CIB ROAE has declined to 14.5% in 2016, compared to 18.5% a year ago
-- The loan book dedollarisation continued in 4Q16 with the share of US Dollar denominated loans reaching 83.3%, compared to 90.0% a year ago. This trend also reflects the increased volatility and depreciation of the local currency against the US Dollar during 2016, as Georgian corporates chose to increasingly borrow or convert existing borrowings into the local currency. This trend stood notwithstanding increasing loan yields for local currency denominated loans (13.2% for 2016, up 60bps y-o-y) on the back of decreasing loan yields for foreign currency denominated loans (10.1% for 2016, down 30bps y-o-y)
-- On the other hand, dollarisation of our CIB deposits increased to 74.8% from 72.2% a year ago, which reflects similar driver as for the dedollarisation of the loan book. Dollarisation of our deposits increased notwithstanding increase in local currency deposit rates and decrease in foreign currency deposit rates. During 2016, we continued to decrease our cost of deposits in local currency from 8.0% in 1Q16 to 5.0% in 4Q16, alongside the reduction in the NBG policy rate. Cost of deposits in foreign currency remained in the range of 3.0-3.2% throughout the whole year. In 2016, cost of deposits in local currency stood at 6.3%, up 110 bps y-o-y, while cost of deposits in foreign currency decreased by 50 bps y-o-y reaching 3.1%. Subsequently, total deposits reached GEL 3,059.2, up 6.5% y-o-y at the end of 2016
-- Corporate Investment Banking recorded NIM of 3.6% in 4Q16, down 20bps y-o-y and up 20bps q-o-q, ending 2016 with NIM of 3.6%, down 30 bps y-o-y
-- Our foreign currency operations were strong and as a result, our net banking foreign currency gain increased to GEL 16.2mln in 4Q16 (up 15.9% y-o-y) and increased to GEL 48.6mln in 2016 (up 16.5% y-o-y)
-- CIB cost to income ratio increased as a result of the deconcentration efforts, which led to higher reduction in revenues with less impact on the operating costs
-- As a result, Corporate Investment Banking profit reached GEL 10.1mln in 4Q16, down 67.4% y-o-y from GEL 30.8mln in 4Q15 with 2016 result of GEL 88.3mln, down 12.3% y-o-y from GEL 100.6mln a year ago
Performance highlights of wealth management operations
-- The AUM of the Investment Management segment increased to GEL 1,592.0mln at the end of 2016, up 15.9% y-o-y. This includes deposits of Wealth Management clients and assets held at Bank of Georgia Custody, Galt & Taggart brokerage client assets and Aldagi pension scheme assets
-- Wealth Management deposits were GEL 1,101.9mln, up 7.7% y-o-y, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19.4% over the last five-year period. Growth continued in the face of a 30 bps decline in the Cost of Client deposits to 4.5% in 4Q16 and the impact of Wealth Management clients switching from deposits to bonds, as a number of bond issuances, yielding higher rates than deposits were offered by Galt & Taggart to Wealth Management clients
-- We served 1,383 wealth management clients from 68 countries as of 31 December 2016
-- Galt & Taggart continued to develop local capital markets in 2016. Galt & Taggart acted as:
- a sole placement agent for Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) offering of the five-year, GEL denominated bond in the amount of GEL 60mln (August)
- a sole book runner and a placement agent for Nikora Trade LLC's US$ 5mln bond offering. Nikora Trade LLC is a leading Georgian FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) company, which successfully completed its maiden bond offering (March). It is planned that the bonds will be listed on the Georgian Stock Exchange in the near future
- an agent for the Group's wholly owned real estate subsidiary m2 Real Estate facilitating a US$ 25mln 3-year bonds placement into the local market (October)
- a joint placement agent for the Group's wholly owned utility and energy subsidiary Georgia Global Utilities and placed a GEL 30mln 5-year local currency bond for its water utility business unit into the local market (December)
- Galt & Taggart launched Regional Fixed Income Market Watch on 19 September 2016. The report is released monthly and covers the debt markets of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Regional Fixed Income Market Watch provides market data for both locally and internationally listed debt issuances from these countries. Furthermore, the report includes country-level macro indicators, such as sovereign ratings, monetary policy rates, economic growth, fiscal and current account balances
- Galt & Taggart Research continues to provide weekly economic (including economies of Georgia and Azerbaijan) and sectoral coverage. Galt & Taggart reports are available at www.galtandtaggart.com. Other research since Galt & Taggart's launch in 2012 included coverage of/notes on the Georgian retail and office real estate market; the Georgian wine, agricultural, electricity, healthcare and tourism sectors; fixed income issuances, including Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation and Georgian Railway; and the Georgian State Budget
Investment Business Segment Result Discussion
Utility & Energy Business (Georgia Global Utilities - GGU)
About GGU
Natural monopoly in the water business, with upside in electricity generation and sales. Our utility and energy business is operated through the Group's wholly-owned subsidiary Georgia Global Utilities (GGU). GGU has two main business lines - a water utility and electric power generation - and it is a major player on both markets. In its water utility business, GGU is a natural monopoly that supplies water and provides a wastewater service to 1.4mln people (more than one-third of Georgia's population) in three cities: Tbilisi, Mtskheta and Rustavi
GGU is self-sufficient in power for water transportation and it benefits from additional revenue from third-party electricity sales. GGU owns and operates three hydropower generation facilities (and manages an additional facility) with a total capacity of 149.1MW. It is also investing in additional capacity for electricity generation through the development of hydro power plants, as well as solar and wind power sources. Average annual production varies between 380GWh and 560GWh, depending on rainfall during the year. Its average annual electricity consumption for its own account varies between 270GWh and 300GWh, which means GGU is self-sufficient in power for water transportation and it benefits from additional revenue from third-party electricity sales. During the last few years the company has achieved certain efficiencies in terms of its own energy consumption. The involvement in hydro power also provides revenue diversification
Room for efficiencies in water business from improving the worn-out infrastructure. The Georgian water pipeline infrastructure is dilapidated due to legacy underinvestment. The poor condition of the infrastructure is the main reason for leaks and accidents, causing on average 50% water loss annually. An additional 20% loss of water is caused by unregistered customers. The current high level of water losses is significantly worse than the peer average and represents a strong efficiency upside for the business. GGU owns and operates a water supply network of around 2,700km and about 1,700km of wastewater pipelines. It also has 45 pumping stations, 84 service reservoirs with a total capacity of 320,000 m(3) and one water treatment plant. Around 510,000,000 m(3) of potable water is supplied from water production/treatment facilities annually. By improving the pipeline infrastructure and as a result reducing the water supplied to its utility customers, GGU expects to free-up water supply for additional electricity generation, which in turn can be sold to third parties
Water tariff & regulation. The current water tariff for residential customers stands at GEL 3.15 (per month, per capita) for non-metered customers and at GEL 0.27 per m(3) for metered customers. All of GGU's commercial customers are metered and the tariff stands at GEL 4.40 per m(3) . The tariff is set per cubic meter of water supplied to customers. GNERC (Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission) regulates GGU's water tariffs. GNERC is an independent regulatory body, not subject to direct supervision from any other state authority, but accountable to parliament. It is funded predominantly from the fees paid by market participants (0.3% of total revenues)
Strong cash flow generation is expected to enable GGU to sponsor stable dividend payouts to shareholders starting from 2018. GWP, a wholly owned subsidiary of GGU, which operates the water business, has a credit rating of BB- with stable outlook from Fitch
Standalone results
BGEO Group owns 100% of GGU, which it acquired in two transactions. In December 2014, BGEO acquired a 25% shareholding in GGU for c.GEL 49.4mln (US$ 26.25mln). In July 2016, BGEO announced the acquisition of the remaining 75% equity stake for the cash consideration of c.GEL 164.2mln (US$ 70.0mln). The Group started consolidating GGU results on 21 July 2016. Prior to this, the Group reported results of GGU's operations under "profit from associates". The results below refer to GGU's standalone numbers. GGU's stand-alone results, including the related comparative information, reflect the energy & utility business performance as a separate legal entity. The Group started consolidating GGU's results since 21 July 2016, which is when the Group obtained control over the company
INCOME STATEMENT GEL thousands; unless otherwise Change Change Change noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y Revenue from water supply to legal entities 19,598 17,493 12.0% 22,203 -11.7% 78,187 74,587 4.8% Revenue from water supply to individuals 8,636 8,220 5.1% 7,735 11.6% 31,503 30,170 4.4% Revenue from electric power sales 3,641 359 NMF 2,309 57.7% 10,112 9,182 10.1% Revenue from technical support 2,056 1,028 100.0% 1,319 55.9% 4,166 3,683 13.1% Other income 2,312 (192) NMF 648 NMF 3,458 647 NMF Revenue 36,243 26,908 34.7% 34,214 5.9% 127,426 118,269 7.7% Provisions for doubtful trade receivables 687 (119) NMF (1,412) NMF (2,198) (432) NMF Salaries and benefits (4,010) (4,376) -8.4% (4,566) -12.2% (17,181) (20,920) -17.9% Electricity and transmission costs (3,748) (3,261) 14.9% (4,575) -18.1% (17,383) (11,554) 50.5% Raw materials, fuel and other consumables 85 (1,451) NMF (958) NMF (2,845) (5,253) -45.8% Infrastructure assets maintenance expenditure (402) (1,573) -74.4% (788) -49.0% (2,402) (4,251) -43.5% General and administrative expenses (751) (917) -18.1% (700) 7.3% (3,036) (2,950) 2.9% Taxes other than income tax (1,155) (975) 18.5% (806) 43.3% (3,518) (3,398) 3.5% Professional fees (819) (1,317) -37.8% (523) 56.6% (2,350) (2,475) -5.1% Insurance expense (269) (69) NMF (258) 4.3% (793) (317) 150.2% Other operating expenses (2,085) (1,527) 36.5% (1,869) 11.6% (7,632) (5,001) 52.6% Operating expenses (12,467) (15,585) -20.0% (16,455) -24.2% (59,338) (56,551) 4.9% EBITDA 23,776 11,323 110.0% 17,759 33.9% 68,088 61,718 10.3% EBITDA Margin 66% 42% 52% 53% 52% Depreciation and amortisation (3,753) (4,735) -20.7% (4,457) -15.8% (16,595) (17,919) -7.4% EBIT 20,023 6,588 203.9% 13,302 50.5% 51,493 43,799 17.6% EBIT Margin 55% 24% 39% 40% 37% Net interest expense (3,049) (2,446) 24.7% (2,822) 8.0% (10,764) (7,480) 43.9% Foreign exchange gains(losses) 190 (185) NMF (131) NMF (476) (14,158) -96.6% EBT 17,164 3,957 333.8% 10,349 65.9% 40,253 22,161 81.6% Income tax (expense)/benefit (1,659) (1,755) -5.5% (1,168) 42.0% (4,579) (6,948) -34.1% Profit 15,505 2,202 604.1% 9,181 68.9% 35,674 15,213 134.5%
Performance highlights
-- GGU recorded revenue of GEL 36.2mln (up 34.7% y-o-y) and GEL 127.4mln (up 7.7% y-o-y) in 4Q16 and in 2016, respectively. For the full year of 2016, revenue grew across all business lines, particularly in electricity sales which is a major focus area for the company, as well as technical support, which includes new connections performed on behalf of our clients and indicates an increased revenue stream in future. Revenue from water sales represented c.77.9% of total revenue in 4Q16 and 86.1% in 2016
-- Water consumption is characterised by seasonality as GGU generally expects sales in the 2(nd) half of the year to exceed sales in the 1(st) half of the year, with the sales in 3(rd) quarter being the highest
-- During the fourth quarter of 2016, GGU increased the number of individual customers billed, as a result of the verification completed through a number of methodologies, including reconciliation of the customer database with that of the civil registry. This one off effect was the primary driver of the increase in revenue from water supply to individuals in 4Q16, compared to 3Q16
- Unregistered customers are one of the major reasons for the unrecovered revenue. GGU regularly under-recovers its water revenue from residential consumers due to discrepancies between customers formally registered with the provider and actual customers. Currently there are 1.17mln people living in Tbilisi while GGU only has 1.04mln registered people. Some water is also being supplied, but is not billed for, resulting from the challenges associated with accurate accounting for water consumption. GGU is dealing with these issues by aligning its own customer databases with the state registry to identify the unregistered customers and improving metering. The company also expects to recover some of its past due revenues
-- Revenue from electricity sales grew significantly in 4Q16 and reached GEL 3.6mln. This is a result of the higher selling price (49% up compared to last year) and higher volume sold (up 81%) in 4Q16 compared to the same period last year. The fourth quarter was thus the major driver of the 10.1% increase in electricity sales for the full year 2016
-- GGU continues to deliver a good performance on cost efficiencies. Salaries and benefits have been further reduced by 8.4% y-o-y in 4Q16 and by 17.9% in 2016 compared to last year's results. GGU invests in the rehabilitation of its infrastructure with a focus on improving efficiency in the medium to long term. More prudent rehabilitation works enabled GGU to reduce infrastructure asset maintenance expenditure - which was down 43.5% y-o-y while at the same time reducing the number of accidents on the infrastructure
-- Professional fees have overall decreased y-o-y as GGU spent 37.8% less in 4Q16, compared to last year result. This expense was related to a research on its existing infrastructure to identify further efficiency opportunities as well as areas for additional hydro power station development
-- However, overall operating expenses are up for 2016 by 4.9% y-o-y, primarily due to the increase in the electricity and transmission cost due to the tariff increase (GGU pays transmission cost with regard to its own electricity consumption, no transmission cost is paid for electricity sold to third-parties). The main other items that contributed to the increase in operating expenses were the y-o-y increase in provisions for doubtful trade receivables (which partially reversed in 4Q16), resulting from the clean-up of legacy accounts, and the increase in other operating expenses due to small one-off items. Excluding the electricity and transmission costs, which was an unusual change, operating expenses decreased by 6.8% y-o-y
-- Consequently, GGU reported EBITDA of GEL 23.8mln in 4Q16 and GEL 68.1mln in 2016
-- With the goal to eliminate foreign currency exchange rate risk exposure, GGU focused on converting its foreign currency denominated loans into local currency during 2016. This strategy significantly reduced GGU's exposure to foreign exchange rate volatility risk. Therefore, in aggregate net interest expense and foreign exchange losses were almost halved, as the reduction in foreign exchange losses outweighed the increase in the cost of funding as local currency borrowings are more expensive compared to foreign currency borrowings
-- GGU will benefit from the change in the corporate income tax legislation in Georgia, which is effective for the company from 1 January 2017. As a result, GGU adjusted its deferred income tax assets and liabilities and recorded a gain of GEL 29.4mln in 2016, of which, GEL 27.5mln was recorded directly in equity as an increase in the revaluation reserve balance and GEL 1.9mln was recognised in the income statement as reduction to the income tax expense
-- As a result, GGU more than doubled last year's profit in 2016 to GEL 35.7mln
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW
GEL thousands;
unless otherwise Change Change Change
noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y
Cash receipt from
customers 41,042 36,231 13.3% 36,653 12.0% 139,886 137,952 1.4%
Cash paid to suppliers (8,066) (9,388) -14.1% (13,230) -39.0% (45,858) (35,002) 31.0%
Cash paid to employees (6,640) (6,126) 8.4% (4,454) 49.1% (18,520) (21,317) -13.1%
Interest received 30 (666) NMF 19 57.9% 216 (541) NMF
Interest paid (2,653) (2,061) 28.7% (2,776) -4.4% (10,388) (7,391) 40.5%
Taxes paid (2,202) (5,580) -60.5% (2,539) -13.3% (11,087) (21,334) -48.0%
Restricted cash
in Bank (2,729) - - 234 NMF (2,355) - -
Cash flow from
operating activities 18,783 12,410 51.3% 13,907 35.1% 51,895 52,367 -0.9%
Maintenance Capex (8,803) (4,208) 109.2% (4,549) 93.5% (22,432) (13,428) 67.1%
Operating cash
flow after maintenance
capex 9,980 8,202 21.7% 9,358 6.6% 29,463 38,939 -24.3%
Purchase of PPE
and intangible
assets (9,572) (6,870) 39.3% (7,266) 31.7% (31,341) (21,921) 43.0%
Proceeds from PPE
sale - (4) NMF 0 - - - NMF
Total cash flow
used in investing
activities (9,572) (6,874) 39.2% (7,266) 31.7% (31,341) (21,921) 43.0%
Proceeds from borrowings 27,562 970 NMF 14,922 84.7% 45,447 2,090 2074.5%
Repayment of borrowings (6,565) (1,883) NMF (2,175) NMF (14,032) (20,152) -30.4%
Dividends paid
out 151 (54) NMF (13,055) NMF (13,008) (241) NMF
Total cash flow
used in financing
activities 21,148 (967) NMF (308) NMF 18,407 (18,303) NMF
Exchange gains/(losses)
on cash equivalents 556 (94) NMF (144) NMF (652) (320) 103.9%
Total cash inflow/(outflow) 22,112 267 NMF 1,640 NMF 15,876 (1,605) NMF
Cash balance
Cash, beginning
balance 5,399 11,367 -52.5% 3,759 43.6% 11,634 13,239 -12.1%
Cash, ending balance 27,511 11,634 136.5% 5,399 409.6% 27,511 11,634 136.5%
-- GGU has good receivables collection rates within the 95-98% range. During 2016, the collection rate for legal entities was 95%, while for households it stood at 94%. As a result, GGU had GEL 6.7mln of overdue receivables. The Georgian water utility sector has historically had a low receivables collection rates. The latest available countrywide data relate to 2005 and indicate an average collection rate of 65% in major cities. This is because water utility companies are not allowed to cut water supply to residential customers for missed payments. GGU's collection rate has improved significantly from 2011, when a new arrangement with electricity suppliers was set up based on the amendment to Georgian Law on Electricity and Natural Gas. Consequently, Tbilisi's electricity suppliers assist in improving GGU's receivables collection rates through disconnecting non-paying water customers from the electricity network. In return, electricity suppliers receive flat monetary compensation from GGU (c. GEL1.3mln both in 2015 and 2016). As a result, GGU's collection rates improved very quickly and have remained at around 96% since then
-- The increase of amounts paid to suppliers in 2016 is due to the increase in the cost of electricity transmission and professional fees
-- GGU spent GEL 22.4mln on maintenance capex during 2016, which is 67.1% higher than what it spent for the same period last year reflecting the acceleration of the infrastructure maintenance program to improve the operational efficiencies. Consequently, the operating cash flow, after deducting maintenance capex, was GEL 29.5mln
-- A GEL 13.1mln dividend was paid in 2016 to GGU's shareholders (including BGEO Group PLC) before BGEO completed its acquisition of the remaining 75% shareholding in GGU. This dividend was distributed on a pro rata basis to the then existing shareholders of the company
-- Proceeds from the borrowings include the loans obtained for (a) dividend payout of GEL 13.0mn (from Bank Republic Société Générale); (b) Saguramo HPP (4.4 MW capacity) construction of GEL 4.8mn (from TBC Bank) (c) investment in various efficiency and development projects of GEL 30mln (local currency denominated bonds issued in Georgia)
BALANCE SHEET GEL thousands; unless otherwise Change Change noted Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q Cash and cash equivalents 27,511 11,634 136.5% 5,399 409.6% Trade and other receivables 29,499 23,452 25.8% 27,125 8.8% Inventories 3,048 3,249 -6.2% 3,727 -18.2% Current income tax prepayments 735 1,340 -45.1% 591 24.4% Total current assets 60,793 39,675 53.2% 36,842 65.0% Property, plant and equipment 329,997 287,638 14.7% 312,295 5.7% Investment Property 18,728 19,436 -3.6% 19,417 -3.5% Intangible assets 1,186 1,466 -19.1% 979 21.1% Restructured trade receivables 307 307 0.0% 23 NMF Restricted Cash 5,094 2,545 100.2% 2,667 91.0% Other non-current assets 1,246 1,354 -7.9% 1,020 22.2% Total non-current assets 356,558 312,745 14.0% 336,401 6.0% Total assets 417,351 352,420 18.4% 373,243 11.8% Current borrowings 22,617 28,354 -20.2% 19,855 13.9% Trade and other payables 24,997 19,204 30.2% 20,363 22.8% Provisions for liabilities and charges 706 1,318 -46.4% 848 -16.7% Other taxes payable 7,135 689 935.5% 4,338 64.5% Total current liabilities 55,455 49,565 11.9% 45,404 22.1% Long term borrowings 83,651 45,689 83.1% 64,388 29.9% Deferred income tax liability 1 28,434 -100.0% 260 -99.6% Total non-current liabilities 83,652 74,123 12.9% 64,648 -100.0% Total liabilities 139,106 123,688 12.5% 110,052 26.4% Share capital 2 2 0.0% 2 0.0% Retained earnings 96,782 74,774 29.4% 83,149 16.4% Revaluation reserve 181,461 153,956 17.9% 180,040 0.8% Total equity 278,245 228,732 21.6% 263,191 5.7% Total liabilities and equity 417,351 352,420 18.4% 373,243 11.8%
-- The GGU balance sheet is characterised by low leverage and modest foreign exchange risk exposure
-- During 2015 and 2016, GGU made significant progress towards reducing its foreign-exchange exposure. In particular, the company refinanced a large part of its US dollar-denominated debt with Lari-denominated debt. Currently 99.7% of GGU's borrowings are denominated in local currency. The plan is to further reduce foreign-currency-denominated borrowings
-- The increase in property, plant and equipment is primarily due to additional investments into the company's infrastructure carried out during 2016
-- The revaluation reserve balance increased y-o-y primarily due to the deferred tax adjustment, discussed above
Healthcare business (Georgia Healthcare Group - GHG)
Standalone results
The business of Georgia Healthcare Group PLC (GHG) includes three different business lines: healthcare services, pharmacy and medical insurance. BGEO Group owns 65% of GHG, with the balance of the shares being held by the public (largely institutional investors). GHG's results are fully consolidated in BGEO Group's results. GHG's shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange. The results below refer to GHG standalone numbers and are based on GHG's reported results, which are published independently and available on GHG's web-site: www.ghg.com.ge
INCOME STATEMENT
GEL thousands; unless Change Change Change
otherwise noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y
Revenue, gross 136,031 69,730 95.1% 116,159 17.1% 426,439 245,969 73.4%
Corrections & rebates (790) (1,086) -27.3% (762) 3.7% (2,686) (3,608) -25.6%
Revenue, net 135,241 68,644 97.0% 115,397 17.2% 423,753 242,361 74.8%
Revenue from healthcare
services 66,814 54,395 22.8% 58,542 14.1% 243,453 191,424 27.2%
Revenue from pharma 56,586 - - 45,725 23.8% 133,002 - -
Net insurance premiums
earned 16,312 15,542 5.0% 16,054 1.6% 61,494 58,552 5.0%
Eliminations (4,473) (1,293) 245.8% (4,925) -9.2% (14,196) (7,615) 86.4%
Costs of services (89,626) (42,629) 110.2% (76,563) 17.1% (277,735) (149,232) 86.1%
Cost of healthcare
services (34,802) (30,008) 16.0% (31,170) 11.7% (130,369) (107,291) 21.5%
Cost of pharma (44,498) - - (35,915) 23.9% (105,472) - -
Cost of insurance
services (14,997) (13,928) 7.7% (13,939) 7.6% (55,772) (49,372) 13.0%
Eliminations 4,671 1,306 257.6% 4,461 4.7% 13,878 7,431 86.8%
Gross profit 45,615 26,015 75.3% 38,834 17.5% 146,018 93,129 56.8%
Salaries and other
employee benefits (12,757) (6,810) 87.3% (10,841) 17.7% (39,750) (26,515) 49.9%
General and administrative
expenses (9,470) (3,058) 209.7% (8,423) 12.4% (27,853) (10,517) 164.8%
Impairment of healthcare
services, insurance
premiums and other
receivables 56 (612) NMF (172) NMF (2,332) (3,448) -32.4%
Other operating
income 845 986 -14.3% 329 156.8% 1,944 3,490 -44.3%
EBITDA 24,289 16,522 47.0% 19,727 23.1% 78,027 56,139 39.0%
Depreciation and
amortisation (5,316) (4,295) 23.8% (5,215) 1.9% (19,577) (12,666) 54.6%
Net interest expense (4,773) (5,377) -11.2% (3,838) 24.4% (13,736) (20,282) -32.3%
Net gains/(losses)
from foreign currencies (3,170) (1,592) 99.1% (263) NMF (5,657) 2,098 NMF
Net non-recurring
income/(expense) 1,982 (192) NMF (48) NMF 1,118 (1,682) NMF
Profit before income
tax expense 13,012 5,066 156.9% 10,363 25.6% 40,175 23,608 70.2%
Income tax benefit (6,682) (14) NMF (587) NMF 21,156 9 NMF
of which: Deferred
tax adjustments (5,319) - - 23,992
Profit for the period 6,330 5,052 25.3% 9,776 -35.2% 61,331 23,617 159.7%
Attributable to:
- shareholders
of the Company 5,401 3,823 41.3% 7,125 -24.2% 50,202 19,651 155.5%
- non-controlling
interests 929 1,229 -24.4% 2,651 -65.0% 11,129 3,966 180.6%
of which: Deferred
tax adjustments (516) - - 4,541 -
For detailed income statement by healthcare services and medical insurance business, please see pages 37 and 38
Performance highlights
-- GHG delivered record quarterly and full year 2016 revenue of GEL 136.0mln (up 95.1% y-o-y and up 17.1% q-o-q) and of GEL 426.4mln (up 73.4% y-o-y), respectively. This growth was driven by all business lines. Revenue growth was primarily affected by the consolidation of the pharmacy business since the acquisition of GPC in May 2016. The healthcare services business was the next biggest contributor to the revenue growth, with strong organic growth (16.3% in 2016) as a result of investments in new services to close the service gaps primarily in hospitals, further strengthening the leading market position, as well as the roll-out of the ambulatory clinics to tap a highly fragmented outpatient services segment (no single competitor has more than 1% market share by revenues). Growth of net insurance premiums earned contributed slightly to GHG's revenue growth, while achieving higher referrals within GHG's healthcare facilities, which is reflected in the increase in the retention of medical insurance claims within GHG by 7.2% y-o-y in 2016
-- In 2016, GHG achieved a well-diversified revenue mix, taping all three segments of the Georgian healthcare ecosystem. 55% of its revenues came from healthcare services business, 31% from pharmacy business (GPC was consolidated in May 2016 and ABC, the second pharmacy acquisition will be consolidated starting on 1 January 2017) and the remaining 14% from medical insurance business
-- In 2016, GHG continued to focus on extracting operating efficiencies and synergies, achieving stronger gross profit margins in its healthcare and pharmacy businesses, while the medical insurance business continued implementing the initiatives to achieve the targeted levels of loss ratio. The stronger gross profit in the healthcare services business is primarily a result of the increases in both the scale of GHG's business and utilisation of its healthcare facilities, each of which drives more revenue while fixed costs grow at a slower pace. GHG expects this trend to be supported next year by some of the healthcare facilities that were launched in 2016 and which are still in the ramp-up phase. On the other hand, some pressure on margins may result from the launch in 2017 of the two large hospitals in Tbilisi which GHG is currently renovating. Another factor favourably affecting gross profit in healthcare services is that GHG has started to realise the synergies in its medical disposables procurement as a result of entering into the pharmacy business. This process will be ongoing and the results of the cost savings are expected to be reflected in the coming year as well. As to gross profit in the pharmacy business itself, since the acquisition of GPC, GHG has been focused on implementing initiatives, such as renegotiating pricing with manufacturers and engaging in more profitable sales initiatives and at the same time cancelling some other initiatives which were not bringing additional business or which diluted margins. The acquisition of the ABC chain will allow us to continue these efforts in 2017
-- GHG reported record EBITDA of GEL 24.3mln (up 47.0% y-o-y and up 23.1% q-o-q) and of GEL 78.0mln (up 39.0% y-o-y) for 4Q16 and 2016, respectively. EBITDA margin for the healthcare services was 30.2% in 2016, compared to 27.4% in 2015 (4Q16 was 31.9%, compared to 29.8% in 4Q15). Healthcare services was the main contributor to this increase, with strong gross margin and low single digit growth in administrative payroll for healthcare services resulting in strong positive operating leverage in the healthcare business at 10.0 percentage points in 4Q16 and 17.5 percentage points in 2016. The addition of the GPC pharmacy business from May 2016 brought GEL 5.7mln EBITDA to the Group in 2016
-- GHG's profit was GEL 6.3mln and GEL 61.3mln for 4Q16 and 2016, respectively. The healthcare services business was the main driver of GHG's profit in 2016, and contributed GEL 64.5mln, up 195.1% y-o-y, followed by the GPC pharmacy business which contributed GEL 1.9mln to GHG's profit. The Group's profit was partially offset by the loss of GEL 4.9mln reported by the medical insurance business. Due to the changes in the corporate tax legislation in Georgia, GHG recognised one-off gains during the year. GHG's profit, adjusted for the impact of deferred tax and adjusted for the one-off foreign currency translation loss, was GEL 11.6mln for 4Q16 (up 130.6% y-o-y and up 19.2% q-o-q) and GEL 39.6mln for 2016 (up 117.8% y-o-y)
-- GHG continued sizeable development projects throughout the year and actively invested in healthcare facilities, which is reflected in the y-o-y growth of the depreciation and amortisation expenses for quarter as well as for 2016 (up 23.8% and 54.6% y-o-y respectively)
-- GHG reduced its borrowings in line with our strategy of deleveraging following the IPO. Additionally, GHG repaid a large part of the borrowings from local commercial banks and instead sourced longer-term and less expensive funding from DFIs. Subsequently, these efforts resulted in net interest expense decrease by 32.3% y-o-y in 2016
-- GHG's foreign currency exposure is a result of a US Dollar short position in, arising from foreign currency denominated borrowings from DFIs and the trades accounts payable of the pharmacy business. GHG hedges its major open currency positions through typical foreign currency forwards (swaps) bought from local commercial banks. During 3Q16 and 4Q16 respectively, GHG hedged US$ 27.0mln and US$ 4.0 mln of its short position. This helped to significantly reduce the open currency position, however, during 4Q16, GHG still had a short currency position of US$ 9.0mln, which resulted in increased foreign currency losses at the end of 4Q16, as the Georgian Lari continued to devalue. By the end of December 2016, GHG's entire foreign currency position, other than foreign suppliers to the pharmacy business had been closed fully. The cost of the foreign currency hedging is included in net interest expense in the income statement
-- GHG's balance sheet increased substantially over the last twelve months, as a result of the recent acquisitions (mostly GPC), reaching GEL 912.6 mln as of 31 December 2016. The growth of total assets by 20.3% y-o-y was largely driven by the 29.3% (GEL 130.3mln) increase in property and equipment reflecting investments in the renovation of hospitals, roll-out of ambulatory clinics and the acquisition of the pharmacy business in 2016. The high level of cash and bank deposits at the end of 2015 reflected the receipt of IPO proceeds, and during 2016 a large part of those proceeds were deployed for the development capex as well as for the acquisition of GPC. The increase in accounts receivable is primarily due to the growth in revenues of healthcare services by 26.2% y-o-y. The pharmacy business consolidation primarily affected inventories and goodwill. Out of the GEL 54.9mln inventory balance at the year end, GEL 40.0mln was attributable to the pharmacy business. Borrowed funds have increased y-o-y as a result of obtaining new cheaper funding from DFIs, replacing part the local funding previously repaid through IPO proceeds. GHG has simultaneously introduced the practice of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with these borrowings from DFIs that are denominated in foreign currency. We describe the swap agreements with local commercial bank above. A currency swap asset of GEL 6.3mln as of 31 December 2016 is recognised on the balance sheet, included in other assets. It is accounted at fair value and its carrying amount decreased GHG's net debt as insofar as the instrument is attached to these borrowings
-- GHG's revenue cash conversion ratio, on a consolidated basis, reached 91.2% in 2016 compared to 89.6% in 2015. This translated into an EBITDA cash conversion ratio of 68% on a consolidated adjusted basis for the same period
-- During 2016, GHG spent a total of GEL 111.0mln on capital expenditure, an increase of 56.0% y-o-y. Of this, maintenance capex was GEL 9.4mln. Capital expenditure included the following:
- renovation of Sunstone (c.334 beds, initially scheduled to be launched in May 2017) which is two months ahead of the schedule and the full and complete opening is currently planned for March 2017
- The renovation of Deka (c.320 beds) is largely in line with the initial schedule. In August 2016, GHG opened Deka's diagnostic centre, which is one of the largest in Tbilisi. The opening of the diagnostic centre was the first step toward developing Deka into a flagship multi-profile hospital in Georgia. GHG expects the full launch of Deka to be delayed by up to two months compared to the initial expectation. The delay was caused by a required State authorisation to remove a few trees in the hospital yard. GHG is in the final stage of obtaining this permission
-- GHG acquired the fourth largest retail and wholesale pharmacy chains in Georgia (ABC). Following the receipt of the respective regulatory approval and completion in January 2017, GHG is currently merging ABC with its existing pharmacy business, GPC. GHG now owns a 67% equity stake in the combined pharmaceutical business and the remaining 33% minority stake is owned by ABC's former principal shareholders, Mr. Enriko Beridze and Mr. Mikheil Abramidze. This transaction underpins GHG's expansion strategy and further consolidates GHG's position as the leading integrated player in the Georgian healthcare ecosystem of GEL 3.4 billion aggregate value. It strengthens GHG's position as the major purchaser of pharmaceutical products in Georgia, and provides a platform which offers significant cost and revenue synergy potential. The combined pharmacy business will be the largest retailer in the country, with over two mln customer interactions per month through over 240 pharmacies. Details on this acquisition are in GHG's separate press release, which is available at www.ghg.com.ge
-- GHG has completed implementation of Exact, a new enterprise resource planning system ("ERP") sourced from a Dutch supplier. It fully covers all finance functions (integrated internet banking, general ledger, receivables, payables, fixed assets, intangibles, shareholder's equity, etc.) as well as all key operating functions (requesting, ordering, procurement, warehouse management, sale and resale, cost accounting, stock item management, rents, depreciations, etc.). The ERP enhances our capabilities to identify and extract further efficiencies in our operations. The system has 150 advanced users and over 1,000 basic users and it covers all entities within GHG. Following this implementation, GHG now uses one platform companywide, excluding pharmacy business
-- GHG has also completed implementation of Vabaco, a software package that includes a full and complete billing system, fully integrated HRMS (human resource management software) and fully integrated payroll module for the healthcare services business. Vabaco has been further fully integrated with Exact in real time. This way GHG currently runs fully integrated ERP, Billing, HRMS and payroll systems. Vabaco is fully integrated with all external payment channels. It covers Universal Healthcare Programme services as well as private services for the insured individuals and out-of-pocket coverage. The system has more than 2,000 advanced users. Vabaco is up and successfully running in all healthcare facilities except for three, where implementation is ongoing. As a result of implementing Vabaco, GHG has replaced all different billing systems, which were outdated, with limited capabilities and integration capacities, and currently the healthcare services business runs on one unified platform with substantially increased functionality, capacity and speed
-- As of 31 December 2016, GHG's healthcare services business operated 15 referral hospitals, 20 community hospitals and 10 ambulatory clusters (consisting of 13 district ambulatory clinics and 28 express ambulatory clinics)
-- As of 31 December 2016, total beds operated were 2,557 (down from 2,670 from 31 December 2015), of which 2,092 beds were at referral hospitals (down from 2,209 since YE15) and 465 beds (almost flat, at 461 at YE15) were at community hospitals. The change in total number of beds is primarily due to: 1). disposal of the 82-bed Tbilisi Maternity Hospital "New Life", in exchange for the 33.3% minority shareholding in Iashvili Referral Hospital that GHG acquired in February 2016; and 2) the temporary reduction in the number of operating beds, which is due to the renovations at the Deka and Sunstone Hospitals
-- GHG's healthcare services market share by number of beds was 23.4% as of 31 December 2016. The change in market share by number of beds, from 26.7% a year ago to 23.4% at year-end 2016 is due to the reduced number of referral hospital beds as explained above and increase in total number of beds in the market throughout the year
-- GHG's hospital bed occupancy rate was 57.6% in 4Q16 (51.9% in 4Q15, 56.8% in 3Q16) and 55.7% in 2016 (51.7% in FY15)
- GHG's referral hospital bed occupancy rate was 65.3% in 4Q16 (59.9% in 4Q15, 63.7% in 3Q16) and 63.0% in 2016 (59.3% in FY 15)
-- The average length of stay was 5.0 days in 4Q16 (4.7 days in 4Q15, 4.9 days in 3Q16) and 5.0 days in 2016 (4.6 days in FY15)
- The average length of stay at referral hospitals was 5.2 days in 4Q16 (5.0 days in 4Q15, 5.1 days in 3Q16) and 5.2 days in 2016 (4.9 in FY15)
-- GHG expanded the number of specialties offered in our residency programme in line with our strategy to develop a new generation of doctors. We obtained accreditation in an additional seven specialties bringing the total number of specialties to 20. This increased the number of slots for admission to the programme up to 65, and the total number of slots for admission to 231 residents. GHG is currently expecting accreditation in four additional specialties. Since the launch of residency programs at the end of 2015, we have 58 residents involved in 12 specialties
-- For the period of May-December 2016, GHG's pharmacy business had (does not include ABC figures, which will be consolidated from 1 January 2017):
- c.1mln retail customer interactions per month - c.0.5mln loyalty card members - Average transaction size of GEL 13.7 in GHG's retail pharmacies
- c.15% market share measured by sales (expected to be c.29.0% after the consolidation of ABC)
- Total number of bills issued was 7.9mln
-- In GHG's medical insurance business:
- The number of insured clients was 211,000 as of 31 December 2016
- Our medical insurance market share was 35.1% based on net insurance premium revenue, as of 30 September 2016
- Our insurance renewal rate was 73.4% in 2016
Real estate business (m2 Real Estate)
Standalone results
Our Real Estate business is operated through the Group's wholly-owned subsidiary m(2) Real Estate, which develops residential property in Georgia. m(2) Real Estate outsources the construction and architecture works whilst itself focusing on project management and sales. The Bank's Real Estate business serves to meet the unsatisfied demand in Tbilisi for housing through its well-established branch network and sales force, while stimulating the Bank's mortgage lending business. The business has also recently begun hotel development in the under-developed mid-price sector. The results below refer to m(2) Real Estate segment, which are m(2) Real Estate standalone results adjusted for Group consolidation purposes
INCOME STATEMENT GEL thousands, unless Change Change Change otherwise noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y Revenue from sale of apartments 9,241 39,769 -76.8% 53,817 -82.8% 96,373 44,917 114.6% Cost of sale of apartments (8,398) (34,869) -75.9% (45,874) -81.7% (80,870) (39,721) 103.6% Net revenue from sale of apartments 843 4,900 -82.8% 7,943 -89.4% 15,503 5,196 198.4% Revenue from operating leases 897 613 46.3% 774 15.9% 2,912 1,852 57.2% Cost of operating leases (76) - - (59) 28.8% (228) - -86.5% Net revenue from operating leases 821 613 33.9% 715 14.8% 2,684 1,852 44.9% Revaluation of commercial property - 7,083 -100.0% 959 -100.0% 959 7,083 -86.5% Gross real estate profit 1,664 12,596 -86.8% 9,617 -82.7% 19,146 14,131 35.5% Gross other investment profit (34) 7,277 NMF (105) -67.6% 1,798 7,502 -76.0% Revenue 1,630 19,873 -91.8% 9,512 -82.9% 20,944 21,633 -3.2% Salaries and other employee benefits (41) (356) -88.5% (275) -85.1% (1,069) (1,150) -7.0% Administrative expenses (1,305) (1,515) -13.9% (889) 46.8% (4,755) (4,710) 1.0% Operating expenses (1,346) (1,871) -28.1% (1,164) 15.6% (5,824) (5,860) -0.6% EBITDA 284 18,002 -98.4% 8,348 -96.6% 15,120 15,773 -4.1% Depreciation and amortisation (65) (55) 18.2% (64) 1.6% (243) (191) 27.2% Net foreign currency gain (loss) (496) (836) -40.7% 205 NMF 792 (1,534) NMF Interest income 393 - - 305 28.9% 698 386 80.8% Interest expense (1,312) (173) NMF (93) NMF (1,633) (1,566) 4.3% Net operating (loss) income before non-recurring items (1,196) 16,938 NMF 8,701 NMF 14,734 12,868 14.5% Net non-recurring items (284) (7) NMF (91) NMF (533) (137) NMF (Loss)/profit before income tax (1,480) 16,931 NMF 8,610 NMF 14,201 12,731 11.5% Income tax benefit (expense) 424 (2,604) NMF (1,204) NMF (1,717) (1,974) -13.0% (Loss)/profit (1,056) 14,327 NMF 7,406 NMF 12,484 10,757 16.1%
Performance highlights
-- m(2) Real Estate revenue performance throughout 2016 reflects the success of m(2) Real Estate's strategy of developing residential properties on its existing land plots, and increasing its portfolio of yielding assets. As a result, m(2) Real Estate recorded very strong revenue across all business lines
-- Net revenue from the sale of apartments in 2016 almost tripled and reflects the strong sales and project completion performance of the business. During 4Q16, revenue was lower as m(2) finalised and handed over fewer apartments than in 4Q16 compared to 4Q15
-- Net revenue from operating leases increased by 44.9%, reflecting m(2) 's increasing commercial real estate portfolio which reached GEL 44.8mln at the end of 2016 (up 39.3% y-o-y) and which now represents 12.1% of the total assets of m(2) Real Estate, compared to 11.7% last year
-- Gross other investment profit is down in 2016 reflecting the large gain from the revaluation of an investment property recorded in 4Q15
-- Consequently, m2 recognised revenue of GEL 20.9mln (down 3.2% y-o-y) and net profit of GEL 12.5mln (up 16.1% y-o-y)
-- m(2) Real Estate's quarterly gross real estate revenue and profit are by their nature choppy, given both uneven real estate project cycles and the revenue recognition method under accounting rules (IAS 18) that company followed until 2017. Pursuant to IAS 18 apartment sale revenues were recognised upon handover of the apartment to its clients, following the completion of the projects. IFRS 15, adopted by m(2) Real Estate and the Group from 2017 onwards, requires revenue recognition according to the percentage of completion method. As a result, it is expected that out of the currently accrued deferred revenue, which at the end of 2016 stood at US$ 30.6 (net of US$5.5mln VAT), of which, US$ 17.1mln will be recognised into revenues gradually during 2017-2019 in line with the project completion progress, while US$ 13.5mln will be recorded through equity on 1 January 2017
-- Effective 1 October 2016, m(2) Real Estate switched its selection of functional currency from GEL to USD. The change was warranted by m(2) Real Estate's increased dollarisation levels of its balance sheet, revenues and expenses. As a result of the change, foreign exchange gains or losses arising from long or short USD positions are now recorded through equity rather than through the income statement. The change did not have a material impact on the company's financial statements
-- In 2016, m(2) Real Estate sold a total of 407 apartments with the sales value of US$ 34.4mln, compared to 346 apartments sold with sales value of US$ 30.0mln during the same period last year. m(2) sold a total of 112 apartments with a sales value of US$ 8.3mln in 4Q16, compared to 106 apartments sold with a sales value of US$ 10.8mln in 4Q15
-- m(2) Real Estate has started ten projects since its establishment in 2010, of which six have already been completed, and construction of four is ongoing. m(2) Real Estate has completed all of its projects on or ahead of time and within the budget. Two of the ongoing projects are expected to be completed in 2017 and the other two in 2018. Currently, a total of 827 units are available for sale out of total of 2,874 apartments developed or under development. Of the four ongoing m(2) Real Estate projects:
- One is the largest ever carried out by m(2) Real Estate, with a total of 819 apartments in a central location in Tbilisi, out of which 289 have already been sold
- The second is a new type of project for m(2) Real Estate, representing a luxury residential building in Old Tbilisi neighbourhood with few apartments (19 in total) and with almost double the price charged at other m(2) Real Estate buildings
- The third is a mixed-use development, with 302 residential apartments and a hotel with a capacity of 152 rooms. This mixed-use development started in June 2016, with sales of 96 apartments to date
- The fourth is the latest project by m(2) Real Estate, located in a central location of Tbilisi with a total of 62 apartments, out of which 28 have already been sold
-- At its six projects which have already been completed with a total of 1,672 apartments, m(2) Real Estate currently has a stock of only 47 unsold apartments. At its four on-going projects with a total capacity of 1,202 apartments, 422 apartments or 35% are already sold
-- m(2) Real Estate has unlocked total land value of US$ 16.4mln from the six completed projects and an additional US$ 16.5mln in land value is expected to be unlocked from the four on-going projects
-- The number of apartments financed with BOG mortgages in all m(2) Real Estate projects was 946, with an aggregate amount of GEL 110.7mln
OPERATING DATA
for completed and on-going projects, as of 31 December
2016
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Number
of Number
apartments of
Number sold apartments Planned Actual
Number of as available Start Completion Completion Construction
Project of apartments % of for date date date completed
# name apartments sold total sale (construction) (construction) (construction) %
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Completed
projects 1,672 1,625 97% 47 100%
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Chubinashvili
1 Street 123 123 100% 0 Sep-10 Aug-12 Aug-12 100%
Tamarashvili
2 Street 525 523 99% 2 May-12 Sep-14 Jun-14 100%
Kazbegi
3 Street 295 295 100% 0 Dec-13 Feb-16 Feb-16 100%
Nutsubidze
4 Street 221 221 100% 0 Dec-13 Nov-15 Sep-15 100%
Tamarashvili
Street
5 II 270 262 97% 8 Jul-14 Sep-16 Jun-16 100%
Moscow
6 Avenue 238 201 85% 37 Sep-14 Jul-16 Jun-16 100%
On-going
projects 1,202 422 35% 780 30%
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Kartozia
7 Street 819 289 35% 530 Nov-15 Sep-18 Sep-18 29%
8 Skyline 19 9 47% 10 Dec-15 Mar-17 Mar-17 69%
Kazbegi
Street
9 II 302 96 32% 206 Jun-16 Nov-18 Nov-18 18%
50
Chavchavadze
10 Ave. 62 28 45% 34 Oct-16 Dec-17 Dec-17 3%
Total 2,874 2,047 71% 827
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FINANCIAL DATA
for completed and on-going projects, as of 31
December 2016
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Deferred
revenue
Recognised expected
Total as Deferred to be Land
Sales revenue revenue recognised value Realised
Project (US$ (US$ (US$ as revenue unlocked & Expected
# name mln) mln) mln) in 2017 (US$) IRR
------ ------------------------------ ------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------
Completed
projects 136.9 136.7 0.2 0.2 16.4
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Chubinashvili
1 street 9.9 9.9 - 0.9 47%
Tamarashvili
2 street 48.5 48.5 - 5.4 46%
Kazbegi
3 Street 27.2 27.2 - 3.6 165%
Nutsubidze
4 Street 17.4 17.4 - 2.2 58%
Tamarashvili
Street
5 II 23.9 23.7 0.1 0.1 2.7 71%
Moscow
6 avenue 10.0 9.9 0.1 0.1 1.6 31%
On-going projects 35.9 - 35.9 30.4 16.5
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Kartozia
7 Street 21.0 - 21.0 18.3 5.8 60%
8 Skyline 4.1 - 4.1 4.1 3.1 329%
Kazbegi
Street
9 II 7.8 - 7.8 5.1 4.3 51%
50 Chavchavadze
10 ave. 3.0 - 3.0 3.0 3.3 75%
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Total 172.8 136.7 36.1 30.6 32.9
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BALANCE SHEET
GEL thousands, unless
otherwise noted Dec-16 Dec-15 Change Sep-16 Change
y-o-y q-o-q
Cash and cash equivalents 93,278 28,015 233.0% 39,890 133.8%
Amounts due from
credit institutions - - - 305 -100.0%
Investment securities 1,145 1,145 0.0% 1,145 0.0%
Accounts receivable 1,016 757 34.2% 1,186 -14.3%
Prepayments 20,823 26,581 -21.7% 20,828 0.0%
Inventories 112,669 95,314 18.2% 92,790 21.4%
Investment property,
of which: 116,058 108,753 6.7% 103,268 12.4%
Land bank 71,214 76,558 -7.0% 64,071 11.1%
Commercial real
estate 44,844 32,195 39.3% 39,197 14.4%
Property and equipment 5,368 1,259 326.4% 1,667 222.0%
Other assets 20,975 13,852 51.4% 15,311 37.0%
Total assets 371,332 275,676 34.7% 276,390 34.4%
Amounts due to credit
institutions 42,342 3,282 1190.1% 38,463 10.1%
Debt securities
issued 104,410 48,937 113.4% 46,603 124.0%
Accruals and deferred
income 82,398 109,024 -24.4% 62,824 31.2%
Other liabilities 5,232 6,646 -21.3% 7,388 -29.2%
Total liabilities 234,382 167,889 39.6% 155,278 50.9%
Additional paid-in
capital 4,382 4,382 0.0% 5,606 -21.8%
Other reserves 12,880 (3,575) NMF (4,206) NMF
Retained earnings 119,688 106,980 11.9% 119,712 0.0%
Total equity attributable
to shareholders
of the Group 136,950 107,787 27.1% 121,112 13.1%
Total equity 136,950 107,787 27.1% 121,112 13.1%
Total liabilities
and equity 371,332 275,676 34.7% 276,390 34.4%
-- m(2) Real Estate has a solid and well managed balance sheet. As of 31 December 2016, total assets were GEL 371.3mln (up 34.7% y-o-y), constituting 25% cash, 6% prepayments, 30% inventories (apartments in development), 31% investment property (land bank and commercial real estate) and 7% other assets. Borrowings, which consist of debt raised from Development Financial Institutions ("DFIs") and debt securities issued in the local market, constitute 40% of the total balance sheet. Accruals and deferred income, constituting 22% of the balance sheet, represents prepayments for the presold apartments
-- m(2) Real Estate currently has a land bank on its balance sheet with a total value of GEL 71.2mln. We do not expect the land bank to grow, as m(2) Real Estate strategy is to utilise its existing land plots within 3-4 years and, in parallel, start developing third party land
SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
INCOME STATEMENT (quarterly) BGEO Consolidated Banking Business Investment Business Eliminations GEL thousands, unless otherwise Change Change Change Change Change Change noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 4Q15 3Q16 Banking interest income 256,457 228,212 12.4% 230,154 11.4% 258,414 230,833 11.9% 231,849 11.5% - - - - - (1,957) (2,621) (1,695) Banking interest expense (101,054) (96,778) 4.4% (93,530) 8.0% (100,043) (96,616) 3.5% (93,234) 7.3% - - - - - (1,011) (162) (296) Net banking interest income 155,403 131,434 18.2% 136,624 13.7% 158,371 134,217 18.0% 138,615 14.3% - - - - - (2,968) (2,783) (1,991) Fee and commission income 48,588 42,110 15.4% 43,077 12.8% 50,135 42,856 17.0% 43,421 15.5% - - - - - (1,547) (746) (344) Fee and commission expense (13,263) (10,471) 26.7% (12,646) 4.9% (13,490) (10,590) 27.4% (12,770) 5.6% - - - - - 227 119 124 Net fee and commission income 35,325 31,639 11.7% 30,431 16.1% 36,645 32,266 13.6% 30,651 19.6% - - - - - (1,320) (627) (220) Net banking foreign currency gain 28,516 19,525 46.0% 21,497 32.7% 28,516 19,525 46.0% 21,497 32.7% - - - - - - - - Net other banking income 2,199 9,318 -76.4% 4,077 -46.1% 2,506 9,699 -74.2% 4,269 -41.3% - - - - - (307) (381) (192) Net insurance premiums earned 26,046 24,476 6.4% 25,360 2.7% 11,559 10,810 6.9% 11,616 -0.5% 15,318 14,500 5.6% 14,483 5.8% (831) (834) (739) Net insurance claims incurred (16,875) (17,743) -4.9% (15,673) 7.7% (5,114) (5,369) -4.7% (4,800) 6.5% (11,761) (12,374) -5.0% (10,873) 8.2% - - - Gross insurance profit 9,171 6,733 36.2% 9,687 -5.3% 6,445 5,441 18.5% 6,816 -5.4% 3,557 2,126 67.3% 3,610 -1.5% (831) (834) (739) Healthcare and pharmacy revenue 118,799 53,089 123.8% 99,745 19.1% - - - - - 118,799 53,089 123.8% 99,745 19.1% - - - Cost of healthcare and pharmacy services (76,578) (29,244) 161.9% (64,228) 19.2% - - - - - (76,578) (29,244) 161.9% (64,228) 19.2% - - - Gross healthcare and pharmacy profit 42,221 23,845 77.1% 35,517 18.9% - - - - - 42,221 23,845 77.1% 35,517 18.9% - - - Real estate revenue 9,813 47,638 -79.4% 55,965 -82.5% - - - - - 10,507 47,638 -77.9% 55,965 -81.2% (694) - - Cost of real estate (8,474) (34,869) -75.7% (45,933) -81.6% - - - - - (8,474) (34,869) -75.7% (45,933) -81.6% - - - Gross real estate profit 1,339 12,769 -89.5% 10,032 -86.7% - - - - - 2,033 12,769 -84.1% 10,032 -79.7% (694) - - Utility revenue 31,608 - - 24,738 27.8% - - - - - 31,679 - - 24,807 27.7% (71) - (69) Cost of utility (10,008) - - (7,796) 28.4% - - - - - (10,008) - - (7,796) 28.4% - - - Gross utility profit 21,600 - - 16,942 27.5% - - - - - 21,671 - - 17,011 27.4% (71) - (69) Gross other investment profit 9,697 11,271 -14.0% 4,821 101.1% - - - - - 9,391 11,157 -15.8% 4,927 90.6% 306 114 (106) Revenue 305,471 246,534 23.9% 269,628 13.3% 232,483 201,148 15.6% 201,848 15.2% 78,873 49,897 58.1% 71,097 10.9% (5,885) (4,511) (3,317) Salaries and other employee benefits (64,754) (47,158) 37.3% (58,773) 10.2% (50,052) (39,304) 27.3% (45,575) 9.8% (15,459) (8,487) 82.1% (13,892) 11.3% 757 633 694 Administrative expenses (40,729) (26,716) 52.5% (30,701) 32.7% (25,714) (21,657) 18.7% (18,970) 35.6% (16,132) (5,916) 172.7% (12,207) 32.2% 1,117 857 476 Banking depreciation and amortisation (9,841) (8,982) 9.6% (9,665) 1.8% (9,841) (8,982) 9.6% (9,665) 1.8% - - - - - - - - Other operating expenses (2,034) (1,406) 44.7% (2,414) -15.7% (1,462) (1,229) 19.0% (1,165) 25.5% (572) (177) NMF (1,250) -54.2% - - 1
Operating
expenses (117,358) (84,262) 39.3% (101,553) 15.6% (87,069) (71,172) 22.3% (75,375) 15.5% (32,163) (14,580) 120.6% (27,349) 17.6% 1,874 1,490 1,171
Operating income
before cost of
credit risk /
EBITDA 188,113 162,272 15.9% 168,075 11.9% 145,414 129,976 11.9% 126,473 15.0% 46,710 35,317 32.3% 43,748 6.8% (4,011) (3,021) (2,146)
Profit from
associates 254 1,938 -86.9% 256 -0.8% - - - - - 254 1,938 -86.9% 256 -0.8% - - -
Depreciation
and amortisation
of investment
business (9,615) (4,731) 103.2% (9,566) 0.5% - - - - - (9,615) (4,731) 103.2% (9,566) 0.5% - - -
Net foreign
currency gain
from investment
business (6,065) (3,416) 77.5% (1,221) NMF - - - - - (6,065) (3,416) 77.5% (1,221) NMF - - -
Interest income
from investment
business 1,551 602 157.6% 1,930 -19.6% - - - - - 540 957 -43.6% 1,667 -67.6% 1,011 (355) 263
Interest expense
from investment
business (8,673) (3,166) 173.9% (8,876) -2.3% - - - - - (11,673) (6,542) 78.4% (10,759) 8.5% 3,000 3,376 1,883
Operating income
before cost of
credit risk 165,565 153,499 7.9% 150,598 9.9% 145,414 129,976 11.9% 126,473 15.0% 20,151 23,523 -14.3% 24,125 -16.5% - - -
Impairment charge
on loans to
customers (69,920) (33,929) 106.1% (29,936) 133.6% (69,920) (33,929) 106.1% (29,936) 133.6% - - - - - - - -
Impairment charge
on finance lease
receivables 3,124 (215) NMF (3,258) NMF 3,124 (215) NMF (3,258) NMF - - - - - - - -
Impairment charge
on other assets
and provisions (3,171) (1,878) 68.8% (2,397) 32.3% (4,077) (1,086) NMF (1,331) NMF 906 (792) NMF (1,066) NMF - - -
Cost of credit
risk (69,967) (36,022) 94.2% (35,591) 96.6% (70,873) (35,230) 101.2% (34,525) 105.3% 906 (792) NMF (1,066) NMF - - -
Net operating
income before
non-recurring
items 95,598 117,477 -18.6% 115,007 -16.9% 74,541 94,746 -21.3% 91,948 -18.9% 21,057 22,731 -7.4% 23,059 -8.7% - - -
Net
non-recurring
items 698 (6,227) NMF 35,156 -98.0% (1,056) (2,502) -57.8% 3,474 NMF 1,754 (3,725) NMF 31,682 -94.5% - - -
Profit before
income tax 96,296 111,250 -13.4% 150,163 -35.9% 73,485 92,244 -20.3% 95,422 -23.0% 22,811 19,006 20.0% 54,741 -58.3% - - -
Income tax
(expense)
benefit (7,553) (15,578) -51.5% (8,614) -12.3% 1,830 (11,653) NMF (5,665) NMF (9,383) (3,925) 139.1% (2,949) NMF - - -
Profit 88,743 95,672 -7.2% 141,549 -37.3% 75,315 80,591 -6.5% 89,757 -16.1% 13,428 15,081 -11.0% 51,792 -74.1% - - -
Attributable
to:
- shareholders
of BGEO 87,136 92,287 -5.6% 135,924 -35.9% 75,871 79,425 -4.5% 88,827 -14.6% 11,265 12,862 -12.4% 47,097 -76.1% - - -
-
non-controlling
interests 1,607 3,385 -52.5% 5,625 -71.4% (556) 1,166 NMF 930 NMF 2,163 2,219 -2.5% 4,695 -53.9% - - -
Earnings per
share basic 2.29 2.42 -5.4% 3.55 -35.5%
Earnings per
share diluted 2.21 2.42 -8.7% 3.55 -37.7%
INCOME STATEMENT BGEO Consolidated Banking Business Investment Business Eliminations
GEL thousands,
unless Change Change Change Change
otherwise noted 2016 2015 y-o-y 2016 2015 y-o-y 2016 2015 y-o-y 2016 2015 y-o-y
Banking interest
income 927,316 859,778 7.9% 933,715 872,299 7.00% - - - (6,399) (12,521) -48.9%
Banking interest
expense (377,909) (358,388) 5.4% (376,987) (359,372) 4.90% - - - (922) 984 NMF
Net banking
interest
income 549,407 501,390 9.6% 556,728 512,927 8.5% - - - (7,321) (11,537) -36.5%
Fee and
commission
income 170,063 158,158 7.5% 172,715 161,891 6.7% - - - (2,652) (3,733) -29.0%
Fee and
commission
expense (47,150) (39,752) 18.6% (47,766) (40,302) 18.5% - - - 616 550 12.0%
Net fee and
commission
income 122,913 118,406 3.8% 124,949 121,589 2.8% - - - (2,036) (3,183) -36.0%
Net banking
foreign
currency gain 82,909 76,926 7.8% 82,909 76,926 7.8% - - - - - -
Net other banking
income 11,773 18,528 -36.5% 12,767 19,837 -35.6% - - - (994) (1,309) -24.1%
Net insurance
premiums
earned 97,085 92,901 4.5% 42,959 40,161 7.0% 56,998 54,996 3.6% (2,872) (2,256) 27.3%
Net insurance
claims
incurred (63,402) (62,994) 0.6% (17,858) (20,114) -11.2% (45,544) (42,880) 6.2% - - -
Gross insurance
profit 33,683 29,907 12.6% 25,101 20,047 25.2% 11,454 12,116 -5.5% (2,872) (2,256) 27.3%
Healthcare and
pharmacy
revenue 362,586 183,993 97.1% - - - 362,586 183,993 97.1% - - -
Cost of
healthcare
and pharmacy
services (227,724) (103,055) 121.0% - - - (227,724) (103,055) 121.0% - - -
Gross healthcare
and pharmacy
profit 134,862 80,938 66.6% - - - 134,862 80,938 66.6% - - -
Real estate
revenue 100,866 54,409 85.4% - - - 101,560 54,409 86.7% (694) - -
Cost of real
estate (81,098) (39,721) 104.2% - - - (81,098) (39,721) 104.2% - - -
Gross real
estate
profit 19,768 14,688 34.6% - - - 20,462 14,688 39.3% (694) - -
Utility
revenue 56,347 - - - - - 56,486 - - (139) - -
Cost of
utility (17,806) - - - - - (17,806) - - - - -
Gross utility
profit 38,541 - - - - - 38,680 - - (139) - -
Gross other
investment
profit 20,926 20,777 0.7% - - - 20,802 20,639 0.8% 124 138 -10.1%
Revenue 1,014,782 861,560 17.8% 802,454 751,326 6.8% 226,260 128,381 76.2% (13,932) (18,147) -23.2%
Salaries and
other
employee
benefits (221,815) (185,329) 19.7% (176,280) (155,744) 13.2% (48,286) (31,621) 52.7% 2,751 2,036 35.1%
Administrative
expenses (124,312) (90,919) 36.7% (83,792) (74,381) 12.7% (42,856) (18,491) 131.8% 2,336 1,953 19.6%
Banking
depreciation
and
amortisation (37,981) (34,199) 11.1% (37,981) (34,199) 11.1% - - - - - -
Other operating
expenses (6,680) (4,285) 55.9% (4,174) (3,535) 18.1% (2,506) (750) NMF - - -
Operating
expenses (390,788) (314,732) 24.2% (302,227) (267,859) 12.8% (93,648) (50,862) 84.1% 5,087 3,989 27.5%
Operating income
before cost of
credit
risk / EBITDA 623,994 546,828 14.1% 500,227 483,467 3.5% 132,612 77,519 71.1% (8,845) (14,158) -37.5%
Profit from
associates 4,328 4,050 6.9% - - - 4,328 4,050 6.9% - - -
Depreciation and
amortisation of
investment
business (28,865) (14,225) 102.9% - - - (28,865) (14,225) 102.9% - - -
Net foreign
currency
gain from
investment
business (9,650) 651 NMF - - - (9,650) 651 NMF - - -
Interest income
from investment
business 4,155 2,340 77.6% - - - 3,232 3,338 -3.2% 923 (998) NMF
Interest expense
from investment
business (21,429) (10,337) 107.3% - - - (29,351) (25,493) 15.1% 7,922 15,156 -47.7%
Operating income
before cost of
credit
risk 572,533 529,307 8.2% 500,227 483,467 3.5% 72,306 45,840 57.7% - - -
Impairment
charge
on loans to
customers (158,892) (142,819) 11.3% (158,892) (142,819) 11.3% - - - - - -
Impairment
charge
on finance
lease
receivables (777) (1,958) -60.3% (777) (1,958) -60.3% - - - - - -
Impairment
charge
on other
assets
and provisions (11,420) (10,600) 7.7% (8,892) (6,740) 31.9% (2,528) (3,860) -34.5% - - -
Cost of credit
risk (171,089) (155,377) 10.1% (168,561) (151,517) 11.2% (2,528) (3,860) -34.5% - - -
Net operating
income
before
non-recurring
items 401,444 373,930 7.4% 331,666 331,950 -0.1% 69,778 41,980 66.2% - - -
Net
non-recurring
items (11,524) (14,577) -20.9% (45,351) (13,046) NMF 33,827 (1,531) NMF - - -
Profit before
income
tax 389,920 359,353 8.5% 286,315 318,904 -10.2% 103,605 40,449 156.1% - - -
Income tax
(expense)
benefit 38,656 (48,408) NMF 23,126 (44,647) NMF 15,530 (3,761) NMF - - -
Profit 428,576 310,945 37.8% 309,441 274,257 12.8% 119,135 36,688 224.7% - - -
Attributable to:
- shareholders
of
BGEO 398,538 303,694 31.2% 306,918 270,466 13.5% 91,620 33,228 175.7% - - -
-
non-controlling
interests 30,038 7,251 314.3% 2,523 3,791 -33.4% 27,515 3,460 695.2% - - -
Earnings per
share
basic 10.41 7.93 31.3%
Earnings per
share
diluted 10.09 7.93 27.2%
BALANCE SHEET BGEO Consolidated Banking Business Investment Business Eliminations
GEL thousands,
unless otherwise Change Change Change Change Change Change
noted Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q Dec-16 Dec-15 Sep-16
Cash and
cash
equivalents 1,573,610 1,432,934 9.8% 1,197,687 31.4% 1,482,106 1,378,459 7.5% 1,090,511 35.9% 397,620 290,576 36.8% 237,426 67.5% (306,116) (236,101) (130,250)
Amounts due
from credit
institutions 1,054,983 731,365 44.2% 944,061 11.7% 943,091 721,802 30.7% 848,185 11.2% 153,497 15,730 875.8% 140,635 9.1% (41,605) (6,167) (44,759)
Investment
securities 1,286,003 903,867 42.3% 1,171,440 9.8% 1,287,292 906,730 42.0% 1,172,825 9.8% 3,075 1,153 166.7% 2,507 22.7% (4,364) (4,016) (3,892)
Loans to
customers
and finance
lease
receivables 6,648,482 5,322,117 24.9% 5,676,225 17.1% 6,681,672 5,366,764 24.5% 5,715,737 16.9% - - - - - (33,190) (44,647) (39,512)
Accounts
receivable
and other
loans 128,506 87,972 46.1% 119,381 7.6% 56,495 10,376 444.5% 25,004 125.9% 125,964 82,354 53.0% 116,123 8.5% (53,953) (4,758) (21,746)
Insurance
premiums
receivable 46,423 39,226 18.3% 52,842 -12.1% 24,152 19,829 21.8% 22,493 7.4% 24,284 20,929 16.0% 31,224 -22.2% (2,013) (1,532) (875)
Prepayments 76,277 58,328 30.8% 91,578 -16.7% 19,607 21,033 -6.8% 22,420 -12.5% 57,270 37,295 53.6% 69,158 -17.2% (600) - -
Inventories 188,344 127,027 48.3% 164,567 14.4% 9,009 9,439 -4.6% 9,635 -6.5% 179,335 117,588 52.5% 154,932 15.8% - - -
Investment
property 288,227 246,398 17.0% 264,790 8.9% 153,442 135,453 13.3% 142,105 8.0% 134,785 110,945 21.5% 122,685 9.9% - - -
Property
and equipment 1,323,870 794,682 66.6% 1,224,620 8.1% 339,442 337,064 0.7% 338,455 0.3% 984,428 457,618 115.1% 886,165 11.1% - - -
Goodwill 106,986 72,984 46.6% 107,298 -0.3% 49,592 49,592 0.0% 49,592 0.0% 57,394 23,392 145.4% 57,706 -0.5% - - -
Intangible
assets 58,907 40,516 45.4% 50,745 16.1% 41,350 35,162 17.6% 39,311 5.2% 17,557 5,354 227.9% 11,434 53.6% - - -
Income tax
assets 24,043 21,550 11.6% 22,874 5.1% 20,638 16,003 29.0% 13,840 49.1% 3,405 5,547 -38.6% 9,034 -62.3% - - -
Other assets 184,792 236,773 -22.0% 197,980 -6.7% 140,338 163,731 -14.3% 164,533 -14.7% 56,312 79,479 -29.1% 36,033 56.3% (11,858) (6,437) (2,586)
Total assets 12,989,453 10,115,739 28.4% 11,286,088 15.1% 11,248,226 9,171,437 22.6% 9,654,646 16.5% 2,194,926 1,247,960 75.9% 1,875,062 17.1% (453,699) (303,658) (243,620)
Client deposits
and notes 5,382,698 4,751,387 13.3% 4,700,324 14.5% 5,730,419 4,993,681 14.8% 4,878,171 17.5% - - - - - (347,721) (242,294) (177,847)
Amounts due
to credit
institutions 3,470,091 1,789,062 94.0% 2,740,926 26.6% 3,067,651 1,692,557 81.2% 2,396,969 28.0% 435,630 144,534 201.4% 380,745 14.4% (33,190) (48,029) (36,788)
Debt securities
issued 1,255,643 1,039,804 20.8% 1,036,086 21.2% 858,037 961,944 -10.8% 722,088 18.8% 407,242 84,474 382.1% 320,128 27.2% (9,636) (6,614) (6,130)
Accruals
and deferred
income 130,319 146,852 -11.3% 107,974 20.7% 25,242 20,364 24.0% 17,824 41.6% 158,387 126,488 25.2% 110,627 43.2% (53,310) - (20,477)
Insurance
contracts
liabilities 67,871 55,845 21.5% 70,840 -4.2% 41,542 34,547 20.2% 43,665 -4.9% 26,329 21,298 23.6% 27,175 -3.1% - - -
Income tax
liabilities 27,791 124,395 -77.7% 28,678 -3.1% 23,937 89,980 -73.4% 26,044 -8.1% 3,854 34,415 -88.8% 2,634 46.3% - - -
Other
liabilities 231,622 134,756 71.9% 212,511 9.0% 72,547 63,073 15.0% 53,924 34.5% 168,917 78,404 115.4% 160,965 4.9% (9,842) (6,721) (2,378)
Total
liabilities 10,566,035 8,042,101 31.4% 8,897,339 18.8% 9,819,375 7,856,146 25.0% 8,138,685 20.7% 1,200,359 489,613 145.2% 1,002,274 19.8% (453,699) (303,658) (243,620)
Share capital 1,154 1,154 0.0% 1,154 0.0% 1,154 1,154 0.0% 1,154 0.0% - - - - - - - - Additional paid-in capital 183,872 240,593 -23.6% 245,317 -25.0% 45,072 101,793 -55.7% 105,293 -57.2% 138,800 138,800 0.0% 140,024 -0.9% - - - Treasury shares (54) (44) 22.7% (37) 45.9% (54) (44) 22.7% (37) 45.9% - - - - - - - - Other reserves 102,269 32,844 211.4% 108,442 -5.7% (31,116) (63,958) -51.3% 6,159 NMF 133,385 96,802 37.8% 102,283 30.4% - - - Retained earnings 1,878,945 1,577,050 19.1% 1,787,743 5.1% 1,393,117 1,257,415 10.8% 1,382,256 0.8% 485,828 319,635 52.0% 405,487 19.8% - - - Total equity attributable to shareholders of the Group 2,166,186 1,851,597 17.0% 2,142,619 1.1% 1,408,173 1,296,360 8.6% 1,494,825 -5.8% 758,013 555,237 36.5% 647,794 17.0% - - - Non-controlling interests 257,232 222,041 15.8% 246,130 4.5% 20,678 18,931 9.2% 21,136 -2.2% 236,554 203,110 16.5% 224,994 5.1% - - - Total equity 2,423,418 2,073,638 16.9% 2,388,749 1.5% 1,428,851 1,315,291 8.6% 1,515,961 -5.7% 994,567 758,347 31.1% 872,788 14.0% - - - Total liabilities and equity 12,989,453 10,115,739 28.4% 11,286,088 15.1% 11,248,226 9,171,437 22.6% 9,654,646 16.5% 2,194,926 1,247,960 75.9% 1,875,062 17.1% (453,699) (303,658) (243,620) Book value per share 57.52 48.75 18.0% 56.03 2.7% 21.73 20.36 6.7% 24.05 -9.6% 17.66 13.74 28.5% 18.50 -4.5%
GEORGIA HEALTHCARE GROUP
INCOME STATEMENT (quarterly) Healthcare services Medical insurance Pharmacy Eliminations GHG GEL thousands; unless otherwise Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, Change, noted 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 3Q16 q-o-q 4Q16 4Q15 3Q16 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q Revenue, gross 67,604 55,481 21.9% 59,305 14.0% 16,312 15,542 5.0% 16,054 1.6% 56,586 45,725 23.8% (4,471) (1,293) (4,925) 136,031 69,730 95.1% 116,159 17.1% Corrections & rebates (790) (1,086) -27.3% (762) 3.7% - - - - - - - - - - (790) (1,086) -27.3% (762) 3.7% Revenue, net 66,814 54,395 22.8% 58,543 14.1% 16,312 15,542 5.0% 16,054 1.6% 56,586 45,725 23.8% (4,471) (1,293) (4,925) 135,241 68,644 97.0% 115,397 17.2% Costs of services (34,802) (30,007) 16.0% (31,170) 11.7% (14,997) (13,928) 7.7% (13,939) 7.6% (44,498) (35,915) 23.9% 4,671 1,306 4,461 (89,626) (42,629) 110.2% (76,563) 17.1% Cost of salaries and other employee benefits (21,042) (18,256) 15.3% (19,746) 6.6% - - - - - - - - 1,534 449 1,569 (19,508) (17,807) 9.6% (18,177) 7.3% Cost of materials and supplies (10,616) (8,871) 19.7% (8,602) 23.4% - - - - - - - - 761 240 704 (9,855) (8,632) 14.2% (7,898) 24.8% Cost of medical service providers (550) (593) -7.3% (463) 18.8% - - - - - - - - 39 13 35 (511) (580) -11.9% (428) 19.4% Cost of utilities and other (2,594) (2,287) 13.4% (2,359) 10.0% - - - - - - - - 189 60 193 (2,405) (2,227) 8.0% (2,166) 11.0% Net insurance claims incurred - - - - - (13,911) (12,918) 7.7% (12,834) 8.4% - - - 2,148 544 1,960 (11,763) (12,374) -4.9% (10,874) 8.2% Agents, brokers and employee commissions - - - - - (1,086) (1,010) 7.5% (1,105) -1.7% - - - - - - (1,086) (1,010) 7.5% (1,105) -1.7% Cost of pharmacy - wholesale - - - - - - - - - - (13,700) (10,086) 35.8% - - - (13,700) - - (10,086) - Cost of pharmacy - retail - - - - - - - - - - (30,797) (25,829) 19.2% - - - (30,797) - - (25,829) - Gross profit 32,012 24,389 31.3% 27,373 16.9% 1,315 1,615 -18.6% 2,115 -37.8% 12,088 9,810 23.2% 200 13 (464) 45,615 26,016 75.3% 38,834 17.5% Salaries and other employee benefits (6,676) (6,178) 8.1% (6,003) 11.2% (1,320) (636) 107.6% (1,196) 10.4% (4,561) (4,106) 11.1% (200) 4 464 (12,757) (6,810) 87.3% (10,841) 17.7% General and administrative expenses (4,212) (2,219) 89.8% (3,708) 13.6% (580) (839) -30.9% (649) -10.6% (4,678) (4,066) 15.1% - - - (9,470) (3,058) 209.7% (8,423) 12.4% Impairment of healthcare services, insurance premiums and other receivables 145 (460) NMF (48) NMF (89) (152) -41.4% (124) -28.2% - - - - - - 56 (612) -109.1% (172) NMF Other operating income 269 1,008 -73.3% 180 49.4% 31 (5) NMF (1) NMF 545 150 263.3% - (17) - 845 986 -14.3% 329 156.8% EBITDA 21,538 16,540 30.2% 17,794 21.0% (643) (17) NMF 145 -543.4% 3,394 1,788 89.8% - - - 24,289 16,522 47.0% 19,727 23.1% EBITDA margin 31.9% 29.8% 30.0% -3.9% -0.1% 0.9% 6.0% 3.9% - - - - 17.9% 23.7% 17.0% Depreciation and amortisation (5,292) (4,046) 30.8% (4,613) 14.7% (226) (249) -9.2% (211) 7.1% 202 (391) -151.7% - - - (5,316) (4,295) 23.8% (5,215) 1.9% Net interest income (expense) (3,815) (5,535) -31.1% (3,125) 22.1% (242) 158 NMF (86) NMF (548) (627) -12.6% (168) - - (4,773) (5,377) -11.2% (3,838) 24.4% Net gains/(losses) from foreign currencies (2,053) (1,586) NMF (95) NMF (189) (6) NMF (91) 107.7% (928) (77) NMF - - - (3,170) (1,592) NMF (263) NMF Net non-recurring income/(expense) 2,704 484 NMF 22 NMF (704) (676) - - - (17) (71) -76.1% - - - 1,982 (192) NMF (49) -NMF Profit before income tax expense 13,082 5,856 123.4% 9,983 31.0% (2,004) (790) NMF (243) 724.7% 2,103 622 238.1% (168) - - 13,012 5,066 156.9% 10,362 25.6% Income tax benefit/(expense) (5,439) (206) NMF (612) NMF (845) 192 NMF 25 NMF (398) - - - - - (6,682) (14) NMF (587) NMF of which: Deferred tax adjustments (4,321) - - - - (798) - - - - (200) - - - - - (5,319) - - - - Profit for the
period 7,643 5,650 35.3% 9,371 -18.4% (2,849) (598) NMF (218) NMF 1,705 622 174.1% (168) - - 6,330 5,052 25.3% 9,775 -35.2%
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Attributable -
to:
- shareholders
of the Company 6,714 4,421 51.9% 6,721 -0.1% (2,849) (598) NMF (218) NMF 1,705 622 174.1% (168) - - 5,401 3,823 41.3% 7,125 -24.2%
- non-controlling
interests 929 1,229 -24.4% 2,650 -64.9% - - - - - - - - - - - 929 1,229 -24.4% 2,650 -64.9%
of which: Deferred
tax adjustments (516) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (516) - - - -
INCOME STATEMENT Healthcare Medical insurance Pharmacy Eliminations GHG
services
GEL thousands; unless Change, Change, Change,
otherwise noted 2016 2015 y-o-y 2016 2015 y-o-y 2016 2016 2015 2016 2015 y-o-y
Revenue, gross 246,139 195,032 26.2% 61,494 58,552 5.0% 133,002 (14,196) (7,615) 426,439 245,969 73.4%
Corrections & rebates (2,686) (3,608) -25.6% - - - - - - (2,686) (3,608) -25.6%
Revenue, net 243,453 191,424 27.2% 61,494 58,552 5.0% 133,002 (14,196) (7,615) 423,753 242,361 74.8%
Costs of services (130,369) (107,291) 21.5% (55,772) (49,372) 13.0% (105,472) 13,878 7,431 (277,735) (149,232) 86.1%
Cost of salaries and
other employee
benefits (80,397) (68,014) 18.2% - - - - 4,762 2,685 (75,635) (65,329) 15.8%
Cost of materials and
supplies (38,059) (29,097) 30.8% - - - - 2,254 1,149 (35,805) (27,949) 28.1%
Cost of medical service
providers (1,842) (2,423) -24.0% - - - - 109 96 (1,733) (2,328) -25.6%
Cost of utilities and
other (10,071) (7,757) 29.8% - - - - 596 306 (9,475) (7,451) 27.2%
Net insurance claims
incurred - - - (51,701) (46,076) 12.2% - 6,157 3,195 (45,544) (42,881) 6.2%
Agents, brokers and
employee commissions - - - (4,071) (3,296) 23.5% - (4,071) (3,296) 23.5%
Cost of pharmacy -
wholesale - - - - - - (30,332) - - (30,332) - -
Cost of pharmacy -
retail - - - - - - (75,140) - - (75,140) - -
Gross profit 113,084 84,133 34.4% 5,722 9,180 -37.7% 27,530 (318) (184) 146,018 93,129 56.8%
Salaries and other
employee
benefits (24,048) (23,075) 4.2% (4,663) (3,642) 28.0% (11,357) 318 202 (39,750) (26,515) 49.9%
General and
administrative
expenses (13,920) (7,860) 77.1% (2,656) (2,660) -0.2% (11,277) - 3 (27,853) (10,517) 164.8%
Impairment of
healthcare
services, insurance
premiums and other
receivables (1,881) (3,140) -40.1% (451) (308) 46.2% - - - (2,332) (3,448) -32.4%
Other operating income 1,085 3,468 -68.7% 19 43 NMF 840 - (21) 1,944 3,490 -44.3%
EBITDA 74,320 53,526 38.8% (2,029) 2,613 NMF 5,736 - - 78,027 56,139 39.0%
EBITDA margin 30.2% 27.4% -3.3% 4.5% 4.3% - - 18.3% 22.8%
Depreciation and
amortisation (18,287) (11,973) 52.7% (843) (692) 21.7% (447) - - (19,577) (12,666) 54.6%
Net interest income
(expense) (12,198) (20,352) -40.1% 232 71 NMF (1,602) (168) - (13,736) (20,282) -32.3%
Net gains/(losses) from
foreign currencies (4,270) 1,312 NMF (110) 785 -114.0% (1,277) - - (5,657) 2,098 NMF
Net non-recurring
income/(expense) 2,883 (960) NMF (1,677) (722) NMF (88) - - 1,118 (1,682) NMF
Profit before income
tax expense 42,448 21,553 96.9% (4,427) 2,055 NMF 2,322 (168) - 40,175 23,608 70.2%
Income tax
benefit/(expense) 22,054 307 NMF (500) (298) NMF (398) - - 21,156 9 NMF
of which:
Deferred
tax
adjustments 24,990 - - (798) - - (200) - - 23,992 - -
Profit for the period 64,502 21,860 195.1% (4,927) 1,757 NMF 1,924 (168) - 61,331 23,617 159.7%
- -
Attributable to: - -
- shareholders of the
Company 53,374 17,894 198.3% (4,927) 1,757 NMF 1,924 (168) - 50,203 19,651 155.5%
- non-controlling
interests 11,128 3,966 180.6% - - - - - - 11,128 3,966 180.6%
of which:
Deferred
tax
adjustments 4,541 - - - - - - - - 4,541 - -
P&C INSURANCE (ALDAGI)
INCOME STATEMENT Change Change Change HIGHLIGHTS 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y GEL thousands, unless otherwise stated Net banking interest income 761 590 29.0% 862 -11.7% 3,118 2,330 33.8% Net fee and commission income 128 87 47.1% 104 23.1% 436 310 40.6% Net banking foreign currency gain 809 (126) NMF (70) NMF (294) 993 NMF Net other banking income 495 351 41.0% 255 94.1% 1,104 993 11.2% Gross insurance profit 6,477 5,423 19.4% 6,836 -5.3% 25,788 21,180 21.8% Revenue 8,670 6,325 37.1% 7,987 8.6% 30,152 25,806 16.8% Operating expenses (3,641) (2,746) 32.6% (3,102) 17.4% (12,284) (11,199) 9.7% Operating income before cost of credit risk and non-recurring items 5,029 3,579 40.5% 4,885 2.9% 17,868 14,607 22.3% Cost of credit risk (265) (244) 8.6% (185) 43.2% (808) (710) 13.8% Net non-recurring items - (701) -100.0% 3 -100.0% 3 (701) NMF Profit before income tax 4,764 2,634 80.9% 4,703 1.3% 17,063 13,196 29.3% Income tax (expense) benefit (953) (467) 104.1% (812) 17.4% (3,318) (731) NMF Profit 3,811 2,167 75.9% 3,891 -2.1% 13,745 12,465 10.3%
BELARUSKY NARODNY BANK (BNB)
INCOME STATEMENT, Change Change Change
HIGHLIGHTS 4Q16 4Q15 y-o-y 3Q16 q-o-q 2016 2015 y-o-y
GEL thousands, unless
otherwise stated
Net banking interest
income 8,043 7,590 6.0% 7,830 2.7% 30,773 29,307 5.0%
Net fee and commission
income 1,993 2,133 -6.6% 1,739 14.6% 7,462 9,198 -18.9%
Net banking foreign
currency gain 2,696 2,011 34.1% 1,175 129.4% 8,452 17,036 -50.4%
Net other banking
income (1,064) 1,776 NMF 79 NMF (738) 2,199 NMF
Revenue 11,668 13,510 -13.6% 10,823 7.8% 45,949 57,740 -20.4%
Operating expenses (6,483) (6,068) 6.8% (4,982) 30.1% (20,905) (19,731) 6.0%
Operating income
before cost of credit
risk 5,185 7,442 -30.3% 5,841 -11.2% 25,044 38,009 -34.1%
Cost of credit
risk (9,163) (7,651) 19.8% (3,043) NMF (15,797) (19,270) -18.0%
Net non-recurring
items (1,402) 3,217 NMF (4) NMF (1,418) 1,478 NMF
Profit before income
tax (5,380) 3,008 NMF 2,794 NMF 7,829 20,217 -61.3%
Income tax (expense)
benefit 1,289 1,801 -28.4% (441) NMF (5,141) (2,754) 86.7%
Profit (4,091) 4,809 NMF 2,353 NMF 2,688 17,463 -84.6%
BALANCE SHEET, HIGHLIGHTS Change Change
Dec-16 Dec-15 y-o-y Sep-16 q-o-q
GEL thousands, unless
otherwise stated
Cash and cash equivalents 70,211 109,758 -36.0% 67,096 4.6%
Amounts due from
credit institutions 3,560 3,906 -8.9% 3,292 8.1%
Loans to customers
and finance lease
receivables 362,100 320,114 13.1% 327,170 10.7%
Other assets 113,261 41,705 171.6% 96,177 17.8%
Total assets 549,132 475,483 15.5% 493,735 11.2%
Client deposits
and notes 233,501 277,642 -15.9% 200,742 16.3%
Amounts due to credit
institutions 212,495 115,643 83.8% 198,446 7.1%
Debt securities
issued 24,126 - - 15,484 55.8%
Other liabilities 5,202 4,685 11.0% 6,978 -25.5%
Total liabilities 475,324 397,970 19.4% 421,650 12.7%
Total equity attributable
to shareholders
of the Group 59,205 64,505 -8.2% 57,826 2.4%
Non-controlling
interests 14,603 13,008 12.3% 14,259 2.4%
Total equity 73,808 77,513 -4.8% 72,085 2.4%
Total liabilities
and equity 549,132 475,483 15.5% 493,735 11.2%
BANKING BUSINESS KEY
RATIOS 4Q16 4Q15 3Q16 Dec-16 Dec-15
Profitability
ROAA, Annualised 2.9% 3.5% 3.7% 3.2% 3.2%
ROAE, Annualised 20.1% 25.1% 24.7% 22.1% 21.7%
RB ROAE 35.8% 28.6% 31.6% 30.5% 24.6%
CIB ROAE 6.1% 21.7% 17.9% 14.5% 18.5%
Net Interest Margin,
Annualised 7.6% 7.6% 7.3% 7.5% 7.7%
RB NIM 9.3% 9.6% 9.0% 9.2% 9.6%
CIB NIM 3.6% 3.8% 3.4% 3.6% 3.9%
Loan Yield, Annualised 14.4% 14.8% 14.1% 14.2% 14.8%
RB Loan Yield 16.4% 17.9% 16.6% 16.8% 17.6%
CIB Loan Yield 11.1% 10.8% 10.1% 10.4% 10.7%
Liquid assets yield,
Annualised 3.3% 3.3% 3.2% 3.2% 3.2%
Cost of Funds, Annualised 4.6% 5.1% 4.7% 4.7% 5.1%
Cost of Client Deposits
and Notes, annualised 3.5% 4.4% 3.6% 3.8% 4.3%
RB Cost of Client Deposits
and Notes 3.1% 3.5% 3.3% 3.3% 3.9%
CIB Cost of Client Deposits
and Notes 3.6% 4.6% 3.5% 3.9% 4.1%
Cost of Amounts Due
to Credit Institutions,
annualised 6.4% 5.9% 6.5% 6.2% 5.8%
Cost of Debt Securities
Issued 6.1% 6.8% 6.6% 6.8% 7.1%
Operating Leverage,
Y-O-Y -6.8% 10.4% -7.7% -6.0% 16.6%
Operating Leverage,
Q-O-Q -0.3% -1.7% 1.9% 0.0% 0.0%
Efficiency
Cost / Income 37.5% 35.4% 37.3% 37.7% 35.7%
RB Cost / Income 38.8% 40.4% 38.7% 40.0% 40.3%
CIB Cost / Income 28.7% 23.6% 31.1% 29.5% 26.2%
Liquidity
NBG Liquidity Ratio 37.7% 46.2% 41.4% 37.7% 46.2%
Liquid Assets To Total
Liabilities 37.8% 38.3% 38.2% 37.8% 38.3%
Net Loans To Client
Deposits and Notes 116.6% 107.5% 117.2% 116.6% 107.5%
Net Loans To Client
Deposits and Notes +
DFIs 95.3% 90.8% 94.2% 95.3% 90.8%
Leverage (Times) 6.9 6.0 5.4 6.9 6.0
Asset Quality:
NPLs (in GEL) 294,787 241,142 260,963 294,787 241,142
NPLs To Gross Loans
To Clients 4.2% 4.3% 4.4% 4.2% 4.3%
NPL Coverage Ratio 86.7% 83.4% 86.5% 86.7% 83.4%
NPL Coverage Ratio,
Adjusted for discounted
value of collateral 132.1% 120.6% 131.1% 132.1% 120.6%
Cost of Risk, Annualised 4.2% 2.4% 2.3% 2.7% 2.7%
RB Cost of Risk 2.0% 2.1% 2.4% 2.3% 2.6%
CIB Cost of Risk 6.6% 1.8% 1.9% 3.1% 2.2%
Capital Adequacy:
New NBG (Basel 2/3)
Tier I Capital Adequacy
Ratio(1) 10.1% 10.9% 11.0% 10.1% 10.9%
New NBG (Basel 2/3)
Total Capital Adequacy
Ratio(1) 15.4% 16.7% 16.2% 15.4% 16.7%
Old NBG Tier I Capital
Adequacy Ratio 7.2% 9.3% 10.0% 7.2% 9.3%
Old NBG Total Capital
Adequacy Ratio 13.5% 16.9% 16.6% 13.5% 16.9%
Selected Operating Data:
Total Assets Per FTE,
BOG Standalone 2,242 2,028 1,984 2,242 2,028
Number Of Active Branches,
Of Which: 278 266 276 278 266
- Express Branches
(including Metro) 128 114 122 128 114
- Bank of Georgia Branches 139 144 144 139 144
- Solo Lounges 11 8 10 11 8
Number Of ATMs 801 746 772 801 746
Number Of Cards Outstanding,
Of Which: 2,056,258 1,958,377 1,996,836 2,056,258 1,958,377
- Debit cards 1,255,637 1,204,103 1,185,333 1,255,637 1,204,103
- Credit cards 800,621 754,274 811,503 800,621 754,274
Number Of POS Terminals 10,357 8,102 10,017 10,357 8,102
FX Rates:
GEL/US$ exchange rate
(period-end) 2.6468 2.3949 2.3297
GEL/GBP exchange rate
(period-end) 3.2579 3.5492 3.0284
2016 2015
Full Time Employees, Group,
Of Which: 22,080 15,955
Total Banking Business Companies,
of which: 6,720 6,081
- Full Time Employees,
BOG Standalone 5,016 4,523
- Full Time Employees,
BNB 611 540
- Full Time Employees,
Aldagi 289 251
- Full Time Employees,
BB other 804 767
Total Investment Business
Companies, of which: 15,360 9,874
- Full Time Employees,
Georgia Healthcare Group 12,720 9,649
- Full Time Employees, 2,379 -
GGU
- Full Time Employees,
m2 80 58
- Full Time Employees,
IB Other 181 167
Shares Outstanding Dec-16 Dec-15 Sep-16
Ordinary Shares
Outstanding 37,657,229 37,978,568 38,238,796
Treasury Shares
Outstanding 1,843,091 1,521,752 1,261,524
Total Shares
Outstanding 39,500,320 39,500,320 39,500,320
(1) Capital adequacy ratios include GEL 99.5mln dividend distributed from the bank to the holding level on 29 December 2016. These funds are earmarked for regular dividends to be paid from BGEO in respect to 2016 financial year and will be payable in 2017 subject to the board and shareholder approval. Including this payment, NBG (Basel 2/3) Tier I and Total CAR is 9.1% and 14.4%, respectively.
Annex:
Glossary
1. Return on average total assets (ROAA) equals
Profit for the period divided by monthly average
total assets for the same period;
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2. Return on average total equity (ROAE) equals
Profit for the period attributable to shareholders
of BGEO divided by monthly average equity attributable
to shareholders of BGEO for the same period;
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3. Net Interest Margin (NIM) equals Net Banking
Interest Income of the period divided by monthly
Average Interest Earning Assets Excluding Cash for
the same period; Interest Earning Assets Excluding
Cash comprise: Amounts Due From Credit Institutions,
Investment Securities (but excluding corporate shares)
and net Loans To Customers And Finance Lease Receivables;
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4. Loan Yield equals Banking Interest Income From
Loans To Customers And Finance Lease Receivables
divided by monthly Average Gross Loans To Customers
And Finance Lease Receivables;
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5. Cost of Funds equals banking interest expense
of the period divided by monthly average interest
bearing liabilities; interest bearing liabilities
include: amounts due to credit institutions, client
deposits and notes, and debt securities issued;
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6. Operating Leverage equals percentage change in
revenue less percentage change in operating expenses;
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7. Cost / Income Ratio equals operating expenses
divided by revenue;
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8. NBG Liquidity Ratio equals daily average liquid
assets (as defined by NBG) during the month divided
by daily average liabilities (as defined by NBG)
during the month;
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9. Liquid assets include: cash and cash equivalents,
amounts due from credit institutions and investment
securities;
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10. Leverage (Times) equals total liabilities divided
by total equity;
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11. NPL Coverage Ratio equals allowance for impairment
of loans and finance lease receivables divided by
NPLs;
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12. NPL Coverage Ratio adjusted for discounted value
of collateral equals allowance for impairment of
loans and finance lease receivables divided by NPLs
(discounted value of collateral is added back to
allowance for impairment)
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13. Cost of Risk equals impairment charge for loans
to customers and finance lease receivables for the
period divided by monthly average gross loans to
customers and finance lease receivables over the
same period;
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14. New NBG (Basel 2/3) Tier I Capital Adequacy
ratio equals Tier I Capital divided by total risk
weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with
the requirements the National Bank of Georgia instructions;
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15. New NBG (Basel 2/3) Total Capital Adequacy ratio
equals total capital divided by total risk weighted
assets, both calculated n accordance with the requirements
of the National Bank of Georgia instructions;
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16. Old NBG Tier I Capital Adequacy ratio equals
Tier I Capital divided by total risk weighted assets,
both calculated in accordance with the requirements
the National Bank of Georgia instructions;
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17. Old NBG Total Capital Adequacy ratio equals
total capital divided by total risk weighted Assets,
both calculated in accordance with the requirements
of the National Bank of Georgia instructions;
18. NMF - Not meaningful
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COMPANY INFORMATION
BGEO Group PLC
Registered Address
84 Brook Street
London W1K5EH
United Kingdom
www.BGEO.com
Registered under number 7811410 in England and Wales
Incorporation date: 14 October2011
Stock Listing
London Stock Exchange PLC's Main Market for listed securities
Ticker: "BGEO.LN"
Contact Information
BGEO Group PLC Investor Relations
Telephone: +44(0)2031784052; +995322444205
E-mail: ir@BGEO.com
www.BGEO.com
Auditors
Ernst & Young LLP
25 Churchill Place
Canary Wharf
London E14 5EY
United Kingdom
Registrar
Computershare Investor Services PLC
The Pavilions
Bridgewater Road
Bristol BS13 8AE
United Kingdom
Please note that Investor Centre is a free, secure online service run by our Registrar, Computershare, giving you convenient access to information on your shareholdings.
Investor Centre Web Address - www.investorcentre.co.uk
Investor Centre Shareholder Helpline - +44 (0)370 873 5866
Share price information
BGEO shareholders can access both the latest and historical prices via our website, www.BGEO.com
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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