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REG - Arbuthnot Banking - Final Results for the year to 31 December 2016 <Origin Href="QuoteRef">ARBB.L</Origin> - Part 8

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Capital commitments 
 
At 31 December 2016, the Group had capital commitments of £nil (2015: £nil) in respect of equipment purchases. 
 
Credit commitments 
 
The contractual amounts of the Group's off-balance sheet financial instruments that commit it to extend credit to customers
are as follows: 
 
                                                                                                                                  2016    2015     
 Group                                                                                                                            £000    £000     
 Guarantees and other contingent liabilities                                                                                      274     56       
 Commitments to extend credit:                                                                                                                     
 - Original term to maturity of one year or less                                                                                  35,581  178,863  
                                                                                                                                  35,855  178,919  
                                                                                                                                                   
 Operating lease commitments                                                                                                                       
 Where a Group company is the lessee, the future aggregate lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  2016    2015     
 Group                                                                                                                            £000    £000     
 Expiring:                                                                                                                                         
 Within 1 year                                                                                                                    2,635   3,710    
 Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years                                                                                      8,422   9,974    
 Later than 5 years                                                                                                               5,745   7,790    
                                                                                                                                  16,802  21,474   
 
 
In 2013, Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd entered into a 16 year lease on 7 Wilson Street (the head office for Arbuthnot Banking
Group PLC, the principal location for Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd and London offices for Secure Trust Bank PLC), with a
break at 11 years and rent reviews after 5, 10 and 15 years. The initial rent is £1.75 million per annum. This lease forms
the most significant part of the operating leases disclosed in the table above. 
 
In addition to the above commitments, ground rent of £230k per annum is payable in relation to the investment property. 
 
 35.  Share capital                                                                                               
                                       Number of shares  Ordinary       share          capital  Share    premium  
 Group and Company                                       £000                                   £000              
 At 1 January 2015                     15,279,322        153                                    -                 
 At 31 December  2015 & December 2016  15,279,322        153                                    -                 
 
 
The Ordinary shares have a par value of 1p per share (2015: 1p per share). At 31 December 2016 the Company held 390,274
shares (2015: 390,274) in treasury. 
 
 36.  Reserves and retained earnings                    
                                      2016     2015     
 Group                                £000     £000     
 Revaluation reserve                  -        98       
 Capital redemption reserve           20       20       
 Available-for-sale reserve           (251)    1,047    
 Treasury shares                      (1,131)  (1,131)  
 Retained earnings                    235,567  123,330  
 Total reserves at 31 December        234,205  123,364  
 
 
The revaluation reserve represents the unrealised change in the fair value of properties. 
 
The capital redemption reserve represents a reserve created after the Company purchased its own shares which resulted in a
reduction of share capital. 
 
                                2016     2015     
 Company                        £000     £000     
 Capital redemption reserve     20       20       
 Treasury shares                (1,131)  (1,131)  
 Retained earnings              133,847  46,537   
 Total reserves as 31 December  132,736  45,426   
 
 
37.  Share-based payment options 
 
Company - equity settled 
 
The Company had the following equity settled share-based payment awards outstanding at 31 December 2016: 
 
• On 1 April 2014 Mr Fleming was granted an option to subscribe for 50,000 ordinary 1p shares in the Company between April 
 
2017 and April 2022 at 1185p. The fair value of these shares at grant date was £53,000. 
 
There are no other vesting conditions for these awards. 
 
On 16 April 2013 Mr. Salmon and Mr. Cobb were granted options to subscribe between April 2016 and April 2021 for 100,000
and 50,000 ordinary 1p shares respectively in the Company at 930p. The fair value of the options at grant date was
£125,000. On 14 June 2016 Mr. Salmon and Mr. Cobb each exercised all their respective options granted on 16 April 2013 and
sold the shares on the same day at a price of 1591p. No equity settled share options were granted, forfeited, or expired
during the year. ABG incurred an expense in relation to share based payments of £31,000 during 2016 (2015: £37,000), as
disclosed in Note 12. In line with the Group accounting policy, where the equity settled scheme was modified to cash
settled, the entire liability totalling £1,128,000 at 14 June 2016 was accounted for as a reserves reclassification, with
no profit or loss recognised in the Income Statement. 
 
 Measurement inputs and assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model are as follows:  
                                                                                     2016   2015   
                                                                                                   
 Expected Stock Price Volatility                                                     17%    17%    
 Expected Dividend Yield                                                             2.7%   2.7%   
 Risk Free Interest Rate                                                             1.20%  1.20%  
 Average Expected Life (in years)                                                    0.25   0.53   
                                                                                                   
 
 
Company - cash settled 
 
On 14 June 2016 Mr. Salmon was granted phantom options pursuant to the Phantom Option Scheme to acquire 200,000 ordinary 1p
shares in the Company at 1591p exercisable in respect of 50% on or after 15 June 2019 and in respect of the remaining 50%
on or after 15 June 2021 when a cash payment would be made equal to any increase in value. On 14 June 2016 Mr. Cobb and Mr.
Henderson were each granted phantom options pursuant to the Phantom Option Scheme to acquire 100,000 ordinary 1p shares in
the Company at 1591p exercisable in respect of 50% on or after 15 June 2019 and in respect of the remaining 50% on or after
15 June 2021 when a cash payment would be made equal to any increase in market value. The fair value of the options at
grant date was £1.3m. 
 
The performance conditions of the Scheme are that for the duration of the vesting period, the dividends paid by ABG must
have increased in percentage terms when compared to an assumed dividend of 29p per share in respect of the financial year
ending 31 December 2016, by a minimum of the increase in the Retail Prices Index during that period. 
 
Also from the grant date to the date the Option is exercised, there must be no public criticism by any regulatory authority
on the operation of ABG or any of its subsidiaries which has a material impact on the business of ABG. 
 
Options are forfeited if they remain unexercised after a period of more than 7 years from the date of grant. If the
participant ceases to be employed by the Group by reason of injury, disability, ill-health or redundancy; or because his
employing company ceases to be a shareholder of the Group; or because his employing business is being transferred out of
the Group, his option may be exercised within 6 months after such cessation.  In the event of the death of a participant,
the personal representatives of a participant may exercise an option, to the extent exercisable at the date of death,
within 6 months after the death of the participant. 
 
On cessation of employment for any other reason (or when a participant serves, or has been served with, notice of
termination of such employment), the option will lapse although the Remuneration Committee has discretion to allow the
exercise of the option for a period not exceeding 6 months from the date of such cessation. 
 
In such circumstances, the performance conditions may be modified or waived as the Remuneration Committee, acting fairly
and reasonably and taking due consideration of the circumstances, thinks fit. The number of Ordinary Shares which can be
acquired on exercise will be pro-rated on a time elapsed basis, unless the Remuneration Committee, acting fairly and
reasonably and taking due consideration of the circumstances, decides otherwise. In determining whether to exercise its
discretion in these respects, the Remuneration Committee must satisfy itself that the early exercise of an option does not
constitute a reward for failure. 
 
The probability of payout has been assigned based on the likelihood of meeting the performance criteria, which is 100%. The
Directors consider that there is some uncertainty surrounding whether the participants will all still be in situ and
eligible at the vesting date. Therefore the directors have assumed a 9% attrition rate for the share options vesting in
June 2019 and 15% attrition rate for the share options vesting in June 2021. The attrition rate will increase by 3% per
year until the vesting date. ABG incurred an expense in relation to share based payments of £0.2m during 2016, as disclosed
in Note 12. 
 
 Measurement inputs and assumptions used in the Black-Scholes model are as follows:  
                                                                                     2016   
                                                                                            
 Expected Stock Price Volatility                                                     33.0%  
 Expected Dividend Yield                                                             2.3%   
 Risk Free Interest Rate                                                             0.4%   
 Average Expected Life (in years)                                                    3.46   
                                                                                            
 
 
38.  Dividends per share 
 
Final dividends are not accounted for until they have been approved at the Annual General Meeting. At the meeting on 4 May
2017, a dividend in respect of 2016 of 18p per share (2015: actual dividend 17p per share) amounting to a total of £2.68m
(2015: actual £2.53m) is to be proposed. The financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 do not reflect the
final dividend which will be accounted for in shareholders' equity as an appropriation of retained profits in the year
ending 31 December 2017. 
 
39.  Cash and cash equivalents 
 
For the purposes of the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are comprised of the following balances with
less than three months maturity from the date of acquisition. 
 
                                               2016     2015     
 Group                                         £000     £000     
 Cash and balances at central banks (Note 17)  195,752  368,611  
 Loans and advances to banks (Note 18)         36,951   28,578   
                                               232,703  397,189  
                                                                 
                                               2016     2015     
 Company                                       £000     £000     
 Loans and advances to banks                   89,072   12,444   
 
 
40.  Related party transactions 
 
Related parties of the Company and Group include subsidiaries, Key Management Personnel, close family members of Key
Management Personnel and entities which are controlled, jointly controlled or significantly influenced, or for which
significant voting power is held, by Key Management Personnel or their close family members. 
 
Other than the directors' remuneration (see Remuneration Report pages 20 to 21), payment of dividends and transactions with
subsidiaries and associates, there were no related party transactions within the Parent Company. A number of banking
transactions are entered into with related parties in the normal course of business on normal commercial terms. These
include loans and deposits. Except for the directors' disclosures, there were no other Key Management Personnel
disclosures; therefore the tables below relate to directors and their close family members. 
 
                                       2016     2015     
 Group - subsidiaries                  £000     £000     
 Loans                                                   
 Loans outstanding at 1 January        3,123    5,503    
 Loans advanced during the year        2,076    726      
 Loan repayments during the year       (3,429)  (3,106)  
 Transferred to loans with associates  (409)    -        
 Loans outstanding at 31 December      1,361    3,123    
 Interest income earned                122      143      
 
 
                                           2016  2015  
 Group - associates                        £000  £000  
 Loans                                                 
 Loans advanced during the year            5     -     
 Loan repayments during the year           (10)  -     
 Transferred from loans with subsidiaries  409   -     
 Loans outstanding at 31 December          404   -     
 Interest income earned                    5     -     
 
 
The loans to directors are mainly secured on property, shares or cash and bear interest at rates linked to base rate. No
provisions have been recognised in respect of loans given to related parties (2015: £nil). 
 
                                          2016     2015     
 Group - subsidiaries                     £000     £000     
 Deposits                                                   
 Deposits at 1 January                    2,692    2,665    
 Deposits placed during the year          6,644    2,721    
 Deposits repaid during the year          (5,623)  (2,694)  
 Transferred to deposits with associates  (315)    -        
 Deposits at 31 December                  3,398    2,692    
 Interest expense on deposits             12       13       
 
 
                                              2016  2015  
 Group - associates                           £000  £000  
 Deposits                                                 
 Deposits placed during the year              3     -     
 Transferred from deposits with subsidiaries  315   -     
 Deposits at 31 December                      318   -     
 Interest expense on deposits                 3     -     
 
 
Details of directors' remuneration are given in the Remuneration Report. The Directors do not believe that there were any
other transactions with key management or their close family members that require disclosure. 
 
 Details of principal subsidiaries are given in Note 41. Transactions and balances with subsidiaries are shown below:  
                                                                                                                       2016                             2015                    
                                                                                                                       Highest balance during the year  Balance at 31 December  Highest balance during the year  Balance at 31 December  
                                                                                                                       £000                             £000                    £000                             £000                    
 ASSETS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 Due from subsidiary undertakings                                                                                      150,776                          89,224                  23,454                           12,603                  
 Shares in subsidiary undertakings                                                                                     54,602                           54,602                  46,466                           46,466                  
 Total assets                                                                                                          205,378                          143,826                 69,920                           59,069                  
 LIABILITIES                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 Due to subsidiary undertakings                                                                                        3,650                            3,357                   5,431                            2,832                   
 Total liabilities                                                                                                     3,650                            3,357                   5,431                            2,832                   
 
 
The disclosure of the yearend balance and the highest balance during the year is considered the most meaningful information
to represent the transactions during the year. The above transactions arose during the normal course of business and are on
substantially the same terms as for comparable transactions with third parties. 
 
 The Company undertook the following transactions with other companies in the Group during the year:  
                                                                                                      2016     2015     
                                                                                                      £000     £000     
 Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd - Recharge of property and IT costs                                      1,087    1,587    
 Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd - Recharge for costs paid on the Company's behalf                        4,015    3,288    
 Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd - Group recharges for shared services                                    (1,483)  (1,421)  
 OBC Insurance Consultants Ltd - Dividend received                                                    -        (132)    
 Secure Trust Bank PLC (up to 15 June as subsidiary) - Group recharges for shared services            (212)    (412)    
 Secure Trust Bank PLC (up to 15 June as subsidiary) - Dividends received                             (5,195)  (6,517)  
 Secure Trust Bank PLC (from 16 June as associate) - Group recharges for shared services              (120)    -        
 Secure Trust Bank PLC (from 16 June as associate) - Dividends received                               (6,273)  -        
 West Yorkshire Insurance Company Ltd - Legal fees settled                                            -        25       
 Total                                                                                                (8,181)  (3,582)  
 
 
 41.  Interests in subsidiaries                                                                               
                                                          Investment at cost  Impairment provisions  Net      
 Company                                                  £000                £000                   £000     
 At 1 January 2015                                        42,530              (2,564)                39,966   
 Capital contribution to Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited  6,500               -                      6,500    
 At 31 December 2015                                      49,030              (2,564)                46,466   
 Capital contribution to Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited  22,000              -                      22,000   
 Sale of shares in Secure Trust Bank PLC                  (8,808)             -                      (8,808)  
 Transfer to interests in associates                      (5,056)             -                      (5,056)  
 At 31 December 2016                                      57,166              (2,564)                54,602   
                                                                                                              
 
 
                           2016    2015    
 Company                   £000    £000    
 Subsidiary undertakings:                  
 Banks                     52,302  44,166  
 Other                     2,300   2,300   
 Total                     54,602  46,466  
 
 
(a)   List of subsidiaries 
 
The table below provides details of the significant subsidiary of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC at 31 December: 
 
                                                                                    Country of incorporation  Ownership interest %                      
                                                                                    2016                      2015                  Principal activity  
 Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Limited                                                UK  100                       100                   Private banking     
 Secure Trust Bank PLC                                                          UK  -                         52                    Retail banking      
                                                                                                                                                          
 Secure Trust Bank became an associate company of the Group from 15 June 2016.  
 
 
 The table below provides details of other subsidiaries and related undertakings of Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC at 31 December:  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                           % shareholding  Country of incorporation                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                           Principal activity        
 Direct shareholding                                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                 Arbuthnot Fund Managers Limited           100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Arbuthnot Investments Limited             100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Arbuthnot Limited                         100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Arbuthnot Properties Limited              100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Arbuthnot Unit Trust Management Limited   100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Gilliat Financial Solutions Limited       100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Peoples Trust and Savings Plc             100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Secure Trust Bank PLC*                    18.6%           UK                                                                   Retail banking  
                                                                                                                                 West Yorkshire Insurance Company Limited  100.0%          UK                        Non-trading                                
                                                                                                                                 Windward Insurance Company PCC Limited    100.0%          Guernsey                  Insurance                                  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Indirect shareholding via intermediate holding companies                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                 Arbuthnot Latham (Nominees) Limited       100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Arbuthnot Securities Limited              100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Artillery Nominees Limited                100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Debt Managers (Services) Limited*         18.6%           UK                        Debt collection company                    
                                                                                                                                 John K Gilliat & Co., Limited             100.0%          UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 Pinnacle Universal                        100.0%          BVI                       Property development                       
                                                                                                                                 Secure Homes Services Limited*            18.6%           UK                        Property rental                            
                                                                                                                                 STB Leasing Limited*                      18.6%           UK                        Leasing                                    
                                                                                                                                 Tarn Crag Limited*                        50.0%           Isle of Man               Property management                        
                                                                                                                                 V12 Finance Group Limited*                18.6%           UK                        Holding company                            
                                                                                                                                 V12 Personal Finance Limited*             18.6%           UK                        Dormant                                    
                                                                                                                                 V12 Retail Finance Limited*               18.6%           UK                        Sourcing and servicing of unsecured loans  
 * Treated as interests in associates.                                                                                                                                                                               
 
 
All other subsidiary and related undertakings are unlisted and none are banking institutions, except for Secure Trust Bank
PLC. All 100% owned entities are included in the consolidated financial statements and have an accounting reference date of
31 December. All other entities are disclosed in the consolidated financial statements under interests in associates (see
note 26). 
 
(b) Non-controlling interests in subsidiaries 
 
The only subsidiary in 2015 within the Group with non-controlling interests was Secure Trust Bank PLC, where external
parties had 48.1% ownership interests in the bank. Summary financial information for Secure Trust Bank PLC for 2015 is
shown in the table below. 
 
                                                    Year ended 31 December  Year ended 31 December  
                                                    2016                    2015                    
 Summary of profit                                  £000                    £000                    
 Operating income                                   -                       132,484                 
 Profit after income tax                            -                       29,009                  
 Total comprehensive income                         -                       29,009                  
 Profit allocated to non-controlling interests      -                       13,798                  
 
 
                                                                                          31 December             31 December             
                                                                                          2016                    2015                    
 Summary of assets and liabilities                                                        £000                    £000                    
 Loans and advances to customers                                                          -                       960,610                 
 Other assets                                                                             -                       286,721                 
 Liabilities                                                                              -                       (1,106,147)             
 Net assets                                                                               -                       141,184                 
 Carrying amount of non-controlling interests                                             -                       67,887                  
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                          Year ended 31 December  Year ended 31 December  
                                                                                          2016                    2015                    
 Summary of cash flows                                                                    £000                    £000                    
 Cash flows from operating activities                                                     -                       53,188                  
 Cash flows from investing activities                                                     -                       (3,397)                 
 Cash flows from financing activities, before dividends to non-controlling interests      -                       (12,552)                
 Cash flows from financing activities - cash dividends to non-controlling interests       -                       (6,036)                 
 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents                                                -                       31,203                  
 
 
(c) Significant restrictions 
 
The Group does not have significant restrictions on its ability to access or use its assets and settle its liabilities
other than those resulting from the supervisory frameworks within which banking subsidiaries operate. The supervisory
frameworks require banking subsidiaries to keep certain levels of regulatory capital and liquid assets, limit their
exposure to other parts of the Group and comply with other ratios. The carrying amounts of the banking subsidiary's assets
and liabilities are £1,004m and £952m respectively (2015: £2,252m and £2,058m respectively; 2015 included Secure Trust Bank
PLC). 
 
(d) Risks associated with interests 
 
During the year Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC made £22.0m (2015: £6.5m) capital contributions to Arbuthnot Latham & Co., Ltd.
The contributions were made to assist the private bank during a period of growth to ensure that all regulatory capital
requirements were met. 
 
(e) Changes in ownership interest 
 
On 15 June 2016 Arbuthnot Banking Group sold 6 million shares in Secure Trust Bank PLC ('STB') for £150m, which reduced its
shareholding in STB from 51.92% to 18.93%.  From this date the Group accounted for its remaining shareholding in STB as an
associate. After the sale of the 6 million shares, the Group retained Board representation and as such is seen to have
significant influence over STB. 
 
42.  Operating segments 
 
The Group is organised into three main operating segments, arranged over three separate companies with each having its own
specialised banking service, as disclosed below: 
 
1) Retail banking (associate) - incorporating household cash management, personal lending and banking and insurance
services. 
 
2) UK Private banking - incorporating private banking, commercial banking and wealth management. 
 
3) Group Centre - ABG Group Centre management 
 
Transactions between the operating segments are on normal commercial terms. Centrally incurred expenses are charged to
operating segments on an appropriate pro-rata basis.  Segment assets and liabilities comprise operating assets and
liabilities, being the majority of the balance sheet. 
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                 Discontinued operations   Continuing operations            
                                                                                                 (Retail Banking)                                           
                                                                                                 ELL                       STB                    Total     Retail Bank Associate Income  UK Private banking  Group Centre  Total      Group Total  
 Year ended 31 December 2016                                                                     £000                      £000                   £000      £000                          £000                £000          £000       £000         
 Interest revenue                                                                                11,137                    57,498                 68,635    -                             38,245              285           38,530                  
 Inter-segment revenue                                                                           -                         -                      -         -                             (174)               (285)         (459)                   
 Interest revenue from external customers                                                        11,137                    57,498                 68,635    -                             38,071              -             38,071                  
 Fee and commission income                                                                       147                       7,981                  8,128     -                             11,430              -             11,430                  
 Revenue from external customers                                                                 11,284                    65,479                 76,763    -                             49,501              -             49,501                  
 Interest expense                                                                                -                         (12,107)               (12,107)  -                             (7,474)             200           (7,274)                 
 Add back inter-segment revenue                                                                  -                         -                      -         -                             174                 (174)         -                       
 Subordinated loan note interest                                                                 -                         -                      -         -                             -                   (352)         (352)                   
 Fee and commission expense                                                                      (124)                     (779)                  (903)     -                             (425)               -             (425)                   
 Segment operating income                                                                        11,160                    52,593                 63,753    -                             41,776              (326)         41,450                  
 Impairment losses                                                                               (2,610)                   (12,172)               (14,782)  -                             (474)               -             (474)                   
 Other income                                                                                    -                         -                      -         -                             4,353               (1,184)       3,169                   
 Income from associates                                                                          -                         -                                2,145                                                           2,145                   
 Operating expenses                                                                              (6,016)                   (29,073)               (35,089)  -                             (36,602)            (9,509)       (46,111)                
 Segment profit / (loss) before tax                                                              2,534                     11,348                 13,882    2,145                         9,053               (11,019)      179        14,061       
 Income tax (expense) / income                                                                   (507)                     (2,199)                (2,706)   -                             (211)               (509)         (720)      (3,426)      
 Segment profit / (loss) after tax                                                               2,027                     9,149                  11,176    2,145                         8,842               (11,528)      (541)      10,635       
 Profit on sale of discontinued operations                                                       116,754                   100,180                216,934   -                             -                   -             -                       
 Segment profit / (loss) after tax                                                               118,781                   109,329                228,110   2,145                         8,842               (11,528)      (541)      227,569      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Loans and advances to customers                                                                                                                                                          758,799             -             758,799                 
 Other assets                                                                                                                                                                             440,363             66,122        506,485                 
 Segment total assets                                                                                                                                                                     1,199,162           66,122        1,265,284  1,265,284    
 Customer deposits                                                                                                                                                                        997,649             -             997,649                 
 Other liabilities                                                                                                                                                                        120,815             (87,538)      33,277                  
 Segment total liabilities                                                                                                                                                                1,118,464           (87,538)      1,030,926  1,030,926    
 Other segment items:                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 Capital expenditure                                                                                                                                                                      (5,504)             (5)           (5,509)                 
 Depreciation and amortisation                                                                                                                                                            (1,641)             (26)          (1,667)                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 The "Group Centre" segment above includes the parent entity and all intercompany eliminations.                            
 
 
                                           Discontinued operations   Continuing operations             
                                           (Retail Banking)                                            
                                           ELL                       STB                    Total      UK Private banking  Group Centre  Total     Group Total  
 Year ended 31 December 2015               £000                      £000                   £000       £000                £000          £000      £000         
 Interest revenue                          39,230                    100,442                139,672    32,974              126           33,100                 
 Inter-segment revenue                     -                         (211)                  (211)      (181)               (118)         (299)                  
 Interest revenue from external customers  39,230                    100,231                139,461    32,793              8             32,801                 
 Fee and commission income                 1,523                     16,867                 18,390     9,999               -             9,999                  
 Revenue from external customers           40,753                    117,098                157,851    42,792              8             42,800                 
 Interest expense                          -                         (21,560)               (21,560)   (7,691)             25            (7,666)                
 Add back inter-segment revenue            -                         211                    211        181                 (181)         -                      
 Subordinated loan note interest           -                         -                      -          -                   (324)         (324)                  
 Fee and commission expense                (358)                     (3,660)                (4,018)    (206)               -             (206)                  
 Segment operating income                  40,395                    92,089                 132,484    35,076              (472)         34,604                 
 Impairment losses                         (7,537)                   (16,782)               (24,319)   (1,250)             (34)          (1,284)                
 Other income                              -                         -                      -          1,894               (1,894)       -                      
 Operating expenses                        (21,195)                  (50,133)               (71,328)   (29,722)            (6,204)       (35,926)               
 Segment profit / (loss) before tax        11,663                    25,174                 36,837     5,998               (8,604)       (2,606)   34,231       
 Income tax (expense) / income             (2,271)                   (5,557)                (7,828)    109                 12            121       (7,707)      
 Segment profit / (loss) after tax         9,392                     19,617                 29,009     6,107               (8,592)       (2,485)   26,524       
                                                                                                                                                                
 Loans and advances to customers           -                         960,610                960,610    618,902             -             618,902                
 Other assets                              118,456                   168,655                287,111    385,547             (20,611)      364,936                
 Segment total assets                      118,456                   1,129,265              1,247,721  1,004,449           (20,611)      983,838   2,231,559    
 Customer deposits                         -                         1,033,073              1,033,073  896,766             -             896,766                
 Other liabilities                         8,700                     64,827                 73,527     55,330              (18,541)      36,789                 
 Segment total liabilities                 8,700                     1,097,900              1,106,600  952,096             (18,541)      933,555   2,040,155    
 Other segment items:                                                                                                                                           
 Capital expenditure                       -                         (3,639)                (3,639)    (3,186)             (102)         (3,288)                
 Depreciation and amortisation             -                         (2,865)                (2,865)    (1,320)             (29)          (1,349)                
 
 
Segment profit is shown prior to any intra-group eliminations. 
 
The UK private bank has a branch in Dubai, which generated £3.1m (2015: £1.9m) fee income and had operating costs of £2.2m
(2015: £1.8m). All Dubai branch income is booked in the UK. Other than the Dubai branch, all operations of the Group are
conducted wholly within the United Kingdom and geographical information is therefore not presented. 
 
43.  Country by Country Reporting 
 
Article 89 of the EU Directive 2013/36/EU otherwise known as the Capital Requirements Directive IV ('CRD IV') was
implemented into UK domestic legislation through statutory instrument 2013 No. 3118, the Capital Requirements
(Country-by-Country Reporting) Regulations 2013 (the Regulations), which were laid before the UK Parliament on 10 December
2013 and which came into force on 1 January 2014. 
 
Article 89 requires credit institutions and investment firms in the EU to disclose annually, specifying, by Member State
and by third country in which it has an establishment, the following information on a consolidated basis for the financial
year: name, nature of activities, geographical location, turnover, number of employees, profit or loss before tax, tax on
profit or loss and public subsidies received. 
 
 31 December 2016                                                                                                                                              Turnover  Number FTE  Profit/(loss)    Tax paid  
 Name                                                                                                                            Nature of activity  Location  (£m)      employees   before tax (£m)  (£m)      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC                                                                                                     Banking Services    UK        105.2     272         247.1            6.1       
 Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC                                                                                                     Banking Services    Dubai     -         15          (2.2)            -         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 31 December 2015                                                                                                                                              Turnover  Number FTE  Profit/(loss)    Tax paid  
 Name                                                                                                                            Nature of activity  Location  (£m)      employees   before tax (£m)  (£m)      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC                                                                                                     Banking Services    UK        167.1     924         36.0             7.4       
 Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC                                                                                                     Banking Services    Dubai     -         13          (1.8)            -         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 The Dubai branch income is booked through the UK, hence the turnover is nil in the above analysis. Offsetting this income       
 against Dubai branch costs would result in a £870k profit (2015: £33k). No public subsidies were received during 2016 or 2015.  
 
 
44.  Ultimate controlling party 
 
The Company regards Sir Henry Angest, the Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who has a beneficial interest in
53.7% of the issued share capital of the Company, as the ultimate controlling party. Details of his remuneration are given
in the Remuneration Report and Note 40 of the consolidated financial statements includes related party transactions with
Sir Henry Angest. 
 
45.  Events after the balance sheet date 
 
There were no material post balance sheet events to report. 
 
Five Year Summary 
 
                                                                                   2012     2013     2014     2015     2016     
                                                                                   £000     £000     £000     £000     £000     
 Profit for the year after tax                                         11,118      11,515   17,016   26,524   227,569  
 Profit before tax from continuing operations*                         (4,654)     (1,480)  (3,824)  (2,606)  179      
 Total Earnings per share                                                                                              
 Basic (p)                                                                         54.6     53.8     58.6     86.3     1,127.2  
 Earnings per share from continuing operations*                                                                        
 Basic (p)                                                                         (28.4)   (5.7)    (24.8)   (16.9)   (3.7)    
 Dividends per share (p)                                               - ordinary  25.0     26.0     27.0     29.0     31.0     
                                                                       - special   -        18.0     -        -        325.0    
                                                                                                                                
 Other KPI:                                                                                                                     
                                                                                   2012     2013     2014     2015     2016     
                                                                                   £000     £000     £000     £000     £000     
 Net asset value per share (p)                                         449.3       570.5    1,136.0  1,252.7  1,533.8  
                                                                                                                                
 * - Prior year numbers have been restated for continuing operations.                                         
 
 
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