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REG - CYBG PLCClydesdale Bank PLC - Final Results <Origin Href="QuoteRef">CYBGC.L</Origin> - Part 6

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no objective evidence of impairment.                                                                  
 Past due but not impaired      Loans that are in arrears but have not been individually assessed as impaired.                                                                         
 Impaired                       Loans which have been individually assessed for impairment as there is objective evidence of impairment, including changes in customer circumstances.  
 
 
 Gross loans and advances to customers including loans designated                     2017£m    2016£m  
 at fair value through profit or loss (1)                                                               
 Government and public authorities                                                    32        36      
 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining                                            1,454     1,458   
 Financial, investment and insurance                                                  650       698     
 Property - construction                                                              279       262     
 Manufacturing                                                                        574       577     
 Instalment loans to individuals and other personal lending (including credit cards)  1,274     1,344   
 Property - mortgage                                                                  23,480    21,836  
 Asset and lease financing                                                            594       515     
 Other commercial and industrial                                                      3,630     3,421   
                                                                                      31,967    30,147  
 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Credit risk 
 
 Contingent liabilities and credit-related commitments                                2017£m    2016£m  
 Government and public authorities                                                    426       422     
 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and mining                                            375       382     
 Financial, investment and insurance                                                  165       125     
 Property - construction                                                              154       156     
 Manufacturing                                                                        588       658     
 Instalment loans to individuals and other personal lending (including credit cards)  1,945     1,931   
 Property - mortgage                                                                  2,305     1,780   
 Asset and lease financing                                                            125       98      
 Other commercial and industrial                                                      2,436     2,261   
                                                                                      8,519     7,813   
 
 
(1) Includes balances due from customers on acceptances and excludes accrued interest. 
 
Credit quality of loans and advances 
 
For SME lending, the Group has an internally developed credit rating system, as defined under the Group's credit risk
management policy, which uses data drawn from a number of sources to assess the potential risk in lending to the Group's
customers. This system assigns an indication of the PD for each customer and can be broadly mapped to external agencies
rating scales. Impaired assets consist of SME lending and secured Retail lending where current circumstances indicate that
losses of loan principal and/or interest may be incurred. 
 
 Description              eCRS(1)   PD            
 Senior investment grade  1 to 5    0 < 0.11      
 Investment grade         6 to 11   0.11 < 0.55   
 Sub-investment grade     12 to 23  0.55 < 99.99  
 
 
(1) eCRS - electronic Customer Rating System. 
 
The credit quality of the portfolio of loans and advances that were neither past due nor impaired can be assessed by
reference to the Group's standard credit rating system. The credit rating system is supported by a variety of financial
analytics, combined with processed market information to provide the main inputs for the measurement of counterparty risk.
All internal risk ratings are tailored to the various categories and are derived in accordance with the Group's ratings
policy. 
 
The table below represents the credit quality of SME loans and advances that are neither past due nor impaired: 
 
                          2017£m    2016£m  
 Senior investment grade  946       1,077   
 Investment grade         1,807     1,557   
 Sub-investment grade     3,873     3,533   
                          6,626     6,167   
 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Credit risk 
 
The LTV ratio of Retail mortgage lending, coupled with the relationship of the debt to customers' income, is key to the
credit quality of these loans. The table below sets out the indexed LTV analysis of the Group's Retail mortgage stock. 
 
 LTV (1)            2017%    2016%  
 Less than 50%      33       34     
 50% to 75%         49       50     
 76% to 80%         7        6      
 81% to 85%         4        4      
 86% to 90%         4        2      
 91% to 95%         1        1      
 96% to 100%        -        -      
 Greater than 100%  -        -      
 Unknown            2        3      
                    100      100    
 
 
(1)             LTV of the mortgage portfolio is defined as mortgage portfolio weighted by balance and indexed using the
MIAC Acadametrics indices at a given date. Unknown represents loans where data is not currently available due to front book
data matching still to be completed and a de minimis amount due to weaknesses in historic data capture processes. Prior
period comparatives have been restated on the new basis of indexation, previous basis adopted the Halifax House Price
Index. 
 
Forbearance 
 
The tables below summarise the level of forbearance in respect of the Group's mortgage portfolio at 30 September: 
 
 As at 30 September 2017   Total Retail loans and advances subject to forbearance measures  Impairment allowance on Retail loans and advances subject to forbearance measures  
 Number of loans           Gross carrying amount £m                                         % of total portfolio                                                               Impairment allowance £m  Coverage%  
 Formal arrangements       1,614                                                            164                                                                                0.69                     3.9        2.43  
 Temporary arrangements    1,418                                                            174                                                                                0.74                     3.0        1.72  
 Interest-only conversion  202                                                              30                                                                                 0.13                     0.2        0.56  
 Term extension            149                                                              12                                                                                 0.05                     0.1        0.51  
 Other                     29                                                               2                                                                                  0.01                     -          0.61  
 Legal                     167                                                              16                                                                                 0.07                     0.9        5.66  
                           3,579                                                            398                                                                                1.69                     8.1        2.04  
 
 
 As at 30 September 2016   Total Retail loans and advances subject to  Impairment allowance on Retail loans and advances subject to forbearance measures  
                           forbearance measures                                                                                                           
 Number of loans           Gross carrying amount £m                    % of total portfolio                                                               Impairment allowance £m  Coverage%  
 Formal arrangements       1,843                                       169                                                                                0.78                     5.5        3.27  
 Temporary arrangements    1,460                                       160                                                                                0.73                     2.7        1.68  
 Interest-only conversion  154                                         22                                                                                 0.10                     0.1        0.26  
 Term extension            123                                         11                                                                                 0.05                     0.1        0.61  
 Other                     22                                          2                                                                                  0.01                     -          0.84  
 Legal                     195                                         20                                                                                 0.09                     1.1        5.60  
                           3,797                                       384                                                                                1.76                     9.5        2.48  
 
 
The Group also has a number of customers with interest-only mortgages past maturity, not subject to forbearance. The Group
has formal processes embedded to proactively track and facilitate prematurity customer engagement to bring the cases to a
formal conclusion, which is generally aimed to be achieved within six months after the loan has reached maturity. Complex
cases can take longer than this to reach conclusion. At 30 September 2017, the Group had 97 (2016: 102) customers with
interest-only mortgages not subject to forbearance and which were post six-month maturity with a total value of £14m (2016:
£12m). 
 
A further forbearance reserve of £4m (2016: £4m) is presently held within the overall collective provision. The effect of
this on the above tables would be to increase the impairment allowance noted above to £12.1m (2016: £13.5m) and to increase
overall coverage to 3.05% (2016: 3.52%). When all other avenues of resolution including forbearance have been explored, the
Group will take steps to repossess and sell underlying collateral. In the year to 30 September 2017, there were 50
repossessions of which 13 were voluntary (2016: 78 including 27 voluntary). 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Credit risk 
 
Retail forbearance - unsecured consumer credit 
 
The Group currently exercises limited forbearance strategies in relation to other types of consumer credit, including
current accounts, unsecured loans and credit cards. The Group has assessed the total loan balances subject to forbearance
on other types of consumer credit to be £11m at 30 September 2017 (2016: £14m), representing 1.02% of the unsecured Retail
portfolio (2016: 1.33%). Impairment provisions on forborne balances totalled £3.1m at 30 September 2017 (2016: £4.2m),
providing overall coverage of 27.18% (2016: 29.02%). 
 
SME forbearance 
 
The tables below summarise the total number of arrangements in place and the loan balances and impairment provisions
associated with those arrangements. 
 
 As at 30 September 2017                    Total SME loans and advances subject to forbearance measures  Impairment allowance on SME loans and advances subject to forbearance measures  
 Number of loans                            Gross carrying amount £m                                      % of total portfolio                                                            Impairment allowance £m  Coverage%  
 Term extension                             206                                                           190                                                                             2.58                     12.8       6.71   
 Deferral of contracted capital repayments  109                                                           141                                                                             1.91                     20.4       14.47  
 Reduction in contracted interest rate      3                                                             1                                                                               0.02                     -          3.37   
 Alternative forms of payment               5                                                             28                                                                              0.37                     8.1        29.40  
 Debt forgiveness                           3                                                             11                                                                              0.15                     1.4        12.70  
 Refinancing                                19                                                            33                                                                              0.44                     4.4        13.41  
 Covenant breach/reset/waiver               50                                                            155                                                                             2.11                     8.1        5.24   
                                            395                                                           559                                                                             7.58                     55.2       9.88   
 
 
 As at 30 September 2016                    Total SME loans and advances subject to  Impairment allowance on SME loans and advances subject to forbearance measures  
                                            forbearance measures                                                                                                     
 Number of loans                            Gross carrying amount £m                 % of total portfolio                                                            Impairment allowance £m  Coverage%  
 Term extension                             350                                      320                                                                             4.43                     25.3       7.90   
 Deferral of contracted capital repayments  118                                      143                                                                             1.99                     18.2       12.69  
 Reduction in contracted interest rate      7                                        8                                                                               0.12                     0.6        7.01   
 Alternative forms of payment               7                                        35                                                                              0.48                     11.2       32.37  
 Debt forgiveness                           8                                        26                                                                              0.36                     2.4        9.16   
 Refinancing                                22                                       51                                                                              0.70                     4.9        9.76   
 Covenant breach/reset/waiver               62                                       208                                                                             2.88                     8.6        4.12   
                                            574                                      791                                                                             10.96                    71.2       8.99   
 
 
Included in other financial assets at fair value is a portfolio of loans that is included in the above table. The value of
fair value loans subject to forbearance at 30 September 2017 is £45m (2016: £101m), representing 0.61% of the total SME
portfolio (2016: 1.40%). Impairment allowances on these amounts totalled £4m (2016: £11m), a coverage of 8.89% (2016:
10.82%). 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Credit risk 
 
Loans and advances which were past due but not impaired 
 
The distribution of gross loans and advances that are past due but not impaired is analysed below: 
 
 2017                       Retailoverdrafts £m  Creditcards £m  Other retaillending £m  Mortgages £m  Lease finance £m  SME lending(1)£m  Total£m  
 1 to 29 DPD                5                    6               6                       142           22                88                269      
 30 to 59 DPD               1                    2               3                       32            -                 10                48       
 60 to 89 DPD               -                    1               2                       30            -                 2                 35       
 Past due 90 days and over  1                    3               5                       123           -                 29                161      
                            7                    12              16                      327           22                129               513      
 
 
 2016                       Retailoverdrafts £m  Creditcards £m  Other retaillending £m  Mortgages £m  Lease finance £m  SME lending(1)£m  Total£m  
 1 to 29 DPD                5                    6               6                       81            11                82                191      
 30 to 59 DPD               -                    2               3                       65            -                 27                97       
 60 to 89 DPD               -                    1               2                       28            -                 4                 35       
 Past due 90 days and over  1                    3               4                       111           -                 31                150      
                            6                    12              15                      285           11                144               473      
 
 
Movement in impairment provisions throughout the year 
 
 2017                               Retailoverdrafts £m  Creditcards £m  Other retaillending £m  Mortgages £m  Lease finance £m  SME lending(1)£m  Total£m  
 Opening balance                    3                    6               10                      39            2                 155               215      
 Charge for the year                2                    6               9                       (2)           -                 33                48       
 Amounts written off                (4)                  (9)             (13)                    (4)           -                 (45)              (75)     
 Recoveries of amounts written off  3                    4               6                       -             -                 5                 18       
 in previous years                                                                                                                                          
 Other (2)                          -                    -               -                       -             -                 4                 4        
 Closing balance                    4                    7               12                      33            2                 152               210      
                                                                                                                                                            
 Specific                           -                    -               -                       13            -                 43                56       
 Collective                         4                    7               12                      20            2                 109               154      
                                    4                    7               12                      33            2                 152               210      
 
 
 2016                               Retailoverdrafts £m  Creditcards £m  Other retaillending £m  Mortgages £m  Lease finance £m  SME lending(1)£m  Total£m  
 Opening balance                    5                    7               11                      39            2                 166               230      
 Charge for the year                (1)                  3               5                       1             1                 30                39       
 Amounts written off                (4)                  (9)             (14)                    (2)           -                 (39)              (68)     
 Recoveries of amounts written off  4                    5               7                       1             -                 1                 18       
 in previous years                                                                                                                                          
 Other (2)                          (1)                  -               1                       -             (1)               (3)               (4)      
 Closing balance                    3                    6               10                      39            2                 155               215      
                                                                                                                                                            
 Specific                           -                    -               -                       19            1                 44                64       
 Collective                         3                    6               10                      20            1                 111               151      
                                    3                    6               10                      39            2                 155               215      
 
 
(1) SME lending includes business overdrafts. 
 
(2) Other includes the recognition of certain impaired loans which were previously recorded at Fair Value Through Profit or
Loss, the unwind of net present value elements of specific provisions and other minor movements. 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Balance sheet and prudential regulation risks 
 
Balance sheet risks in the financial services industry are highly regulated with ongoing changes in the regulatory
environment expected to influence the risks and their management. The key risks include capital, liquidity and funding
risks, market risk which in the case of the Group is non-traded market risk (incorporating interest rate and foreign
exchange risks), pension risk and non-traded equity risk. 
 
Capital 
 
Capital is held by the Group to protect its depositors, to cover inherent risks in a normal and stressed operating
environment and to support the Group's strategy of sustainable growth. Capital risk is the risk that the Group has
insufficient quantity or quality of capital to support its operations. 
 
Regulatory capital (1) 
 
 CET1 capital                                           2017£m    2016£m  
 Capital instruments                                    88        88      
 Retained earnings and other reserves                   2,854     2,673   
 Regulatory adjustments and deductions                                    
 Defined benefit pension fund assets(2)                 (135)     -       
 Prudent valuation adjustment(3)                        (4)       (7)     
 Intangible assets(4)                                   (339)     (256)   
 Deferred tax asset relying on future profitability(5)  (28)      (35)    
 Cash flow hedge reserve                                1         (66)    
                                                        2,437     2,397   
 Tier 1 capital                                                           
 Additional Tier 1 (AT1) capital instruments            450       450     
 Total Tier 1 capital                                   2,887     2,847   
 Tier 2 capital                                                           
 Subordinated debt                                      473       474     
 Credit risk adjustments                                154       151     
 Total Tier 2 capital                                   627       625     
 Total capital                                          3,514     3,472   
 
 
(1) This table shows the capital position on a CRD IV 'fully loaded' basis. 
 
(2) The defined benefit pension fund asset (net of deferred tax liabilities) does not qualify as capital for regulatory
purposes. 
 
(3) A prudent valuation adjustment is applied in respect of fair-valued instruments as required under regulatory capital
rules. 
 
(4) Intangible assets shall be deducted from capital for regulatory purposes. 
 
(5) Under CRD IV, deferred tax assets that rely on future profitability are deducted from CET1 capital. 
 
 Reconciliation of statutory total equity to regulatory capital  2017£m    2016£m  
 Statutory total equity                                          3,402     3,211   
 Deductions from capital                                         (478)     (263)   
 Deferred tax asset relying on future profitability              (28)      (35)    
 Cash flow hedge reserve                                         1         (66)    
 Foreseeable AT1 dividends and charges                           (10)      -       
 Regulatory Tier 1 capital                                       2,887     2,847   
 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Balance sheet and prudential regulation risks 
 
 Regulatory capital flow of funds                                                 CRD IV2017£m    CRD IV2016£m  
 CET1 capital                                                                                                   
 CET1 capital at 1 October                                                        2,397           2,405         
 Share for share exchange and nominal reduction                                   -               (135)         
 Share premium                                                                    -               (670)         
 Retained earnings and other reserves (including structured entities)             181             576           
 Prudent valuation adjustment                                                     3               (2)           
 Intangible assets                                                                (83)            9             
 Deferred tax asset relying on future profitability                               7               238           
 Defined benefit pension fund assets                                              (135)           42            
 Cash flow hedge reserve                                                          67              (66)          
 CET1 capital at 30 September                                                     2,437           2,397         
                                                                                                                
 Tier 1 capital                                                                                                 
 Tier 1 capital at 1 October                                                      450             450           
 Capital instruments repurchased: Perpetual Capital Notes                         -               (450)         
 Capital instruments issued: Perpetual Subordinated Contingent Convertible Notes  -               450           
 Tier 1 capital at 30 September                                                   450             450           
 Total Tier 1 capital                                                             2,887           2,847         
                                                                                                                
 Tier 2 capital                                                                                                 
 Tier 2 capital at 1 October                                                      625             598           
 Credit risk adjustments                                                          3               13            
 Other movements                                                                  (1)             -             
 Capital instruments repurchased: subordinated debt                               -               (475)         
 Capital instruments issued: subordinated debt                                    -               474           
 Removal of minority interest deduction on subordinated debt                      -               15            
 Tier 2 capital at 30 September                                                   627             625           
 Total capital                                                                    3,514           3,472         
 
 
 Minimum Pillar 1 capital requirements   2017£m    2016£m  
 Credit risk                             1,420     1,352   
 Operational risk                        130       130     
 Counterparty risk                       11        17      
 Credit valuation adjustment             13        23      
 Tier 1 regulatory capital requirements  1,574     1,522   
 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Balance sheet and prudential regulation risks 
 
RWA movements 
 
 RWA flow statement                           2017£m    2016£m  
 RWAs at 1 October                            19,029    18,227  
 Book size growth                             529       619     
 Book quality (improvement)/deterioration(1)  (28)      183     
 Methodology and policy(2)                    148       -       
 RWAs at 30 September                         19,678    19,029  
 
 
(1)   The improvement in book quality is primarily due to the continued diversification in the Liquid Asset Buffer, where
we are investing in a number of high quality liquid assets from AAA rated issuance programmes. 
 
(2)  The definition of default was enhanced to capture a broader interpretation of the regulatory requirements as part of
the Group's programme of activity to prepare for IRB accreditation, which led to an increase in RWAs. This change does not
reflect any movement in the underlying risk profile of the portfolio and is only a reporting and Probability of Default
model build enhancement. 
 
Pillar 1 RWAs and capital requirements by business line 
 
 Capital requirements for calculating RWAs     At 30 September 2017              At 30 September 2016  
 Capitalrequired£m                             RWA£m                 Exposure£m                        Capitalrequired£m  RWA£m  Exposure(restated)£m  
 Central governments or central banks (1)      -                     -           12,947                                   -      -                     8,139   
 Regional governments or local authorities     2                     19          156                                      2      20                    192     
 Public sector entities                        -                     5           155                                      -      5                     13      
 Multilateral development banks                -                     -           205                                      -      -                     195     
 Financial institutions                        13                    163         1,453                                    19     234                   1,344   
 Corporates (1)                                273                   3,418       3,791                                    273    3,419                 3,732   
 Retail                                        72                    905         1,207                                    72     897                   1,196   
 Secured by mortgages on immovable property    961                   12,001      28,203                                   897    11,242                26,482  
 Exposures in default                          47                    590         483                                      33     408                   340     
 Collective investments undertakings           -                     1           1                                        -      3                     3       
 Equity exposures                              -                     5           3                                        1      11                    9       
 Items associated with particularly high risk  3                     40          26                                       1      15                    10      
 Covered bonds                                 4                     48          477                                      2      19                    191     
 Other items (1)                               45                    557         585                                      52     633                   627     
 Total credit risk                             1,420                 17,752      49,692                                   1,352  16,906                42,473  
 Operational risk                              130                   1,621                                                130    1,623                         
 Counterparty risk                             11                    138                                                  17     214                           
 Credit valuation adjustment                   13                    167                                                  23     286                           
                                               1,574                 19,678                                               1,522  19,029                        
 
 
The Exposure amounts disclosed above are post credit conversion factors and pre credit mitigation. 
 
(1) FY2016 comparatives have been restated for the following with no impact to total RWA or capital requirement: 
 
£1.1bn of BoE backing assets reallocated from Other items to Central government or central banks asset class; and 
 
£114m exposure reallocated from Corporates to Other items asset class. 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Balance sheet and prudential regulation risks 
 
 Capital position and CET1    2017£m    2016£m  
 RWA(1)                                         
 Retail mortgages             8,646     7,998   
 Business lending             7,359     7,087   
 Other retail lending         932       915     
 Other lending                148       152     
 Other(2)                     667       754     
 Credit risk                  17,752    16,906  
 Credit valuation adjustment  167       286     
 Operational risk             1,621     1,623   
 Counterparty risk            138       214     
 Total RWAs                   19,678    19,029  
 Capital ratios                                 
 CET1 ratio(3)                12.4%     12.6%   
 Tier 1 ratio                 14.7%     15.0%   
 Total capital ratio          17.9%     18.2%   
 
 
(1) RWAs are calculated under the standardised approach. 
 
(2) The items included in the Other exposure class that attract a capital charge include items in the course of collection,
cash in hand, fixed assets and deferred tax assets that are not deducted. 
 
(3) CET1 capital is comprised of shares issued and related share premium, retained earnings and other reserves less
specified regulatory adjustments. 
 
While RWAs increased by £649m, driven by growth in mortgages, underlying capital generation post AT1 distribution of 13bps
(before the net impact of pension movements, and below-the-line charges such as the Group's proportion of conduct provision
charges and exceptional restructuring charges) ensured the CET1 ratio remained robust at 12.4%. 
 
As announced above the Board has recommended a 1p per share dividend. The dividend would equate to approximately £9m of
CET1 (equivalent to 4bps of CET1 based on RWAs as at 30 September 2017). 
 
 Leverage ratio                                           2017£m    2016£m  
 Total Tier 1 capital for the leverage ratio                                
 Total CET1 capital                                       2,437     2,397   
 AT1 capital                                              450       450     
 Total Tier 1                                             2,887     2,847   
 Exposures for the leverage ratio                                           
 Total assets as per published financial statements       43,231    39,929  
 Adjustment for off-balance sheet items                   2,019     1,982   
 Adjustment for derivative financial instruments          (228)     (399)   
 Adjustment for securities financing transactions (SFTs)  1,461     601     
 Other adjustments                                        (505)     (364)   
 Leverage ratio exposure                                  45,978    41,749  
 Leverage ratio                                           6.3%      6.8%    
 Modified leverage ratio(1)                               7.4%      8.0%    
 
 
(1) The Group's leverage ratio on a modified basis, excluding qualifying central bank claims from the exposure measure in
accordance with the policy statement issued by the PRA in October 2017. The Group is currently excluded from the full
reporting requirements of the UK leverage ratio framework. 
 
The leverage ratio is monitored against a Board set RAS with the responsibility for managing the ratio delegated to ALCO,
which monitors it on a monthly basis. 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Balance sheet and prudential regulation risks 
 
Funding and liquidity risk 
 
Funding risk relates to the impact on the Group's strategy of being unable to raise funds from customers and the wholesale
markets of sufficient quantity and of appropriate mix and tenor. An inability to raise sufficient funds may lead to a
reduction in lending growth or a requirement to raise the price paid for deposits, both outcomes having an adverse effect
on shareholder value. Where funding risk manifests itself in an adverse effect on mix and tenor, for example, a high
proportion of short-term wholesale deposits, there is an increased liquidity risk to the Group. 
 
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group is unable to meet its current and future financial obligations as they fall due
at acceptable cost. These obligations include the repayment of deposits on demand or at their contractual maturity dates,
the repayment of borrowings and loan capital as they mature, the payment of operating expenses and tax, the payment of
dividends and the ability to fund new and existing loan commitments. 
 
External credit ratings 
 
The Group's long-term credit ratings are summarised below: 
 
                      Outlook as at                          
 20 Nov 2017(1)       30 Sep 2017         30 Sep 2016  
 CYBG PLC                                                    
 Fitch                Stable              BBB+         BBB+  
 Standard & Poor's    Stable              BBB-         BBB-  
 Clydesdale Bank PLC                                         
 Fitch                Stable              BBB+         BBB+  
 Standard & Poor's    Stable              BBB+         BBB+  
 Moody's(2)           Review for upgrade  Baa2         Baa2  
 
 
(1) For detailed background on the latest credit opinions, by S&P and Fitch, please refer to the respective rating agency
websites. 
 
(2) Long-term deposit rating. 
 
Liquid assets 
 
The quantity and quality of the Group's liquid assets are calibrated to the Board's view of liquidity risk appetite and
remain at a prudent level above regulatory requirements. The Group was compliant with all internal and regulatory liquidity
metrics at 30 September 2017. 
 
The liquid asset portfolio provides a buffer against sudden and potentially sharp outflows of funds and liquid assets must
therefore be of a high quality so they can be realised for cash and cannot be encumbered for any other purpose (e.g. to
provide collateral for payments systems). Details on encumbered assets are provided in the following section. 
 
The liquid asset portfolio is primarily comprised of cash at the BoE, UK Government Securities (Gilts) and listed
securities (e.g. bonds issued by supra-nationals and AAA rated covered bonds). 
 
 Liquid asset portfolio                  2017£m    2016£m  
 Cash and balances with central banks    4,367     3,702   
 UK government treasury bills and gilts  1,129     1,187   
 Other debt securities                   829       399     
 Total                                   6,325     5,288   
 
 
The liquid asset portfolio has seen some diversification over 2017 with an increase in Other Debt securities. Before
investing in any security an assessment is completed for both the credit quality and the treatment for liquidity purposes.
ALCO oversees the composition of the liquid asset portfolio. 
 
Supplementary risk management disclosures 
 
Balance sheet and prudential regulation risks 
 
Encumbered assets by asset category 
 
Examples of reasons for asset encumbrance include, among others, supporting the Group's secured funding programmes to
provide stable term funding to the Group, use of assets as collateral for payments systems in order to support customer's
transactional activity, and providing security for the Group's issuance of Scottish bank notes. The Group monitors the
level of asset encumbrance to ensure an appropriate balance is maintained. 
 
Encumbered assets by asset category 
 
 September 2017                             Assets encumbered with non-central bank counterparties                         Positioned atthe central bank (includingencumbered)£m         Other assets         Total£m          
 Assets not positioned at the central bank  Total£m                                                                        
 Readily available forencumbrance£m         Other assets capable of beingencumbered£m               Cannot beencumbered£m                                                         
 Coveredbonds£m                             Securiti-sations£m                                      Other£m                Total£m                                                       
 Cash and balances with central banks       -                                                       -                      -                                                      -                    2,850           4,087   -      -      6,937     6,937     
 Due from other banks                       46                                                      358                    338                                                    742                  -               -       432    -      432       1,174     
 Investments -                              -                                                       -                      -                                                      -                    95              1,971   -      10     2,076     2,076     
 available for sale                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 Other financial assets                     -                                                       -                      -                                                      -                    -               -       477    -      477       477       
 Derivatives                                -                                                       -                      -                                                      -                    -               -       -      282    282       282       
 Loans and advances                         1,347                                                   5,841                  -                                                      7,188                6,294           5,940   8,906  2,965  24,105    31,293    
 to customers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Intangible assets                          -                                                       -                      -                                                      -                    -               -       -      339    339       339       
 Deferred tax assets                        -                                                       -                      -                                                      -                    -               -       -      154    154       154       
 Other assets                               -                                                       -                      -                                                      -                    -               -       100    399    499       499       
 Total assets                               1,393                                                   6,199                  338                                                    7,930                9,239           11,998  9,915  4,149  35,301    43,231    
 
 
 September 2016                        Assets encumbered with non-central bank counterparties                                             Positioned atthe central bank (includingencumbered)£m         Other assets         Total£m         
                                                                                               Assets not positioned at the central bank  Total£m                                                       
 Readily available forencumbrance£m    Other assets capable of beingencumbered£m               Cannot beencumbered£m                                                                             
 Coveredbonds£m                        Securiti-sations£m                                      Other£m                                    Total£m                                                       
 Cash and balances with central banks  -                                                       -                                          -                                                      -                    2,468           3,487  -       -      5,955     5,955     
 Due from other banks                  156                                                     282                                        337                                                    775                  -               -      177     -      177       952       
 Investments -                         -                                                       -                                          -                                                      -                    101             1,594  36      -      1,731     1,731     
 available for sale                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 Other financial assets                -                                                       -                                          -                                                      -                    -               -      750     -      750       750       
 Derivatives                           -                                                       -                                          -                                                      -                    -               -      -       585    585       585       
 Loans and advances                    1,149                                                   5,144                                      -                                                      6,293                2,902           3,946  13,003  3,058  22,909    29,202    
 to customers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Intangible assets                     -                                                       -                                          -                                                      -                    -               -      -       256    256       256       
 Deferred tax assets                   -                                                       -                                          -                                                      -                    -               -      -       183    183       183       
 Other assets                          -                                                       -                                          -                                                      -                    -               -      122     193    315       315       
 Total assets                          1,305                                                   5,426                                      337                                                    7,068                5,471           9,027  14,088  4,275  32,861    39,929    
 
 
Other information 
 
The financial information included in this preliminary results announcement does not constitute statutory accounts within
the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. Statutory accounts for the year ended 30 September 2017 were approved
by the directors on 20 November 2017 and will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies following publication in December
2017. The auditors' report on those accounts was unqualified and did not include a statement under sections 498(2)
(accounting records or returns inadequate or accounts not agreeing with records and returns) or 498(3) (failure to obtain
necessary information and explanations) of the Companies Act 2006. 
 
Additional information 
 
Measuring financial performance - glossary 
 
Financial performance measures 
 
As highlighted throughout the preliminary results announcement, the Group utilises a range of performance measures(1)  to
assess the Group's performance. These can be grouped under the following headings: 
 
Profitability; 
 
Asset quality; and 
 
Capital optimisation. 
 
The performance measures used are a combination of statutory, regulatory and alternative performance measures; with the
type of performance measure used dependent on the component elements and source of what is being measured. 
 
Statutory performance measures (S) 
 
These are used when the basis of the calculation is derived from a measure that is required under generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP). An example of this would be references to earnings per share. 
 
Regulatory performance measures (R) 
 
These are used when the basis of the calculation is required and specified by the Group's regulators. Examples of this
would be the leverage ratio and the Tier 1 ratio. 
 
Alternative performance measures (A) 
 
These are used when the basis of the calculation is derived from a non-GAAP measure - also referred to as APMs. Examples of
this would be the cost to income ratio and the return on tangible equity. 
 
Where a performance measure refers to an 'underlying' metric, the detail on how this measure is arrived at, along with
management's reasoning for excluding the item from the Group's current underlying performance rationale, can be found on
page 16. These adjustments to the Group's statutory results made by management are necessary to provide a more meaningful
underlying basis. 
 
Descriptions of the performance measures used, including the basis of calculation where appropriate, are set out below: 
 
Profitability: 
 
 Term                                         Type  Definition                                                                                                                                                                
 Net interest margin (NIM)                    A     Net interest income as a percentage of average interest earning assets for a given period. Net interest income of £844m (2016: £806m) is divided by average interest      
                                                    earning assets for a given period of £37,697m (2016: £36,257m) (which is then adjusted to exclude short-term repos used for liquidity management purposes, amounts        
                                                    received under the Conduct Indemnity and not yet utilised, and any associated income). As a result of the exclusions noted above, average interest earning assets used as 
                                                    the denominator have reduced by £491m (2016: £698m) and the net interest income numerator has reduced by £1.1m (2016: £2.6m).                                             
 Underlying return on tangible equity (RoTE)  A     Underlying profit after tax less preference share and other distributions as a percentage of average tangible equity (total equity less intangible assets and AT1) for a  
                                                    given period.                                                                                                                                                             
 Underlying cost to income ratio (CIR)        A     Underlying total operating expenses as a percentage of underlying total operating income for a given period.                                                              
 Underlying basic earnings per share (EPS)    A     Underlying profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity shareholders including tax relief on any distributions made to other equity holders divided by the weighted      
                                                    average number of ordinary shares in issue for a given period.                                                                                                            
 Statutory RoTE                               A     Statutory profit/(loss) after tax less preference share and non-controlling interest distributions as a percentage of average tangible equity (total equity less          
                                                    intangible assets and AT1) for a given period.                                                                                                                            
 Statutory CIR                                A     Statutory total operating expenses as a percentage of total operating income for a given period.                                                                          
 Statutory basic EPS                          S     Statutory profit/(loss) attributable to ordinary equity shareholders including tax relief on any distributions made to other equity holders divided by the weighted       
                                                    average number of ordinary shares in issue for a given period.                                                                                                            
 
 
(1)  The term 'financial performance measure' covers all metrics, ratios and percentage calculations used to assess the
Group's performance and is interchangeable with similar terminology used in the preliminary results announcement such as
highlights, key metrics, key performance indicators (KPIs) and key credit metrics. 
 
Additional information 
 
Measuring financial performance - glossary 
 
Asset quality: 
 
 Term                                                            Type  Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 Impairment charge toaverage customer loans (cost of risk)       A     Impairment losses on credit exposures plus credit risk adjustment on fair value loans to average customer loans (defined as loans and advances to customers, other financial assets at fair value and due from customers on acceptances).  
 90+ days past due (DPD) plus impaired assets to customer loans  A     Customer loans that are either impaired or where the repayment is more than 90 days overdue as a percentage of total customer loans at a given date.                                                                                       
 Specific provision to gross impaired assets                     A     The specific impairment provision on credit exposures as a percentage of gross impaired assets at a given date.                                                                                                                            
 Total provision to customer loans                               A     Total impairment provision on credit exposures as a percentage of total customer loans at a given date.                                                                                                                                    
 Indexed loan to value (LTV) of the mortgageportfolio            A     The mortgage portfolio weighted by balance and indexed using the MIAC Acadametrics indices at a given date.                                                                                                                                
 Net write offs to customer loans                                A     Net write offs, including loans at fair value, as a percentage of total customer loans at a given date.                                                                                                                                    
 
 
Capital optimisation: 
 
 Term                                       Type  Definition                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) ratio          R     CET1 capital divided by RWAs at a given date.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 Tier 1 ratio                               R     Tier 1 capital as a percentage of risk-weighted assets.                               

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