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4Q25 and FY25 Preliminary Results

Lion Finance

25/02/2026 07:00

RNS Number : 2459U

Lion Finance Group PLC

25 February 2026

 

 

Contents

4Q25 and FY25 preliminary unaudited results

Earnings call on 25 February 2025, 14:00 GMT

Segmentation guide

CEO statement

Macroeconomic developments: Georgia

Macroeconomic developments: Armenia

4Q25 and FY25 preliminary unaudited consolidated results.

Business Division results

Georgian Financial Services (GFS)

Armenian Financial Services (AFS)

Ameriabank CJSC: unaudited standalone financial information (not included in the consolidated results)

Other businesses

Preliminary unaudited consolidated financial information

Non-financial information

Additional information

Glossary

Lion Finance Group PLC profile

Further information

Forward-looking statements

 

4Q25 and FY25 preliminary unaudited results

The information in this Announcement in respect of the full-year 2025 preliminary unaudited results, which was approved by the Board of Directors on 24 February 2026, does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the UK Companies Act 2006. The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies, and the audit reports were unqualified and contained no statements in respect of Sections 498 (2) or (3) of the UK Companies Act 2006. The audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 will be included in the Annual Report and Accounts expected to be published in March 2026, which will be filed with the Registrar of Companies following Lion Finance Group PLC's Annual General Meeting.

The results are prepared in accordance with UK-adopted international accounting standards, are unaudited and derived from management accounts.

Earnings call on 25 February 2025, 14:00 GMT

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TI8FAqC2RJqqxcQmZt21_Q

Webinar ID: 993 0141 6934 | Passcode: 331608

Segmentation guide

Following the acquisition of Ameriabank at the end of March 2024, the Group's results are presented by the following Business Divisions: 1) Georgian Financial Services (GFS), 2) Armenian Financial Services (AFS), and 3) Other Businesses.

• GFSmainly comprises JSC Bank of Georgia and the investment bank JSC Galt and Taggart.
• AFSincludes Ameriabank CJSC
• Other Businesses: includes JSC Belarusky Narodny Bank (BNB), which serves retail and SME clients in Belarus; JSC Digital Area, a digital ecosystem in Georgia including e-commerce, ticketing, and inventory management SaaS; Lion Finance Group PLC, the holding company; and other small entities and intragroup eliminations.

Lion Finance Group PLC delivered consolidated unaudited profit before one-off items[*] of GEL 619.3 million in 4Q25 (+22.7% y-o-y), and GEL 2,192.8 million for the full year of 2025 (+20.9% y-o-y).

Continued strength in Group profitability, with return on average equity (adjusted for one-offs*) of 30.1% for 4Q25 and 28.4% for FY25.

The Company today declared a quarterly dividend of GEL 2.75 per share, bringing the total dividend in respect of the FY25 to GEL 10.50 per share. Additionally, a further share buyback and cancellation programme of GEL 53.5m was announced, resulting in the total buyback in respect of FY25 to GEL 203m.

Group performance highlights

The Group income statement highlights present year-on-year comparisons for 4Q25 (not FY25) because Ameriabank's income statement was consolidated only from 1 April 2024, making FY growth non-representative of underlying performance.

• The Group delivered robust results in FY25, with profit before one-offs of GEL 2,192.8m and adjusted ROAE of 28.4%, while 4Q25 profit before one-offs grew 22.7% y-o-y, driven by strong loan book expansion, customer franchise growth, and sustained profitability across all core business divisions.
• The Group's loan book reached GEL 40,065.7m as at 31 December 2025, up 19.7% y-o-y in constant currency (cc). The growth was fuelled by strong loan book expansion across both the Georgian (GFS) and Armenian (AFS) operations, which recorded year-on-year constant currency increases of 16.1% and 28.0%, respectively. Compared with 30 September 2025, the GFS loan book was up 4.5%, while the AFS loan book increased by 8.5%, resulting in a total Group loan growth of 5.8% (in cc).
• Client deposits and notes totalled GEL 38,630.0m as at 31 December 2025, reflecting a 17.3% y-o-y increase in constant currency (cc). GFS deposits rose by 14.3% y-o-y, while AFS deposits increased by 21.9% y-o-y. Compared with 30 September 2025, GFS deposits were down 0.5% (attributable to a reduction in the Corporate Center mainly due to Ministry of Finance deposits), while AFS deposits increased by 9.1%, resulting in a total Group deposit growth of 2.7% (in cc).
• Asset quality remained robust across the Group, with the Group cost of credit risk ratio down to 0.3% in 4Q25 (0.5% in 4Q24 and 0.5% in 3Q25) and the NPL ratio stable at 2.1% as at 31 December 2025 (2.0% as at 31 December 2024 and 2.1% as at 30 September 2025).
• Operating income was up 16.4% y-o-y to GEL 1,201.3m in 4Q25. The annual top-line growth was primarily driven by strong net interest income generated by both GFS and AFS, complemented by solid fee and commission income generation across both operations.
• In 4Q25, non-interest income increased by 10.1% y-o-yto GEL 405.4m, driven by growth in net fee and commission income. GFS delivered a 33.8% y-o-y growth in 4Q25 attributable to lower fee expenses due to renegotiated payment systems terms for both 2025 and future periods (see page 9), while AFS contributed with a 34.1% y-o-y growth, benefiting from the reclassification of GEL 7.1m in currency conversion fees to align with the Group's accounting policies (previously reported in FX gains) as well as a significant GEL 13.7m advisory fee booked in the quarter.
• The Group's operating expenses increased by14.0% y-o-ytoGEL 422.6min 4Q25. The y-o-y growth was driven primarily by GFS, which saw expenses rise by 18.5% y-o-y, mainly driven by higher staff and administrative expenses (see details on page 9).
• Capital adequacy and liquidity positions for both Bank of Georgia and Ameriabank remained above the minimum regulatory requirements (for details, see pages 10 and 13).
• The Group continued to demonstrate robust customer franchise growth. On a year-on-year basis, Bank of Georgia's Retail Digital Monthly Active Users (Digital MAU) grew by 15.0% to surpass 1.8 million individuals, while Ameriabank's Retail Digital MAU surged by 45.3%, reaching 336 thousand individuals. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, these figures increased by 5.1% and 10.3% at Bank of Georgia and Ameriabank, respectively.

CEO statement

2025 was a year of strong performance for the Group, marked by robust growth in our core operations and notable momentum in Armenia driven by the continued enhancement of our retail banking capabilities. During 2025, we also continued to elevate the quality of our banking franchises, expand the balance sheet, and sustain high profitability. As a result, we delivered a record GEL 2.2 billion in Group net profit before one-offs (up 20.9% year-on-year), a return on average equity of 28.4%, and a 21.6% growth in our book value per share to GEL 197.85.

Favourable macroeconomic conditions in Georgia and Armenia supported our businesses in 2025, as both economies delivered substantial growth underpinned by solid domestic demand and resilient external inflows. Macroeconomic policies remained agile, helping international reserves reach record levels. Looking ahead, we are optimistic about continued momentum and project real GDP growth of about 6.0% in Georgia within the range of 5.5-6.0% in Armenia for 2026. Further upside potential for the region may emerge from the ongoing implementation of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement.

Throughout 2025, Bank of Georgia reinforced its market leadership as the main bank in our customers' daily lives. Retail digital monthly active users (Digital MAU) grew 15.0% year-on year to over 1.8 million individuals at year-end, with digital daily active users approaching 1 million. This engagement validates our customer-centric and innovation-focused strategy launched in 2019, when Digital MAU stood at just 355,000.

For the second consecutive year, Bank of Georgia earned Global Finance's "World's Best Digital Bank" recognition. Meanwhile, our Net Promoter Score (NPS) remained consistently above 70 throughout the year, hitting a record 76 points in the fourth quarter. This success has been reflected in strong balance sheet growth and financial performance. Loans and deposits in Georgian Financial Services (GFS) were up 16.1% and 14.3% year-on-year in constant currency. Overall, GFS recorded a full-year profit before one-offs of GEL 1.7 billion, an increase of almost 10% from 2024 - and an adjusted return on average equity of 32.0%.

GFS profitability remained solid throughout 2025, despite some headwinds. On the revenue side, we successfully addressed challenges in our net fee and commission income by securing better terms from international payment systems for 2025 and onwards, while strengthening our FX income remains a key area of focus. Although the net interest margin declined quarter-on-quarter by 30 bps to 5.9%, reflecting higher client deposit costs and the GEL 450m Eurobond issuance, we expect the net interest margin to remain broadly stable, with scope for slight upside, in 2026.  

Ameriabank made significant progress in 2025, advancing its strategic priorities by strengthening its retail customer value proposition with new products. Digital monthly active users surged by 45.3% year-on-year to 336 thousand, representing 70% of our total monthly active retail customers (up from 65% in 2024). With Ameriabank's digital penetration at just c.11% of Armenia's population versus c.47% in Georgia, we see a substantial runway for continued growth in this dynamic market. In Armenian Financial Services (AFS), net loans and deposits increased by 28.0% and 21.9% year-on-year in constant currency, reinforcing Ameriabank's market leadership. AFS delivered GEL 452.4m in profit for FY25 and achieved a 22.6% return on average equity. Ameriabank's standalone profit grew by 23.6% year-on-year on a comparable full-year basis.

Considering the Group's performance, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of GEL 2.75, bringing the total cash dividend for 2025 to GEL 10.50 per share - a 16.7% increase year-on-year. Additionally, the Board has approved a further share buyback and cancellation programme of GEL 53.5 million, bringing the total buyback amount for 2025 to GEL 203 million. These combined distributions result in a total 2025 payout ratio of 30%, in line with our distribution policy.

Georgia and Armenia continue to be among the wider region's fastest-growing economies, and our presence in both markets positions us well for the opportunities ahead. We entered the new year with clear priorities: deepening customer relationships, driving digital innovation, and building on the record profit achieved in 2025. I thank our colleagues for their dedication and our stakeholders for their continued confidence and support.

Archil Gachechiladze                                                                                                      

CEO, Lion Finance Group PLC

24 February 2026

Our key targets for the medium term remain:

• c.15% annual growth of the Group's loan book.
• 20%+ return on average equity.
• 30-50% payout ratio (dividends and share buyback and cancellation programme).

Macroeconomic developments: Georgia

Sustained economic growth momentum

Georgia's economy maintained strong momentum in 4Q25, with preliminary real GDP expanding by 6.8% y-o-y. This brought the full-year 2025 preliminary growth to 7.5%. The expansion was broad-based, driven primarily by the information and communication, education, financial services, and real estate sectors. We forecast real GDP growth of about 6.0% in 2026, supported by robust consumption, resilient external inflows, and sustained public capital expenditure. Downside risks persist, including global trade tensions, regional geopolitical instability, and domestic political challenges. However, Georgia's structural resilience and sound macroeconomic policies are expected to continue underpinning growth.

Robust external flows

External inflows remained solid, supported by diversified markets and income sources. In 4Q25, merchandise exports increased by a strong 20.7% y-o-y (up 11.2% for the full year), while imports rose by only 4.2% y-o-y (up 9.7% for the full year), contributing to a narrower trade deficit. International tourism revenues grew by 9.2% y-o-y in 4Q25 (up 6.0% for the full year), driven by a sustained increase in tourist arrivals, which reached a record high of 5.5 million in 2025. Inbound money transfers also accelerated, increasing by 14.6% y-o-y (up 8.5% for the full year), which reflects robust remittance inflows from the US and the EU.

Stable GEL and record-high reserves

In 2025, the Georgian Lari (GEL) appreciated by 4.0% against the US dollar but depreciated by 8.3% against the euro and by 3.1% against the pound sterling. The GEL's strength against the US dollar was supported by robust external inflows, deposit de-dollarisation, and prudent macroeconomic policy. With this favourable backdrop, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) continued its foreign currency purchases, lifting international reserves to a record USD 6.2 billion by the end of 2025. We expect the GEL to remain broadly stable medium term, underpinned by solid macroeconomic fundamentals.

Easing inflation and prudent monetary policy

Inflation started to ease in 4Q25 after a temporary mid-year uptick driven mainly by food and healthcare prices. Headline CPI inflation fell to 4.0% y-o-y in December 2025, down from 4.8% in September. Although still above the NBG's 3% target, inflation is expected to continue moderating throughout 2026, supported by well-anchored inflation expectations, a stable GEL, and prudent monetary policy. The NBG has maintained its refinancing rate at 8.0% since May 2024, reflecting a cautious stance. We expect approximately 50 basis points (bps) of policy rate cuts during 2026 as inflation moves towards its target.

Strong fiscal discipline

Strong economic activity supported fiscal performance, with consolidated budget tax revenues rising by 10.2% y-o-y in 4Q25. The government remains committed to fiscal consolidation and is targeting a fiscal deficit of 2.5% of GDP in 2026, unchanged from 2025. The government's debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to decline from 34.3% at end-2025 to 33.5% by end-2026, underscoring sustained fiscal discipline and strengthening buffers for future spending needs.

Healthy bank lending

Bank lending remained robust and broadly aligned with nominal economic growth, expanding by 14.0% y-o-y in 4Q25 on a constant currency basis, following a 13.3% y-o-y growth in the previous quarter. Business and consumer lending continued to be the main drivers of credit expansion. Loan dollarisation stood at 42.4% at the end of December 2025, broadly unchanged from the previous quarter. Deposit dollarisation declined further to 47.7%, a decrease of 1.5 percentage points (pp) over the same period.

 

More information on the Georgian economy and financial sector can be found at Galt & Taggart, the Group's investment banking and brokerage subsidiary.

To address questions raised by our investors on Georgian macro and the banking sector, we have published a Q&A document, which can be found at Top Questions & Answers on Georgian Macro.

Macroeconomic developments: Armenia

Robust economic growth

Economic activity remained strong in 4Q25, supported by robust consumption, expansionary fiscal policy, and solid credit growth amid eased monetary conditions. Manufacturing, construction, and services were the main contributors to the 9.8% y-o-y real GDP expansion in 4Q25, following a 6.2% increase in the previous quarter. Overall, GDP growth reached 7.2% in 2025, exceeding earlier expectations, while growth in 2026 is projected to be in the range of 5.5-6.0%. The outlook is supported by continued fiscal expansion, sustained strength in the services sector, and the planned commissioning of a new gold mine, which is expected to provide an additional boost to industrial output and export capacity.

Prudent macroeconomic policies and ongoing structural reforms underpin Armenia's economic resilience. While regional geopolitical tensions continue to pose downside risks, further medium-term growth upside could arise from the durable implementation of the historic 2025 peace accord with Azerbaijan and the opening of the land border with Türkiye.

Resumed growth in external inflows and strong Dram

Following a normalisation from the one-off highs of the previous year, external trade resumed growth in 4Q25. Goods exports increased by 8.5% y-o-y (down 36.1% for the full year), while imports rose by 10.0% y-o-y (down 23.6% for the full year). Non-commercial money transfers remained strong, rising by 15.6% y-o-y in 4Q25, following a 24.2% growth in the previous quarter.

The resilience of these external inflows, alongside prudent macroeconomic policies, contributed to a 3.8% appreciation of the Armenian Dram (AMD) against the US dollar in 2025, building on a 2.0% gain in 2024. Over the same period, the AMD remained broadly stable against the GEL, depreciating by only 0.2%, after a 6.5% appreciation in 2024. The Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) continued foreign currency purchases, increasing gross reserves by 38.0% y-o-y to a record USD 5.1 billion by the end of December 2025.

Near-target inflation and neutral monetary policy

Inflation remained broadly stable in 4Q25, driven mainly by food and service prices. Headline CPI reached 3.3% y-o-y in December 2025, close to the CBA's 3% target. Inflation is expected to remain stable in 2026 as temporary food-related price pressures subside. The CBA delivered a 25 bps cut in December 2025, bringing the refinancing rate to 6.5%. We expect the policy rate to remain unchanged in 2026, as the current policy stance is assessed to be broadly neutral.

Continued fiscal expansion

Fiscal policy remained expansionary in 2025, driven by increased spending on national security, public infrastructure, and social support programmes. As a result, the fiscal deficit stood at 3.7% of GDP in 2025, unchanged from 2024, reflecting balanced revenue performance and restrained expenditure execution toward year-end. The government debt-to-GDP ratio remained broadly stable at 47.3% at end-2025, supported by solid nominal GDP growth and prudent debt management. Fiscal policy is expected to remain growth-supportive in 2026, with a planned fiscal deficit of 4.5% of GDP.

Sound banking sector

Armenia's banking sector remains robust, with strong capital and liquidity buffers. Bank lending grew by an estimated 24.7% y-o-y in 4Q25 on a constant currency basis, following a 27.1% y-o-y growth in the previous quarter. Loan dollarisation was broadly stable at 34.0% at the end of December 2025, following significant declines in prior years. Meanwhile, deposit dollarisation continued to decrease, reaching 43.9%, down 1.2 pp q-o-q.

4Q25 and FY25 preliminary unaudited consolidated results

The comparability of full-year 2025 results is impacted by the consolidation of Ameriabank's income statement from 1 April 2024, as the 2024 baseline includes only nine months of its performance. For a like-for-like analysis, please see Ameriabank's standalone financials on page 14.

GEL thousands FY25 FY25 FY25 FY25 FY24 FY24 FY24 FY24
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS Group GFS AFS Other Group[1] GFS AFS1 Other
Interest income 5,371,115 3,907,286 1,348,723 115,106 4,139,900 3,261,442 794,616 83,842
Interest expense (2,399,374) (1,804,626) (530,468) (64,280) (1,779,053) (1,463,591) (287,585) (27,877)
Net interest income 2,971,741 2,102,660 818,255 50,826 2,360,847 1,797,851 507,031 55,965
Net fee and commission income 657,487 529,209 115,091 13,187 561,662 465,614 89,922 6,126
Net foreign currency gain 601,003 360,878 145,340 94,785 571,799 386,797 128,032 56,970
Net other income 73,025 50,834 12,132 10,059 68,320 53,428 3,927 10,965
Operating income 4,303,256 3,043,581 1,090,818 168,857 3,562,628 2,703,690 728,912 130,026
Salaries and other employee benefits (2025: adjusted) (948,793)* (516,693)* (369,010) (63,090)* (757,990) (443,347) (268,547) (46,096)
Administrative expenses (325,159) (215,390) (71,415) (38,354) (279,197) (204,383) (47,737) (27,077)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment (221,652) (148,485) (59,887) (13,280) (173,137) (121,983) (40,818) (10,336)
Other operating expenses (30,893) (26,355) (3,186) (1,352) (12,580) (5,744) (5,400) (1,436)
Operating expenses (2025: adjusted) (1,526,497)* (906,923)* (503,498) (116,076)* (1,222,904) (775,457) (362,502) (84,945)
Gain on bargain purchase[2] 1,488 - - 1,488 -* - -* -
Profit from associates 1,316 1,316 - - 1,347 1,347 - -
Operating income before cost of risk(2024 & 2025: adjusted) 2,779,563* 2,137,974* 587,320 54,269* 2,341,071* 1,929,580 366,410* 45,081
Cost of risk (169,497) (141,510) (22,982) (5,005) (165,253) (98,099) (63,182) (3,972)
Out of which initial ECL related to assets acquired in business combination[3] - - - - (49,157) - (49,157) -
Profit before income tax expense(2024 & 2025: adjusted) 2,610,066* 1,996,464* 564,338 49,264* 2,175,818* 1,831,481 303,228* 41,109
Income tax expense (417,245) (287,781) (111,974) (17,490) (362,796) (275,557) (73,072) (14,167)
Profit before one-off items 2,192,821* 1,708,683* 452,364 31,774* 1,813,022* 1,555,924 230,156* 26,942
One-off items[4] (29,590) (29,094) - (496) 672,173 - 672,173 -
Profit 2,163,231 1,679,589 452,364 31,278 2,485,195 1,555,924 902,329 26,942

 

GEL thousands 4Q25 4Q24 Change
y-o-y 3Q25 Change
q-o-q FY25 FY241 Change
y-o-y 
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 
Net interest income 795,895 663,656 19.9% 776,300 2.5% 2,971,741 2,360,847 25.9% 
Net fee and commission income 226,248 169,098 33.8% 140,552 61.0% 657,487 561,662 17.1% 
Net foreign currency gain 150,626 176,350 -14.6% 152,186 -1.0% 601,003 571,799 5.1% 
Net other income 28,526 22,914 24.5% 15,137 88.5% 73,025 68,320 6.9% 
Operating income 1,201,295 1,032,018 16.4% 1,084,175 10.8% 4,303,256 3,562,628 20.8% 
Operating expenses (2025: adjusted) (422,581)* (370,611) 14.0% (382,227) 10.6% (1,526,497)* (1,222,904) 24.8% 
Gain on bargain purchase2 1,488 - NMF - NMF 1,488 -* NMF 
Profit from associates 111 369 -69.9% 469 -76.3% 1,316 1,347 -2.3% 
Operating income before cost of risk(2024 & 2025: adjusted) 780,313* 661,776* 17.9% 702,417 11.1% 2,779,563* 2,341,071* 18.7% 
Cost of risk (36,410) (49,142) -25.9% (55,378) -34.3% (169,497) (165,253) 2.6% 
Out of which initial ECL related to assets acquired in business combination3 - - - - - - (49,157) NMF 
Profit before income tax expense and one-off items(2024 & 2025: adjusted) 743,903* 612,634* 21.4% 647,039 15.0% 2,610,066* 2,175,818* 20.0% 
Income tax expense (124,589) (107,920) 15.4% (99,843) 24.8% (417,245) (362,796) 15.0% 
Profit before one-off items 619,314* 504,714* 22.7% 547,196 13.2% 2,192,821* 1,813,022* 20.9% 
One-off items4 (29,590) 2,708 NMF - NMF (29,590) 672,173 NMF 
Profit 589,724 507,422 16.2% 547,196 7.8% 2,163,231 2,485,195 -13.0% 
Basic earnings per share 13.84 11.75 17.8% 12.75 8.5% 50.27 56.91 -11.7% 
Diluted earnings per share 13.62 11.51 18.3% 12.58 8.3% 49.52 55.75 -11.2% 
Basic earnings per share adjusted for one-offs 14.53 11.69 24.3% 12.75 14.0% 50.96 41.46 22.9% 
Diluted earnings per share adjusted for one-offs 14.30 11.44 25.0% 12.58 13.7% 50.19 40.62 23.6% 
*These figures differ from the unaudited consolidated financial statements as they exclude one-off items to better illustrate underlying performance. The excluded items are: GEL 29.6m in 4Q25 and FY25; GEL 2.7m in 4Q24 and GEL 672.2m in FY24 (see endnote 4). The FY24 figure primarily consists of a significant one-off gain on bargain purchase associated with the acquisition of Ameriabank, which boosted reported earnings in 2024. For the full unaudited consolidated financial information, please refer to page 16.


 

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS Dec-25 Dec-24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Liquid assets 18,318,956 16,484,035 11.1% 17,882,228 2.4%
Cash and cash equivalents 4,395,270 3,753,183 17.1% 5,049,905 -13.0%
Amounts due from credit institutions 3,729,033 3,278,465 13.7% 3,125,753 19.3%
Investment securities 10,194,653 9,452,387 7.9% 9,706,570 5.0%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 40,065,664 33,558,874 19.4% 37,927,219 5.6%
Property and equipment 616,839 550,097 12.1% 603,448 2.2%
All remaining assets 1,868,397 1,614,882 15.7% 1,718,290 8.7%
Total assets 60,869,856 52,207,888 16.6% 58,131,185 4.7%
Client deposits and notes 38,629,974 33,202,010 16.3% 37,657,572 2.6%
Amounts owed to credit institutions 9,499,106 8,680,233 9.4% 8,637,788 10.0%
Borrowings from DFIs 3,708,770 3,301,249 12.3% 2,795,403 32.7%
Short-term loans from the National Bank of Georgia 2,667,471 2,546,574 4.7% 2,146,297 24.3%
Short-term loans from the Central Bank of Armenia 136,912 153,588 -10.9% 143,168 -4.4%
Loans and deposits from commercial banks 2,985,953 2,678,822 11.5% 3,552,920 -16.0%
Debt securities issued 2,999,871 2,255,016 33.0% 2,539,696 18.1%
All remaining liabilities 1,318,662 1,055,402 24.9% 1,398,612 -5.7%
Total liabilities 52,447,613 45,192,661 16.1% 50,233,668 4.4%
Total equity 8,422,243 7,015,227 20.1% 7,897,517 6.6%
Book value per share 197.85 162.77 21.6% 184.46 7.3%

 

KEY RATIOS 4Q25 4Q24 3Q25 FY25 FY24
ROAA (adjusted for one-off items)4,5 4.2% 4.0% 3.9% 4.0% 4.3%
ROAE (adjusted for one-off items)4,5 30.1% 29.6% 27.8% 28.4% 30.0%
Net interest margin[5] 6.1% 6.0% 6.2% 6.1% 6.3%
Loan yield5,[6] 12.4% 12.2% 12.4% 12.3% 12.4%
Liquid assets yield5 5.1% 4.8% 5.2% 5.1% 5.1%
Cost of funds5 5.2% 4.9% 5.1% 5.1% 5.0%
Cost of client deposits and notes5 4.6% 4.0% 4.5% 4.4% 4.1%
Cost of amounts owed to credit institutions5 7.0% 7.8% 7.1% 7.3% 7.9%
Cost of debt securities issued5 7.7% 7.5% 7.4% 7.5% 8.2%
Cost:income ratio (adjusted for one-off items)4 35.2% 35.9% 35.3% 35.5% 34.3%
NPLs to gross loans 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% 2.1% 2.0%
NPL coverage ratio 57.8% 63.0% 64.4% 57.8% 63.0%
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral 116.3% 119.6% 117.7% 116.3% 119.6%
Cost of credit risk ratio5 0.3% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.5%

 

 

GEL thousands
NON-PERFORMING LOANS Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Sep-25 Change
q-o-q
Group (consolidated) 
NPLs (in GEL thousands) 869,446 666,859 30.4% 803,774 8.2%
NPLs to gross loans 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% 
NPL coverage ratio 57.8% 63.0% 64.4% 
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral 116.3% 119.6% 117.7% 
Georgian Financial Services (GFS) 
NPLs to gross loans 2.1% 2.2% 2.3% 
NPL coverage ratio 54.8% 62.1% 59.7% 
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral 114.6% 115.1% 112.2% 
Ameriabank (standalone figures) 
NPLs to gross loans 2.1% 1.4% 1.5% 
NPL coverage ratio 68.5% 69.1% 87.3% 
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral 125.5% 137.3% 145.8% 

Returns to shareholders (dividends and share buyback and cancellation programme)

• In August 2025, the Board took the decision to move to a quarterly distribution schedule, with the Group's total capital repatriation policy unchanged at a target payout range of 30-50% of annual Group profits. Considering the strong performance of the Group during the fourth quarter of 2025 and robust capital levels, today the Board declared an interim dividend of GEL2.75per ordinary sharein respect of the fourth quarter of 2025, payable according to the following timetable:
• Ex-Dividend Date: 26 March 2026
• Record Date: 27 March 2026
• Currency Conversion Date: 27 March 2026
• Payment Date: 14 April2026
• The NBG's Lari/Pound Sterling average exchange rate for the period of 23 March to 27 March 2026 will be used as the exchange rate on the Currency Conversion Date and will be announced in due course.
• In addition, today the Board has approved an extension to the share buyback and cancellation programme of GEL 53.5 million.
• The previous GEL 51.5 million share buyback and cancellation programme, announced on 20 November 2025, is completed. As a result, the total number of voting rights in issue following the cancellation of shares is 43,365,907 as of 24 February 2026.

Business Division results

Following the acquisition of Ameriabank at the end of March 2024, the Group results are presented by the following Business Divisions: 1) Georgian Financial Services (GFS), 2) Armenian Financial Services (AFS), and 3) Other Businesses.

Georgian Financial Services (GFS)

Georgian Financial Services (GFS) mainly comprises JSC Bank of Georgia and the investment bank JSC Galt and Taggart. GFS is organised across the following business segments: Retail Banking (RB), Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Banking, Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB), and Corporate Center (CC).

GEL thousands 4Q25 4Q24 Change
y-o-y 3Q25 Change
q-o-q FY25 FY24 Change
y-o-y
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 
Interest income 1,040,286 879,608 18.3% 1,007,375 3.3% 3,907,286 3,261,442 19.8%
Interest expense (486,175) (408,847) 18.9% (455,157) 6.8% (1,804,626) (1,463,591) 23.3%
Net interest income 554,111 470,761 17.7% 552,218 0.3% 2,102,660 1,797,851 17.0%
Net fee and commission income 169,810 126,923 33.8% 120,379 41.1% 529,209 465,614 13.7%
Net foreign currency gain 91,895 107,776 -14.7% 94,932 -3.2% 360,878 386,797 -6.7%
Net other income 20,953 26,030 -19.5% 7,916 164.7% 50,834 53,428 -4.9%
Operating income 836,769 731,490 14.4% 775,445 7.9% 3,043,581 2,703,690 12.6%
Salaries and other employee benefits (2025: adjusted) (140,375)* (125,107) 12.2% (130,380) 7.7% (516,693)* (443,347) 16.5%
Administrative expenses (71,450) (61,018) 17.1% (51,194) 39.6% (215,390) (204,383) 5.4%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment (40,657) (31,799) 27.9% (38,430) 5.8% (148,485) (121,983) 21.7%
Other operating expenses (7,603) (1,636) NMF (6,171) 23.2% (26,355) (5,744) NMF
Operating expenses (2025: adjusted) (260,085)* (219,560) 18.5% (226,175) 15.0% (906,923)* (775,457) 17.0%
Profit from associates 111 369 -69.9% 469 -76.3% 1,316 1,347 -2.3%
Operating income before cost of risk (2025: adjusted) 576,795* 512,299 12.6% 549,739 4.9% 2,137,974* 1,929,580 10.8%
Cost of risk (30,274) (47,615) -36.4% (47,398) -36.1% (141,510) (98,099) 44.3%
Profit before income tax expense (2025: adjusted) 546,521* 464,684 17.6% 502,341 8.8% 1,996,464* 1,831,481 9.0%
Income tax expense (86,583) (71,415) 21.2% (68,515) 26.4% (287,781) (275,557) 4.4%
Profit before for one-off items 459,938* 393,269 17.0% 433,826 6.0% 1,708,683* 1,555,924 9.8%
One-off items4 (29,094) - NMF - NMF (29,094) - NMF
Profit 430,844 393,269 9.6% 433,826 -0.7% 1,679,589 1,555,924 7.9%


 

*These figures exclude a one-off item of GEL 29.1m in 4Q25 and FY25 to better illustrate underlying performance (see endnote 4).

 

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Sep-25 Change
q-o-q
Cash and cash equivalents 2,720,691 1,832,228 48.5% 3,226,804 -15.7%
Amounts due from credit institutions 2,139,551 2,423,723 -11.7% 2,160,672 -1.0%
Investment securities 8,236,145 7,886,960 4.4% 8,074,493 2.0%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 27,288,607 23,539,328 15.9% 26,150,474 4.4%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, LC 15,822,353 13,580,484 16.5% 15,210,055 4.0%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, FC 11,466,254 9,958,844 15.1% 10,940,419 4.8%
Property and equipment 519,892 462,037 12.5% 501,230 3.7%
All remaining assets 1,225,254 1,170,001 4.7% 1,223,077 0.2%
Total assets 42,130,140 37,314,277 12.9% 41,336,750 1.9%
Client deposits and notes 27,312,550 24,052,164 13.6% 27,487,750 -0.6%
Client deposits and notes, LC 14,595,833 11,355,443 28.5% 14,551,630 0.3%
Client deposits and notes, FC 12,716,717 12,696,721 0.2% 12,936,120 -1.7%
Amounts owed to credit institutions 6,562,242 6,712,420 -2.2% 6,225,136 5.4%
Debt securities issued 1,800,502 1,082,831 66.3% 1,320,165 36.4%
All remaining liabilities 769,455 475,032 62.0% 910,900 -15.5%
Total liabilities 36,444,749 32,322,447 12.8% 35,943,951 1.4%
Total equity 5,685,391 4,991,830 13.9% 5,392,799 5.4%
Risk-weighted assets (JSC Bank of Georgia standalone) 32,187,358 29,080,593 10.7% 30,835,359 4.4%


 

KEY RATIOS 4Q25 4Q24 3Q25 FY25 FY24
ROAA (adjusted for one-off items)4 4.4% 4.3% 4.3% 4.3% 4.7%
ROAA (unadjusted) 4.1% 4.3% 4.3% 4.3% 4.7%
ROAE (adjusted for one-off items)4 32.7% 32.5% 32.2% 32.0% 33.5%
ROAE (unadjusted) 30.7% 32.5% 32.2% 31.5% 33.5%
Net interest margin 5.9% 5.8% 6.2% 5.9% 6.0%
Loan yield 12.8% 12.5% 12.8% 12.7% 12.5%
Loan yield, GEL 15.5% 15.0% 15.4% 15.3% 15.0%
Loan yield, FC 8.9% 9.0% 9.3% 9.1% 9.3%
Cost of funds 5.5% 5.2% 5.3% 5.4% 5.2%
Cost of client deposits and notes 4.9% 4.3% 4.7% 4.7% 4.4%
Cost of client deposits and notes, GEL 7.9% 7.6% 7.8% 7.9% 7.8%
Cost of client deposits and notes, FC 1.5% 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% 1.2%
Cost of time deposits 7.2% 6.6% 7.0% 7.0% 6.8%
Cost of time deposits, GEL 10.3% 10.0% 9.9% 10.3% 10.6%
Cost of time deposits, FC 2.6% 2.5% 2.7% 2.7% 2.3%
Cost of current accounts and demand deposits 2.9% 2.3% 2.7% 2.6% 2.3%
Cost of current accounts and demand deposits, GEL 5.3% 4.7% 5.3% 5.2% 4.9%
Cost of current accounts and demand deposits, FC 0.7% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.4%
Cost:income ratio (adjusted for one-off items)4 31.1% 30.0% 29.2% 29.8% 28.7%
Cost:income ratio (unadjusted) 34.6% 30.0% 29.2% 30.8% 28.7%
Cost of credit risk ratio 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4%

Performance highlights

• GFS delivered 14.4% y-o-y growth in 4Q25 operating income, driven by increases in net interest income and net fee and commission income. QoQ growth of 7.9% resulted primarily from strong fee and commission performance. For FY25, operating income rose 12.6%, with strong net interest income complemented by growth in fee and commission income and partially offset by a decline in net foreign currency gain and net other income.
• Double digit net interest income growth in 4Q25 on a y-o-y basis resulted from sustained strong loan book growth, combined with 10 bps net interest margin expansion to 5.9%. On a q-o-q basis, the net interest margin declined by 30 bps - whilst the loan yield remained flat, this was driven by a 20 bps increase in the cost of funds, attributable to higher client deposit and note costs (up 20 bps q-o-q) along with the impact from the GEL-denominated 450m Eurobond placement in November 2025. For FY25, NIM declined 10 bps to 5.9%.
• Net fee and commission income increased by 33.8% y-o-y and 41.1% q-o-q in 4Q25. While fee and commission income grew by 13.7% y-o-y, this strong performance was primarily driven by a 17.7% y-o-y reduction in fee and commission expenses as we negotiated better terms from international payment systems for all of 2025 and going forward. The normalised net fee and commission income y-o-y growth would have been c.15%. For FY25, net fee and commission income reached GEL 529.2m (+13.7%).
• Net foreign currency (FX) gain was down 14.7% y-o-y in 4Q25 and down 6.7% y-o-y for the full year, adversely impacted by increased competition and lower currency volatility throughout the year.
• In 4Q25, operating expenses increased by 18.5% y-o-y with growth broad-based across all expense lines. Staff costs included accelerated recognition of unvested, previously granted share-based awards due to the voluntary departure of an executive manager. Administrative expense growth was mainly driven by higher marketing and technology investments supporting business growth. Additionally, Bank of Georgia recorded a GEL 4.4m contribution to the Resolution Fund, a regulatory requirement introduced by NBG for all commercial banks effective from January 2025[7]. Excluding accelerated recognition of unvested share-based awards and the Resolution Fund payment, operating expenses at GFS would have increased by 14.5% y-o-y.
• The portfolio quality remained healthy across the board, with the cost of credit risk ratio standing at 0.4% in 4Q25 and 0.5% in FY25, and the NPL ratio declining to 2.1% as at 31 December 2025.

Portfolio highlights

Portfolio highlights: loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 
Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Change y-o-y
(constant currency) Sep-25 Change
q-o-q Change q-o-q (constant currency) 
Total GFS 27,288,607 23,539,328 15.9% 16.1% 26,150,474 4.4% 4.5% 
Retail 12,190,163 10,203,425 19.5% 19.4% 11,571,767 5.3% 5.4% 
Mortgages 5,139,094 4,498,321 14.2% 14.2% 4,915,696 4.5% 4.8% 
Consumer loans 6,190,599 4,987,399 24.1% 24.4% 5,856,880 5.7% 5.7% 
Other loans 860,470 717,705 19.9% 17.8% 799,191 7.7% 8.0% 
SME 5,447,299 5,011,108 8.7% 8.2% 5,317,970 2.4% 2.6% 
CIB 9,651,145 8,324,795 15.9% 16.8% 9,260,737 4.2% 4.5% 
Portfolio highlights: customer deposits and notes 
Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Change y-o-y
(constant currency) Sep-25 Change q-o-q Change q-o-q (constant currency) 
Total GFS 27,312,550 24,052,164 13.6% 14.3% 27,487,750 -0.6% -0.5% 
Retail 16,385,011 14,422,359 13.6% 14.8% 15,589,366 5.1% 5.4% 
SME 2,526,790 2,146,585 17.7% 17.9% 2,344,438 7.8% 7.9% 
CIB 8,081,092 6,578,858 22.8% 23.4% 7,613,923 6.1% 6.3% 
Corporate Center 421,957 971,961 -56.6% 2,021,083 -79.1% 
Eliminations (102,300) (67,599) 51.3% (81,060) 26.2% 
Loan portfolio quality: cost of credit risk ratio 
4Q25 4Q24 3Q25 FY25 FY24 
Total GFS 0.4% 0.6% 0.6% 0.5% 0.4% 
Retail 0.7% 0.5% 0.8% 0.6% 0.4% 
SME 0.0% -0.4% 0.3% 0.4% 0.3% 
CIB 0.2% 1.3% 0.7% 0.3% 0.4% 
Loan portfolio quality: NPL ratio 
Dec-25 Dec-24 Sep-25 
Total GFS 2.1% 2.2% 2.3% 
Retail 1.4% 1.6% 1.5% 
SME 4.0% 3.5% 4.0% 
CIB 2.0% 2.1% 2.3% 
• Customer lending continued to expand, driven primarily by RB and CIB, with SME also contributing
• Within the RB segment, consumer lending showed particularly strong growth, rising by 24.4% y-o-y and 5.7% q-o-q in cc. Mortgage lending grew by 14.2% y-o-y and 4.8% q-o-q in cc, now accounting for 42.2% of the retail loan book - below the share of consumer loans at 50.8%.
• Client deposits and notes demonstrated strong y-o-y growth, driven by RB and CIB segments, with SME also contributing. The y-o-y growth was well-diversified across business segments and deposit types. As at 31 December 2025, current & demand deposits and time deposits accounted for 56.0% and 44.0% of the total deposit portfolio, respectively. Notably, the share of GEL deposits in total deposits increased significantly y-o-y from 47.2% to 53.4%. Deposits were broadly flat q-o-q due to a reduction in the Corporate Center (mainly the Ministry of Finance deposits used mainly for liquidity management).
• Additionally, our funding mix was strengthened by the successful issuance of a GEL 450m senior unsecured Eurobond by Bank of Georgia - the largest local-currency Eurobond by a private-sector entity in the Caucasus, Turkey and Central Asia region for 2025.


Liquidity

Dec-25 Dec-24 Sep-25
IFRS-based NBG Liquidity Coverage Ratio (Bank of Georgia) 147.7% 138.6% 126.2%
IFRS-based NBG Net Stable Funding Ratio (Bank of Georgia) 134.1% 130.7% 127.4%

Both our Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) were well above the regulatory minimum requirements of 100%.

Capital position

Bank of Georgia maintains robust levels of capital, with all ratios comfortably above the minimum regulatory requirements. The movement in capital adequacy ratios in 4Q25 and the potential impact of a 10% devaluation of GEL is as follows:

30 Sep
2025 4Q25
profit Business growth Currency impact Dividend payment Tier 1- Tier 2 31 Dec
2025 Min requirement Buffer above min requirement Potential impact
of a 10% GEL devaluation
CET 1 capital adequacy 17.4% 1.4% -0.7% 0.0% -0.6% 0.0% 17.6% 15.2% 2.4% -0.8%
Tier 1 capital adequacy 20.5% 1.4% -0.8% 0.0% -0.6% 0.0% 20.5% 17.3% 3.2% -0.7%
Total capital adequacy 22.1% 1.4% -0.9% 0.0% -0.6% 0.0% 22.0% 20.2% 1.8% -0.7%


Armenian Financial Services (AFS)

Ameriabank CJSC was acquired and consolidated on the Group's books at the end of March 2024, with its income statement included in the Group's results starting from 1 April 2024. Standalone financial information for Ameriabank is provided on page 14 for reference. It differs from AFS results due to fair value adjustments and the allocation of certain Group expenses to Business Divisions and is not included in the consolidated results.

Year-on-year AFS segment comparisons are not representative of underlying performance because FY24 results include only nine months of Ameriabank's performance post-acquisition (income statement consolidated from 1 April 2024). Ameriabank's standalone full-year results, which differ from segment reporting due to internal adjustments, are available on page 14.

GEL thousands 4Q25 4Q24 Change
y-o-y 3Q25 Change
q-o-q FY25 FY241 Change
y-o-y
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 
Interest income 375,000 284,685 31.7% 349,416 7.3% 1,348,723 794,616 69.7%
Interest expense (149,644) (104,643) 43.0% (139,374) 7.4% (530,468) (287,585) 84.5%
Net interest income 225,356 180,042 25.2% 210,042 7.3% 818,255 507,031 61.4%
Net fee and commission income 53,343 39,781 34.1% 17,356 NMF 115,091 89,922 28.0%
Net foreign currency gain 35,042 50,712 -30.9% 38,428 -8.8% 145,340 128,032 13.5%
Net other income 3,706 1,060 NMF 4,896 -24.3% 12,132 3,927 NMF
Operating income 317,447 271,595 16.9% 270,722 17.3% 1,090,818 728,912 49.7%
Salaries and other employee benefits (92,907) (92,590) 0.3% (98,731) -5.9% (369,010) (268,547) 37.4%
Administrative expenses (19,321) (20,458) -5.6% (14,860) 30.0% (71,415) (47,737) 49.6%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment (15,360) (12,988) 18.3% (14,569) 5.4% (59,887) (40,818) 46.7%
Other operating expenses (920) (2,150) -57.2% 778 NMF (3,186) (5,400) -41.0%
Operating expenses (128,508) (128,186) 0.3% (127,382) 0.9% (503,498) (362,502) 38.9%
Profit from associates - - NMF - NMF - - -
Operating income before cost of risk(2024: adjusted) 188,939 143,409* 31.7% 143,340 31.8% 587,320 366,410* 60.3%
Cost of risk (6,170) (3,533) 74.6% (2,872) 114.8% (22,982) (63,182) -63.6%
Out of which initial ECL related to assets acquired in business combination3 - - NMF - NMF - (49,157) NMF
Profit before income tax expense(2024: adjusted) 182,769 139,876* 30.7% 140,468 30.1% 564,338 303,228* NMF
Income tax expense (33,181) (31,585) 5.1% (28,997) 14.4% (111,974) (73,072) 53.2%
Profit before one-off items 149,588 108,291* 38.1% 111,471 34.2% 452,364 230,156* 96.5%
One-off items4 - 2,708 NMF - NMF - 672,173 NMF
Profit 149,588 110,999 34.8% 111,471 34.2% 452,364 902,329 -49.9%

* These figures exclude a one-off item of GEL 2.7m in 4Q24 and GEL 672.2m in FY24 to better illustrate underlying performance (see endnote 4).

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS Dec-25 Dec -24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Cash and cash equivalents 773,802 1,409,223 -45.1% 1,211,626 -36.1%
Amounts due from credit institutions 1,566,220 821,779 90.6% 942,877 66.1%
Investment securities 1,794,826 1,447,558 24.0% 1,455,992 23.3%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 11,818,695 9,265,005 27.6% 10,890,803 8.5%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, LC 6,770,754 5,457,699 24.1% 6,258,037 8.2%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, FC 5,047,941 3,807,306 32.6% 4,632,766 9.0%
Property and equipment 78,285 74,671 4.8% 84,829 -7.7%
All remaining assets 520,440 352,476 47.7% 396,708 31.2%
Total assets 16,552,268 13,370,712 23.8% 14,982,835 10.5%
Client deposits and notes 9,630,051 7,949,083 21.1% 8,827,419 9.1%
Client deposits and notes, LC 5,832,351 4,527,568 28.8% 5,227,233 11.6%
Client deposits and notes, FC 3,797,700 3,421,515 11.0% 3,600,186 5.5%
Amounts owed to credit institutions 2,909,876 1,956,445 48.7% 2,382,530 22.1%
Debt securities issued 1,186,478 1,155,679 2.7% 1,207,757 -1.8%
All remaining liabilities 496,458 541,068 -8.2% 444,191 11.8%
Total liabilities 14,222,863 11,602,275 22.6% 12,861,897 10.6%
Total equity 2,329,405 1,768,437 31.7% 2,120,938 9.8%
Risk-weighted assets (Ameriabank CJSC standalone) 15,054,624 11,685,845 28.8% 14,099,398 6.8%


 

KEY RATIOS 4Q25 4Q24 3Q25 FY25 FY24
ROAA (adjusted for one-off items)4 3.8% 3.6% 3.0% 3.2% 2.9%
ROAA (adjusted for one-off items and Ameriabank initial ECL)3,4 3.8% 3.6% 3.0% 3.2% 3.5%
ROAA (unadjusted) 3.8% 3.7% 3.0% 3.2% 11.4%
ROAE (adjusted for one-off items)4 26.8% 25.3% 21.8% 22.6% 20.6%
ROAE (adjusted for one-off items and Ameriabank initial ECL)3,4 26.8% 25.3% 21.8% 22.6% 25.0%
ROAE (unadjusted) 26.8% 26.0% 21.8% 22.6% 80.7%
Net interest margin 6.3% 6.8% 6.5% 6.4% 7.3%
Loan yield 11.5% 11.6% 11.6% 11.5% 12.5%
Loan yield, AMD 14.1% 13.9% 14.2% 14.0% 15.0%
Loan yield, FC 8.0% 8.5% 7.9% 8.1% 8.9%
Cost of funds 4.6% 4.2% 4.6% 4.5% 4.4%
Cost of client deposits and notes 3.9% 3.3% 3.7% 3.6% 3.3%
Cost of client deposits and notes, AMD 5.5% 4.9% 5.3% 5.2% 5.1%
Cost of client deposits and notes, FC 1.5% 1.4% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5%
Cost of time deposits 6.8% 6.1% 6.5% 6.4% 6.0%
Cost of time deposits, AMD 9.9% 9.5% 9.8% 9.8% 10.0%
Cost of time deposits, FC 2.6% 2.5% 2.6% 2.5% 2.5%
Cost of current accounts and demand deposits 1.7% 1.5% 1.7% 1.7% 1.6%
Cost of current accounts and demand deposits, AMD 2.3% 2.1% 2.3% 2.3% 2.3%
Cost of current accounts and demand deposits, FC 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8%
Cost:income ratio 40.5% 47.2% 47.1% 46.2% 49.7%
Cost of credit risk ratio3 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 1.2%

Performance highlights

• In 4Q25, AFS delivered operating income growth of 16.9% y-o-y and 17.3% q-o-q. The y-o-y increase was primarily driven by strong net interest income, supported by net fee and commission income. The q-o-q growth was led by a substantial increase in net fee and commission income, complemented by robust growth in net interest income.
• In 4Q25, NIM stood at 6.3% (6.8% in 4Q24 and 6.5% in 3Q25). On a y-o-y basis, a 10 bps decrease in the loan yield was coupled with a 40 bps rise in the cost of funds. This funding cost increase was primarily driven by higher cost of customer deposits (up 60 bps to 3.9%), mainly due to increased share of AMD and time deposits in the mix as well as higher cost of AMD deposits.
• Net fee and commission income increased by 34.1% y-o-y in 4Q25. This quarter's result included a net GEL 7.1m reclassification of currency conversion fees to align with the Group's accounting policies (previously reported in FX gain). Excluding this effect, net fee and commission would have increased by c.16%. Furthermore, growth was supported by a significant GEL 13.7m advisory fee booked in the fourth quarter.
• Net foreign currency gain was down 30.9% y-o-y in 4Q25, reflecting both the reclassification of GEL 7.1m to net fee and commission income and heightened market competition on the back of relatively stable currency environment.
• In 4Q25, operating expenses stood broadly flat y-o-y. Salaries and other employee benefits also stood flat y-o-y as Group level-adjustments related to management retention bonus elevated the base in 2024. On a standalone basis (see page 14), operating expenses were up 10.4% y-o-y in 4Q25, mainly driven by a 13.8% y-o-y growth in staff costs.

Portfolio highlights[8]

Portfolio highlights: loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 
Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Change y-o-y
(constant currency) Sep-25 Change q-o-q Change q-o-q (constant currency)
Total AFS 11,818,695 9,265,005 27.6% 28.0% 10,890,803 8.5% 8.5%
Retail 5,281,641 4,193,063 26.0% 26.4% 4,944,013 6.8% 6.8%
Mortgages 2,759,125 2,461,083 12.1% 12.5% 2,617,178 5.4% 5.4%
Consumer loans 1,862,265 1,180,493 57.8% 57.9% 1,701,662 9.4% 9.4%
Retail SME 660,251 551,487 19.7% 20.8% 625,173 5.6% 5.6%
Corporate 6,537,054 5,071,942 28.9% 29.4% 5,946,790 9.9% 10.0%
Portfolio highlights: customer deposits and notes 
Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Change y-o-y (constant currency) Sep-25 Change q-o-q Change q-o-q (constant currency) 
Total AFS 9,630,051 7,949,083 21.1% 21.9% 8,827,419 9.1% 9.1% 
Retail 5,183,973 4,298,868 20.6% 21.4% 4,842,429 7.1% 7.1% 
Corporate 4,446,078 3,650,215 21.8% 22.4% 3,984,990 11.6% 11.6% 
Loan portfolio quality: cost of credit risk ratio 
4Q25 4Q24 3Q25 FY25 FY24 
Total AFS 0.2% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2% 1.1% 
Retail 0.8% 0.4% 0.5% 0.8% 0.9% 
Corporate -0.3% 0.1% -0.3% -0.3% 1.3% 


 

• Customer loans grew strongly by 28.0% y-o-y and 8.5% q-o-q in cc, with broad-based growth across both Corporate and Retail segments. Within the Retail portfolio, consumer loans maintained the strongest growth trajectory, posting 57.9% y-o-y and 9.4% q-o-q growth in cc. Mortgage lending grew by 12.5% y-o-y and 5.4% q-o-q in cc, now representing 52.2% of the total retail loan book. Ameriabank strengthened its market leadership, with its lending share rising to a dominant 21.7% at year-end, up 0.9pp y-o-y and 0.5pp q-o-q.
• Client deposits and notes also grew strongly, rising by 21.9% y-o-y and by 9.1% q-o-q in cc. The share of time deposits increased over the year to 41.5% of the total (37.8% as at 31 December 2024 and 42.7% as at 30 September 2025). The bank's deposit market share (including local bonds) expanded by 1.0 pp y-o-y to reach 19.5% at year-end (up 0.1pp q-o-q).
• AFS maintains a diversified funding structure with customer deposits and local debt securities representing 76.1% of total liabilities, and the ratio of net loans, factoring and finance lease receivables to customer deposits and notes, local debt securities and DFI funding standing at 97.5% as at 31 December 2025.

Liquidity

• Ameriabank has maintained a strong liquidity position, with CBA LCR at 249.9% and CBA NSFR at 127.3% as at 31 December 2025, well above the minimum regulatory requirements of 100%.

Capital position

• As at 31 December 2025, Ameriabank's CET 1, Tier 1, and Total capital ratios stood at 14.4%, 14.4%, and 17.0%, respectively, all above the minimum requirements of 12.0%, 14.1%, and 16.8%, respectively.
Total capital was enhanced in early 2026. In mid-December 2025, Ameriabank secured EUR 30 million in subordinated debt (with CBA approval received in January 2026), and the Total capital ratio increased to 17.5% at the end of January.
Additionally, in February Ameriabank successfully placed inaugural USD 50m Additional Tier 1 capital notes. These perpetual notes, which carry an 8.5% coupon rate, are expected to be listed on the Armenia Securities Exchange and have added approximately 0.86 pp to both Tier 1 and Total Capital ratios.
The movement in capital adequacy ratios in 4Q25 and the potential impact of a 10% devaluation of AMD is as follows. 
30 Sep 2025 4Q25 profit Business growth Currency impact Dividend payment Regulatory deductions Tier 1 - Tier 2 31 Dec 2025 Minimum requirement Buffer above min requirement Potential impact of a 10% AMD devaluation
CET 1 capital adequacy 14.5% 0.9% -1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14.4% 12.0% 2.4% -0.6% 
Tier 1 capital adequacy 14.5% 0.9% -1.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14.4% 14.1% 0.3% -0.6% 
Total capital adequacy 17.2% 0.9% -1.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 17.0% 16.8% 0.2% -0.5% 


Ameriabank CJSC: unaudited standalone financial information (not included in the consolidated results)

The following table is presented for information purposes only to show the standalone performance of Ameriabank. It has been prepared consistently with the accounting policies adopted by the Group in preparing its consolidated financial statements.

GEL thousands 4Q25 4Q24 Change
y-o-y 3Q25 Change
q-o-q FY25 FY24 Change
y-o-y
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 
Interest income 373,941 282,463 32.4% 349,757 6.9% 1,344,486 992,762 35.4%
Interest expense (147,242) (101,267) 45.4% (136,292) 8.0% (518,874) (354,468) 46.4%
Net interest income 226,699 181,196 25.1% 213,465 6.2% 825,612 638,294 29.3%
Net fee and commission income 53,343 39,547 34.9% 17,356 NMF 115,092 108,282 6.3%
Net foreign currency gain 34,568 52,959 -34.7% 37,924 -8.8% 141,610 162,184 -12.7%
Net other income 3,706 897 NMF 4,895 -24.3% 12,131 5,423 123.7%
Operating income 318,316 274,599 15.9% 273,640 16.3% 1,094,445 914,183 19.7%
Salaries and other employee benefits (89,877) (78,944) 13.8% (83,932) 7.1% (316,089) (290,364) 8.9%
Administrative expenses (18,632) (19,864) -6.2% (14,530) 28.2% (69,638) (59,212) 17.6%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment (12,816) (9,825) 30.4% (12,217) 4.9% (47,609) (35,831) 32.9%
Other operating expenses (920) (2,066) -55.5% 779 NMF (3,186) (6,421) -50.4%
Operating expenses (122,245) (110,699) 10.4% (109,900) 11.2% (436,522) (391,828) 11.4%
Operating income before cost of risk 196,071 163,900 19.6% 163,740 19.7% 657,923 522,355 26.0%
Cost of risk (9,397) (2,344) NMF (3,427) 174.2% (28,485) (9,842) 189.4%
Profit before income tax expense 186,674 161,556 15.5% 160,313 16.4% 629,438 512,513 22.8%
Income tax expense (33,898) (32,327) 4.9% (29,523) 14.8% (115,216) (96,383) 19.5%
Profit 152,776 129,229 18.2% 130,790 16.8% 514,222 416,130 23.6%


 

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS Dec-25 Dec -24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Liquid assets 4,134,857 3,678,577 12.4% 3,610,494 14.5%
Cash and cash equivalents 773,801 1,409,223 -45.1% 1,211,626 -36.1%
Amounts due from credit institutions 1,566,220 821,795 90.6% 942,877 66.1%
Investment securities 1,794,826 1,447,559 24.0% 1,455,991 23.3%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 11,822,756 9,278,814 27.4% 10,899,134 8.5%
Property and equipment 78,285 66,857 18.1% 79,898 -1.2%
All remaining assets 468,808 310,311 50.9% 351,379 33.2%
Total assets 16,504,696 13,334,559 23.8% 14,940,905 10.5%
Client deposits and notes 9,630,051 7,949,083 21.1% 8,827,419 9.1%
Amounts owed to credit institutions 2,916,753 1,966,451 48.3% 2,390,184 22.0%
Debt securities issued 1,186,478 1,155,679 2.7% 1,207,757 -1.8%
All remaining liabilities 389,494 447,950 -13.0% 341,531 14.0%
Total liabilities 14,122,776 11,519,163 22.6% 12,766,891 10.6%
Total equity 2,381,920 1,815,396 31.2% 2,174,014 9.6%

 

KEY RATIOS[9] 4Q25 4Q24 3Q25 FY25 FY24
ROAA 3.9% 4.2% 3.5% 3.6% 3.8%
ROAE 26.6% 29.4% 24.6% 24.9% 26.5%
Net interest margin 6.3% 6.8% 6.5% 6.4% 6.7%
Loan yield 11.4% 11.4% 11.5% 11.4% 11.2%
Cost of funds 4.4% 4.0% 4.4% 4.3% 3.9%
Cost:income ratio 38.4% 40.3% 40.2% 39.9% 42.9%
Cost of credit risk ratio 0.3% 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%

Other Businesses

The Business Division 'Other Businesses' includes JSC Belarusky Narodny Bank (BNB) serving retail and SME clients in Belarus, JSC Digital Area - a digital ecosystem in Georgia including e-commerce, ticketing, and inventory management SaaS, Lion Finance Group PLC - the holding company, and other small entities and intragroup eliminations.

GEL thousands 4Q25 4Q24 Change
y-o-y 3Q25 Change
q-o-q FY25 FY24 Change y-o-y
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 
Interest income 32,627 21,965 48.5% 29,863 9.3% 115,106 83,842 37.3%
Interest expense (16,199) (9,112) 77.8% (15,823) 2.4% (64,280) (27,877) 130.6%
Net interest income 16,428 12,853 27.8% 14,040 17.0% 50,826 55,965 -9.2%
Net fee and commission income 3,095 2,394 29.3% 2,817 9.9% 13,187 6,126 115.3%
Net foreign currency gain 23,689 17,862 32.6% 18,826 25.8% 94,785 56,970 66.4%
Net other income 3,867 (4,176) NMF 2,325 66.3% 10,059 10,965 -8.3%
Operating income 47,079 28,933 62.7% 38,008 23.9% 168,857 130,026 29.9%
Salaries and other employee benefits (2025: adjusted) (18,123)* (13,346) 35.8% (15,173) 19.4% (63,090)* (46,096) 36.9%
Administrative expenses (11,671) (6,566) 77.7% (9,638) 21.1% (38,354) (27,077) 41.6%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment (3,876) (2,512) 54.3% (3,500) 10.7% (13,280) (10,336) 28.5%
Other operating expenses (318) (441) -27.9% (359) -11.4% (1,352) (1,436) -5.8%
Operating expenses (2025: adjusted) (33,988)* (22,865) 48.6% (28,670) 18.5% (116,076)* (84,945) 36.6%
Gain on bargain purchase2 1,488 - NMF - NMF 1,488 - -
Profit from associates - - NMF - NMF - - NMF
Operating income before cost of risk (2025: adjusted) 14,579* 6,068 140.3% 9,338 56.1% 54,269* 45,081 20.4%
Cost of risk 34 2,006 -98.3% (5,108) NMF (5,005) (3,972) 26.0%
Profit before income tax expense (2025: adjusted) 14,613* 8,074 81.0% 4,230 NMF 49,264* 41,109 19.8%
Income tax expense (4,825) (4,920) -1.9% (2,331) 107.0% (17,490) (14,167) 23.5%
Profit before one-off items 9,788* 3,154 NMF 1,899 NMF 31,774* 26,942 17.9%
One-off items4 (496) - NMF - NMF (496) - NMF
Profit 9,292 3,154 194.6% 1,899 389.3% 31,278 26,942 16.1%

* This figure differs from the corresponding amount in the unaudited consolidated financial statements, as it excludes a one-off item of GEL 0.5m (see endnote 4) in 4Q25 and FY25, to better illustrate underlying performance.

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Sep-25 Change
q-o-q
Cash and cash equivalents 900,777 511,732 76.0% 611,475 47.3%
Amounts due from credit institutions 23,262 32,963 -29.4% 22,204 4.8%
Investment securities 163,682 117,869 38.9% 176,085 -7.0%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 958,362 754,541 27.0% 885,942 8.2%
Property and equipment 18,662 13,389 39.4% 17,389 7.3%
All remaining assets 122,703 92,405 32.8% 98,505 24.6%
Total assets 2,187,448 1,522,899 43.6% 1,811,600 20.7%
Client deposits and notes 1,687,373 1,200,763 40.5% 1,342,403 25.7%
Amounts owed to credit institutions 26,988 11,368 137.4% 30,122 -10.4%
Debt securities issued 12,891 16,506 -21.9% 11,774 9.5%
All remaining liabilities 52,749 39,302 34.2% 43,521 21.2%
Total liabilities 1,780,001 1,267,939 40.4% 1,427,820 24.7%
Total equity 407,447 254,960 59.8% 383,780 6.2%

 

• In 4Q25, Other Businesses delivered operating income growth of 62.7% y-o-y. This significant increase was primarily driven by higher net other income, which benefited from a low comparative base in 4Q24 that included a GEL 5.4 million revaluation loss on startup investments. Growth was further supported by BNB, which generated strong net foreign currency gains and robust net interest income growth.
• Other Businesses recorded a GEL 1.5m gain on bargain purchase, resulting from Digital Area's acquisition of Fina Ltd., an enterprise resource planning and business management platform. This acquisition was completed to expand Digital Area's product offerings to SME and food service and hospitality sector and to strengthen its business management solutions portfolio alongside its existing Optimo platform.
• BNB's capital ratios, calculated in accordance with the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus' standards, were above the minimum requirements as at 31 December 2025: Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio at 9.1% (minimum requirement of 7.0%) and Total capital adequacy ratio at 14.7% (minimum requirement of 12.5%).

Preliminary unaudited consolidated financial information

GEL thousands 4Q25 4Q24 Change y-o-y 3Q25 Change q-o-q FY25 FY24 Change y-o-y
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS 
Interest income 1,447,913 1,186,258 22.1% 1,386,654 4.4% 5,371,115 4,139,900 29.7%
Interest expense (652,018) (522,602) 24.8% (610,354) 6.8% (2,399,374) (1,779,053) 34.9%
Net interest income 795,895 663,656 19.9% 776,300 2.5% 2,971,741 2,360,847 25.9%
Fee and commission income 336,392 277,667 21.1% 279,616 20.3% 1,126,476 937,777 20.1%
Fee and commission expense (110,144) (108,569) 1.5% (139,064) -20.8% (468,989) (376,115) 24.7%
Net fee and commission income 226,248 169,098 33.8% 140,552 61.0% 657,487 561,662 17.1%
Net foreign currency gain 150,626 176,350 -14.6% 152,186 -1.0% 601,003 571,799 5.1%
Net other income 28,526 22,914 24.5% 15,137 88.5% 73,025 68,320 6.9%
Operating income 1,201,295 1,032,018 16.4% 1,084,175 10.8% 4,303,256 3,562,628 20.8%
Salaries and other employee benefits (280,995) (231,043) 21.6% (244,284) 15.0% (978,383) (757,990) 29.1%
Salaries and other employee benefits without one-offs (251,405) (231,043) 8.8% (244,284) 2.9% (948,793) (757,990) 25.2%
Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) catch-up4 (29,590) - NMF - NMF (29,590) - NMF
Administrative expenses (102,442) (88,042) 16.4% (75,692) 35.3% (325,159) (279,197) 16.5%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment (59,893) (47,299) 26.6% (56,499) 6.0% (221,652) (173,137) 28.0%
Other operating expenses (8,841) (4,227) 109.2% (5,752) 53.7% (30,893) (12,580) 145.6%
Operating expenses (452,171) (370,611) 22.0% (382,227) 18.3% (1,556,087) (1,222,904) 27.2%
Gain on bargain purchase2,4 1,488 - NMF - NMF 1,488 685,888 -99.8%
Acquisition related costs4 - 2,708 NMF - NMF - (13,715) NMF
Profit from associates 111 369 -69.9% 469 -76.3% 1,316 1,347 -2.3%
Operating income before cost of risk 750,723 664,484 13.0% 702,417 6.9% 2,749,973 3,013,244 -8.7%
Expected credit loss on loans to customers and factoring receivables (30,521) (38,220) -20.1% (48,244) -36.7% (143,434) (147,399) -2.7%
Expected credit loss on finance lease receivables (2,050) (125) NMF 171 NMF (2,506) (1,409) 77.9%
Other expected credit loss and impairment charge on other assets and provisions (3,839) (10,797) -64.4% (7,305) -47.4% (23,557) (16,445) 43.2%
Cost of risk (36,410) (49,142) -25.9% (55,378) -34.3% (169,497) (165,253) 2.6%
Profit before income tax expense 714,313 615,342 16.1% 647,039 10.4% 2,580,476 2,847,991 -9.4%
Income tax expense (124,589) (107,920) 15.4% (99,843) 24.8% (417,245) (362,796) 15.0%
Profit 589,724 507,422 16.2% 547,196 7.8% 2,163,231 2,485,195 -13.0%
Attributable to: 
- shareholders of the Group 589,712 505,492 16.7% 547,196 7.8% 2,161,329 2,476,943 -12.7%
- non-controlling interests 12 1,930 -99.4% - NMF 1,902 8,252 -77.0%
Basic earnings per share 13.84 11.75 17.8% 12.75 8.5% 50.27 56.91 -11.7%
Diluted earnings per share 13.62 11.51 18.3% 12.58 8.3% 49.52 55.75 -11.2%


 

GEL thousands Dec-25 Dec-24 Change
y-o-y Sep-25 Change
q-o-q
BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS 
Cash and cash equivalents 4,395,270 3,753,183 17.1% 5,049,905 -13.0%
Amounts due from credit institutions 3,729,033 3,278,465 13.7% 3,125,753 19.3%
Investment securities 10,047,237 8,968,721 12.0% 8,569,742 17.2%
Investment securities pledged under sale and repurchase agreements 147,416 483,666 -69.5% 1,136,828 -87.0%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables 40,065,664 33,558,874 19.4% 37,927,219 5.6%
Accounts receivable and other loans 11,470 8,811 30.2% 11,988 -4.3%
Prepayments 200,767 88,950 125.7% 126,343 58.9%
Foreclosed assets 374,659 378,642 -1.1% 371,422 0.9%
Right-of-use assets 332,630 257,896 29.0% 306,449 8.5%
Investment properties 107,573 134,338 -19.9% 121,698 -11.6%
Property and equipment 616,839 550,097 12.1% 603,448 2.2%
Goodwill 41,253 41,253 0.0% 41,253 0.0%
Intangible assets 376,402 322,250 16.8% 341,639 10.2%
Income tax assets 41 48,114 NMF 15,289 NMF
Other assets 407,958 314,620 29.7% 364,357 12.0%
Assets held for sale 15,644 20,008 -21.8% 17,852 -12.4%
Total assets 60,869,856 52,207,888 16.6% 58,131,185 4.7%
Client deposits and notes 38,629,974 33,202,010 16.3% 37,657,572 2.6%
Amounts owed to credit institutions 9,499,106 8,680,233 9.4% 8,637,788 10.0%
Debt securities issued 2,999,871 2,255,016 33.0% 2,539,696 18.1%
Lease liability 348,114 274,435 26.8% 319,161 9.1%
Accruals and deferred income 301,067 338,734 -11.1% 271,174 11.0%
Income tax liabilities 108,805 88,431 23.0% 91,875 18.4%
Other liabilities 560,676 353,802 58.5% 716,402 -21.7%
Total liabilities 52,447,613 45,192,661 16.1% 50,233,668 4.4%
Share capital 1,431 1,464 -2.3% 1,439 -0.6%
Additional paid-in capital 569,887 453,738 25.6% 466,851 22.1%
Treasury shares (31) (51) -39.2% (30) 3.3%
Capital redemption reserve 187 154 21.4% 179 4.5%
Other reserves 72,048 110,786 -35.0% 63,215 14.0%
Retained earnings 7,776,662 6,422,320 21.1% 7,364,398 5.6%
Total equity attributable to shareholders of the Group 8,420,184 6,988,411 20.5% 7,896,052 6.6%
Non-controlling interests 2,059 26,816 -92.3% 1,465 40.5%
Total equity 8,422,243 7,015,227 20.1% 7,897,517 6.6%
Total liabilities and equity 60,869,856 52,207,888 16.6% 58,131,185 4.7%
Book value per share 197.85 162.77 21.6% 184.46 7.3%

Non-financial information

Customer engagement

Dec-25 Dec-24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Retail (thousands): 
Monthly active customers: 
Bank of Georgia (standalone) 2,199.1 2,002.3 9.8% 2,130.2 3.2%
Ameriabank (standalone) 479.2 357.0 34.3% 435.3 10.1%
Digital MAU: 
Bank of Georgia (standalone) 1,833.1 1,594.4 15.0% 1,744.5 5.1%
Ameriabank (standalone) 336.5 231.6 45.3% 305.1 10.3%
Digital DAU: 
Bank of Georgia (standalone) 993.4 799.5 24.2% 896.8 10.8%
Ameriabank (standalone) 146.9 99.8 47.1% 127.5 15.2%
Share of products sold through retail digital channels: 
Bank of Georgia (standalone) 71% 62% 70% 
Dec-25 Dec-24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Businesses (thousands): 
Monthly active customers: 
Bank of Georgia (standalone) 132.6 116.3 14.0% 125.4 5.7%
Ameriabank (standalone) 37.3 32.2 15.8% 36.3 2.8%
Digital MAU: 
Bank of Georgia (standalone) 111.2 93.4 19.0% 103.5 7.4%
Ameriabank (standalone) 31.2 25.2 23.5% 29.4 5.9%

Payments business

Bank of Georgia (standalone) Dec-25 Dec-24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Payment MAU - retail (issuing) (thousands) 1,639.8 1,450.9 13.0% 1,567.2 4.6%
Market share in acquiring volumes10 55.8% 56.0% 56.2% 
Active merchants (thousands) 26.5 22.4 18.2% 25.8 2.4%

 

4Q25 4Q24 Change y-o-y 3Q25 Change q-o-q
Volume of payment transactions (acquiring)[10] (millions):
Bank of Georgia (standalone) 6,396.3 5,217.7 22.6% 6,060.4 5.5%
POS 4,004.3 3,289.0 23.0% 3,980.2 1.6%
E-comm 2,352.0 1,928.8 21.9% 2,080.1 13.1%

Additional information

Dec-25 Dec-24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Employees (period-end) 
Bank of Georgia 8,628 7,954 8.5% 8,377 3.0%
Ameriabank 2,326 2,036 14.2% 2,272 2.4%
Other 2,293 2,088 9.8% 2,245 2.1%
Group 13,247 12,078 9.7% 12,894 2.7%

 

Branch-network Dec-25 Dec-24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Bank of Georgia 200 189 5.8% 185 8.1%
Of which: 
Full-scale branches 104 96 8.3% 99 5.1%
Transactional branches 96 93 3.2% 86 11.6%
Ameriabank 29 25 16.0% 27 7.4%

 

Unadjusted ratiosof the Group 4Q25 4Q24 3Q25 FY25 FY24
ROAA 4.0% 4.1% 3.9%[11] 3.9% 5.8%
ROAE 28.7% 29.8% 27.8%11 28.0% 41.2%
Cost:income ratio 37.6% 35.9%11 35.3%11 36.2% 34.3%11

 

FX rates Dec-25 Dec-24 Sep-25
GEL/USD exchange rate (period-end) 2.70 2.81 2.71
GEL/GBP exchange rate (period-end) 3.64 3.53 3.64
GEL/1000AMD exchange rate (period-end) 7.07 7.08 7.06

 

Shares Outstanding Dec-25 Dec-24 Change y-o-y Sep-25 Change q-o-q
Ordinary shares outstanding (period-end) 42,557,763 42,935,561 -0.9% 42,807,308 -0.6%
Treasury shares outstanding (period-end) 916,570 1,562,586 -41.3% 919,155 -0.3%
Total shares outstanding (period-end) 43,474,333 44,498,147 -2.3% 43,726,463 -0.6%

Glossary

Operational terms

• MAC (Monthly active customer - retail or business)Number of customers who satisfied pre-defined activity criteria within the past month.
• Digital monthly active user (Digital MAU) Number of retail customers who logged into our mobile or internet banking channels at least once within a given month; when referring to business customers, Digital MAU means number of business customers who logged into our business mobile or internet banking channels at least once within a given month.
• Digital daily active user (Digital DAU) Average daily number of retail customers who logged into our mobile or internet banking channels within a given month.
• Payment MAUNumber of retail customers who made at least one payment with a BOG card within the past month.
• Net Promoter Score (NPS)NPS asks: on a scale of 0-10, how likely is it that you would recommend an entity to a friend or a colleague? The responses: 9 and 10 - are promoters; 7 and 8 - are neutral; 1 to 6 - are detractors. The final score equals the percentage of the promoters minus the percentage of the detractors.

Ratio definitions and abbreviations

• Alternative performance measures (APMs)In this announcement the management uses various APMs, which we believe provide additional useful information for understanding the financial performance of the Group. These APMs are not defined by International Financial Reporting Standards, and also may not be directly comparable with other companies who use similar measures. We believe that these APMs provide the best representation of our financial performance as these measures are used by the management to evaluate the Group's operating performance and make day-to-day operating decisions.
• Basicearnings per shareProfit for the period attributable to shareholders of the Group divided by the weighted average number of outstanding ordinary shares over the same period.
• Bookvalue per shareTotal equity attributable to shareholders of the Group divided by ordinary shares outstanding at period-end; Ordinary shares outstanding at period-end equals number of ordinary shares at period-end less number of treasury shares at period-end.
• CBACentral Bank of Armenia.
• CBA Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) capital adequacy ratioCommon Equity Tier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the CBA. Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
• CBA Tier 1 capital adequacy ratioTier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the CBA. Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
• CBA Total capital adequacy ratioTotal regulatory capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the CBA. Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
• CBA Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)High-quality liquid assets divided by net cash outflows over the next 30 days (as defined by the CBA). Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
• CBA Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)Available amount of stable funding divided by the required amount of stable funding (as defined by the CBA). Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
• Constant currency basis (CC) To eliminate the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations, constant currency growth for loans and deposits was calculated using the exchange rates as at 30 September 2025 for quarter-over-quarter growth and as at 31 December 2024 for year-over-year growth. These calculations were performed separately for the GFS and AFS segments.
• Cost of credit risk ratioExpected loss on loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables for the period divided by monthly average gross loans to customers, finance lease and factoring over the same period (annualised where applicable).
• Cost of depositsInterest expense on client deposits and notes for the period divided by monthly average client deposits and notes over the same period (annualised where applicable).
• Cost of fundsInterest expense for the period divided by monthly average interest-bearing liabilities over the same period (annualised where applicable).
• Cost:income ratioOperating expenses divided by operating income.
• FCForeign currency.
• Full-scale branchA banking branch that provides all banking services.
• Interest-bearing liabilitiesAmounts owed to credit institutions, client deposits and notes, and debt securities issued.
• Interest-earning assets (excluding cash)Amounts due from credit institutions, investment securities (but excluding corporate shares) and loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables.
• NBG Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)High-quality liquid assets divided by net cash outflows over the next 30 days (as defined by the NBG). Calculations are made for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
• NBG Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)Available amount of stable funding divided by the required amount of stable funding (as defined by the NBG). Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
• LCLocal currency.
• Leverage (times)Total liabilities divided by total equity.
• Liquid assetsCash and cash equivalents, amounts due from credit institutions and investment securities.
• Loan yieldInterest income from loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables for the period divided by monthly average gross loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables over the same period (annualised where applicable).
• NBGNational Bank of Georgia.
• NBG (Basel III) Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) capital adequacy ratioCommon Equity Tier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the NBG. Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
• NBG (Basel III) Tier 1 capital adequacy ratioTier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the NBG. Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
• NBG (Basel III) Total capital adequacy ratioTotal regulatory capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the NBG. Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
• Net interest margin (NIM)Net interest income for the period divided by monthly average interest earning assets excluding cash and cash equivalents and corporate shares over the same period (annualised where applicable).
• NMFNot meaningful;used when percentage changes are distorted by zero or missing comparatives, or when the resulting change is above 200 percent.
• Non-performing loans (NPLs)The principal and/or interest payments on loans overdue for more than 90 days; or the exposures experiencing substantial deterioration of their creditworthiness and the debtors assessed as unlikely to pay their credit obligation(s) in full without realisation of collateral.
• NPL coverage ratioAllowance for expected credit loss for loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables divided by NPLs.
• NPL coverage ratio adjusted for discounted value of collateralAllowance for expected credit loss on loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, plus the discounted value of collateral for the NPL portfolio (capped at the respective loan amount), divided by total NPLs.
• One-off itemsSignificant items that do not arise during the ordinary course of business.
• Operating leveragePercentage change in operating income less percentage change in operating expenses.
• Return on average total assets (ROAA)Profit for the period divided by monthly average total assets for the same period (annualised where applicable).
• Return on average total equity (ROAE)Profit for the period attributable to shareholders of the Group divided by monthly average equity attributable to shareholders of the Group for the same period (annualised where applicable).
• Transactional branchBank branch that is mostly used for transactional services by clients. Such branches do not provide complex banking services, such as issuing mortgages, services to legal clients, etc.

Lion Finance Group PLC profile

Lion Finance Group PLC (formerly Bank of Georgia Group PLC; the "Company" or the "Group" when referring to the group companies as a whole) is a FTSE 250 holding company whose main subsidiaries provide banking and financial services focused in the high-growth Georgian and Armenian markets through leading, customer-centric, universal banks - Bank of Georgia in Georgia and Ameriabank in Armenia. By building on our competitive strengths, we are committed to driving business growth, sustaining high profitability, and generating strong returns, while creating opportunities for our stakeholders and making a positive contribution in the communities where we operate.

Lion Finance Group PLC is listed on the London Stock Exchange's main market in the Equity Shares (Commercial Companies) category and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. Ticker: BGEO.

Legal entity identifier: 213800XKDG12NQG8VC53

Registered address: 29 Farm Street, London, W1J 5RL, United Kingdom; Registered under number 10917019 in England and Wales

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Please note that Investor Centre is a free, secure online service run by our Registrar, Computershare, giving you convenient access to information on your shareholdings.

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Auditors: Ernst & Young LLP (25 Churchill Place Canary Wharf, London E14 5EY, United Kingdom)

Contacts:

Email: ir@lfg.uk

Telephone: +44(0) 203 178 4052

Sam Goodacre (Advisor to the CEO): sgoodacre@lfg.uk; +44 745 398 8513  

Nini Arshakuni (Head of Investor Relations): narshakuni@lfg.uk;  +44 203 178 4034

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Forward-looking statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements concerning expectations, projections, objectives, targets, goals, strategies, future events, future revenues or performance, capital expenditures, financing needs, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, competitive strengths and weaknesses, plans or goals relating to financial position and future operations and development. Although Lion Finance Group PLC believes that the expectations and opinions reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations and opinions will prove to have been correct. By their nature, these forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and contingencies, and actual results and events could differ materially from those currently being anticipated as reflected in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements, certain of which are beyond our control, include, among other things: macro risk, including domestic instability; geopolitical risk; credit risk; liquidity and funding risk; capital risk; market risk; regulatory and legal risk; conduct risk; financial crime risk; information security and data protection risks; operational risk; human capital risk; model risk; strategic risk; reputational risk; climate-related risk; and other key factors that could adversely affect our business and financial performance, as indicated elsewhere in this document and in past and future filings and reports of the Group, including the 'Principal risks and uncertainties' included in Lion Finance Group PLC's Annual Report and Accounts 2024 and in 2Q25 and 1H25 Results. No part of this document constitutes, or shall be taken to constitute, an invitation or inducement to invest in Lion Finance Group PLC or any other entity within the Group, and must not be relied upon in any way in connection with any investment decision. Lion Finance Group PLC and other entities within the Group undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required. Nothing in this document should be construed as a profit forecast.

[*] In FY25, a one-off expense of GEL 29.6m (GEL 29.1m in GFS and GEL 0.5m in Other Businesses) was recorded due to revised accounting treatment for the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), accelerating expense recognition to reflect services rendered prior to the official grant date and resulting in a one-off ESOP catch-up expense recognised in 4Q25. Salaries and other employee benefits, operating expenses and all subsequent lines, as well as ROAA, ROAE, and Cost:income ratio were adjusted for this one-off in 4Q25 and FY25.

[1] AFS's and hence the Group's consolidated profit for the full-year 2024 (FY24) is not fully representative of AFS's full-year performance, as Ameriabank's income statement was consolidated into the Group from 1 April 2024. To review the underlying full-year performance of Ameriabank, see Ameriabank's unaudited standalone financial information on page 14.

[2] Other Businesses recorded a GEL 1.5m gain on bargain purchase following Digital Area's acquisition of Fina Ltd., an ERP and business management platform.

[3] In FY24, cost of credit risk included GEL 49.2m initial ECL charge related to the acquisition of Ameriabank. The initial ECL charge was posted in accordance with IFRS accounting rules relevant for business combinations, requiring the Group to treat the newly acquired portfolio as if it was a new loan issuance, thus necessitating a forward-looking ECL charge on Day 2 of the combination, even though there has been no actual deterioration in credit quality.

[4] In FY25, a one-off item totalling GEL 29.6m was recorded, relating to the Group's revised accounting treatment of annual discretionary share-based awards (Employee Stock Ownership Plan, or ESOP), accelerating expense recognition to reflect services rendered prior to the official grant date and resulting in a one-off ESOP catch-up recognised in 4Q25. As a result, a one-off expense of GEL 29.1m was recognised in the GFS segment and GEL 0.5m in the Other businesses division, allocated proportionately based on the respective service contributions. Salaries and other employee benefits, operating expenses and all subsequent lines, as well as ROAA, ROAE and Cost:income ratio were adjusted for this one-off in 4Q25 and for the FY25 period.

In FY24, one-off items totalling GEL 672.2m were recorded in AFS, comprising GEL 668.8m in 1Q24, GEL 0.7m in 2Q24, and GEL 2.7m in 4Q24. The 1Q24 amount reflected a one-off gain from the bargain purchase of Ameriabank and acquisition-related costs, 2Q24 item represented a recovery of a previously expensed acquisition-related advisory fee, and 4Q24 item was due to a reversal of the Ameriabank-acquisition-related fee. Operating income before cost of risk, as well as ROAA and ROAE, were adjusted for these one-offs in 1Q24, 2Q24 and 4Q24 and accordingly for the FY24 period.

[5] For FY24, ROAE, ROAA, net interest margin, loan yield, liquid assets yield, cost of funds, cost of client deposits and notes, cost of amounts owed to credit institutions, cost of debt securities issued, and cost of credit risk ratio were adjusted to exclude the effect of Ameriabank's consolidation at the end of March on average balances.

[6] Throughout this announcement, gross loans to customers and the related allowance for impairment are presented net of expected credit loss (ECL) on contractually accrued

interest income. These do not have an effect on the net loans to customers' balance. Management believes that netted-off balances provide the best representation of the loan

portfolio position.

[7] The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) administers a resolution Resolution Fund, designed to bolster financial stability during crises. Starting in 2025, commercial banks are required to make ex-ante contributions proportionate to their asset share and risk profile, targeting a fund equal to 3% of insured deposits within eight years (time frame may be changed if the amount in the fund is used or the deposit insurance limit is increased). For more information, visit: https://nbg.gov.ge/en/page/resolution-funds. 

[8] As per Ameriabank's internal classification, the Retail segment includes all individuals and those legal entities serviced by the bank's branches. The Corporate segment includes all legal entities not serviced by the branches.

[9] Ratios are calculated based on quarterly averages.

[10] To provide a clearer view of our business performance, we have excluded instant Peer-to-Peer (P2P) transactions from our acquiring volume figures. Although previously classified as e-commerce activity due to the technical nature of card-to-card transfers, these transactions do not reflect our core merchant acquiring business. Accordingly, we have restated all prior period figures for consistency and comparability.

[11] No adjustments were made to the figures during this period; Adjusted and unadjusted figures are identical.

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PRESEAFALEMSEIE

BGEO — Lion Finance News Story

4Q25 and FY25 Preliminary Results

Recent news on Lion Finance

Brief: Lion Finance Says Subsidiary Signs Loan Agreements With IFC

JSC Bank of Georgia signs loan agreements with IFC

Cancellation of Treasury Shares

Director/PDMR Shareholding

UK's Lion Finance gains as JP Morgan raises target price

•	GFSmainly comprises JSC Bank of Georgia and the investment bank JSC Galt and Taggart.
•	AFSincludes Ameriabank CJSC
•	Other Businesses: includes JSC Belarusky Narodny Bank (BNB), which serves retail and SME clients in Belarus; JSC Digital Area, a digital ecosystem in Georgia including e-commerce, ticketing, and inventory management SaaS; Lion Finance Group PLC, the holding company; and other small entities and intragroup eliminations.

•	The Group delivered robust results in FY25, with profit before one-offs of GEL 2,192.8m and adjusted ROAE of 28.4%, while 4Q25 profit before one-offs grew 22.7% y-o-y, driven by strong loan book expansion, customer franchise growth, and sustained profitability across all core business divisions.
•	The Group's loan book reached GEL 40,065.7m as at 31 December 2025, up 19.7% y-o-y in constant currency (cc). The growth was fuelled by strong loan book expansion across both the Georgian (GFS) and Armenian (AFS) operations, which recorded year-on-year constant currency increases of 16.1% and 28.0%, respectively. Compared with 30 September 2025, the GFS loan book was up 4.5%, while the AFS loan book increased by 8.5%, resulting in a total Group loan growth of 5.8% (in cc).
•	Client deposits and notes totalled GEL 38,630.0m as at 31 December 2025, reflecting a 17.3% y-o-y increase in constant currency (cc). GFS deposits rose by 14.3% y-o-y, while AFS deposits increased by 21.9% y-o-y. Compared with 30 September 2025, GFS deposits were down 0.5% (attributable to a reduction in the Corporate Center mainly due to Ministry of Finance deposits), while AFS deposits increased by 9.1%, resulting in a total Group deposit growth of 2.7% (in cc).
•	Asset quality remained robust across the Group, with the Group cost of credit risk ratio down to 0.3% in 4Q25 (0.5% in 4Q24 and 0.5% in 3Q25) and the NPL ratio stable at 2.1% as at 31 December 2025 (2.0% as at 31 December 2024 and 2.1% as at 30 September 2025).
•	Operating income was up 16.4% y-o-y to GEL 1,201.3m in 4Q25. The annual top-line growth was primarily driven by strong net interest income generated by both GFS and AFS, complemented by solid fee and commission income generation across both operations.
	•	In 4Q25, non-interest income increased by 10.1% y-o-yto GEL 405.4m, driven by growth in net fee and commission income. GFS delivered a 33.8% y-o-y growth in 4Q25 attributable to lower fee expenses due to renegotiated payment systems terms for both 2025 and future periods (see page 9), while AFS contributed with a 34.1% y-o-y growth, benefiting from the reclassification of GEL 7.1m in currency conversion fees to align with the Group's accounting policies (previously reported in FX gains) as well as a significant GEL 13.7m advisory fee booked in the quarter.
•	The Group's operating expenses increased by14.0% y-o-ytoGEL 422.6min 4Q25. The y-o-y growth was driven primarily by GFS, which saw expenses rise by 18.5% y-o-y, mainly driven by higher staff and administrative expenses (see details on page 9).
•	Capital adequacy and liquidity positions for both Bank of Georgia and Ameriabank remained above the minimum regulatory requirements (for details, see pages 10 and 13).
•	The Group continued to demonstrate robust customer franchise growth. On a year-on-year basis, Bank of Georgia's Retail Digital Monthly Active Users (Digital MAU) grew by 15.0% to surpass 1.8 million individuals, while Ameriabank's Retail Digital MAU surged by 45.3%, reaching 336 thousand individuals. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, these figures increased by 5.1% and 10.3% at Bank of Georgia and Ameriabank, respectively.

•	c.15% annual growth of the Group's loan book.
•	20%+ return on average equity.
•	30-50% payout ratio (dividends and share buyback and cancellation programme).

GEL thousands	FY25	FY25	FY25	FY25	FY24	FY24	FY24	FY24
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS	Group	GFS	AFS	Other	Group[1]	GFS	AFS1	Other
Interest income	5,371,115	3,907,286	1,348,723	115,106	4,139,900	3,261,442	794,616	83,842
Interest expense	(2,399,374)	(1,804,626)	(530,468)	(64,280)	(1,779,053)	(1,463,591)	(287,585)	(27,877)
Net interest income	2,971,741	2,102,660	818,255	50,826	2,360,847	1,797,851	507,031	55,965
Net fee and commission income	657,487	529,209	115,091	13,187	561,662	465,614	89,922	6,126
Net foreign currency gain	601,003	360,878	145,340	94,785	571,799	386,797	128,032	56,970
Net other income	73,025	50,834	12,132	10,059	68,320	53,428	3,927	10,965
Operating income	4,303,256	3,043,581	1,090,818	168,857	3,562,628	2,703,690	728,912	130,026
Salaries and other employee benefits (2025: adjusted)	(948,793)*	(516,693)*	(369,010)	(63,090)*	(757,990)	(443,347)	(268,547)	(46,096)
Administrative expenses	(325,159)	(215,390)	(71,415)	(38,354)	(279,197)	(204,383)	(47,737)	(27,077)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment	(221,652)	(148,485)	(59,887)	(13,280)	(173,137)	(121,983)	(40,818)	(10,336)
Other operating expenses	(30,893)	(26,355)	(3,186)	(1,352)	(12,580)	(5,744)	(5,400)	(1,436)
Operating expenses (2025: adjusted)	(1,526,497)*	(906,923)*	(503,498)	(116,076)*	(1,222,904)	(775,457)	(362,502)	(84,945)
Gain on bargain purchase[2]	1,488	-	-	1,488	-*	-	-*	-
Profit from associates	1,316	1,316	-	-	1,347	1,347	-	-
Operating income before cost of risk(2024 & 2025: adjusted)	2,779,563*	2,137,974*	587,320	54,269*	2,341,071*	1,929,580	366,410*	45,081
Cost of risk	(169,497)	(141,510)	(22,982)	(5,005)	(165,253)	(98,099)	(63,182)	(3,972)
Out of which initial ECL related to assets acquired in business combination[3]	-	-	-	-	(49,157)	-	(49,157)	-
Profit before income tax expense(2024 & 2025: adjusted)	2,610,066*	1,996,464*	564,338	49,264*	2,175,818*	1,831,481	303,228*	41,109
Income tax expense	(417,245)	(287,781)	(111,974)	(17,490)	(362,796)	(275,557)	(73,072)	(14,167)
Profit before one-off items	2,192,821*	1,708,683*	452,364	31,774*	1,813,022*	1,555,924	230,156*	26,942
One-off items[4]	(29,590)	(29,094)	-	(496)	672,173	-	672,173	-
Profit	2,163,231	1,679,589	452,364	31,278	2,485,195	1,555,924	902,329	26,942

GEL thousands	4Q25	4Q24	Change y-o-y	3Q25	Change q-o-q	FY25		FY241		Change y-o-y
INCOME STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Net interest income	795,895	663,656	19.9%	776,300	2.5%	2,971,741		2,360,847		25.9%
Net fee and commission income	226,248	169,098	33.8%	140,552	61.0%	657,487		561,662		17.1%
Net foreign currency gain	150,626	176,350	-14.6%	152,186	-1.0%	601,003		571,799		5.1%
Net other income	28,526	22,914	24.5%	15,137	88.5%	73,025		68,320		6.9%
Operating income	1,201,295	1,032,018	16.4%	1,084,175	10.8%	4,303,256		3,562,628		20.8%
Operating expenses (2025: adjusted)	(422,581)*	(370,611)	14.0%	(382,227)	10.6%	(1,526,497)*		(1,222,904)		24.8%
Gain on bargain purchase2	1,488	-	NMF	-	NMF	1,488		-*		NMF
Profit from associates	111	369	-69.9%	469	-76.3%	1,316		1,347		-2.3%
Operating income before cost of risk(2024 & 2025: adjusted)	780,313*	661,776*	17.9%	702,417	11.1%	2,779,563*		2,341,071*		18.7%
Cost of risk	(36,410)	(49,142)	-25.9%	(55,378)	-34.3%	(169,497)		(165,253)		2.6%
Out of which initial ECL related to assets acquired in business combination3	-	-	-	-	-	-		(49,157)		NMF
Profit before income tax expense and one-off items(2024 & 2025: adjusted)	743,903*	612,634*	21.4%	647,039	15.0%	2,610,066*		2,175,818*		20.0%
Income tax expense	(124,589)	(107,920)	15.4%	(99,843)	24.8%	(417,245)		(362,796)		15.0%
Profit before one-off items	619,314*	504,714*	22.7%	547,196	13.2%	2,192,821*		1,813,022*		20.9%
One-off items4	(29,590)	2,708	NMF	-	NMF	(29,590)		672,173		NMF
Profit	589,724	507,422	16.2%	547,196	7.8%	2,163,231		2,485,195		-13.0%

Basic earnings per share	13.84	11.75	17.8%	12.75	8.5%	50.27	56.91		-11.7%
Diluted earnings per share	13.62	11.51	18.3%	12.58	8.3%	49.52	55.75		-11.2%
Basic earnings per share adjusted for one-offs	14.53	11.69	24.3%	12.75	14.0%	50.96	41.46		22.9%
Diluted earnings per share adjusted for one-offs	14.30	11.44	25.0%	12.58	13.7%	50.19	40.62		23.6%
*These figures differ from the unaudited consolidated financial statements as they exclude one-off items to better illustrate underlying performance. The excluded items are: GEL 29.6m in 4Q25 and FY25; GEL 2.7m in 4Q24 and GEL 672.2m in FY24 (see endnote 4). The FY24 figure primarily consists of a significant one-off gain on bargain purchase associated with the acquisition of Ameriabank, which boosted reported earnings in 2024. For the full unaudited consolidated financial information, please refer to page 16.

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS	Dec-25	Dec-24	Change y-o-y	Sep-25	Change q-o-q

Liquid assets	18,318,956	16,484,035	11.1%	17,882,228	2.4%
Cash and cash equivalents	4,395,270	3,753,183	17.1%	5,049,905	-13.0%
Amounts due from credit institutions	3,729,033	3,278,465	13.7%	3,125,753	19.3%
Investment securities	10,194,653	9,452,387	7.9%	9,706,570	5.0%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables	40,065,664	33,558,874	19.4%	37,927,219	5.6%
Property and equipment	616,839	550,097	12.1%	603,448	2.2%
All remaining assets	1,868,397	1,614,882	15.7%	1,718,290	8.7%
Total assets	60,869,856	52,207,888	16.6%	58,131,185	4.7%
Client deposits and notes	38,629,974	33,202,010	16.3%	37,657,572	2.6%
Amounts owed to credit institutions	9,499,106	8,680,233	9.4%	8,637,788	10.0%
Borrowings from DFIs	3,708,770	3,301,249	12.3%	2,795,403	32.7%
Short-term loans from the National Bank of Georgia	2,667,471	2,546,574	4.7%	2,146,297	24.3%
Short-term loans from the Central Bank of Armenia	136,912	153,588	-10.9%	143,168	-4.4%
Loans and deposits from commercial banks	2,985,953	2,678,822	11.5%	3,552,920	-16.0%
Debt securities issued	2,999,871	2,255,016	33.0%	2,539,696	18.1%
All remaining liabilities	1,318,662	1,055,402	24.9%	1,398,612	-5.7%
Total liabilities	52,447,613	45,192,661	16.1%	50,233,668	4.4%
Total equity	8,422,243	7,015,227	20.1%	7,897,517	6.6%
Book value per share	197.85	162.77	21.6%	184.46	7.3%

KEY RATIOS	4Q25	4Q24	3Q25		FY25	FY24

ROAA (adjusted for one-off items)4,5	4.2%	4.0%	3.9%	4.0%		4.3%
ROAE (adjusted for one-off items)4,5	30.1%	29.6%	27.8%	28.4%		30.0%
Net interest margin[5]	6.1%	6.0%	6.2%	6.1%		6.3%
Loan yield5,[6]	12.4%	12.2%	12.4%	12.3%		12.4%
Liquid assets yield5	5.1%	4.8%	5.2%	5.1%		5.1%
Cost of funds5	5.2%	4.9%	5.1%	5.1%		5.0%
Cost of client deposits and notes5	4.6%	4.0%	4.5%	4.4%		4.1%
Cost of amounts owed to credit institutions5	7.0%	7.8%	7.1%	7.3%		7.9%
Cost of debt securities issued5	7.7%	7.5%	7.4%	7.5%		8.2%
Cost:income ratio (adjusted for one-off items)4	35.2%	35.9%	35.3%	35.5%		34.3%
NPLs to gross loans	2.1%	2.0%	2.1%	2.1%		2.0%
NPL coverage ratio	57.8%	63.0%	64.4%	57.8%		63.0%
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral	116.3%	119.6%	117.7%	116.3%		119.6%
Cost of credit risk ratio5	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%		0.5%

GEL thousands NON-PERFORMING LOANS	Dec-25	Dec-24	Change y-o-y	Sep-25	Change q-o-q
Group (consolidated)
NPLs (in GEL thousands)	869,446	666,859	30.4%	803,774	8.2%
NPLs to gross loans	2.1%	2.0%		2.1%
NPL coverage ratio	57.8%	63.0%		64.4%
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral	116.3%	119.6%		117.7%
Georgian Financial Services (GFS)
NPLs to gross loans	2.1%	2.2%		2.3%
NPL coverage ratio	54.8%	62.1%		59.7%
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral	114.6%	115.1%		112.2%
Ameriabank (standalone figures)
NPLs to gross loans	2.1%	1.4%		1.5%
NPL coverage ratio	68.5%	69.1%		87.3%
NPL coverage ratio adjusted for the discounted value of collateral	125.5%	137.3%		145.8%

•	In August 2025, the Board took the decision to move to a quarterly distribution schedule, with the Group's total capital repatriation policy unchanged at a target payout range of 30-50% of annual Group profits. Considering the strong performance of the Group during the fourth quarter of 2025 and robust capital levels, today the Board declared an interim dividend of GEL2.75per ordinary sharein respect of the fourth quarter of 2025, payable according to the following timetable:
	•	Ex-Dividend Date: 26 March 2026
	•	Record Date: 27 March 2026
	•	Currency Conversion Date: 27 March 2026
	•	Payment Date: 14 April2026
•	The NBG's Lari/Pound Sterling average exchange rate for the period of 23 March to 27 March 2026 will be used as the exchange rate on the Currency Conversion Date and will be announced in due course.
•	In addition, today the Board has approved an extension to the share buyback and cancellation programme of GEL 53.5 million.
•	The previous GEL 51.5 million share buyback and cancellation programme, announced on 20 November 2025, is completed. As a result, the total number of voting rights in issue following the cancellation of shares is 43,365,907 as of 24 February 2026.

•	GFS delivered 14.4% y-o-y growth in 4Q25 operating income, driven by increases in net interest income and net fee and commission income. QoQ growth of 7.9% resulted primarily from strong fee and commission performance. For FY25, operating income rose 12.6%, with strong net interest income complemented by growth in fee and commission income and partially offset by a decline in net foreign currency gain and net other income.
•	Double digit net interest income growth in 4Q25 on a y-o-y basis resulted from sustained strong loan book growth, combined with 10 bps net interest margin expansion to 5.9%. On a q-o-q basis, the net interest margin declined by 30 bps - whilst the loan yield remained flat, this was driven by a 20 bps increase in the cost of funds, attributable to higher client deposit and note costs (up 20 bps q-o-q) along with the impact from the GEL-denominated 450m Eurobond placement in November 2025. For FY25, NIM declined 10 bps to 5.9%.
•	Net fee and commission income increased by 33.8% y-o-y and 41.1% q-o-q in 4Q25. While fee and commission income grew by 13.7% y-o-y, this strong performance was primarily driven by a 17.7% y-o-y reduction in fee and commission expenses as we negotiated better terms from international payment systems for all of 2025 and going forward. The normalised net fee and commission income y-o-y growth would have been c.15%. For FY25, net fee and commission income reached GEL 529.2m (+13.7%).
•	Net foreign currency (FX) gain was down 14.7% y-o-y in 4Q25 and down 6.7% y-o-y for the full year, adversely impacted by increased competition and lower currency volatility throughout the year.
•	In 4Q25, operating expenses increased by 18.5% y-o-y with growth broad-based across all expense lines. Staff costs included accelerated recognition of unvested, previously granted share-based awards due to the voluntary departure of an executive manager. Administrative expense growth was mainly driven by higher marketing and technology investments supporting business growth. Additionally, Bank of Georgia recorded a GEL 4.4m contribution to the Resolution Fund, a regulatory requirement introduced by NBG for all commercial banks effective from January 2025[7]. Excluding accelerated recognition of unvested share-based awards and the Resolution Fund payment, operating expenses at GFS would have increased by 14.5% y-o-y.
•	The portfolio quality remained healthy across the board, with the cost of credit risk ratio standing at 0.4% in 4Q25 and 0.5% in FY25, and the NPL ratio declining to 2.1% as at 31 December 2025.

		Portfolio highlights: loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables
		Dec-25	Dec-24		Change y-o-y	Change y-o-y (constant currency)			Sep-25			Change q-o-q		Change q-o-q (constant currency)
Total GFS		27,288,607	23,539,328		15.9%	16.1%			26,150,474			4.4%		4.5%
Retail		12,190,163	10,203,425		19.5%	19.4%			11,571,767			5.3%		5.4%
Mortgages		5,139,094	4,498,321		14.2%	14.2%			4,915,696			4.5%		4.8%
Consumer loans		6,190,599	4,987,399		24.1%	24.4%			5,856,880			5.7%		5.7%
Other loans		860,470	717,705		19.9%	17.8%			799,191			7.7%		8.0%
SME		5,447,299	5,011,108		8.7%	8.2%			5,317,970			2.4%		2.6%
CIB		9,651,145	8,324,795		15.9%	16.8%			9,260,737			4.2%		4.5%
		Portfolio highlights: customer deposits and notes
		Dec-25		Dec-24	Change y-o-y		Change y-o-y (constant currency)			Sep-25		Change q-o-q		Change q-o-q (constant currency)
Total GFS		27,312,550		24,052,164	13.6%		14.3%			27,487,750		-0.6%		-0.5%
Retail		16,385,011		14,422,359	13.6%		14.8%			15,589,366		5.1%		5.4%
SME		2,526,790		2,146,585	17.7%		17.9%			2,344,438		7.8%		7.9%
CIB		8,081,092		6,578,858	22.8%		23.4%			7,613,923		6.1%		6.3%
Corporate Center		421,957		971,961	-56.6%					2,021,083		-79.1%
Eliminations		(102,300)		(67,599)	51.3%					(81,060)		26.2%
		Loan portfolio quality: cost of credit risk ratio
		4Q25		4Q24				3Q25					FY25		FY24
Total GFS		0.4%		0.6%				0.6%					0.5%		0.4%
Retail		0.7%		0.5%				0.8%					0.6%		0.4%
SME		0.0%		-0.4%				0.3%					0.4%		0.3%
CIB		0.2%		1.3%				0.7%					0.3%		0.4%
		Loan portfolio quality: NPL ratio
		Dec-25		Dec-24							Sep-25
Total GFS		2.1%		2.2%							2.3%
Retail		1.4%		1.6%							1.5%
SME		4.0%		3.5%							4.0%
CIB		2.0%		2.1%							2.3%
•	Customer lending continued to expand, driven primarily by RB and CIB, with SME also contributing
	•	Within the RB segment, consumer lending showed particularly strong growth, rising by 24.4% y-o-y and 5.7% q-o-q in cc. Mortgage lending grew by 14.2% y-o-y and 4.8% q-o-q in cc, now accounting for 42.2% of the retail loan book - below the share of consumer loans at 50.8%.
•	Client deposits and notes demonstrated strong y-o-y growth, driven by RB and CIB segments, with SME also contributing. The y-o-y growth was well-diversified across business segments and deposit types. As at 31 December 2025, current & demand deposits and time deposits accounted for 56.0% and 44.0% of the total deposit portfolio, respectively. Notably, the share of GEL deposits in total deposits increased significantly y-o-y from 47.2% to 53.4%. Deposits were broadly flat q-o-q due to a reduction in the Corporate Center (mainly the Ministry of Finance deposits used mainly for liquidity management).
•	Additionally, our funding mix was strengthened by the successful issuance of a GEL 450m senior unsecured Eurobond by Bank of Georgia - the largest local-currency Eurobond by a private-sector entity in the Caucasus, Turkey and Central Asia region for 2025.

	30 Sep 2025	4Q25 profit	Business growth	Currency impact	Dividend payment	Tier 1- Tier 2	31 Dec 2025	Min requirement	Buffer above min requirement		Potential impact of a 10% GEL devaluation

CET 1 capital adequacy	17.4%	1.4%	-0.7%	0.0%	-0.6%	0.0%	17.6%	15.2%	2.4%	-0.8%
Tier 1 capital adequacy	20.5%	1.4%	-0.8%	0.0%	-0.6%	0.0%	20.5%	17.3%	3.2%	-0.7%
Total capital adequacy	22.1%	1.4%	-0.9%	0.0%	-0.6%	0.0%	22.0%	20.2%	1.8%	-0.7%

BALANCE SHEET HIGHLIGHTS		Dec-25	Dec -24	Change y-o-y	Sep-25	Change q-o-q
Cash and cash equivalents	773,802		1,409,223	-45.1%	1,211,626	-36.1%
Amounts due from credit institutions	1,566,220		821,779	90.6%	942,877	66.1%
Investment securities	1,794,826		1,447,558	24.0%	1,455,992	23.3%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables	11,818,695		9,265,005	27.6%	10,890,803	8.5%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, LC	6,770,754		5,457,699	24.1%	6,258,037	8.2%
Loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, FC	5,047,941		3,807,306	32.6%	4,632,766	9.0%
Property and equipment	78,285		74,671	4.8%	84,829	-7.7%
All remaining assets	520,440		352,476	47.7%	396,708	31.2%
Total assets	16,552,268		13,370,712	23.8%	14,982,835	10.5%
Client deposits and notes	9,630,051		7,949,083	21.1%	8,827,419	9.1%
Client deposits and notes, LC	5,832,351		4,527,568	28.8%	5,227,233	11.6%
Client deposits and notes, FC	3,797,700		3,421,515	11.0%	3,600,186	5.5%
Amounts owed to credit institutions	2,909,876		1,956,445	48.7%	2,382,530	22.1%
Debt securities issued	1,186,478		1,155,679	2.7%	1,207,757	-1.8%
All remaining liabilities	496,458		541,068	-8.2%	444,191	11.8%
Total liabilities	14,222,863		11,602,275	22.6%	12,861,897	10.6%
Total equity	2,329,405		1,768,437	31.7%	2,120,938	9.8%
Risk-weighted assets (Ameriabank CJSC standalone)	15,054,624		11,685,845	28.8%	14,099,398	6.8%

•	In 4Q25, AFS delivered operating income growth of 16.9% y-o-y and 17.3% q-o-q. The y-o-y increase was primarily driven by strong net interest income, supported by net fee and commission income. The q-o-q growth was led by a substantial increase in net fee and commission income, complemented by robust growth in net interest income.
•	In 4Q25, NIM stood at 6.3% (6.8% in 4Q24 and 6.5% in 3Q25). On a y-o-y basis, a 10 bps decrease in the loan yield was coupled with a 40 bps rise in the cost of funds. This funding cost increase was primarily driven by higher cost of customer deposits (up 60 bps to 3.9%), mainly due to increased share of AMD and time deposits in the mix as well as higher cost of AMD deposits.
•	Net fee and commission income increased by 34.1% y-o-y in 4Q25. This quarter's result included a net GEL 7.1m reclassification of currency conversion fees to align with the Group's accounting policies (previously reported in FX gain). Excluding this effect, net fee and commission would have increased by c.16%. Furthermore, growth was supported by a significant GEL 13.7m advisory fee booked in the fourth quarter.
•	Net foreign currency gain was down 30.9% y-o-y in 4Q25, reflecting both the reclassification of GEL 7.1m to net fee and commission income and heightened market competition on the back of relatively stable currency environment.
•	In 4Q25, operating expenses stood broadly flat y-o-y. Salaries and other employee benefits also stood flat y-o-y as Group level-adjustments related to management retention bonus elevated the base in 2024. On a standalone basis (see page 14), operating expenses were up 10.4% y-o-y in 4Q25, mainly driven by a 13.8% y-o-y growth in staff costs.

•	Customer loans grew strongly by 28.0% y-o-y and 8.5% q-o-q in cc, with broad-based growth across both Corporate and Retail segments. Within the Retail portfolio, consumer loans maintained the strongest growth trajectory, posting 57.9% y-o-y and 9.4% q-o-q growth in cc. Mortgage lending grew by 12.5% y-o-y and 5.4% q-o-q in cc, now representing 52.2% of the total retail loan book. Ameriabank strengthened its market leadership, with its lending share rising to a dominant 21.7% at year-end, up 0.9pp y-o-y and 0.5pp q-o-q.
•	Client deposits and notes also grew strongly, rising by 21.9% y-o-y and by 9.1% q-o-q in cc. The share of time deposits increased over the year to 41.5% of the total (37.8% as at 31 December 2024 and 42.7% as at 30 September 2025). The bank's deposit market share (including local bonds) expanded by 1.0 pp y-o-y to reach 19.5% at year-end (up 0.1pp q-o-q).
•	AFS maintains a diversified funding structure with customer deposits and local debt securities representing 76.1% of total liabilities, and the ratio of net loans, factoring and finance lease receivables to customer deposits and notes, local debt securities and DFI funding standing at 97.5% as at 31 December 2025.

•	As at 31 December 2025, Ameriabank's CET 1, Tier 1, and Total capital ratios stood at 14.4%, 14.4%, and 17.0%, respectively, all above the minimum requirements of 12.0%, 14.1%, and 16.8%, respectively. Total capital was enhanced in early 2026. In mid-December 2025, Ameriabank secured EUR 30 million in subordinated debt (with CBA approval received in January 2026), and the Total capital ratio increased to 17.5% at the end of January. Additionally, in February Ameriabank successfully placed inaugural USD 50m Additional Tier 1 capital notes. These perpetual notes, which carry an 8.5% coupon rate, are expected to be listed on the Armenia Securities Exchange and have added approximately 0.86 pp to both Tier 1 and Total Capital ratios. The movement in capital adequacy ratios in 4Q25 and the potential impact of a 10% devaluation of AMD is as follows.
	30 Sep 2025	4Q25 profit	Business growth	Currency impact	Dividend payment	Regulatory deductions	Tier 1 - Tier 2	31 Dec 2025	Minimum requirement	Buffer above min requirement	Potential impact of a 10% AMD devaluation

CET 1 capital adequacy	14.5%	0.9%	-1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	14.4%	12.0%	2.4%	-0.6%
Tier 1 capital adequacy	14.5%	0.9%	-1.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	14.4%	14.1%	0.3%	-0.6%
Total capital adequacy	17.2%	0.9%	-1.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	17.0%	16.8%	0.2%	-0.5%

KEY RATIOS[9]	4Q25	4Q24	3Q25	FY25	FY24

ROAA	3.9%	4.2%	3.5%	3.6%	3.8%
ROAE	26.6%	29.4%	24.6%	24.9%	26.5%
Net interest margin	6.3%	6.8%	6.5%	6.4%	6.7%
Loan yield	11.4%	11.4%	11.5%	11.4%	11.2%
Cost of funds	4.4%	4.0%	4.4%	4.3%	3.9%
Cost:income ratio	38.4%	40.3%	40.2%	39.9%	42.9%
Cost of credit risk ratio	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%

•	In 4Q25, Other Businesses delivered operating income growth of 62.7% y-o-y. This significant increase was primarily driven by higher net other income, which benefited from a low comparative base in 4Q24 that included a GEL 5.4 million revaluation loss on startup investments. Growth was further supported by BNB, which generated strong net foreign currency gains and robust net interest income growth.
•	Other Businesses recorded a GEL 1.5m gain on bargain purchase, resulting from Digital Area's acquisition of Fina Ltd., an enterprise resource planning and business management platform. This acquisition was completed to expand Digital Area's product offerings to SME and food service and hospitality sector and to strengthen its business management solutions portfolio alongside its existing Optimo platform.
•	BNB's capital ratios, calculated in accordance with the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus' standards, were above the minimum requirements as at 31 December 2025: Tier 1 capital adequacy ratio at 9.1% (minimum requirement of 7.0%) and Total capital adequacy ratio at 14.7% (minimum requirement of 12.5%).

Bank of Georgia (standalone)	Dec-25	Dec-24	Change y-o-y	Sep-25	Change q-o-q

Payment MAU - retail (issuing) (thousands)	1,639.8	1,450.9	13.0%	1,567.2	4.6%
Market share in acquiring volumes10	55.8%	56.0%		56.2%
Active merchants (thousands)	26.5	22.4	18.2%	25.8	2.4%

Branch-network	Dec-25	Dec-24	Change y-o-y	Sep-25	Change q-o-q

Bank of Georgia	200	189	5.8%	185	8.1%
Of which:
Full-scale branches	104	96	8.3%	99	5.1%
Transactional branches	96	93	3.2%	86	11.6%
Ameriabank	29	25	16.0%	27	7.4%

Unadjusted ratiosof the Group	4Q25	4Q24	3Q25	FY25	FY24

ROAA	4.0%	4.1%	3.9%[11]	3.9%	5.8%
ROAE	28.7%	29.8%	27.8%11	28.0%	41.2%
Cost:income ratio	37.6%	35.9%11	35.3%11	36.2%	34.3%11

FX rates	Dec-25	Dec-24	Sep-25

GEL/USD exchange rate (period-end)	2.70	2.81	2.71
GEL/GBP exchange rate (period-end)	3.64	3.53	3.64
GEL/1000AMD exchange rate (period-end)	7.07	7.08	7.06

Shares Outstanding	Dec-25	Dec-24	Change y-o-y	Sep-25	Change q-o-q

Ordinary shares outstanding (period-end)	42,557,763	42,935,561	-0.9%	42,807,308	-0.6%
Treasury shares outstanding (period-end)	916,570	1,562,586	-41.3%	919,155	-0.3%
Total shares outstanding (period-end)	43,474,333	44,498,147	-2.3%	43,726,463	-0.6%

•	MAC (Monthly active customer - retail or business)Number of customers who satisfied pre-defined activity criteria within the past month.
•	Digital monthly active user (Digital MAU) Number of retail customers who logged into our mobile or internet banking channels at least once within a given month; when referring to business customers, Digital MAU means number of business customers who logged into our business mobile or internet banking channels at least once within a given month.
•	Digital daily active user (Digital DAU) Average daily number of retail customers who logged into our mobile or internet banking channels within a given month.
•	Payment MAUNumber of retail customers who made at least one payment with a BOG card within the past month.
•	Net Promoter Score (NPS)NPS asks: on a scale of 0-10, how likely is it that you would recommend an entity to a friend or a colleague? The responses: 9 and 10 - are promoters; 7 and 8 - are neutral; 1 to 6 - are detractors. The final score equals the percentage of the promoters minus the percentage of the detractors.

•	Alternative performance measures (APMs)In this announcement the management uses various APMs, which we believe provide additional useful information for understanding the financial performance of the Group. These APMs are not defined by International Financial Reporting Standards, and also may not be directly comparable with other companies who use similar measures. We believe that these APMs provide the best representation of our financial performance as these measures are used by the management to evaluate the Group's operating performance and make day-to-day operating decisions.
•	Basicearnings per shareProfit for the period attributable to shareholders of the Group divided by the weighted average number of outstanding ordinary shares over the same period.
•	Bookvalue per shareTotal equity attributable to shareholders of the Group divided by ordinary shares outstanding at period-end; Ordinary shares outstanding at period-end equals number of ordinary shares at period-end less number of treasury shares at period-end.
•	CBACentral Bank of Armenia.
•	CBA Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) capital adequacy ratioCommon Equity Tier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the CBA. Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
•	CBA Tier 1 capital adequacy ratioTier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the CBA. Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
•	CBA Total capital adequacy ratioTotal regulatory capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the CBA. Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
•	CBA Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)High-quality liquid assets divided by net cash outflows over the next 30 days (as defined by the CBA). Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
•	CBA Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)Available amount of stable funding divided by the required amount of stable funding (as defined by the CBA). Calculations are made for Ameriabank standalone.
•	Constant currency basis (CC) To eliminate the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations, constant currency growth for loans and deposits was calculated using the exchange rates as at 30 September 2025 for quarter-over-quarter growth and as at 31 December 2024 for year-over-year growth. These calculations were performed separately for the GFS and AFS segments.
•	Cost of credit risk ratioExpected loss on loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables for the period divided by monthly average gross loans to customers, finance lease and factoring over the same period (annualised where applicable).
•	Cost of depositsInterest expense on client deposits and notes for the period divided by monthly average client deposits and notes over the same period (annualised where applicable).
•	Cost of fundsInterest expense for the period divided by monthly average interest-bearing liabilities over the same period (annualised where applicable).
•	Cost:income ratioOperating expenses divided by operating income.
•	FCForeign currency.
•	Full-scale branchA banking branch that provides all banking services.
•	Interest-bearing liabilitiesAmounts owed to credit institutions, client deposits and notes, and debt securities issued.
•	Interest-earning assets (excluding cash)Amounts due from credit institutions, investment securities (but excluding corporate shares) and loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables.
•	NBG Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR)High-quality liquid assets divided by net cash outflows over the next 30 days (as defined by the NBG). Calculations are made for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
•	NBG Net stable funding ratio (NSFR)Available amount of stable funding divided by the required amount of stable funding (as defined by the NBG). Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
•	LCLocal currency.
•	Leverage (times)Total liabilities divided by total equity.
•	Liquid assetsCash and cash equivalents, amounts due from credit institutions and investment securities.
•	Loan yieldInterest income from loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables for the period divided by monthly average gross loans to customers, factoring and finance lease receivables over the same period (annualised where applicable).
•	NBGNational Bank of Georgia.
•	NBG (Basel III) Common Equity Tier 1 (CET 1) capital adequacy ratioCommon Equity Tier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the NBG. Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
•	NBG (Basel III) Tier 1 capital adequacy ratioTier 1 capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the NBG. Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
•	NBG (Basel III) Total capital adequacy ratioTotal regulatory capital divided by total risk weighted assets, both calculated in accordance with the requirements of the NBG. Calculations aremade for Bank of Georgia standalone, based on IFRS.
•	Net interest margin (NIM)Net interest income for the period divided by monthly average interest earning assets excluding cash and cash equivalents and corporate shares over the same period (annualised where applicable).
•	NMFNot meaningful;used when percentage changes are distorted by zero or missing comparatives, or when the resulting change is above 200 percent.
•	Non-performing loans (NPLs)The principal and/or interest payments on loans overdue for more than 90 days; or the exposures experiencing substantial deterioration of their creditworthiness and the debtors assessed as unlikely to pay their credit obligation(s) in full without realisation of collateral.
•	NPL coverage ratioAllowance for expected credit loss for loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables divided by NPLs.
•	NPL coverage ratio adjusted for discounted value of collateralAllowance for expected credit loss on loans to customers, finance lease and factoring receivables, plus the discounted value of collateral for the NPL portfolio (capped at the respective loan amount), divided by total NPLs.
•	One-off itemsSignificant items that do not arise during the ordinary course of business.
•	Operating leveragePercentage change in operating income less percentage change in operating expenses.
•	Return on average total assets (ROAA)Profit for the period divided by monthly average total assets for the same period (annualised where applicable).
•	Return on average total equity (ROAE)Profit for the period attributable to shareholders of the Group divided by monthly average equity attributable to shareholders of the Group for the same period (annualised where applicable).
•	Transactional branchBank branch that is mostly used for transactional services by clients. Such branches do not provide complex banking services, such as issuing mortgages, services to legal clients, etc.