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RNS Number : 7235V  Nova Ljubljanska Banka d.d.  11 August 2022

August 11, 2022

 

NLB Group Delivers Robust Business Results in the First Half of 2022

 

Pursuant to the Rules of the Ljubljana Stock Exchange relating to Article 158
of the Market Financial Instruments Act NLB d.d., Trg republike 2, 1000
Ljubljana, announces:

 

In the first half-year of 2022, marked by the tragic war in Ukraine and its
influence on prices, consumer behaviour, and consequentially volatile capital
markets, NLB Group delivered strong business results and reached important
business milestones - such as the merger of Serbian banking subsidiaries and
the acquisition of N Banka in Slovenia. The Group achieved EUR 287.0 million
in profit after tax (EUR 147.2 million higher YoY) in H1 2022, including the
effects related to the acquisition of N Banka. The strong recurring operating
performance in H1, with 25% YoY growth in recurring profit before impairments
and provisions without N Banka's contribution, confirms the robustness of NLB
Group's business model.

 

Many important milestones marked the first six months of 2022. First, the
aforementioned acquisition of N Banka whose integration process is currently
in full swing and will be completed in spring 2023, and the merger of NLB
banka Beograd and Komercijalna banka Beograd in NLB Komercijalna banka, which
was fully completed by the end of April. And those are just a few.

 

"Among others, we have continued firmly on our path of sustainable business
decisions and practices by joining the Net-Zero Banking Alliance, and have
committed ourselves to aligning our lending and investment portfolios with
net-zero emissions by or before 2050. This is so especially in the light of
current events in our immediate vicinity, sustainability is gaining an even
more important place in our strategic plans - as does the stability of
economies in the region where our banks operate. We therefore continue to
provide knowledge, support, financing, and services, thereby ensuring that
this region continues to prosper; all of this while remaining true to the
commitment of creating added value to our stakeholders and to a dividend
payout of EUR 100 million in 2022, with the first tranche in the amount of EUR
50 million already having been paid in June," explained NLB's CEO Blaž
Brodnjak.

 

"It is important to note that the Supervisory Board is satisfied not only with
Group's strong business performance, but also with its' ability to quickly
adapt to ever more complex business challenges and opportunities within the
financing industry landscape. In this sense, another important milestone the
Group achieved in H1 for example, was founding the NLB DigIT company in
Belgrade - a company dedicated to finding and designing IT solutions for the
entire Group, to leverage the accumulated know-how and deploy the underlying
common tech solutions across the Group's markets. The need for IT specialists,
data scientists, data analysts, information systems analysts, software and
process developers, and experts who know how to optimise user experience, etc.
has been growing globally. NLB Group, which is far more than just a banking
group, but more and more an IT company, is no exception. The Group has
therefore recognised this gap and decided to address it proactively,"
emphasized Primož Karpe, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NLB d.d. upon
the publication of the results.

 

You may find key highlights of the NLB Groups' business operations in H1 2022,
Interim Report and Investor presentation on the links below:

 

·    Key Highlights in H1 2022
(http://www.nlb.si/nlb/nlb-portal/eng/investor-relations/financial-reports/2022/nlb-h1-business-results_ang.pdf)

·    Interim Report
(http://www.nlb.si/nlb/nlb-portal/eng/investor-relations/financial-reports/2022/interim-report-of-nlb-group-for-h1-2022-eng-final.pdf)

·    Investor presentation
(http://www.nlb.si/nlb/nlb-portal/eng/investor-relations/financial-reports/2022/h12022_final_11082022.pdf)

 

More information about the NLB Group business results in H1 2022 will be
presented during a webcast, hosted by the Management Board of NLB d.d., on
Thursday, 11 August 2022, at 16.00 CEST/14.00 GMT, available here
(https://87399.choruscall.eu/links/nlb220811.html) . Members of the Management
Board will receive and address your questions. You may post them live, via web
app available on the link above, or you may simply send them to the email
address IR@nlb.si (mailto:IR@nlb.si) .

 

Investor Relations

NLB d.d., Ljubljana

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