Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC announces consolidated financial results of its operation for 2008

14.04.09 15:11
/KASE, April 14, 09/ - Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC (Almaty), a company listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided KASE with a press release: Quotation beginning Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan and its subsidiaries (the Bank) releases audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 prepared in accordance with International Financial Standards. - Total assets increased by 3.5% from KZT1,595.1 bn. as at YE2007 to KZT1,651.3 bn.; - The net total loan portfolio increased by 14.2 % from KZT1,040.3 bn. as at YE2007 to KZT1,188.3 bn.; - Total deposits decreased by 7.3 % from KZT935.4 bn. as at YE2007 to KZT867.4 bn.; - Foreign borrowings increased as a result of successful USD500 m. Eurobond issue in April 2008, and USD300 m. syndicated loan borrowed in September 2008; - Retail loans increased by 7.6 % from KZT322.3 bn. as at YE2007 to KZT346.6 bn.; - Total equity increased by 18.6 % from KZT161.0 bn. as at YE2007 to KZT191.0 bn.; - Net interest income before impairment charges increased by 29.4 % to KZT91.9 bn. from KZT71.0 bn. for 2007; - Net fee and commission income increased by 5.6 % to KZT25.5 bn. from KZT24.2 bn. for 2007; - Net income for 2008 was KZT14.5 bn.; - The ratio of provisions to gross loans (provisioning rate) increased from 5.2 % as at YE2007 to 8.8 % as at YE2008; - The ratio of operating expenses to operating income before impairment charges (cost to income ratio) was 34.4% for 2008; - The ratio of operating expenses to average assets (cost to assets ratio) decreased from 3.1 % for 2007 to 2.6 % for 2008; - The ratio of net loans to customers to amounts due to customers (loan to deposit ratio) was 1.37x as at YE2008. For further information please contact: Zhanara Aikimbayeva janara@halykbank.kz +7 727 259 07 96 Assel Atinova asela@halykbank.kz +7 727 259 04 30 Farkhad Okhnov farhado@halykbank.kz +7 727 259 04 27 Quotation end The full version of the press release is available at the KASE website: - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/HSBK/hsbk_reliz_140409.pdf - in Russian; - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/HSBK/hsbk_reliz_140409e.pdf - in English. [2009-04-14]