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Bank of Åland Plc: Year-end Report for the period January–December 2021

Bank of Åland Plc
Financial Statement Release
February 2, 2022, 9.00 a.m.

Year-end Report for the period January–December 2021

“We can report yet another year of strong volume growth: deposits +13 per cent and lending +9 per cent. The investments we manage for our customers grew during the year by 32 per cent to EUR 9,826 M. A strong net inflow of new customer volume contributed EUR 840 M. Our net operating profit also improved sharply: +24 per cent to EUR 49.2 M.

“Because of the improvement in earnings, combined with our new financial targets, we are proposing a 55 per cent increase in the dividend to EUR 1.55 per share plus an extra dividend of EUR 0.45 per share due to the divestment of most of our Swedish mortgage portfolio.

“We have a continued strong momentum, and during 2021 we were also pleased to be ranked as number 1 in Private Banking in Finland, when Prospera reported its yearly customer survey.”

Peter Wiklöf, Managing Director and Chief Executive

January – December 2021 compared to January – December 2020

  • Net operating profit increased by 24 per cent to EUR 49.2 M (39.7).

  • Net interest income increased by 6 per cent to EUR 62.2 M (58.9).

  • Net commission income increased by 19 per cent to EUR 79.0 M (66.3).

  • Total expenses increased by 15 per cent to EUR 121.9 M (105.6).

  • Net impairment losses on financial assets (including recoveries) totalled EUR 4.9 M (4.9), equivalent to a loan loss level of 0.12 (0.11) per cent.

  • Return on equity after taxes (ROE) increased to 14.0 (11.6) per cent.

  • Earnings per share increased by 26 per cent to EUR 2.55 (2.02).

  • The common equity Tier 1 capital ratio decreased to 12.1 per cent (14.3 per cent on December 31, 2020).

  • Dividend: The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting approve payment of a regular dividend of EUR 1.55 per share for the 2021 financial year, equivalent to a 61 per cent payout ratio, plus an extra dividend of EUR 0.45 per share.

  • Future outlook: The Bank of Åland expects its net operating profit in 2022 to be about the same as in 2021.

The fourth quarter of 2021compared to the fourth quarter of 2020

  • Net operating profit decreased by 17 per cent to EUR 10.2 M (12.3).

  • Net interest income increased by 9 per cent to EUR 16.2 M (14.9).

  • Net commission income increased by 16 per cent to EUR 21.5 M (18.5).

  • Total expenses increased by 17 per cent to EUR 32.5 M (27.8).

  • Net impairment losses on financial assets (including recoveries) totalled EUR 3.5 M (0.0), equivalent to a loan loss level of 0.30 (-0.04) per cent.

  • Return on equity after taxes (ROE) decreased to 10.6 (13.6) per cent.

  • Earnings per share decreased by 19 per cent to EUR 0.51 (0.63).

Financial summary

GroupQ4 
2021
Q3
2021
 %Q4
2020
 % Jan-Dec
2021
Jan-Dec 2020%
EUR M        
Income         
Net interest income16.215.5514.9962.258.96
Net commission income21.519.11318.51679.066.319
Net income from financial items at fair value1.5-1.7 0.4 -0.41.8 
Other income7.012.3-436.31135.223.152
Total income46.245.2240.115176.0150.117
         
Staff costs-18.0-17.15-16.97-71.1-62.913
Other expences-10.3-8.325-7.931-36.5-30.320
Depreciation/amortisation-4.1-4.3-5-3.134-14.3-12.316
Total expenses-32.5-29.89-27.817-121.9-105.615
         
Profit before impairment losses13.815.4-1112.31254.144.621
         
Impairment losses on financial assets, net-3.5-0.8 0.0 -4.9-4.91
Net operating profit10.214.6-3012.3-1749.239.724
         
Income taxes-2.3-2.5-9-2.5-10-9.3-8.214
Profit for the report period7.912.1-349.8-1939.931.527
         
Attributable to:        
Shareholders in Bank of Åland Plc7.912.1-349.8-1939.831.527
         
Volume        
Lending to the public4.7884.59144.3789   
Deposits from the public4.0703.83663.60513   
Actively managed assets 19.8268.922107.43632   
Equity capital332322329214   
Balance sheet total6.6356.35346.03510   
Risk exposure amount1.9761.88451.67118   
         
Financial ratios        
Return on equity after taxes, % (ROE) 210.616.7 13.6 14.011.6 
Return on equity after taxes, % (ROE), moving 12-month averageto end of report period14.014.8 11.6    
Expense/income ratio 30.700.66 0.69 0.690.70 
Loan loss level, % 40.300.07 -0.04 0.120.11 
Gross share of loans in Stage 3, % 51.231.19 0.89    
Liquidity coverage ratio (LCR), % 6152149 159    
Net stable funding ratio (NSFR), % 7109109 106    
Loan/deposit ratio, % 8118120 121    
Common equtiy Tier 1 capital ratio, % 912.113.5 14.3    
Tier 1 capital ratio, % 1013.615.1 14.3    
Total capital ratio, % 1115.416.2 16.5    
Leverage ratio, % 124.34.8 4.2    
Earnings per share, EUR 130.510.77-340.63-192.552.0226
Earnings per share, EUR, moving 12-month average to end of report period2.552.67-42.0226   
Equity capital per share, EUR 1419.3918.74318.763   
Working hours re-calculated to full-time equivalent positions817836-277068157519

1 Actively managed assets encompassed managed assets in the Group’s own mutual funds, as well as discretionary and advisory securities volume."
2 Profit for the report period attributable to shareholders / Average shareholders´portion of equity capital"
3 Expenses / Income
4 Impairment losses on loan portfolio and other commitments / Lending to the public at the beginning of the period"
5 Share of loans in Stage 3 / Gross lending to the public
6 LCR, assets at levels 1 and 2 / 30-day net cash outflow
7 Available stable funding / Stable funding requirement
8 Lending to the public / Deposits from the public
9 Common equity Tier 1 capital / Risk exposure amount
10 Tier 1 capital / Risk exposure amount
11 Own funds / Risk exposure amount
12 Tier 1 capital / Total exposure metric
13 Shareholders’ portion of profit for the period / Average number of shares
14 Shareholders’ portion of equity capital / Number of shares on closing day

The Bank of Åland (Ålandsbanken) follows the disclosure procedure stipulated in "Disclosure obligation of the issuer (7/2013)", published by the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority and hereby publishes its Year-end Report for the period January – december 2021, which is enclosed with this stock exchange release. The Bank`s Year-end Report for the period January – december 2021 is attached to this release in PDF format and is also available on the company’s web site at https://www.alandsbanken.com/uploads/pdf/result/en_resultat_jan-dec_21.pdf

For more information please contact:

Peter Wiklöf, Managing Director and Chief Executive, Bank of Åland, tel. + 358 (0)40 512 7505

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