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Following the big success of the previous year’s HIT lending initiative,<br />

we offered this product again in the fourth quarter of<br />

2005. By the end of December, the bank granted more than<br />

8,700 new loans totalling over HRK 650 m. We maintained<br />

our strong position in the card business.<br />

Corporate customers<br />

In 2005 we improved our market share in all sectors of corporate<br />

customer business. In particular, deposits rose by almost<br />

35 % to HKR 2.4 bn compared with the previous year.<br />

Our Croatian banking subsidiary is very strong in business with<br />

large international companies, especially in trade and export<br />

finance. Cooperation with the Croatian Bank for Reconstruction<br />

and Development (HBOR) was intensified, with most of<br />

the funds – HVB S<strong>pl</strong>itska banka is market leader in this sector,<br />

with a total volume of about € 1 bn – going into export and<br />

pre-export financing transactions.<br />

Another major strength is our local expertise for structured<br />

finance. HVB S<strong>pl</strong>itska banka, in cooperation with the Viennabased<br />

specialists, financed a number of important projects,<br />

including the acquisition and renovation of a five-star hotel in<br />

S<strong>pl</strong>it.<br />

International Markets<br />

We maintained our undisputed position as market leader in<br />

the custody business and received international recognition in<br />

this area: Global Custodian named HVB S<strong>pl</strong>itska banka “Best<br />

agent bank in Croatia”.<br />

Outlook<br />

The Italian banking group UniCredit has acquired HVB Group<br />

and thus also the CEE network of the BA-CA Group. For competitive<br />

reasons, our equity interest in HVB S<strong>pl</strong>itska banka<br />

must be sold because the Croatian market leader Zagrebačka<br />

banka is a member of UniCredit Group. The sale is <strong>pl</strong>anned for<br />

the second quarter of 2006.<br />

Bosnia and Herzegovina –<br />

HVB Central Profit Banka<br />

€ m 2005 2004<br />

Total assets 559 383<br />

Net result before taxes 5.2 0.5<br />

ROE before taxes 12.0 % 2.0 %<br />

Cost/income ratio 73 % >100 %<br />

Em<strong>pl</strong>oyees (full-time equiv.) 450 434<br />

Offices 37 33<br />

Economic growth remained<br />

strong in 2005. The currency-board<br />

system had a stabilising<br />

effect, keeping imported<br />

inflation under control via the<br />

constant marka/euro exchange<br />

Sarajevo<br />

rate. However, a cautious budgetary<br />

policy im<strong>pl</strong>emented in coordination with<br />

the IMF failed to prevent the foreign trade<br />

imbalance from becoming more pronounced<br />

as import demand was driv-<br />

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en by continued strong growth<br />

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of personal loans, supported by declining<br />

interest rates. Private customer deposits also rose strongly, with<br />

growth rates matching those for loans. The central bank<br />

responded to these developments by raising the minimum<br />

reserve ratio from 10 % to 15 % towards the end of 2005.<br />

We are number 4 in the Bosnian banking market. Operating<br />

as a universal bank, we offer a broad range of financial services<br />

for private, business and corporate customers. 2005 was a<br />

very good year, with above-average growth in all business<br />

areas. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, we are market leader in<br />

payment transactions, deposits and card business.<br />

Net income before taxes rose tenfold compared with the previous<br />

year. A particularly strong increase was achieved in net<br />

interest income, thanks to improved margins and rapid volume<br />

growth: risk-weighted assets grew by 46 %, loans were up by<br />

75 %, and deposits increased by 27 %.<br />

Acquisition of Nova banjalucka banka<br />

At the end of December 2005, we acquired 83.3 % of Nova<br />

banjalucka banka in Republika Srpska. Nova banjalucka banka<br />

is the number 3 bank in Republika Srpska,<br />

and number 12 in the entire banking<br />

market of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It<br />

Bosnia and Herzegovina –<br />

Nova banjalucka banka<br />

serves about 150,000 customers through<br />

a network of 72 branches. Together with<br />

HVB Central Profit Banka, we now have<br />

the largest branch network of any bank<br />

in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<br />

*)<br />

€ m 2005<br />

Total assets 152<br />

Em<strong>pl</strong>oyees<br />

(full-time equiv.)<br />

Offices<br />

543<br />

72<br />

*) not consolidated<br />

CEE Network of Bank Austria Creditanstalt in 2005 89

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