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Notes to the separate financial statements<br />

for the year ended 31 December 2007<br />

prepared in accordance with International Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing Standards<br />

1. General information<br />

Všeobecná úverová <strong>banka</strong>, a.s. (‘the Bank’ or<br />

‘VUB’) provides retail and commercial banking services.<br />

The Bank is domiciled in the Slovak Republic<br />

with its registered offi ce at Mlynské Nivy 1, 829<br />

90 Bratislava 25 and has the identifi cation number<br />

(IČO) 313 20 155.<br />

At 31 December 2007, the Bank had a network of<br />

160 branches and 65 sub-branches located throughout<br />

Slovakia (December 2006: 165 branches and<br />

70 sub-branches). The Bank also has one branch in<br />

the Czech Republic.<br />

The Bank’s ultimate parent company is Intesa Sanpaolo<br />

S.p.A., which is a joint-stock company and is<br />

incorporated and domiciled in Italy. The address of<br />

its registered offi ce is Piazza San Carlo 156, 10121<br />

Torino, Italy.<br />

Members of the Board of Directors are: Ignacio Jaquotot<br />

(Chairman), Domenico Cristarella, Ivan Golian,<br />

Jozef Kausich, Jonathan Charles Locke, Elena<br />

Kohútiková, Vladimíra Josefi ová, Dinko Lucić.<br />

Members of the Supervisory Board are: György Surányi<br />

(Chairman), Giovanni Boccolini (Vice Chairman),<br />

Ezio Salvai (Vice Chairman), Adriano Arietti,<br />

Paolo Grandi, Pavel Kárász, Ján Mikušinec, Massimo<br />

Pierdicchi, Milan Sedláček, Paolo Sarcinelli.<br />

2. Summary of significant accounting policies<br />

2.1 Basis of preparation<br />

The separate fi nancial statements of the Bank<br />

(‘the fi nancial statements’) have been prepared<br />

in accordance with International Financial <strong>Report</strong>ing<br />

Standards (‘IFRS’) issued by the International<br />

Accounting Standards Board (‘IASB’) and with interpretations<br />

issued by the International Financial<br />

<strong>Report</strong>ing Interpretations Committee of the IASB<br />

(‘IFRIC’) as approved by the Commission of European<br />

Union in accordance with the Regulation of<br />

European Parliament and Council of European Union<br />

and in accordance with the Act No. 431/2002<br />

Collection on Accounting.<br />

The consolidated fi nancial statements of the Bank<br />

were issued on 6 March 2008 and are available at<br />

the legal offi ce of the Bank.<br />

The Bank decided to apply IFRS 8 Operating Segments<br />

for the accounting period beginning on 1 January<br />

2007 as permitted by the Standard.<br />

The fi nancial statements have been prepared under<br />

the historical cost convention, as modifi ed by the<br />

revaluation of available-for-sale fi nancial assets,<br />

fi nancial assets held for trading and all derivative<br />

fi nancial instruments to fair value.<br />

The fi nancial statements are presented in millions<br />

of Slovak crowns (‘Sk’), unless indicated otherwise.<br />

Negative values are presented in brackets.<br />

71<br />

VUB, a bank of Intesa Sanpaolo group

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