<strong>Dexia</strong>Public/Project Finance and Credit EnhancementSwedenNeworiginations(in millions of EUR)l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l2004849l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l<strong>2005</strong>916Long-term<strong>com</strong>mitments(in millions of EUR)l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l20043,445l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l<strong>2005</strong>3,597Central andEastern Europe (1)Neworiginations(in millions of EUR)l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l2004334l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l<strong>2005</strong>2,680(1) Includes the full entity <strong>Dexia</strong>Kommunalkredit Bank and itstwo subsidiaries in Slovakiaand Poland.Long-term<strong>com</strong>mitments(in millions of EUR)l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l2004599l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l<strong>2005</strong>3,060SwedenAt year-end <strong>2005</strong>, total long-term outstanding<strong>com</strong>mitments to the Scandinavian subsidiarywere EUR 3.6 billion against EUR 3.4 billionat year-end 2004.New originations were EUR 916 million, up8% on the end of December 2004, includingEUR 894 million long-term financingintended for local authorities.The subsidiary also developed new operationsin Finland. At the end of December <strong>2005</strong>,amounts outstanding with Finnishcounterparts were EUR 107 million, up78% on year-end 2004. The majority ofamounts outstanding relate to municipalities(52.8%) and municipal and state <strong>com</strong>panies(32.8%). The subsidiary also providedlong-term financing of EUR 40 million tothe municipal <strong>com</strong>pany producing anddistributing energy in the town of Vantaan,as well as the municipalities of Vihti andNurmijärvi. These three municipalities areclose to the capital Helsinki.Central and Eastern EuropeThe year <strong>2005</strong> was marked by the birth of<strong>Dexia</strong> Kommunalkredit Bank. The newsubsidiary based in Vienna, the capital ofwhich is held 75% by <strong>Dexia</strong> Crédit Local(51% directly and 24% indirectly), is intendedto lead the development of <strong>Dexia</strong> in Centraland Eastern Europe.<strong>Dexia</strong> Kommunalkredit Bank holds the <strong>Dexia</strong>participations in the capital of <strong>Dexia</strong> bankaSlovensko (78.98%), the Slovakian subsidiaryand <strong>Dexia</strong> Kommunalkredit Bank Poland(100%), the Polish subsidiary. The latterobtained its banking license during the second68
<strong>Annual</strong> Report <strong>2005</strong>quarter <strong>2005</strong>. During the year <strong>2005</strong>, <strong>Dexia</strong>Kommunalkredit Bank developed its presencein Central Europe by creating three new salesprospecting offices in the Czech Republic,Romania and Bulgaria, and also by launchinga procedure to open the same sort of officein Hungary.At year-end <strong>2005</strong>, the total of the bank’samounts outstanding was EUR 2.8 billion.Since its creation in <strong>2005</strong> the activityof <strong>Dexia</strong> Kommunalkredit Bank, in thepublic sector, has been well sustained, withoriginations of EUR 2.7 billion. In <strong>2005</strong>, theoriginations of <strong>Dexia</strong> Kommunalkredit Bankwere particularly significant among Polish,Romanian and Hungarian “sovereigns”, andparticularly in the form of participations inmajor bond issues or their assembly.As regards <strong>Dexia</strong> banka Slovensko, theoriginations for the year amounted toEUR 141 million, up 85% on 2004 in partby virtue of the development of structuredproducts for Slovakian public clientele.In the field of asset management, publicsector deposits were EUR 492 million at theend of December <strong>2005</strong>, up 20% on the end ofDecember 2004.In the field of structured financing, long-termoriginations recorded over the course of <strong>2005</strong>were EUR 105 million against EUR 88 millionat year-end 2004.GermanyIn <strong>2005</strong>, <strong>Dexia</strong> Hypothekenbank Berlinchanged its name to <strong>Dexia</strong> KommunalbankDeutschland. In fact, a new law in Germanywithdrew the status of mortgage bank andthus enabled <strong>Dexia</strong> clearly to confirm in theeyes of the market its orientation towards thelocal sector, and to develop it.The bank’s activity is diversified over thesatellites of local authorities active in fieldsrelating to public services such as water,transportation, housing, health and energy.These are private risks but their profilesremain extremely close to those of the publicsector. The strategy of <strong>Dexia</strong> in Germany istherefore to present itself clearly as a referencebank for the entire local sector and itssatellites.At year-end <strong>2005</strong>, the long-term outstanding<strong>com</strong>mitments of the subsidiary wereEUR 34.2 billion, up 8.4% on 2004.<strong>Dexia</strong> Kommunalbank Deutschland operatesfrom two locations: its head office in Berlinand its <strong>com</strong>mercial office in Frankfurt. Fromthe latter, the bank operates in the fieldof local public financing, offering classicproducts and financial engineering. In <strong>2005</strong>,it is important to note that the activity ofthe Frankfurt office developed on a broadbase and recorded very good performances,particularly in the field of structuredproducts. Its originations were EUR 3.1 billionagainst EUR 1.8 billion in 2004. <strong>Dexia</strong> putfinancing in place for major local authoritiesin Germany such as those for Frankfurt amMain and the city-province (Land) of Berlin,and also for operators in the fields of waterand energy. In <strong>2005</strong>, <strong>Dexia</strong> in particularfinanced the repurchase of claims by theGermanyNeworiginations(in millions of EUR)l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l2004l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l20049,35131,518l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l<strong>2005</strong>l llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll l<strong>2005</strong>8,126Long-term<strong>com</strong>mitments(in millions of EUR)34,17769