November 17, 2016

Israel Discount Bank Announces 3rd Quarter of 2016 Q3-16 Net Income - NIS 188 m, ROE - 5.5% Adjusted Q3-16 Net Income - NIS 216 m, ROE - 6.4% Basel 3 Common Equity Tier 1 - 9.8% Tel-Aviv, Israel - Israel Discount Bank (TASE: DSCT), today announces its financial results for the third quarter of 2016.

Main highlights of Q3-16:

Infrastructure

Cost

Growth

CET-1 of 9.8%, positively impacted by capital raising, which contributed 0.4%.

Public offering of shares and warrants at the amount of NIS 580 m (gross), NIS 763 m assuming full exercise of warrants.

LCR at 129.7%, LR at 6.7%.

Expansion of efficiency plan: net reduction of 2,000 employees by 2021- of which, 1,000 employees had already retired by December 2015. The remaining 1,000 employees will retire by 2021, including 500 employees through an early retirement plan (263 employees have already signed the retirement agreement and are expected to retire by the end of 2016).

Adjusted total expenses increased by 0.7% compared to Q2-16

Adjusted salary and related expenses declined by 3.2% compared to Q2-16

Capital raising enabled us to continue to demonstrate credit growth among the

fastest in the sector:

Consumer credit - 6.3% QoQ, 12.5% YTD, 16.2% YoY Small businesses - 4.3% QoQ, 11.8% YTD, 16.7% YoY

Subsidiaries

Robust performance and profitability of IDB NY, Mercantile & CAL

Organizational Advanced stage of negotiations with the labor union

Culture

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    Main metrics from the P&L:

    • Net interest income for Q3-16 increased by 2.8% compared to Q2-16, to NIS 1,187 m, mainly as a result of a positive quantitative impact due to substantial credit growth. NIM (excluding ALM derivatives) increased to a level of 2.34% compared to 2.28% in the previous quarter.

    • Loan loss provision amounted to NIS 141 m, of which NIS 45 m attributed to IDB NY. The rate of loan loss provision out of total credit is 0.42% for the quarter and 0.24% from the beginning of 2016.
    • Total non-interest income decreased by 32.8% to NIS 731 m, due to an increase in non- interest financing income, resulting from NIS 360 m income from the sale of rights in Visa Europe, in the previous quarter. Total non-interest income, excluding the income from the sale of rights in Visa Europe, increased by 0.4%.
    • Commissions increased by 6.6% to NIS 675 m.
    • Salaries and related expenses declined by 3.6%, despite a NIS 16 m expense with respect to the early retirement plan (announced in September 2016). Salary and related expenses excluding the abovementioned expense and the NIS 20 m bonus to CAL employees in Q2-16, declined by 3.2%.
    • Total operating and other expenses increased by 0.8% to NIS 1,475 m.
    • Net income declined by 52.2% to NIS 188 m compared to NIS 393 m in the previous quarter. Net income, excluding the provision in CAL in Q3-16 and Q2-16 and the income from the sale of VISA Europe rights, declined by 10.4% to NIS 216 m compared to NIS 241 m.

      Main metrics from the Balance Sheet and ratios:

    • Credit to the public, net increased by 4.7% to NIS 139.3 billion (9.5% YTD and 12.7% YoY) due to robust growth in focused segments (gross figures) -

      Consumer credit grew 6.3% QoQ, 16.2% YoY.

      Micro & small enterprises grew by 4.3% QoQ, 16.7% YoY. Mortgages grew by 6.6% QoQ, 17.1% YoY.

    • Total equity increased by 2.7% to NIS 14.6 billion compared to Q2-16. Total equity grew by 6.0% in the last 12 months. Basel 3 Common Equity Tier 1 increased to 9.8%, supported by the capital raising in September 2016, which contributed 0.37% to the ratio.
    • RWA increased by 2.6% (NIS 3.8 bln), mainly due to credit growth.

    • Cost/income ratio increased to a level of 76.9% compared to 65.3% in Q2-16. Adjusted Cost/income ratio stayed unchanged at a level of 74.6%.

      ROE is 5.5% (6.4% adjusted), compared to 12.3% in Q2-16 (7.4% adjusted).

    • Leverage ratio of 6.7%.
    • Liquidity coverage ratio of 7.927%.
Developments in certain income statement items in the third quarter of 2016, compared with the second quarter of 2016 and compared with the third quarter of 2015

In NIS millions

2016

2015

% Change compared to

Q3

Q2

Q3

Q2 -16

Q3 -15

Interest income

1,519

1,494

1,401

1.7

8.4

Interest expenses

332

339

334

(2.1)

(0.6)

Interest income, net

1,187

1,155

1,067

2.8

11.2

Credit loss expenses

141

58

85

143.1

65.9

Net interest income after credit loss expenses

1,046

1,097

982

(4.6)

6.5

Non-interest Income

Non-interest financing income

51

428

30

(88.1)

70.0

Commissions

675

633

650

6.6

3.8

Other income

5

27

42

(81.5)

(88.1)

Total non-interest income

731

1,088

722

(32.8)

1.2

Operating and other Expenses

Salaries and related expenses

830

861

820

(3.6)

1.2

Maintenance and depreciation of buildings and equipment

272

268

294

1.5

(7.5)

Other expenses

373

335

306

11.3

21.9

Total operating and other expenses

1,475

1,464

1,420

0.8

3.9

Income before taxes

302

721

284

(58.1)

6.3

Provision for taxes on income

126

272

102

(53.7)

23.5

Income after taxes

176

449

182

(60.8)

(3.3)

Bank's share in income (loss) of affiliated companies, net of tax effect

15

(2)

3

-

400.0

Net income attributed to the non-controlling rights holders in consolidated companies

(3)

(54)

(17)

(94.4)

(82.4)

Net income attributed to Bank's shareholders

188

393

168

(52.2)

11.9

Net return on equity attributed to the Bank's shareholders, in %¹

5.5

12.3

5.2

Net income attributed to Bank's shareholders - disregarding gains

on the sale of rights in Visa Europe and a provision in ICC²

216

241

168

(10.4)

28.6

Net return on equity attributed to the Bank's shareholders, %¹

- disregarding gains on the sale of rights in Visa Europe and a provision in ICC²

6.4

7.4

5.2

Footnotes:

  1. On an annual basis.

  2. See Note 17 B and C to the condensed financial statements.

Balance sheet

In NIS millions

Sept. 30, 2016

Sept. 30,

2015¹

Dec. 31,

2015¹

% Change compared to

Sept.30, 2015

Dec. 31, 2015

Total assets

213,451

206,914

205,260

3.2

4.0

Credit to the public, net

139,315

123,592

127,216

12.7

9.5

Securities

37,491

39,251

38,935

(4.5)

(3.7)

Deposits from the public

164,892

²153,068

²157,875

7.7

4.4

Equity attributed to the Bank's shareholders

14,154

13,309

13,288

6.3

6.5

Total equity

14,568

13,747

13,634

6.0

6.9

Footnotes:

(1) Excluding balances classified as assets and liabilities held for sale - see Note 18 to the condensed financial statements.

(2) Reclassified - see Note 1 H to the condensed financial statements.

Review of developments in the balance of net credit to the public, by regulatory segments of operations:

In NIS millions

September 30 2016

²December 31

2015

Change in %

Domestic operations:

Households¹

50,663

44,573

13.7

Private banking¹

203

240

(15.4)

Small and minute businesses

34,281

30,661

11.8

Medium businesses

12,443

11,694

6.4

Large businesses

21,621

20,313

6.4

Institutional bodies

449

465

(3.4)

Total Domestic operations

119,660

107,946

10.9

International operations:

Private Individuals

1,638

¹1,632

0.4

Business operations

20,192

¹19,690

2.5

Total International operations

21,830

21,322

2.4

Total credit to the public

141,490

129,268

9.5

Credit loss expenses

(2,175)

(2,052)

6.0

Total credit to the public, net

139,315

127,216

9.5

(1)Of which - Mortgages

25,053

21,808

14.9

Footnotes:

(1) Reclassified - see Note 12 C (4) to the condensed financial statements.

(2) Reclassified - see Note 12 C (3) to the condensed financial statements.

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