Annual Financial Report 2023

Table of contents

Audited financial reporting 2023

Auditor's report (report of the independent auditors)

Management report

Group consolidated financial statements Glossary, Abbreviations

Statement of all members of the Management Board

Unconsolidated financial statements 2023 (Austrian Commercial Code, UGB)

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AUDITOR'S REPORT

AUDIT OPINION

REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

AUDIT OPINION

Sparkassen-Prüfungsverband (Prüfungsstelle) and PwC Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH, Vienna, - hereinafter referred to as "we" - have audited the group consolidated financial statements of Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna, and its subsidiaries (the Group), which com-prise the consolidated balance sheet as at December 31, 2023, the consolidated statement of income, the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, and the notes to the group financial statements of Erste Group Bank AG.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated financial statements comply with legal requirements and give a true and fair view of the financial position of the Group as at December 31, 2023, and of its financial performance and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with the IFRS Accounting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the EU and the additional requirements under Section 59a Austrian Banking Act (BWG) in conjunction with Section 64 BWG and Section 245a Austrian Company Code (UGB).

BASIS FOR OPINION

We conducted our audit in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 537/2014 (hereinafter "EU Regulation") and Austrian generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require the application of the International Standards on Auditing (ISAs). Our respon-sibilities under those provisions and standards are further described in the "Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consoli-dated Financial Statements" section of our report.

We are independent of the Group in accordance with Austrian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the provisions of the Austrian Banking Act and professional requirements and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained until the date of this auditor's report is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion by this date.

KEY AUDIT MATTERS

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the fiscal year. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial state-ments as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.

We have structured key audit matters as follows:

  • - Description

  • - Audit approach

  • - Reference to related disclosures

Impairments of Loans and Advances to Customers (expected credit losses)

DESCRIPTION

Impairments of Loans and Advances represent management's best estimate of the credit losses expected with respect to the loan portfolio at balance sheet date.

For loans and advances to customers in the amount of EUR 199,2 billion, measured at amortized cost, Erste Group Bank AG has recognized credit loss allowances in the amount of EUR 3.9 billion as at December 31, 2023. Due to the underlying assumptions and estimates, determining expected credit losses is inherently subject to substantial judgement applied by management.

Erste Group Bank AG has implemented internal guidelines and specific processes to estimate expected credit losses. These processes rely significantly on quantitative and qualitative criteria and require management judgement and estimates.

Scenario-based discounted cash flow methods are applied in line with IFRS to determine the level of loss allowances: Collectively assessed impairments

  • - For non-defaulted loans, impairments are determined collectively and, provided no significant increase in credit risk has occurred, correspond to the expected credit losses in the event of default within the next 12 months. In the event of a significant increase in the credit risk of non-defaulted loans, impairments are determined in the amount of the expected loss over the remaining maturity. Similarly, expected losses over the remaining maturity are determined for those non-impaired loans and advances to which no credit risk could be assigned at the time of initial recognition due to missing data at the time of IFRS 9 transition (2018).

  • - For defaulted loans and advances with a comparable risk profile that are considered not to be individually significant, expected credit losses are collectively assessed as well.

  • - The collectively assessed expected credit losses are calculated considering default probabilities, forward-looking information and parameters that reflect the expected cash flows as well as the expected proceeds from the realization of collateral. The parameters are estimated based on statistical models.

Impairments not collectively assessed - For defaulted loans and advances considered to be significant at customer level, expected credit losses are determined on a case-by-case basis. These impairments are calculated considering scenario probabilities, expected cash flows as well as expected pro-ceeds from the realization of collateral.

The models used for determining loss allowances are specific to the types of loan portfolios. There are country-specific and forward-looking features both with regard to products and economic environment that are relevant to the respective loss estimate resulting in heightened complexity of models and input factors. The uncertainty inherent in the estimation of impairments of loans and advances, in particular the consideration of future economic conditions, are also in 2023 significant due to the geopolitical and economic de-velopments.

Erste Group Bank AG has taken this into account by collective staging and in-model adjustments:

  • - On the one hand, customer groups that are potentially particularly affected by the negative economic developments were identi-fied based on expert-based criteria. For these customer groups, assessment is made as to whether there has been a collective significant increase in credit risk, which is not yet to be determined on the stand alone financial instrument (collective staging).

  • - In the case of forward-looking information included in the modelling of expected credit losses, Erste Group Bank AG reflects the increased uncertainty about future economic developments by adjusting the macroeconomic assumptions and giving a high weight to the downside scenario used, as further detailed in note 40 (in-model adjustment).

Details on the methodology are presented in Note 40.

Due to

  • - the substantial judgement to be applied by the management in designing the overlays including determining and weighting macro-economic future scenarios,

  • - a high degree of uncertainty of future economic developments, which led to a high degree of auditor judgement,

  • - the complexity of models and interdependent assumptions and the resulting audit effort and

  • - the volume of risk provisions we identified this area to be a key audit matter.

AUDIT APPROACH

To assess the appropriateness of impairments of loans and advances to customers, we:

  • - updated our understanding of the Expected Credit Loss calculation methodology applied by Erste Group Bank AG based on pol-icies, documentation and interviews and assessed its compliance with the requirements of IFRS 9. We focused on adjustments to methods and processes made in order to capture the increased uncertainties of the present and future environment in expected credit losses.

  • - evaluated the control activities in credit risk management and lending business processes and tested key controls, in particular with respect to the approval of loans, ongoing monitoring and the early warning system as well as the processes around the early identification of default, as well as understood and evaluated the assessment of unlikeness to pay ("UTP").

  • - evaluated control activities and tested key controls in the area of rating models and collateral valuation.

  • - evaluated model governance and validation processes and critically reviewed the information brought to the attention of the management. We evaluated, with the support from our credit risk modelling experts, the results of back-testing and model vali-dations.

  • - examined and critically assessed the appropriateness of credit risk parameters and models, taking into account possible structural breaks in the observable data, and assessed the plausibility of expectations and estimates made on the basis of such biases, to identify significant increases in the credit risk of individual customers or groups of customers.

  • - assessed the correctness of the stage allocation for selected portfolios based on applicable policies.

  • - analyzed sensitivities and impacts of IFRS 9 specific model aspects.

  • - evaluated whether key components of the calculation of expected credit losses are correctly incorporated in the models by per-forming walkthroughs and reviewing steering tables.

  • - assessed the correctness of the expected credit loss calculation for selected portfolios.

  • - evaluated whether forward-looking information integrated into the estimates is appropriate and reasonable. In particular, we have compared the underlying macro-economic forecasts with external sources of information and critically assessed the individual weights attributed to scenarios.

  • - tested, on a sample basis, whether default events have been identified in accordance with applicable policies, and evaluated whether events occurred that significantly affect the borrower's ability to repay loans and advances. Furthermore, we tested, on a sample basis, the adequacy of individual loan loss allowances assessing the scenarios adopted and the estimation of expected cash flows made.

REFERENCE TO RELATED DISCLOSURES

For further details regarding the process of determining loss allowances as well as regarding the design of the models involved, we refer to the management's disclosures in section significant accounting policies point c) Significant judgements, assumptions and estimates and Note 37. Measurement of expected credit loss.

Other Information

Management is responsible for other information. Other information comprises any information included in the annual report, but does not include the consolidated financial statements, the management report for the Group and the auditor's report.

We obtained the consolidated corporate governance report in accordance with Section 267b UGB as well as the consolidated non-financial report in accordance with Section 267a UGB prior to the date of this auditor`s report, all other parts of the annual report are expected to be made available to us after that date.

Our opinion on the consolidated financial statements does not cover other information and we will not express any form of assurance thereon.

In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements, our responsibility is to read other information identified above when it becomes available and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the consolidated financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.

If, based on the work we have performed on the other information that we obtained prior to the date of this auditor's report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Responsibilities of Management and the Audit Committee for the Consolidated Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the EU, and the additional requirements under Section 59a BWG in conjunction with Section 64 BWG and Section 245a UGB, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Group's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless manage-ment either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.

The audit committee is responsible for overseeing the Group's financial reporting process.

Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the EU Regulation and with Austrian generally accepted auditing standards, which require the application of ISAs, will always detect a material misstatement when itexists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reason-ably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.

As part of an audit in accordance with the EU Regulation and with Austrian generally accepted auditing standards, which require the application of ISAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.

We also:

  • - identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risks of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

  • - obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Group's internal control.

  • - evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.

  • - conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the consolidated financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.

  • - evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the consolidated financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

  • - obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the financial information of the entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the consolidated financial statements. We are responsible for the direction, supervision and per-formance of the group audit. We remain solely responsible for our audit opinion.

We communicate with the audit committee regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

We also provide the audit committee with a statement that we have complied with all relevant ethical requirements regarding inde-pendence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our inde-pendence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated to the audit committee, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements

REPORT ON THE MANAGEMENT REPORT

Pursuant to the Austrian Company Code, the management report for the Group is to be audited as to whether it is consistent with the consolidated financial statements and as to whether the management report for the Group was prepared in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.

Management is responsible for the preparation of the management report for the Group in accordance with the Austrian Company Code and the special legal requirements.

We conducted our audit in accordance with Austrian Standards on Auditing for the audit of the management report for the Group.

OPINION

In our opinion, the management report for the Group was prepared in accordance with the applicable legal requirements, includes accurate statement pursuant to Section 243a UGB and is consistent with the consolidated financial statements.

STATEMENT

Based on the findings during the audit of the consolidated financial statements and the obtained understanding concerning the Group and its circumstances no material misstatements in the management report for the Group came to our attention.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 10 OF THE EU REGULATION

Pursuant to Sections 23 and 24 Austrian Savings Bank Act (SpG), Sparkassen-Prüfungsverband (Prüfungsstelle) is the statutory au-ditor of Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna. In accordance with Section 23 (3) SpG in conjunction with Sections 60 and 61 BWG, this comprises the audit of the consolidated financial statements.

At the general meeting dated May 18, 2022 and pursuant to Section 1 (1) of the Auditing Rules for Savings Banks, Annex to Section 24 SpG, PwC Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH, Vienna, was appointed as additional auditor for the financial year 2023 and, subsequently, was engaged by the supervisory board. At the general meeting dated May 12, 2023 PwC Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH, Vienna, was appointed as additional auditor for the financial year 2024 and, subsequently, was engaged by the Supervisory Board. Since 2017 PwC Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH, Vienna, has constantly been appointed as additional auditor.

We confirm that the audit opinion in the "Report on the Consolidated Financial Statements" section is consistent with the additional report to the audit committee referred to in Article 11 of the EU Regulation.

We declare that we did not provide any prohibited non-audit services (Article 5 (1) of the EU Regulation) and that we remained independent of the audited company in conducting the audit.

Responsible Engagement Partner

Responsible for the proper performance of the engagement are Mr. Herwig Hierzer, Austrian Certified Public Accountant (Spar-kassen-Prüfungsverband), and Ms. Dorotea-E. Rebmann, Austrian Certified Public Accountant (PwC Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH, Vienna).

Vienna, February 29, 2024

Sparkassen-Prüfungsverband

(Prüfungsstelle) (Bank Auditor)Herwig Hierzer

Gregor Seisser

Austrian Certified Public Accountant

Austrian Certified Public AccountantPwC Wirtschaftsprüfung GmbH

Dorotea-E. Rebmann Austrian Certified Public Accountant

This report is a translation of the original report in German, which is solely valid. Publication and sharing with third parties of the consolidated financial statements together with our auditor's opinion is only allowed if the consolidated financial statements and the management report for the Group are identical with the German audited version. This audit opinion is only applicable to the German and complete consolidated financial statements with the management report for the Group. For deviating versions, the provisions of Section 281 (2) UGB apply.

Management report

Business performance and economic situation

Economic environment

In 2023, global economic growth slowed down mainly due to ongoing disruptions, albeit at a lower pace, in energy and food markets and further tightening of monetary conditions to curb high inflation. Inflation rates declined but still remained above targets in many economies. The year was also characterised by heightened geopolitical tensions and natural disasters. In addition to military conflicts, in particular the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the failures of several regional banks in the US and the bankruptcy of Switzerland's second largest and globally systemic important bank Credit Suisse weakened investors' confidence. Against the backdrop of these events the global economy achieved a growth rate of 3.1%.

Among advanced economies, the United States surprised on the upside, with resilient consumption and investments. The US econ-omy grew by 2.5% despite elevated trade tensions with China, bank failures, and its debt-ceiling crisis which led to the country's first credit rating downgrade since 2011. Expectations for the eurozone were revised downward during the year, at year-end GDP stood at 0.5% . Strong demand for services supported service-oriented economies including important tourism destinations such as France, Spain or Croatia, while Germany's economy weakened slightly. In Japan, growth bounced back driven by pent-up demand and a rebound in automobile exports and tourism. Many emerging market economies proved quite resilient, with the notable exception of China which grew at a lower pace than anticipated. India, once again, outperformed other major emerging markets. Labour markets, especially in advanced economies, remained solid with historically low unemployment rates.

The world's major central banks continued their measures to curb inflation. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) increased the federal funds rate further in four steps from 4.00% to 5.50% but indicated in December 2023 that the key interest rate were at or close to its peak. The European Central Bank (ECB) likewise continued to raise the key policy rate of the monetary union, from 2.50% to 4.50% in six steps during the year. Unlike the Fed, the ECB Council has not given any precise indication for upcoming interest rate cuts. While the ECB's Asset Purchase Programme (APP) portfolio has continued to decline at a steady pace, the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) portfolio will be reduced by EUR 7.5 billion monthly from mid 2024. Other major central banks, such as the Bank of England and the Swiss National Bank also increased their key policy rates in 2023. At year-end 2023 global headline inflation was down from its peak in 2022 driven mainly by over the year finally declining energy and food prices. All euro zone member states posted single digit inflation rates at year-end 2023.

Austria's economic performance was weaker than originally expected and the country's economy underperformed the European Un-ion average. The economic decline was broad based with particularly weak performance in private consumption and investment activity. Private consumption was negatively impacted by declining households' disposable income - although partly offset by various subsidies. The slowdown of investment activity was particularly pronounced in the construction sector, with the exception of infra-structure related construction. Exports, mainly driven by machinery, chemical and food products, were stronger in the beginning of the year and contributed to economic growth. Tourism boomed with summer season's overnight stays reaching the highest levels for decades. The agricultural sector, although not a major contributor to GDP, also performed well. Overall, the Austrian economy shrank by 0,7%.

Inflation in Austria started to decline in early 2023. Annual inflation peaked in January 2023 at 11.2% while average inflation amounted to 7.7%, above the EU average. Austria's labour market remained stable throughout the year, the unemployment rate stood at 5.1%. The general government deficit decreased from 3.5% of GDP to 2.7% mainly due to the phase-out of COVID-19 measures and a dynamic growth in tax revenues.

Central and Eastern European economies experienced a significant slowdown compared to the prior year. Growth expectations were moderately revised down during the year as economic activity was impacted by declining but still elevated inflation and tight mone-tary conditions. Household consumption was muted throughout the year. Exports were negatively impacted by limited growth of the region's main trading partners which took a toll on production output. Deterioration of foreign demand was most pronounced in countries with high dependency on Germany's economy, such as the Czech Republic and Hungary. Whereas exports developed well in Slovakia following the easing of supply chain disruptions and further investments in the automotive industry. Inventories declined in most CEE countries after the strong accumulation in the previous year. Agricultural output was supportive in Romania and Hun-gary. Croatia, which proved to be one of the best performing economies in the region, was supported again by its booming tourism sector. Overall, CEE economies achieved GDP growth rates ranging from -0.9% in Hungary to 2.5% in Serbia in 2023.

Despite the economic slowdown, labour markets remained very strong with countries like Hungary and the Czech Republic posting the lowest unemployment rates among the European Union countries. In response to elevated inflation rates, central banks continued with monetary tightening and, consequently, inflation dropped to single-digits in all CEE countries by the end of the year. Such a dynamic decline supported monetary easing scenarios in some non-euro countries, and the Hungarian and Czech central banks started to cut interest rates in the last quarter of the year. CEE governments implemented a range of measures to support households and businesses such as caps on electricity and fuel prices and direct energy subsidies. Windfall and special banking taxes were intro-duced in a number of CEE countries, e.g. Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. While the Czech koruna depreciated against the euro, most CEE currencies were relatively stable during the year. On 1 January 2023, Croatia became the 20th member of the eurozone.

Analysis of performance

In the group management report P&L data of 2023 is compared with data of 2022, balance sheet data as of 31 December 2023 is compared to data as of 31 December 2022. The entire development is presented in detail in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Profit and Loss Statement.

in EUR million

2022

2023

Change

Net interest income

5951

7228

215%

Net fee and commission income

2452

2640

76%

Net trading result and gains/losses from financial instruments at FVPL

-47

449

n/a

Operating income

8571

10552

231%

Operating expenses

-4575

-5020

97%

Operating result

3996

5532

384%

Impairment result from financial instruments

-300

-128

-573%

Other operating result

-399

-468

174%

Levies on banking activities

-187

-183

-19%

Pre-tax result from continuing operations

3222

4795

488%

Taxes on income

-556

-874

572%

Net result for the period

2666

3921

470%

Net result attributable to non-controlling interests

502

923

840%

Net result attributable to owners of the parent

2165

2998

385%

Net interest income

Net interest income rose significantly both in the retail and in the corporate business. This marked increase was due to higher market rates most notably in Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Romania as well as higher loan volumes in nearly all core markets. In the Czech Republic, net interest income was negatively impacted by higher interest expense on deposits and slow repricing of retail loans. The net interest margin (calculated as the annualised sum of net interest income, dividend income and net result from equity method investments over average interest-bearing assets) widened markedly to 2.50% (2.21%).

Net fee and commission income

Growth was achieved across all core markets and nearly all fee and commission categories. Significant rises were recorded most notably in payment services in nearly all segments, with the exception of Serbia, driven by a larger number of transactions as well as repricing. Income from asset management and lending continued its positive trend.

Net trading result & gains/losses from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss

Net trading result as well as the line item gains/losses from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss are materially affected by the fair value measurement of debt securities issued. The related valuation is shown in the fair value result, the valuation of corresponding hedges in the net trading result.

Net trading result turned positive to EUR 754 million (EUR -779 million) due to valuation effects resulting from interest rate moves in the securities and derivatives business as well as higher income from foreign currency transactions. Gains/losses from financial instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss trended in the opposite direction and deteriorated to EUR -306 million (EUR 731 million). While the valuation of debt securities in issue resulted in losses, gains were posted from the valuation of the loan portfolio measured at fair value in Hungary as well as from the valuation of the securities portfolio in Austria (in the Savings Banks segment).

General administrative expenses

in EUR million

2022

2023

Change

Personnel expenses

2668

2991

121%

Other administrative expenses

1356

1468

83%

Depreciation and amortisation

551

560

17%

General administrative expenses

4575

5020

97%

Personnel expenses increased in all core markets - most significantly in Austria, the Czech Republic and Romania - driven mostly by higher collective salary agreements. The increase in other administrative expenses was primarily attributable to higher IT, mar-keting and office-related expenses. By contrast, contributions to deposit insurance schemes declined to EUR 114.0 million (EUR 143 million). In Hungary, expenses dropped to EUR 5 million (EUR 18 million) as contributions in the comparative period had been higher due to a deposit insurance case (Sberbank Europe). In Austria, contributions declined to EUR 68 million (EUR 80 mil-lion), in Slovakia to EUR 2 million (EUR 10 million). The cost/income ratio improved to 47.6% (53.4%).

Gains/losses from derecognition of financial instruments not measured at fair value through profit or loss

Gains/losses from derecognition of financial instruments not measured at fair value through profit or loss amounted to EUR 141 mil-lion (EUR 75 million). This includes most notably negative results from the sale of securities in Austria.

Impairment result from financial instruments

The impairment result from financial instruments amounted to EUR -128 million (EUR -300 million). Net allocations to provisions for loans and advances declined to EUR 264 million (EUR 336 million), primarily on the back of releases in Romania. Positive con-tributions came from income from the recovery of loans already written off, most notably in Austria, the Czech Republic and Croatia, in the amount of EUR 80 million (EUR 82 million) as well as from net releases of provisions for loan commitments and financial guarantees in the amount of EUR 70 million (net allocations of EUR 28 million).

Other operating result

Other operating result is significantly affected by contributions to resolution funds and taxes and levies on banking activities. Con-tributions to resolution funds declined in all markets to EUR 113 million (EUR 139 million). The most notable decline was recorded in Austria, to EUR 65 million (EUR 74 million). Taxes and levies on banking activities were lower at EUR 183 million (EUR 187 mil-lion). Thereof, EUR 46 million (EUR 63 million) were payable by Austrian entities. In Hungary, banking levies rose to a total of EUR 137 million (EUR 124 million): in addition to regular Hungarian banking tax of EUR 17 million (EUR 15 million), a windfall tax based on the previous year's net revenues was posted in the amount of EUR 48 million (EUR 50 million). Financial transaction tax amounted to EUR 71 million (EUR 59 million). The balance of allocations/releases of other provisions deteriorated to EUR -23 million (EUR 46 million). In addition, impairment losses on tangible and intangible assets were recognised in the amount of EUR 70 million (EUR 44 million).

Balance sheet

in EUR million

Dec 22

Dec 23

Change

Assets

Cash and cash balances

35685

36685

28%

Trading financial assets

59833

63690

64%

Loans and advances to banks

18435

21432

163%

Loans and advances to customers

202109

207828

28%

Intangible assets

1347

1313

-25%

Miscellaneous assets

6456

6206

-39%

Total assets

323865

337155

41%

Liabilities and equity

Financial liabilities held for trading

3264

2304

-294%

Deposits from banks

28821

22911

-205%

Deposits from customers

223973

232815

39%

Debt securities issued

35904

43759

219%

Miscellaneous liabilities

6599

6864

40%

Total equity

25305

28502

126%

Total liabilities and equity

323865

337155

41%

Cash and cash balances amounted to EUR 36.7 billion (EUR 35.7 billion). Trading and investment securities held in various categories of financial assets increased to EUR 63.7 billion (EUR 59.8 billion).

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