2019 is a landmark year for Eurobank, as the corporate transformation and the acceleration plan for the reduction of NPEs is executed on a timely manner. The first phase of the plan, which is the merger with Grivalia, has already been completed. It enhances substantially the capital position of the Bank, creates value to shareholders and enables the faster clean-up of the balance sheet. The second phase of the plan, the NPE reduction acceleration, is being executed: Binding offers have been received for the ?2bn mortgage securitization and non-binding offers for the ?7.5bn multi-asset securitization and the sale of the subsidiary company FPS which services NPEs. In terms of operating performance, Eurobank demonstrated a positive performance in 1Q2019, as net profit3 at a Group level reached ?27m. ? Net interest income receded by 3.4% y-o-y to ?343m. ? Net fee and commission income were up by 2.7% y-o-y to ?66m, driven by higher fees from the Branch Network activities. ? Core income amounted to ?409m, against ?419m in 1Q2018, whereas total operating income fell to ?423m, from ?452m the respective quarter last year, mainly due to lower other income. ? Operating expenses decreased by 0.6% y-o-y for the Group and 2.1% y-o-y in Greece. ? Core pre-provision income declined by 4.6% y-o-y to ?191m and pre-provision income receded by 12.0% y-o-y to ?205m. ? The NPE formation was negative by ?115m in 1Q2019. The NPE ratio decreased by 30 basis points q-o-q to 36.7%. The stock of NPEs was down by ?150m in 1Q2019 and provisions over NPEs increased by 60 basis points q-o-q to 53.8%. ? Loan loss provisions came down by 1.5% y-o-y to ?165m and accounted for 182 basis points of the average net loans. ? International operations remained profitable, as net profit4 rose by 7.6% y-o-y to ?36m in 1Q2019. ? CET1 and CAD, pro-forma for the Grivalia merger, reached 15.7% and 18.2% respectively and compare to 2019 CET1 OCR of 10.25% and total CAD OCR of 13.75%. ? Group loans5 and customer deposits increased q-o-q by ?54m and ?340m respectively, while the loans to deposits ratio improved further to 91.7%, from 92.6% at the end of 2018
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