UniCredit: a pan-European winner. 3Q19 and 9M19 Group Results

BEST 3Q ADJUSTED NET PROFIT AND NOP SINCE 2008.

TRANSFORM 2019 PLAN DELIVERED.

3Q19 AND 9M19 GROUP RESULTS

STRONG QUARTERLY RESULTS WITH NO EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS. RESILIENT COMMERCIAL DYNAMICS

•   3Q19 Group stated net profit of €1.1 bn equal to 3Q19 Group adjusted net profit, up 25.7 per cent Y/Y^1,2

•   9M19 adjusted Group Core RoTE at 10.6 per cent up 0.2 p.p. 9M/9M². 9M19 adjusted Group RoTE at 8.7 per cent up 0.4 p.p. 9M/9M²

FOCUSED EXECUTION OF TRANSFORM 2019 CONTINUES TO DELIVER TANGIBLE RESULTS

•   Net FTE and branch reduction targets achieved

•   3Q19 costs at €2.5 bn, down 1.8 per cent Y/Y. FY19 costs of €10.1 bn confirmed

•   3Q19 Group gross NPE ratio ³ at 5.7 per cent. 3Q19 Non Core gross NPEs €11.2 bn, down €9.3 bn Y/Y

•   3Q19 NPE decrease of €5.4 bn due to disposals and classification as Held for sale (IFRS5)

SOLID CAPITAL POSITION AND SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF MITIGATION ACTIONS ⁴

•   3Q19 CET1 ratio at 12.60 per cent ⁵, CET1 MDA buffer of 252 bps. 3Q19 TLAC ratio 21.85 per cent ⁶, TLAC MDA buffer of 226 bps

•   3Q19 tangible equity up 1.7 per cent Q/Q to €51.6 bn, TBVpS up 1.7 per cent Q/Q to € 23.1

TRANSFORM 2019 DELIVERED. FURTHER DECISIVE ACTIONS PREPARE FOR THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN

•   Remaining stake in Fineco sold in July, for CET1 ratio impact of +31 bps in 3Q19

•   BTP holdings €44.9 bn, down €3.6 bn Q/Q ⁷. 3Q18 Target of reducing BTP sensitivity ⁸ by around 35 per cent reached one quarter earlier

•   Successful pre-funding of TLAC with €1.25 bn Tier 2 placement issued at tightest spread since 2011

OUTLOOK FY19

-   FY19 revenue guidance of €18.7 bn confirmed

-   FY19 cost target of €10.1 bn confirmed

-   FY19 CoR 55 bps confirmed including 4bps from models

-   FY19 Non Core gross NPEs below €10 bn

-   FY19 adjusted² net profit €4.7 bn, RoTE >9 per cent and Core RoTE >10 per cent confirmed

-   CET1 MDA buffer by year end 2019 confirmed at the upper end of target range of 200-250bps ⁹

Milan, 7 November 2019: on 6 November 2019, the Board of Directors of UniCredit S.p.A. approved the 3Q19 and 9M19 Group's consolidated financial accounts as of 30 September 2019.

Jean Pierre Mustier, Chief Executive Officer of UniCredit S.p.A., commenting on the 3Q19 and 9M19 Group results:

"With yet another strong quarter we have successfully delivered Transform 2019. Thanks to our proactive and decisive actions we have already met or will exceed our key targets by the end of this year. I am grateful to the whole UniCredit team, which has worked tirelessly to secure the success of our strategic plan, ensuring UniCredit is and remains a pan-European winner. 

"The third quarter net result, with no exceptional items, at 1.1 billion euro, up 25.7 per cent year on year adjusted, was yet again the best quarter achieved in a decade. This was thanks to resilient commercial dynamics, strong trading revenues and our focus on cost discipline which continues to pay off.

"We confirm our improved Non Core Gross NPEs will be below 10 billion at the end of 2019 and our Group Core gross NPE ratio now stands at a low 3.6 per cent. Since the launch of Transform 2019, our Group Gross NPEs have dropped by close to 50 billion.

"Doing the right thing is one of our key guiding principles. As a bank, we are an integral part of the societies in which we operate and we continue to support the economies where we are present in many ways.  I am proud that in the third quarter we have reached a total of more than 100 million euros disbursed in Italy through our social impact banking initiative to help get new social enterprises off the ground and provide impact financing and micro-lending to clients in economically deprived areas.

"Again let me thank all UniCredit colleagues who have made the outstanding results of Transform 2019 possible. Together we will continue to forge ahead successfully and we look forward to presenting our new business strategy, 'Team 23', on the 3rd of December."

Notes

1 Y/Y change refers to adjusted net profit.

2 Group and Group Core adjusted net profit and RoTE exclude extraordinary items related to events occurred in 3Q18 for -€846 m (impairment of Yapi), 1Q19 for      +€258 m (real estate disposal in Germany) and +€825 m in 2Q19 (mainly related to the impacts from FinecoBank S.p.A. 17 per cent disposal for +€1,176 m, and to Ocean Breeze Group classification as Held for Sale in light of the disposal process, for -€178 m).  

3 Figures as of 3Q19 benefit from IFRS5 classification of a NPL residential mortgage portfolio in Italy of €4.1bn (gross book value).

4 Including disposal of real estate assets in 1Q19, Fineco in 2Q19 and 3Q19.

5 Including +31 bps from 3Q19 Fineco disposal as per guidance.

6 3Q19 TLAC ratio 21.85 per cent, o/w 19.37 per cent TLAC subordination ratio and 2.5 per cent senior preferred exemption.

7 BTP holdings refer to banking book.

8 BTP sensitivity: +10 bps parallel shift of BTP asset swap spreads has a -2.3 bps pre and -1.7 bps post tax impact on the fully loaded CET1 ratio as at 30 September 2019.

9 Assuming BTP spreads remain at 3Q19 levels.

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