Information and Reporting Unit, Banking Supervision Division   03/09/2001
Statement for the second quarter - consolidated  
Mercantile Discount Bank Ltd. and its subsidiaries, Main data, NIS million  
Taken from the quarterly report to 30.06.2001. Adjusted to the CPI for 06.2001.  
           
Summary consolidated balance sheet 30.06.2001 31.12.2000 Bank's share of the banking system  
30.06.2001 31.12.2000  
Cash and deposits in banks 2,084 1,636 1.8% 1.4%  
Securities 1,021 1,295 1.2% 1.5%  
Credit to the public 10,959 10,577 2.1% 2.1%  
Credit to the government 2 3 0.0% 0.0%  
Investments in companies included on an equity basis 5 3 0.1% 0.1%  
Buildings and equipment 238 235 2.5% 2.6%  
Other assets 115 138 0.8% 1.1%  
Total assets 14,423 13,887 1.9% 1.9%  
Deposits of the public 12,540 12,341 2.0% 2.0%  
Deposits of banks 544 285 2.3% 1.3%  
Deposits of the government 53 52 0.3% 0.3%  
Bonds and subordinated notes 423 382 1.3% 1.3%  
Other liabilities 158 158 0.8% 0.9%  
Total liabilities 13,718 13,218 1.9% 1.9%  
Quasi-capital items 0 0 0.0% 0.0%  
Minority shareholders' rights 0 0      
Equity 705 669 1.8% 1.8%  
           
Summary consolidated profit and loss statement Six months to Bank's share of the banking system Three months to
Six months to
30.06.2001 30.06.2000 30.06.2001 30.06.2000 30.06.2001
Net interest profit before loan-loss provision 194.2 204.7 2.3% 2.6% 99.0
Loan-loss provision 21.1 22.0 1.6% 2.0% 10.3
Operating and other income 99.6 103.5 2.1% 2.0% 54.5
Of which: Operating income 91.7 95.2 2.3% 2.3% 46.6
Operating and other expenses 233.1 234.6 2.7% 2.8% 117.2
Of which: Salaries and related expenses 135.5 137.8 2.5% 2.6% 67.3
Ordinary before-tax provision 39.6 51.6 1.2% 1.4% 26.0
Provision for taxes on ordinary profit 21.8 26.8 1.2% 1.5% 13.5
Ordinary after-tax profit 17.8 24.8 1.1% 1.4% 12.5
Bank's share in the profit of subsidiaries -0.4 0.0     0.0
Share of minority shareholders in profit of consolidated companies 0.0 0.0     0.0
Extraordinary after-tax profit -0.1 3.3     -0.1
Net profit 17.3 28.1 1.2% 1.2% 12.4
Profit after the effect of the difference between the known index and the "in lieu" index 18.6 28.3 1.2% 1.2%  
           
Balances and rates of return on financial items by indexation base on 30.06.2001 Unindexed NIS CPI-indexed NIS Foreign Currency (1) Total financial items  
Balance of financial assets on balance-sheet date 7262 3682 3196 14140  
Balance of financial liabilities on balance-sheet date 7650 3246 2813 13710  
Excess of financial assets over financial liabilities -388 436 383 431  
Total indexation balance (incl.forwards and options in term of basis assets) 2 -69 436 63 431  
Rate of income on assets (percent) 3 8 5 7 7  
Rate of expenditure on liabilities (percent) 3 -4 -4 -4 -4  
Interest-rate differential 3 1 3 2  
           
Main financial ratios - consolidated (percent) 30.06.2001 31.12.2000      
Equity/balance-sheet ratio 4.89 4.82      
Finanancial capital/equity ratio 61.11 62.56      
Equity/risk-weighted-assets ratio 9.70 9.60      
Return on equity (net profit/gross weighted-capital ratio) 4 5.20 7.50      
Operating income/operating expenses ratio 5 42.73 42.13      
           
1 Including foreign-currency indexed NIS.          
2 Forwards transactions.          
3 Six-month rate of income (expenses), on annual basis including ALM derivatives.          
4 Annual basis.          
5 For six months. Comparative data are annual.          
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