2012-05-10 07:00:02 CEST

2012-05-10 07:00:09 CEST


REGULATED INFORMATION

Aktia Pankki Oyj - Interim report (Q1 and Q3)

Aktia Bank plc: Interim report 1 January - 31 March 2012 


(subsidiary to the listed Aktia plc)

Helsinki, Finland, 2012-05-10 07:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 


Aktia Bank plc is a subsidiary to the listed Aktia plc and operates as parent
company in the Bank Group. 

Subsidiaries in the Bank Group are: Aktia Real Estate Mortgage Bank plc, Aktia
Asset Management Ltd, Aktia Fund Management Company Ltd, Aktia Card Ltd, Aktia
Invest Ltd and Aktia Corporate Finance Ltd. 



Profit for 1-3/2012

The Bank Group's operating profit for the first three months of 2012 amounted
to EUR 12.4 (14.9) million. Profit for the reporting period was EUR 9.1 (11.3)
million. Earnings per share stood at EUR 2.9 (3.5) million. 

The banking business' operating profit decreased to EUR 11.4 (16.0) million.
Asset management improved its profitability and reached an operating profit of
EUR 2.3 (1.5) million. 



Key figures                                                                     
(EUR million)                        1-3/     1-3/    Δ%     10-12/    Δ%   2011
                                     2012     2011             2011             
Earnings per share (EPS)              2.9      3.5  -16%        0.8  281%    8.2
Equity per share (NAV)1             130.9    100.1   31%      106.4   23%  106.4
Return on equity (ROE), %             8.8     12.5  -30%        2.5  247%    6.8
Total earnings per share             14.5     -4.1     -       -0.6     -    2.0
Number of shares at the end of          3        3    0%          3    0%      3
 the period 1                                                                   
Cost-to-income ratio                 0.68     0.63    8%       0.78  -13%   0.73
Capital adequacy ratio, %1           18.1     16.0   13%       16.2   12%   16.2
Tier 1 capital ratio, %1             11.3     10.3   10%       10.6    7%   10.6
1) At the end of the period                                                     



AKTIA BANK PLC


Managing Director Jussi Laitinen, tel. +358 10 247 6250
Deputy Managing Director, CFO Stefan Björkman, tel. +358 10 247 6595

From:
IR Manager Anna Gabrán, tel. +358 10 247 6501, +358 40 7081807