Banca IFIS S.p.A.: the Board of Directors has approved the draft of the 2015 financial report. Dividend of 0.76 euro per share proposed to the Assembly.

Mestre (Venice), February 2, 2016 - The Board of Directors of Banca IFIS S.p.A., which met today under the chairmanship of Sebastien von Fürstenberg, approved the draft of the 2015 financial report, the preliminary results of which were presented on January 19, 2016. All the details are available in the preliminary 2015 financial results press release, published on the website www.bancaifis.com

The Board of Directors also proposed to the Shareholders' Meeting - which will take place on March 22, 2016 - a dividend of 0.76 euro for each ordinary share, with detachment of coupon (no. 19) on March 29, record date on March 30 and payment date on March 31 , 2016. The payment will be carried out through the authorised intermediaries with which the shares are registered in the Monte Titoli system. 
Below are the main highlights of the results obtained by the Group in the 12 months of 2015:

Financial Year 2015
1 January-31 December
·    Net banking income: 408,0 million Euro (+43,6%);
·    Net profit from financial activities: 373,7 million Euro (+49,7%);
·    Profit for the period: 162,0 million Euro (+68,9%);
·    Bad loans ratio in the Trade Receivables segment: 1,1%;
·    Cost of credit quality for trade receivables: 90 bps;
·    Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1): 14,68% (13,89% at 31 December 2014);
·    Total Own Funds Capital Ratio: 15,37% (14,21% at 31 December 2014);
·    Hiring further up: 177 new resources added (+41,6%).


4th quarter 2015
1 October - 31 December   
·    Net banking income: 76,8 million Euro (+5,1%);
·    Net profit from financial activities: 68,7 million Euro (+0,3%);
·    Profit for the period: 13,2 million Euro (-39,3%).


In addition, the interactive financial statement website makes it is possible to browse the Group's financial results, corporate governance, balance sheets and quarterly evolution, and to download the documents regarding the draft of the 2015 financial statements (quarterly interim reports, half-year interim report, press releases, draft report).

Declaration of the Corporate Accounting Reporting Officer
Pursuant to Article 154 bis, Paragraph 2 of the Consolidated Law on Finance, the Corporate Accounting Reporting Officer, Emanuel Nalli, declares that the accounting information contained in this press release corresponds to the company's accounting records, books and entries.