6-K 1 d367134d6k.htm FORM 6-K Form 6-K
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of June, 2017

Commission File Number: 001-12568

 

 

BBVA FRENCH BANK S.A.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

Reconquista 199, 1006

Buenos Aires, Argentina

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F   ☒             Form 40-F  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes  ☐             No   ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

Yes  ☐             No   ☒

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Yes  ☐             No   ☒

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A

 

 

 


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BBVA French Bank S.A.

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1.    Financial Statements as of March 31, 2017.


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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017                                        


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BALANCE SHEET

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

Stated in thousands of pesos

 

     03.31.17      12.31.16  

ASSETS:

     

A. CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS:

     

Cash

     10,751,034        14,176,412  

Due from banks and correspondents

     30,305,044        33,894,586  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Argentine Central Bank (BCRA)

     24,452,045        31,230,217  

Other local

     1,589        694  

Foreign

     5,851,410        2,663,675  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     41,056,078        48,070,998  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

B. GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECURITIES:

     

Holdings booked at fair value (Exhibit A)

     5,646,590        4,274,229  

Holdings booked at amortized cost (Exhibit A)

     1,243,404        904,089  

Instruments issued by the BCRA (Exhibit A)

     17,094,292        7,375,103  

Investments in listed private securities (Exhibit A)

     53        49  

Less: Allowances (Exhibit J)

     217        213  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     23,984,122        12,553,257  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

C. LOANS:

     

To government sector (Exhibits B, C and D)

     156        98,819  

To financial sector (Exhibits B, C and D)

     4,574,010        3,703,085  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interfinancial – (Call granted)

     1,729,182        725,585  

Other financing to local financial institutions

     2,716,366        2,762,202  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued and pending collection

     128,462        215,298  

To non financial private sector and residents abroad (Exhibits B, C and D)

     76,544,662        73,751,889  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Overdraft

     9,470,393        9,546,565  

Discounted instruments

     10,085,833        10,896,722  

Real estate mortgage

     1,892,840        1,889,443  

Collateral Loans

     2,665,570        2,916,652  

Consumer

     10,522,971        9,368,939  

Credit cards

     23,077,159        22,520,843  

Other (Note 5.a.)

     18,085,631        15,838,284  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued and pending collection

     1,059,914        1,103,787  

Less: Interest documented together with main obligation

     315,649        329,346  

Less: Allowances (Exhibit J)

     1,700,647        1,573,590  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     79,418,181        75,980,203  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carried Forward

     144,458,381        136,604,458  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     03-31-17      12-31-16  

Brought forward

     144,458,381        136,604,458  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

D. OTHER RECEIVABLES FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS:

     

Argentine Central Bank (BCRA)

     979,229        928,612  

Amounts receivable for spot and forward sales to be settled

     17,062,493        204,296  

Instruments to be received for spot and forward purchases to be settled (Exhibits O)

     7,327,826        485,109  

Unlisted corporate bonds (Exhibits B, C and D)

     249,926        325,925  

Non-deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled (Note 12)

     54,480        35,894  

Other receivables not covered by debtor classification regulations

     8,089        12,156  

Other receivables covered by debtor classification regulations (Exhibits B, C and D)

     487,528        409,395  

Less: Allowances (Exhibit J)

     4,580        5,074  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     26,164,991        2,396,313  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

E. RECEIVABLES FROM FINANCIAL LEASES:

     

Receivables from financial leases (Exhibits B, C and D)

     1,998,082        1,968,270  

Interest accrued pending collection (Exhibits B, C and D)

     26,543        24,645  

Less: Allowances (Exhibit J)

     23,602        27,187  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,001,023        1,965,728  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

F. INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES:

     

In financial institutions (Exhibit E)

     843,593        924,382  

Other (Note 5.b.) (Exhibit E)

     489,617        410,171  

Less: Allowances (Exhibit J)

     5        5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,333,205        1,334,548  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

G. OTHER RECEIVABLES:

     

Other (Note 5.c.)

     3,346,733        2,997,513  

Other interest accrued and pending collection

     3,055        1,219  

Less: Allowances (Exhibit J)

     679,695        614,105  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,670,093        2,384,627  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

H. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT (Exhibit F):

     3,307,255        3,182,727  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

I. OTHER ASSETS (Exhibit F):

     900,777        878,104  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

J. INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Exhibit G):

     

Goodwill

     3,386        3,476  

Organization and development expenses

     327,878        312,161  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     331,264        315,637  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

K. SUSPENSE ITEMS:

     10,748        11,229  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS:

     181,177,737        149,073,371  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     03.31.17      12.31.16  

LIABILITIES:

     

L. DEPOSITS (Exhibits H and I):

     

Government sector

     1,679,298        2,640,909  

Financial sector

     144,965        247,891  

Non financial private sector and residents abroad

     120,999,527        111,763,305  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Checking accounts

     20,465,953        19,896,819  

Savings deposits

     46,980,960        42,591,055  

Time deposits

     39,657,833        35,133,599  

Investments accounts

     85,194        85,194  

Other

     13,015,773        13,429,450  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued payable

     793,814        627,188  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     122,823,790        114,652,105  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

M. OTHER LIABILITIES FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS:

     

Argentine Central Bank (Exhibit I)

     20,179        31,970  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other

     20,179        31,970  

Banks and International Institutions (Exhibit I)

     276,407        636,153  

Unsubordinated corporate bonds (Exhibit I)

     1,601,050        1,746,166  

Amounts payable for spot and forward purchases to be settled

     6,926,091        325,111  

Instruments to be delivered for spot and forward sales to be settled (Exhibit O)

     17,762,150        402,153  

Non-deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled (Note 12)

     4,967        6,354  

Other (Note 5.d.) (Exhibit I)

     9,121,320        8,782,285  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued payable (Exhibit I)

     50,437        59,948  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     35,762,601        11,990,140  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

N. OTHER LIABILITIES:

     

Dividends payable

     911,000        —    

Other (Note 5.e.)

     3,203,039        4,584,690  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,114,039        4,584,690  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

O. ALLOWANCES (Exhibit J):

     1,283,228        1,342,954  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

P. SUSPENSE ITEMS:

     39,274        43,447  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES:

     164,022,932        132,613,336  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: (as per the related statements of changes in stockholders’ equity)

     17,154,805        16,460,035  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

     181,177,737        149,073,371  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17      12.31.16  

DEBIT ACCOUNTS

     

Contingent

     

Guaranties received

     23,452,688        22,489,359  

Contra contingent debit accounts

     775,862        1,104,103  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,228,550        23,593,462  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Control

     

Receivables classified as irrecoverable

     935,658        826,967  

Other (Note 5.f.)

     257,008,835        232,449,657  

Contra control debit accounts

     7,291,259        1,686,184  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     265,235,752        234,962,808  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives (Exhibit O)

     

“Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions (Note 12)

     2,423,245        2,623,708  

Interest rate swap (Note 12)

     2,501,480        2,251,362  

Contra derivatives debit accounts

     2,109,013        3,186,904  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,033,738        8,061,974  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     296,498,040        266,618,244  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

CREDIT ACCOUNTS

     

Contingent

     

Credit lines granted (unused portion) covered by debtor classification regulations (Exhibits B, C and D)

     247,460        176,296  

Guaranties provided to the BCRA

     —          227,946  

Other guaranties given covered by debtor classification regulations (Exhibits B, C and D)

     283,613        264,058  

Other guaranties given non covered by debtor classification regulations

     74,478        87,776  

Other covered by debtor classification regulations (Exhibits B, C and D)

     170,311        348,027  

Contra contingent credit accounts

     23,452,688        22,489,359  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     24,228,550        23,593,462  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Control

     

Items to be credited

     1,753,756        1,436,763  

Other

     5,537,503        249,421  

Contra control credit accounts

     257,944,493        233,276,624  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     265,235,752        234,962,808  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives (Exhibit O)

     

“Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions

     2,109,013        3,186,904  

Contra credit derivatives accounts

     4,924,725        4,875,070  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     7,033,738        8,061,974  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     296,498,040        266,618,244  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes 1 through 22 and exhibits A through L, N and O and the consolidated financial statements with its notes and exhibits are an integral part of these statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF INCOME FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS

ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17      03.31.16  

A. FINANCIAL INCOME

     

Interest on loans to the financial sector

     223,595        144,946  

Interest on overdraft

     769,018        691,193  

Interest on discounted instruments

     463,665        522,801  

Interest on real estate mortgage

     88,634        101,694  

Interest on collateral loans

     151,693        145,790  

Interest on credit card loans

     1,064,647        984,737  

Interest on other loans

     1,163,554        912,852  

Interest on other receivables from financial transactions

     548        152  

Interest on financial leases

     100,242        110,024  

Income from secured loans—Decree 1387/01

     1,081        9,072  

Income from government and private securities

     573,554        954,051  

Indexation by benchmark stabilization coefficient (CER)

     100,285        161,520  

Gold and foreign currency exchange difference

     306,382        365,004  

Other

     219,821        250,493  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     5,226,719        5,354,329  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

B. FINANCIAL EXPENSES

     

Interest on checking accounts

     14,811        —    

Interest on savings deposits

     7,760        7,959  

Interest on time deposits

     1,533,688        1,836,100  

Interest on interfinancial financing (call borrowed)

     9,108        6,575  

Interest on other financing from financial institutions

     25        46  

Interest on other liabilities from financial transactions

     120,992        141,179  

Other interest

     629        1,234  

Indexation by CER

     1,915        127  

Contribution to the deposit guarantee fund (Note 9)

     48,770        127,993  

Other

     380,573        343,205  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,118,271        2,464,418  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

GROSS INTERMEDIATION MARGIN - GAIN

     3,108,448        2,889,911  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

C. ALLOWANCES FOR LOAN LOSSES

     305,238        160,026  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carried Forward

     2,803,210        2,729,885  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     03.31.17      03.31.16  

Brought forward

     2,803,210        2,729,885  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

D. SERVICE CHARGE INCOME

     

Related to lending transactions

     831,389        670,575  

Related to liability transactions

     842,305        561,359  

Other commissions

     78,081        64,879  

Other (Note 5.g.)

     431,367        312,896  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,183,142        1,609,709  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

E. SERVICE CHARGE EXPENSES

     

Commissions

     948,039        614,870  

Other (Note 5.h)

     299,604        163,360  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,247,643        778,230  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

F. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

     

Payroll expenses

     1,605,724        1,210,005  

Fees to bank Directors and Supervisory Committee

     2,714        2,414  

Others profesional Fees

     38,082        26,779  

Advertising and publicity

     82,019        67,594  

Taxes

     274,247        195,001  

Fixed assets depreciation (Exhibit F)

     87,155        54,058  

Organizational expenses amortization (Exhibit G)

     24,827        18,903  

Other operating expenses

     393,137        309,159  

Others

     339,969        194,353  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,847,874        2,078,266  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET GAIN FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

     890,835        1,483,098  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

G. OTHER INCOME

     

Income from long-term investments

     108,901        115,815  

Punitive interests

     8,445        8,349  

Loans recovered and reversals of allowances

     53,293        89,934  

Other (Note 5.i.)

     1,359,787        107,615  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,530,426        321,713  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

H. OTHER EXPENSES

     

Punitive interests and charges paid to BCRA

     168        1,507  

Charge for uncollectibility of other receivables and other allowances

     118,211        93,601  

Amortization of difference arising from judicial resolutions

     2,699        2,422  

Depreciation and losses from miscellaneous assets

     72        92  

Amortization of Goodwill (Exhibit G)

     90        —    

Other (Note 5.j.)

     433,251        44,105  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     554,491        141,727  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET GAIN BEFORE INCOME TAX

     1,866,770        1,663,084  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

I. INCOME TAX (Note 2.3.s))

     261,000        498,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

NET INCOME FOR THE PERIOD

     1,605,770        1,165,084  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes 1 through 22 and exhibits A through L, N and O and the consolidated financial statements with its notes and exhibits are an integral part of these statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     2017     2016  
            Non capitalized
contributions
            Retained
earnings
                    

MOVEMENTS

   Capital
Stock
(1)
     Issuance
premiums
     Adjustments to
stockholders’
equity
(2)
     Legal      Other      Unappropriated
earnings
    TOTAL     TOTAL  

1. Balance at beginning of fiscal year

     536,878        182,511        312,979        3,298,517        8,485,478        3,643,672       16,460,035       13,716,363  

2. Stockholders’ Meeting held on March 30, 2017 (3)

                     

- Dividends paid in cash

     —          —          —          —          —          (911,000     (911,000     —    

- Legal Reserve

     —          —          —          728,734        —          (728,734     —         —    

- Voluntary reserve for future distributions of income

     —          —          —          —          2,003,938        (2,003,938     —         —    

3. Net income for the period

     —          —          —          —          —          1,605,770       1,605,770       1,165,084  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

4. Balance at the end of the period

     536,878        182,511        312,979        4,027,251        10,489,416        1,605,770       17,154,805       14,881,447  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Exhibit K.

(2)

Adjustments to stockolders’ equity refer to Adjustment to Capital Stock.

(3)

See Note 14.

The accompanying notes 1 through 22 and exhibits A through L, N and O and the consolidated financial statements with its notes and exhibits are an integral part of these statements.

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FLOW FOR THE

THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17     03.31.16  

CHANGES IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

    

Cash and cash equivelents at the beginning of the fiscal year

     49,775,998 (1)      28,459,917 (1) 

Cash and cash equivelents at the end of the period

     43,533,578 (1)      23,422,924 (1) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivelents

     (6,242,420     (5,036,993
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

REASONS FOR CHANGES IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

    

Operating activities

    

Net collections from:

    

-Government and private securities

     (10,857,311     (2,057,427

- Loans

     1,681,901       1,178,089  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

to financial sector

     (185,261     (266,464

to non-financial public sector

     8,631       89  

to non-financial private sector and residents abroad

     1,858,531       1,444,464  

- Other receivables from financial transactions

     (41,174     (198,026

- Receivables from financial leases

     (35,295     65,585  

- Deposits

     6,164,852       890,439  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

to financial sector

     (102,926     (30,663

to non-financial public sector

     (977,538     (603,881

to non-financial private sector and residents abroad

     7,245,316       1,524,983  

- Other liabilities from financial transactions

     595,105       (2,100,164
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing from financial or interfinancial sector (call borrowed)

     —         54,000  

Others (except liabilities included in Financing Activities)

     595,105       (2,154,164

Collections related to service charge income

     2,157,012       1,613,783  

Payments related to service charge expense

     (1,244,949     (774,632

Administrative expenses paid

     (2,936,172     (2,112,919

Organizational and development expenses paid

     (28,168     (33,727

Net collections from punitive interest

     8,277       6,842  

Differences from judicial resolutions paid

     (2,699     (2,422

Collections of dividends from other companies

     —         120  

Other collections related to other income and expenses

     975,326       99,901  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in operating activities

     (3,563,295     (3,424,558
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment activities

    

Net payments from premises and equipment

     (150,057     (38,995

Net payments from other assets

     (107,610     (145,869

Other payments from investments activities

     (227,843     (294,581
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in investment activities

     (485,510     (479,445
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities

    

Net payments / collections from:

    

- Unsubordinated corporate bonds

     (145,116     (233,750

- Argentine Central Bank

     (11,748     (5,793
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other

     (11,748     (5,793

- Banks and international agencies

     (359,746     (458,503

Payments of dividends

     —         (97,955

Other payments related to financing activities

     (1,677,005     (336,989
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in financing activities

     (2,193,615     (1,132,990
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (6,242,420     (5,036,993
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

See note 16 “Statements of cash and cash equivalents flow”.

The accompanying notes 1 through 22 and exhibits A through L, N and O and the consolidated financial statements with its notes and exhibits are an integral part of these statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2017, PRESENTED IN

COMPARATIVE FORM WITH THE BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016, AND

THE STATEMENTS OF INCOME, CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND CASH AND CASH

EQUIVALENTS FLOW AS OF MARCH 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See Note 22)

(Stated in thousands of pesos)

1. CORPORATE SITUATION AND BANK’S ACTIVITIES

1.1 Corporate situation

BBVA Banco Francés S.A. (hereinafter indistinctly referred to as either “BBVA Francés”, the “Bank” or the “Entity”) has its headquarter in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and operates a 252-branch network.

Since December, 1996, BBVA Francés is part of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.’s (BBVA) global strategy, which controls the Bank, direct and indirectly, with 75.95% of its capital stock as of March 31, 2017.

Part of the Bank’s capital stock is publicly traded and has been registered with the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the New York Stock Exchange and the Madrid Stock Exchange.

1.2 Capital stock

As of 31 March 2017 and 31 December 2016 capital stock amounts to 536,878 shares. Capital stock did not change during the last three fiscal years.

1.3 Registration with CNV as Settlement and Clearing Agent—Comprehensive

The Capital Markets Law Nr. 26,831, enacted on December 28, 2012 and then regulated by CNV’s General Resolution Nr. 622/13 on September 5, 2013 sets forth, in its Section 47 that agents are under a duty to register with the CNV for interacting with the market in any of the modalities established in CNV’s General Resolution Nr. 622/13. On September 9 and 19, 2014, the Bank was finally registered as Mutual Funds’ Custodian Agent, and as a “Settlement and Clearing Agent – Comprehensive”, under Nr. 4 and Nr. 42 respectively.

1.4 Responsibility of stockholders

BBVA Francés is a corporation established under the laws of the Argentine Republic, and the responsibility of its stockholders is limited to the value of the paid—in shares, in accordance with Law Nr. 19,550. As a result, in compliance with Law Nr. 25,738, it is hereby informed that neither the foreign capital majority stockholders nor the local or foreign stockholders will respond, in excess of the mentioned paid-in stockholding, for the liabilities arising out of the transactions performed by the financial institution.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The financial statements arise from the accounting books of the Bank and have been prepared in accordance with the rules issued by the Central Bank of Argentina (hereinafter referred to as BCRA).

 

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2.1 Unit of measurement

In accordance with Decree 664/2003 issued by the Federal Executive and Communication “A” 3921 of the BCRA, the Entity discontinued the application of the method to restate its financial statements as of March 1, 2003.

Argentina’s professional accounting standards require the application of Technical Resolution Nr. 6 issued by the Argentine Federation of Professional Councils of Economic Sciences (modified by Technical Resolution Nr. 39) which prescribes the accounting recognition of the effects of inflation when the country’s economic environment exhibits certain features. If the restatement of financial statements into constant currency became mandatory, the adjustment is to be applied by taking as a basis the last date when the Entity adjusted its financial statements to reflect the effects of inflation.

As of March 31, 2017, the features determined by Argentina’s professional accounting standards were not exhibited and, therefore, these financial statements have not been restated into constant currency.

2.2 Comparative information

In accordance with the BCRA’s Communication “A” 4667, as amended, the balance sheet and the exhibits that so specify include comparative information as of December 31, 2016, while the statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash and cash equivalents flow show comparative information as of March 31, 2016.

2.3 Measurement methods

The main valuation methods used in the preparation of the financial statements have been as follows:

 

  a)

Foreign currency assets and liabilities:

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 such amounts were translated into pesos at the benchmark exchange rate of the BCRA as of the closing date of transactions on the last business day of the period or fiscal year, respectively. The exchange differences were charged to income (loss) for the period or fiscal year.

 

  b)

Government and corporate securities:

 

   

Holdings booked at fair value and instruments issued by the BCRA at fair value: they were valued based on current listed prices or the prevailing present value for each security as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Differences in listed prices were credited/charged to income for the period or fiscal year.

 

   

Holdings booked at amortized cost and instruments issued by the BCRA at amortized cost: as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, these were valued using the amount of initial recognition, plus interest accrued using the internal rate of return.

 

   

Investments in listed corporate securities representative of equity: they were valued based on current listed prices as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Differences in listed prices were charged to income for the period or fiscal year.

 

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  c)

Loans to Government Sector:

 

   

Federal Government secured loans – Decree Nr. 1387/2001:

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the secured loans were valued at the highest amount resulting from a comparison between the present value as estimated by the BCRA and the book value in accordance with the provisions in the BCRA’s Communication “A” 5180.

 

  d)

Interest accrual:

Interest has been accrued according to a compound interest formula in the periods in which it was generated, except interest on transactions in foreign currency, those whose maturity does not exceed 92 days, and adjustable assets and liabilities which were recognized on a linear basis.

 

  e)

Benchmark stabilization coefficient (CER):

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the following receivables and payables have been adjusted to the CER as follows:

 

   

Federal government secured loans: as of December 31, 2016, they have been adjusted under Resolution Nr. 50/2002 of the Ministry of Economy, which resolved that the CER business 10 (ten) days prior to the maturity date of the related service will be considered for yield and repayments of the loans.

 

   

Federal Government Secured Bonds due in 2020: they have been adjusted under Resolution Nr. 539/2002 of the Ministry of Economy, which resolved that the CER business 5 (five) days prior to the maturity date of the related service will be considered for yield and repayment of the bonds.

 

   

Deposits and other assets and liabilities: they have been adjusted considering the CER prevailing as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

  f)

Allowance for loan losses and contingent commitments:

For loans, other receivables from financial transactions covered by debtor classification regulations, receivables from financial leases, receivables from sale of property assets and contingent commitments, the allowances have been calculated based on the Bank’s estimated loan loss risk in light of debtor compliance and the collaterals supporting the respective transactions, as provided by Communication “A” 2950 and supplemental by the BCRA.

 

  g)

Instruments to be received and to be delivered for spot and forward transactions pending settlement:

 

   

In foreign currency: they were valued according to the benchmark exchange rate published by the BCRA for each currency determined on the last business day of the end of the three month period or fiscal year.

 

   

Securities: holdings of government and corporate securities and instruments issued by BCRA at fair value and at amortized cost, were valued according to the method described in 2.3.b) as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

  h)

Amounts receivable and payable for spot and forward transactions pending settlement:

 

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They were valued based on the prices agreed upon for each transaction, plus related premiums accrued as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

  i)

Unlisted Corporate Bonds:

They were valued at acquisition cost plus income accrued but not collected as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

  j)

Receivables from financial leases:

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, they were valued at the present value of the sum of the periodical instalments and the unguaranteed residual value, calculated as per the conditions agreed upon in the respective leases, applying the implicit interest rate thereto.

 

  k)

Investments in other companies:

 

   

Investments in controlled financial institutions, supplementary activities and authorized were valued based on the following methods:

 

   

BBVA Francés Valores S.A., Consolidar Administradora de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings), PSA Finance Argentina Compañía Financiera S.A., BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión, Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A. and Rombo Cía, Financiera S.A.: were valued by applying the equity method, after adjustments to the BCRA accounting standards, if applicable, at the end of the period or fiscal year.

Although the Bank has a 40% interest ownership in the capital stock and voting rights of Rombo Cía, Financiera S.A., operational and financial decisions at Rombo Cía, Financiera S.A. are taken together with this company’s majority shareholder on a joint control basis.

The investment in Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A. was acquired on September 26, 2016 (see Note 19) generating a goodwill that is recorded as indicated in Note 2.3.m).

 

   

Investments in non-controlled financial institutions, supplementary activities and authorized were valued according to the following methods:

 

   

Prisma Medios de Pago S.A. and Interbanking S.A.: were valued by applying the equity method after adjustments to the BCRA accounting standards if applicable, at the end of the period or fiscal year.

 

   

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A.: was valued at acquisition cost in foreign currency plus the nominal value of stock dividends received, converted into pesos based on the method described in Note 2.3.a).

 

   

Other: were valued at acquisition cost, without exceeding their recoverable value.

 

   

Other non-controlled affiliates were valued based on the following methods:

 

   

BBVA Consolidar Seguros S.A.: was valued by applying the equity method after adjustments to the BCRA accounting standards if applicable, at the end of the period or fiscal year.

 

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S.W.I.F.T. S.C.R.L.: was valued at acquisition cost in foreign currency plus the nominal value of stock dividends received, converted into pesos based on the method described in Note 2.3.a).

 

  l)

Premises and equipment and Other assets:

They have been valued at acquisition cost plus increases from prior-year appraisal revaluations, restated to March 1, 2003 as explained in Note 2.1., less related accumulated depreciation calculated in proportion to the months of estimated useful life of items concerned, without exceeding their recoverable value.

 

  m)

Intangible assets:

 

   

Organization and development expenses: were valued at cost less accumulated amortization calculated in proportion to the months of estimated useful life.

 

   

Goodwill: corresponds to the difference between the total amount paid and that resulting from calculating the proportion of the capital stock acquired on the equity according to the books of Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera SA, at the date of acquisition less the corresponding accumulated amortization calculated in proportion to the estimated useful life months.

 

  n)

Derivative transactions (see Note 12):

 

   

Interest rate swaps and Forward transactions:

 

   

Interest rate swaps are recorded at the value resulting from the application of rates differences to residual notional amounts at the end of the period or fiscal year.

 

   

Forward transactions receivable/payable in pesos without delivery of the underlying asset are recorded for the amount receivable or payable, as appropriate, arising from the difference between the agreed exchange rate and the exchange rate at the end of the period or fiscal year as applied to stated notional amounts.

 

   

Repo and Reverse Repo transactions

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the repos whose underlying assets are not subject to the volatilities published by the BCRA were valued as per the cost of each transaction and the repos whose underlying assets are subject to volatility were recorded at their quoted value. Accrued premiums were charged to income (loss) for each period or fiscal year, as appropriate.

 

  ñ)

Employee termination pay:

The Bank imputes to results the expenses employee termination at the moment of its payment.

 

  o)

Other liabilities:

They include the debit balances non arising out of transactions relating to the supply and demand of financial resources, plus the adjustments and interest payable accrued as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

  p)

Allowance for other contingencies:

 

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Claims brought by Consumer Groups: several consumer protection groups have brought claims against the Bank on behalf of consumers for undetermined amounts in connection with certain financial charges. The Bank and its legal advisors have reviewed and answered to such claims, rejecting the arguments of these consumer groups pursuant to the applicable laws and on grounds that the claims were not legitimate and were barred by the statute of limitations. Therefore, no significant adverse financial impact are expected in this regard.

 

   

It includes the estimated amounts to meet contingencies of probable occurrence that, if occurred, would give rise to a loss for the Bank.

 

  q)

Stockholders’ equity accounts:

They are restated to March 1, 2003 as explained in Note 2.1 except for the “Capital Stock” and “Non capitalized contributions” accounts which have been kept at cost. The adjustment resulting from the restatement is included in the “Adjustment to Stockholders´ Equity – Adjustment to Capital Stock” account.

 

  r)

Statement of Income Accounts:

 

   

As of March 31, 2017 and 2016, accounts accruing monetary transactions: financial income (expense), service charge income (expense), provision for loan losses, administrative expenses, etc. were computed on the basis of their monthly accrual at historical rates.

 

   

Accounts reflecting the effect on income resulting from the sale, write-off, or use of non-monetary assets were computed based on the value of such assets, as mentioned in Note 2.1.

 

   

Profit/Loss from investments in subsidiaries was computed based on such companies’ income statement adjusted as explained in Note 2.1.

 

  s)

Income tax and Minimum Presumed Income Tax:

The Entity determines the amount charged as Income Tax in its books by application of the 35% tax rate in force over the taxable income estimated for each period/fiscal year and takes into consideration the effect of temporary differences between the book values of its assets and liabilities and their tax bases.

In this respect, the Entity received a Note from the Argentine Central Bank dated June 19, 2003 whereby it is indicated that the criterion applied has not been admitted by the accounting standards prescribed by the regulatory authority. On June 26, 2003 and based on the opinion of its legal advisors, the Entity filed a response to said Note stating that in the Entity’s opinion the accounting standards prescribed by the BCRA do not prohibit the enforcement of the deferred tax method. Resolution Nr. 118/03, adopted by the BCRA´s Superintendent of Financial and Foreign Exchange Institutions received on October 7, 2003 confirmed the terms of the above-mentioned Note and therefore, as from that date, the Entity started to recognize a provision equivalent to the net balance of the deferred tax asset.

As of March 31, 2017 and at the close of the previous fiscal year, the Entity recorded net deferred tax asset, for 620,100 and 556,100 respectively, in the account “Miscellaneous receivables – Other”; booking, as of each dates, a provision for an equivalent amount.

In addition, the current tax assessed as of March 31, 2017 and 2016 amounted to 261,000 and 498,000 respectively and had been recognized in “Income Tax” in the Statement of income.

 

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On May 10, 2017 and on the basis of the applicable legal precedents, the Entity approved the commencement of an action for a declaration of unconstitutionality whereby the Entity claimed the unconstitutionality of the following legal provisions: Section 39 of Law Nr. 24,073, Section 4 of Law Nr. 25,561, Section 5 of the Argentine Executive Branch’s Decree Nr. 214/02 as well as any other rule and regulation rendering the inflation adjustment mechanism prescribed by Law Nr. 20,628 and subsequent modifications non-applicable. The Income Tax return that the Entity plans to file for fiscal 2016 shall contemplate the effect of such restatement mechanisms.

The net impact of such measure is an adjustment in the amount assessed as Income Tax for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2016 for 1,185,800 included in “Other income – Other” as of March 31, 2017 which results in an Income Tax credit balance for 249,283 that includes the amounts advanced to the tax authorities as of that date net of the Provision for Income Tax corresponding to the previous fiscal year and that estimated at the end of the period and it is presented as “Miscellaneous Receivables – Tax prepayments” as of March 31, 2017.

The minimum presumed income tax is a tax that started to be levied on the fiscal years closed as of December 31, 1998 by virtue of Law Nr. 25.063, for a term of ten fiscal years. At present and after a series of term extensions, this tax shall be levied up and until December 31, 2019. The minimum presumed income tax supplements the income tax. While the latter taxes the taxable income for the fiscal year, minimum presumed income tax constitutes a minimum tax levied on the potential income from certain productive assets at the rate of 1%, in a manner such that the Entity’s tax obligation will be whichever is the greater of the two taxes. This law sets forth that the institutions governed by the Law of Financial Institutions must consider as the taxable basis for the tax an amount equivalent to 20% of their taxed assets after deducting those defined as “non-computable”. However, if the minimum presumed income tax exceeds the income tax in a given fiscal year, this excess can be computed as a payment on account of any future income tax excess over the minimum presumed income tax occurring in any of the next ten fiscal years, once the accumulated tax loss carryforwards have been exhausted.

As of March 31, 2017 and as of December 31, 2016, the Entity had not raised a provision for the minimum presumed income tax because the minimum presumed income tax had not exceeded the income tax at the end of the three month period/fiscal year.

 

  t)

Earning per share:

As of March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Bank calculated the earning per share on the basis of 536,877,850 ordinary shares of $1 par value each. The net income for each three-month period ended on those dates is as follows:

 

     03-31-2017      03-31-2016  

Net income for the period

     1,605,770        1,165,084  

Earning per share for the period – (stated in pesos)

     2.99        2.17  

 

  u)

Use of accounting estimates:

The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the standards set forth by the BCRA require the Bank to use assumptions and estimates that affect certain assets such as allowances for doubtful loan and certain liabilities such as provisions for other contingencies as well as the reported amounts of income/loss during the period or fiscal year. Actual profit/loss may differ from such estimates.

 

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3.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BCRA ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND ARGENTINE PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

The Bank has prepared these financial statements by applying the regulations of the BCRA, which do not contemplate some of the valuation criteria established by the Argentine professional accounting standards.

The main differences between the regulations of the BCRA and the Argentine professional accounting standards are detailed below:

 

  a)

Accounting for income tax by the deferred tax method

In accordance with Argentina’s Professional Accounting Standards (Technical Resolution Nr. 37), and as detailed in the preceding Note 2.3.s), the Entity had booked income tax by application of the deferred tax method and books the respective deferred tax asset in “Miscellaneous receivables – Other” for 620,100 and 556,100 as of March 31, 2017 and as of December 31, 2016, respectively.

Notwithstanding the above and to comply with Resolution Nr. 118/03, adopted by the Argentine Central Bank’s Superintendent of Financial and Foreign Exchange Institutions, the Entity recognizes a provision equivalent to the total balance of the deferred tax asset booked at the end of the three month period/fiscal year.

If Argentina’s Professional Accounting Standards were to be applied, this provision should be reversed, which would generate a 64,000 increase in profits for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017 and a 14,000 increase in the loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016.

 

  b)

Derivative financial instruments

As explained in Notes 2.3.n) and 12, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Bank recorded the effects of interest rate swap agreements as established by the BCRA. Should the Bank had applied the Argentine professional accounting standards, the stockholders’ equity would have increased in 3,001 and decreased in 33,966, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. By contrast, the effect of the application of the professional accounting standards on the income statement for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 would have been 36,967 and 10,640 (gain), respectively.

 

4.

TAX MATTERS

 

  a)

On October 24, 2007, the Bank was notified by the Tax Bureau of the City of Buenos Aires of the commencement of a sua sponte tax assessment on a certain basis and partial in nature of the taxable income regarding the turnover tax for the fiscal years 2002 and 2003. The Bank responded to the notice, which was ratified on October 6, 2008 through Resolution Nr. 3631-DGR 2008 containing the official assessment.

On April 28, 2009, the Court of Appeals with Federal Jurisdiction over Contentious Administrative Matters, Panel 3 handed down a judgment favourable to a petition filed by the Bank for the judge to suspend the effect of the decision made by the administrative authorities until the appeal was decided. The judgment thus ordered that “…subject to a sworn promise to comply … a) the Tax Bureau of the City of Buenos Aires must suspend the sua sponte assessment that has objected to the treatment afforded by BBVA Francés to the bonds received from the National Government in the terms of Decree Nr. 905-02 and the related foreign exchange gains/losses in all matters related to taxation for income tax purposes for the fiscal period 2002; b) therefore, the Tax Bureau of the City of Buenos Aires must abstain from demanding that the Bank should pay any amount due that may have arisen from the items detailed above”.

 

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Also in this respect, on May 13, 2009, an action for a declaratory judgment was commenced by the Bank against the Tax Bureau of the City of Buenos Aires, currently being heard by the court with original Federal Jurisdiction over Contentious Administrative Matters Nr. 1, to procure a judgment ascertaining that a) the bonds received by the Bank from the National Government as compensation for the asymmetric conversion into pesos of assets and liabilities imposed by the Executive Order Nr. 905/2002 may not be levied with turnover tax in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires; and b) the foreign exchange gains/losses are a direct effect of the modification of the monetary system and therefore should not be levied with turnover tax in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.

On December 29, 2010, the Judge presiding over the court with original Federal Jurisdiction over Contentious Administrative Matters Nr. 1 handed down a new precautionary measure.

The Bank as well as its legal and tax advisors estimate that the Bank has made a reasonable interpretation of currently applicable rules and regulations concerning the fiscal periods objected to by the Tax Bureau of the City of Buenos Aires and do not expect an adverse financial impact in these respects.

As regards the remaining balance of the amount claimed, the Bank adhered to a scheme of payment in instalments that was settled on October 4, 2010.

 

  b)

On December 28, 2012, the Bank was notified of Resolution Nr. 3253-DRG-2012 whereby the Tax Bureau of the City of Buenos Aires proceeded with a sua sponte assessment based on facts concerning the taxable basis regarding the turnover tax for the fiscal years 2004 through 2010. The Entity appealed such resolution.

On February 3, 2015, the Bank was notified of Resolution Nr. 2014-3711-DGR, which conceded the appeal in part.

This Resolution was appealed by lodging a so-called “hierarchical appeal” with the head of the governmental agency in charge of raising public revenue, which was rejected, finalizing the administrative stage.

For the sole purpose of being able to continue with the claim the Entity paid the amount claimed on November 24, 2015 in the form of capital and interest, whereas it registered a provision for the estimated fine of 4,495 as of March 31, 2017. The foregoing does not entail its acceptance of the claim.

The Bank as well as its legal and tax advisors estimate that the Bank has made a reasonable interpretation of currently applicable rules and regulations concerning the fiscal periods objected to by the Tax Bureau of the City of Buenos Aires and do not expect an adverse financial impact in these respects.

 

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BREAKDOWN OF MAIN ITEMS AND ACCOUNTS

The breakdown of the items included under Other accounts which exceed 20% of the total amount of each item is as follows:

 

         03-31-2017      12-31-2016  

a)

 

LOANS

     
 

Loans for prefinancing and export financing

     10,683,047        8,486,700  
 

Other fixed-rate financial loans

     3,887,186        2,864,825  
 

Line of credit loans for production and financial inclusion

     1,930,018        1,936,170  
 

Loans to financial entities abroad

     1,581,090        1,674,658  
 

Other

     4,290        875,931  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     18,085,631        15,838,284  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

b)

 

INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

     
 

In controlled companies -supplementary activities

     332,144        268,871  
 

In other non-controlled companies- unlisted

     125,958        109,981  
 

In non-controlled companies-supplementary activities

     31,515        31,319  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     489,617        410,171  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

c)

 

OTHER RECEIVABLES

     
 

Guarantee deposits

     1,126,110        1,120,490  
 

Deferred tax asset (Note 2.3.s))

     620,100        556,100  
 

Miscellaneous receivables

     570,092        549,189  
 

Prepayments

     507,322        403,433  
 

Tax Advances (Note 2.3.s))

     324,635        58,900  
 

Loans to personnel

     191,890        174,371  
 

Advances to personnel

     6,061        118,544  
 

Other

     523        16,486  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     3,346,733        2,997,513  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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          03-31-2017      12-31-2016  

d)

   OTHER LIABILITIES FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS      
  

Accounts payable for consumption

     4,734,505        4,724,388  
  

Collections and other operations for the account of third parties

     1,904,909        1,569,700  
  

Other withholdings and collections at source

     1,233,941        1,319,998  
  

Money orders payable

     597,186        538,216  
  

Loans received from Fondo Tecnológico Argentina (FONTAR) and Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior (BICE)

     369,495        369,284  
  

Social security payment orders pending settlement

     157,617        14,945  
  

Accrued commissions payable

     18,968        16,274  
  

Funds raised from third parties

     17,155        13,392  
  

Loans received from Interamerican Development Bank (IDB)

     16,296        17,567  
  

Pending Banelco debit transactions

     8,303        147,393  
  

Other

     62,945        51,128  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total

     9,121,320        8,782,285  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

e)

  

OTHER LIABILITIES

     
  

Accrued taxes

     176,671        361,477  
  

Income tax payable (Note 2.3.s))

     —          1,066,172  
  

Miscellaneous payables

     1,400,442        1,245,451  
  

Amounts collected in advance

     864,909        947,619  
  

Accrued salaries and payroll taxes

     760,271        960,551  
  

Other

     746        3,420  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total

     3,203,039        4,584,690  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

f)

  

MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS – DEBIT – CONTROL

     
  

Items in safekeeping

     130,783,974        117,328,633  
  

Securities representative of investments in custody safekeeping on behalf of the Guarantee Fund for the Sustainability of the Pay-as-you-go System managed by the Argentine Republic

     113,677,395        101,831,865  
  

Checks not yet credited

     9,343,370        9,756,237  
  

Collections items

     1,126,329        1,264,327  
  

Checks drawn on the Bank pending clearing

     1,023,150        1,125,465  
  

Cash in custody on behalf of the BCRA

     840,000        920,400  
  

Other

     214,617        222,730  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
  

Total

     257,008,835        232,449,657  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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g)

 

SERVICE CHARGE INCOME

     
 

Commissions for hiring of insurances

     168,532        146,228  
 

Commissions on debit and credit cards

     79,960        47,590  
 

Rental of safe-deposit boxes

     74,202        52,529  
 

Commissions for loans and guaranties

     19,620        6,024  
 

Commissions for transportations of values

     12,695        11,939  
 

Commissions for escrow

     11,672        9,486  
 

Commissions for capital market transactions

     10,107        3,842  
 

Commissions for saving accounts

     8,490        2,894  
 

Commissions earned by direct debt

     6,816        5,431  
 

Commissions for interbanking services

     5,880        3,888  
 

Postal expenses recovery

     5,293        —    
 

Commissions for salary payment

     3,463        2,754  
 

Recovery of tax settlement expenses of residents abroad

     2,730        2,590  
 

Transfer fees

     2,354        2,470  
 

Commissions for Francés Net Cash

     2,215        2,106  
 

Commissions for trust management

     107        112  
 

Other

     17,231        13,013  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     431,367        312,896  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

h)

 

SERVICE CHARGE EXPENSES

     
 

Turn-over tax

     154,980        110,500  
 

Insurance paid for life insurance

     88,756        —    
 

Insurance paid on lease transactions

     52,604        46,146  
 

Other

     3,264        6,714  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     299,604        163,360  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

i)

 

OTHER INCOME

     
 

Deferred income tax (1)

     64,000        —    
 

Related parties expenses recovery

     25,614        14,972  
 

Income from the Credit Card Guarantee Fund

     23,044        60,184  
 

Interest on loans to personnel

     5,982        6,961  
 

Earning per payment orders

     —          19,432  
 

Rentals

     192        978  
 

Other (Note 2.3.s))

     1,240,955        5,088  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     1,359,787        107,615  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
(1)

Offset by the same amount recorded in the account Charge for uncollectibility of other receivable and other allowances from other expense category.

 

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03-31-2017

     03-31-2016  
j)   OTHER EXPENSES              
 

Insurance losses

     11,858        6,831  
 

Private health insurance for former employees

     5,470        4,369  
 

Turn-over tax

     3,320        6,100  
 

Donations

     3,179        2,607  
 

Deferred income tax (1)

     —          14,000  
 

Other (2)

     409,424        10,198  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
 

Total

     433,251        44,105  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Offset by the same amount recorded in the account Charge for uncollectibility of other receivable and other allowances from other expense category.

(2)

This includes 393,559 that reflects the regularization in the rate applied to social security contributions starting in December 2013 until March 2017. In December 2013, the Entity reported to the Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos (“AFIP”) that in accordance with Section 2, Sub-section b) of the Argentine Executive Branch’s Decree Nr. 814/01 and Section 1 of Law Nr. 22.016, the Entity would start applying the 17% tax rate instead of the 21% tax rate to the payment of social security contributions. The rules and regulations in force imposed said tax rate on the stock corporations in which the State holds an ownership interest and are governed by the Argentine Companies Law Nr. 19,550. The Argentine Government holds an ownership interest in the Entity through the Sustainability Guarantee Fund as from the nationalization of pension fund managers that occurred in the year 2008. Having heard about certain cases in which AFIP turned to arguments that reject the application of the 17% tax rate, the Entity decided to regularize the situation until March 2017 and for the period December 2013 – May 2016 the Entity adhered to the plan of payment in installments prescribed by General Resolution Nr. 3920/2016 which regulates Law Nr. 27,260.

 

6.

PENALTIES IMPOSED ON THE BANK AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED BY THE BCRA

According to the requirements of the Communication “A” 5689 as amended of the BCRA the Bank details below the administrative and/or disciplinary penalties as well as the sentences imposed by criminal trial courts, enforced or brought the by BCRA, of which the Bank has been notified:

 

  6.1.

Penalties enforced against the Bank

“BBVA Banco Francés S.A. over breach of Law Nr. 19,359”. Administrative Proceedings for Foreign Exchange Offense investigated by the BCRA notified on February 21, 2014 and identified under Nr. 5706, File Nr. 100,134/11. The charges consist in having presumably operated with foreign exchange on January 18, 2010 despite failing to make available to the BCRA the excess in its General Foreign Exchange Position incurred on January 15, 2010, allegedly breaching Communications “A” 4646, “A” 4814 and “C” 37587. BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and the following Bank officers who served in the capacities described below at the date when the breaches were perpetrated were accused: (i) the Director of Global Markets, (ii) the Head of the Market Management Area and (iii) the Head of the Trading Area. On October 6, 2016, the Economic Criminal Court Nr. 4, Secretariat Nr. 7 of C.A.B.A. issued a sentence which imposes a fine in the amount of 5,000 to BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and to each of the officers. On October 21, 2016, the Entity filed an appeal against the judgment arguing that the legal asset protected by the BCRA had gone neither through an abstract danger situation nor through a specific danger situation.

 

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On February 22, 2017 the Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over Economic Criminal Matters, Panel “A” handed down a judgment acquitting all the defendants. The judgment has became final. The case is closed.

6.2. Administrative Proceedings commenced by the BCRA

 

   

Banco Francés S.A. over breach of Law Nr. 19,359. Administrative Proceedings for Foreign Exchange Offense investigated by the BCRA notified on February 22, 2008 and identified under Nr. 3511, File Nr. 100,194/05, on grounds of a breach of the Criminal Foreign Exchange Regime of foreign currency by reason of purchases and sales of US Dollars through the BCRA in excess of the authorized amounts. These totaled 44 transactions involving the Bank´s branches 099, 342, 999 and 320. BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and the following Bank officers who served in the capacities described below at the date when the breaches were perpetrated were accused: (i) two Territory Managers, (ii) four Branch Managers, (iii) four Heads of Back-Office Management and (iv) twelve cashiers. On August 21, 2014, the trial court acquitted all the accused from all charges. The State Attorney’s Office filed an appeal and the Panel A of the Appellate Court with jurisdiction over criminal and economic matters confirmed the Bank’s and the involved officers’ acquittal from all charges. The State Attorney’s Office filed an extraordinary appeal which was granted and, as of the date of these financial statements, is being heard by the Supreme Court of Justice.

 

   

Banco Francés S.A. over breach of Law Nr. 19,359”. Administrative Proceedings for Foreign Exchange Offense investigated by the BCRA notified on December 1, 2010 and identified under Nr. 4539, File Nr. 18,398/05 where charges focus on simulated foreign exchange transactions through false statements in their processing incurred by personnel from five branches in Mar del Plata, which would entail failure to comply with the client identification requirements imposed by foreign exchange rules and regulations through Communication “A” 3471. Paragraph 6. BBVA Banco Francés S.A. the five regular members of the Board of Directors and the following Bank officers who served in the capacities described below at the date when the breaches were perpetrated were accused: (i) the Retail Bank Manager, (ii) the Territorial Manager, (iii) the Zone Manager, (iv) a Commercial Aide to the Zone Manager, (v) five Branch Managers, (vi) four Back-Office Branch Managers, (vii) five Main Cashiers and (viii) one cashier. To date, the case is being heard by Federal Court Nr. 3, Criminal Division, of the City of Mar del Plata, under File Nr. 16.377/2016.

 

   

BBVA Banco Francés S.A. over breach of Law Nr. 19,359”. Administrative Proceedings for Foreign Exchange Offense investigated by the BCRA notified on December 1, 2010 and identified under Nr. 4524, File Nr. 3,406/06 where charges focus on simulated foreign exchange transactions, conducted in the name of a deceased, perpetrated by personnel from the Branch 240—Mendoza -, which would entail failure to comply with the client identification requirements imposed by foreign exchange rules and regulations through Communication “A” 3471, Paragraph 6. BBVA Banco Francés S.A., five regular members of the Board of Directors and the following Bank officers who served in the capacities described below at the date when the breaches were perpetrated were accused: (i) the Retail Bank Manager, (ii) the Territorial Manager, (iii) the Zone Manager, (iv) the Branch Manager, (v) the Back Office Branch Manager and (vi) the Main Cashier. The period for proffering and producing evidence came to a close. The case is being heard the Federal Court Nr. 1, Criminal department of the city of Mendoza, File Nr. 23,461/2015.

 

   

BBVA Banco Francés S.A. Over breach of Law Nr. 19,359”. Administrative Proceedings for Foreign Exchange Offense investigated by the BCRA notified on July 26, 2013 and identified under Nr. 5406, File Nr. 100,443/12 where charges focus on simulated foreign exchange transactions through false statements in their processing incurred by personnel in Branch 087—Salta -, which would entail failure to comply with the client identification requirements imposed by foreign exchange rules and regulations through Communication “A” 3471, Paragraph 6. BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and the following Bank officers who served in the capacities described below at the date when the breaches were perpetrated were accused: (i) the Branch Manager (ii) the Back Office Management Head, (iii) the Main Cashier and (iv) two cashiers. The period for proffering and producing evidence came to a close and the Argentine Central Bank must send the file to Salta’s Federal Court.

 

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BBVA Banco Francés S.A. over breach of Law Nr. 19,359”. Administrative Proceedings for foreign exchange offense by the BCRA, notified on December 23, 2015 and identified under Nr. 6666, File Nr. 101,027/13. The proceedings were brought for allegedly having completed operations under Code 631 “Professional and technical business services” from SIKA ARGENTINA S.A. against the applicable exchange regulations (Communications “A” 3471, “A” 3826 and “A” 5264), allegedly the provision of the services has not been fully evidenced. BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and two of the Entity’s officers holding the positions described below on the date of the charges were accused: (i) the Foreign Trade Manager and (ii) an officer of the Area. The discovery period was declared closed by the BCRA.

On February 23, 2017 the Court of Appeals with jurisdiction over Economic Criminal Matters, Nr. 4 handed down a judgment acquitting all the defendants. The judgment has become final. The case is closed.

 

   

BBVA Banco Francés S.A. over breach of Law Nr. 19,359”. Administrative Proceedings for foreign exchange offense by the BCRA, notified on December 23, 2015 and identified under Nr. 6684, File Nr. 100,068/13. The proceedings were brought for allegedly having completed operations under Code 631 “Professional and technical business services” from ROCA ARGENTINA S.A. against the applicable exchange regulations (Communications “A” 3471, “A” 3826 and “A” 5264), allegedly the provision of the services has not been fully evidenced. BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and two of the Entity’s officers holding the positions described below on the date of the charges were accused: (i) the Foreign Trade Manager and (ii) an officer of the Area. The BCRA has decided that the period for the production of evidence has come to an end. The case file shall be sent to the courts with jurisdiction over criminal economic matters in the city of Buenos Aires.

The Bank and its legal advisors estimate that made a reasonable interpretation of the applicable regulations in force and do not expect an adverse financial impact on these senses.

 

7.

RESTRICTIONS ON ASSETS

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, there are Bank’s assets, which are restricted as follows:

 

  a)

The Government and Corporate securities account includes, as of December 31, 2016, 227,946 in Argentine Treasury Bonds with CER adjustment in pesos maturing in 2021. They were allocated to the guarantee required to act as custodian of investment securities related to Guarantee Fund for the Sustainability of the Pay-as-you-go System managed by the Argentine Republic and Safe Keeping of bills. As of March 31, 2017 there were no restricted assets within this category.

 

  b)

The Bank held 40,674 and 41,997, respectively, in Guaranteed Bonds maturing in 2020, to secure loans arranged under the Credit Global Program to micro, small and medium businesses given by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB).

 

  c)

The Bank held 33,742 and 45,717, respectively, in Guaranteed Bonds maturing in 2020, to secure loans granted by the so-called “Bicentennial Fund”.

 

  d)

The Bank has also held accounts, deposits and trusts for 2,105,340 and 2,049,102, respectively, as security for activities related to credit card operations, automated clearing houses, non-deliverable forwards and futures and lawsuits.

 

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8. TRANSACTIONS WITH SUBSIDIARIES RELATED AND PARENT COMPANIES (ART. 33 OF GENERAL COMPANIES LAW)

Balances as at March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, for transactions with subsidiaries, associates and parent companies are as follows:

 

     Balance Sheet      Memorandum Accounts (1)  
     Assets      Liabilities         

Company

   2017      2016      2017      2016      2017      2016  

BBVA

     1,224,796        404,352        933,877        272,941        135,507        126,657  

BBV América S.L.

     —          —          271,598        —          15,027,491        14,695,665  

BBVA Francés Valores S.A.

     14        12        111        215        25,521        23,057  

Consolidar Administradora de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings)

     10        3        248        154        29,015        29,762  

BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión

     2,424        1,580        14,614        16,843        200,119        133,902  

BBVA Consolidar Seguros S.A.

     16,033        14,991        8,017        7,009        45,931        45,931  

PSA Finance Argentina Cía. Financiera S.A.

     1,099,091        694,416        5,541        6,107        271,001        271,001  

Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A.

     1,794,983        1,014,120        51,056        32,847        —          —    

Rombo Compañía Financiera S.A.

     835,810        465,463        20,523        10,656        899,612        816,278  

 

(1)

Includes Items in safekeeping, Credit lines granted (unused portion) covered by debtor classification regulations, Guaranties given covered by debtor classification regulations and Derivatives.

 

9.

BANK DEPOSITS GUARANTEE INSURANCE SYSTEM

The Bank is included in the Deposit Guarantee System established by Law 24,485, Regulatory Decrees Nr. 540/95, Nr. 1292/96 and 1127/98 and BCRA’s Communication “A” 5943.

Such law provided for the creation of the company Seguros de Depósitos Sociedad Anónima (“SEDESA”) for purposes of managing the Deposit Guarantee Fund (the DGF), whose shareholders, in accordance with the changes introduced by Decree Nr. 1292/96, shall be the BCRA with one share as a minimum and the trustees of the trust created by the financial institutions in the proportion to be determined for each by the BCRA according to their contributions to the DGF.

SEDESA was incorporated in August 1995 and the Bank holds a 9.1520 % interest in its capital stock.

The Deposit Guarantee System, which is limited, compulsory and onerous, has been created for purposes of covering the bank deposit risks subsidiarily and complementarily to the deposit protection and privilege system established by the Financial Institutions Law.

The guarantee shall cover the repayment of principal disbursed plus interest accrued through the date of revoking of the authorization to operate or through the date of suspension of the institution through application of section 49 of the BCRA’s Charter provided that the latter had been adopted earlier than the former without exceeding the amount of pesos a four hundred and fifty thousand. Regarding operations in the name of two or more people, the guarantee shall be prorated between the holders. In no event shall the total guarantee per person exceed the above-mentioned amount, whatever the number of accounts and/or deposits.

 

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In addition, it is established that financial institutions are required to set aside an ordinary contribution to the deposit guarantee insurance equal to 0.015% of their monthly average of daily balances of the items detailed in said regulation.

 

10.

TRUST ACTIVITIES

On January 5, 2001, the BCRA’s Board of Directors issued Resolution Nr. 19/2001, providing for the exclusion of Mercobank S.A.’s senior liabilities under the terms of section 35 bis of the Financial Institutions Law, the authorization to transfer the excluded assets to the Bank as trustee of the Diagonal Trust, and the authorization to transfer the excluded liabilities to beneficiary banks. Also, on the mentioned date, the agreement to set up the Diagonal Trust was subscribed by Mercobank S.A. as settle and the Bank as trustee in relation to the exclusion of assets as provided in the resolution above-mentioned. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the assets of Diagonal Trust amount to 2,427, considering its recoverable value.

In addition, the Bank in its capacity as Trustee in the Corp Banca Trust recorded the selected assets on account of the redemption in kind of participation certificates for 4,177 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

In addition, the Bank acts as trustee in 12 non-financial trusts, and in no case being personally liable for the liabilities assumed in the performance of the contract obligations; such liabilities will be settled with and up to the full amount of the corpus assets and the proceeds therefrom. The non-financial trusts concerned were set up to secure the receivables of several creditors (beneficiaries) and the trustee was entrusted the management, care, preservation and custody of the corpus assets until (i) the requirements to show the noncompliance with the obligations by the debtor (settler) vis-à-vis the creditors (beneficiaries) are met, moment at which such assets will be sold and the proceeds therefrom will be distributed (net of expenses) among all beneficiaries, the remainder (if any) being delivered to the settler, or (ii) all contract terms and conditions are complied with, in which case all the corpus assets will be returned to the settler or to whom it may indicate. The trust assets totaled 160,106 and 152,337 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, and consist of cash, creditors’ rights, real estate and shares.

 

11.

CORPORATE BONDS

On July 15, 2003, an Extraordinary Stockholders’ Meeting approved the establishment of a program (the “Program”) for the issuance and re-issuance of ordinary corporate bonds (non-convertible into shares) with ordinary guarantee, or such guarantees as may be decided by the Bank, and unsecured subordinated corporate bonds, convertible or not into shares. During the life of the Program, which was 5 (five) years, it was possible to issue and re-issue any number of series and/or classes of corporate bonds as long as at all times the maximum amount in circulation after adding together all series and/or classes outstanding under the Program pending redemption did not exceed at any time US$ 300,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in other currencies. The Program was approved by CNV Resolution Nr. 14,967 dated November 29, 2004.

The Program was amended according to the resolutions adopted by the Ordinary and Extraordinary Stockholders’ Meeting held on April 26, 2007; extended for 5 (five) years by resolution adopted by the Ordinary and Extraordinary Stockholders’ Meetings held on March 28, 2008 and on April 9, 2013 (approved by the CNV by Resolutions Nr. 16,010 and Nr. 17,127 dated November 6, 2008 and July 11, 2013, respectively); and the maximum amount of the issuance was successively increased from US$ 300,000,000 to US$ 500,000,000 and from US$ 500,000,000 to US$ 750,000,000 by resolutions adopted by the Ordinary and Extraordinary Stockholders’ Meetings held on March 30, 2011 and March 26, 2012, respectively.

 

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The following is a detail of the corporate bonds outstanding as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

Detail

 

Date of

issuance

 

Nominal Value

(in thousands of

pesos)

 

Due date

 

Rate

 

Interest

payments

Class 9

  02/11/2014   145,116   02/11/2017  

Private Badlar +

nominal 4,70% per annum

  Quarterly

Class 11

  07/18/2014   165,900   07/18/2017  

Private Badlar +

nominal 3,75% per annum

  Quarterly

Class 13

  11/13/2014   107,500   11/13/2017  

Private Badlar +

nominal 3,75% per annum

  Quarterly

Class 16

  07/30/2015   204,375   07/30/2017  

Private Badlar +

nominal 3,75% per annum

  Quarterly

Class 17

  12/28/2015   199,722   06/28/2017  

Private Badlar +

nominal 3,50 % per annum

  Quarterly

Class 18

  12/28/2015   152,500   12/28/2018  

Private Badlar +

nominal 4,08 % per annum

  Quarterly

Class 19

  08/08/2016   207,500   02/08/2018   Private Badlar + nominal 2,40% per annum   Quarterly

Class 20

  08/08/2016   292,500   08/08/2019   Private Badlar + nominal 3,23% per annum   Quarterly

Class 21

  11/18/2016   90,000   05/18/2018   Private Badlar + nominal 2,75% per annum   Quarterly

Class 22

  11/18/2016   181,053   11/18/2019   Private Badlar + nominal 3,50% per annum   Quarterly

The issued corporate bonds were fully subscribed and paid in and they will be fully amortized at maturity.

As provided for in the Corporate Bonds Law and the BCRA regulations, the proceeds obtained from the issuance of Classes 11, 13, 17 and 18 were applied to the reimbursement of time deposits, the proceeds from the issuance of Classes 19, 20, 21 and 22 were applied to the grant of working capital loans and those obtained from the issuance of Class 16 were applied to the reimbursement corporate bonds Class 8.

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the outstanding principal and accrued interest amounts to 1,644,356 (in connection with Classes 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the corporate bonds) and 1,798,353 (in connection with Classes 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 of the corporate bonds), respectively.

 

12.

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

 

  I.

Transactions as of March 31, 2017:

 

  a)

Interest rate swaps for 2,236,176 (Fixed Rate versus Badlar), maturing within a period not exceeding 2 years and 242,778 more than 2 years for which the Bank pays a variable amount in accordance with changes in the Badlar, Encuesta rate, and receives a fixed amount based on stated notional amounts.

 

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These transactions have been valued in accordance with the criteria described in Note 2.3.n.1.) recognizing the amount of 15,368 as income for the period.

The estimated fair value of said instruments amounts to 9,176 (Assets). For fair value estimation purposes, the variable and fixed as yet not matured future flows are discounted, with the swap value being the difference between the current value of the future flows receivable and the current value of the future flows payable.

As of the end of period, the above transactions were recorded under “Memorandum Accounts—Debit Accounts – Derivatives – Interest rate swap” for 2,478,954. Balances receivable of 7,372 recorded under “Other Receivables from Financial Transactions – Non deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled” and balances payable for 1,197 recorded under “Other liabilities from financial transactions – Non deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled”.

 

  b)

Interest rate swap for 22,526 (Fixed Rate versus Badlar), with final maturity in September 2019, for which the Bank pays a variable amount in accordance with changes in the Badlar, Encuesta rate, and receives a fixed amount based on stated notional amounts.

Said transaction was consummated as hedge for potential volatility in the cash flows arising from certain financing deals attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rates and it has proven to be effective hedge for the risk mentioned.

The aim pursued by risk management consists in reducing exposure to changes in cash flows arising from financing deals. Thanks to the hedge established, changes in the cash flows arising from the underlying instrument caused by changes in the benchmark interest rate would decrease as a result of having been offset with the changes in the cash flows arising from the hedge instrument.

As of the end of the period the above transaction was recorded under “Memorandum Accounts—Debit Accounts –Derivatives – Interest rate swap” for 22,526.

 

  c)

Non-deliverable forward purchase and sale transactions in foreign currency payable in Pesos, maturing within a period not exceeding 1 year, for 2,423,245 and 2,109,013, which are recorded under “Memorandum Accounts—Debit Accounts—Derivatives – “Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions”, and “Memorandum Accounts—Credit Accounts—Derivatives – “Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions”, respectively. Balances receivable for 47,108 recorded under “Other Receivables from Financial Transactions—Non deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled” and balances payable for 3,770 recorded under “Other liabilities from financial transactions – Non deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled”.

These transactions have been conducted through the MAE (Mercado Abierto Electrónico) and ROFEX (Mercado a Término Rosario), with daily settlement in pesos or settlement at maturity and valued in the manner described in Note 2.3.n.). As of the end of the period, they generated a gain of 15,135.

 

  d)

Forward sales of BCRA Bills under repurchase agreements for 9,753,072, which are recorded under “Other liabilities from financial transactions – Instruments to be received for spot and forward purchases to be settled”.

These transactions have been valued in accordance with the description in Note 2.3.g) recognizing the amount of 132,198 as income for the period.

 

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  e)

Forward purchases of BCRA Bills under reverse repurchase agreements, which are recorded under “Other assets from financial transactions – Instruments to be received for spot and forward purchases to be settled”.

These transactions have been valued in accordance with the description in Note 2.3.g) recognizing the amount of 22,438 as expense for the period.

 

  II.

Transactions as of December 31, 2016:

 

  a)

Interest rate swaps for 1,984,500 (Fixed Rate versus Badlar), maturing within a period not exceeding 2 years and 242,778 more than 2 years for which the Bank pays a variable amount in accordance with changes in the Badlar, Encuesta rate, and receives a fixed amount based on stated notional amounts.

These transactions have been valued in accordance with the criteria described in Note 2.3.n.1.) recognizing the amount of 8,136 as income for the fiscal year.

The estimated fair value of said instruments amounts to 28,167 (Liabilities). For fair value estimation purposes, the variable and fixed as yet not matured future flows are discounted, with the swap value being the difference between the current value of the future flows receivable and the current value of the future flows payable.

As of the end of the fiscal year, the above transactions were recorded under “Memorandum Accounts—Debit Accounts – Derivatives – Interest rate swap” for 2,227,278.

 

  b)

Interest rate swap for 24,084 (Fixed Rate versus Badlar), with final maturity in September 2019, for which the Bank pays a variable amount in accordance with changes in the Badlar, Encuesta rate, and receives a fixed amount based on stated notional amounts.

Said transaction was consummated as hedge for potential volatility in the cash flows arising from certain financing deals attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rates and it has proven to be effective hedge for the risk mentioned.

The aim pursued by risk management consists in reducing exposure to changes in cash flows arising from financing deals. Thanks to the hedge established, changes in the cash flows arising from the underlying instrument caused by changes in the benchmark interest rate would decrease as a result of having been offset with the changes in the cash flows arising from the hedge instrument.

As of the end of fiscal year the above transaction was recorded under “Memorandum Accounts—Debit Accounts –Derivatives – Interest rate swap” for 24,084.

 

  c)

Non-deliverable forward purchase and sale transactions in foreign currency payable in Pesos, maturing within a period not exceeding 1 year, for 2,623,708 and 3,186,904, which are recorded under “Memorandum Accounts—Debit Accounts—Derivatives – “Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions”, and “Memorandum Accounts—Credit Accounts—Derivatives – “Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions”, respectively.

These transactions have been conducted through the MAE (Mercado Abierto Electrónico) and ROFEX (Mercado a Término Rosario), with daily settlement in pesos or settlement at maturity and valued in the manner described in Note 2.3.n.). As of the end of the fiscal year, they generated a gain of 221,078.

 

 

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  d)

Forward sales of BCRA Bills under repurchase agreements for 64,872, which are recorded under “Other liabilities from financial transactions – Instruments to be received for spot and forward purchases to be settled”.

These transactions have been valued in accordance with the description in Note 2.3.g) recognizing the amount of 70,390 as income for fiscal year.

 

  e)

Forward purchases of BCRA Bills under reverse repurchase agreements for 134,027 and 1,065 of government securities, which are recorded under “Other assets from financial transactions – Instruments to be received for spot and forward purchases to be settled”.

These transactions have been valued in accordance with the description in Note 2.3.g) recognizing the amount of 141,395 as expense for the fiscal year.

 

13.

COMPLIANCE WITH CNV REQUIREMENTS

13.1 Minimum Stockholders’ Equity and Minimum of liquid assets:

According to CNV’s General Resolution Nr. 622/13, the minimum Stockholders’ Equity required to operate as “Settlement and Clearing Agent – Comprehensive” and “Mutual Funds’ Custodian Agent” would amount to 22,500 and the minimum of liquid assets required by those rules would be 10,250. This amount comprises National Treasury Bonds adjusted by CER due 2021 deposited with the account opened at Caja de Valores S.A. entitled “Depositor 1647 Brokerage Account 5446483 BBVA Banco Francés Minimum Counterbalancing Entry”. As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Bank’s Stockholders’ Equity exceeds the minimum amount imposed by the CNV.

13.2 The Bank’s operations as Mutual Funds’ Custodian Agent

As of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, in its capacity as Custodian Agent of “FBA Ahorro Pesos”, “FBA Bonos Argentina”, “FBA Renta Pesos”, “FBA Calificado”, “FBA Horizonte”, “FBA Acciones Latinoamericanas”, “FBA Acciones Argentinas”, “FBA Renta Pesos Plus”, “FBA Renta Mixta”, “FBA Renta Fija Dólar”, “FBA Renta Fija Dólar Plus” and “FBA Bonos Globales” managed by BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión, the Bank holds certificates of deposits, repos, shares, corporate bonds, government securities, indexes, deferred payment checks, securities issued by the BCRA, treasury bills issued by the government of the City of Buenos Aires, Cedears, ADRS, shares in mutual funds and financial trusts in safekeeping in the amount of 21,022,153 and 7,902,234, respectively, all of which making up the Fund’s portfolio and booked in “Memorandum Accounts— Debit Accounts -Control—Other”.

 

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The Investment Funds´ equities are as follows:

 

     EQUITIES AS OF  

INVESTMENT FUND

   03-31-2017      12-31-2016  

FBA Ahorro Pesos

     15,344,735        11,269,857  

FBA Bonos Argentina

     4,055,210        2,793,125  

FBA Renta Pesos

     3,807,548        2,609,965  

FBA Calificado

     474,889        393,708  

FBA Horizonte

     198,420        252,402  

FBA Acciones Argentinas

     157,315        35,594  

FBA Acciones Latinoamericanas

     144,629        101,400  

FBA Renta Mixta

     109,836        9,055  

FBA RentaFija Dólar

     97,007        —    

FBA Renta Fija Dolar Plus

     42,675        —    

FBA Renta Pesos Plus

     10,405        10,083  

FBA Bonos Globales

     277        282  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     24,442,946        17,475,471  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

14.

EARNINGS DISTRIBUTIONS

The Bank has in place an earnings distribution policy in line with the Bank’s vocation for sustained stockholder value, that at the same time allows the Bank’s financial condition to perform favourably so as to strive for business growth and the maintenance of consistently high liquidity and solvency standards in compliance with currently applicable rules and regulations.

Restriction on earnings distributions:

 

  a)

On March 30, 2017, the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting was held, approving the allocation of earnings as follows:

 

   

To Legal Reserve: 728,734

 

   

To Cash dividend: 911,000 (*)

 

   

To Voluntary reserve for future distributions of income: 2,003,938 (*)

(*) Subject to BCRA’s approval. See paragraph b) below.

 

  b)

In accordance with the provisions of current regulations on “ Distribution of results” of the Central Bank, for the purposes of calculating the balance of distributable profits be made in non-accounting deductions form of the sum of the amounts recorded in the account earnings and the discretionary reserve for future distributions results. It also must be authorized by the BCRA´s Superintendency of Financial and Foreign Exchange in order to verify the correct application of the method described by the same for the distribution of results.

 

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15.

ACCOUNTS IDENTIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH MINIMUM CASH REQUIREMENTS

The following are the items computed for compliance with the minimum cash requirements according to the regulations of the BCRA, with their corresponding balances as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:

 

     03-31-17      12-31-16  

COMPUTABLE COMPLIANCE IN PESOS

     

Special Guarantee Accounts

     848,261        838,156  

BCRA Checking Account

     7,327,000        12,233,321  

Special social security accounts

     143,212        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     8,318,473        13,071,477  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

COMPUTABLE COMPLIANCE IN US DOLLARS (Stated in thousands of pesos)

 

Special Guarantee Accounts

     74,172        76,431  

BCRA Checking Account

     16,784,295        18,836,268  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     16,858,467        18,912,699  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

COMPUTABLE COMPLIANCE IN EUROS (Stated in thousands of pesos)

     

BCRA Checking Account

     197,538        160,628  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     197,538        160,628  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

16.

STATEMENTS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FLOW

The statements of cash and cash equivalents flow explain the changes in cash and cash equivalents. For such purpose, details of the items that the Bank considers to be cash and cash equivalents are shown below:

 

     03-31-17      12-31-16      03-31-16      12-31-15  

a) Cash and due from banks

     41,056,078        48,070,998        23,342,924        27,942,617  

b) Loans to financial sector, call granted maturity date less than three months

     2,477,500        1,705,000        80,000        517,300  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     43,533,578        49,775,998        23,422,924        28,459,917  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Loans to the financial sector and call granted with a maturity of less than three months indicated in section b) is considered to be cash equivalents because they it is held in order to meet short-term commitments, they are readily convertible in known cash amounts, they are subject to insignificant risk of changes in value and their maturity is less than three months.

 

17.

THE BANK’S DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDS – CNV RESOLUTION Nr. 629/14

The CNV issued its General Resolution Nr. 629 on August 14, 2014 to introduce changes in its own rules governing the maintenance and safekeeping of corporate books, accounting records and business documentation. In this respect, it is reported that the Bank has sent the documentation that supports its operations for the periods still open to audit for safekeeping to Administradora de Archivos S.A. (AdeA), domiciled at Ruta 36 Km, 31,5 of Florencio Varela, Province of Buenos Aires.

In addition, it is put on record that a detail of the documentation delivered for safekeeping, as well as the documentation referred to in Article 5, Sub-article a.3), Section I of Chapter V of Title II of the CNV rules is available at the Bank’s registered office (Technical Rules 2013 as modified).

 

18.

IFRS CONVERGENCE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

In the framework of the BCRA Communication “A” 5541 dated February 12, 2014, which set forth that the institutions within the scope of the Law of Financial Institutions were to converge towards the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for application to the preparation of financial statements for the fiscal years starting as from January 1, 2018, the Entity has filed with the BCRA a reconciliation of its main assets and liabilities under the IFRS as adopted by the BCRA (“IFRS BCRA”) as of December 31, 2015, June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2016 together with the relevant external auditor’s special report in each case. These reconciliations were issued solely to be used by the BCRA in its role as supervisory and regulatory authority. Therefore, they are not information in the public domain.

BCRA Communication “A” 6114 issued by BCRA on December 12, 2016 set forth that IFRS were to be applied as from the fiscal years starting as from January 1, 2018 with an only temporary exception, namely, Paragraph 5.5, Impairment of value under IFRS 9, establishing certain clarifications and requirements in the implementation process that make up, overall, the IFRS BCRA.

As of the date of these financial statements, the Entity continues to work on the process to converge towards the IFRS BCRA, with the respective adjustments in systems and processes. Therefore, the items and figures contained in the reconciliation included in this Note might change and it is only when the consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2018 when the IFRS BCRA are applied for the first time that they will be considered to be final.

To satisfy the requirements imposed by the BCRA in its Communication “A” 6206 on March 21, 2017, a reconciliation of balances as of March 31, 2017 with the accounting framework established by the IFRS BCRA is presented below applying to such purpose the presentation guidelines defined by the regulatory authority which differ from those contained in the IFRS.

According to the requirements imposed by IFRS 1—First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, the Entity has elected to use the option set forth in Appendix D Paragraph 5 in connection with the adoption of fair value (market value) of real estate assets as the deemed cost as of January 1, 2017. To that end, the Entity hired the services of independent professional appraisers who conducted on-site valuations in each one of the properties owned by the Entity.

 

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Reconciliation of balances with the accounting framework for convergence towards IFRS BCRA:

 

  a)

Individual Information

 

Captions

   BCRA      IFRS Adjustment      IFRS Balance  

Assets

                    

Cash and due from banks

     41,056,078        —          41,056,078  

Government and private securities

     23,984,122        (9,879,268      14,104,854  

Loans

     79,418,181        (660,961      78,757,220  

Other receivables from financial transactions

     26,164,991        27,875        26,192,866  

Receivables for financial leases

     2,001,023        —          2,001,023  

Investment in other companies

     1,333,205        75,693        1,408,898  

Other receivables

     2,670,093        (529,216      2,140,877  

Premise and equipment

     3,307,255        4,749,741        8,056,996  

Other assets

     900,777        55,179        955,956  

Intangible assets

     331,264        —          331,264  

Suspense items

     10,748        —          10,748  

Other assets

     —          —          —    

Other assets according to IFRS 10

           —    
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
     181,177,737           175,016,780  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Liabilities

                    

Deposits

     122,823,790        —          122,823,790  

Other liabilities for financial transactions

     35,762,601        (9,868,904      25,893,697  

Other Liabilities

     4,114,039        —          4,114,039  

Allowances

     1,283,228        —          1,283,228  

Subordinated obligations

     —          —          —    

Suspense items

     39,274        —          39,274  

Non-controlling interests

     —          —          —    

Other liabilities

     —          —          —    

Other liabilities according to IFRS 10

        —          —    
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
     164,022,932           154,154,028  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

Captions

   BCRA      First-time Adoption
of IFRS
Adjustment
     IFRS Adjustment      IFRS Balance  

Equity attributable to the controlling entity’s owners

           

Capital stock, contributions and reserves

     15,549,035        —          —          15,549,035  

Other Comprehensive Income

        13,596        (4,126      9,470  

Unappropriated retained earnings

     1,605,770        3,708,804        (10,327      5,304,247  
  

 

 

          

 

 

 
     17,154,805              20,862,752  

Equity attributable to minority interests

        —          —          —    
  

 

 

          

 

 

 
     17,154,805              20,862,752  
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

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Captions

   BCRA      IFRS Adjustment      IFRS Balance  

Income for the period

        

Financial income

     5,226,719        34,872        5,261,591  

Financial expenses

     2,118,271        —          2,118,271  

Alloances for loan losses

     305,238        —          305,238  

Service charge income

     2,183,142        39,570        2,222,712  

Service charge expense

     1,247,643        4,470        1,252,113  

Administrative expenses

     2,847,874        (16,684      2,831,190  

Other

     975,935        13,857        989,792  

Income Tax

     261,000        110,840        371,840  

Other Comprehensive Income

        

Changes in revaluation surplus from Property, plant and equipment and Intangible assets

           —    

Accumulated actuarial gains/losses from Post-employment benefits—defined contribution plans

           —    

Foreign exchange gains/(losses) on the conversion of financial statements

           —    

Income/(loss) on hedging instruments - Cash flow hedges

           —    

Income/(loss) on hedging instruments - Hedge for Net investment in a foreign entity

           —    

Income or loss on financial instruments at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income (Paragraphs 5.7.5 and 4.1.2A in IFRS 9)

           (4,126

Amount of change in fair value attributable to changes in liabilities credit risk. Paragraph 5.7.7. a) in IFRS 9

           —    
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

     1,605,770           1,591,317  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

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  b)

Consolidated Information

 

Captions

   BCRA      IFRS Adjustment      IFRS Balance  

Assets

                    

Cash and due from banks

     41,149,363        —          41,149,363  

Government and private securities

     24,238,431        (9,879,268      14,359,163  

Loans

     82,911,605        (659,852      82,251,753  

Other receivables from financial transactions

     26,190,719        24,717        26,215,436  

Receivables for financial leases

     2,088,865        —          2,088,865  

Investment in other companies

     535,221        58,175        593,396  

Other receivables

     2,647,160        (487,758      2,159,402  

Premise and equipment

     3,323,370        4,749,741        8,073,111  

Other assets

     937,101        55,179        992,280  

Intangible assets

     331,419        (155      331,264  

Suspense items

     10,993        —          10,993  

Other assets

     —          —          —    

Other assets according to IFRS 10

        —          —    
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
     184,364,247           178,225,026  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Liabilities

                    

Deposits

     122,822,030        —          122,822,030  

Other liabilities for financial transactions

     37,891,313        (9,870,409      28,020,904  

Other Liabilities

     4,570,620        —          4,570,620  

Allowances

     1,346,862        1,038        1,347,900  

Subordinated obligations

     —          —          —    

Suspense items

     39,466        —          39,466  

Non-controlling interests

     539,151        22,203     

Other liabilities

     —          —          —    

Other liabilities according to IFRS 10

        —          —    
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
     167,209,442           156,800,920  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

Captions

   BCRA      First-time Adoption
of IFRS
Adjustment
     IFRS Adjustment      IFRS Balance  

Equity attributable to the controlling entity’s owners

           

Capital stock, contributions and reserves

     15,549,035        —          —          15,549,035  

Other Comprehensive Income

        13,596        (4,126      9,470  

Unappropriated retained earnings

     1,605,770        3,708,804        (10,327      5,304,247  
  

 

 

          

 

 

 
     17,154,805              20,862,752  

Equity attributable to minority interests

        —          —          561,354  
  

 

 

          

 

 

 
     17,154,805              21,424,106  
  

 

 

          

 

 

 

 

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   BCRA      IFRS Adjustment      IFRS Balance  

Income for the period

        

Financial income

     5,283,771        26,831        5,310,602  

Financial expenses

     2,217,322        (4,663      2,212,659  

Alloances for loan losses

     323,969        —          323,969  

Service charge income

     2,515,223        40,198        2,555,421  

Service charge expense

     1,281,121        4,470        1,285,591  

Administrative expenses

     2,899,037        (16,703      2,882,334  

Other

     845,617        15,173        860,790  

Income Tax

     317,392        109,425        426,817  

Other Comprehensive Income

        

Changes in revaluation surplus from Property, plant and equipment and Intangible assets

           —    

Accumulated actuarial gains/losses from Post-employment benefits—defined contribution plans

           —    

Foreign exchange gains/(losses) on the conversion of financial statements

           —    

Income/(loss) on hedging instruments—Cash flow hedges

           —    

Income/(loss) on hedging instruments—Hedge for Net investment in a foreign entity

           —    

Income or loss on financial instruments at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income (Paragraphs 5.7.5 and 4.1.2A in IFRS 9)

           (4,126

Amount of change in fair value attributable to changes in liabilities credit risk. Paragraph 5.7.7. a) in IFRS 9

           —    
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

     1,605,770           1,591,317  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Presented below are the causes, by caption, that originated the respective adjustments due to the application of the accounting framework for convergence towards the IFRS:

 

Caption

  

Reasons for IFRS adjustment

Assets

  

    Government and corporate     securities

  

In connection with the securities that the Entity valued at cost plus yield, according to BCRA rules, their fair value was obtained by application of the following methods:

 

•    Lebac in Pesos: (i) discounting applied on the basis of a market curve, estimated as per market prices, or (ii) prices quoted, with no reported volatility.

 

•    Lebac in US Dollars: price calculated over the benchmark rates of the most recent placements by application of a discount that considers such rates as implicit.

 

In addition and in accordance with the IFRS 9, Financial Instruments, transactions involving repurchase agreements and/or reverse repurchase agreements do not meet derecognition criteria as there is no substantial transfer of risks and rewards. Therefore, a decision was made to reclassify (derecognize) the price as quoted of the monetary regulation instruments issued by the BCRA as of March 31, 2017 and applied to transactions involving repurchase agreement transactions.

 

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Reasons for IFRS adjustment

    Loans

  

According to the IFRS, when it comes to the application of the effective interest rate method to assets and liabilities valued at amortized cost, the Entity must identify those commissions that are an integral part of financial instruments and book them as an adjustment to the effective interest rate thus amortizing them throughout the expected life of the instrument.

 

In turn, BCRA rules determine that such commissions should be recognized in profit or loss as soon as the financial asset and/or liability are originated.

 

In the light of this situation, the adjustment determined by the Entity both at the stand-alone and at the consolidated levels reflects the balance not yet accrued.

 

Adjustments that write the asset down reflect all the commissions collected (commissions collected on credit cards, commissions collected on foreign trade operations) that are an integral part of the financial instrument that was recognized at the time of origination (according to the BCRA rules) and which must be deferred throughout the remaining life of said instrument. The opposite is true for adjustments that increase the value of the asset as those reflect all the commissions paid (commissions paid to car dealers for the grant of secured loans) that are an integral part of the financial instrument that was recognized at the time of origination (according to the BCRA rules) and which must be deferred throughout the remaining life of said instrument.

    Other receivables from     financial transactions

  

The valuation of an interest rate swap at the t time (date of valuation) is the net difference of the sum of future payment flows throughout the life of the transaction, temporarily discounted at said t moment. Variable future flows are calculated by application of implicit forward interest rates in the zero coupon ARS curve. This curve, which has been calculated with the Nelson-Siegel model, is equally used to discount the net difference between flows and to calculate their net present value.

    Investment in other     companies   

An adjustment has been booked owing to the recognition of the IFRS adjustments in those subsidiaries and entities in which the Entity exerts significant influence (Rombo Compañía Financiera S.A., PSA Finance, Volkswagen Financial Services, BBVA Francés Valores, BBVA Francés Asset Management and Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings)).

    Other receivables

  

In those cases in which the Entity has paid amounts associated to the amparo actions for the protection of constitutional rights filed by Entity clients in connection with Government securities and mutual fund units held in escrow at the Entity, these amounts were capitalized and depositors’ custody accounts were blocked. Paragraph 21 of the International Accounting Standard 37 Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets sets forth that contingent assets must not be recognized in financial statements. However, in those cases in which there is the possibility of an inflow of economic benefits to the entity, these assets must be disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. BBVA Francés Asset Management is in a situation similar to that described for the Entity.

 

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Reasons for IFRS adjustment

  

An adjustment is booked, in turn, for commissions (according to the method disclosed in Loans in connection with the effective interest rate) for our subsidiary PSA Finance.

    Premises and equipment

  

The Entity has chosen to use fair value as a deemed cost as of January 1, 2017.

    Other assets

  

The Entity has chosen to use fair value as a deemed cost as of January 1, 2017.

 

In addition, the Entity capitalizes costs related to stationery and office supplies. According to the IFRS, one of the conditions necessary for an asset to be considered as Property, plant and equipment is that it should be a tangible asset expected to be used during more than one period (IAS 16 Property, Plant and Equipment Paragraph 6). Given that this condition was not satisfied, a decision was made to reverse such balance.

    Intangible assets

  

PSA Finance determined that the intangible assets that have been booked in accordance with the BCRA rules do not satisfy the criteria laid down by IAS 38 Intangible assets. Therefore an adjustment has been applied reversing their balance.

Liabilities

  
    Other liabilities from     financial transactions   

The valuation of an interest rate swap at the t time (date of valuation) is the net difference of the sum of future payment flows throughout the life of the transaction, temporarily discounted at said t moment. Variable future flows are calculated by application of implicit forward interest rates in the zero coupon ARS curve. This curve, which has been calculated with the Nelson-Siegel model, is equally used to discount the net difference between flows and to calculate their net present value.

 

In addition and in accordance with the IFRS 9, Financial Instruments, transactions involving repurchase agreements and/or reverse repurchase agreements do not meet derecognition criteria as there is no substantial transfer of risks and rewards. Therefore, a decision was made to reclassify (derecognize) the balance of forward sales in the framework of repurchase transactions for the price as quoted of the monetary regulation instruments issued by the BCRA as of March 31, 2017 and applied to transactions involving repurchase agreement transactions.

    Allowances

  

Paragraph 14 of IAS 19 Employee Benefits prescribes that an entity shall measure the expected cost of accumulating compensated absences. Given that the notion of “vacations” is in line with the above definition, Volkswagen Financial Services and BBVA Francés Asset Management apply the relevant adjustment, which is presented in our consolidated reconciliation.

    Non-controlling interests

  

The Entity booked an adjustment in this caption stemming from the impact of IFRS adjustments on the portion of the interest that does not belong to the Entity in its subsidiaries (Rombo Compañía Financiera S.A., PSA Finance, Volkswagen Financial Services, BBVA Francés Valores, BBVA Francés Asset Management and Consolidar AFJP (in liquidation)).

 

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Other Comprehensive Income (OCI)

According to one of its business models and the contractual conditions of financial assets, the Entity decided to measure the portfolio of securities managed by its Committee of Assets and Liabilities at fair value through Other Comprehensive Income.

 

Other Comprehensive Income

  

Income or loss on financial instruments at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income (Paragraphs 5.7.5 and 4.1.2A in IFRS 9)

     14,569  

Tax effect on OCI

     (5,099
  

 

 

 

Other Comprehensive Income, net of tax

     9,470  
  

 

 

 

Unappropriated retained earnings

According to the IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards and to Communication “A” 6114 of the BCRA, the Entity presented the valuation difference as of December 31, 2016 between book value and fair value (with fair value applied as deemed cost) of its Property, plant and equipment and Miscellaneous Assets within Unappropriated retained earnings in the column “First-time Adoption of IFRS Adjustment”.

All the other valuation adjustments stemming from the application of IFRS as of March 31, 2017 are also presented within this caption, in the “IFRS Adjustment” column.

Deferred tax

Under the IFRS (IAS 12 Income Tax) Income tax is recognized by application of the deferred tax method. This calls for recognizing, in addition to current tax, the deferred tax on the timing differences existing between the book value of assets and liabilities for accounting purposes under IFRS and those used for tax purposes.

 

19.

PURCHASE OF STOCK IN VOLKSWAGEN FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPAÑIA FINANCIERA S.A.

On May 20, 2015, the Bank executed a stock purchase agreement with Grupo Volkswagen, pursuant to which the Bank acquired 51% of the capital stock of Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A., equivalent to 23,970,000 non-endorsable, registered, ordinary shares with par value $ 1 and the right to one vote per share.

On August 26, 2016, pursuant to Resolution Nr. 332, the BCRA approved the above mentioned transaction. Consequently, on September 26, 2016, 51% of its capital stock was effectively transferred to BBVA Francés and the agreed-upon price, 53,040, was paid.

On September 26, 2016, Volkswagen Credit Compañía Financiera S.A.’s Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting adopted a unanimous resolution whereby the company’s name would be changed to “Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A.”. Such modification was authorized by BCRA and was registered with the General Inspection of Justice on November 14, 2016 under the number 22302 of book 82 of stock corporation.

Additionally, and as per a resolution adopted by the Shareholders’ Meeting already mentioned, on October 27, 2016, BBVA Francés disbursed 229,500 as a capital increase.

 

20.

PUBLICATION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

As provided by Communication “A” 760, previous intervention of the BCRA is not required for the publication of these financial statements.

 

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Except as indicated in Note 2.3.s) there are no other events or transactions that occurred between the closing date of the three month period and the date of issuance of the present accounting officers that may significantly affect the financial position or results of the Bank as of March 31, 2017.

 

22.

ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES – EXPLANATION ADDED FOR TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH

These financial statements are presented on the basis of the accounting standards of the BCRA and, except for the effect of the matters mentioned in Note 3 to the separate financial statements and Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, in accordance with the Argentine professional accounting standards. Certain accounting practices applied by the Bank that conform with the standards of the BCRA and with the Argentine professional accounting standards may not conform with the generally accepted accounting principles in other countries.

The effects of the differences, if any, between the accounting standards of BCRA and the generally accepted accounting principles in the countries in which the financial statements are to be used have not been quantified. Accordingly, they are not intended to present financial position, results of operations and cash flows in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the countries of the users of the financial statements, other than Argentina.

 

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EXHIBIT A

DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECURITIES

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

            Holding                

Description

   Identification      Market Value
of present
value
     Book balance
as of
03-31-17
     Book balance
as of
12-31-16
     Position without
options
     Final
position
 

GOVERNMENT SECURITIES

                 

* Government securities as fair value

                 

Local

                 

In pesos

                 

Secured Bonds maturing 2020

     2423           1,682,777        1,737,508        1,682,777        1,682,777  

National Treasury Bonds adjusted by CER due 2021

     5315           395,833        649,721        395,833        395,833  

Peso-denominated Discount governed by Argentine Law maturing in 2033

     45696           289,801        227,048        289,801        289,801  

National Treasury Bonds in pesos fixed rate maturing 2021

     5318           289,315        327,356        270,463        270,463  

National Treasury Bonds in pesos fixed rated maturing 2023

     5319           241,585        193,022        241,585        241,585  

National Treasury Bonds in pesos fixed rate maturing 2018

     5316           —          542,000        —          —    

Others

           119,856        398,605        142,268        142,268  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal in pesos

           3,019,167        4,075,260        3,022,727        3,022,727  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In foreign currency

                 

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 04-17-2017

     5202           1,170,882        —          1,170,882        1,170,882  

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 07-17-2017

     5203           1,071,118        —          1,071,118        1,071,118  

Federal Government Bonds in US Dollar 7% maturing in 2017

     5436           —          196,624        —          —    

Other

           385,423        2,345        22,233        22,233  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal in foreign currency

           2,627,423        198,969        2,264,233        2,264,233  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal Government securities at fair value

           5,646,590        4,274,229        5,286,960        5,286,960  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

* Government securities at amortized cost

                 

Local

                 

In pesos

                 

Debt Securities of the Province of Buenos Aires in pesos Series II

     32847           —          100,277        —          —    

Other

        164        164        164        164        164  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal in pesos

           164        100,441        164        164  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In foreign currency

                 

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 12-15-2017

     5208        443,893        441,375        —          441,375        441,375  

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 09-15-2017

     5206        807,617        801,556        —          801,556        801,556  

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 03-20-2017

     5199           —          787,486        —          —    

Other

        311        309        16,162        309        309  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal in foreign currency

           1,243,240        803,648        1,243,240        1,243,240  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal Government securities at amortized cost

           1,243,404        904,089        1,243,404        1,243,404  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

* Instrument

                 

BCRA Bills

                 

At fair value

                 

Argentine Central Bank External Bills due 05-17-17

     46810           2,022,493        —          2,012,764        2,012,764  

Argentine Central Bank Internal Bills due 04-19-17

     46806           1,997,011        —          1,967,321        1,967,321  

Other

           —          177,418        —          —    
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal at fair value

           4,019,504        177,418        3,980,085        3,980,085  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Repurchase transactions

                 

Argentine Central Bank Internal Bills due 09-20-17

     46817           8,479,305        —          —          —    

Argentine Central Bank Internal Bills due 11-15-17

     46819           1,414,473        —          —          —    

Argentine Central Bank Internal Bills due 05-03-17

     46808           —          64,872        —          —    
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal repurchase transactions

           9,893,778        64,872        —          —    
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

At amortized cost

                 

Argentine Central Bank Internal Bills due 06-21-17

     46815           1,538,516        —          1,538,516        1,538,516  

Argentine Central Bank Internal Bills due 04-26-17

     46807           1,219,502        1,204,048        1,219,502        1,219,502  

Argentine Central Bank Internal Bills due 05-03-17

     46808           388,764        369,273        388,764        388,764  

Other

           34,228        5,559,492        34,228        34,228  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal at amortized cost

           3,181,010        7,132,813        3,181,010        3,181,010  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal instruments issued by the BCRA

           17,094,292        7,375,103        7,161,095        7,161,095  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES

           23,984,286        12,553,421        13,691,459        13,691,459  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

(Contd.)

DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECURITIES

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

            Holding                

Description

   Identification      Market Value
of present
value
     Book balance
as of
03-31-17
     Book balance
as of
12-31-16
     Position without
options
     Final
position
 

INVESTMENTS IN LISTED PRIVATE SECURITIES

                 

Other Equity Instruments

                 

From abroad

                 

In Foreign currency

                 

Other

           53           53        53  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal in foreign currency

           53        49        53        53  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal Equity instruments

           53        49        53        53  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN LISTED PRIVATE SECURITIES

           53        49        53        53  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECURITIES

           23,984,339        12,553,470        13,691,512        13,691,512  
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

CLASSIFICATION OF FINANCING FACILITIES BY CATEGORIES

AND GUARANTIES RECEIVED AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17      12.31.16  

COMMERCIAL PORTFOLIO

     

Normal performance

     45,237,624        43,398,676  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “A”

     1,965,649        1,751,341  

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     1,319,669        1,384,068  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     41,952,306        40,263,267  

With special follow-up

     22,141        13,116  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Under observation

     15,366        5,968  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     2,533        3,613  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     12,833        2,355  

Negociations for recovery or re-financing agreements underway

     6,775        7,148  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     5,906        6,177  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     869        971  

With problems

     9,246        17,568  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     9,246        17,568  

With high risk of uncollectibility

     31,784        11,385  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     7,305        7,105  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     24,479        4,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL (1)

     45,300,795        43,440,745  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Items included: Loans (before allowances): Other receivables from financial transactions; Unlisted corporate bonds and Other receivables by debtor classification regulations; Receivables from financial leases (before allowances); Memorandum accounts -Credit-Contingent: Credit lines granted (unused portion) covered by debtor classification regulations, Other guaranties given covered by debtor classification regulations and Other covered by debtor classification regulations.

 

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EXHIBIT B

(Contd.)

CLASSIFICATION OF FINANCING FACILITIES BY CATEGORIES

AND GUARANTIES RECEIVED AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17      12.31.16  

CONSUMER AND HOUSING PORTFOLIO

     

Normal performance

     38,219,902        36,684,989  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “A”

     12,298        11,534  

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     2,585,755        2,626,202  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     35,621,849        34,047,253  

Low Risk

     417,016        377,474  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     37,637        30,814  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     379,379        346,660  

Medium Risk

     408,302        350,546  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     6,086        9,075  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     402,216        341,471  

High Risk

     209,811        188,922  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     21,588        16,460  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     188,223        172,462  

Uncollectible

     26,462        27,707  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     6,443        6,609  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     20,019        21,098  

Uncollectible, classified as such under regulatory requirements

     3        26  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Sin garantías ni contragarantías preferidas

     3        26  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL (1)

     39,281,496        37,629,664  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL GENERAL

     84,582,291        81,070,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Items included: Loans (before allowances): Other receivables from financial transactions; Unlisted corporate bonds and Other receivables by debtor classification regulations; Receivables from financial leases (before allowances); Memorandum accounts -Credit-Contingent: Credit lines granted (unused portion) covered by debtor classification regulations, Other guaranties given covered by debtor classification regulations and Other covered by debtor classification regulations.

 

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EXHIBIT C

FINANCING FACILITIES CONCENTRATION

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17     12.31.16  

Number of clients

   Outstanding
balance
     % of total
portfolio
    Outstanding
balance
     % of total
portfolio
 

10 largest clients

     10,912,659        12.90     10,211,444        12.60

50 next largest clients

     12,572,295        14.86     12,437,867        15.34

100 following clients

     6,267,416        7.41     5,849,790        7.22

Remaining clients

     54,829,921        64.83     52,571,308        64.84
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL (1)

     84,582,291        100.00     81,070,409        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

See (1) in Exhibit B.

 

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BREAKDOWN BY FINANCING TERMS AS OF MARCH 3 1, 2 0 17

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish-See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

            Term remaining to maturity  

Description

   Past-due
portfolio
     1
month
     3
months
     6
months
     12
months
     24
months
     More than
24
months
     TOTAL  

Government sector

     —          156        —          —          —          —          —          156  

Financial sector

     —          2,104,129        467,925        466,581        603,622        579,763        442,932        4,664,952  

Non financial private sector and residents abroad

     332,126        42,718,486        9,866,690        7,569,518        3,915,075        6,514,375        9,000,913        79,917,183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     332,126        44,822,771        10,334,615        8,036,099        4,518,697        7,094,138        9,443,845        84,582,291 (1) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

See (1) in Exhibit B. Anexo B.

 

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DETAIL OF INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

                                                 Information about issuer  

Concept

  Shares                           Date from last published financial statements  

Identification

   Description        Unit      Votes                           Main
Business
     Period /      Capital
stock
     Stockholder’
equity
     Income/(Loss)  
     Class    face      per      Number      AMOUNT         Fiscal            for the period /  
        Value      share         03.31.17      12.31.16         year end            fiscal year  
   FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS,
SUPPLEMENTARY
AND
AUTHORIZED
                               
   Controlled                                
   Local:                                in thousands of pesos     

33642192049

   BBVA Francés
Valores S.A.
  Common    500$        1        12,396        107,399        93,771        Stockbroker        03.31.2017        6,390        110,726        14,050  

30663323926

   Consolidar
Administradora de
Fondos de
Jubilaciones
                               
   y Pensiones
S.A.(undergoing
liquidation
proceedings)
  Common    1$        1        35,425,947        4,604        3,253       

Pensions
Fund
Manager
 
 
 
     03.31.2017        65,739        8,543        (5,898

30707847367

   PSA Finance Arg.
Cía. Financiera S.A.
  Common    1000$        1        26,089        264,659        352,404       
Financial
Institutions
 
 
     03.31.2017        52,178        529,317        44,509  

30548590163

   BBVA Francés
Asset Management
S.A. Sociedad
                               
   Gerente de Fondos
Comunes de
Inversión
  Common    1$        1        230,398        220,141        171,847       

Investment
Fund
Manager
 
 
 
     03.31.2017        243        277,948        50,836  

33707124909

   Rombo Cía.
Financiera S.A.
  Common    1000$        1        24,000        297,363        295,599       
Financial
Institutions
 
 
     03.31.2017        60,000        743,407        4,410  

30682419578

   Volkswagen
Financial Services
Cía. Financiera S.A.
  Common    1$        1        23,970,000        277,700        272,389       
Financial
Institutions
 
 
     03.31.2017        497,000        544,508        10,410  
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
     Subtotal Controlled               1,171,866        1,189,263                 
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
   Non Controlled                                
   Local:                                

30598910045

   Prisma Medios de
Pago S.A.
  Common    1$        1        1,571,996        20,514        20,514       
Services to
companies
 
 
     12.31.2016        15,000        860,439        664,691  

30690783521

   Interbanking S.A.   Common    1$        1        149,556        10,581        10,581        Services        12.31.2015        1,346        383,370        317,632  
   Otras                 227        224                 
   Foreign:                                

30710156561

   Banco
Latinoamericano de
Comercio Exterior
S.A.
  Common B    87$        1        20,221        3,871        3,990       
Banking
Institutions
 
 
     12.31.2015        3,641,140        12,639,963        1,352,312  
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
     Subtotal noncontrolled           35,193        35,309                 
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
     Total in financial intitutions,                          
     Supplementary and authorized           1,207,059        1,224,572                 
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
   IN OTHER
COMPANIES
                               
   Non Controlled                                
   Local:                                

30500064230

   BBVA Consolidar
Seguros S.A.
  Common    1$        1        1,301,847        125,958        109,782        Insurance        03.31.2017        10,651        1,030,789        455,498  
   Foreign:                                

17BE1002

   S.W.I.F.T. S.C.R.L.   Common    1759$        1        4        193        199       

Financial
messenger
Institutions
 
 
 
     12.31.2015        193,877        5,456,795        274,306  
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
     Subtotal non-controlled           126,151        109,981                 
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
     Total in other companies           126,151        109,981                 
                

 

 

    

 

 

                
     TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES             1,333,210        1,334,553                 
                

 

 

    

 

 

                

 

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EXHIBIT F

MOVEMENT OF PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT AND OTHER ASSETS

FOR THE THREE MONTH P ERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial state ments originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

                                Depreciation for the
period
               

Description

   Net book
value at
beginning
of fiscal
year
     Additions      Transfers     Decreases      Years
useful
life
     Amount      Net book
value at
03-31-2017
     Net book
value at
12-31-2016
 

PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT

                      

Real Estate

     2,148,286        75,895        21,218       —          50        6,676        2,238,723        2,148,286  

Furniture and Facilities

     564,791        52,426        1,704       —          10        20,746        598,175        564,791  

Machinery and Equipment

     461,292        21,721        38,704       —          3 and 5        59,128        462,589        461,292  

Automobiles

     8,358        15        —         —          5        605        7,768        8,358  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     3,182,727        150,057        61,626       —             87,155        3,307,255        3,182,727  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

OTHER ASSETS

                      

Construction in progress

     141,101        41,965        (22,923     13,876        —          —          146,267        141,101  

Advances to suppliers of goods

     475,767        60,859        —         —          —          —          536,626        475,767  

Work of Art

     992        —          —         —          —          —          992        992  

Leased assets

     2,152        —          —         —          50        12        2,140        2,152  

Property taken as security for loans

     1,724        —          —         1,156        50        5        563        1,724  

Stationary and office supplies

     43,403        4,701        —         8,215        —          —          39,889        43,403  

Others

     212,965        85        (38,703     —          3 and 5        47        174,300        212,965  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     878,104        107,610        (61,626     23,247           64        900,777        878,104  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT G

MOVEMENT OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS

FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

                   Amortization for the period                

Description

   Net book
value
beginning of
fiscal year
     Additions      Years of
useful life
     Amount      Net book value
at 03-31-2017
     Net book value
at 12-31-2016
 

Goodwill

     3,476        —          10        90        3,386        3,476  

Organization and Development expenses (1)

     312,161        —          1 y 5        24,827        287,334        312,161  

Organization and non-deductible expenses

     —          40,544        —          —          40,544        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     315,637        40,544           24,917        331,264        315,637  
  

 

 

    

 

 

       

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

This caption mainly includes costs from information technology projects and lease hold improvements.

 

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EXHIBIT H

CONCENTRATION OF DEPOSITS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17     12.31.16  
     Outstanding      % of total     Outstanding      % of total  

Number of clients

   balance      portfolio     balance      portfolio  

10 largest clients

     4,421,932        3.60     4,048,094        3.53

50 next largest clients

     7,238,881        5.89     6,503,517        5.67

100 following clients

     5,153,330        4.20     4,508,402        3.93

Remaining clients

     106,009,647        86.31     99,592,092        86.87
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     122,823,790        100.00     114,652,105        100.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT I

BREAKDOWN OF MATURITY TERMS OF DEPOSITS AND OTHER LIABILITIES

FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     Terms remaining to maturity  

Descriptions

   1
month
     3
months
     6
months
     12
months
     24
months
     More
than 24
months
     TOTAL  

Deposits

     107,643,891        12,069,563        1,858,897        685,762        565,449        228        122,823,790  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other liabilities from financial transactions

                    

Argentine Central Bank

     1,171        5,706        7,624        5,199        479        —          20,179  

Banks and international institutions

     25,391        130,103        123,830        —          —          —          279,324  

Financing received from local financial institutions

     15,838        227,190        370,275        315,000        242,500        473,553        1,644,356  

Others

     8,804,311        96,424        128,838        87,863        8,098        —          9,125,534  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total O.L.F.T.

     8,846,711        459,423        630,567        408,062        251,077        473,553        11,069,393  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     116,490,602        12,528,986        2,489,464        1,093,824        816,526        473,781        133,893,183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT J

MOVEMENT OF ALLOWANCES

FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

                  Decreases     Book value  

Description

   Book value at
beginning of
fiscal year
     Increases
(6)
    Reversals      Applications     03.31.17      12.31.16  

DEDUCTED FROM ASSETS

               

Government securities

               

- For impairment value

     213        4 (5)      —          —         217        213  

Loans

               

- Allowances for doubtful loans

     1,573,590        301,064 (1)      —          174,007       1,700,647        1,573,590  

Other receivables form financial transactions

               

- Allowances for doubtful receivables and impairment

     5,074        —         480        14 (1)      4,580        5,074  

Receivables from financial leases

               

- Allowances for doubtful receivables and impairment

     27,187        —         173        3,412       23,602        27,187  

Investment to other companies

               

- For impairment value (3)

     5        —         —          —         5        5  

Other receivables

               

- Allowance for doubt receivable (2)

     614,105        65,592       —          2       679,695        614,105  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     2,220,174        366,660       653        177,435       2,408,746        2,220,174  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES—ALLOWANCES

               

Contingent commiments (1)

     581        37       —          —         618        581  

Other contingencies

     1,337,373        52,373 (4)      2,014        110,122       1,277,610        1,337,373  

For administrative, disciplinary and criminal penalties

     5,000        —         —          —         5,000        5,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     1,342,954        52,410       2,014        110,122       1,283,228        1,342,954  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Recorded in compliance with the provisions of Communitions “A” 2950, as supplemented, of BCRA, taking into account note 2.3.f.).

(2)

Includes mainly the potential loans risk arising booked as Miscellaneous receivables relating to the petitions for the protection of constitutional rights (Amparos) paid and deferred tax asset (see note 2.3.s)).

(3)

Recorded to cover the estimated impairment in A.I.G. Latin American Fund’s equity as of September 30, 2010.

(4)

Recorded to cover contingencies that were not considered in other accounts (court orders corresponding to petitions for protection of civil rights, labor, commercial and otherlawsuits). (see note 2.3.p)

(5)

Recorded in compliance with the provisions of Communication “A” 4084 of the BCRA.

(6)

Includes exchange differences generated as allowances in foreign currency, booked in the “Financial income—Gold and foreing currency exchange difference” account, as follow:

 

Government securties

     4  

Loans

     (4,174

Other receivables from financial transactions

     (14

Other receivables

     (209

 

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EXHIBIT K

CAPITAL STRUCTURE AS OF MARCH 3 1, 2 0 17

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

SHARES

     CAPITAL STOCK  
                   Issued               

Class

   Quantify      Votes
per
share
     Outstanding      Inportfolio      Pending
issuanceor
dsitribution
    Paid in  

Common

     536,877,850        1        536,833        —          45 (1)      536,878 (2) 

 

(1)

Shares issued and available to stockholders but not as yet withdrawn.

(2)

Fully registered with the Public Registry of Commerce (See note 1.2.)

 

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EXHIBIT L

FOREIGN CURRENCY BALANCES AS OF

MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31,2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

            03.31.17      12.31.16  
     TOTAL      TOTAL OF THE PERIOD (per type of currency)      TOTAL  

Accounts

   OF
PERIOD
     Euro      Dólar      Libra      Franco
Suizo
     Yen      Otras      OF THE
FISCAL YEAR
 

ASSETS

                       

Cash and due from banks

     26,934,155        729,600        26,168,281        12,122        1,068        604        22,480        31,998,242  

Government and private securities

     3,870,716        —          3,870,663        —          —          —          53        1,002,666  

Loans

     14,630,551        —          14,630,551        —          —          —          —          12,446,718  

Other receivables from financial transactions

     7,152,059        101        7,149,644        —          —          —          2,314        471,815  

Investment in other companies

     4,064        193        3,871        —          —          —          —          4,188  

Other receivables

     550,940        1,111        549,824        —          —          —          5        632,225  

Suspense items

     968        —          968        —          —          —          —          1,841  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     53,143,453        731,005        52,373,802        12,122        1,068        604        24,852        46,557,695  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

                       

Deposits

     40,573,257        555,041        40,018,216        —          —          —          —          39,719,184  

Other liabilities from financial transactions

     10,007,268        168,673        9,826,553        4,590        610        —          6,842        2,964,044  

Other liailities

     140,078        8,080        131,998        —          —          —          —          141,672  

Suspense items

     10,930        —          10,930        —          —          —          —          12,372  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     50,731,533        731,794        49,987,697        4,590        610        —          6,842        42,837,272  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS

                       

Debit accounts (except contra debit accounts)

                       

Contingent

     5,830,712        123,087        5,707,625        —          —          —          —          5,483,480  

Control

     39,939,064        94,629        39,763,021        —          2,908        6,079        72,427        43,604,014  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     45,769,776        217,716        45,470,646        —          2,908        6,079        72,427        49,087,494  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Credit accounts (except contra credit accounts)

                       

Contingent

     221,170        105,608        115,562        —          —          —          —          377,478  

Control

     3,461,724        880,272        2,581,452        —          —          —          —          150,580  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     3,682,894        985,880        2,697,014        —          —          —          —          528,058  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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ASSISTANCE TO RELATED AND AFFILIATES

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

    Status        
                        With high risk           Clasified               
          With      With problems /      of uncollectibility /           uncollectible        
          special      Medium Risk      High Risk           as such               
          follow-up /      Not yet             Not yet                  under regulatory     TOTAL (1)  

Concept

  Normal     Low Risk      matured      Past-due      matured      Past-due     Uncollectible     requirement     03.31.17      12.31.16  

1. Loans

    3,750,680       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         3,750,680        2,289,886  

- Overdraft

    10,649       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         10,649        915  

Without senior or counter guaranty

    10,649       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         10,649        915  

- Discounted Instruments

    1,852       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         1,852        1,560  

Without senior or counter guaranty

    1,852       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         1,852        1,560  

- Real Estate Mortgage and Collateral Loans

    3,305       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         3,305        3,343  

Other collaterals and counter guaranty “B”

    3,305       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         3,305        3,343  

- Consumer

    1,659       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         1,659        1,989  

Without senior or counter guaranty

    1,659       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         1,659        1,989  

- Credit Cards

    8,158       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         8,158        10,586  

Without senior or counter guaranty

    8,158       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         8,158        10,586  

- Others

    3,725,057       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         3,725,057        2,271,493  

Without senior or counter guaranty

    3,725,057       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         3,725,057        2,271,493  

2. Others receivables from financial transactions

    59,830      
—  
 
     —          —          —          —         —         —         59,830        35,324  

3. Receivables from financial leases and other

    384       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         384        404  

4. Contingent commitments

    106,794       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         106,794        112,638  

5. Investments in other companies and private securities

    1,406,959       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         1,406,959        1,301,479  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

    5,324,647       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         5,324,647        3,739,731  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ALLOWANCES

    21,507       —          —          —          —          —         —         —         21,507        19,433  
 

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Maximun amount granted to related clients during March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively, according to BCRA rules.

 

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EXHIBIT O

FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES INSTRUMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

Type of contract

 

Purpose of

transactions

 

Underlying

asset

 

Type of settlement

 

Traded at /
Counterparty

  Weighted
average
term as originaly
agreed
(months)
    Weighted
average
residual term
(months)
    Weighted
verage term for
difference
settlemets
(days)
    Amount  

SWAPS

  Financial transactions -own count     —     Upon expiration of differences   RESIDENTS IN ARGENTINA-FIN ANCIAL SECTOR     23       17       41       2,478,954  

SWAPS

  Interest rate hedge     —     Upon expiration of differences   RESIDENTS IN ARGENTINA- NON-FINANCIAL SECTOR     122       30       7       22,526  

REPOS

  Financial transactions -own count   Others   Upon expiration of differences   RESIDENTS IN ARGENTINA FINANCIAL SECTOR     1       1       1       9,893,778  

FUTURES

  Financial transactions -own count   Foreign currency   Daily of differences   MAE     3       2       1       1,703,528  

FUTURES

  Financial transactions -own count   Foreign currency   Daily of differences   ROFEX     2       1       1       911,260  

FUTURES

  Financial transactions -own count   Foreign currency   Upon expiration of differences   RESIDENTS IN ARGENTINA- NON-FINANCIAL SECTOR     2       1       58       1,917,470  

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS OF

MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Art. 33 General Companies Law)

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

Stated in thousands of pesos

 

ASSETS:          03.31.17      12.31.16  

A. CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS:

       

Cash

       10,751,229        14,176,644  

Due from banks and correspondents

       30,398,134        34,049,463  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Argentine Central Bank (BCRA)

       24,507,730        31,268,051  

Other local

       35,177        113,958  

Foreign

       5,855,227        2,667,454  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       41,149,363        48,226,107  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

B. GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECURITIES (Note 7.a.):

       

Holdings booked at fair value

       5,676,689        4,304,931  

Holdings booked at amortized cost

       1,243,404        904,089  

Instruments issued by the BCRA

       17,094,292        7,375,103  

Investments in listed private securities

       224,263        154,899  

Less: Allowances

       217        213  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       24,238,431        12,738,809  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

C. LOANS:

       

To government sector

     (Exhibit I     156        98,819  

To financial sector

     (Exhibit I     1,924,794        1,991,564  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interfinancial – (Call granted)

       388,182        404,085  

Other financing to local financial institutions

       1,478,226        1,442,702  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued and pending collection

       58,386        144,777  

To non financial private sector and residents abroad

     (Exhibit I     82,744,547        78,417,690  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Overdraft

       9,470,393        9,546,565  

Discounted instruments

       10,085,833        10,896,722  

Real estate mortgage

       1,892,840        1,889,443  

Collateral Loans

       6,368,608        5,628,320  

Consumer

       10,522,971        9,368,939  

Credit cards

       23,077,159        22,520,843  

Other (Note 7.b.)

       20,536,695        17,754,130  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued and pending collection

       1,105,697        1,142,074  

Less: Interest documented together with main obligation

       315,649        329,346  

Less: Allowances

       1,757,892        1,618,152  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       82,911,605        78,889,921  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carried Forward

       148,299,399        139,854,837  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(Cont.)

 

 
           03.31.17      12.31.16  

Brought forward

       148,299,399        139,854,837  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

D. OTHER RECEIVABLES FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS:

       

Argentine Central Bank (BCRA)

       979,229        928,612  

Amounts receivable for spot and forward sales to be settled

       17,062,493        204,296  

Instruments to be received for spot and forward purchases to be settled

       7,327,826        485,109  

Unlisted corporate bonds

     (Exhibit I     249,926        325,925  

Non-deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled

       53,023        34,561  

Other receivables not covered by loans classification regulations

       8,089        12,156  

Other receivables covered by debtor classification regulations

     (Exhibit I     517,372        446,019  

Less: Allowances

       7,239        8,772  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       26,190,719        2,427,906  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

E. RECEIVABLES FROM FINANCIAL LEASES:

       

Receivables from financial leases

     (Exhibit I     2,085,206        2,048,800  

Interest accrued pending collection

     (Exhibit I     28,476        26,620  

Less: Allowances

       24,817        28,449  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       2,088,865        2,046,971  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

F. INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES:

       

In financial institutions

       301,235        299,589  

Other (Note 7.c.)

       233,991        208,041  

Less: Allowances

       5        5  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       535,221        507,625  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

G. OTHER RECEIVABLES:

       

Other (Note 7.d.)

       3,408,827        3,186,645  

Other interest accrued and pending collection

       3,055        1,219  

Less: Allowances

       764,722        718,596  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 
       2,647,160        2,469,268  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

H. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT:

       3,323,370        3,198,298  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

I. OTHER ASSETS:

       937,101        920,009  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

J. INTANGIBLE ASSETS:

       

Goodwill

       3,386        3,476  

Organization and development expenses

       328,033        312,335  
       331,419        315,811  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

K. SUSPENSE ITEMS:

       10,993        11,986  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS:

       184,364,247        151,752,711  
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(Cont.)

 

 
LIABILITIES:    03.31.17      12.31.16  

L. DEPOSITS:

     

Government sector

     1,679,298        2,640,909  

Financial sector

     144,965        247,891  

Non financial private sector and residents abroad

     120,997,767        111,732,953  

Checking accounts

     20,416,288        19,863,400  

Savings deposits

     46,969,928        42,577,203  

Time deposits

     39,715,880        35,148,553  

Investments accounts

     85,194        85,194  

Other

     13,015,773        13,429,450  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued payable

     794,704        629,153  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     122,822,030        114,621,753  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

M. OTHER LIABILITIES FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS:

     

Argentine Central Bank

     20,179        31,970  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other

     20,179        31,970  

Banks and International Institutions

     276,407        636,153  

Unsubordinated corporate bonds

     2,001,050        2,146,166  

Amounts payable for spot and forward purchases to be settled

     6,926,091        325,111  

Instruments to be delivered for spot and forward sales to be settled

     17,762,150        402,153  

Financing received from Argentine financial institutions

     1,051,039        771,130  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interfinancial (call borrowed)

     —          14,300  

Other financing from local financial institutions

     1,050,519        756,808  

Interest accrued payable

     520        22  

Non-deliverable forward transactions balances to be settled

     4,867        6,128  

Other (Note 7.e.)

     9,681,784        9,303,503  

Interest and foreign currency exchange differences accrued payable

     167,746        163,368  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     37,891,313        13,785,682  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

N. OTHER LIABILITIES:

     

Dividends payable

     1,021,000        —    

Fees payable

     817        267  

Other (Note 7.f.)

     3,548,803        4,814,877  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     4,570,620        4,815,144  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

O. ALLOWANCES

     1,346,862        1,406,472  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

P. SUSPENSE ITEMS:

     39,466        43,484  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES:

     166,670,291        134,672,535  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Q. MINORITY INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARIES (Note 4)

     539,151        620,141  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

     17,154,805        16,460,035  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

     184,364,247        151,752,711  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(Cont.)

MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17      12.31.16  

DEBIT ACCOUNTS

     

Contingent

     

Guaranties received

     29,221,139        26,909,908  

Contra contingent debit accounts

     775,862        1,104,103  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     29,997,001        28,014,011  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Control

     

Receivables classified as irrecoverable

     974,368        858,775  

Other (Note 7.g.)

     258,592,326        234,030,247  

Contra control debit accounts

     7,291,259        1,686,184  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     266,857,953        236,575,206  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives

     

“Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions

     2,423,245        2,623,708  

Interest rate swap

     2,230,480        1,980,362  

Contra derivatives debit accounts

     2,109,013        3,186,904  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     6,762,738        7,790,974  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     303,617,692        272,380,191  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

CREDIT ACCOUNTS

     

Contingent

     

Credit lines granted (unused portion) covered by debtor classification regulations (Exhibit I)

     247,460        176,296  

Guaranties provided to the BCRA

     —          227,946  

Other guaranties given covered by debtor classification regulations (Exhibit I)

     283,613        264,058  

Other guaranties given non covered by debtor classification regulations

     74,478        87,776  

Other covered by debtor classification regulations (Exhibit I)

     170,311        348,027  

Contra contingent credit accounts

     29,221,139        26,909,908  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     29,997,001        28,014,011  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Control

     

Items to be credited

     1,753,756        1,436,763  

Other

     5,537,503        249,421  

Contra control credit accounts

     259,566,694        234,889,022  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     266,857,953        236,575,206  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Derivatives

     

“Notional” amount of non-deliverable forward transactions

     2,109,013        3,186,904  

Contra credit derivatives accounts

     4,653,725        4,604,070  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     6,762,738        7,790,974  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     303,617,692        272,380,191  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes 1 through to 7 to the consolidated financial statements with subsidiaries and the Exhibit I are an integral part of these statements, which in turn are part of the stand-alone Financial Statements of BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and are to be read in conjunction therewith.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2016

(Art. 33 General Companies Law)

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

Stated in thousands of pesos

 

     03.31.17      03.31.16  

A. FINANCIAL INCOME

     

Interest on loans to the financial sector

     90,605        112,598  

Interest on overdraft

     769,018        691,193  

Interest on discounted instruments

     463,665        522,801  

Interest on real estate mortgage

     88,634        101,694  

Interest on collateral loans

     298,138        270,463  

Interest on credit card loans

     1,064,647        984,737  

Interest on other loans

     1,178,537        919,114  

Interest on other receivables from financial transactions

     548        152  

Interest on financial leases

     107,085        116,114  

Income from secured loans—Decree 1387/01

     1,081        9,072  

Income from government and private securities

     595,044        983,233  

Indexation by benchmark stabilization coefficient (CER)

     100,285        161,520  

Gold and foreign currency exchange difference

     306,384        369,811  

Other

     220,100        256,216  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     5,283,771        5,498,718  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

B. FINANCIAL EXPENSES

     

Interest on checking accounts

     14,811        —    

Interest on savings deposits

     7,760        7,957  

Interest on time deposits

     1,534,706        1,842,388  

Interest on interfinancial financing (call borrowed)

     21,483        6,575  

Interest on other financing from financial institutions

     48,533        27,279  

Interest on other liabilities from financial transactions

     145,243        148,066  

Other interest

     629        1,234  

Indexation by CER

     1,915        127  

Contribution to the deposit guarantee fund

     48,777        128,161  

Gold and foreign currency exchange difference

     486        —    

Other

     392,979        353,239  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     2,217,322        2,515,026  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

GROSS INTERMEDIATION MARGIN—GAIN

     3,066,449        2,983,692  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

C. ALLOWANCES FOR LOAN LOSSES

     323,969        161,351  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Carried Forward

     2,742,480        2,822,341  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(Cont.)

 

     03.31.17     03.31.16  

Brought forward

     2,742,480       2,822,341  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

D. SERVICE CHARGE INCOME

    

Related to lending transactions

     1,092,620       753,908  

Related to liability transactions

     842,305       561,359  

Other commissions

     148,336       97,492  

Other

     431,962       312,893  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,515,223       1,725,652  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

E. SERVICE CHARGE EXPENSES

    

Commissions

     952,715       617,960  

Other (Note 7.h)

     328,406       176,609  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,281,121       794,569  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

F. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

    

Payroll expenses

     1,635,877       1,219,519  

Fees to bank Directors and Supervisory Comittee

     2,911       2,505  

Others profesional Fees

     47,431       33,744  

Advertising and publicity

     82,525       67,952  

Taxes

     279,511       198,657  

Fixed assets depreciation

     87,628       54,142  

Organizational expenses amortization

     24,846       18,926  

Other operating expenses

     395,621       308,056  

Others

     342,687       197,797  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,899,037       2,101,298  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET GAIN FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS

     1,077,545       1,652,126  

RESULTS OF MINORITY INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARIES

     (29,009     (38,735

G. OTHER INCOME

    

Income from long-term investments

     18,141       44,802  

Punitive interests

     9,140       8,902  

Loans recovered and reversals of allowances

     55,963       92,223  

Other (Note 7.i.)

     1,355,380       104,556  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,438,624       250,483  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

H. OTHER EXPENSES

    

Punitive interests and charges paid to BCRA

     168       1,507  

Charge for uncollectibility of other receivables and other allowances

     125,759       93,993  

Amortization of difference arising from judicial resolutions

     2,699       2,422  

Depreciation and losses from miscellaneous assets

     372       391  

Goodwill amortization

     90       —    

Other (Note 7.j)

     434,910       50,174  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     563,998       148,487  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET GAIN BEFORE INCOME TAX AND TAX MINIMUM PRESUMED INCOME

     1,923,162       1,715,387  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

I. INCOME TAX AND TAX MINIMUM PRESUMED INCOME

     317,392       550,303  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME FOR THE PERIOD

     1,605,770       1,165,084  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes 1 through to 7 to the consolidated financial statements with subsidiaries and the Exhibit I are an integral part of these statements, which in turn are part of the stand-alone Financial Statements of BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and are to be read in conjunction therewith.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FLOW

FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIODS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 AND 2016

(Art. 33 General Companies Law)

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish—See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

CHANGES IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS    03.31.17     03.31.16  

Cash and cash equivelents at the beginning of the fiscal year

     48,856,107 (1)      28,363,286 (1) 

Cash and cash equivelents at the end of the period

     41,707,863 (1)      23,524,561 (1) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivelents

     (7,148,244 )      (4,838,725 ) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

REASONS FOR CHANGES IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

    

Operating activities

    

Net collections from:

    

-Government and private securities

     (10,904,578     (2,084,354

- Loans

     271,026       1,425,183  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

to financial sector

     (91,121     (125,208

al non-financial public sector

     8,631       89  

al non-financial private sector and residents abroad

     353,516       1,550,302  

- Other receivables from financial transactions

     (43,382     (203,846

- Receivables from financial leases

     (41,894     61,081  

- Deposits

     6,133,031       854,249  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

to financial sector

     (102,926     (30,663

to non-financial public sector

     (977,538     (603,881

to non-financial private sector and residents abroad

     7,213,495       1,488,793  

- Other liabilities from financial transactions

     620,278       (2,110,732
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing from financial or interfinancial sector (call borrowed)

     (14,300     54,000  

Others (except liabilities included in Financing Activities)

     634,578       (2,164,732

Collections related to service charge income

     2,497,166       1,727,820  

Payments related to service charge expense

     (1,278,528     (790,971

Administrative expenses paid

     (2,994,236     (2,138,336

Organizational and development expenses paid

     (28,168     (33,727

Net collections from punitive interest

     8,277       6,842  

Differences from judicial resolutions paid

     (2,699     (2,422

Collections of dividends from other companies

     —         120  

Other collections related to other income and expenses

     988,096       136,128  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in operating activities

     (4,775,611     (3,152,965
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investment activities

    

Net payments from premises and equipment

     (151,074     (39,089

Net payments from other assets

     (102,329     (139,753

Other payments from investments activities

     (257,597     (325,134
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in investment activities

     (511,000     (503,976
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities

    

Net (payments) / collections from:

    

- Unsubordinated corporate bonds

     (145,116     (283,750

- Argentine Central Bank

     (11,748     (5,793
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other

     (11,748     (5,793

- Banks and international agencies

     (359,746     (458,503

- Financing received from local financial institutions

     293,711       30,790  

Payments of dividends

     —         (97,955

Other payments related to financing activities

     (1,638,734     (366,573
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash flows used in financing activities

     (1,861,633     (1,181,784
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (7,148,244     (4,838,725
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

See note 6 “Statements of cash and cash equivalents flow”.

The accompanying notes 1 through to 7 to the consolidated financial statements with subsidiaries and the Exhibit I are an integral part of these statements, which in turn are part of the stand-alone Financial Statements of BBVA Banco Francés S.A. and are to be read in conjunction therewith.

 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

WITH SUBSIDIARIES AS OF MARCH 31, 2017, PRESENTED IN COMPARATIVE

FORM WITH THE BALANCE SHEET AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2016, AND THE

STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FLOW AS OF

MARCH 31, 2016

(ART 33 – General Companies Law)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

1.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND SUBSIDIARIES

General rule

In accordance with the procedures set forth in BCRA’s regulations and Technical Pronouncement Nr. 21 of the Argentine Federation of Professional Councils in Economic Sciences, BBVA Banco Francés S,A, (hereinafter indistinctly referred to as either “BBVA Francés” or the “Bank”) has consolidated—line by line – its balance sheets as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, and the statements of income and cash and cash equivalents flow for the three month period ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, as per the following detail:

 

   

As of March 31, 2017:

 

  a)

With the financial statements of BBVA Francés Valores S.A., PSA Finance Argentina Cía. Financiera S.A., Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A. and BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión for the three month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

  b)

With the financial statements of Consolidar Administradora de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings) for the three month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016.

 

   

As of December 31, 2016:

 

  a)

With the financial statements of BBVA Francés Valores S.A., PSA Finance Argentina Cía, Financiera S.A., Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A. and BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

 

  b)

With the financial statements of Consolidar Administradora de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings) for the portion of its fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

The results and cash and cash equivalents flow of Consolidar Administradora de Fondos de Jubilaciones y Pensiones S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings) have been adjusted for purposes of comparison of the fiscal years of companies consolidating on the basis of a three month period ended on March 31, 2017 and 2016.

Interests in subsidiaries as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are listed below:

 

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    Shares     Interest percentage in  
    Type     Quantity     Total Capital     Possible Votes  

Companies

        03-31-2017     12-31-2016     03-31-2017     12-31-2016     03-31-2017     12-31-2016  

BBVA Francés Valores S.A.

    Common       12,396       12,396       96,9953       96,9953       96,9953       96,9953  

Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings)

    Common       35,425,947       35,425,947       53,8892       53,8892       53,8892       53,8892  

PSA Finance Argentina Cía Financiera S.A.

    Common       26,089       26,089       50,0000       50,0000       50,0000       50,0000  

Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A.

    Common       23,970,000       23,970,000       51,0000       51,0000       51,0000       51,0000  

BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión (1)

    Common       230,398       230,398       95,0000       95,0000       95,0000       95,0000  

 

(1)

The Bank holds a direct stake of 95 % of capital of the Company and an indirect interest of 4.8498 % through BBVA Francés Valores S.A.

Total assets, liabilities and stockholders’ equity in accordance with the criteria defined in Note 2 below, as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and net income balances for the three month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, are listed below:

 

    Assets     Liabilities     Stockholders’ Equity     Net income/
gain-(loss)
 

Companies

  03-31-2017     12-31-2016     03-31-2017     12-31-2016     03-31-2017     12-31-2016     03-31-2017     03-31-2016  

BBVA Francés Valores S.A.

    113,403       98,892       2,677       2,216       110,726       96,676       14,050       19,660  

Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings)

    40,887       40,576       32,344       34,539       8,543       6,037       2,506       (1,239

Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A.

    2,657,352       1 ,826,091       2,112,844       1,291,995       544,508       534,096       10,410       —    

PSA Finance Argentina

Cía. Financiera S.A.

    3,948,867       3,160,749       3,419,550       2,455,941       539,317       704,808       44,509       73,259  

BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión

    322,691       238,189       44,743       25,095       277,948       213,092       50,836       19,040  

 

2.

VALUATION METHODS

The financial statements of the subsidiaries have been prepared based on similar methods to those applied by the Bank for preparing its own financial statements, in connection with assets and liabilities valuation, income measurement and restatement procedure as explained in Note 2 to the separate financial statements of the Bank. The following are the main differences with the Argentine professional accounting standards:

Arising from the application of the accounting standards laid down by BCRA and the Argentine professional accounting standards:

 

   

PSA Finance Argentina Cía. Financiera S.A. assesses its income tax liability applying the effective tax rate to the estimated taxable income, without considering the effect of temporary differences between the valuation of assets and liabilities for accounting and tax purposes. In accordance with Argentine professional accounting standards, a deferred tax

 

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asset should be recognized where the reversal of temporary differences will result in a future decrease in the assessed tax liability. In addition, unused tax losses or tax credits deductible from future taxable income should be recognized as deferred assets, to the extent their recoverability is likely. Should this criterion have been applied, shareholder’s equity disclosed in the consolidated financial statements would have been increased by 14,929 and 14,007 as of March 31, 2017 and the end of the previous fiscal year, respectively.

In the case of Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A., shareholder’s equity disclosed in the consolidated financial statements would have been increased by 3,445 as of December 31, 2016.

 

   

The commissions paid by PSA Finance Argentina Cía. Financiera S.A. to dealers for granting financing to companies and to the public in general in connection with purchases and sales of automobiles, which in accordance with the rules established by the BCRA are charged up front to the Income Statement, should be accrued throughout the duration of the loans generated by said dealers in accordance with Argentine professional accounting standards, Had this criterion been applied, shareholders’ equity would have been increased by 5,025 and 4,711 as of March 31, 2017 and the end of the previous fiscal year, respectively.

 

3.

REFORM OF THE INTEGRATED RETIREMENT AND PENSION SYSTEM

Law Nr. 26,425- Dissolution and liquidation of Consolidar AFJP S.A.:

Law Nr. 26,425, which came into force on December 4, 2008, mandated that the capitalization system that used to be an integral part of the Integrated Retirement and Pension System was to be suppressed and replaced by a single pay-as-you-go system that is now known as the Argentine Integrated Social Security System. As a consequence, Consolidar AFJP S.A. ceased to manage the funds held in the individual capitalization accounts opened by the members and beneficiaries of the Integrated Retirement and Pension System, said funds were transferred to the Fund to Guarantee the Sustainability of the State-run Social Security System exactly as they had been invested and it is now the Argentine Social Security Authority (ANSES) the only and sole holder of said assets and funds.

Besides, on October 29, 2009, ANSES issued its Resolution Nr. 290/2009 whereby it granted a term of 30 working days to the pension fund managers that could be interested in re-converting their corporate purpose in order to manage the funds held as voluntary term deposits and as agreed-upon deposits in capitalization accounts for them to express their decision to do so.

Given the above situation and the inability of Consolidar AFJP S.A. to attain the corporate purpose and conduct the business for which it had been formed, on December 28, 2009, its Extraordinary General Unanimous Shareholders’ Meeting adopted the resolution to dissolve and subsequently liquidate Consolidar AFJP S.A. effective as of December 31, 2009 on the understanding that such will be the best alternative to safeguard the interests of both the creditors and the shareholders of the Company. In addition, as set forth in the Argentine Companies Law, the Shareholders’ Meeting decided to appoint Accountant Mr, Gabriel Orden and Mr. Rubén Lamandia to act as liquidators of Consolidar AFJP S.A. As of December 31, 2009 these gentlemen have been designated as the Company’s legal representatives. As of the date of issuance of these financial statements, they are moving forward with all the actions necessary to proceed with the liquidation of Consolidar AFJP S.A.

On January 28, 2010, the dissolution of Consolidar AFJP S.A. as well as the list of designated liquidators were registered with the Supervisory Board of Companies (the “IGJ”).

 

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In addition, the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of Consolidar AFJP S.A. approved a voluntary reduction in capital stock for 75,000 on October 19, 2009. In turn, the IGJ conferred its approval to the capital reduction mentioned on January 11, 2010. In this respect, on January 19, 2010 the shareholders were transferred their capital contributions in conformity with the above-mentioned reduction.

BBVA Francés, in its capacity as shareholder requested that Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings) should file a Note with the Argentine Ministry of Economy and Public Finance and with the Argentine Social Security Authority to commence discussions within the framework of Law Nr. 26,425 in order to identify one or more resolution alternatives in connection with the consequences resulting from the events caused by the enactment of that Law. This note was filed by Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings) on June 11, 2010.

On December 7, 2010, Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings) filed an action for damages against the National State and the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security with the court of original Federal Jurisdiction over Contentious Administrative Matters Nr. 4, Clerk of Court’s Office Nr. 7, case file Nr. 40,437/2010. The complaint was ratified by BBVA Francés in its capacity as majority shareholder in that Company. On July 15, 2011, Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings) and BBVA Francés filed with the same court an enhanced complaint for determining the amounts claimed as damages. On March 9, 2012, the Court ordered the service of process on the National State. On November 23, 2012, the Court handed down a resolution demanding the production of evidence within a term of forty days. On May 13, 2013, the Court hearing in the case ordered that evidence be produced, The Company is providing depositions, documentary evidence and expert witnesses’ reports. On May 28, 2013, the Company accompanied the statements and the testimony of witnesses, as the case is currently at the evidence production stage.

 

4.

MINORITY INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARIES

The breakdown of balances in the “Minority interest in subsidiaries” account is as follows:

 

     03-31-2017      12-31-2016  

Consolidar AFJP S.A. (undergoing liquidation proceedings)

     3,939        2,784  

BBVA Francés Valores S.A.

     3,327        2,905  

PSA Finance Argentina Cía. Financiera S.A.

     264,658        352,404  

Volkswagen Financial Services Compañía Financiera S.A.

     266,809        261,707  

BBVA Francés Asset Management S.A. Sociedad Gerente de Fondos Comunes de Inversión

     418        341  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     539,151        620,141  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

5.

RESTRICTIONS ON ASSETS

 

  a)

BBVA Francés Valores S.A. holds two shares of Mercado de Valores de Buenos Aires S.A. booked in the amount of 76,100 and 66,400 as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. These shares have been pledged in favor of “CHUBB Argentina de Seguros S.A.” in security of the contract this insurance company executed with Mercado de Valores de Buenos Aires S.A. to cover the latter’s guaranteeing any noncompliance of the company with their obligations.

 

  b)

See Note 7 to the separate financial statements of the Bank.

 

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6.

STATEMENT OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS FLOW

The statements of cash and cash equivalents flow explains the changes in cash and cash equivalents. For such purpose, a detail is supplied of the items that the Bank considers to be cash and cash equivalents:

 

     03-31-2017      12-31-2016      03-31-2016      12-31-2014  

a) Cash and due from banks

     41,149,363        48,226,107        23,414,261        27,970,286  

b) Loans to financial sectors, call granted maturity date less than three months.

     558,500        630,000        110,300        393,000  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

     41,707,863        48,856,107        23,524,561        28,363,286  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loans to the financial sector and call granted with a maturity of less than three months indicated in section b) is considered to be cash equivalents because they it is held in order to meet short-term commitments, they are readily convertible in known cash amounts, they are subject to insignificant risk of changes in value and their maturity is less than three months.

 

7.

BREAKDOWN OF MAIN ITEMS

The detail of the main items included in financial statements is as follows:

 

     03-31-2017      12-31-2016  

a) GOVERNMENT AND CORPORATE SECURITIES

     

* Holdings at fair value

     

Secured Bonds due in 2020

     1,682,777        1,737,508  

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 04-17-2017

     1,170,882        —    

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 07-17-2017

     1,071,118        —    

Federal Government Bonds adjusted by CER due 2021

     395,833        649,721  

Peso-denominated Discount governed by Argentine Law maturing in 2033

     289,801        227,048  

National Treasury Bonds fixed rate maturing 2021

     289,315        327,356  

National Treasury Bonds fixed rate maturing 2023

     241,585        193,022  

National Treasury Bonds in Pesos fixed rate maturing 09/19/18

     —          542,000  

Federal Government Bonds in Pesos Badlar + 325 pbs maturing in 2020

     —          219,240  

Federal Government Bonds in US Dollar 7% maturing in 2017

     —          197,363  

Other

     535,378        211,673  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     5,676,689        4,304,931  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     03-31-2017      12-31-2016  

* Holdings booked at amortized cost

  

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 12/15/2017

     441,375        —    

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 09/15/2017

     801,556        —    

Treasury Bills in US Dollar maturing 03/20/2017

     —          787,486  

Debt Securities of the Province of Buenos Aires in pesos Series II

     —          100,277  

Other

     473        16,326  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,243,404        904,089  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

* Instruments issued by the BCRA

  

BCRA Bills (LEBAC)

     17,094,292        7,375,103  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     17,094,292        7,375,103  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

* Investments in listed corporate securities

  

FBA Ahorro Pesos Investment Fund

     184,432        121,775  

FBA Bonos Argentina Investment Fund

     18,545        17,600  

FBA Renta Pesos Plus Investment Fund

     10,405        10,803  

FBA Renta Mixed Investment Fund

     5,464        —    

Other

     5,417        5,441  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     224,263        154,899  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

- Allowances

     (217      (213
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     24,238,431        12,738,809  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

b) LOANS—Other

  

Loans for prefinancing and export financing

     10,683,047        8,486,700  

Other fixed-rate financial loans

     4,683,963        2,948,343  

Credit line loans for production and financial inclusion

     1,930,018        1,936,170  

Loans to financial entities not resident in Argentina

     1,581,090        1,674,658  

Other loans to Concessionaires F.P.

     1,654,287        1,454,016  

Other loans at reduced rate

     —          208,399  

Other

     4,290        1,045,844  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     20,536,695        17,754,130  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

c) INVESTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES – Other

  

In other companies—unlisted

     125,958        109,981  

In companies-supplementary activities

     108,033        98,060  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     233,991        208,041  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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d) OTHER RECEIVABLES – Other

     

Guarantee deposits

     1,126,110        1,120,490  

Deferred tax asset (Note 2.3.s))

     659,540        590,867  

Miscellaneous receivables

     512,599        637,255  

Prepayments

     510,519        404,927  

Tax prepayments

     361,091        76,447  

Loans to personnel

     191,905        175,507  

Advances to personnel

     6,061        118,544  

Other

     41,002        62,608  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,408,827        3,186,645  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

e) OTHER LIABILITIES FROM FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS—Other

     

Accounts payable for consumption

     4,734,505        4,724,388  

Collections and other operations for the account of third parties

     1,904,909        1,569,700  

Other withholdings and collections at source

     1,233,941        1,320,614  

Money orders payable

     597,186        538,216  

Fees collected in advance

     434,514        332,523  

Loans received from Fondo Tecnológico Argentina (FONTAR) and Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior (BICE)

     369,495        369,284  

Social security payment orders pending settlement

     157,617        14,945  

Third-party collection Floor Planning VW

     93,994        137,134  

Funds raised from third parties

     17,155        13,392  

Loans received from Interamerican Development Bank (IDB)

     16,296        17,567  

Accrued commissions payable

     10,937        16,274  

Pending Banelco debit transactions

     8,303        147,393  

Other

     102,932        102,073  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     9,681,784        9,303,503  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

f) OTHER LIABILITIES – Other

     

Miscellaneous payables

     1,450,620        1,294,341  

Amounts collected in advance

     964,263        969,780  

Accrued salaries and payroll taxes

     777,310        984,983  

Accrued taxes

     276,373        422,165  

Income tax payable (Note 2.3.s))

     79,098        1,139,049  

Other

     1.139        4,559  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,548,803        4,814,877  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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g) MEMORANDUM ACCOUNTS – DEBIT – CONTROL – Other

     

Items in safekeeping

     132,367,465        118,909,223  

Securities representative of investment in custody safekeeping on behalf of the Guarantee Fund for the Sustainability of the Pay-as-you-go System managed by the Argentine Republic

     113,677,395        101,831,865  

Checks not yet credited

     9,343,370        9,756,237  

Collections items

     1,126,329        1,264,327  

Checks drawn on the Bank pending clearing

     1,023,150        1,125,465  

Cash in custody on behalf of the BCRA

     840,000        920,400  

Other

     214,617        222,730  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     258,592,326        234,030,247  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     03-31-2017      03-31-2016  

h) SERVICE CHARGE EXPENSES—Other

  

Turn-over tax

     178,206        119,177  

Insurance paid on lease transactions

     52,604        46,146  

Insurance paid for life insurance

     88.756        —    

Other

     8,840        11,286  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     328,406        176,609  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

i) OTHER INCOME – Other

  

Deferred income tax (1)

     68,673        —    

Income from the Credit Card Guarantee Fund

     23,044        60,184  

Related parties expenses recovery

     25,614        14,972  

Interest on loans to personnel

     5,982        6,961  

Income from payment orders

     —          19,432  

Rentals

     176        818  

Other (Note 2.3.s))

     1,231,891        2,189  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     1,355,380        104,556  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Offset by the same amount recorded in the account Charge for uncollectibility of other receivable and other allowances from other expense category.

 

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j) OTHER EXPENSES – Other

     

Tax to deferred gains (1)

     —          14,000  

Insurance losses

     11,858        6,831  

Donations

     3,179        2,607  

Turn-over tax

     3,320        6,100  

Private health insurance for former employees

     5,470        4,369  

Other (2)

     411,083        16,267  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     434,910        50,174  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Compensated with the same amount recorded in the account “Loans recovered and reversals of allowances and other provisions under” from other income category.

(2)

This includes 393,559 that reflects the regularization in the rate applied to social security contributions starting in December 2013 until March 2017. In December 2013, the Entity reported to AFIP that in accordance with Section 2, Sub-section b) of the Argentine Executive Branch’s Decree Nr. 814/01 and Section 1 of Law Nr. 22.016, the Entity would start to apply the 17% tax rate instead of the 21% tax rate to the payment of social security contributions. The rules and regulations in force imposed said tax rate on the stock corporations in which the State holds an ownership interest and are governed by the Argentine Companies Law Nr. 19,550. The Argentine Government holds an ownership interest in the Entity through the Sustainability Guarantee Fund as from the nationalization of pension fund managers that occurred in the year 2008. Having heard about certain cases in which AFIP turned to arguments that reject the application of the 17% tax rate, the Entity decided to regularize the situation until March 2017 and for the period December 2013 – May 2016 the Entity adhered to the plan of payment in installments prescribed by General Resolution Nr. 3920/2016 which regulates Law Nr. 27,260.

 

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EXHIBIT I

CONSOLIDATED CLASSIFICATION OF FINANCING FACILITIES BY

CATEGORIES AND GUARANTIES RECEIVED

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17      12.31.16  

COMMERCIAL PORTFOLIO

     

Normal performance

     44,303,418        42,728,348  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “A”

     1,965,649        1,751,341  

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     1,347,499        1,413,827  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     40,990,270        39,563,180  

With special follow-up

     22,141        13,116  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Under observation

     15,366        5,968  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     2,533        3,613  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     12,833        2,355  

Negociations for recovery or re-financing agreements underway

     6,775        7,148  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     5,906        6,177  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     869        971  

Non-performing

     9,246        17,568  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     9,246        17,568  

With high risk of uncollectibility

     31,784        11,385  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     7,305        7,105  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     24,479        4,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL (1)

     44,366,589        42,770,417  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Items included: Loans (before allowances): Other receivables from financial transactions; Unlisted corporate bonds and Other receivables by debtor classification regulations; Receivables from financial leases (before allowances); Memorandum accounts—Credit-Contingent: Credit lines granted (unused portion) covered by debtor classification regulations, Other guaranties given covered by debtor classification regulations and Other covered by debtor classification regulations.

 

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EXHIBIT I

(Contd.)

CONSOLIDATED CLASSIFICATION OF FINANCING FACILITIES BY

CATEGORIES AND GUARANTIES RECEIVED

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

(Translation of financial statements originally issued in Spanish - See note 22)

-Stated in thousands of pesos-

 

     03.31.17      12.31.16  

CONSUMER AND HOUSING PORTFOLIO

     

Normal performance

     42,745,031        40,347,631  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “A”

     12,298        11,534  

Preferred collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     6,292,505        5,808,488  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     36,440,228        34,527,609  

Low Risk

     463,507        420,832  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     79,890        68,816  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     383,617        352,016  

Medium Risk

     420,655        363,965  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     17,179        20,628  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     403,476        343,337  

High Risk

     221,853        198,986  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     31,740        24,799  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     190,113        174,187  

Uncollectible

     34,223        41,900  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     12,867        18,483  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     21,356        23,417  

Uncollectible, classified as such under regulatory requirements

     3        87  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other collaterals and counter guaranties “B”

     —          61  

Without senior security or counter guaranties

     3        26  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

TOTAL

     43,885,272        41,373,401  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

GENERAL TOTAL (1)

     88,251,861        84,143,818  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Items included: Loans (before allowances): Other receivables from financial transactions; Unlisted corporate bonds and Other receivables by debtor classification regulations; Receivables from financial leases (before allowances); Memorandum accounts - Credit-Contingent: Credit lines granted (unused portion) covered by debtor classification regulations, Other guaranties given covered by debtor classification regulations and Other covered by debtor classification regulations.

 

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INFORMATIVE SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY FOR THE THREE MONTH PERIOD ENDED

MARCH 31, 2017

(Consolidated amounts – Stated in thousand Pesos)

BBVA Francés booked a gain of 1,605,770, thus reaching an average return on equity (ROE) of 38.2% and an average return on assets (ROA) of 3.8%.

BBVA Francés continues to be focused on improving the experiences of clients during their interaction with the Bank. To this end, the Entity has a broad distribution model with countrywide presence and a network of 304 customer service points. Out of these, 252 are retail banking branches and 34 are branches specialized in small and medium enterprises and institutions. Corporate banking, in turn, is organized by industry sectors: Consumption, Heavy Industries and Energy, each interacting with large enterprises on a personalized basis. To supplement its distribution network, BBVA Francés has 16 banks on an “on the premises” modality, 1 point of sales, 1 point of express customer service, 742 automatic teller machines and 799 self-service terminals. As of March 31, 2017, the Bank had 6,231 employees.

BBVA Francés’ strategy remains focused on digital transformation in order to build a new bank model, leveraged in new technologies and to able to lead the financial industry. To this end, BBVA Francés continued to work on the development of new tools to provide more and better solutions that maintain customer satisfaction and transactionality at the highest level.

In line with its business strategy, BBVA Francés has also focused on establishing new standards in the users’ experience and in the quality of service offered, improving and increasing the interaction with both clients and non-customers and developing a model of care and more efficient and differential distribution, ensuring greater reach. Likewise, the Entity has strengthened its efforts in the growth of digital sales, driven the capture of new digital customers (web + mobile) and developing new functionalities to optimize the processes in this type of sales.

BBVA Francés also continued to work towards strengthening the businesses in which it is present. In this sense, the Bank continued to strengthen its strong franchise in the Credit Card business and consolidated its position in the pledge business, exploiting the strategic partners model with LATAM, PSA Finance Argentina Cía. Financiera S.A., Rombo Cía Financiera S.A., and Volkswagen Financial Services Cia. Financiera S.A., among others. BBVA Francés has taken its first steps in the mortgage business and is working to become a leading player in this market, which seems to present positive prospects for the coming years.

Regarding the performance of the Bank in terms of activity, the Bank’s portfolio of loans to the private sector totaled 84,669,341 as of March 31, 2017, which represents a 40.4% growth rate during the last twelve months and a 5.3% growth rate during the quarter. The market share increased by 22 basis points to 6.6% at the end of the period.

This growth was supported by the increase in the loan portfolio to companies, which grew by 55.2% in the last twelve months, resulting in a commercial loan share gain of 37 basis points, reaching 7.2% at 31 of March, 2017. Financing for foreign trade operations had a remarkable performance in the period, growing by 137.2% in the last twelve months.

Consumer finance rose by 30.5% in the last twelve months, with consumer loans and credit cards showing a good performance (an increase of 41.7% and 27.0%, respectively).

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Regarding asset quality, the Bank has been able to maintain the best indicators of the Argentine financial system, in an environment that has shown signs of deterioration. The portfolio quality ratio (non-performing Financing / Total financing) was 0.84%, with a coverage ratio (total allowances / non-performing Financing) of 248.3 % at the end of the period.

As of March 31, 2017, the portfolio of Government securities, totaled 6,920,093 and represented 4.0% of the Bank’s total assets, while the instruments issued by the BCRA, net of repurchase agreements, totaled 7,317,499 as of that date and since they are short-term, they are used in order to allocate liquidity.

In terms of liabilities, total customer funds totaled 122,822,030, growing 53.3% in the last twelve months and 7.2% in the quarter. Demand deposits increased by 58.5% in the year and by 7.9% in the quarter, while term deposits increased by 21.9% and by 20.3% in the year and quarter, respectively. On the other hand, as a result of the application of the fiscal amnesty regime, special account balances were recorded for 10,751,908, representing 8.8% of the total deposits to the private sector.

BBVA Francés maintains sufficient levels of liquidity and solvency. As of March 31, 2017, liquid assets (cash and cash equivalents plus Government and corporate securities) represented 53.2% of the Bank’s deposits. In addition, the capital ratio was at 12.8% of risk-weighted assets. The Bank exceeded the minimum capital requirements by 6,241,812 as of such date.

Net financial revenues grew by 2.8% in the year, while they fell by 5.8% compared to the previous quarter. With respect to financial income, net financial revenues fell by 3.9% in relation to the same quarter of the previous year. This decline mainly reflects a sharp fall in the rate of securities issued by the Central Bank, lower results due to differences in quotation and lower results generated by CER clauses, with a lower increase in inflation in the first three months of 2017 compared to the first three months of 2016. Regarding financial expenses, they fell 11.8% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, as a consequence of the drop in rates, registering a fall of 10 percentage points in the wholesale rate of fixed terms.

The provision for loan losses increased compared to the same quarter of 2016 resulting from the portfolio impairment, mainly the retail portfolio and a greater volume of placements.

Net service revenues increased by 32.5% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. Commissions earned totaled 2,515,223, representing an increase of 45.8% compared to the same quarter of the previous year, mainly driven by revenues derived from increased consumption with credit cards and increased activity in deposit accounts. On the other hand, service charge expenses reached 1,281,121, representing a 61.2% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous year. This increase was generated by higher commissions paid by the LATAM Pass program, promotions for purchase with credit cards and campaigns, generating the latter a rise of more than 28,000 customers as of March 31, 2017. Finally, BCRA Communication “A” 5928, of September 1 2016 introduced changes in the insurance regime. Regarding life insurance it is prohibited to collect from users any type of commission and / or charge.

Administrative expenses totaled 2,899,037, up 38.0% compared with those of the same quarter of the previous year. The increase in personnel expenses was the consequence of salary increases. Overheads reflect higher increases in the cost of transportation of securities, security services, advertising, electricity and communications and taxes. Expenses increased due to a greater volume of activity, due to the general increase in prices, the depreciation of the currency and the increase in tariffs.

Information not covered by the Interim Review Report.

 

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Outlook

Plans for 2017

In relation to the expectations for 2017, it is estimated that the economy will start to grow again and BBVA Francés is prepared to lead the growth that the Argentine financial system will experience in the coming years.

In this sense, the plans for 2017 will be based on three pillars closely linked to what customers need and demand:

 

   

Improve customers’ experience

In addition to focusing on quality standards, the Bank will also focus on redefining processes and establishing measurable service levels for both external and internal customers. To achieve this, innovation will be a necessary and fundamental piece.

In relation to the segments, the Bank will work to gain flexibility in the customer service model, the roles and the current functions to provide a better service. The aim is to empower the officers so that they can respond to the needs of their clients and to provide them with new channels of care.

In this economic context, another of the pillars will be the investment world, for which the Bank is working on the design of a completely renewed set of products for its clients, as well as in the improvement of digital channels.

 

   

Distribution

BBVA Francés intends to increase its customer base and for this purpose continuously analyzes the most cost-effective and efficient way of doing so. The strategy to achieve this goal is based on the development and evolution of the contact channels. In this sense, it will be of the utmost importance to digitize 100% of the customers to give more options of contact and service. In this way customers will be able to choose through which channel they want to be served.

The Bank has also developed a detailed plan in order to remove a substantial part of the transactions carried out by the box line and transfer them to digital channels to provide a high quality service to its customers. This will also be important to be able to evolve in terms of sales and cross-selling, since this will gain greater possibility of contact with our customers.

 

   

Business in the main segments and products and efficient allocation of capital

To lead the evolution in the offer of value to clients and to take advantage of the opportunities of future growth of the financial system, the Bank will make special emphasis on:

 

   

Continuing with actions to acquire new customers and maintain a good performance in terms of customer retention.

 

   

Maintaining leadership position in businesses such as secure loans and credit cards.

 

   

Developing value propositions in those segments that present great growth opportunities, such as mortgage and investment loans.

 

   

Focusing on the segment of small and medium enterprises.

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Continuing to drive growth in the payroll segment. This will be essential to capture greater value in the retail business.

 

   

Improving in terms of pricing and asset allocation according to our models of return on regulatory capital.

Information not covered by the Interim Review Report.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF BALANCE SHEET STRUCTURE

COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIODS IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS

(Stated in thousands of pesos)

 

     03-31-2017      03-31-2016      03-31-2015      03-31-2014      03-31-2013  

Total Assets

     184,364,247        115,318,807        81,177,530        64,771,464        46,140,571  

Total Liabilities

     166,670,291        100,062,559        69,606,605        56,061,130        40,534,806  

Minority Interest in subsidiaries

     539,151        374,801        308,103        192,036        129,677  

Stockholders’ Equity

     17,154,805        14,881,447        11,262,822        8,518,298        5,476,088  

Total Liabilities + Minority Interest in subsidiaries + Stockholders’ Equity

     184,364,247        115,318,807        81,177,530        64,771,464        46,140,571  

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME STRUCTURE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIODS IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS

(Stated in thousands of pesos)

 

     03-31-2017     03-31-2016     03-31-2015     03-31-2014     03-31-2013  

Gross intermediation margin

     3,066,449       2,983,692       2,285,429       2,448,888       1,104,045  

Allowances for loan losses

     (323,969     (161,351     (143,097     (118,744     (94,100

Net income from services

     1,234,102       931,083       960,451       728,761       544,674  

Administrative expenses

     (2,899,037     (2,101,298     (1,584,248     (1,220,123     (920,158
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net gain from financial transactions

     1,077,545       1,652,126       1,518,535       1,838,782       634,461  

Other income

     1,438,624       250,483       117,680       238.282       123.767  

Other expenses

     (563,998     (148,487     (180,596     (164,617     (121,554

Miscellaneous income and expenses – net

     874,626       101,996       (62,916     73,665       2,213  

Results of minority interest in subsidiaries

     (29,009     (38,735     (32,046     (19,638     (11,697

Income tax

     (317,392     (550,303     (492,627     (530,691     (280,825
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income for the period

     1,605,770       1,165,084       930,946       1,362,118       344,152  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS STRUCTURE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIODS IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS

(Stated in thousands of pesos)

 

     03-31-2017     03-31-2016     03-31-2015     03-31-2014     03-31-2013  

Net cash flow (used in) / provided by operating activities

     (4,775,611     (3,152,965     679,055       (2,515,483     (414,254

Net cash flow used in investment activities

     (511,000     (503,976     (137,140     (352,848     (152,731

Net cash flow provided by / (used in) financing activities

     (1,861,633     (1,181,784     (279,061     289,312       (416,861

Financial results and results from holdings of cash and cash equivalents

     —         —         —         —         54  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cash (used) / provided during the period

     (7,148,244     (4,838,725     262,854       (2,579,019     (983,792
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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STATISTICAL RATIOS COMPARED TO SAME PERIODS IN PRIOR FISCAL YEARS

(year-over-year variations in balances)

 

     03-31-2017/16     03-31-2016/15     03-31-2015/14     03-31-2014/13     03-31-2013/12  

Total Loans

     40.20     36.97     17.71     22.74     28.70

Total Deposits

     53.33     44.70     23.38     28.29     17.69

Net Income

     37.82     25.15     (31.65 %)      295.79     43.09

Stockholders’ Equity

     15.28     32.13     32.22     55.55     33.28

 

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RATIOS COMPARED TO PRIOR FISCAL YEARS

 

     03-31-2017     03-31-2016     03-31-2015     03-31-2014     03-31-2013     03-31-2012  

Solvency (1)

     10.26     14.82     16.11     15.14     13.47     11.52

Liquidity (2)

     53.24     51.07     50.01     43.46     34.10     42.06

Tied-up capital (3)

     2.49     2.64     2.91     2.49     1.64     1.66

Indebtedness (4)

     9.75       6.75       6.21       6.60       7.43       8.68  

 

(1)

Total Shareholders’ equity/Liabilities (including minority interests in subsidiaries)

(2)

Sum of Cash and due from Banks and Government and corporate securities/Deposits

(3)

Sum of Premises and equipment, other assets and Intangible assets/Assets

(4)

Total Liabilities (including minority interests in subsidiaries)/Shareholders’ equity

 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON REVIEW OF INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

To the President and Directors of

BBVA Banco Francés S.A.

Taxpayer Identification Number (C.U.I.T.): 30-50000319-3

Legal address: Reconquista 199

City of Buenos Aires

Argentina

Report on Interim Financial Statements

We have reviewed the accompanying interim separate financial statements of BBVA Banco Francés S.A. (“the Bank”), which comprise the balance sheet as of March 31, 2017, and the related statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash and cash equivalents flow for the three-month period then ended, and Notes 1 to 22 and Exhibits A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, N and O. In addition, we have also reviewed the interim consolidated financial statements of the Bank and its subsidiaries, which comprise the consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash and cash equivalents flow for the three-month period then ended, and Notes 1 to 7 and Exhibit 1 presented as supplementary information.

Bank’s responsibility for the Financial Statements

The Bank is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the accompanying interim financial statements in accordance with the accounting standards issued by the Argentine Central Bank (“BCRA”), and for the design, implementation and maintenance of such internal control as the Bank determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement.

Auditors’ Responsibility and Scope of the Review

Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on these interim financial statements based on our review. We conducted our review in accordance with the review rules set forth by Technical Resolution No. 37 of the Argentine Federation of Professional Councils of Economic Sciences and the “Minimum Requirements on External Audits” issued by the BCRA applicable to the review of interim financial statements. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying interim financial statements do not present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Bank as of March 31, 2017, the results of its operations, the changes in shareholders’ equity and cash and cash equivalent flow for the three-month period then ended, as well as the consolidated financial position of the Bank and its subsidiaries as of March 31, 2017, the consolidated results of its operations and consolidated cash and cash equivalents flow for the three-month period then ended, in conformity with accounting standards issued by the BCRA.

 

  

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Emphasis of Matter

Without modifying our conclusion, we draw the attention of the users of this report to the following matters:

 

a)

as mentioned in Note 3 to the accompanying interim separate financial statements and Note 2 to the interim consolidated financial statements, these financial statements were prepared by the Bank in accordance with the accounting standards issued by the BCRA, which do not fully conform with the professional accounting standards in force in the City of Buenos Aires (Argentina); the nature of these differences is described in the notes referred to above, and

 

b)

as mentioned in Note 18 to the accompanying interim separate financial statements, the items and figures shown in the reconciliation included therein are subject to change and may only be considered as final when preparing the year-end financial statements for the year in which the Bank first applies the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the BCRA, which differ from IFRS in that the BCRA has adopted a temporary exemption from the application of section 5.5 “Impairment” of IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments (issued July 2014)”.

Other matters

As it relates to the figures and other information for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, presented for comparative purposes, it should be noted that:

 

a)

the figures and other information as of December 31, 2016 derive from the financial statements, which were examined by other auditors, who issued their independent auditors’ report on February 9, 2017 and expressed an unqualified opinion thereon, and

 

b)

the figures and other information for the three-month period ended March 31, 2016 derive from the related interim financial statements, which were reviewed by other auditors, who issued their interim review report on May 10, 2016 and expressed an unqualified conclusion on the financial statements referred to above.

City of Buenos Aires (Argentina), May 10, 2017

KPMG

María Gabriela Saavedra

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

    BBVA French Bank S.A.

Date: June 5, 2017

   

By:

 

/s/ Ignacio Sanz y Arcelus

     

Name: Ignacio Sanz y Arcelus

     

Title: Chief Financial Officer