Investor Relations Supplementary Information 2020 Q1 Contact information CEO Jan-Frode Janson For further information, please contact CFO Kjell Fordal
[email protected] +47 905 41 672 Address SpareBank1 SMN Postboks 4796 Sluppen, 7467 Trondheim Switchboard +47 915 07 300 Visiting address Søndre gate 4, 7011 Trondheim Information on the internet SpareBank1 SMN's homepage www.smn.no ECC information in general www. egenkapitalbevis.no Financial Calendar 2020 1st quarter 08 May 2020 2nd quarter 11 August 2020 3rd quarter 30 October 2020 Major changes from Q1 2020 Corona crisis and oil prise fall The crisis has trigged a broad-based international economic crisis accompanied by increased unenployment and a dramatic fall in demand despite highly expansionary monetary policies in the majority of countries. After the national lockdown, imposed on March 12th, the Norwegian economy has also been hard hit, even though Norway has a more robust economy than most countries. Oil prices has fallen heavily. SpareBank 1 SMN has low exposure to sectors that are directly affected by the oil price. The Norwegian krone har depreciated markedly in the first quater. Norges Bank (Norway's central bank) has lowered its key policy rate to 0.25 per cent since March 12th. A number of industries have experienced a wave of layoffs, and at 21th of April 15 per cent of the labour force were registered as jobseekers and 10 per cent were registered as totally unemployed. In response to the crisis in the Norwegian government has initiated a raft of measures to assist businesses and private individuals. SpareBank 1 SMN is the region's leading finance house and shoulders its responsibility in a highly demanding situation.