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Close Brothers Group Plc Annual Report 2011 Close Brothers Group plc Group Brothers Close ReportAnnual 2011 Close Brothers Group plc Annual Report 2011 Close Brothers is a specialist financial services group which makes loans, trades securities and provides advice and investment management solutions to a wide range of clients. Corporate Overview Financial Statements 1 Financial Highlights 56 Report of the Auditor 2 Chairman’s and Chief Executive’s Statement 57 Consolidated Income Statement 6 Our Business 58 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 8 Board of Directors 59 Consolidated Balance Sheet 10 Executive Committee 60 Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 61 Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Business Review 62 Company Balance Sheet 63 The Notes 11 Over view 112 Investor Relations 18 Banking 112 Cautionary Statement 20 Securities 22 Asset Management 24 Principal Risks and Uncertainties Governance 29 Report of the Directors 31 Corporate Governance 42 Corporate Responsibility 44 Report of the Board on Directors’ Remuneration Front cover: View from Close Asset Management’s offices, 10 Exchange Square, London. Close Brothers Group plc 1 Annual Report 2011 Corporate Overview Financial Highlights for the year ended 31 July 2011 Adjusted operating profit from continuing operations £131.2m 64.8p £ million 200 (2010: £116.5m) (2010: 58.2p) 172.8 1 2 150 127.5 131.2 Adjusted operating profit from Adjusted earnings per share from 113.7 116.5 continuing operations continuing operations 100 50 0 £78.5m 29.6p 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Adjusted basic earnings per share from continuing (2010: £101.0m) (2010: 47.4p) operations Operating profit before tax from Basic earnings per share from pence continuing operations continuing operations 100 82.8 80 63.7 64.8 60 60.5 58.2 40 £14.6m 10.1p 20 0 (2010: £65.9m) (2010: 46.0p) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Profit attributable to shareholders Basic earnings per share from from continuing and discontinued continuing and discontinued Ordinary dividend per share pence operations operations 40.0 40 37.0 39.0 39.0 39.0 30 20 40.0p 13.1% 10 0 (2010: 39.0p) (2010: 13.9%) 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Ordinary dividend per share3 Core tier 1 capital ratio 1Stated before exceptional items, goodwill impairment and amortisation of intangible assets on acquisition. 2Stated before exceptional items, goodwill impairment and amortisation of intangible assets on acquisition and the tax effect of such adjustments. 3Represents the final dividend proposed for the respective years together with the interim dividend declared and paid in those years. 2 Close Brothers Group plc Annual Report 2011 Corporate Overview Chairman’s and Chief Executive’s Statement Close Brothers has performed well in the We have made significant progress in repositioning the group to focus on those businesses where we see the 2011 financial year and our businesses highest long-term potential and during the year, we have remain well positioned. We have seen completed several disposals which have streamlined and simplified the group. In the Asset Management division, this significant growth in the Banking division includes the disposals of our businesses in the UK offshore as we continue to benefit from our strong and Cayman Islands as well as the property funds business, announced earlier this year. In line with this strategy we financial position to take advantage of also recently announced an agreement to sell our 49.9% opportunities presented by the current investment in Mako to the management team. Exiting these market environment; Securities has had a non-core activities does not affect the group’s capital position and allows us to reallocate cash and resources to solid performance notwithstanding recent those businesses which we believe have the best potential to challenging market conditions; and the deliver sustainable and growing profits in the future. Asset Management division has made Financial Performance significant progress on its strategic The underlying performance of our businesses has been good overall, and adjusted operating profit from continuing refocusing and the building out of its operations increased 13% to £131.2 million (2010: £116.5 Private Clients business including several million). This was principally driven by the strong performance of the Banking division, where adjusted operating profit acquisitions. We continue to have the increased 34% as a result of 18% loan book growth and a financial strength and capital resources to reduction in the bad debt ratio. Securities had a solid performance although adjusted operating profit reduced support our businesses and execute our 8% relative to a strong prior year. The Asset Management strategic plans, focused on growing and division continues to restructure and invest in its developing our core businesses. transformation and as a result delivered an adjusted operating loss of £8.6 million (2010: loss of £1.5 million). Overall, adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations increased 11% to 64.8p (2010: 58.2p). As part of the group’s overall restructuring and exit from non-core activities, we have recorded exceptional charges of £46.9 million (2010: £15.0 million) and a loss from discontinued operations of £28.1 million (2010: loss of £2.0 million). Exceptional charges include a £36.0 million impairment of the value of our investment in Mako, reflecting the expected present value of our recent sale agreement; and a further £15.4 million of exceptional charges related to the restructuring of the Asset Management division. The loss from discontinued operations includes the operating result 3 Strone Macpherson, Chairman (left) and Preben Prebensen, Chief Executive and loss on disposal of the group’s UK offshore and Cayman During the period, we achieved organic loan book growth Islands operations, which were sold during the period. of 18% to £3.4 billion (31 July 2010: £2.9 billion), whilst maintaining strong margins. This growth was driven by good Profit before tax from continuing operations, after exceptional levels of new business across our lending businesses, items, was £78.5 million (2010: £101.0 million) which translates supported by ongoing high levels of repeat business. into basic earnings per share from continuing operations of 29.6p (2010: 47.4p). After exceptional items and including The operating environment for the division remains favourable the loss from discontinued operations, profit attributable to and we continue to see opportunities to increase lending to shareholders was £14.6 million (2010: £65.9 million) and basic both individual and SME borrowers. We continue to benefit earnings per share was 10.1p (2010: 46.0p). from our enhanced sales capacity, with an over 20% increase in front line sales staff in the last two years, as well as broader During the year we have continued to increase the efficiency distribution. This includes additional dealer relationships in of our balance sheet whilst strengthening the diversity and motor finance; the addition of new branches in motor and maturity of our funding. This includes raising over £1 billion of property finance and increased leverage of the broker network new wholesale funding, as well as increasing the amount in asset finance. We continue to see good opportunities for and maturity of our retail and corporate deposits. growth in our core markets and our priority remains to continue to grow in these areas. The group’s core tier 1 capital ratio remains strong at 13.1% (2010: 13.9%) with a total capital ratio of 14.9% (2010: 15.8%). At the same time we are selectively exploring opportunities These capital ratios remain comfortably ahead of minimum for growth in adjacent product areas that are consistent with regulatory requirements and give us sufficient flexibility to our existing lending model and conservative risk appetite. In execute our current plans. Commercial, we have continued to build our presence in larger ticket invoice finance following our acquisition of a loan The board is recommending an increase of 1.0p in the final book last year. We are also expanding our asset finance dividend per share to 26.5p (2010: 25.5p), resulting in a 3% business into complementary asset classes. In Retail, the increase in the total dividend per share for the year to 40.0p motor finance business continues to see significant growth (2010: 39.0p). This reflects the group’s confidence in the through the Key Accounts team, which deals directly with performance and prospects of its core businesses. larger dealerships and franchises. Strategy We continue to invest in the infrastructure of the division to The group remains focused on executing the strategy set out support current and future growth through enhancing the at the full year results in 2010. This involves developing our strength of its central functions, including the integration of IT, three core business areas: the Banking division, which is a human resources and procurement functions. At the same leader in specialised finance in the UK; Securities, which is a time we are streamlining our processes to improve the leader in UK market-making via Winterflood; and Asset efficiency of our operations and increase the operating Management, which is investing to become a leader in UK leverage of the business over time. wealth and asset management. As we continue to grow our business we remain acutely In the Banking division, our focus is on driving sustainable focused on maintaining a prudent risk profile, and we growth whilst maintaining a predominantly secured, high continue to apply strict criteria to lending decisions. During margin, specialist lending model. the year we commenced the development of a new credit risk management information system which will further 4 Close Brothers Group plc Annual Report 2011 Corporate Overview Chairman’s and Chief Executive’s Statement continued “We have a strong financial position, continue to see good prospects for our businesses and are well placed to continue delivering solid results.” enhance our ability to monitor and analyse credit risk across Seydler remains well positioned in the German market and our lending businesses.
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