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Euroclear Investments SA Consolidated financial statements and standalone financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 Euroclear Investments SA Consolidated financial statements at 31 December 2019 Contents Directors' report .............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Board and Committees - composition ........................................................................................................................ 17 Consolidated income statement .................................................................................................................................. 18 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income ................................................................................................. 19 Consolidated statement of changes in equity ........................................................................................................... 20 Consolidated statement of financial position ............................................................................................................ 21 Consolidated statement of cash flows ....................................................................................................................... 22 Notes to the consolidated financial statements ........................................................................................................ 24 I. Interests in other entities ........................................................................................................................................... 24 II. Accounting policies .................................................................................................................................................. 27 III. Critical accounting estimates and judgements .................................................................................................... 35 IV. Risk management and the financial risk management environment ................................................................ 38 V. Segment analysis ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 VI. Net interest income .................................................................................................................................................. 57 VII. Net fee and commission income ........................................................................................................................... 57 VIII. Net gains/(losses) on financial assets and liabilities held for trading ............................................................ 57 IX. Administrative expenses ........................................................................................................................................ 58 X. Impairment ................................................................................................................................................................. 59 XI. Taxation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 60 XII. Deferred taxation..................................................................................................................................................... 61 XIII. Financial assets at FVOCI ..................................................................................................................................... 62 XIV. Financial instruments held for trading................................................................................................................ 63 XV. Derivatives used for hedging ................................................................................................................................ 64 XVI. Other assets ........................................................................................................................................................... 65 XVII. Property, plant and equipment ........................................................................................................................... 66 XVIII. Goodwill and intangible assets ......................................................................................................................... 67 XIX. Other liabilities ....................................................................................................................................................... 69 XX. Debt securities issued and funds borrowed ....................................................................................................... 69 XXI. Provisions for liabilities and charges ................................................................................................................. 70 XXII. Defined benefit plans ........................................................................................................................................... 70 XXIII. Share capital and share premium ...................................................................................................................... 74 XXIV. Other reserves ..................................................................................................................................................... 74 XXV. Dividends paid ...................................................................................................................................................... 75 XXVI. Contingent liabilities and commitments .......................................................................................................... 75 XXVII. Lease commitments ........................................................................................................................................... 76 XXVIII. Related party disclosures ................................................................................................................................ 77 XXIX. Events after the balance sheet date.................................................................................................................. 78 Statutory auditors' report ............................................................................................................................................. 79 2 Euroclear Investments SA annual report 2019 Directors' report Directors' report The directors of Euroclear Investments SA (the ‘Company’) present their report, together with the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries (the ‘group’), for the year ended 31 December 2019. Group overview and principal activities The Euroclear group is the world's leading provider of post-trade services. The group provides settlement, safekeeping and servicing of domestic and cross-border securities, with asset classes covered including bonds, equities and investment funds. The Euroclear group includes the International Central Securities Depository (ICSD), Euroclear Bank, based in Brussels, as well as the domestic Central Securities Depositories (CSDs) Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden and Euroclear UK & Ireland. Euroclear Bank, as a single purpose bank, is the only credit institution in the Euroclear group. Euroclear SA/NV provides system development and support services to the other companies of the group. Euroclear Holding SA/NV, which replaced Euroclear Limited (previously named Euroclear plc) at the end of 2018 as the top holding Company of the group is based in Brussels and owns, directly or indirectly, the entire issued share capital of the above companies. Euroclear SA/NV, headquartered in Brussels, operates three branches, in Amsterdam, London and Paris. The group’s domestic CSDs are headquartered in their local markets. Euroclear Bank, headquartered in Brussels, operates branches in Hong Kong, Krakow and Tokyo. Euroclear Bank’s branch in Krakow, Euroclear Bank (Spółka Akcyjna) - Oddział w Polsce, officially opened in January 2013. By the end of 2019, it had grown to 626 employees who serve Euroclear’s global client base. The Krakow branch provides a dual-office arrangement with Euroclear Bank’s existing operations in Belgium. With 145 employees, the Hong Kong Branch of Euroclear Bank SA/NV is an important contributor to client servicing in Asia. Through the Hong Kong office, Euroclear Bank is able to provide clients with a global service offering, despite the time zone difference with its headquarters in Europe. In 2017 Euroclear Bank opened a foreign branch in Tokyo which was previously a representative office, with 16 employees in 2019, to further enhance the way Euroclear Bank supports its local Asian customers. Euroclear Bank issued in 2016 and 2018, various intra-group recovery capital instruments for €800 million in total. These instruments were fully subscribed by Euroclear Investments SA and aimed at structuring a relevant loss absorption mechanism to restore capital position of the Bank in recovery and resolution scenarios in accordance with the Banking Recovery and Resolution Directive applicable to the Bank. €300 million out of the total amount issued were recognised as Category 2 regulatory capital by the National Bank of Belgium, of which €100 million in 2019. Besides the above Long Term notes issued, Euroclear Bank launched in 2018 a €5 billion Euro Medium Term Note (EMTN)