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okt.22 Municipality Credit Iceland Translation of Financial Statements for the year 2016 These financial statements is translated from the original which is in Icelandic. Should there be discrepancies between the two versions, the Icelandic version will take priority over the translated version. Index Page Key Figures ............................................................................................................................................................... 2 Report of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director .................................................................................... 3 Independent Auditor's Report ................................................................................................................................... 7 Income Statement and Statement of Comprehensive Income .................................................................................. 10 Statement of financial position .................................................................................................................................. 11 Statement of Changes in Equity ................................................................................................................................ 12 Statement of Cash Flows .......................................................................................................................................... 13 Notes to the Financial Statements ............................................................................................................................ 14-33 Municipality Credit Iceland Plc. Identity number 580407-1100 Borgartun 30, P.O. Box 8100 128 Reykjavik Key Figures for Municipality Credit Iceland Income Balance sheet MCI Plc. Financial Statements of the year 2016 2 Report and statement of the Board of Directors and the Managing Director Municipality Credit Iceland Plc. (MCI) is a statutory limited liability company owned by the Icelandic municipalities. MCI is a financial institution and operates pursuant to Act no. 150/2006 on the incorporation of Municipality Credit Iceland as a statutory limited liability company, Act No. 161/2002 on Financial undertakings, cf. The Companies Act No. 2/1995 and is supervised by the Icelandic Financial Supervisory Authority. MCI´s main function is to secure favourable funding for Icelandic municipalities and their related organisations and enterprises. MCI is by law only allowed to fund municipal projects that are of general economic interest. The financial statements for the year 2016 have been, to the best knowledge of the Board of Directors, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU. MCI has issued bonds that are registered on the Icelandic stock exchange (Nasdaq Iceland). Market maker agreements are in place for two bond classes. Operations during the year Net earnings amounted to ISK 983 million compared to ISK 1,046 million in 2015. The profit for the year is added to retained earnings. The Board of Directors suggests that a dividend of ISK 491 million to be paid on April 7th. Last year ISK 523 million where paid in dividend for the year. MCI shareholder equity amounted to ISK 17,172 million compared to ISK 16,712 million at year-end 2015 and has increased by 2.8% between the years. The capital ratio of the Group as defined by the Financial Undertakings Act No. 161/2002 was 85% compared to 79% as of year-end 2015. With the upgrade of Iceland´s sovereign rating as of mid-January 2017 the CAD ratio went up to 92% as the risk weight of foreign currency loans to municipalities was changed to 50% from 100%. For further information see note 25. The main goal of MCI´s management of shareholder equity is to always ensure that the company has ample funds to meet the risks in its underlying business. MCI´s equity consists of paid share capital, statutory reserves and retained earnings. Minimum capital requirement per the financial companies act no 161/2002 is 8% of risk weighted assets. MCI calculates and publishes it equity ratio in accordance with the Act on Financial Undertakings. Changes to the Financial Undertaking Act no. 161/2002 took effect in July 2015 which implement certain capital requirements in addition to the original 8%. Those capital buffers are capital conservation buffers, countercyclical buffer, systemic risk buffer, global systemic institution buffer and other systemically important institutions buffer. Financial companies are obliged to meet these increased capital requirements. MCI is required to meet an 1.75% requirement in addition to the 8% minimum as of year-end 2016. Total assets amounted to ISK 78,024 million compared to ISK 77,111 million as of year-end 2015. Total loans to customers where ISK 71,175 million compared to ISK 71,575 million a year earlier. The main purpose of MCI is to make loans to municipalities at the most favourable rates possible. During the year ISK 6,596 million of new loans were made, compared to ISK 7,532 million in 2015. MCI finances its lending activities by issuing bonds in the benchmark bonds LSS24, LSS34 and LSS55. MCI has in previous years issued other bond issues and borrowed directly from international financial institutions, such as Council of Europe Development Bank and the Nordic Investment Bank. MCI held ten bond auctions during the year 2016 in the Icelandic market to raise funds for on-lending. The net proceeds from the bond auctions were ISK 6.1 billion. For comparison, there were 9 auctions held in 2015 with proceeds of ISK 4.7 billion. Total outstanding amounts (nominal) at year-end were ISK 32.6 billion in LSS24, ISK 22.8 billion in LSS34 and ISK 3.6 billion in LSS55. In 2015 MCI entered in an agreement with REITUN regarding credit rating assessment. In June 2015 REITUN issued a rating report on MCI with a rating of iAAA, which is the highest rating. In May 2016, the rating was updated without changes. From July 1st 2001 MCI has provided loans in foreign currency to municipalities and their companies for a total amount of ISK 15,376 million based on the initial value of the loans translated into ISK. MCI´s Board has repeatedly revised MCI´s loan portfolio in foreign currency with respect to court rulings where loans in foreign currency have MCI Plc. Financial Statements of the year 2016 3 been judged as illegal (i.e. loan in Icelandic krona linked to foreign currencies). It is, and has been, the Board´s opinion that MCI´s loans in foreign currency are not in contradiction to Act. No 38/2001 on interest and indexation. MCI lost two Supreme Court’s ruling regarding loans in foreign currency. One ruling is the case of the municipality of Skagafjörður against MCI in 2014 and the other is the case of Slökkvilið Höfuðborgarsvæðisins (The Capital´s fire brigade) against MCI in 2015. The ruling stated that the relevant loans were loans in ISK illegally linked to foreign currencies and in accordance with that MCI was made to adjust the loans in dispute accordingly. However, MCI won two Supreme Court rulings on similar loans in foreign currency. In May 2015, in the case of Fjardarbyggð against MCI and in October 2016 in the case of Hitaveita Egilsstada and Fella, where the rulings confirmed that those types of loans were a legitimate foreign currency loan. No further legal matters are outstanding against MCI. See notes 4 and 18 for further information. MCI is exempted from paying income tax per Act no. 90/2003. MCI is also exempted from specific tax on financial institutions per Act no. 155/2010. See note 2 for further information. MCI has three employees, Managing director, Credit manager and Treasury manager. In addition, the company has outsourced various administrative services to The Association of Local Authorities in Iceland to ensure segregation of duties. Shareholders MCI´s shareholders are all 74 Icelandic municipalities. Reykjavik hold 17.5% of the MCI shares and is the only shareholder that owns more than 10%. 56% of MCI shares are owned by the 10 largest shareholders. No changes have occurred on the group of shareholders between years. List of shareholders is in note 28. The Board of Directors consists of five persons. Each has an alternative who is elected for a period of one year at MCI´s shareholders meeting. Board of Directors, both main board and alternative board, is gender equal. Risk management and measurement The cornerstones of MCI´s risk management is to match lending and borrowing and to make sure that loans are not made unless their financing is secured. Based on these cornerstones liquidity of MCI´s funding will at all time be sufficient. Per the Local Government Act No. 138/2011, municipalities may pledge their revenues as security for loans and guarantees granted by MCI, but for no other loans or guarantees. This guarantee and the Local Government Act are the main reason that MCI has not lost any outstanding loans. The Board of Directors approves the MCI's risk management policy and risk appetite. The Board approves MCI´s risk management regulations, monitors enforcement of the regulations and ensures that internal process for risk management are revised. The Managing Director is responsible to the Board of Directors and proposes new policies and if appropriate, risk limits and is responsible for the monitoring of the major risk factors. Through MCI's activities it is exposed to a variety of financial risks and those activities involve the analysis, evaluation, acceptance and management to some degree of risk or combination of