1. Performance Highlights
Presentation to Media
Performance Highlights
( Q2 & H1, ) by
Dr Rupa Rege Nitsure
Chief Economist
October 25, 2008

2. Bank of Baroda: Key Strengths
BoB is a leading 100 years old PSB in India with modern and contemporary personality, offering banking products and services to industrial and commercial, retail and agricultural customers across the country.
Overseas Business
Operations extend across
25 countries
through 72 Offices
Modern & Contemporary
Personality
Uninterrupted Record
in Profit-making and
Dividend Payment
Strong Domestic
Presence through
2,886 branches
Pioneer in many
Customer-Centric
Initiatives
Provides Financial
Services to around
33 million customers
globally
First PSB to receive
Corporate Governance
Rating (CAGR-2)
Steady Movement towards
International best practices –
Preparing financials under
US GAAP
Rapid & Significant
Technology Progression
Since FY06
A well-accepted &
recognised Brand in
Indian banking industry

3. Domestic Branch Network at End-Sept, 2008
The Bank has a network of 2,886 domestic branches & it merged five branches in H1, FY09.
About 37.84% of the domestic branches are located in rural areas.
Of the total no of 2,886 branches, 350 are Agriculture Thrust branches.
Around 670 branches are located in minority concentrated districts.
There are 128 specialised branches (including 19 service branches) as on date.
Regional Break-up of
Domestic Branches
Metro
Urban
Semi-Urban
Rural
627
525
642
1,092

4. Robust Technology Platform
By 30 Sept, 2008, the Bank has completed CBS Rollout in 1,912 domestic branches including 31 extension counters.
All CBS branches are enabled for inter bank remittances through RTGS and NEFT.
CBS has also been implemented in 65 overseas branches of Bank/its Subsidiaries.
The Bank’s ATM network has increased to 1,167 from a mere 170 in 2005.
The Bank has installed 47 ATMs at Railway Stations.
Many novel products like RapidFunds2India, Baroda Connect, Online Tax Payment Facility, Depository Facility, Baroda Easy Pay, Online Payment of Railway Ticket Booking, etc. have been developed by the Bank to enhance customer convenience.

5. Concentration (%): Domestic Branch Network

6. Pattern of Shareholding: 30 Sept, 2008
As on 3oth Sept, 2008
Share Capital Rs crore
No. of Shares million
Net worth Rs 10, crore
B. V. per share Rs
Return on Equity (annualised): %
BOB is a Part of the following Indexes
BSE 100, BSE 200 and BSE 500
Nifty Junior and Bankex.
BOB’s Share is listed on BSE and NSE in ‘Future and Options’ segment also.

7. Business Growth: Sept’04 to Sept’08

8. Profits: Apr-Sept’03 to Apr-Sept’08
Bet.’ Sept’05 & Sept’08, the Gross Profit has grown at the CAGR of 19.4%

9. Asset Quality: Sept’03 to Sept’08
Gross NPAs (%)
Net NPAs (%)

10. Business Performance: Sept’07 to Sept’08
Global Business up 26.6%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 2,80,544 crore at end-Sept 2008
Domestic Business up 26.8%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 2,22,336 crore
Overseas Business up 25.8%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 58,208 crore
Global Deposits up 22.6%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 1,61,069 crore
Domestic Deposits up 23.5%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 1,31,019 crore
Overseas Deposits up 18.8%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 30, crore
Domestic CASA share 35.85% at end-Sept’08
Global Advances up 32.44% (Y-o-Y) to Rs 1,19,475 crore
Domestic Advances up 31.9% to Rs 91,318 crore
Overseas Advances up 34.4% to Rs 28,157 crore

11. Business Performance: Sept’07 to Sept’08
Retail Credit up 22.7%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 17,745 crore at end-Sept 2008
Retail Credit now forms 19.3% of Gross Domestic Credit
Home Loan Book up 20.4%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 7,588 crore
SME Credit up 24.1% (Y-o-Y) to Rs 12,684 crore
Farm Credit up 31.1% (Y-o-Y) to Rs 14,946 crore
Priority Sector Credit up 28.6%(Y-o-Y) to Rs 35,389 crore.
Bank’s credit to weaker sections was up 51.1% (Y-o-Y) to Rs 6,475 crore.
The eligible amount under Agricultural Debt Waiver for the Bank is Rs 509 crore, out of which Rs 163 crore will be paid by the government in Q3, FY09 as the first instalment.

12. Key Financial Ratios : Apr-Sept, 2008-09
Return on Average Assets (ROAA) at 0.83%[0.95% in H1, FY08]
Earning per Share (annualised) at Rs [Rs in H1, FY08]
Book Value per Share at Rs [Rs in H1, FY08]
Return on Equity (ROE) at 14.87% [14.49% in H1, FY08]
Capital Adequacy Ratio at 12.86% (Tier 1 : 7.75%, Tier 2 : 5.11%)
Cost-Income Ratio declined from 53.63% to 46.35%(Y-o-Y).
Gross NPA ratio declined to 1.62% from 2.33% (Y-o-Y).
Net NPA ratio declined to 0.43% from 0.55%(Y-o-Y).
NPA Coverage at the level of %

13. Operating Profits: Apr-Sept, 2008-09
Increase in “Net Interest Income” of 16.2% (Y-o-Y), “Non-Interest income” of 12.5% and a moderate growth in “Total Expenses” of 20.7% enabled the Bank to increase its Operating Profits by a decent 33.09% in H1, FY09 despite challenging economic environment.
33.09%

14. Net Profits: Apr-Sept, 2008-09
The level of half-yearly Net Profit at Rs crore at end-Sept, reflects a modest growth of 16.17% (Y-o-Y) primarily due to higher provisions against write-downs in investments consequent to global turmoil & higher provisions on account of expected wage revisions.
16.43%

15. Other Highlights: H1,
Net Interest Margin (as % of interest-bearing assets) in Global Operations stood at 2.77% in Apr-Sept, 2008 and 2.80% in Jul-Sept, 2008.
Cost of Deposits in Global Operations increased from 5.51% to 5.59%
Cost of Deposits in Domestic Operations increased from 5.66% to 6.12%
Cost of Deposits in Overseas Operations decreased from 4.82% to 3.38%
Yield on Advances in Global Operations declined from 9.61% to 9.37%
Yield on Advances in Domestic Operations improved from 10.49% to 10.73%
Yield on Advances in Overseas Operations declined sharply from 6.25% to 5.00%.
Yield on Investments in Global Operations marginally improved from 6.72% to 6.78%.

16. Other Highlights: H1,
Treasury Income (Profit on Sale of Investments) declined by 28.5% (Y-o-Y) to Rs crore.
Fee-based Income (Commission, Exchange & Brokerage) improved by a strong 39.02% (Y-o-Y) to Rs crore.
Cash Recovery (NPA & PWO) during H1, stood at healthy Rs crore despite visible signs of industrial slowdown.
Profit from Exchange Transactions grew by 15.63% (Y-o-Y) to Rs crore.

17. Overseas Business: Apr-Sept, 2008-09
In H1, FY09, the “Overseas Business” contributed 20.75% to Total Business and 20.5% to Net Profit.
In H1, FY09, the “Overseas Business” contributed 32.01% to the Bank’s income from commission/exchange/brokerage.
While the Cost-Income Ratio for Domestic Operations stood at 51.13% in H1, FY09, it was just 20.06% for Overseas Operations.
While the Gross NPA (%) in Domestic Operations stood at 1.95% at end-Sept 2008, that for Overseas Operations was just 0.56%.
Whereas the “Gross Profit to Avg. Working Funds” ratio for Overseas Operations was 2.05% in H1, FY09, it was 1.77% for Domestic Operations.

18. NPA Movement (Gross): H1, 2008-09
Particular
Amount in Rs crore
A. Opening Balance
1,981.38
B. Additions during the year
544.91
C. Reduction during the year
571.90
Of which,
Recovery
326.40
Upgradation
144.85
PWO & WO
99.44
Ex diff.
1.21
NPA as on 30 Sept, 2008
1,954.39
Recovery in PWO
97.75

19. Economic Scenario
Visible signs of economic slowdown with IIP growth slipping to 4.9% in Apr-Aug, 2008 from 10.0% in Apr-Aug, 2007
The RBI has revised its GDP growth forecast downwards in Mid-Term Review of Policy (Oct 24) to 7.5–8.0% from 8.0% earlier
Inflation still in the double digit level (11.07% as on Oct 11, 2008).
Global financial turbulence is having significant impact on domestic markets and the RBI’s recent measures will not give results overnight
Sensex has lost 44% since the beginning of Apr’08 due to massive outflows of portfolio capital
Rupee has depreciated 25% since beginning of Apr’08 & touched 50 against USD

20. Banking Environment
Hyper inflationary phase has resulted in higher interest rates on term deposits leading to migration of deposits from CASA to term deposits.
Incremental credit-deposit ratio at 85%-90% for the industry during Apr-Sept’08 as credit growth outpaced deposit growth.
Uncertain liquidity situation due to volatility in portfolio capital, drying up of external sources of finance, etc., Bulk deposit rates still ruling high.
Given the unprecedented severity of the global crisis and significant economic slowdown thru’ trade and investment channels, next 12 to 18 months will be highly critical for asset quality.
Concerns that government will over shoot its borrowing target and cause a glut in supply of bonds continues to dampen the sentiment in the G-sec market.

21. Proposed Business Strategies
Aggressive efforts to improve “Profitability” by
Improving the CASA share
Focusing more on domestic operations & Fee-based income
Lowering the dependence on bulk business
Paying focused attention to asset quality
Leveraging technology/re-branding exercise to extract maximum benefits
Special focus on improving “relations” with the existing corporate customers as well as efforts to add new quality customers to the Bank’s Book
Thrust on business process reengineering to reduce the “cost-income” ratio, and,
A dedicated effort to add 2.5 to 3.0 million quality customers to Bank’s book in FY09 and in subsequent years.

22. Thank you.