2 FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE This presentation contains and we may, from time to time, make forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Key’s financial condition, results of operations, asset quality trends, capital levels and profitability. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead only represent management’s current expectations and forecasts regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Key’s control. Forward-looking statements usually can be identified by the use of words such as “goal,” “objective,” “plan,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “project,” “believe,” “estimate” or other words of similar meaning. Our forward-looking statements are subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties: continued strain on the global financial markets as a result of economic slowdowns and concerns; the slow progress of the U.S. economic recovery; changes in trade, monetary and fiscal policies of various governmental bodies and central banks in the economies in which we operate; our ability to anticipate interest rate changes correctly and manage interest rate risk presented through unanticipated changes in our interest rate risk position and/or short- and long-term interest rates; changes in local, regional and international business, economic or political conditions in the regions where we operate or have significant assets; current regulatory initiatives in the U.S., including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as amended, subjecting us to a variety of new and more stringent legal and regulatory requirements and increased scrutiny from our regulators; the deterioration of unemployment or real estate asset values or their failure to recover for an extended period of time; adverse changes in credit quality trends; our ability to determine accurate values of certain assets and liabilities; adverse behaviors in securities, public debt, and capital markets, including changes in market liquidity and volatility; unanticipated changes in our liquidity position, including but not limited to our ability to enter the financial markets to manage and respond to any changes to our liquidity position; the soundness of other financial institutions; our ability to satisfy new capital and liquidity standards such as those imposed by the Dodd-Frank Act and those adopted by the Basel Committee; our ability to receive dividends from our subsidiary, KeyBank; reductions of the credit ratings assigned to KeyCorp and KeyBank; unexpected or prolonged changes in the level or cost of liquidity; our ability to secure alternative funding sources under stressed liquidity conditions; our ability to timely and effectively implement our strategic initiatives; operational or risk management failures; breaches of security or failures of our technology systems due to technological, cybersecurity threats or other factors; the occurrence of natural or man-made disasters or conflicts or terrorist attacks disrupting the economy or our ability to operate; the adequacy of our risk management programs; adverse judicial proceedings; increased competitive pressure due to consolidation; our ability to attract and/or retain talented executives and employees; our ability to effectively sell additional products or services to new or existing customers; our ability to manage our reputational risks; unanticipated adverse effects of acquisitions and dispositions of assets, business units or affiliates. We provide greater detail regarding some of these factors in our 2012 Form 10-K, including in Item 1. Business under the heading “Supervision and Regulation”, in Item 1A. Risk Factors and in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation under the heading “Risk Management,” as well as in our subsequent SEC filings, all of which are accessible on our website at www.key.com/ir and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Key does not undertake any obligation to update the forward-looking statements to reflect the impact of circumstances or events that may arise after the date of the forward-looking statements. Actual results or future events could differ, possibly materially, from those anticipated in forward-looking statements, as well as from historical performance. This presentation also includes certain Non-GAAP financial measures related to “tangible common equity,” “Tier 1 common equity,” “pre-provision net revenue,” and “cash efficiency ratio.” Management believes these ratios may assist investors, analysts and regulators in analyzing Key’s financials. Although Key has procedures in place to ensure that these measures are calculated using the appropriate GAAP or regulatory components, they have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of results under GAAP. For more information on these calculations and to view the reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures, please refer to the Appendix to this presentation or our most recent earnings press release, which is accessible at www.key.com/ir. Web addresses referenced in this slide are inactive textual references only. Information on these websites is not part of this document. |