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CORP BANCA: 2006 RESULTS
Santiago, Chile, February 13, 2007 - CORP BANCA (NYSE: BCA), a Chilean financial
institution offering a wide variety of corporate and retail financial products
and services, today announced its financial results for 2006. This report is
based on audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with
Chilean generally accepted accounting principles. Figures are expressed in
Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2006 and percentages are expressed in real
terms. Solely for the convenience of the reader, U.S. dollar amounts in this
report have been translated from Chilean pesos at the rate of Ch$527.58 per
U.S. dollar, the Central Bank of Chile's observed exchange rate as of
December 31, 2006.
CORP BANCA CONSOLIDATED 2006 RESULTS
o ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
Net income for the year ended December 31, 2006 amounted to Ch$39,105 million,
down Ch$14,634 million, or 27.2%, compared to the prior year. This decrease was
primarily due to a decline in gross margin of Ch$17,902 million and an increase
in operating expenses of Ch$4,605 million.
The following table shows selected consolidated financial information for the
year ended December 31, 2006 as compared to 2005:
Percentage
Change change
Year ended Year ended between between
(Expressed in millions of Chilean December 31, December 31, 2005 and 2005 and
pesos, except percentage amounts) 2005 2006 2006 periods 2006 periods
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Gross margin 151,121 133,219 (17,902) (11.8)%
Operating expenses (60,431) (65,036) (4,605) 7.6%
Provisions for loan losses (14,122) (14,666) (544) 3.9%
Income attributable to investments in
other companies 221 334 112 50.8%
Other non-operating expenses (1,318) (100) 1,219 (92.4)%
Net loss from price-level restatement (10,778) (7,009) 3,770 (35.0)%
Net income before taxes 64,693 46,742 (17,951) (27.7)%
Income tax provisions (10,955) (7,638) 3,317 (30.3)%
Net income 53,738 39,105 (14,634) (27.2)%
o GROSS MARGIN
The following table shows the composition of our gross margin for the years
ended December 31, 2005 and 2006:
Percentage
Change change
Year ended Year ended between between
(Expressed in millions of Chilean December 31, December 31, 2005 and 2005 and
pesos, except percentage amounts) 2005 2006 2006 periods 2006 periods
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Net interest revenue 121,217 108,924 (12,293) (10.1)%
Fees and income from services, net 23,660 28,210 4,549 19.2%
Gains from trading activities, net 12,158 7,004 (5,154) (42.4)%
Foreign exchange transactions, net (368) 302 669 (182.0)%
Other operating loss, net (5,547) (11,221) (5,674) 102.3%
Gross margin 151,121 133,219 (17,902) (11.8)%
Net interest revenue, as adjusted (*) 117,732 109,794 (7,938) (6.7)%
Foreign exchange rate earnings, as 3,117 1,172 (1,946) (62.4)%
adjusted (*)
(*) Includes exchange rate earnings derived from forward contracts held by Corp
Banca for hedging purposes
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Our gross margin decreased by Ch$17,902 million, or 11.8%, for the year ended
December 31, 2006 as compared to the prior year. This decrease is largely due to
a Ch$12,293 million, or 10.1%, decrease in net interest revenue, a Ch$5,674
million increase in other operating loss, net and a Ch$5,154 million decrease in
gains from trading activities.
In prior periods, net gains from trading activities, which reflect the results
of trading in our investment portfolio, have provided an important source of
revenues. However, towards the end of 2005 and early in 2006, we experienced
losses in the value of our investment portfolio due to increases in prevailing
Chilean interest rates and the simultaneous decline in value of debt securities,
especially with respect to Chilean government bonds. As a result, we liquidated
the majority of the positions in our investment portfolio, thereby reducing our
exposure to potential losses in connection with fluctuations in prevailing
interest rates.
The decrease in net interest revenue was largely due to a reduction in our
trading securities portfolio, as mentioned above. We no longer received interest
revenues to the extent that such portfolio's assets were liquidated. We estimate
that the impact of this reduction in our investment portfolio on our net
interest revenue was a loss of approximately Ch$9,000 million in 2006 (when
comparing revenues of 2006 to 2005). Additionally, the increase in prevailing
domestic interest rates towards the end of 2005 further decreased our net
interest revenues for 2006. Since we reprice our interest-bearing liabilities
more frequently than our interest-earning assets, these obligations became more
expensive when repriced.
Other operating loss, net increased by Ch$5,674 million, for the year ended
December 31, 2006 when compared to 2005. The increase is largely due to an
increase in sales force expenses related to the growth in our consumer loan,
credit card and residential mortgage loan portfolios (Ch$192 billion growth in
consumer loans and Ch$174 billion growth in mortgage loans). This increase was
partially offset by our receipt in 2005 of cash flow in connection with a
liquidation of an asset received in lieu of payment, representing approximately
Ch$2,000 million in non-recurring income.
Fees and income from services for 2006 were Ch$28,210 million, up Ch$4,549
million, or 19.2%, from 2005. This increase is due to our effort to increase
fees in line with what we believe to be the market standard and to improve our
fee collection processes to products oriented to retail banking customers (such
as checking accounts and credit cards). We believe that our customers'
acceptance of these changes demonstrate the high level of loyalty to our
products and services. Additionally, this increase reflects the increase in our
client base as of December, 2006 as compared to December, 2005.
o OPERATING EXPENSES
The following table shows the composition of our operating expenses for the
years ended 2005 and 2006:
Percentage
Change change
Year ended Year ended between between
(Expressed in millions of Chilean December 31, December 31, 2005 and 2005 and
pesos, except percentage amounts) 2005 2006 2006 periods 2006 periods
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Personnel salaries and expenses (38,017) (40,933) (2,916) 7.7%
Administrative and other expenses (17,153) (18,851) (1,699) 9.9%
Depreciation and amortization costs (5,261) (5,251) 10 (0.2)%
Total operating expenses (60,431) (65,036) (4,605) 7.6%
Operating expenses increased by Ch$4,605 million, or 7.6%, for the year ended
December 31, 2006 from a year ago. This increase was due to higher personnel
salaries and expenses, which grew by Ch$2,916 million, or 7.7%, from Ch$38,017
million as of December 31, 2005 to Ch$40,933 million for 2006. The increase
reflects the hiring of additional personnel to handle
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increased business activity in our commercial and operational areas. In
addition, administrative and other expenses increased in 2006 by Ch$1,699
million, or 9.9%, from a year ago. The increase was primarily due to greater
expenditures for marketing campaigns and for leases of additional branches. The
increase in operating expenses had a negative impact on the efficiency ratio
(operating expenses over gross margin) of the bank, which reached 48.8% as of
December 31, 2006, as compared to 40.0% as of December 31, 2006.
Price-level Restatement. During the year ended December 31, 2006, we recorded
Ch$7,009 million net expenses due to price-level restatement, a decrease of
Ch$3,770 million, or 35.0%, as compared to Ch$10,778 million in 2005. This
decrease is due to the lower inflation rate in Chile for 2006 as compared to the
prior year.
Other Indicators. Our return on equity slid from 14.8% as of December 31, 2005
to 9.9% in 2006 due to the negative impact of the liquidation of the majority of
our investment portfolio and the increase in our equity base resulting from the
capitalization of 50.0% of our 2005 net income. On a pre-tax basis, our return
on equity for the year ended December 31, 2006 was 11.9%.
Meanwhile, our net interest margin (net interest revenue over interest-earning
assets) reached 3.1%.
o BUSINESS ACTIVITY
Loan Portfolio. Our total loan portfolio (net of interbank loans) amounted to
Ch$3,311,818 million as of December 31, 2006, representing 15.1% growth in real
terms during the twelve-month period then ended, which was slightly lower than
the 15.4% growth recorded by the Chilean banking sector for the same period. In
addition, our loan portfolio market share in Chile decreased from 6.4% as of
December 31, 2005 to 6.3% as of December 30, 2006. This decrease also reflects
the results of our strategy of targeting loans to small- and medium-sized
businesses.
As of December 31, 2006 CORP BANCA posted twelve-month growth of 30.2% in loans
to individuals as compared to December 31, 2005, and according to the Chilean
Superintendency of Banks, the average growth in loans to individuals over the
same period was 17.2% in the Chilean banking sector.
The following table shows the composition of our loan portfolio as of December
31, 2005 and 2006:
Percentage
Change change
As of As of between between
(Expressed in millions of Chilean December 31, December 31, 2005 and 2005 and
pesos, except percentage amounts) 2005 2006 2006 periods 2006 periods
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Commercial* 1,330,277 1,507,219 176,942 13.3%
Consumer* 360,021 435,970 75,949 21.1%
Foreign trade 215,041 236,999 21,958 10.2%
Housing mortgages 113,096 157,551 44,455 39.3%
Commercial mortgages 201,358 189,217 (12,141) (6.0)%
Other commercial mortgages 958 1,614 656 68.5%
Other housing mortgages 124,159 184,554 60,395 48.6%
Leasing contracts 214,334 226,596 12,262 5.7%
Factored receivables 61,259 71,550 10,291 16.8%
Contingent 231,295 281,348 50,054 21.6%
Past due loans 25,523 19,115 (6,408) (25.1)%
Other outstanding loans 111 84 (27) (24.0)%
Total loans (excluding interbank
loans) 2,877,431 3,311,818 434,387 15.1%
(*) Includes overdrafts
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The loan types that demonstrated the highest growth in relative terms were
residential mortgage loans (comprised of the Housing mortgages and Other housing
mortgages), which were up 44.2% as of December 31, 2006, as compared to 2005.
The 44.2% increase in residential mortgages loans easily outpaced the 14.6%
growth reported for this loan type in the Chilean banking sector for the same
period. This growth allowed us to increase our residential mortgage loan market
share in Chile from 2.5% as of December 31, 2005 to 3.2% as of December 31,
2006. Contingent loans increased 21.6% and consumer loans increased 21.1% as
compared to 2005.
Other Indicators. For the year ended December 31, 2006, we had a risk index
(allowances for loan losses over total loans) of 1.4%, which compares favorably
to our 1.6% risk index for the same period in 2005 and is in line with the 1.5%
risk index for the Chilean banking sector for the same period. The improvement
in the risk index was due mainly to changes in the composition of our loan
portfolio, including the decrease in past due loans (when measured over total
loans), which decreased from 0.9% as of December 31, 2005 to 0.6% as of December
31, 2006. Reported past due loans over total loans (net of interbank loans) for
the Chilean banking sector were 0.7% as of December 31, 2006.
Our coverage ratio, measured as allowances for loan losses over past due loans,
increased from 177.4% as of December 31, 2005 to 243.4% as of December 31, 2006.
The Chilean banking sector recorded a coverage ratio of 198.2% as of December
31, 2006.
o FINANCING
The following table shows selected financial information of our finance sources
as of December 31, 2005 and 2006:
Percentage
Change change
As of As of between between
(Expressed in millions of Chilean December 31, December 31, 2005 and 2005 and
pesos, except percentage amounts) 2005 2006 2006 periods 2006 periods
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Saving accounts and time deposits 1,762,337 1,701,939 (60,398) (3.4)%
Current (checking) accounts 152,381 176,093 23,712 15.6%
Banker's drafts and other sight
deposits 56,465 99,227 42,762 75.7%
Mortgage bonds 298,885 334,920 36,035 12.1%
Domestic borrowings 71,213 63,732 (7,482) (10.5)%
Foreign borrowings 228,279 240,189 11,909 5.2%
Funds in process of settlement 21,771 21,397 (374) (1.7)%
Current (checking) accounts + other
sight deposits (*) 187,074 253,923 66,848 35.7%
(*} Net from funds in process of settlement
Our domestic and other borrowings (saving accounts and time deposits, current
(checking) accounts, banker's drafts and other sight deposits, mortgage bonds
and domestic borrowings) increased by Ch$34,630 million, or 1.5%, as of December
31, 2006 as compared to 2005. This increase was primarily due to an increase of
Ch$42,762 million, or 75.7%, in banker's drafts abd other sight deposits, and a
12.1% increase in mortgage bonds. Our foreign borrowings increased by Ch$11,909
million, or 5.2%.
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o SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
The capitalization of 50.0% of our 2005 net income at the beginning of 2006, in
the amount of Ch$26,316 million, enhanced our ability to grow our loan portfolio
and to maintain favorable solvency ratios.
With capital and reserves of Ch$394,145 million as of December 31, 2006, we
ranked as the fourth largest private bank in Chile and had an equity market
share in Chile of 8.2% as of that date according to figures published by the
Chilean Superintendency of Banks.
Our Basle Index as of December 31, 2006 was 13.59% compared to 13.47% as of
December 31, 2005.
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2006 YEAR-END RESULTS CONFERENCE CALL
You are invited to participate in Corp Banca's conference call on Wednesday,
February 14, 2007, at 16:15 New York time (18:15 Santiago time). Mario Chamorro
Carrizo, Corp Banca's Chief Executive Officer, will host the call. We suggest
that participants call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. To access
the call, please dial as set forth below:
o U.S. participants, please dial 1866 819 7111;
o U.K. participants, please dial 0800 953 0329; and
o Participants outside the U.S. and the U.K., please dial
+44 1452 542 301.
In the event of a problem with the above numbers, participants should dial one
of the following numbers and reference "Corp Banca":
o U.S. participants: 1866 869 2352;
o U.K. participants: 0800 694 1449; and
o Participants outside the U.S. and the U.K.: +44 1452 560 304.
For your convenience, a 24-hour instant replay facility will be available,
following the completion of the conference call, until Saturday February 17,
2007. To listen to the replay, please call:
o U.S. participants: 1866 247 4222; Access Code: 2339939#;
o U.K. participants: 0800 953 1533; Access Code: 2339939#; and
o Participants outside the U.S. and the U.K.: +44 1452 550 000;
Access Code: 2339939#.
SLIDES AND AUDIO WEB CAST:
There will also be a live web cast of the conference call with PowerPoint slides
through the Internet accessible through the website of Capital Link at
www.capitallink.com. Please click on the button "Corp Banca Year End 2006
Results Webcast". Participants to the live web cast should register on the
website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the web cast.
The webcast, together with this press release, will be archived and accessible
through Corp Banca's website, www.corpbanca.cl, in the "Investor Relations -
Financial Information".
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Consolidated Statements of Income (audited)
(In millions of Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2006 (except percentages)
Year ended Year ended Change
(Expressed in millions of Chilean December 31, December 31, ------------------------------
pesos, except percentage amounts) 2005 2006 Ch$ millions %
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OPERATING INCOME
Net interest revenue 121,217.3 108,924.3 (12,293.0) (10.1)%
Gains from trading activities 12,158.2 7,004.1 (5,154.1) (42.4)%
Fees and income from services, net 23,660.3 28,209.6 4,549.3 19.2%
Foreign exchange transactions, net (367.8) 301.5 669.3 (182.0)%
Other operating loss, net (5,547.1) (11,220.9) (5,673.8) 102.3%
Gross margin 151,120.9 133,218.6 (17,902.3) (11.8)%
Personnel salaries and expenses (38,016.9) (40,932.8) (2,915.9) 7.7%
Administrative and other expenses (17,152.7) (18,851.4) (1,698.7) 9.9%
Depreciation and amortization (5,261.3) (5,251.4) 9.9 (0.2)%
Total operating expenses (60,430.9) (65,035.6) (4,604.7) 7.6%
Net operating income 90,690.0 68,183.0 (22,507.0) (24.8)%
Provisions for loan losses (*) (14,121.7) (14,666.1) (544.4) 3.9%
Operating income 76,568.3 53,516.9 (23,051.4) (30.1)%
OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES
Non-operating income 2,789.6 2,606.3 (183.3) (6.6)%
Non-operating expenses (4,107.8) (2,706.0) 1,401.8 (34.1)%
Income attributable to investments
in other companies 221.1 333.5 112.4 50.8%
Price level restatement (10,778.2) (7,008.5) 3,769.7 (35.0)%
Total other income and expenses (11,875.3) (6,774.7) 5,100.6 (43.0)%
Income before income taxes 64,693.0 46,742.2 (17,950.8) (27.7)%
Income taxes (10,954.9) (7,637.7) 3,317.2 (30.3)%
Net income 53,738.1 39,104.5 (14,633.6) (27.2)%
(*) Under new regulations effective since January 1, 2004 provisions for loan
losses are stated net of recoveries of previously charged off loans
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As of As of
December 31, December 31,
2005 or for the 2006 or for the
twelve months twelve months
Selected Performance Ratios then ended then ended
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SOLVENCY INDICATORS
Basle index 13.5% 13.6%
Shareholders' equity /Total assets 11.8% 11.7%
Shareholders' equity /Total liabilities 13.4% 13.3%
CREDIT QUALITY RATIOS
Past due loans / Total loans 0.9% 0.6%
Allowances / Total loans 1.6% 1.4%
Allowances / Past due loans 177.4% 243.4%
Provisions for loan losses / Total loans 0.5% 0.4%
Provisions for loan losses / Gross margin 9.3% 11.0%
Provisions for loan losses / Net income 26.3% 37.5%
PROFITABILITY RATIOS
Net interest revenue / Interest-earning assets (2) 3.7% 3.1%
Net interest revenue, as adjusted (3) / Interest-earning assets 3.6% 3.2%
Gross margin/ Total assets 4.3% 3.6%
Gross margin/ Interest-earning assets (2) 4.6% 3.8%
Provisions and charge-off expenses/ Total assets 0.4% 0.4%
ROA (before taxes), over total assets 1.8% 1.3%
ROA (before taxes), over interest-earning assets (2) 2.0% 1.3%
ROE (before taxes) 17.9% 11.9%
ROA, over total assets 1.5% 1.1%
ROA, over interest-earning assets (2) 1.6% 1.1%
ROE 14.8% 9.9%
Earnings from subsidiaries / Investment in subsidiaries 15.8% 22.3%
EFFICIENCY RATIOS
Operating expenses / Total assets 1.7% 2.3%
Operating expenses/ Total loans 2.1% 2.0%
Operating expenses / Gross margin 40.0% 48.8%
EARNINGS
Earnings per share before taxes (Chilean pesos per share) 0.29 0.21
Earnings per ADR before taxes (U.S. dollars per ADR) 2.65 1.91
Earnings per share (Chilean pesos per share) 0.24 0.17
Earnings per ADR (U.S. dollars per ADR) 2.20 1.60
(1) New risk index considers total loan loss alloawances
(2) Interest-earning assets: Total loans and financial investments
(3) Includes exchange rate earnings from the forward contracts
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (audited)
(In millions of Chilean pesos as of December 31, 2006, except percentages)
As of As of Change
December 31, December 31, ------------------------------
2005 2006 Ch$ millions %
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ASSETS
Cash and due from banks 75,161.7 82,177.2 7,015.5 9.3%
Total Loans 2,877,431.5 3,311,817.7 434,386.2 15.1%
Provisions (45,267.3) (46,524.0) (1,256.7) 2.8%
Loans, net 2,832,164.2 3,265,293.7 433,129.5 15.3%
Loans to financial institutions 30,640.7 20,005.9 (10,634.8) (34.7)%
Securities trading 6,712.3 6,137.2 (575.1) (8.6)%
Investments 423,149.2 152,407.2 (270,742.0) (64.0)%
Financial derivative contracts 8,065.8 4,452.1 (3,613.7) (44.8)%
Other assets 119,008.4 131,225.0 12,216.6 10.3%
Fixed assets 34,322.3 34,124.0 (198.3) (0.6)%
Total assets 3,529,224.6 3,695,822.3 166,597.7 4.7%
Liabilities
Current (checking) accounts 152,380.7 176,092.8 23,712.1 15.6%
Time deposits and other obligations 2,414,603.7 2,476,168.3 61,564.6 2.5%
Subordinated bonds 46,593.2 43,885.8 (2,707.4) (5.8)%
Banking bonds 147,802.2 182,292.7
Borrowings from domestic financial
institutions 71,213.2 63,731.7 (7,481.5) (10.5)%
Foreign borrowings 228,279.4 240,188.6 11,909.2 5.2%
Financial derivative contracts 543.8 4,940.7 4,396.9 0.0%
Other borrowings 51,724.6 75,272.3 23,547.7 45.5%
Total liabilities 3,113,140.8 3,262,572.9 149,432.1 4.8%
Shareholders' equity 416,083.8 433,249.4 17,165.6 4.1%
Total liabilities and shareholders'
equity 3,529,224.6 3,695,822.3 166,597.7 4.7%
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CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as
"anticipate", "believe", "expect", "plan", "intend", "forecast", "target",
"project", "may", "will", "should", "could", "estimate", "predict" or similar
words suggesting future outcomes or language suggesting an outlook.
Forward-looking statements and information are based on current beliefs as well
as assumptions made by and information currently available to Corp Banca
concerning anticipated financial performance, business prospects, strategies and
regulatory developments. Although management considers these assumptions to be
reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be
incorrect. By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent
risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks that predictions,
forecasts, projections and other forward-looking statements will not be
achieved. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on these statements as
a number of important factors could cause the actual results to differ
materially from the beliefs, plans, objectives, expectations and anticipations,
estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements.
Furthermore, the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are
made as of the date of this press release and Corp Banca does not undertake any
obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the included forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are expressly
qualified by this cautionary statement.
CONTACTS - CORP BANCA:
Raul Rubel B.
Investor Relations Officer
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investorrelations@corpbanca.cl
INVESTOR RELATION / MEDIA
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