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DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Annual Report 2012, -16-

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DJ DGAP-UK-Regulatory: Annual Report 2012, Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S

Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S  / Annual Financial Report 
 
30.01.2013 10:00 
 
Dissemination of a UK Regulatory Announcement, transmitted by 
DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. 
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 
=-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
Please visit www.landbobanken.com to download the Annual Report 2012 in pdf. 
 
Disclaimer: 
>>The following is a translation of a Danish original document. The original 
Danish text shall be the governing text for all purposes and in case of any 
discrepancy the Danish wording shall be applicable.<< 
 
 
Dear shareholder 
 
Viewed as a whole, 2012 was a really good year for Ringkjoebing Landbobank. The 
pre-tax profit improved by 18% to DKK 448 million, equivalent to a 19% return 
on the bank's equity. The bank's core earnings were DKK 401 million, which is 
above the expected range reported at the beginning of the year. This result was 
achieved on the basis of growth in customer numbers, the bank's low rate of 
costs and a continuing sound credit quality. To this must be added positive 
exchange rate adjustments, realised because the interest rate fell to a 
historically low level. 
 
The falling interest rate was characteristic of the lack of growth in Denmark 
and through- out Europe, while the difference between northern and southern 
Europe became even more marked as the debt crisis took hold. We expect that 
Denmark will come out of recession in 2013, but without growth rates being high 
enough to enable us to escape a period of low growth. 
 
The price of the bank's shares in 2012 performed better than that of any other 
Danish bank, with an increase of 35% including the dividend paid, and the 
market value is now DKK 3.9 billion. It is recommended to the general meeting 
that the dividend be increased to DKK 14 per share, and that we continue with a 
new buy-back programme for 130,000 shares. 
 
The bank's rate of costs was 32%, and we thus remain the most efficient bank in 
Denmark in terms of costs per krone earned. We're pleased with this situation 
because it makes our results highly robust, which benefits all our 
stakeholders. 
 
Robustness, profit and solvency remain important for our customers and their 
choice of bank. We have noted this during the past year, when we gained many 
new customers who want their capital managed or placed. We are therefore very 
satisfied with the bank's solid capitalisation. The bank's solvency is 22%, 
which should be seen in relation to the statutory requirement of 8%. The high 
solvency and the bank's earnings mean that Ring- kjoebing Landbobank is one of 
Denmark's most robust banks. We thus have the strength we need to support our 
customers and their good investments. 
 
This result and our sound basis is also a credit to our competent employees, 
who again performed fantastically in 2012. Their expertise, stability, loyalty 
and fighting spirit are an unsurpassed combination. 
 
We expect 2013 to be an interesting year, where the main task will be to do 
even more business with our current customers and continue to increase our 
market share with ad- ditional customers. We expect core earnings in the range 
DKK 350 - 425 million, to which must be added the result for the trading 
portfolio. 
 
Finally, we would like to thank our customers and shareholders for the high 
level of sup- port they give the bank. 
 
John Bull Fisker 
 
 
 
 
Main figures for the bank (million DKK) 
 
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
 
Total core income 823 767 758 753 735 
Total costs and depreciations -265 -248 -240 -238 -239 
Core earnings before write-downs on loans 558 519 518 515 496 
Write-downs on loans -157 -129 -138 -159 -77 
Core earnings 401 390 380 356 419 
Result for portfolio +49 +1 +38 +56 -73 
Expenses for bank packages -2 -11 -80 -107 -28 
Profit before tax 448 380 338 305 318 
Profit after tax 328 286 257 232 240 
 
Shareholders'equity 2,676 2,483 2,312 2,056 1,785 
Deposits 12,867  12,755  11,662  11,187 9,073 
Loans 12,424  12,747  13,151  13,047  13,897 
Balance sheet total 17,682  17,549  18,247  17,928  18,002 
Guarantees 1,667 1,052 1,042 1,486 2,386 
 
Key figures for the bank (per cent) 
Pre-tax return on equity, beginning of year 18.5 16.9 16.5 17.1 19.6 
Return on equity after tax, beginning of year 13.6 12.7 12.5 13.0 14.7 
Rate of costs 32.2 32.4 31.6 31.6 32.4 
Core capital ratio (Tier 1) 20.9 19.8 18.6 16.6 13.0 
Solvency ratio (Tier 2) 22.4 21.4 22.4 20.2 16.3 
Solvency requirement 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 
 
Key figures per 5 DKK share (DKK) 
Core earnings 83 79 75 71 83 
Profit before tax  93  77  67  60  63 
Profit after tax  68  58  51  46  48 
Net asset value 553 503 459 408 354 
Price, end of year 770 579 725 609 310 
Dividend 14 13 12 0 0 
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT - HIGHLIGHTS 
 
-   18% increase in pre-tax profit from DKK 380 million to DKK 448 million 
-   The result is equivalent to a 19% return on equity after payment of 
dividends 
-   The rate of costs improved by 1% to 32.2, still the lowest in Denmark 
-   Capital adequacy ratio of 22.4, equivalent to cover of 280% 
-   Core capital ratio 20.9 
-   Highly satisfactory number of new customers in both the branch network and 
Private Banking 
-   Positive - 35% - return on the bank's shares 
-   A dividend of DKK 14 per share, equivalent to DKK 70 million, is recommended 
-   Cancellation of 100,000 bought back shares recommended to the general 
meeting 
-   New buy-back programme for 130,000 shares, equivalent to approximately DKK 
105 million, proposed 
-   Expectations for core earnings for 2013 in the range DKK 350 - 425 million 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Page 
6 Financial review 
15 Capital structure 
18 Risks and risk management 
30 Corporate Governance 
31 Statutory statement on social responsibility 
34 Statutory statement on management 
36 Information on listed companies 
 
 
 
Financial review 
The bank's pre-tax profit improved by 18% from DKK 380 million to DKK 448 
million. This result is equivalent to a 19% return on equity, which is 
considered highly satisfac- tory in the present economic situation. 
The core earnings increased by 3% to DKK 401 million, which is above the 
expected range reported at the beginning of the year. 
 
Core income 
The total core income was 7% higher, with an increase from DKK 767 million in 
2011 to DKK 823 million in 2012. 
 
Net interest income in 2012 was DKK 615 million, a 1% increase relative to the 
previous year. The increasing interest income comes primarily from a slightly 
higher interest mar- gin. Like the rest of the financial sector, the bank 
increased the interest margin in 2012. The very low level of interest is 
pulling in the opposite direction, resulting in a lower return on the bank's 
securities portfolio and its liquid resources. 
 
Net fees and commissions and foreign exchange income were derived as follows: 
 
Million DKK 2012 2011 
Asset management 71 50 
Securities trading 24 19 
Guarantee commissions 41 35 
Foreign exchange income 13 18 
Payment handling 18 17 
Loan fees 12 6 
Other fees and commissions 20 7 
Total 199 152 
 
 
Fees, commissions and earnings on foreign currency amounted to net DKK 199 
million in 2012 against net DKK 152 million in 2011, a 31% increase. The higher 
sums within asset management and the pension area had a positive effect, and 
there was good activity within conversion of mortgage credit loans. 
 
 
Costs and depreciations 
The total costs including depreciations of tangible assets were DKK 265 million 
in 2012, 6% higher than in the previous year. 
Half of the increase is the new fixed premium payable to the Guarantee Fund for 
De- positors and Investors which, from 2012, was charged as an expense under 
costs. It was decided as a part of Bank Package IV to establish an insurance 
scheme with a premium determined relative to the deposits which are covered. 
DKK 1,950 million is payable an- nually to the fund, of which the bank's share 
is currently 0.7%, equivalent to DKK 13.8 million a year. Contributions will be 
payable to the fund until it has reached DKK 7,500 million. Future costs of the 
Guarantee Fund for Depositors and Investors will be financed by the payments, 
so it is not possible to determine how long this charge will continue. On the 
other hand, the fluctuating costs of bank rescues will disappear in the future. 
DKK 8.6 million was charged to expenses in 2012, and this will increase to DKK 
13.8 million in 2013. 
 
The rate of costs improved by 0.2 percentage points to 32.2%, which is an 
improve- ment of 1%, still the lowest in Denmark. A low rate of costs is 
particularly important in periods of difficult economic conditions as it gives 
a high level of robustness to the bank's results, as is also reflected in the 
calculation of the bank's individual solvency requirements of 8%. 
 
Write-downs on loans 
Write-downs on loans amounted to DKK 157 million against DKK 129 million in 
2011. The level of write-downs remains acceptable and corresponds to 1.1% of 
total average loans, write-downs, guarantees and provisions. The bank's 
customers appear to be cop- ing better than the average in Denmark in the weak 
economic period. DKK 33 million was charged as an expense in the fourth quarter 
against DKK 45 million in the third quarter and DKK 55 million in the second 
quarter of 2012. 
The bank's total account for write-downs and provisions was DKK 758 million at 
the end of 2012, equivalent to 5.1% of total loans and guarantees. The actual 
write-downs on loans (including interest on the account for write-downs and 
provisions) remain low at DKK 48 million. The account for write-downs and 
provisions thus increased by net DKK 
109 million net during the year. 
The portfolio of loans with discontinued calculation of interest was DKK 113 
million, 
equivalent to 0.76% of the bank's total loans and guarantees at the end of the 
year. 
The Danish economy slipped back into recession in 2012, but it is expected to 
return to positive growth rates in 2013, and the bank is satisfied with the 
conservative credit policy on the basis of which it has always been run. As a 

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natural part of the economic cycle, the bank's losses are expected to remain at 
a relatively high level in 2013, but at a lower level than in 2012. It is also 
still the bank's judgment that its credit policy, diversi- fied loans portfolio 
and position in central and western Jutland will have a positive effect on the 
bank relative to the general level of losses for the banking sector as a whole. 
 
Core earnings 
Million DKK 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 
Total core income 823 767 758 753 735 696 609 511 417 368 
Total costs etc. -265  -248  -240  -238  -239  -234  -208  -190  -184  -163 
Core earnings before 
write-downs on loans 558 519 518 515 496 462 401 321 233 205 
Write-downs on loans -157  -129  -138  -159 -77 +11 +69 +5 +4 -10 
Core earnings 401 390 380 356 419 473 470 326 237 195 
 
The bank's expectations for core earnings were originally in the DKK 300 - 400 
million range. This was stated more precisely at the end of October at 
approximately DKK 400 million. The result was realised over the reported 
interval. 
 
Result for portfolio 
The result for the portfolio for 2012 was positive at DKK 49 million including 
funding costs. 
The portfolio of shares etc. was DKK 230 million at the end of 2012, with DKK 
29 million in listed shares and DKK 201 million in sector shares etc. The bond 
portfolio amounted to DKK 3,783 million kroner, and the greater part of the 
portfolio consists of AAA-rated Danish mortgage credit bonds and short-term 
bank bonds with rated Nordic counterparties. 
The total interest rate risk - calculated as the impact on the result of a one 
percentage point change in the interest rate - was 0.6% of the bank's core 
capital less deductions at the end of the year. 
 
 
 
The bank's total market risk within exposures to interest rate risk, listed 
shares etc. and foreign currency remains at a low level. The bank's risk of 
losses calculated on the basis of a Value at Risk model (calculated with a ten 
day horizon and 99% probability) was as follows in 2012: 
 
Value at Risk  Risk relative to equity 
 Risk in million DKK end of year in % 
Highest risk of loss:  28.4  1.06% 
Lowest risk of loss:    3.5  0.13% 
Average risk of loss:    14.7  0.55% 
The bank's policy remains to hold the market risk at a low level. 
 
Profit after tax 
The result after tax was DKK 328 million for the year against DKK 286 million 
in the previous year. 
The result after tax is equivalent to a return on equity of 14% after payment 
of dividend. 
 
The balance sheet 
The bank's balance sheet total at the end of the year was DKK 17,682 million 
against last 
year's DKK 17,549 million. Deposits increased by 1% from DKK 12,755 million to 
DKK 
12,867 million. The bank's loans fell by 3% to DKK 12,424 million. The bank is 
continuing 
to enjoy good underlying growth in new customers from its branch network and 
within 
the niches Private Banking and wind turbine financing. The changed patterns of 
consump- tion with a higher proportion of saving and the general trend under 
which many custom- ers are reducing their balance sheets are, however, 
resulting in a greater rate of paying off existing loans than previously. 
 
Liquidity 
The bank's liquidity is good, and the bank's deposits are now DKK 443 million 
greater than its loans. The excess solvency relative to the statutory 
requirement is 186%. The bank's short-term funding with a time to maturity of 
less than 12 months is only DKK 
639 million, corresponding to DKK 4.6 billion in short-term money market 
placements primarily with the National Bank, Nordic banks and liquid 
securities. The bank is thus not dependent on the short-term money market. 
Apart from this, a portion of the German loans portfolio for wind turbines is 
back to back, refinanced with the KfW Bank Group, so that the DKK 829 million 
in question can be ignored with respect to liquidity. The bank requires no 
financing in 2013 to comply with the minimum requirement of always being able 
to continue for up to 12 months without access to the financial markets. 
The bank's good liquidity is evident in the figure below, showing the liquidity 
buffer for 
the next 36 months. 
 
For the purpose of further diversifying the bank's funding possibilities, an 
agreement 
has just been entered into with BRFkredit on joint funding of the bank's 
mortgage loans with security within 60% of the property's value. The joint 
funding will take place in BRFkredit's AAA-rated capital centre and it enables 
long-term hedging of the bank's commitments. An agreement has also been entered 
into on the provision of mortgage loans for commercial properties. The two 
agreements will not result in any change to the bank's existing mortgage credit 
agreements with Totalkredit/Nykredit and DLR Kredit. 
 
 
Rating 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank was rated for the first time by the international credit 
rating bureau Moody's Investors Service in May 2007. Since this beginning, the 
bank's ratings have been: 
 
Moody's ratings: 
 
 Financial Long-term 
 strenght liquidity Outlook 
22 May 2007 C+ A1 Stable 
End 2010 C+ A1 Negative 
End 2011 C A3 Stable 
End 2012 C - Baa1 Stable 
 
The bank was downgraded one notch in 2012 on long-term creditworthiness. This 
was done in connection with a general reassessment of all ratings in Europe. 
Moody's have had a general fear of the quality of credit in Denmark which also 
affected Ringkjoebing Landbobank. However, the effect on the bank was modest, as 
we currently have the best rating among Danish banks on Moody's books. 
 
The supervisory diamond 
The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority has prepared a set of rules with key 
figures with which the bank must comply. The bank's key figures and the FSA's 
limit values are given in the table below. There must be compliance with the 
key figures as of the end of December 2012. Ringkjoebing Landbobank complies 
with all these values with a good margin. 
 
 
The supervisory diamond 
 
 
Limmit values The bank's key figures 
 
Stable funding < 1 0.7 
Excess liquidity >  50 185.5 
Large exposures < 125 27.2 
Growth in loans <  20 -2.5 
Exposure to the housing market <  25 12.2 
 
 
Dividend and share buy-back programme 
The bank's board of directors will recommend payment of a dividend of DKK 14 
per share for the 2012 financial year to the general meeting, equivalent to DKK 
70 million. A dividend of DKK 13 was paid in 2011. A hundred thousand shares 
have also been bought up under the buy-back programme which was approved at 
last year's general meeting. The recommendation to the general meeting will be 
that these be cancelled, thus reducing the number of shares in the bank from 
4,940,000 to 4,840,000. 
It will also be proposed for 2013 that a new buy-back program be established 
under which up to 130,000 shares can be bought for cancellation at a subsequent 
general meeting. At the current price, this authorisation will reduce the 
equity by about DKK 
105 million. 
 
Capital 
The equity at the beginning of 2012 was DKK 2,483 million. To this must be 
added the profit for the period, less the dividend paid and the value of the 
own shares bought, after which the equity at the end of the year was DKK 2,676 
million, an increase of 8%. 
The bank's solvency ratio (Tier 2) was calculated at 22.4% at the end of 2012. 
The 
bank's core capital percent (Tier 1) was calculated at 20.9%. 
 
 
Solvency cover 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009 
2008 
Core capital ratio excl. hybrid core capital (%)  19.6  18.3  17.1  15.1  11.6 
Core capital ratio (%)  20.9  19.8  18.6  16.6  13.0 
Solvency ratio (%) 22.4 21.4 22.4 20.2 16.3 
Individual solvency requirement (%)  8.0  8.0  8.0  8.0  8.0 
Solvency cover 280% 268% 280% 253% 204% 
 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank's calculated individual capital adequacy requirement was 
cal culated at 6.7% under the bank's robust business model and was reported at 
8%. 
From 2013, the method of calculation of the individual solvency will be changed 
to the so-called 8+ model, where the calculation takes its starting base at 
8.0%. To this is added any supplements which are calculated inter alia for 
customers with financial 
problems which exceed 2% of the bank's capital base. This method of calculation 
does not take account of the bank's earnings base and robust business model. 
The individual solvency under this method is expected to be calculated at 8.7%. 
 
 
 
The bank's shares 
The bank's share capital at the end of 2012 was DKK 24.7 million in 4,940,000 
nom. DKK 5 shares. 
The bank's shares at the beginning of 2012 were listed on the NASDAQ OMX Copen- 
hagen at 579. The share price rose during 2012 to 770 at the end of the year 
and the price was 808 on 25 January 2013, making the current market value DKK 
3.9 billion. 
 
An investment in the bank's shares at the beginning of 2001 has increased 
tenfold including dividend. This made an investment in the bank's shares the 
best bank share investment in Denmark in this period. 
 
Increase in customers 
We intensified our efforts to gain new customers and business in 2012. This was 
done on the basis that we have both the liquidity and the capital to support 
growth, we felt comfortable with the bank's credit book, and we have a cost 
structure suitable for the future. The greatest challenge in a time of low 
growth is thus to create growth in the bank's top line. 
The bank's recruitment activities will continue in 2013, where initiatives will 
include further investment in expanding the bank's Private Banking platform and 
the market share in the branch network. 
We are currently experiencing a very positive growth in customer numbers in the 
branch network within the Private Banking segment, with transfers of deposits, 
pension and securi- ties customers. On the loans side, growth to date has been 
swallowed by the paying down of balance sheets. However, our assessment is that 
we are also currently extending the founda- tion for future earnings. 
 
Changes to the articles of association and the board of directors 
For several years, the bank's board of directors has been evaluating the 

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management's and the board of directors' expertise and working relationship, 
and there is a good basis for the chosen business model. The FSA also decided 
for group I and II banks in 
2012 that the board of directors must include a member who has relevant 
experience managing a bank. The shareholders' committee decided on this basis 
to recommend a change in the bank's articles of association such that the 
committee can elect members directly to the board of directors.The committee 
will now elect former bank manager Joergen Lund, age 63, of Skanderborg, who has 
just retired from Jyske Bank. Mr Lund will replace Keld Hansen, grocer, of 
Soendervig, who is resigning at the general meeting after 
11 years on the board. 
 
Expected result in 2013 
The bank's core earnings in 2012 were DKK 401 million, which is above the range 
given at the beginning of the year. 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank's market share is about 50% in that part of West Jutland 
where the bank's old branches are located. The bank also has well-established 
branches in Herning, Holstebro and Viborg which are continuing to operate 
positively. The bank's plan is to retain and develop this portion of the 
customer portfolio with good and competitive products and with focus on the 
employees' expertise and work in advis- 
ing customers of the options in a changing financial world. In 2013, the bank 
expects 
a continuing positive inflow of customers to its branches in central and 
western Jutland 
because of its long-term outreach sales and consolidation in the sector. 
The activities in the bank's Distance Customer Department and its niche 
concepts, including the Holte branch, are expected to develop positively as a 
whole in the coming year. Focus will be placed on serving the bank's current 
customers and further devel- oping the portfolio within wind turbine financing, 
medical practitioners and affluent customers. 
Core earnings in 2013 are expected to be in the range DKK 350 - 425 million. To 
this must be added the result for the bank's trading portfolio. 
 
Events after the end of the financial year 
There have been no events after the balance sheet date and to date which would 
change the assessment of the bank's 2012 annual report. 
 
 
 
Capital structure 
The bank's management has specified a general objective for the bank's capital. 
The objective is that the bank must have a solidly based capital structure in 
comparison with both equivalent and bigger banks. 
The objective is also that the bank must have adequate capital for future 
growth, and there must also be adequate capital to cover any on-going 
fluctuations in the risks which the bank has assumed. 
The bank's capital ratios as of the end of December 2012 were as follows: 
 
Capital ratios 
 
-   Core capital ratio excl. hybrid core capital    19.6% 
-  Core capital ratio          20.9% 
-  Solvency ratio          22.4% 
With respect to the calculation of the bank's Tier 1 capital, capital base and 
core capital ratio excluding hybrid Tier 1 capital, core capital ratio and 
capital adequacy ratio at the end of 2011, reference is made to the calculation 
of solvency requirement on page 49. 
 
The above capitalisation makes Ringkjoebing Landbobank one of Denmark's best 
capi- talised banks. The bank's objective is to retain this ranking in 2012. In 
the bank's assess- ment, this can be done on the basis of the expected result 
for 2012. 
The bank's board of directors will recommend to the general meeting that a 
dividend 
of DKK 14 per share, equivalent to DKK 70 million, be paid for the 2012 
financial year. A dividend of DKK 13 was paid in 2011. Ninety thousand shares 
to a value of DKK 66 million were also bought during 2012. A further 10,000 
were also transferred in Janu- ary 2013. Cancellation of 100,000 shares will be 
recommended to the general meet- ing, such that the number of shares in the 
bank will be reduced from 4,940,000 to 
4,840,000. 
A proposal will also be made that a new buy-back programme be established for 
2013 under which up to 130,000 shares can be bought for cancellation at a 
future general meeting. At the current price, this authorisation will reduce 
the share capital by DKK 
105 million kroner. 
The maturity structure of the bank's external subordinated debt is presented in 
the fol- lowing overview. 
 
Subordinate capital - maturity structure 
 
Subordinated loan capital 
-  Nom. EUR 27 million taken up on 30 June 2008, term 13 years to 30 June 2021, 
option of early redemption from 30 June 2018 if approved by the Danish 
Financial Supervisory Authority. 
 
Hybrid core capital 
-  Nom. DKK 200 million taken up on 2 March 2005, indefinite term, option of 
early 
redemption from 2 March 2015 if approved by the Danish FSA. 
-  Of which nom. DKK 28 million bought in the fourth quarter of 2012. 
 
 
 
The bank uses the capital adequacy rules implemented in 2007 for the 
calculation and stating of weighted items with credit and counterparty risks 
and market and operational risks. 
Reference is made to the following summary for further information on the 
methods used by the bank for the various types of risk. 
 
Calculation of capital adequacy - methods used 
The bank uses the following methods for the calculation of capital adequacy: 
-  Credit risk outside the trading portfolio  Standardised Approach 
-  Counterparty risk  Mark-to-Market Method 
-  Credit risk reducing method - financial collaterals  Comprehensive Method 
-  Market risk  Standardised Approach 
-  Operational risk  Basic Indicator Method 
 
 
As will be evident from the above, the bank uses the standard method for 
calculation 
of its credit risk and therewith the risk-weighted items. This method uses 
fixed solvency weightings. As a result of this method, the bank has not had the 
same lowering of sol- vency weighting as those banks which are using more 
advanced methods. On the other hand, the bank does not experience increasing 
solvency weightings in periods of reces- sion. Relative to the advanced 
methods, use of the standard method means that there 
is significantly greater robustness in the calculated capital percentages and a 
smaller 
volatility in the risk-weighted items. 
The transfer to the new Basel III rules is therefore not expected to have a 
significant ef- fect on the bank's risk-weighted assets, and as the bank's 
capital base is adequate, the bank is prepared for the transfer to the new 
rules on capital. 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank also focuses on its internally calculated individual 
solvency requirement, defined as an adequate capital base as a percentage of 
the bank's risk- weighted items. The adequate capital base is assessed on the 
basis of an internal model and calculated as the amount which is appropriate to 
cover the bank's current and future risks. 
The individual solvency requirement is calculated at 6.7%, which reflects the 
bank's solid earnings, low credit risk and modest market risk. The computed 
adequate capital base is reassessed on a regular basis, and reports to the 
Danish FSA are also made on a regular basis. The reporting of the individual 
solvency requirement to the FSA is given as 
8% as the individual solvency requirement calculated by the bank at less than 
8% can- not be less than 8% under Section 124(4) of the act on financial 
activities. The FSA most recently reviewed the bank's calculation of its 
individual solvency requirement in spring 
2012. For further information on the calculation of the individual solvency 
requirement of Ringkjoebing Landbobank, please see the bank's website at: 
www.landbobanken.dk. 
 
 
 
Although there is a minimum solvency requirement of 8% which the bank must use 
as its individual requirement, the bank has a considerable excess solvency as 
indicated in the following summary. 
 
Solvency cover 
 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
Solvency ratio (%)  22.4  21.4  22.4  20.2  16.3 
Individual solvency  requirement (%)    8.0  8.0  8.0  8.0  8.0 
Excess solvency (%)  14.4  13.4  14.4  12.2  8.3 
Solvency cover 280% 268% 280% 253% 204% 
 
It can be concluded that throughout 2012, Ringkjoebing Landbobank has complied 
with both external and internal capital requirements, and the actual capital 
base has continu- ally been considerably above the adequate level. 
From 2013, the method of calculating the individual solvency will be changed to 
the 
so-called 8+ model, where the calculation is based on 8.0% of the bank's 
risk-weighted items. This 8% covers the most common risks, plus any weighting 
for risks and cir- cumstances which are not reflected in the calculation of the 
risk-weighted items, in the assessment of which the bank takes account inter 
alia of the following: 
-   Credit risks on major customers with financial problems 
-   Concentration risks in the loans book 
-   Market risks 
-   Liquidity risks 
-   Operational risks 
 
Unlike the method of calculation used to date, the 8+ model does not take 
account of the bank's strong earnings base and robust business model. The 
changed method will therefore result in an increase in the individual solvency 
requirements from 6.7% to 
8.7%. 
 
Risks and risk management 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank is exposed to various types of risk in connection with 
its opera- tions: credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk and operational 
risk. 
The credit risk is defined as the risk that payments owing to the bank are not 
judged to be recoverable because of lack of either ability or willingness to 
make payment at the agreed time. 
The market risk is defined as the risk that the market value of the bank's 
assets and liabilities will change as a result of changes in market conditions. 
The bank's total market risk includes interest rate risks, foreign currency 
risks, share risks and property risks. 
The liquidity risk is defined as the risk that the bank's obligations to make 
payments 
cannot be honoured under the bank's cash flow position. 
Finally, the operational risk is defined as the risk of either direct or 
indirect financial loss- es as a result of faults in internal processes and 
systems, human error or external events. 
 

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Policy for risk taking and management 
The framework for the bank's risk taking is specified by the board of 
directors, which 
has adopted a policy for each individual risk area, which inter alia defines 
the bank's risk profile in the area. Each policy is reviewed and reassessed by 
the board at least once a year in connection with the board's position on the 
bank's general business model and risk profile. 
The bank's general principle for assuming a risk is that the bank will only 
assume risks 
within a moderate risk profile which the bank has the expertise to manage. 
The basis for the board of directors' review of the bank's business model and 
associated policies for each individual risk area is a general risk report 
prepared by the bank's risk manager. The report covers the various risks to 
which the bank is exposed, and gives the board a complete picture of the bank's 
general risk profile. In comparison with the 
market possibilities, the board than assesses whether the bank's business model 
and risk profile should be adjusted. The report also acts as a basis for any 
adaptation of the poli- cies in the various risk areas. 
Apart from the strategic risk management, there is an on-going operational 
central management and monitoring of the bank's risks in each area. This 
monitoring is re- ported to the bank's management and board of directors. The 
management and control and reporting functions are separate, and the work is 
performed by several of the bank's central staff functions. The bank's risk 
manager ensures full reporting of risks and pro- vides a meaningful picture of 
the bank's actual risk taking. 
The various types of risk are subsequently described in more detail. 
 
 
 
Credit risks - loans 
Over the years, Ringkjoebing Landbobank has developed to its present status as 
primarily a regional bank in central and western Jutland and a niche bank 
within selected areas. 
This development has been a part of the bank's strategy, and the bank's 
management notes with satisfaction that the bank has achieved a significant 
diversified portfolio of loans, including a wide geographic distribution of 
branches. 
In general, Ringkjoebing Landbobank assumes credit risks on the basis of a 
policy, the objectives of which are to have a well-balanced relationship 
between assumed risks and the return gained by the bank, that the bank's losses 
must be at an acceptable level rela- tive to the Danish financial sector, and 
finally, losses suffered even in extreme situations must be able to be 
accommodated within the bank's results. 
The gearing of loans relative to the bank's subordinated capital is about 4.5, 
and the bank's objective is that the results must be achieved with a lesser or 
the same credit gearing as that of the country's major banks. 
Historically, the bank has always had a healthy and conservative credit policy, 
and focus will remain on ensuring an efficient management and monitoring of the 
bank's total portfolio of loans via its central credit department. 
Apart from the normal following up and management of credit in the bank's 
central credit department, where there is regular reviewing of and following up 
on all major commitments, the bank has developed a set of credit evaluation 
models which are used to assess the quality of the exposure to credit. 
Statistical models are used for private and small business customers, while an 
expert model is used for major businesses. The sta- tistical model has 7-10 
different factors, including information on the customer's assets and a 
quantity of behavioural data. The expert model for business customers is based 
on information on the customer's creditworthiness and earning capacity. 
Using these models, the bank's judgment is that the credit quality for those 
loans which have not been written down is generally unchanged relative to 2011. 
As in previ- 
ous years, the bank is, however, aware of the risks which the economic 
conditions are imposing on the bank's customers. A particular problem is the 
challenge posed to the bank's private customers by a weak property market and 
potentially rising interest rates. The bank's customers are, however, judged to 
be relatively less vulnerable to these chal- lenges, among other reasons 
because of a relatively low home loan burden in the bank's core area. 
 
 
 
Actual net losses 
In DKK 1,000 Loans with Write-downs 
 
Year 
Actual net losses Actual net losses after interest suspended calculation of 
interest on loans and provisions for guarantees 
Total loans and guarantees etc. Percentage loss before interest *) Percentage 
loss after interest *) 
1988  -14,205  -5,205  4,522  93,900   1,408,830   -1.01%  -0.37% 
1989  -18,302  -5,302  13,107  117,270   1,468,206   -1.25%  -0.36% 
1990  -15,867  -1,867  47,182  147,800   1,555,647   -1.02%  -0.12% 
1991  -11,429  3,571  47,626  170,000   1,805,506   -0.63%  0.20% 
1992 -32,928 -14,928 43,325 177,900 1,933,081 -1.70% -0.77% 
1993  -27,875  -6,875  30,964  208,700   1,893,098   -1.47%  -0.36% 
1994  -14,554  4,446  33,889  223,500   1,938,572   -0.75%  0.23% 
1995  -10,806  10,194  27,292  238,800   2,058,561   -0.52%  0.50% 
1996  -19,802  -1,802  18,404  233,400   2,588,028   -0.77%  -0.07% 
1997  -31,412  -12,412  39,846  236,600   3,261,429   -0.96%  -0.38% 
1998  -2,914  18,086  4,905  263,600   3,752,602   -0.08%  0.48% 
1999 -442 21,558 18,595 290,450 5,148,190 -0.01%  0.42% 
2000 -405 27,595 12,843 316,750 5,377,749 -0.01% 0.51% 
2001  -8,038  20,962  14,222  331,950   6,113,523   -0.13%  0.34% 
2002  -8,470  20,530  26,290  382,850   7,655,112   -0.11%  0.27% 
2003  -22,741  2,259  23,412  394,850   8,497,124   -0.27%  0.03% 
2004  -14,554  9,446  18,875  404,855   11,523,143   -0.13%  0.08% 
2005  -22,908  192  35,796  357,000   15,522,264   -0.15%  0.00% 
2006  -13,531  7,028  20,578  295,000   17,858,787   -0.08%  0.04% 
2007  -15,264  4,888  13,190  289,097   19,227,573   -0.08%  0.03% 
2008  -34,789  -10,237  22,110  356,083   16,475,975   -0.21%  -0.06% 
2009  -73,767  -47,658  62,649  467,025  14,890,027  -0.50%  -0.32% 
2010  -69,428  -40,207  66,237  565,035  14,758,234  -0.47%  -0.27% 
2011  -78,813  -43,073  61,419  649,856  14,448,638  -0.55%  -0.30% 
2012  -90,022  -48,337  113,312  758,363  14,849,702  -0.61%  -0.33% 
25-year average (1988 - 2012) -0.54% -0.02% 
10-year average (2003 - 2012) -0.30% -0.11% 
*) Actual net losses relative to total loans, guarantees, write-downs on loans 
and provisions for guarantees. 
Explanation: The percentage losses were computed as the actual net losses for 
the year before and after interest on the written-down part of 
loans as a percentage of total loans, guarantees and write-downs on loans and 
provisions for guarantees. A minus sign before a percentage 
loss indicates a loss, while a positive percentage loss means that the interest 
on the written-down part of loans was greater than the actual net 
losses for the year. All the above figures are exclusive amounts regarding the 
national bank package I etc. 
 
The above table documents the bank's healthy credit policy. As will be evident, 
the bank's average percentage loss after interest over the last 25 years (1988 
- 2012) was 
-0.02%, with -0.77% (1992) the highest loss and +0.51% (2000) the most positive 
figure. The average percentage loss before interest over the last 25 years is 
-0.54%, with 
-1.70 percent (1992) the highest loss and -0.01% (1999 and 2000) the lowest 
loss. The average percentage loss after interest over the last ten years (2003 
- 2012) was -0.11%; the average percentage loss before interest was -0.30%. 
The regional section of the bank is run partly via branches in the bank's 
original core area in West Jutland and partly via branches in the three big 
central and western Jutland cities Herning, Holstebro and Viborg. 
The most important niches within the bank's niche section are financing of 
medical practitioners' purchases of private practices, a Private Banking 
department covering affluent private customers, and financing of securities and 
loans for the financing of wind turbines. The financing of wind turbines is for 
Danish investors' purchases of wind turbines erected in Denmark, Germany and 
France. 
An important common factor in the niche areas is that the bank attempts to 
obtain a first mortgage, and therewith satisfactory security in the mortgaged 
assets, which is an important part of the bank's business philosophy. 
 
 
 
Concentration of credit 
As indicated in the summary below, total large exposures amount to 27.2%. This 
figure includes a good quality commitment of 10.4% with adequate security and a 
commit- ment with a well-consolidated financial counterparty which will be 
redeemed in 2013. 
 
Concentration of credit 
 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
Total large exposures  27.2%  11.8%  0.0%  0.0%  12.1% 
Explanation: The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority key figure >>Total 
large 
exposures<<. 
 
Explanation: Distribution of the bank's loans and guarantee portfolio before 
write-downs and provisions by customer addresses. 
 
Geographic spread of the bank's loans and guarantee portfolio 
As is evident from the figure, a significant geographic diversification of the 
bank's port- folio of loans and guarantees has been achieved via both the 
regional section and the niche section. 
The loans via the bank's niche section have also helped to ensure a major 
diversification in the bank's loans portfolio, so that this portfolio is not 
correlated with the economic cycle to the same extent as if the bank were run 
exclusively as a regional bank. 
 
 
 
Credit risk on financial counterparties 
Exposure to financial counterparties, and therewith a credit risk, including a 
settlement risk, arises in connection with the bank's trading in securities, 
foreign currency and de- rivative financial instruments, the bank's loans to 
other banks, and the bank's possession of bonds and transfer of funds. The 
settlement risk is the risk that in connection with the settlement of trades in 
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corresponding to the securities and/or payments which the bank had made and 
delivered. 
The bank's board of directors grants lines of credit for credit risks and the 
risk of wind- ing up against financial counterparties. When granting lines of 
credit, account is taken of the individual counterparty's risk profile, rating, 
size and financial circumstances, and there is constant follow-up on the lines 
of credit which were granted. 
The bank's policy is to keep the credit risk on financial counterparties at a 
balanced level 
relative to the bank's size, and against credit institutions with good 
creditworthiness. 
 
Claims on central banks and credit institutions 
One of the two major items concerning the credit risk with financial 
counterparties is credit bal- ances with central banks and credit institutions. 
The bank has assumed only a moderate risk on this item, and in the total credit 
balances with central banks and credit institutions, only 72% is thus due 
within three months. 
 
The bond portfolio 
The second of the two major items concerning the credit risk with financial 
counterparties 
is the bank's bond portfolio. 
 
Bonds distributed by rating classes 
 
A1/A+ 
10%  A2/A 
3% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Aaa/AAA 
41% 
 
A3/A- 
22% 
 
 
 
 
Baa1/BBB+ 
7% 
 
Baa2/BBB 
4% 
 
 
 
Ikke rated 
11% 
 
Ba1/BB+ 
1% 
 
Baa3/BBB- 
1% 
 
 
Explanation: The bond portfolio distributed by rating classes. Ratings from the 
credit rating bureaus Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's and Fitch 
were used in the specification. 
 
 
 
As will be evident in the figure below, the bond portfolio consists mainly of 
AAA-rated Danish mortgage credit bonds and bank bonds. There is also a modest 
holding of com- mercial bonds. The portfolio of bank bonds consists chiefly of 
bonds with short terms issued by rated Nordic banks. These bonds have a good 
credit quality, but their market value can vary over time in connection with 
general changes in credit spread in the market, and company-specific 
circumstances can also affect the value of these bonds. The credit spreads on 
these bonds were reduced throughout 2012, resulting in a capital 
gain for the bank. On the other hand, a later extension of the spreads could 
trigger a loss. Given the relatively short term, the risk involved is, however, 
manageable. 
The bank's bond portfolio does not involve any exposure to southern European 
countries. 
 
Market risks 
The bank's basic policy with respect to market risks is that the bank wishes to 
keep such risks at a relatively low level. 
The bank has determined a concrete framework for each type of market risk, and 
the risk assessment includes the objective that there must be a sensible and 
balanced rela- tionship between risk and return. 
The bank uses derivatives to cover and manage the various market risk types to 
the extent to which the bank wishes to reduce the extent of, or eliminate, the 
market risks which the bank has assumed. 
To supplement the more traditional measures of market risk, the bank has a 
mathemati- cal/statistical model to compute market risks. The model is used to 
compute Value at Risk (VaR), which is regularly reported to the bank's 
management. 
VaR is a measure of risk which describes the bank's risk under normal market 
conditions. An isolated VaR is calculated for interest rate, foreign exchange 
and listed share posi- 
tions, and a total VaR is also calculated for all of the bank's market risks 
consisting of 
interest rate, foreign exchange and listed share positions. This possibility of 
calculating a total VaR for the bank's market risks is one of the major 
advantages of the VaR model compared with more traditional measures of risk. 
The reader is referred to the following section 'Value at Risk' for the 
specific results etc. under the VaR model. 
 
 
 
Interest rate risk 
The bank's loan and deposit business and accounts with credit institutions are 
mostly entered into on a variable basis. The bank's fixed interest financial 
assets and liabilities are monitored continuously, and hedging transactions are 
entered into as needed with a consequent reduction of the interest rate risk. 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank's policy is to maintain a low interest rate risk, and 
the bank thus does not assume high levels of exposure to movements in interest 
rates. 
The bank's interest rate risk is monitored and managed daily by the bank's 
securities department, and the bank's service and support department controls 
maintenance of the limits for assumption of interest rate risk, and reports to 
the bank's board of direc- tors and management. 
 
Interest rate risk 
 
6 
 
5 
 
4 
 
3 
 
2 
 
1 
 
0 
 
 
 
 
Explanation: The interest rate risk shows the effect on the result as a 
percentage of the core capital after deductions of one percentage point change 
in the interest level. 
 
As will be evident from the figure, the bank has maintained a low interest risk 
over the 
last five years in accordance with the bank's policy for this type of risk 
Foreign exchange risk 
The bank's principal currency is the Danish krone, but the bank has also 
entered into loan and deposit arrangements in other currencies. 
The bank's policy is to maintain a minimal foreign exchange risk, and the bank 
thus reduces on-going positions in foreign currencies via hedging. 
The bank's positions in foreign exchange are managed daily by the foreign 
department, while the bank's service and support department monitors 
maintenance of lines of 
credit and reports to the board of directors and management. 
As in previous years, the bank's foreign exchange risk in 2012 was at an 
insignificant 
level. 
 
 
 
Share risk 
The bank is co-owner of various industrial companies via equity interests in 
DLR Kredit A/S, PRAS A/S, BankInvest Holding A/S, SparInvest Holding A/S, 
EgnsInvest Holding A/S, Letpension Holding A/S, Nets Holding A/S, Swift, 
Bluegarden A/S, Vaerdipapircentralen A/S, Bankernes Kontantservice A/S, 
Landbrugets Finansieringsbank A/S and Bankdata. 
These holdings are comparable with the wholly owned subsidiaries of major 
banks, and the equity interests are thus not deemed to be a part of the bank's 
share risk. The bank also holds a small portfolio of listed shares. 
The bank's policy is to maintain a low share risk. The daily management of the 
bank's share portfolio is undertaken by the securities department, while 
monitoring of the lines of credit and reporting to management and the board of 
directors are performed by the service and support department. 
The bank's portfolio of listed shares etc. amounted to DKK 29 million at the 
end of 2012 against DKK 12 million at the end of 2011. The portfolio of sector 
and capital shares at the end of 2012 was DKK 201 million against DKK 237 
million at the end of 2011. 
As will be evident from the figure below, the bank's exposure to shares 
(excluding sector and capital shares) as a percentage of the bank's equity has 
been modest, therewith documenting the bank's goal of maintaining a low risk on 
shares. 
 
Share exposure 
 
8 
 
7 
 
6 
 
5 
 
4 
 
3 
 
2 
 
1 
 
0 
 
 
 
 
Explanation: The share exposure is computed as the bank's holding of shares 
(excluding sector shares and other holdings) as a percentage of the 
shareholders' equity. 
 
 
 
Property risk 
The bank primarily wishes to possess only properties for use in banking 
operations, and also to maintain minimal property risks. 
The bank's portfolio of both domicile and investment properties is thus quite 
modest relative to the bank's balance sheet total. 
 
Value at Risk 
The bank's total Value at Risk at the end of 2012 was DKK 5.8 million. This sum 
is an expression of the maximum loss in a statistical perspective which the 
bank could risk losing with 99% probability if all market positions were 
retained unchanged for a period of 10 days. 
 
 
VaR summary 
In DKK million 
 
 
 
 
Average Min. Max. End of year 
 
Risk VaR figure VaR figure* VaR figure* VaR figur 
Interest 15.0 3.1 28.9 5.7 
Foreign currency 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 
Share 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2 
Diversification  -3.3  -2.3   -3.1  -2.2 
Total VaR figure 14.7 3.5 28.4 5.8 
 
* Determined by the total VaR figure 
 
 
As indicated in the table, the bank's total VaR throughout 2012 varied from DKK 
3.5 million to DKK 28.4 million. The average VaR figure has been DKK 14.7 
million, a small increase relative to last year. 
Reference is made to note 41 on page 74 for the VaR figures for the years 2008 
- 2012. 
 
The model in brief 
The model is a parametric VaR model based on a historical analysis of the 
covariation (correlations) between the prices of various financial assets etc., 
including different share indices, various official interest rates and interest 
swap rates, and different exchange 
rate indices. By combining the historical knowledge of the covariation for the 
financial markets with the bank's current positions, the model can calculate a 
risk of losses for a forthcoming ten-day period. All of the bank's interest 
rate positions, foreign currency positions and listed share positions etc. are 
included in the calculation, while positions in sector shares and unlisted 
ownership interests are not included. The model does not take account of credit 
spread risks on the bank's bond portfolio. The model is unchanged relative to 
last year. 
 
 
 
Back tests and stress tests 
So-called 'back tests' are made to document that the VaR model provides a 
sensible picture of the bank's risk. The test compares the calculated loss 
under the model with the losses which the bank would actually have suffered if 
the positions in question had been retained for a ten-day period. A number of 
stress tests are also carried out to indi- cate the bank's risk of loss in 
abnormal market situations. Back tests of the model were performed throughout 
the year with satisfactory results. 
 
Liquidity risk 
In general with respect to the bank's liquidity management, it is the bank's 
objective not to have uncovered net funding requirements and not to be 
dependent on the short- term money market. An objective is thus that the bank 

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may not be affected by a total shutdown of the money market for a period of 12 
months. 
The bank's loans portfolio is funded primarily via a range of sources, namely 
the bank's deposits, by taking out long-term loans with other credit 
institutions, via issuing bonds, and finally via the subordinated capital taken 
up by the bank, and the bank's equity. 
The bank's deposit base consists primarily of core deposits and deposits from 
customers with a long-term relationship with the bank. 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank has also entered into longer-term bilateral loan 
agreements with European banks. It should, however, be noted that the bank's 
funding situation is not comprised such that the bank is dependent on the 
institutions in a single country or on single institutions. 
The bank entered into an agreement with BRFkredit during 2012 on joint funding. 
This agreement means that the bank can procure liquidity by letting BRFkredit 
issue SDO bonds against security in the loans which the bank has provided to 
customers with secu- rity in real estate. The bank has not yet availed itself 
of this setup, but the bank expects that the option can act as a supplementary 
source of funding for the bank in the longer term. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Deposits and other debts 
 
Distribution of funding 
 
 
 
73% 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other liabilities 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1% 
5% 
17% 2% 
 
Issued bonds - term to maturity over 1 year 
1% 
 
Issued bonds - term to maturity under 1 year 
1% 
 
Debt to credit institutions - term to maturity over 1 year 
 
 
Total capital base 
 
 
Debt to credit institutions - term to maturity under 1 year 
 
 
 
 
DKK 1,000 
 
The short-term funding (term to maturity under 1 year): 
Issued bonds - term to maturity under 1 year 224,583 
Debt to credit institutions and central banks - term to maturity under 1 year 
414,472 
Total 639,055 
Is covered as follows: 
Cash in hand etc. 36,776 
  Deposits on demand with central banks - certificates of deposit  622,414 
 Claims on credit institutions - term to maturity under 1 year 92,578 
 Listed bonds and listed shares etc. at current value 3,812,362 
 Total 4,564,130 
 Excess cover 3,925,075 
 
As will be evident from the above, the short-term funding (time to maturity 
less than one year) is supported via the bank's portfolio of certificates of 
deposit and demand de- posits with the Danish National Bank, short-term loan 
arrangements with other banks, and the bank's portfolio of liquid securities. 
It should be noted that the excess liquidity cover at the end of 2012 was DKK 
3.9 billion, while the corresponding figures at the end of 2011 and 2010 were 
DKK 3.7 billion and DKK 3.3 billion respectively. 
To ensure diversification in funding, the bank established an EMTN bond 
programme of 
EUR 2 billion in 2008. The programme helps to ensure alternative funding 
sources for the bank. The bank has made issues under the programme in 2010 and 
2011, but has not done so in 2012. 
 
 
 
Operational risk 
The capital adequacy rules require the banks to quantify and include an amount 
for operational risks when computing their capital adequacy. 
The bank uses the so-called basic indicator method where, on the basis of 
calculation of an average of the most recent three financial years' net 
incomes, a sum is quantified and ascribed to the risk-weighted items to cover 
the bank's operational risks. 
The bank regularly produces reports on the losses and events which are judged 
to be attributable to operational risks. An assessment is made on the basis of 
the reports of whether procedures etc. can be adjusted and improved in order to 
avoid or minimise any operational risks, and the bank's procedures are also 
regularly reviewed and as- sessed by the bank's internal and external auditors. 
An important area in assessment of the bank's operational risks is IT. 
The bank's IT organisation and management are always concerned about IT 
security, including preparation of IT emergency plans, in connection with which 
the bank speci- fies requirements and levels for availability and stability of 
the IT systems and data used by the bank. These requirements apply to both the 
bank's internal IT organisation and its external IT supplier Bankdata, which 
the bank owns together with a number of other banks. 
 
Further information of the bank's risks 
With the implementation of the Basel II rules in Danish legislation on capital 
adequacy, Danish banks were also required to publish certain information on 
risks (popularly also called Column 3 information). Some of the required risk 
information is given in this an- nual report, but for a full overview of the 
bank's duty to provide information, the reader is referred to the bank's 
website at www.landbobanken.dk. 
 
 
 
Corporate governance 
Corporate governance in Ringkjoebing Landbobank concerns the objectives which 
gov- ern the bank's management and the general principles and structures 
governing the interplay with the bank's primary interested parties: the bank's 
shareholders and cus- tomers, the bank's management and employees, and the 
local areas in which the bank has branches. 
Since 2002, the bank's management has taken an active approach to the 
recommenda- tions issued on corporate governance, and the bank's attitude to 
corporate governance has been minuted in the annual reports since that year. 
When preparing the 2012 annu- al report, the bank's board of directors and 
management assessed the bank's positions on the individual recommendations. The 
bank's management supports the efforts in the area of corporate governance, and 
the bank's management and board of directors have elected to adopt almost all 
of the recommendations in this area. In individual areas, the bank's management 
has, however, elected either not to follow the recommendations or to follow 
them only in part. The bank currently follows 74 of the 79 recommendations. 
Please note in this respect that election periods and procedures for the 
periods served 
by members of the shareholders' committee and the board of directors are 
considered appropriate. The board of directors does, however, believe that the 
procedure for elec- tion to the board can usefully be changed so that 
candidates can be found both among and beyond the membership of the 
shareholders' committee. This point is expected to be put to the general 
meeting for approval. The detailed statement concerning corpo- rate management 
required in the management report under current accounting rules is published 
on the bank's website. 
See www.landbobanken.dk/god-selskabsledelse. The statement in question also 
indi- cates the bank's management's position on the supplementary 
recommendations on good corporate governance etc. issued by the Danish Bankers' 
Association. 
For information on the board members' other managerial activities, see pages 85 
and 
86. 
 
 
 
Statutory statement on social responsibility 
Throughout its long history, Ringkjoebing Landbobank has always been strongly 
an- chored in the local communities in which the bank is represented, and the 
bank has considered it an entirely natural part of its business basis to 
support the local area's development. Via the management's implementation of 
and position on the recommen- dations on good corporate governance, the bank is 
also focused on those matters which govern the interaction with the bank's 
primary stakeholders, namely its shareholders 
and customers, its management and employees, and the local areas in which the 
bank's branches are situated. The bank's policy in the area of social 
responsibility is based on a desire to run a responsible and value-creating 
bank which works consciously to create the best results for shareholders, 
customers, employees, the local community and the 
surrounding environment and the bank as a financial institution. The bank's 
policy in the area of social responsibility is given on its website, 
www.landbobanken.dk/samfundsan- svar. 
Some of the bank's activities in 2012 for its main stakeholders are described 
below. 
 
Customers 
During the year, the bank continued its work on development of its advisory 
service for customers. This includes: 
-   Further development of the bank's concept within the area of advice on 
pensions, where the bank's advisers give the customer a general view of pension 
saving schemes and cover in the event of invalidity and death. The bank has a 
concept which, in a simple and clear way, gives the customer a sound 
understanding in a highly complex area, and where the customer is then in a 
position to make some decisions which are especially critical for his or her 
financial situation. On the basis of this concept, the bank is systematically 
proceeding to contact those customers who could have a need for advice in this 
area. 
-   Implementation of the concept of all-inclusive advice where, in cooperation 
with the customer, the bank prepares a review of the customer's total financial 
situation, including loans, insurances, pension etc. 
-   Development of means of communication between the bank and its customers, 
in- cluding development of easily understandable elements on the bank's website 
which give the customer a solid insight into some of the bank's products. The 
banks Mobile Bank offer is also being extended to include iPad. 
-   The strength of Private Banking advice, where the bank's asset advisers 
provide spe- 
cialised advice to customers with complex financial situations. 
 
 
 
Employees 
The bank initiated the following in 2012 in relation to employees: 
-   Signing a new collective agreement with the possibility of flexible 
arrangements. 
-   Held employee development interviews with all employees. 
-   Certification of advisers in financial products to ensure their provision 
of competent 
advice. 
-   Training of all advisers in advising on pensions. 
-   In-service training for a large number of employees in provision of 
all-round advice. 
-   Appointment of a total of 15 employees, including two new trainees in 2012 
and seven new trainees in 2013. Apart from appointing the new trainees, the 

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bank held a career day to give secondary school students a basis for making a 
rational career choice. 
-   Implementation of new routines and systems to increase the efficiency of 
the bank's administrative processes. This also includes continuation of the 
campaign 'Overview means profit', which ensures employees a better overview of 
their own duties. In the bank's experience, this ensures happier employees, 
less stress and better provision of advice to the bank's customers. 
-   Supported social activities in the bank, including financial support for 
the bank's staff 
association. 
 
The environment 
As a bank and a workplace, the bank accepts shared responsibility for the 
environment. In 2012 this included: 
-   New loans of about DKK 400 million for wind turbine financing and major 
solar cell 
systems. 
-   Development of a concept for financing solar cell systems for private homes. 
-   Financing of energy-saving initiatives. 
-   Established a partnership with interactive web portal to help the bank's 
customers to 
identify energy-saving initiatives in their homes. 
As a workplace, the environmental initiatives included: 
-   Focus on conversion of procedures to electronic case handling. This will 
reduce the 
bank's environmental impact on an on-going basis. 
-   Replacement of air conditioning system in the bank's head office. 
-   Holding of video meetings with Bankdata to the greatest possible extent to 
reduce 
driving to Bankdatas headquater in Fredericia. 
-   Planning of training and meeting activities and coordination to reduce the 
associated 
travel as much as possible. 
 
 
 
Local community 
Given its position in the local area, the bank has a natural wish to support 
the area's development. Activities in 2012 included the following: 
-   Total payment of DKK 151 million in corporation tax and wages, of which DKK 
138 
million was corporation tax. 
-   Allocation of a total of about DKK 1 million from the following funds: 
-   Sdr. Lem Andelskasses Fond 
-   Tarm Banks Jubilaeumsfond 
-   Bankens Resultatfond 
-   Sponsorship agreements with more than 700 clubs and associations in the 
bank's lo- cal area. This includes subsidies for cultural activities, general 
and elite sports in order to support the goal of putting the local community on 
the map. Major activities dur- ing the year included support for: 
-   Biopartner - Ringkoebing cinema 
-   Artificial grass pitch for SG-Skjern 
-   Generator - music venue in Ringkoebing 
-   New swimming facility in Ringkoebing 
-   and many more 
 
 
The bank's website - www.landbobanken.dk/samfundsansvar - provides a detailed 
ac- count of the bank's social responsibility. 
 
 
 
Statutory statement on management 
The board of directors and the shareholders' committee 
The bank's shareholders' committee has 25 members elected for four years at a 
time. The bank's board of directors has eight members - six elected by 
shareholders and two elected by employees. The bank's management does not sit 
on the board, but takes 
part in board meetings. The board holds 10 - 12 meetings a year. The board of 
directors is elected by the bank's shareholders' committee and is comprised in 
a manner which ensures a broad range of expertise and compliance with a special 
expertise profile speci- fied by the board. Board members are elected for 
four-year terms. In accordance with the recommendation of the committee on good 
corporate governance, at least half the board members must be independent. 
Members of the board of directors and members of the shareholders' committee 
must retire from the shareholders' committee at the latest at the first annual 
general meeting after they have reached the age of 67. 
 
Committee of the board of directors 
The bank's board of directors has appointed an audit committee to monitor and 
check accounting and auditing matters and prepare the board's processing of 
matters related to accounting and auditing. The committee consists of the 
bank's full board of directors. 
The board has also appointed an independent board member (the chairman of the 
au- diting committee) who possesses the requisite qualifications within 
accounting, includ- ing the process of presenting the financial statements, 
internal controls and risk man- agement etc. Other committees, including the 
remuneration committee, also comprise the full board of directors. 
 
Presentation of the financial statements 
The board of directors, management and the audit committee regularly ensure 
that the bank's control and risk management are functioning satisfactorily in 
connection with the process of presentation of the financial statements. The 
object is to ensure reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that unlawful use 
of assets, losses and/or material errors and omissions are avoided in 
connection with the presentation of the financial statements. Management 
regularly monitors compliance with relevant legislation, other regula- 
tions and provisions in connection with the presentation of the financial 
statements and 
reports regularly to the board of directors. 
 
Evaluation etc. 
The board of directors made a comprehensive self-evaluation during 2012. As a 
basis for the evaluation, the board first identified the expertise which it 
should possess in order to be able to perform its activities in a competent 
way. This was done on the basis of the bank's business model and a 
comprehensive analysis of the risks associated therewith. 
The general expertise required includes a knowledge of the following matters: 
-  Credit 
-  Market risk 
-  Liquidity 
-  Operations 
-  Accounting and capital 
-  Statutory framework for financial activities 
 
 
 
Each individual board member assessed his or her own qualifications on the 
basis of the specified requirements. The result was discussed by the board, and 
its assessment was that as a whole, it possesses all the required expertise and 
qualifications. 
In July 2012, the FSA issued new guidelines on the work of the board of 
directors etc. An expectation was expressed to the effect that for banks in 
groups I and II, there should be at least one board member with relevant 
experience in managing a bank. Ringkjoebing Landbobank's current board of 
directors has extensive managerial experi- 
ence and insight, but none of its members has the formal qualifications as 
prescribed by 
the FSA. 
 
Proposed change to the board of directors 
Although the current board of directors is fully qualified with respect to its 
duties, it is very much wished that in future, the board can comply with the 
expectation of at least one member with managerial experience in the financial 
sector. Board member Keld Hansen has advised that he wishes to retire in 
connection with the next general meeting and election of the board of 
directors. The board wishes that the vacancy be filled by a member with 
managerial experience in the financial sector. 
The bank has accordingly had some discussions with Joergen Lund, age 63, who, 
after a long career in a number of managerial posts in Jyske Bank, elected to 
retire from his permanent position with the latter bank. Mr Lund has declared 
his willingness to accept a position on the board of directors of Ringkjoebing 
Landbobank. Mr Lund will replace Keld Hansen, grocer, of Soendervig, who is 
retiring at the next general meeting after 11 years on the bank's board of 
directors. 
 
Proposed change to election procedure for the board of directors 
The bank's articles of association currently prescribe that members of the 
board of direc- tors be elected by the shareholders' committee from among the 
committee's members. This procedure can make it difficult to ensure that the 
board has members with special expertise - e.g. members with managerial 
experience from a financial company. The board of directors and the 
shareholders' committee have therefore decided to recom- mend a change in the 
articles of association for approval by the general meeting in 
2013 to enable the shareholders' committee to elect board members who are not 
mem- bers of the committee. 
 
Payment policy 
The remuneration policy for management and the board of directors of 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank is that the bank's management is paid remuneration which 
is both in line with the market and reflects the management's achievements for 
the bank. It has also been decided that the remuneration paid to management and 
the board of directors should be a fixed amount without any form of incentive 
component. Neither will others involved in risk taking and employees in control 
functions be paid variable salary com- ponents outside the framework of the 
collective agreement which was entered into 
 
Supplementary information on members of management, including other managerial 
activities 
Reference is made to pages 85 - 87 of this annual report for supplementary 
information on the bank's management, including information on their other 
managerial activities. 
 
 
 
 
Information on listed companies 
In accordance with Section 133a of the statutory order on financial reports for 
credit 
institutions etc., we advise as follows: 
The bank's share capital on 31 December 2012 was DKK 24.7 million in 4,940,000 
nom. DKK 5 shares. 
The bank has only one share class, and the entire share capital, and thus all 
shares, are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen. There are no restrictions on 
the shares' nego- tiability. 
ATP, Hilleroed and Parvus Asset Management (UK) LLP have advised that they own 
more 
than 5% of the bank's share capital. 
The following applies to exercising the right to vote: 
Each shareholding up to and including nom. DKK 500 carries one vote, and 
sharehold- ings above this level carry a total of two votes, which is the 
highest number of votes a shareholder can exercise when the shares are listed 
in the company's register of share- holders or when the shareholder has 
reported and documented his or her right. 
The members of the bank's board of directors are elected by and from among the 
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The following applies to changes to the bank's articles of association: 
A decision to change the articles of association is only valid if the proposal 
is agreed upon by at least two thirds of votes cast and of the share capital 
with voting rights rep- resented at the general meeting. 
The board of directors has the following powers with respect to the possibility 
of issuing shares (as per the articles of association): 
Following consultation with the shareholders' committee, the board of directors 
is authorised to increase the share capital by nom. DKK 14,210,980 to nom. DKK 
38,910,980 in one or more rounds. This authorisation is currently valid until 
24 February 
2017. 
The board of directors has the following powers with respect to the possibility 
of acquir- ing own shares: 
The bank's annual general meeting of 29 February 2012 has authorised the board 
of directors, before the next annual general meeting and in accordance with 
applicable 
law, to permit the bank to acquire its own shares to a total nominal value of 
10% of the 
bank's share capital, such that the shares can be acquired at the current 
listed price +/- 
10%. 
 
At last year's general meeting, the board was also authorised to buy 100,000 
shares. This authorisation is expected to be fully used before this year's 
general meeting. 
 
 
 
 
 
ST A TEMEN T ,  REPORT S  AND  ACCOUNT S 
 
 
 
 Page 
 40 Management's statement 
 41 Auditors' reports 
  44  Profit and loss account 
  44  Proposed distribution of profit 
 45 Core earnings 
 46 Balance sheet 
 48 Statement of shareholders' equity 
 49 Capital adequacy computation 
  50  Cash flow statement 
 51 Accounting policies 
 55 Notes to the annual report 
  78  Five year main figures 
  80  Five year key figures 
 
 
 
Statement by management and the board of directors 
The board of directors and management have today considered and approved the 
annual report of 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S for the financial year 1 January - 31 December 2012. 
 
The annual financial statements was prepared in accordance with the provisions 
of the Act on Financial Activities and other Danish requirements regarding 
information in the annual financial statements of listed financial companies. 
We consider the chosen accounting policies to be appropriate and the esti- 
mates made to be responsible, so that the annual report provides a true and 
fair picture of the bank's assets, liabilities and financial position as of 31 
December 2012 and the result of the bank's activities and cash flows for the 
financial year 1 January - 31 December 2012. We also believe that the manage- 
ment report contains a true and fair account of the bank's activities and 
financial position as well as a description of the most important risks and 
uncertainties which can affect the bank. 
 
The annual report is recommended for approval by the general meeting. 
Ringkoebing, 30 January 2013 
Management: 
 
 
John Bull Fisker 
CEO 
 
 
 
Ringkoebing, 30 January 2013 
 
 
 
Board of directors: 
 
 
 
 
 
Jens Lykke Kjeldsen Gravers Kjaergaard 
Chairman Deputy Chairman 
 
 
 
 
Gert Asmussen Inge Sandgrav Bak 
 
 
 
 
Keld Hansen Martin Krogh Pedersen 
 
 
 
 
Bo Bennedsgaard Gitte E. S. Vigsoe 
Employee board member Employee board member 
 
 
 
Internal auditor's declarations 
To the shareholders of Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S Certification of the annual 
financial statements 
I have audited the annual financial statements of Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S 
for the financial year 
1 January - 31 December 2012, covering the profit and loss account and the 
statement of total income, 
core result, balance sheet, statement of changes in equity, statement of 
capital adequacy, cash flow 
statement and notes, including accounting policies and five years' main and key 
figures. The annual 
financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Danish Act on 
Financial Activities. 
 
The audit 
The audit was performed on the basis of the Danish FSA's statutory order on the 
auditing of financial 
companies etc. and in accordance with international auditing standards. This 
requires that the audit 
be planned and performed to achieve a high degree of assurance that the 
financial statements do not 
contain material misstatements. 
 
The audit was performed in accordance with the division of labour agreed with 
the external auditor, and included an assessment of established procedures and 
internal checks and balances, including the risk management set by management 
with respect to reporting processes and material business risks. I have made a 
random sampling of the basis for amounts and other information in the financial 
state- ments on grounds of probability and risk. The audit also included an 
assessment of whether manage- ment's choice of accounting policies is 
appropriate, whether management's accounting estimates are reasonable, and the 
total presentation of the financial statements. 
 
I participated in the audit of all material and risk areas, and I believe that 
the basis for the audit is ad- equate and appropriate for my conclusion. 
 
Our audit did not give rise to any qualifications. 
 
Conclusion 
I believe that the established procedures and internal controls, including the 
risk management chosen by management for the bank's reporting processes and 
material business risks, are functioning satisfac- torily. 
 
I also believe that the annual financial statements provide a true and fair 
picture of the bank's assets, liabilities and financial position as of 31 
December 2012 and of the result of the bank's activities and cash flows for the 
financial year 1 January - 31 December 2012 in accordance with the Danish act 
on financial activities. 
 
Statement on management report 
As required under the act on financial activities, I have read management's 
report. I have not performed any further actions in addition to the audit of 
the annual financial statements. On this basis, I believe that the information 
in management's report is in agreement with the annual financial statements. 
 
 
Ringkoebing, 30 January 2013 
 
 
 
 
 
Henrik Haugaard 
Chief auditor 
 
 
 
The independent auditor's declaration 
To the shareholders of Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S Endorsement of the annual 
financial statements 
We have audited the annual financial statements for Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S 
for the financial year 
1 January  -31 December 2012, covering the profit and loss account and the 
statement of total gains 
and losses, the core earnings, balance sheet, statement of equity, the capital 
adequacy ratio, the cash 
flow statement and notes, including the accounting policy and five years' main 
and key figures. The an- 
nual financial statements were prepared in accordance with the Danish act on 
financial activities. 
 
Management's responsibility for the annual financial statements 
Management is responsible for the preparation of annual financial statements 
which provide a true and fair picture in accordance with the act on financial 
activities. Management is also responsible for the internal controls deemed 
necessary to prepare annual financial statements without material misstate- 
ments, whether attributable to fraud or error. 
 
The auditor's responsibility 
Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on the annual financial 
statements on the basis of our audit. We performed the audit in accordance with 
international auditing standards and additional require- ments under Danish 
auditing law. These require that we observe ethical requirements and plan and 
perform the audit in order to achieve a high degree of assurance that the 
annual financial statements 
do not contain material misstatements. 
 
An audit covers the performance of auditing actions to gain evidence for 
amounts and information in the financial statements. The chosen actions depend 
on the auditor's assessment, including an assess- ment of risks of material 
misstatements in the financial statements whether attributable to fraud of 
error. In the risk assessment, the auditor considers internal controls that are 
relevant for the company's 
preparation of annual financial statements which provide a true and fair 
picture. The object is to design audit actions which are appropriate under the 
circumstances, but not to express a conclusion on the effectiveness of the 
company's internal controls. An audit also includes an assessment of whether 
management's choice of accounting policies is appropriate and whether 
management's estimates are reasonable, as well as an assessment of the total 
presentation of the financial statements. 
 
We believe that the evidence we obtained for our audit is an appropriate basis 
for our conclusion. 
 
Our audit did not give rise to any qualifications. 
 
 
 
 
Conclusion 
We believe that the annual financial statements provide a true and fair picture 
of the company's assets, liabilities and financial position as of 31 December 
2012 and of the result of the company's activities and cash flows for the 
financial year 1 January-31 December 2012 in accordance with the act on finan- 
cial activities. 
 
Statement on the management report 
In accordance with the act on financial activities, we have read the management 
report. We have not performed any further actions in addition to the audit of 
the annual financial statements. We believe on this basis that the information 
in the management report is in accordance with the annual financial statements. 
 
 
Ringkoebing, 30 January 2013 
 
 
 
 
 
PricewaterhouseCoopers 
State-authorised partnership 
 
 
 
 
H. C. Krogh Alex Nyholm 
State-authorised State-authorised 
public accountant public accountant 
 
 
 
 
Note no. 
2012 
DKK 1,000 
2011 
DKK 1,000 
1 Interest receivable 834,021 858,257 
2 Interest payable 200,764 245,291 
 Net income from interest 633,257 612,966 
3 Dividend on capital shares etc. 1,463 1,111 
4 Income from fees and commissions 210,516 158,303 
4 Fees and commissions paid 24,029 24,312 
 Net income from interest and fees 821,207 748,068 
5 Value adjustments +46,957 +16,386 
 Other operating income 3,303 4,535 

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6,7,8,9 Staff and administration costs 252,796 244,068 
11 Amortisation, depreciation and write-downs on intangible and tangible assets 
3,233 
4,375 
 Other operating costs 
 Miscellaneous other operating costs 133 381 
 Costs Deposit Guarantee Fund 10,281 11,178 
15 Write-downs on loans and other debtors -156,844 -128,799 
 Result of capital shares in associated companies +5 +11 
 Profit before tax 448,185 380,199 
12 Tax 120,188 94,128 
 Profit after tax 327,997 286,071 
 Other comprehensive income 0 0 
 Total comprehensive income 327,997 286,071 
 
 
 
 
 
 
P ROPOSED DISTRIBUTION OF PROFIT 
 
 
 2012 
DKK 1,000 2011 
DKK 1,000 
  Profit after tax  327,997  286,071 
 Total amount available for distribution 327,997 286,071 
 Dividend 69,160 65,520 
 Charitable purposes 500 500 
 Transferred to reserve for net revaluation under the intrinsic value method 
+5 
+11 
 Appropriation to own funds 258,332 220,040 
 Total distribution of the amount available 327,997 286,071 
 
 
 
 2012 
DKK 1,000 2011 
DKK 1,000 
Net income from interest 614,617 606,576 
Net income from fees and provisions excl. commission 162,371 115,200 
Income from sector shares 5,939 4,437 
Foreign exchange income 12,591 17,914 
Other operating income etc. 3,303 4,535 
Total core income excl. trade income 798,821 748,662 
Trade income 24,116 18,791 
Total core income 822,937 767,453 
Staff and administration costs 252,796 244,068 
Amortisations, depreciations and write-downs on intangible and tangible assets 
3,233 
4,375 
Other operating costs 8,705 381 
Total costs etc. 264,734 248,824 
Core earnings before write-downs on loans 558,203 518,629 
Write-downs on loans and other debtors -156,844 -128,799 
Core earnings 401,359 389,830 
Result for portfolio +48,535 +1,547 
Expenses for bank packages 1,709 11,178 
Profit before tax 448,185 380,199 
Tax 
Profit after tax 120,188 
327,997 94,128 
286,071 
 
 
 
Note End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
no. DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
Assets 
Cash in hand and claims at call on central banks 483,188 33,935 
13 Claims on credit institutions and central banks 
Claims at notice on central banks 176,002 186,989 
Money market operations and bilateral loans - term to 
maturity under 1 year 92,578 536,453 
Bilateral loans - term to maturity over 1 year 104,720 590,876 
14,15,16 Loans and other debtors at amortised cost price 12,424,139 12,746,560 
Loans and other debtors at amortised cost price 11,594,880 11,938,197 
Wind turbine loans with direct funding 829,259 808,363 
17 Bonds at current value 3,783,258 2,755,912 
18 Shares etc. 229,541 249,054 
Capital shares in associated companies 543 538 
19 Land and buildings total 75,830 74,722 
Investment properties 8,165 6,681 
Domicile properties 67,665 68,041 
20 Other tangible assets 3,981 4,893 
Actual tax assets 40,370 12,255 
Temporary assets 1,400 1,382 
21 Other assets 259,351 348,567 
  Periodic-defined items  6,645  6,887 
Total assets 17,681,546 17,549,023 
 
 
 
Note no.  End Dec. 2012 
DKK 1,000 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 
 Liabilities and equity 
22 Debt to credit institutions and central banks 
 Money market operations and bilateral credits - term to maturity under 1 year 
294,208 
285,028 
 Bilateral credits - term to maturity over 1 year 74,604 148,684 
 Bilateral credits from the KfW Bankengruppe 829,259 808,363 
23 Deposits and other debts 12,866,748 12,755,415 
24 Issued bonds at amortised cost price 340,809 338,958 
25 Other liabilities 190,830 301,813 
  Periodic-defined items  205  183 
 Total debt 14,596,663 14,638,444 
 
26 
Provisions for pensions and similar liabilities 
0 
5,146 
27 Provisions for deferred tax 15,151 4,789 
15 Provisions for losses on guarantees 10,958 5,038 
 Total provisions for liabilities 26,109 14,973 
 
28 
Subordinated loan capital 
199,607 
198,014 
28 Hybrid core capital 183,027 214,472 
 Total subordinated debt 382,634 412,486 
 
29 
Share capital 
24,700 
25,200 
 Reserve for net revaluation under the intrinsic value method 192 187 
  Profit carried forward   2,581,588  2,391,713 
 Proposed dividend etc. 69,660 66,020 
 Total shareholders' equity 2,676,140 2,483,120 
 Total liabilities and equity 17,681,546 17,549,023 
 
30 
Own capital shares 
31 Contingent liabilities etc. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Reserve for net revalua- tion under the intrin- 
 
Profit 
 
Proposed 
 
Total 
 Share sic value carried dividend shareholders' 
DKK 1,000 capital method forward etc. equity 
 
2012 
Shareholders' equity at the end of the previous financial year 
25,200 
187 
2,391,713 
66,020 
2,483,120 
Reduction of share capital -500  500  0 
Dividend etc. paid    -66,020 -66,020 
Dividend received on own shares   1,326  1,326 
Shareholders' equity after allocation of dividend etc. 
24,700 
187 
2,393,539 
0 
2,418,426 
Purchase and sale of own shares   -70,283  -70,283 
Total comprehensive income  5 258,332 69,660 327,997 
Shareholders' equity on the balance sheet date 
24,700 
192 
2,581,588 
69,660 
2,676,140 
2011 
Shareholders' equity at the end of the previous financial year 
25,200 
176 
2,225,988 
60,980 
2,312,344 
Dividend etc. paid    -60,980 -60,980 
Dividend received on own shares   168  168 
Shareholders' equity after allocation of dividend etc. 
25,200 
176 
2,226,156 
0 
2,251,532 
Purchase and sale of own shares   -58,391  -58,391 
Other shareholders' equity items   3,908  3,908 
Total comprehensive income  11 220,040 66,020 286,071 
Shareholders' equity on the balance sheet date 
25,200 
187 
2,391,713 
66,020 
2,483,120 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Calculated pursuant to the Executive order on Capital Adequacy issued by the 
Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. 
 
End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
 
Weighted items with credit and counterpart risks 10,601,717 11,041,407 
Market risk 1,219,598 750,457 
Operational risk 1,483,500 1,396,138 
Total risk-weighted items 13,304,815 13,188,002 
 
 
Share capital 24,700 25,200 
Reserve for net revaluation under the intrinsic value method 192 187 
Profit carried forward    2,651,248  2,457,733 
Core capital 2,676,140 2,483,120 
Proposed dividend etc. -69,660 -66,020 
Addition to/deduction from the core capital -192 -187 
Core capital after deductions 2,606,288 2,416,913 
Hybrid core capital 172,000 200,000 
Core capital after deductions incl. hybrid core capital 2,778,288 2,616,913 
Subordinated loan capital 201,431 200,723 
Addition to/deduction from the capital base 192 187 
Capital base after deductions 2,979,911 2,817,823 
 
 
Core capital ratio excl. hybrid core capital (%) 19,6 18.3 
Core capital ratio (%) 20,9 19.8 
Solvency ratio (%) 22,4 21.4 
 
 
Capital base requirements under Section 124 (2,1) of the 
Danish Financial Business Act 1,064,385 1,055,040 
 
 
 
 2012 
DKK 1,000 2011 
DKK 1,000 
 
Operation activities 
Profit for the financial year  327,997  286,071 
Amortisations, depreciations and write-downs on intangible and tangible assets 
3,233 
4,375 
Write-downs on loans and debtors etc. 198,529 164,539 
Items not affecting liquidity 11,135 5,127 
Adjusted result of operations 540,894 460,112 
 
Changes in operating capital 
Claims on and debt to credit institutions etc., net 909,261 -1,478,199 
Loans and other debtors at amortised cost price 123,892 240,117 
Securities, not liquid and pledged 234,305 100,393 
Deposits and other debts 111,333 1,093,761 
Issued bonds at amortised cost price 1,851 1,341 
Subordinated capital -29,852 -284,513 
Other assets and liabilities, net -48,862 -161,852 
Cash flows from operating activities 1,842,822 -28,840 
 
Investment activities 
Intangible and tangible assets -4,207 -4,268 
Cash flows from investment activities -4,207 -4,268 
 
Financing activities 
Paid dividend, net -64,694 -60,812 
Own shares etc. -70,283 -58,391 
Cash flows from financing activities -134,977 -119,203 
 
Total effect on liquidity for the year 
1,703,638 
-152,311 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 2,660,366 2,812,677 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year 4,364,004 2,660,366 
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year specified thus: 
Cash in hand and claims at call on central banks 483,188 33,935 
Claims on credit institutions and central banks 217,146 204,899 
Securities, unpledged 3,663,670 2,421.532 
Total cash and cash equivalents, end of year 4,364,004 2,660,366 
 
The cash flow statement cannot be derived from this annual report, and the 
statement has also been adapted 
to the special statement of accounts etc. for banks. 
 
 
 
Basis for preparing the annual report 
General 
The annual report is prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Danish 
Financial Business Act 
and the applicable Executive Order on Financial Reports for Credit Institutions 
and Investment Compa- 
nies etc. The annual report is also prepared in accordance with the disclosure 
requirements of NASDAQ 
OMX Copenhagen (Copenhagen Stock Exchange), to the extent to which the Danish 
Financial Business 
Act, the Executive Order on Financial Reports for Credit Institutions and 
Investment Companies etc. 
or other Executive Orders from the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority do 
not specify a different 
practice. 
The annual report is presented in DKK rounded to the nearest 1,000 kroner. The 
accounting policies are unchanged relative to last year. 
Inclusion and measuring - general 
Assets are included in the balance sheet when it is probable that future 
financial advantages will accrue 
to the bank and the value can be measured reliably. Liabilities are included in 
the balance sheet, when 
they are probable, and that they can be measured reliably. 
Income is included in the profit and loss account in step with its earning. 
Costs paid to achieve the income for the year are included in the profit and 
loss account, and value adjustments made to financial assets, financial 
liabilities and derivative financial instruments are also included in the 
profit and loss account. 
Regarding the criteria for inclusion and the basis of measurement we refer to 
the following sections. 
Accounting estimates 
In computing the book value of certain assets and liabilities, an estimate has 
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events will affect the value of the assets and liabilities on the balance sheet 
date. 
The estimates made are based on assumptions which management judges to be 
responsible, but which are not certain. The final actual results may thus 
deviate from the estimates as the bank is subject to risks and uncertainties 
which can affect the results. 
The most important estimates concern write-downs on loans and debtors, 
computation of current values for unlisted financial instruments, and 
provisions for liabilities. The most important estimates on write-downs on 
loans and debtors are associated with quantification of the risk that no future 
payments will be received. 
Foreign currency 
Assets and liabilities in foreign currency are converted to Danish kroner at 
the closing exchange rate for 
the currency on balance sheet date, corresponding to the rate published by the 
Central Bank of Den- 
mark. Income and expenses are converted continuously at the exchange rate on 
the transaction date. 
Financial instruments - general 
In general, the bank measures financial assets and liabilities at current value 
on first inclusion. Measuring 
is subsequently made at current value unless otherwise specifically emerges 
from the following sections 
on the individual accounts items. The bank uses the date of payment as the date 
of entry for financial 
instruments. 
Derivative financial instruments 
Forward transactions, interest rate swaps and other derivative financial 
instruments are included at cur- 
rent value on balance sheet date. 
Hedging transactions which, under the terms of the Danish Financial Supervisory 
Authority's Executive Order on Financial Reports for Credit Institutions and 
Investment Companies etc. are regarded as hedg- ing at current value for 
accounting purposes are included at current value on the balance sheet date 
with respect to both the hedging instrument and the hedged part of the 
financial instrument. 
All value adjustments concerning derivative financial instruments and items 
subject to hedging for ac- 
counting purposes are entered under the item >>Value adjustments<< in 
the profit 
and loss account. 
 
 
 
The profit and loss account 
Interest income 
Interest income is included on the basis of the effective interest method, 
under which interest income 
also includes the allocated portion of establishment fees etc. which are 
considered to be a part of the 
effective interest on the loan. 
On loans which in full or in part have been written down, the interest income 
relating to the written- down part is entered under the item >>Write-downs 
on 
loans and debtors etc.<<. 
Income from fees and commissions, net 
Fees and commissions relating to loans and receivables are recognized as part 
of the carrying amount 
of loans and receivables and are recognized in the profit and loss account over 
the term of the loans 
and receivables as part of the effective interest rate on the loans as interest 
income, as referred to in 
the above section >>Interest income<<. Commissions relating to 
garantees are 
carried to income over the 
term of the garantees. Income generated upon performing a given transaction, 
including securities and 
custodianship fees plus payment handling fees, are recognised as income when 
the transaction has been 
performed. 
Staff and administration costs 
Staff and administration costs comprise among other things salaries, pension 
costs, IT-costs, etc. 
Write-downs on loans and debtors etc. 
This item includes losses and write-downs on loans and other debtors and losses 
and provisions on 
guarantees. The item also includes losses and write-downs on claims on credit 
institutions and losses 
and provisions on the national bank package I. 
Tax 
Tax on the profit for the year is booked as a cost in the profit and loss 
account. 
Net deferred tax is calculated on the items which cover the temporary 
differences in accounting and booking of taxable income and expenses at the tax 
rate applicable on the balance sheet date. 
Core earnings 
The core earnings show a statement of the bank's income and costs. In total, 
the core earnings contain 
the same items as the profit and loss account but with a different degree of 
specification. 
The statement divides the year's result into three main elements; core 
earnings, result for the portfolio, and costs of the Guarantee Fund for 
Depositors and Investors. Interest and dividends are included in the result for 
the portfolio and funding costs for the bank's trading portfolio and 
extraordinary adjustments to sector shares are deducted. 
The balance sheet 
Claims on credit institutions and central banks 
The first inclusion is made at current value plus transactions costs, less 
establishment fees etc., and 
subsequent measurement is at amortised cost price, but reference is made to the 
section >>Derivative 
financial instruments<< with respect to hedging for accounting purposes. 
Loans and other debtors 
The first inclusion is made at current value plus transaction costs, less 
establishment fees etc., and 
subsequent measurement is at amortised cost price. Establishment fees etc. 
which are comparable with 
ongoing interest payments, and are thus deemed to be an integral part of the 
effective interest on the 
loan, are accrued over the life of the individual loan. 
If an objective indication of impairment is found on an individually assessed 
loan, a write-down is made to cover the bank's loss on the basis of expected 
future payments series based on an assessment of the most likely outcome. 
With respect to loans and receivables which have not been written down 
individually, a group-wise as- sessment is made of whether there is an 
objective indication of impairment in value for the group. 
This group-wise assessment is made on groups of loans and debtors with uniform 
characteristics with respect to credit risk. 12 groups are used, one of public 
clients, one of private clients and 10 of business clients, the latter further 
grouped by sector. 
The group-wise assessment is made on the basis of a segmentation model 
developed by the Association of Local Banks, Savings Banks and Cooperative 
Savings Banks in Denmark, which undertakes the ongoing maintenance and 
development. The segmentation model sets the relationship in the individual 
groups 
 
 
 
between losses suffered and a number of significant explanatory macroeconomic 
variables via a linear regression analysis. The explanatory macroeconomic 
variables include unemployment, house prices, interest rates, number of 
bankruptcies/forced auctions etc. 
The macroeconomic segmentation model is initially calculated on the basis of 
loss data for the entire banking sector. The bank has therefore made an 
assessment of whether the model estimates reflect the credit risk for the 
bank's own loan portfolio. 
This assessment has resulted in an adaptation of the estimates under the model 
to the bank's own circumstances, under which the adapted estimates form the 
basis for calculation of the group write- downs. The adjusted estimates were 
further corrected to take account of the changed economic conditions. For each 
group of loans and debtors, there is an estimate which expresses the percentage 
decrease in value associated with a given group of loans and debtors on the 
balance sheet date. A comparison of the individual loan's current risk of loss 
with the loan's original risk of loss and its risk of loss at the beginning of 
the current accounting period provides the individual loan's contribution to 
the group write-downs. The write-down is calculated as the difference between 
the book value and the discounted value of the expected future payments. 
Changes in write-downs which have been made are adjusted in the profit and loss 
account under the 
item >>Write-downs on loans and debtors etc.<<. 
Bonds and shares 
Securities which are listed on a stock exchange are included at current value, 
determined on the basis 
of the closing price on balance sheet date. 
Unlisted securities are also included at current value, computed on the basis 
of what the price would be in a transaction between independent parties. The 
management takes an active approach to the calculation of this market value. 
All ongoing value adjustments to listed and unlisted securities are entered in 
operations under the item 
>>Value adjustments<<. 
Capital shares in associated companies 
Capital shares in associated companies are entered in the balance sheet under 
the intrinsic value method. 
Land and buildings 
Land and buildings cover the two items >>Investment properties<< and 
>>Domicile 
properties<<. The prop- 
erties which house the bank's branches are included under domicile properties, 
while other properties 
are considered to be investment properties. 
Investment properties are included in the balance sheet at current value, 
computed under the yield method. Ongoing changes in value concerning investment 
properties are included in the profit and loss account. 
Domicile properties are included in the balance sheet at reassessed value, 
which is the current value computed on the basis of the yield method less 
cumulative depreciation and any loss due to impairment. Depreciation is 
calculated on the basis of expected useful life, which is 50 years, on the 
basis of depreciation computed as cost price less scrap value. Depreciations 
and losses due to impairment are included in the profit and loss account, while 
increases in the reassessed value are included directly on the shareholders' 
equity under the item >>Provisions for revaluation<< unless the 
increase 
corresponds to a reduction in value which was previously included in the profit 
and loss account. 
Other tangible assets 
Other tangible assets including operating equipment are included in the balance 
sheet at cost price less 
cumulative depreciation and write-downs for any loss due to impairment. 
Depreciations are calculated 
on the basis of the assets' expected lives, which are 1-5 years, on the basis 
of depreciation computed 
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included in the profit and 
loss account. 
Temporary assets 
Temporary assets comprise assets taken over as a result of the unwinding of 
customer engagements, the 
intention being to sell off the assets as soon as possible. Temporary assets 
are included at cost price on 
transfer and will subsequently be written down to a possibly lower realisation 
value. 
Other assets 
Other assets include interest and commissions receivable as well as the 
positive market value of deriva- 
tive financial instruments. 
 
 
 
Tax 
Actual tax assets and actual tax liabilities are recognized in the balance 
sheet as tax calculated on the 
taxable income for the year, adjusted for tax paid on account. 
A deferred tax liability is allocated under the item >>Provisions for 
deferred 
tax<< and if a deferred tax as- set is booked under the item 
>>Deferred tax 
assets<< following a cautious assessment of the asset's value. Debt to 
credit 
institutions and central banks / Deposits and other debts / Issued bonds at 
amor- tised cost price / Subordinated debt 
Measurement is at amortised cost price, but reference is made to the section 
>>Derivative financial in- struments<< with respect to hedging for 
accounting 
purposes. 
Other liabilities 
Other liabilities include interest and commissions payable and the negative 
marked value of derivative 
financial instruments. 
Provisions for liabilities 
Provisions for liabilities include mainly provisions for pensions, deferred tax 
and losses on guarantees. A provision is recognized in respect of a guarantee 
or an irrevocable credit commitment if it is likely that the guarantee or the 
credit commitment will be exercised and the amount of the commitment can be 
reliably determined. Provisions are based on Management's best estimate of the 
amount of the commitments. In measuring provisions for liabilities, discounting 
to net present value is made where deemed material. 
Various informations 
Contingent liabilities/guarantees 
The bank's outstanding guarantees are given in the notes under the item 
>>Contingent liabilities<<. If it is considered likely that an 
outstanding 
guarantee will incur a loss to the bank, the liability is given under the item 
>>Provisions for losses on guarantees<< and booked under costs in the 
profit and 
loss account under the item >>Write-downs on loans and debtors etc.<< 
Cash flow statement 
The cash flow statement is presented in accordance with the indirect method on 
the basis of the result 
for the year, adjusted for non-liquid items. 
The statement shows net changes in the balance sheet, and on some points it 
will therefore not provide 
the full picture of the actual cash flows. 
The cash flows from the operating activity are computed as the result for the 
year, adjusted for non- liquid items and changes in operating capital. Cash 
flows from the investment activity cover purchases and sale of fixed assets 
etc. Cash flows from the financing activity cover movements and allocations in 
subordinated debt and in shareholders' equity. 
Liquid assets cover cash in hand, claims at call on the Central Bank of 
Denmark, fully secured and liquid claims at call on banks, unpledged 
certificates of deposit issued by the Central Bank of Denmark, and secure and 
easily saleable listed unpledged securities, under Section 152 of the Danish 
Financial Business Act. Information and key figures 
>>Total capital base<< on page 3 under >>Main figures for the 
bank<< is computed as 
the banks capital base 
after deductions. 
The >>Pre-tax return on equity at the beginning of the year<<, and the 
>>Return on 
equity after tax at 
the beginning of the year<< as given on page 3 under >>Key figures for 
the bank<< 
were calculated after 
deduction of dividend etc., net. 
>>Key figures per DKK 5 share<< on page 3 were calculated on the basis 
of 2012: 
4,840,000 shares, 2011: 
4,940,000 shares and 2008 to 2010: 5,040,000 shares. 
All calculations etc. concerning write-downs on pages 3, 8 and 20 were made 
exclusive of amounts under the national bank package I etc. 
With effect from 2008, the bank changed the calculation of the key figure 
>>Rate 
of costs<<. The key figure is now calculated as >>Total costs 
etc.<< (including 
depreciation on tangible fixed assets) divided by >>Total core 
income<< 
multiplied by 100. The comparative figures on the pages 3 and 7 have been 
adjusted for the change method of calculation. 
The key figure 'Total large exposures' have been corrected for 2011 and 2010 so 
that outstanding accounts of less than one billion kroner with credit 
institutions are not included under major commit- ments as per the Danish 
Financial Supervisory Authority guideline on the reporting of accounts. 
It is noted, that the individual solvency requirement (reported at page 12, 16 
and 17) not is audited. 
 
 
 
Note 2012 2011 
no. DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
1 Interest receivable 
Claims on credit institutions and central banks 10,943 38,712 
Loans and other debtors 769,656 775,891 
Loans - interest concerning the written-down part of loans -41,685 -35,740 
Bonds 86,941 58,993 
  Total derivatives financial instruments,  8,016  20,069 
of which 
Currency contracts 4,880 9,205 
Interest-rate contracts 3,136 10,864 
Other interest receivable 150 332 
Total interest receivable 834,021 858,257 
 
2 Interest payable 
Credit institutions and central banks 27,163 44,311 
Deposits and other debts 146,108 169,174 
Issued bonds 11,496 12,887 
Subordinated debt 15,828 18,605 
Other interest payable 169 314 
Total interest payable 200,764 245,291 
 
3 Dividend on capital shares etc. 
Shares 1,463 1,111 
Total dividend on capital shares etc. 1,463 1,111 
 
4 Fees and commissions 
 
Gross income from fees and commissions 
Securities trading 28,279 24,117 
Asset management 75,271 53,997 
Payment handling 20,898 19,679 
Loan fees 14,578 7,817 
Guarantee commissions 41,371 34,898 
Other fees and commissions 30,119 17,795 
Total gross income from fees and commissions 210,516 158,303 
 
Fees and commissions paid 
Securities trading 4,163 5,326 
Asset management 4,289 4,110 
Payment handling 2,462 2,061 
Loan fees 2,514 1,765 
Other fees and commissions 10,601 11,050 
Total fees and commissions paid 24,029 24,312 
 
Net income from fees and commissions 
Securities trading 24,116 18,791 
Asset management 70,982 49,887 
Payment handling 18,436 17,618 
Loan fees 12,064 6,052 
Guarantee commissions 41,371 34,898 
Other fees and commissions 19,518 6,745 
Total net income from fees and commissions 186,487 133,991 
Foreign exchange income 12,591 17,914 
Total net income from fees, commissions and 
foreign exchange income 199,078 151,905 
 
 
 
Note 2012 2011 
no. DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
5 Value adjustments 
Loans and other debtors at current value* 6,433 6,746 
Bonds 78,318 2,619 
Shares etc. -25,862 -1,276 
Investment properties -415 -579 
Foreign exchange income 12,591 17,914 
  Total derivative financial instruments,  -26,497  -10,050 
of which 
Interest-rate contracts -26,497 -10,050 
Issued bonds 1,041 -744 
Other liabilities 1,348 1,756 
Total value adjustments 46,957 16,386 
* Cf. note 36. 
 
6 Staff and administration costs 
Payments to board of managers, 
board of directors and shareholders' committee 
Board of managers*/**: 
John Fisker: 
Fixed payment 3,870 3,274 
Bent Naur: 
Fixed payment 1,317 3,963 
Total payment 5,187 7,237 
 
Board of directors***: 
Jens Lykke Kjeldsen, chairman 243 242 
Gravers Kjaergaard, deputy chairman 162 162 
Gert Asmussen 126 125 
Keld Hansen 126 125 
Martin Krogh Pedersen 126 83 
Inge Sandgrav Bak 126 83 
Bo Bennedsgaard 126 125 
Gitte E. S. Vigsoe 126 104 
Total payment 1,161 1,049 
Shareholders committee: 
Total payment 318 336 
Total 6,666 8,622 
 
Staff costs 
Salaries 111,848 111,030 
Pensions 11,478 11,522 
Social security expenses 917 900 
Costs depending on number of staff 14,978 14,719 
Total 139,221 138,171 
Other administration costs 106,909 97,275 
Total staff and administration costs 252,796 244,068 
 
* Management does not receive variable payment. 
** The management has a company car. 
*** The board of directors' fee is fixed. 
 
 
 
Note 2012 2011 
no. DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
7 Number of employees 
  Average number of employees during the financial year 
converted into full-time employees 244 252 
 
8 Payment to major risk takers and control functions 
Fixed salary 4.136 - 
Variable salary 150 - 
Pension 454 - 
Total 4.740 - 
Number of full-time employees 5 - 
 
9 Incentive programmes 
The bank has no incentive programmes. 
 
10 Fee to the auditor elected by the general meeting 
Statutory audit 610 603 
Other declarations with security 131 27 
Advice on tax 5 19 
Other services 0 13 
Total fee to the auditor elected by the general meeting 746 662 
It is noted, that the bank has an internal auditor. 
 
11 Amortisations, depreciations and write-downs on intangible and tangible 
assets 
 
Tangible assets 
Domicile properties, depreciations 684 1,353 
Other tangible assets, depreciations 2,549 3,022 
Total amortisations, depreciations and write-downs on 
intangible and tangible assets 3,233 4,375 
 
12 Tax 
  Tax calculated on the years profit  109,075  93,159 
Adjustment of deferred tax 10,362 860 
Adjustment of tax calculated for previous years 751 109 
Total tax 120,188 94,128 
 
Effective tax rate (%): 
The current tax rate of the bank 25.0 25.0 
Permanent deviations 1.6 -0.2 
Adjustment of tax calculated for previous years 0.2 0.0 
Total effective tax rate 26.8 24.8 
 
 
 
 
13 Claims on credit institutions and central banks 
 
 
End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
Claims at call 41,144 17,910 
Up to and including 3 months 226,002 661,989 
More than 3 months and up to and including 1 year 1,434 43,543 
More than 1 year and up to and including 5 years 104,220 590,876 
More than 5 years 500 0 
Total claims on credit institutions and central banks 373,300 1,314,318 
 
Distributed as follows: 
Claims at notice on central banks 176,002 186,989 
Claims on credit institutions 197,298 1,127,329 
373,300 1,314,318 
 
 
 
Note no.  End Dec. 2012 
DKK 1,000 End Dec. 2011 
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14 Loans and other debtors at amortised cost price 
At call 
2,027,476 
2,689,793 
 Up to and including 3 months 597,833 476,999 
 More than 3 months and up to and including 1 year 1,354,204 2,016,455 
 More than 1 year and up to and including 5 years 4,300,538 3,666,432 
 More than 5 years 4,144,088 3,896,881 
 Total loans and other debtors at amortised cost price 12,424,139 12,746,560 
15 Write-downs on loans and other debtors and provisions for losses on 
guarantees 
 
 
  Individual write-downs 
Cumulative individual write-downs on loans and other debtors 
at the end of the previous financial year 
 
577,352 
 
532,441 
 
  Write-downs/value adjustments during the year 
Reverse entry - write-downs made in previous financial years  243,459 
-124,433  205,130 
-110,870 
 Booked losses covered by write-downs 
Cumulative individual write-downs on loans and 
other debtors on the balance sheet date -63,849 
 
632,529 -49,349 
 
577,352 
 
 
  Group write-downs 
Cumulative group write-downs on loans and other debtors 
at the end of the previous financial year 
 
67,466 
 
31,211 
 Write-downs/value adjustments during the year 
Cumulative group write-downs on loans and 
other debtors on the balance sheet date 47,410 
 
114,876 36,255 
 
67,466 
 Total cumulative write-downs on loans and other debtors on the balance sheet 
date 
747,405 
644,818 
 
 
  Provisions for losses on guarantees 
Cumulative individual provisions for losses on guarantees at 
the end of the previous financial year 
 
5,038 
 
1,383 
 
  Provisions/value adjustments during the year 
Reverse entry - provisions made in previous financial years  10,009 
-3,835  4,605 
-885 
 Booked losses covered by write-downs 
Cumulative individual provisions for losses on guarantees 
on the balance sheet date -254 
 
10,958 -65 
 
5,038 
 Total cumulative write-downs on loans and other debtors and provisions for 
losses on guarantees on the balance sheet date 
758,363 
649,856 
16 Suspended calculation of interest 
Loans and other debtors with suspended calculation of 
interest on the balance sheet date 
 
113,312 
 
61,419 
17 Bonds at current value 
Listed on the stock exchange* 
3,783,258 
2,755,912 
 Total bonds at current value 3,783,528 2,755,912 
 
* See page 22 of the management report, where the rating is stated. 
 
 
 
Note no.  End Dec. 2012 
DKK 1,000 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 
18 Shares etc. 
 Listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen 29,104 12,033 
 Unlisted shares at current value 1,505 1,460 
 Sector shares at current value 182,101 214,583 
 Other holdings 16,831 20,978 
 Total shares etc. 229,541 249,054 
19 Land and buildings 
 Investment properties 
  Current value at the end of the previous financial year  6,681  7,261 
 Acquisitions during the year, including improvements 2,184 0 
 Disposals during the year -206 0 
 Value adjustments to current value for the year -494 -580 
 Current value on the balance sheet date 8,165 6,681 
 Domicile properties 
  Reassessed value at the end of the previous financial year  68,041  68,401 
 Acquisitions during the year, including improvements 308 993 
 Depreciations for the year -559 -553 
 Value adjustments to current value for the year -125 -800 
 Total reassessed value on the balance sheet date 67,665 68,041 
 When measuring investment and domicile properties a rate of return between 6% 
and 8% is used. No external experts were involved in the valuation of 
investment and domicile properties. 
 
20 
Other tangible assets 
 Cost price 
  Cost price at the end of the previous financial year 
 without depreciations and write-downs 28,824 28,399 
 Acquisitions during the year, including improvements 2,218 3,557 
 Disposals during the year -1,525 -3,132 
 Total cost price on the balance sheet date 29,517 28,824 
 Write-downs and depreciations 
 Write-downs and depreciations at the end of the previous 
  financial year  23,931  23,969 
 Depreciations for the year 2,548 3,022 
 Reverse entry of previous years' write-downs during the year and 
 reverse entry of total depreciations and write-downs on assets 
 which were sold or taken out of operation during the year -943 -3,060 
 Total depreciations and write-downs on the balance sheet date 25,536 23,931 
 Total other tangible assets on the balance sheet date 3,981 4,893 
21 Other assets 
 Interest and commissions receivable 51,425 58,383 
  Positive market value of derivative financial instruments  172,253  267,853 
 Miscellaneous receivables and other assets 35,673 22,331 
 Total other assets 259,351 348,567 
 
 
 
Note no.  End Dec. 2012 
DKK 1,000 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 
22 Debt to credit institutions and central banks 
 Debt payable on demand 214,603 210,686 
 Up to and including 3 months 30,726 26,619 
 More than 3 months and up to and including 1 year 169,143 150,127 
 More than 1 year and up to and including 5 years 516,937 583,111 
 More than 5 years 266,662 271,532 
 Total debt to credit institutions and central banks 1,198,071 1,242,075 
 Distributed as follows: 
 Debt to credit institutions 1,198,071 1,242,075 
  1,198,071 1,242,075 
 The bank has undrawn long-term committed revolving credit 
 facilities equivalent to: 
 Term to maturity under 1 year 74,604 100,000 
 Term to maturity over 1 year 0 74,342 
 Total 74,604 174,342 
23 Deposits and other debts 
 On demand* 7,536,906 6,372,268 
 Deposits and other debts at notice: 
 Up to and including 3 months 1,487,572 2,166,283 
 More than 3 months and up to and including 1 year 908,664 1,175,194 
 More than 1 year and up to and including 5 years 1,414,739 1,561,041 
 More than 5 years 1,518,867 1,480,629 
 Total deposits and other debts 12,866,748 12,755,415 
 Distributed as follows: 
 On demand 6,557,380 5,822,693 
 At notice 175,268 146,889 
 Time deposits 2,921,952 3,740,496 
 Long-term deposit agreements 1,906,942 1,805,129 
 Special types of deposits* 1,305,206 1,240,208 
  12,866,748 12,755,415 
 * Special types of deposits are entered under the item >>On demand<< 
 pending payment, while in the specification of the different types of deposits, 
 the sum is instead included under >>Special types of deposits<<. 
24 Issued bonds at amortised cost price 
 Up to and including 3 months 4,583 2,955 
 More than 3 months and up to and including 1 year 220,000 0 
 More than 1 year and up to and including 5 years 116,226 336,003 
 Total issued bonds at amortised cost price 340,809 338,958 
 Distributed as follows: 
 Issues in Danish kroner 
 Nom. DKK 220 million 220,000 220,000 
 Issues in Norwegian kroner 
 Nom. NOK 100 million* 101,670 95,880 
 Regulation at amortised cost price and adjustment to 
 current value of issues in Norwegian kroner 8,256 9,241 
 Other issues 10,883 13,837 
 
* Cf. note 36. 340,809 338,958 
 
 
 
Note End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
no. DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
25 Other liabilities 
Interest and commissions payable 41,469 56,166 
  Negative market value of derivative financial instruments  55,635  159,683 
Micellaneous payables and other liabilities 93,726 85,964 
Total other liabilities 190,830 301,813 
 
26 Provisions for pensions and similar liabilities* 
The provisions concern conditional pension commitments to 
current members of the board of managers and a pension com- 
mitment to a former member of the board of managers from a 
merged bank. 0 5,146 
* The sum was paid in 2012. 
 
27 Provisions for deferred tax 
The calc. provisions for defer. tax relates to the balance sheet items: 
Loans and other debtors -2,177 -1,446 
Tangible assets -670 -644 
Provisions for liabilities 0 -1,287 
Other assets/liabilities 17,998 8,166 
Total provisions for deferred tax 15,151 4,789 
  Deferred tax is calculated at (%)  25.0  25.0 
 
 
28 Subordinated debt 
 
 
Possible 
Interest early 
rate Cur- Due redemption 
 
  Type  (%)  rency  Mill.  date  date 
Subordinated loan capital 
Bilateral agreement** Floating   EUR    27 30 June 2021  30 June 2018 201,431 
200,723 
Total subordinated loan capital 201,431 200,723 
 
Hybrid core capital 
Bond loan***/****  4.795  DKK    200   Indefinite  2 March 2015 200,000 200,000 
Total hybrid core capital 200,000 200,000 
 
Subordinated debt included in the calculation 
of the capital base (before deduction of own holding) 401,431 400,723 
Regulation at amortised cost price and adjustment to current value 9,203 11,763 
Own holding of subordinated loan capital -28,000 0 
Total subordinated debt 382,634 412,486 
 
** The interest rate will change on 30 June 2018 to a quarterly variable rate 
equivalent to the 
EURIBOR rate for a term of three months plus 3.50% p.a. 
Interest - 2012: tDKK 6,332  / 2011: tDKK 7,634 
*** The interest rate will change on 2 March 2015 to a quarterly variable 
coupon rate equivalent to the CIBOR rate published by the Central Bank of 
Denmark for a term of three months plus 2.16% p.a. Interest - 2012: tDKK 9,496 
/ 2011: tDKK 9,720 
**** Admitted for listing on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen. 
 
 
 
Note no.  End Dec. 2012 
DKK 1,000 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 
29 Share capital 
 Number of shares at DKK 5 each: 
 Beginning of year 5,040,000 5,040,000 
 Cancellation of shares during the year -100,000 0 
 End of year 4,940,000 5,040,000 
 Reserved for subsequent cancellation* 90,000 100,000 
 Share capital 24,700 25,200 
 The whole share capital has been admitted for listing on 
NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen. 
 * A further 10,000 were also transferred in January 2013 for later 
cancellation. 
30 Own capital shares 
 Own capital shares included in the balance sheet at 0 0 
 The market value is 73,978 58,395 
 Number of own shares: 
 Beginning of year 100,855 9,517 
 Purchase of own shares during the year 335,686 263,030 
 Sale of own shares during the year -240,466 -171,692 
 Cancellation of shares during the year -100,000 - 
 End of year 96,075 100,855 
 Nominal value of holding of own shares, end of year 480 504 
  Own shares' proportion of share capital end of year (%): 
 Beginning of year 2.0 0.2 
 Purchase of own shares during the year 6.8 5.2 
 Sale of own shares during the year -4.9 -3.4 
 Cancellation of shares during the year -2.0 - 
 End of year 1.9 2.0 
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Total sales price for shares sold during the year 174,902 168,577 
 The transactions for the year in own shares were made on the basis 
 of the bank's ordinary trading with shares. 
31 Contingent liabilities etc. 
 Contingent liabilities 
 Finance guarantees 693,774 653,353 
 Guarantees for foreign loans 5,595 5,576 
 Guarantees against losses on mortgage credit loans 51,951 50,138 
 Guarantees against losses Totalkredit 122,797 118,540 
 Registration and conversion guarantees 70,999 55,361 
 Sector guarantees 46,816 39,413 
 Other contingent liabilities 675,168 129,841 
 Total contingent liabilities 1,667,100 1,052,222 
32 Assets furnished as security 
 First mortgage loans were provided for German wind turbine 
 projects. The loans are funded directly by KfW Bankengruppe, 
 to which security in the associated loans has been provided. 
  Each reduction of the first mortgage loans is deducted directly 
 from the funding at the KfW Bankengruppe. 829,259 808,363 
 As security for clearing and any debt, the bank has pledged 
 securities from its holding to the Central Bank of Denmark 
 to a total market price of 250,623 269,005 
 
 
 
Note no. 
 
33 Legal proceedings, etc. 
The bank is not party to any legal proceedings that are estimated to result in 
major losses and in 
that way to a substantial change of the accounts. 
 
34 Related parties 
Related parties are among others the bank's board of directors and board of 
managers, manage- 
rial employees and their relatives. Ringkjoebing Landbobank advises that it has 
no related parties 
with a controlling influence on the bank (defined as control of at least 20% of 
the voting rights). 
There were no transactions during the year with the board of directors and 
board of manag- ers or managerial employees apart from the payment of salaries 
and compensation etc., stock exchange business and the provision of loans and 
guarantees. 
It is also noted that all of the transactions performed in 2012 and 2011 with 
related parties, including credit facilities, were carried out on market terms 
or a cost-cover basis. 
Information on the remuneration made to the board of directors and board of 
managers is given in note 6. 
Information on the size of loans, mortgages, sureties and guarantees provided 
to members of the bank's board of directors and board of managers and the 
security received is given in this note. The information in the note covers 
these parties' personal engagements and those of their relatives. 
Information on the shareholdings held by the board of directors and board of 
managers is given in this note. 
 
 
 
 
The amount of loans issued to and mortgages, sureties or guarantees issued for 
the members 
of the bank's: Interest rates 2012 
 
End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
Board of managers (Mastercard) 250 250 
     Board of directors, incl. elected by the staff      1.0%-10.0%  19,012 
29,510 
All engagements are performed under market terms, including both interest and 
guarantee commission rates. 
Security pledged from members of the bank's: 
Board of managers 0 0 
Board of directors, incl. elected by the staff 2,234 1,206 
 
New loans have been granted for 1,162 - 
 
 
 
 
The board of directors' and the board of managers' share- holdings* in 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank at the end of the year The board of directors: 
 
End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
Number of shares   Number of shares 
 
Jens Lykke Kjeldsen 5,865 5,815 
Gravers Kjaergaard 6,663 6,663 
Gert Asmussen 4,528 4,528 
Keld Hansen 16,636 16,636 
Inge Sandgrav Bak 2,448 2,488 
Martin Krogh Pedersen 6,501 6,501 
Bo Bennedsgaard 530 530 
Gitte E. S. Vigsoe 30 30 
The board of managers: 
John Fisker 15,192 15,192 
Bent Naur** - 16,944 
* Stated in accordance with the rules on insiders. 
** Resigned from management on 30 April 2012. 
 
 
 
Note 
Eno. 
 
35 Current value of financial instruments 
Financial instruments are measured in the balance sheet at either current value 
or amortised cost 
price (with consideration to risk cover that fulfil the conditions applying to 
hedging). 
The current value is the amount at which a financial asset can be sold or the 
amount at which a financial liability can be redeemed between agreed 
independent parties. The current values of financial assets and liabilities 
valued on active markets are calculated on the basis of observed market prices 
on the balance sheet date. The current values of financial instruments which 
are not valued on active markets are calculated on the basis of generally 
recognised methods of valuation. 
Shares etc. and derivative financial instruments are measured in the accounts 
at market value 
such that included book values correspond to current values. 
The write-downs on loans are assessed such that they correspond to changes in 
credit quality. The difference from current value is assessed as fees and 
commissions received, costs incurred in lending activities, and, for 
fixed-interest loans, the value adjustment which is independent of the interest 
level and which can be calculated by comparing the actual market interest rate 
with the nominal rate applying to the loans. 
The current value of claims on credit institutions and central banks is 
determined under the same method as for loans, but the bank has not currently 
made any write-downs on claims on credit institutions and central banks. 
Issued bonds and subordinated debt are measured at amortised cost price. The 
difference be- tween book and current values is calculated on the basis of 
prices on the market for own listed issues. 
For variable-interest financial liabilities in the form of deposits and debts 
to credit institutions measured at amortised cost price, it is estimated that 
the book value corresponds to the current value. 
For fixed-interest financial liabilities in the form of deposits and debts to 
credit institutions measured at amortised cost price, the difference from 
current values is estimated to be the value adjustment which is independent of 
interest level. 
 
 
 
 
Financial assets 
 
End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
Book value   Current value Book value   Current value 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
Cash in hand + claims at call on central banks 483,188 483,188 33,935 33,935 
Claims on credit institut. and central banks* 373,612 373,612 1,318,375 
1,318,376 
Loans and other debtors at amort. cost price*  12,452,751  12,508,615 
12,777,305  12,828,656 
Bonds at current value* 3,799,528   3,799,528 2,774,316   2,774,316 
Shares etc. 230,084 230,084 249,592 249,592 
Derivative financial instruments  172,253  172,253  267,853  267,853 
Total financial assets 17,511,416 17,567,280  17,421,376 17,472,728 
 
Financial liabilities 
Debt to credit institutions and central banks*   1,198,895   1,198,472 
1,243,364   1,242,551 
Deposits and other debts* 12,893,489 12,934,285  12,798,121 12,835,712 
Issued bonds at amortised cost price*/** 345,475 337,219 343,374 334,133 
Derivative financial instruments  55,635  55,635  159,683  159,683 
Subordinated debt*/** 390,660 372,857 420,519 396,256 
Total financial liabilities 14,884,154 14,898,468  14,965,061 14,968,335 
 
* The item includes calculated interest on the balance sheet date. The 
calculated interest in the balance sheet is included under the items >>Other 
assets<< and >>Other liabilities<<. 
** Using the most recently listed transaction price before the balance sheet 
date, irrespective of the liquidity in the security in question. 
 
 
 
Note End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
no. DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
36 Hedging 
 
The following are hedged: 
  Fixed interest claim on a credit institution, fixed interest loans, 
  fixed interest deposits, issued bonds at amortised cost price, 
  floating interest subordinated loan capital and fixed interest 
hybrid core capital 
 
Risk cover: 
Interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk 
 
Book values: 
Claim on a credit institution 0 30,077 
Loans 44,785 54,291 
Deposits 0 306,726 
Issued bonds at amortised cost price 109,926 105,121 
Subordinated loan capital 199,607 198,014 
Hybrid core capital 183,027 214,472 
 
Cover is thus: 
Interest swaps - total synthetic principal 198,542 512,368 
Currency swaps - total synthetic principal 303,101 296,603 
Total current value 11,113 22,355 
 
37 Risks and risk management 
As described in the section on risk >>Risks and risk management<< in 
the 
management report con- 
tained in the annual report, Ringkjoebing Landbobank is exposed to various types 
of risk. See the 
section on risks on pages 18 - 29 of the management report for a description of 
financial risks 
and policies and objectives for their management: 
-   Credit risks - page 19 
-   Interest rate risk - page 24 
-   Foreign exchange risk - page 24 
-   Share risk - page 25 
-   Liquidity risk - page 27 
The following notes to the annual report contain some additional information 
and a more de- tailed description of the bank's credit and market risks. 
 
 
 
Note no.  End Dec. 2012 
DKK 1,000 End Dec. 2011 
DKK 1,000 
38 Credit risk 
 Maximum credit exposure classified by balance sheet and off-balance sheet items 
 Balance sheet items 
Cash in hand and claims at call on central banks 
483,188 
33,935 
 Claims on credit institutions and central banks 373,300 1,314,318 
 Loans and other debtors at amortised cost price 12,424,139 12,746,560 
 Bonds at current value 3,783,258 2,755,912 
 Shares etc. 229,541 249,054 
 Capital shares in associated companies 543 538 
  Other assets, including derivative financial instruments  299,721  360,822 
  17,593,690 17,461,139 
 Off-balance sheet items 
Guarantees (contingent liabilities) 
1,667,100 
1,052,222 
  1,667,100 1,052,222 
 Maximum credit exposure excluding unutilsed credit facilities 19,260,790 
18,513,361 
 Unutilised credit facilities 4,026,576 3,338,861 
 Total maximum credit exposure 23,287,366 21,852,222 
 
A more detailed division of the items >>Loans and other outstanding debts at 
amortised cost price<<, 
>>Guarantees<< and >>Unutilised credit facilities<< are 
given below. There is also 
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only the items >>Loans made and other outstandings at amortised cost 
price<< and 
>>Guarantees<<. 
* The bank has made unused credit facilities to a total of DKK 4 billion 
available. Most of this sum comprises uncommitted credits in the legal sense, 
and the bank will be able to terminate them with immediate effect. 
 
 
 
 
 
Loans, guarantees and unutilised credit facilities by sector 
Loans and guarantees in percent, end of year, 
  classified by sector/business 
 
End Dec. 2012 End Dec. 2011 
Per cent Per cent 
 
Public authorities 0.1 0.0 
Business 
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 
Cattle farming etc. 2.8 3.2 
Pig farming etc. 2.5 2.8 
Other agriculture, hunting and forestry 4.2 4.6 
Fishing 1.6 1.5 
Mink production 1.2 1.2 
Industry and raw materials extraction 2.1 2.9 
Energy supply - Demnark 6.0 6.8 
Energy supply - foreign 13.0 12.6 
Building and construction 1.5 1.6 
Trade 4.3 4.7 
Transport, hotels and restaurants 1.4 1.9 
Information and communication 0.2 0.2 
Financing and insurance 10.7 7.3 
Real estate 10.2 10.1 
Other business 9.8 8.0 
Total business 71.5 69.4 
Private 28.4 30.6 
Total 100.0 100.0 
 
 
 
Note no.  End Dec. 2012 
Per cent End Dec. 2011 
Per cent 
38 Credit risk - continued 
 Loans and guarantees by sectors 
Loans and guarantees in percent, end of year, 
by sector/business 
 Public authorities 0.0 0.0 
 Business 
Agriculture, hunting and forestry 
Cattle farming etc. 
 
3.0 
 
3.5 
 Pig farming etc. 2.6 2.9 
 Other agriculture, hunting and forestry 4.2 4.4 
 Fishing 1.8 1.7 
 Mink production 1.1 1.3 
 Industry and raw materials extraction 2.0 2.9 
 Energy supply - Demnark 6.8 7.6 
 Energy supply - foreign 14.7 14.2 
 Building and construction 1.3 1.5 
 Trade 3.6 3.9 
 Transport, hotels and restaurants 1.5 2.1 
 Information and communication 0.1 0.2 
 Financing and insurance 11.7 7.0 
 Real estate 12.2 11.4 
 Other business 7.8 7.3 
 Total business 74.4 71.9 
 Private 25.6 28.1 
 Total 100.0 100.0 
 
The classification by business was made on the basis of Statistics Denmark's 
sector codes etc. 
 
 
Comments on distribution by business 
In historical terms, Ringkjoebing Landbobank has always been run on the basis of 
a conservative 
credit policy. In the bank's judgment, this is reflected in the quality of the 
bank's loans, which 
is generally judged to be high. Solvency among the bank's customers is 
generally good, and 
in combination with the bank's robust covering of many commitments, the result 
is low credit 
risks. 
Private customers comprise a total of 25.6% of Ringkjoebing Landbobank's total 
loans and guarantees. Most of these customers are in the bank's core area in 
central and western Jutland, and the quality of their credit is good. This good 
quality is attributable among other things to 
a moderately negative trend in the prices of real estate and a lower proportion 
of income spent on housing - lower than in eastern Jutland and the capital city 
area. The primary security given by private customers consists of security in 
real estate (private homes). 
The bank has a well-diversified agricultural portfolio with 2.6% of total loans 
and guarantees on 
pig farmers, 3.0% on cattle and 4.2% on others. 
The economic conditions for agriculture as a whole remain difficult, and 
although the bank's farming customers have relatively less debt than the 
agricultural sector as a whole, it is a difficult situation. Some segments 
have, however, experienced improved terms of trade in 2012 relative to the 
previous years. 
In general, earnings in agriculture are, however, still weak, and the bank has 
set aside consider- able provisions for this sector. 
 
 
 
Note no. 
 
38 Credit risk - continued 
 
The security consists primarily of mortgages in the farms (land, buildings and 
the other produc- tion equipment) plus transfer of hectare support and other 
payments etc. 
Loans to energy supply companies total 21.5%. This is thus the sector with the 
greatest propor- tion of the bank's loans. Most of the exposure in this sector 
is on the financing of wind turbines, which has been a core area in the bank 
for more than 20 years. Exposure to energy supply companies abroad is mostly to 
wind turbines erected in Germany. 
The bank's concept for financing wind turbines is based on senior financing. 
The concept includes a legal and commercial due diligence, which provides a 
high degree of security. Fixed payment prices on the German market provide 
additional security that the bank can be repaid. The losses suffered by the 
bank in this sector have been minimal, and the financial crisis has confirmed 
that the risk in this sector is limited. Security is primarily provided by a 
first preferred mortgage in the turbines and transfer of electricity payments 
and any subsidies. 
Real estate accounts for a total of 12.2% of the bank's total loans and 
guarantees. This is a rela- tively modest proportion compared with other 
financial institutions, and this reflects the bank's cautious approach to this 
sector. The loan and the security are mainly in the following groups: 
-   Loans with first preferential security in the property (most of the loans) 
-    Loans with second preferential security in the property and strong tenant 
with irrevocable 
lease. 
In connection with other mortgage financing, the bank places weight on the 
project's ability to 
pay off the debt before termination of the lease. 
Both types of loan have demonstrated their strength during the financial 
crisis, and the bank is 
comfortable with them. 
Financing and insurance account for a total of 11.7% of the bank's total loans 
and guarantees, and cover, among other things, exposure to financially solid 
counterparties and the bank's con- cept for lending on securities. The primary 
security under this concept consists of listed securi- ties. The concept has 
clearly demonstrated its strength in the particularly volatile periods on the 
financial markets occasioned by the financial crisis 
 
Security 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank wishes, to the greatest possible extent, to reduce the 
risk in connec- tion with business transactions entered into with the bank's 
customers by taking security in the form of a mortgage in physical assets, 
securities, bank balances etc. and guarantees, sureties and letters of 
subordination. The most commonly used security is securities and cash, mortgage 
in real estate and chattels personal. 
The bank monitors the value of securities which have been received. The bank 
takes a conserva- tive approach to assessing the loan value of security 
received. A deduction in the value is thus always made to cover the realisation 
risk, costs etc. The following table shows nominal secu- 
rity values, i.e. the value of the nominal mortgage without any reduction. A 
reduction can be relevant if the actual value of an asset is insufficient to 
ensure the full value of a mortgage in the event of realisation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012 
 
Nominal securities by sector and business for commitments which have not been 
written down 
 
Securities 
and cash Real estate Movable Total 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
Public authorities                                             0 
    3,295                     1,800                5,095 
Business: 
Agriculture, forestry and fishing              286,334             1,282,299 
             496,955         2,065,588 
Industry and raw materials extraction       41,928                  66,839 
           138,551            247,318 
Energy supply                                        138,534 
469,212              1,991,750         2,599,496 
Building and construction                        10,041                  82,058 
                  95,606            187,705 
Trade                                                        48,129 
   176,558                 165,773            390,460 
Transport, hotels and restaurants                7,019                  64,838 
               183,510            255,367 
Information and communication                2,595                  22,144 
               8,700              33,439 
Financing and insurance                         748,291                336,507 
                 18,026         1,102,824 
Real estate                                              117,238 
1,250,680                   16,572         1,384,490 
Other business                                       662,820 
1,111,270                 122,499         1,896,589 
Total business                                    2,062,929 
4,862,405              3,237,942       10,163,276 
Private                                                   939,739 
2,793,760                 313,079         4,046,578 
Total                                                   3,002,668 
7,659,460              3,552,821       14,214,949 
 
 
 
 
2011 
 
Nominal securities by sector and business for commitments which have not been 
written down 
Public authorities                                             0 
    3,445                            0                3,445 
Business: 
Agriculture, forestry and fishing              271,178             1,263,812 
             455,128         1,990,118 
Industry and raw materials extraction       45,443                  75,814 
           232,302            353,559 
Energy supply                                          69,991 
501,561              1,957,750         2,529,302 
Building and construction                          9,780                104,304 
                111,423            225,507 
Trade                                                        56,909 
   204,426                 146,766            408,101 
Transport, hotels and restaurants              68,165                  71,053 
              182,959            322,177 
Information and communication                2,767                  11,280 
               5,213              19,260 
Financing and insurance                         751,015                390,014 
                 19,196         1,160,225 
Real estate                                              120,791 
1,290,412                   22,424         1,433,627 

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Other business                                       460,337 
592,821                 112,471         1,165,629 
Total business                                    1,856,376 
4,505,497              3,245,632         9,607,505 
Private                                                   745,870 
2,720,083                 268,890         3,734,843 
Total                                                   2,602,246 
7,229,025              3,514,522       13,345,793 
 
The nominal collateral values are not necessarily indicative of the actual 
collateral value. 
 
 
 
Note no. 
 
38 Credit risk - continued 
 
The credit quality of loans and guarantees which are neither in arrears nor 
have been writ- 
ten down 
The bank has credit ratings on a large number of customers. For private and 
small business customers, the rating is based on statistical models (based on 
the probability of default), while there is an expert model for major 
customers. 
The statistical models include 7 - 10 different factors, including information 
on the customer's assets and a quantity of behavioural data. These items are 
selected from a large number of pos- sible factors which best describe 
previously unsatisfied commitments. 
The expert model for business customers is based on information on the 
customer's creditwor- thiness and earning capacity. The model is a general 
model used for business as a whole. The model has three variants which are 
particularly to exposure to credit for wind turbines, agricul- ture and real 
estate. 
As indicated in the figure below, 62% of loans and guarantees without 
write-downs or arrears have a high credit quality as against 57% in 2011. The 
proportion of customers with low credit quality increased from 7% to 12% via a 
reduction in the unclassified commitments, and the middle-ranking group was 
reduced. The year has thus seen a certain polarisation of customers without 
write-downs or arrears, but in general the bank finds the total quality stable. 
Unclassified commitments amount to DKK 0.5 billion. These consist mainly of 
small business 
customers and they cover a wide range of sectors. 
 
Distribution of loans and guarantees without write-downs or arrears 
70 
 
60  2012  2011 
 
50 
 
40 
 
30 
 
20 
 
10 
 
0 
High  Medium  Low  Not classified 
 
Credit quality 
 
Total loans and quarantees without write-downs or arrears (DKK 1,000) 
2012 12,943 
2011 11,578 
 
 
 
 
Distribution by time from the due date for loans without write-downs in arrears 
 
Under Over 
90 days 90 days Total 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
Public authorities 47 0 47 
Business: 
Agriculture, forestry and fishing  14,193  1,259 15,452 
Industry and raw materials extraction 1,761 108 1,869 
Energy supply 3,666 11 3,677 
Building and construction 1,078 656 1,734 
Trade 3,756 622 4,378 
Transport, hotels and restaurants 1,013 184 1,197 
Information and communication 293 164 457 
Financing and insurance 2,910 1,313 4,223 
Real estate 2,306 4,005 6,311 
Other business 10,515 1,222 11,737 
Total business 41,491 9,544 51,035 
Private 32,078 8,797 40,875 
Total 2012 73,616 18,341 91,957 
Total 2011 59,118 2,669 61,787 
 
 
 
Note no. 
 
38 Credit risk - continued 
 
The value of loans where individual write-downs have been made 
 
Major Total Individual 
  financial  Breach  Relaxation  Probable credit write- 
  difficulties     of contract  of terms  bankruptcy exposure downs 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
Credit exposure by reason for write-down 
Public authorities 0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
Business: 
Agriculture, forestry and fishing   123,592  100,332  86,139  78,370  388,433 
290,516 
Industry and raw materials 
extraction 16,475 2,157 323 2,851 21,806 15,640 
Energy supply 0 2,311 0 0 2,311 1,018 
Building and construction 12,221 5,447 16,790 0 34,458 21,420 
Trade 8,410 8,461 1,355 2,647 20,873 14,391 
Transport, hotels and restaurants   11,647 1,416 8,442 2,158 23,663 16,828 
Information and communication 2 328 265 33 628 367 
Financing and insurance 570 3,699 0 2,816 7,085 5,783 
Real estate 24,362 32,258 31,285 2,662 90,567 45,989 
Other business 25,015 15,089 8,824 8,690 57,618 47,082 
Total business 222,294 171,498 153,423 100,227 647,442 459,034 
Private 141,633 105,450 32,374 28,896 308,353 184,451 
Total credit exposure 2012 363,927 276,948 185,797 129,123 955,795 
Total credit exposure 2011 342,670 374,134 99,301 98,381 914,486 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2012 
 
Major 
  financial  Breach  Relaxation  Probable- 
  difficulties     of contract  of terms  bankruptcy Total 
DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 DKK 1,000 
 
Individual write-downs 242,600 174,863 98,186 127,837 643,486 
Security values for commitments 
which have been written down 69,773 55,858 17,232 64,305 207,168 
2011 
Individual write-downs 219,842 224,671 78,541 59,336 582,390 
Security values for commitments 
which have been written down 63,604 71,807 25,139 24,158 184,708 
 
The bank is particularly focused on covering the risk on commitments which have 
been written down. Under the bank's credit policy, these commitments must be 
covered to the greatest possible extent 
by securities. When determining the need for a write-down, the value of 
securities is included at the prudently expected net realisation value. The 
bank only includes the ability to make payments over and above the value of 
securities to a modest extent when determining the need for a write-down. 
 
 
Loans and other debtors with an objective indication of impairment included in 
the balance sheet at a book value greater than zero 
Individual written-down loans 
Balance for loans and other debtors before write-downs 909,961 835,803 
Write-downs -586,017 -503,289 
Balance for loans and other debtors after write-downs 323,944 332,514 
Group written-down loans 
Balance for loans and other debtors before write-downs 11,908,553 12,143,747 
Write-downs -114,876 -67,466 
Balance for loans and other debtors after write-downs 11,793,677 12,076,281 
 
Credit risk on derivative financial instruments 
Positive market value (by counterpart risk) after netting 
  Counterpart riskweight 20%  140,002  203,886 
  Counterpart riskweight 75%  65,836  78,344 
  Counterpart riskweight 100%  49,812  106,426 
Total counterpart riskweight 255,650 388,656 
 
39 Foreign exchange risk 
Total assets in foreign currency 5,252,363 6,473,073 
Total liabilities in foreign currency 3,119,494 3,189,031 
 
Foreign exchange indicator 1 16,838 23,602 
Foreign exchange indicator 1 in % 
of core capital after deductions (%) 0.6 0.9 
 
Foreign exchange indicator 2 212 586 
Foreign exchange indicator 2 in % 
of core capital after deductions (%) 0.0 0.0 
 
40 Interest rate risk 
Total interest rate risk 17,102 17,530 
Total interest rate risk (%) 0.6 0.7 
Interest rate risk by the foreign currencies: 
DKK 18,710 17,097 
NOK -2,453 -3,437 
EUR 996 3,941 
CHF -202 -261 
USD 105 193 
GBP -45 0 
SEK 0 8 
Other currencies -9 -11 
Total 17,102 17,530 
 
 
 
Note no. 
 
41 Value at Risk/Market risk 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank uses a Value at Risk (VaR) model as a sensitivity 
analysis for market risks. The model is a parametric VaR model based on a 
historic analysis of the covariation (the correlations) between the prices of 
various fi nancial assets etc. The model combines the histori- cal knowledge of 
the covariation on the fi nancial markets with the bank's current positions, 
and on this basis calculates the risk of losses for a forthcoming ten-day 
period. The calculation includes the bank's positions with respect to interest, 
foreign currencies and listed shares, while positions in sector shares and 
unlisted capital shares are not included. The calculated VaR thus 
indicates the bank's sensitivity to losses on the basis of its positions. The 
model is used as one of a number of tools in the bank's management of market 
risks. 
Reference is made to pages 26 - 27 of this annual report for further 
description of the model etc. 
 
 
DKK million 
 
Average 
 
Minimum 
 
Maximum 
 
End of year 
 Year/Risk VaR-figure VaR-figure* VaR-figure* VaR-figure 
 2012 
Interest 
15.0 
3.1 
28.9 
5.7 
 Foreign currency 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 
 
  Share 
Diversifi cation  2.7 
-3.3  2.6 
-2.3  2.4 
-3.1  2.2 
-2.2 
 Total VaR-figure 14.7 3.5 28.4 5.8 
 
* Determined by the total VaR-fi gure. 
 
Sensitivity analysis of sector shares (DKK 1,000) 
 Sector shares cf. note 18 182,101 
  Effect of a 10% price change on the result  18,210 
 
Development in Value at Risk 
25 
Interest Foreign currency 
20 Share Total 
 
 
    15 
 
 
   10 
 
 
    5 
 
 
0 
 
 
42 Derivative financial instruments 
 
By residual maturity 
DKK 1,000 Over 3 month 
Up to 3 month and up to 1 year 
 
Nominal value Net market value 
Nominal value Net market value 
Foreign-exchange contracts 
Spot, purchase 
41,976 
99 
Spot, sale 23,902 -115 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 1,041,877 3,662 178,436 -465 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 3,531,774 6,096 175,165 14,410 
Swaps 
Options, purchase 
Options, sale 46,396 35 99,732 188 
Interest-rate contracts 
Spot, purchase 
321,330 
791 
Spot, sale 110,704 -1,551 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 6,822 63 5,000 149 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 2,919 -19 88,176 -672 
Swaps 51,065 -277 38,056 46 
Options, purchase 5,521 47 
Options, sale 5,521 -47 
Share contracts 
Spot, purchase 
46,054 
-264 
Spot, sale 47,816 310 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 62 31 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 62 -31 
 
 
 
 
 
Foreign-exchange contracts 
Spot, purchase 
Spot, sale 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 
 
Over 1 year 
and up to 5 years Over 5 years 
Net Net 
Nominal market Nominal market 
value value value value 
 
Swaps 101,670 22,079 208,408 -514 
Options, purchase 
Options, sale 
Interest-rate contracts 
Spot, purchase 
Spot, sale 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 
Swaps 982,454 -31,582 513,357 18,979 
Options, purchase 146,001 4,400 65,093 6,865 
Options, sale 146,001 -4,400 65,093 -6,865 
Other derivative contracts 
Credit Default Swaps 74,606 -931 
 
 
 
42 Derivative financial instruments - continued 

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DKK 1,000 Total net 
Total nominal value market value 
 
Foreign-exchange contracts 2012 2011 2012 2011 
Spot, purchase 41,976 48,090 99 -27 
Spot, sale 23,902 41,733 -115 -12 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 1,220,313 2,856,039 3,197 56,869 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 3,706,939 6,666,368 20,506 13,824 
Swaps 
Options, purchase 
Options, sale 456,206 500,694 21,788 16,698 
Interest-rate contracts 
Spot, purchase 
321,330 
214,579 
791 
712 
Spot, sale 110,704 63,956 -1,551 -603 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 11,822 10,763 212 219 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 91,095 33,022 -691 -360 
Swaps 1,584,932 2,597,399 -12,834 3,886 
Options, purchase 216,615 466,077 11,312 14,711 
Options, sale 216,615 466,077 -11,312 -14,711 
Share contracts 
Spot, purchase 
46,054 
13,249 
-264 
702 
Spot, sale 47,816 12,704 310 -708 
Forward transactions/futures, purchase 62  31 
Forward transactions/futures, sale 32  -31 
Other derivative contracts 
Credit Default Swaps 
74,606 
-931 
Net market value, total   30,517 91,200 
 
 
 
42 Derivative financial instruments - continued 
 
 
DKK 1,000 
 
 
Foreign-exchange contracts 
 
 
Market value Average market value 
Positive Negative Positive Negative 
2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 
 
Spot, purchase 119 63 20 90 203 323 2,932 4,329 
Spot, sale 16 83 131 95 147 450 266 479 
Forward transactions/ 
futures, purchase Forward transactions/ futures, sale 16,843 
 
32,756 63,253 
 
52,693 13,646 
 
12,250 6,384 
 
38,869 25,534 
 
34,903 52,194 
 
130,140 10,263 
 
16,594 62,825 
 
63,283 
Swaps 
Options, purchase 
Options, sale 43,057 43,498 21,269 26,800 38,472 50,275 23,388 35,833 
Interest-rate contracts 
Spot, purchase 
1,823 
1,051 
1,032 
339 
1,043 
598 
1,129 
369 
Spot, sale 
Forward transactions/ 
futures, purchase 507 
 
212 133 
 
219 2,058 736 846 
 
307 205 
 
109 1,228 
 
64 612 
 
8 
Forward transactions/ 
futures, sale 
528 
1,219 
360 
179 
25 
1,021 
340 
Swaps 64,339 91,293 77,173 87,407 77,363 71,042 72,198 79,150 
Options, purchase 
Options, sale Share contracts Spot, purchase 11,312 
 
 
211 14,711 
 
 
774 
11,312 
 
475 
14,711 
 
72 14,130 
 
 
769 13,558 
 
 
1,145 
14,130 
 
436 
13,558 
 
396 
Spot, sale 
Forward transactions/ 
futures, purchase 499 
 
31 82 189 790 451 
 
35 395 746 
 
48 3,889 
Forward transactions/ 
futures, sale 
31 
12 
35 
Other derivative contracts 
Credit Default Swaps 
931 
348 
Total 172,253  267,853  141,736  176,653  194,394  320,459  144,826  265,071 
Provision of security under 
CSA agreement 0 0  -86,101  -16,970 
Total other shares/ 
other liabilities 172,253  267,853 55,635  159,683 
 
All contracts of derivative financial instruments are non-guanteed contracts. 
 
 
 
Summary DKK 1,000 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
 
 
Profit and loss account 
 
 
Interest receivable 834,021 858,257 836,339 993,756   1,221,165 
Interest payable 200,764 245,291 241,954 377,728 669,149 
Net income from interest 633,257 612,966 594,385 616,028 552,016 
Dividend on capital shares etc. 1,463 1,111 1,219 3,243 1,491 
Income from fees and commissions 210,516 158,303 170,389 149,628 176,118 
Fees and commissions paid 24,029 24,312 25,996 23,823 28,464 
Net income from interest and fees 821,207 748,068 739,997 745,076 701,161 
Value adjustments +46,957 +16,386 +52,159 +58,130 -43,577 
Other operating income 3,303 4,535 3,893 5,351 4,863 
Staff and administration costs 252,796 244,068 236,374 235,604 236,056 
Amortisations, depreciations and write-downs on intangible and 
tangible assets 3,233 4,375 3,219 2,424 2,420 
Other operating costs 133 381 195 56 86 
Costs bank packages and 
Deposit Guarantee Fund 10,281 11,178 46,590 55,785 16,148 
Write-downs on loans an other debtors -156,844 -128,799 -138,217 -158,600 
-77,223 
Write-downs on national 
bank package I etc. 0 0 -33,152 -51,173 -12,016 
Result of capital shares in associated 
companies +5 +11 +14 -59 -5 
Profit before tax 448,185 380,199 338,316 304,856 318,493 
Tax 120,188 94,128 81,443 72,775 78,495 
Profit after tax 327,997 286,071 256,873 232,081 239,998 
 
 
 
Summary DKK 1,000 End 20012 End 2011 End 2010 End 2009 End 2008 
 
 
Balance sheet 
 
 
Assets 
Cash in hand and claims on credit 
institutions and central banks 856,488 1,348,253 2,714,304 2,534,722 2,087,959 
Loans and other debtors at 
amortised cost price 12,424,139  12,746,560  13,151,216  13,047,212  13,897,101 
Securities 4,013,342 3,005,504 1,804,062 1,936,663 1,553,741 
Tangible assets 79,811 79,615 80,092 79,644 77,730 
Other assets 307,766 369,091 497,530 329,715 385,222 
Total assets 17,681,546  17,549,023  18,247,204  17,927,956  18,001,753 
 
 
 
Liabilities and equity 
Debt to credit institutions and central banks 
Term to maturity under 1 year 294,208 285,028 636,326 699,732 2,077,112 
Term to maturity over 1 year 903,863 957,047 1,995,864 2,294,991 3,224,050 
Deposits and other debts 12,866,748  12,755,415  11,661,654  11,187,470 
9,072,875 
Issued bonds 340,809 338,958 337,617 557,337 478,341 
Other liabilities 191,035 301,996 593,153 365,021 652,505 
Provisions for liabilities 26,109 14,973 13,247 72,238 21,096 
Subordinated debt 382,634 412,486 696,999 695,394 690,984 
Share capital 24,700 25,200 25,200 25,200 25,200 
Reserves 2,651,440 2,457,920 2,287,144 2,030,573 1,759,590 
Total shareholders' equity 2,276,140 2,483,120 2,312,344 2,055,773 1,784,790 
Total liabilities and equity 17,681,546  17,549,023  18,247,204  17,927,956 
18,001,753 
 
 
 
Contingent liabilities etc. 
Contingent liabilities 1,667,100 1,052,222 1,041,983 1,485,676 2,386,213 
Total contingent liabilities etc. 1,667,100 1,052,222 1,041,983 1,485,676 
2,386,213 
 
 
 
 
 
Solvency: 
 
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 
 
Solvency ratio  %  22.4  21.4  22.4  20.2  16.3 
Core capital ratio  %  20.9  19.8  18.6  16.6  13.0 
Solvency requirement  %  8.0  8.0  8.0  8.0  8.0 
 
 
Earnings: 
Pre-tax return on equity  %  17.4  15.9  15.5  15.9  17.9 
Return on equity after tax  %  12.7  11.9  11.8  12.1  13.5 
Income/cost ratio DKK 2.06 1.98 1.74 1.61 1.93 
 
 
Market risk: 
Interest rate risk  %  0.6  0.7  0.1  0.6  1.2 
Foreign exchange position  %  0.6  0.9  0.5  3.4  5.6 
Foreign exchange risk  %  0.0  0.0  0.0  0.1  0.0 
 
 
Liquidity risk: 
Excess cover relative to statutory 
liquidity requirements  %  185.5  140.5  231.8  205.6  139.1 
Loans and write-downs thereon 
relative to deposits  %  102.4  105.0  117.6  120.8  157.1 
 
 
Credit risk: 
Loans relative to shareholders' equity 4.6 5.1 5.7 6.3 7.8 
Growth in loans for the year  %  -2.5  -3.1  0.8  -6.1  -1.7 
Total large exposures  %  27.2  11.8  0.0  0.0  12.1 
Cumulative write-down percentage  %  5.1  4.5  3.8  3.1  2.1 
Write-down percentage for the year  %  1.06  0.89  0.94  1.16  0.48 
Proportion of debtors at reduced interest  %  0.8  0.4  0.4  0.4  0.1 
 
 
Share return: 
Profit for the year after tax per share*/***   DKK  1,340.1  1,146.6  1,019.3 
921.0  933.8 
Book value per share*/** DKK 11,049 10,055 9,193 8,172 7,382 
Dividend per share* DKK 280 260 240 0 0 
Share price relative to profit for 
the year per share*/*** 11.5 10.1 14.2 13.2 6.6 
Share price relative to book value per share*/** 1.39 1.15 1.58 1.49 0.84 
 
* Calculated on the basis of a denomination of DKK 100 per share. 
** Calculated on the basis of number of shares outstanding at the end of the 
year. 
***   Calculated on the basis of the average number of shares. The average 
number of shares is calcu- 
lated as a simple average of the shares at the beginning of the year and at the 
end of the year. 
 
 
 
Definitions of the official key figures/ratios from the Danish Financial 
Supervisory Authority 
Solvency ratio 
Capital base after deductions in per cent of total risk weighted assets. 
Core capital ratio 
Core capital after deductions (incl. hybrid core capital) in per cent of total 
risk weighted assets. 
Pre-tax return on equity 
Profit before tax in per cent of average shareholders' equity. The average 
shareholders' equity is calculated as a 
simple average of the shareholders' equity at the beginning of the year and at 
the end of the year. 
Return on equity after tax 
Profit after tax in per cent of average shareholders' equity. The average 
shareholders' equity is calculated as a 
simple average of the shareholders' equity at the beginning of the year and at 
the end of the year. 
Income/cost ratio 
Net income from interest and fees, value adjustments, other operating income 
and result of capital shares in 
associated companies in per cent of staff and administration costs, 
amortisation, depreciation and write-downs 
on intangible and tangible assets, other operating costs and write-downs on 
loans and debtors etc. 
Interest rate risk 
Interest rate risk in per cent of core capital after deductions (incl. hybrid 
core capital). 
Foreign exchange position 
Foreign exchange indicator 1 in per cent of core capital after deductions 
(incl. hybrid core capital). 
Foreign exchange risk 
Foreign exchange indicator 2 in per cent of core capital after deductions 
(incl. hybrid core capital). 
Excess coverage relative to statutory liquidity requirements 
Cash in hand, demand deposits with the Danish National Bank, fully secured and 
liquid on-demand credit 
balance in credit institutions and insurance companies, unencumbered 
certificates of deposit issued by the 
Danish National Bank, secure readily negotiable listed unencumbered securities, 
loan framework in the Danish 
National Bank against security in sector shares valid for the time being with 
30 days notice of termination. The 
total of all elements measured in percent relative to 10% of the reduced debt 
and guarantee liabilities. 
Loans and write-downs thereon relative to deposits 
Loans + write-downs thereon in per cent of deposits. 
Loans relative to shareholders' equity 
Loans/shareholders' equity. 
Growth in loans for the year 
Growth in loans from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, in per 
cent. 
Total large exposures 
The total sum of large exposures in per cent of the capital base after 
deductions. 
Cumulative write-down percentage 

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