EXPLANATORY NOTES
     
Note   1. Accounting policies
      The accounting policies and methods of computation are consistent with those policies and methods followed during the previous financial year except for reduction in Bank's own general provision for finance leases. For new leases from 1 July 2010 the general provision is 2 Pc while for the earlier lease portfolio the general provision remains unchanged at 3 Pc.
     
Note   2. Accounting for investments in associate companies and subsidiary companies
      Accounted under cost method in Bank's financial statements. Amounts are based on unaudited financial statements of the associate and subsidiary companies
       
Note   3.

Accounting for investment in Joint Venture Company.

      Accounted under partial consolidation method in group's financial statements. Amounts are based on unaudited financial statements of the joint venture company.
       
Note   4. 31 December financial year companies.
      These are DFCC Vardhana Bank Ltd and Synapsys Ltd (subsidiaries) Acuity Partners (Pvt) Limited (joint venture).

Results of these companies are consolidated with DFCC Bank with a three months gap. Thus the consolidated results for the period ended 30.09.2010 include profits of these companies for the period 01.01.2010 to 30.06.2010.
       
Note   5. Reclassification of investment in Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (CBC).
      This is no longer an investment in associate as reported in the previous quarter ended 30 June 2010.
       
Note   6. Foreign Exchange Income
      All forward exchange contracts of the bank are in respect of funding swaps to take advantage of interest rate differential between LKR and USD. The income derived from LKR is included under net interest income while the premium on forward purchases to cover foreign exchange risk is expensed to foreign exchange income.
       
Note   7. Non-Interest Income
       
     
  Bank Group
  30.09.2010
Rs. 000
30.09.2009
Rs. 000
30.09.2010
Rs. 000
30.09.2009
Rs. 000
         
Dividend income 409,445

386,874

99,038 155,454
Transactions of Investment in CBC 6,701,346 0 4,341,239 0
  Profit on sale of shares as a Associate
4,732,973 0 2,997,602 0
  Profit on sale of shares as investment securities
303,226 0 203,687 0
  Marked to market gain on other dealing securities
1,665,147 0 1,139,950 0
Net gain on sale of
investment securities
22,549 84,862 30,890 90,963
Marked to market gain on other dealing securities 50,489 32,366 50,489 32,366
Other income 117,417 88,140 530,852 244,811
Non-interest income 7,301,246 592,242 5,052,508 523,594
       
Note   8. VAT on Financial Services
       
     
  Bank Group
  30.09.2010
Rs. 000
39.09.2009
Rs. 000
30.09.2010
Rs. 000
30.09.2009
Rs. 000
Transactions of investment in CBC 1,340,269 0 1,340,269 0
Others 285,809 335,013 389,229 400,780
  1,626,078 335,013 1,729,498 400,780
       
Note   9. Taxation
       
     
  Bank Group
  30.09.2010
Rs. 000
30.09.2009
Rs. 000
30.09.2010
Rs. 000
30.09.2009
Rs. 000
Current Income Tax 425,519 435,389 614,278 522,636
Deferred tax (27,504) (31,716) (24,012) 13,042
  398,015 403,673 590,266 535,678
       
Note   10.
Post balance sheet events
      On 29th September 2010 Board has approved a bonus issue of one new share for every existing share. With this bonus issue share capital will increase to Rs.2, 649 million and this will decrease the share premium by the same amount. The allotment of the Bonus Shares will be on 1 November 2010.

As per the direction issued by the Central Bank on 27 September 2010 bank will change the existing mandatory general provision requirement of 1% to 0.5% at the rate of 0.1% per quarter during the five quarters commencing 1 October 2010.

Commencing from 1 October 2010 DFCC Bank and its Commercial Banking Subsidiary, DFCC Vardhana Bank Limited is liable for mandatory deposit insurance premium payments. The applicable rate for both banks is currently 0.10 Pc per annum payable quarterly.

No other circumstances have arisen which would require disclosure or adjustment to the accounts
       
Note   11. Intra group transactions
      Transactions are eliminated on consolidation where the financial year of subsidiary company coincides with the financial year of the Bank except in instances where the consolidation is with a three months gap due to differences in financial years.

These exceptions, which will be eliminated in quarter ending 31.12.2010, were:
       
     
Entity Transaction Rs.’000
DFCC Vardhana Bank Limited Loan – short term 550,000
  Deposit – short term 619,180
     
Acuity Partners (Pvt) Limited Equity investment by DFCC Bank 405,000
       
Note   12. Disclosures under Appendix 7B of the Listing Rules
    12.1 Bank has not incurred management fees or any other similar expenditure
       
    12.2 Share Capital
      Number of shares issued as at 30 September 2010 is 132,427,718 (as at 31 March 2010 -132,375,305)

The Financial Statements of the Bank has retained the concept of par value, authorized capital and share premium account instead of the Stated Capital introduced by the Companies Act No. 7 of 2007 in accordance with section 7 of the DFCC Bank Act No. 35 of 1955 as amended
       
    12.3

Twenty Major Shareholders as at 30.09.2010

     
Name of Shareholder/Company  Shareholding   % 
       
1 Bank of Ceylon No.2 A/c  19,019,997 14.360
2 Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd-Life Fund 17,211,766 12.990
3 Hatton National Bank PLC A/c No.1 16,054,570 12.120
4 Mr M A Yaseen  11,420,850 8.620
5 Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Ltd  8,521,428 6.430
6 Seafeld International Ltd  7,643,397 5.770
7 HSBC Intl NomLtd-BPSS Lux-Aberdeen Global Asia Pacific Equity Fund  6,108,073 4.610
8 Employee Provident Fund 4,923,100 3.710
9 Renuka City Hotels Ltd 3,463,435 2.610
10 HSBC Intl Nom Ltd-BPSS LDN-Aberdeen Asia Pacific Fund 3,375,000 2.550
11 RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust S/A Edinburgh Dragon Trust Plc 2,364,400 1.780
12 Renuka Hotels Limited 2,024,180 1.530
13 HSBC Intl Nominees Ltd-SSBT- Aberdeen Commingled Funds, LLC 1,271,250 0.960
14 Cargo Boat Development Company Limited 1,024,000 0.770
15 HSBC Intl Nominees Ltd-BP2S London-Aberdeen Asia Smaller Companies Investment Trust 900,000 0.680
16 HSBC Intl Nominees Ltd-SSB TL-Aberdeen New Dawn Investment Trust XCC6 900,000 0.680
17 HSBC Intl Nominees Ltd-SSBT -Deutsche Bank AG Singapore A/c 01 888,400 0.670
18 Employee Trust Fund Board 769,733 0.580
19 Mellon Bank N.A. - Florida Retirement Scheme 750,000 0.570
20 Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd- General Fund 621,900 0.460
       
       
     12.4

Public holding as at 30.09.2010 is 60.40%

       
     12.5 Directors’ Interests in Shares
     
  No of Shares*
As at   
30.09.2010   
Brito, J M S 9,380
Fonseka, A N 66,499
Palihena,S N P 5,000
Perera, C P R 13,000
Abeywardena, A S

5,190

Bandaranayake, T K

1,478

Dayasri, G.K

518

Jansz, C R

500

Thambiayah, R B

52,600

Ms.Gunawardana, H M N S

Nil
       
      *Directors’ shareholding includes shares held by the spouse, and children under 18 years of age.
       
   

Certification

    We, the undersigned, being the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of DFCC Bank certify that:
   
(a) the above statements have been prepared in compliance with the format and definitions prescribed by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.
(b) the information contained in these statements have been extracted from the unaudited financial statements of the Bank unless indicated as audited .
   
J M S Brito
Chairman


29/10/2010

A.N Fonseka
Ex-officio Director & Chief Executive

S. Nagarajaha
Chief Financial Officer


     
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