Director's report - Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited
Director's report - Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited
Director's report - Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited
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directors'<br />
<strong>report</strong>
directors' <strong>report</strong><br />
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim<br />
Dear Fellow Shareholders<br />
The Board of Directors is pleased to welcome the<br />
honorable shareholders in the 14th Annual General<br />
Meeting of the <strong>Bank</strong>. The Directors' Report along<br />
with audited financial statements and auditors' <strong>report</strong><br />
thereon for the year ended December 31, 2009 are<br />
presented before your kind self.<br />
In the <strong>report</strong>, DBBL's operational performance of<br />
2009 as compared to 2008 has been evaluated and<br />
analyzed within the prevailing business environment.<br />
The information and analysis may be read in<br />
conjunction with the DBBL's audited financial<br />
statements which have been prepared in accordance<br />
with <strong>Bangla</strong>desh Accounting Standards, <strong>Bangla</strong>desh<br />
Financial Reporting Standards and applicable legal<br />
and regulatory requirements.<br />
REVIEW OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND<br />
STRATEGY<br />
Principal activities<br />
The principal activities of DBBL are to provide all<br />
kinds of commercial banking products and services to<br />
the customers including project finance, working<br />
capital finance and trade finance for corporate<br />
customers, SME loans to small traders & businesses;<br />
and house building loan, car loan and wide range of<br />
life style and need based loans for retail customers.<br />
There are various deposit products particularly<br />
suitable for retail and institutional customers. DBBL's<br />
state-of-the-art IT platform and online banking<br />
system provide the largest ATM network and POS<br />
services of the country through which customers are<br />
getting any-branch and anytime banking for 24 hours<br />
a day and 365 days a year. IT network also provides<br />
SMS banking, alert banking and internet banking<br />
services. Debit cards of MasterCard World wide debit<br />
and credit cards of VISA International and DBBL's<br />
proprietary cards are in operation. In addition,<br />
international cards (VISA & MasterCard) of different<br />
local & international banks are accepted at DBBL's<br />
ATMs for withdrawal of money and at POS terminals<br />
for payments of shopping, hotel and dining bills etc.<br />
DBBL introduced EMV based computer Chip Cards for<br />
the first time in <strong>Bangla</strong>desh in 2009. The EMV feature<br />
shields DBBL customers from any kind of frauds as<br />
per the guidelines provided by MasterCard & VISA.<br />
Strategic plan for positioning the company<br />
for future growth through capacity building<br />
As part of its strategic plan, DBBL continued to invest<br />
heavily to improve and expand IT network, ATM<br />
services and card services along with branch<br />
network, business promotion and CSR activities.<br />
Though expenses on such investments in 2009<br />
apparently reduced expected profit growth, however,<br />
these will substantially improve our capacity to<br />
deliver customer services with a wide range of<br />
products and services that can be matched with the<br />
best in the industry by strengthening IT platform,<br />
expanding distribution channels and communication<br />
networks and improving productivity. DBBL's<br />
strategic objective is to have a clear competitive<br />
advantage over its competitors to provide the full<br />
range of banking services via multiple delivery<br />
channels through state-of-the-art-technology at the<br />
lowest cost.<br />
Brand positioning<br />
Throughout its operation for last 14 years, DBBL has<br />
established itself as a different bank from others. It<br />
has differentiated itself as a leader in technology by<br />
reaching the latest banking services to its customers<br />
through largest ATM network in the country at free or<br />
affordable cost. DBBL has created an unprecedented<br />
example by providing this unique service at<br />
subsidized cost not only to its own customers but also<br />
to customers of many other banks. It has also<br />
established itself as a bank that cares for the society.<br />
All the business activities of DBBL are done in full<br />
conformity with social, ethical and environmental<br />
standards. DBBL is the pioneer in CSR programs in<br />
the country. It has been intensifying its resources and<br />
efforts on a continuous basis to reach the distressed<br />
& needy people of the society to bring smile on their<br />
face and to improve their quality of life.<br />
Customer focus and customers' right<br />
DBBL's performance can not be judged by just<br />
looking at profit figures. DBBL considers that it is the<br />
customers' right to get modern, online and full ranges<br />
of banking services at an affordable price at anytime<br />
and anywhere. DBBL's service cost is the lowest in<br />
the industry and in many cases services provided<br />
through ATM are free. DBBL is committed to put the<br />
customers’ interest first. In line with its central vision,<br />
DBBL is promise-bound to extend personalized<br />
services to the full satisfaction of the customers that
should be the best in the industry.<br />
Capital management plan and capital<br />
adequacy ratio<br />
During 2009, Shareholders' equity (Tier-1 capital)<br />
increased to Taka 4,048.9 million being 7.95% of risk<br />
weighted assets (RWA) and supplementary capital<br />
(Tier 2 capital) increased to Taka 1,850.9 million<br />
being 3.64% of RWA. Tier-2 capital was also<br />
strengthened by revaluation of held to maturity<br />
securities and held for trading securities as of<br />
December 31, 2009. It will strengthen the capital<br />
base of the company and provide long-term growth<br />
and stability to the <strong>Bank</strong>. It may be noted that as per<br />
<strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong> regulation, subordinated loan is<br />
eligible as Tier-2 capital up to 30% of Tier-1 capital<br />
and 50% of assets revaluation reserve and 50% of<br />
revaluation reserve on held for trading and held to<br />
maturity securities are eligible as Tier-2 capital. In<br />
line with long-term capital management plan of the<br />
<strong>Bank</strong> and keeping in view the implementation of<br />
Basel II requirement, strong capital adequacy ratio<br />
was maintained in 2009 which reached 11.59% under<br />
Basel I at the end of the year that was well above<br />
statutory requirement of 10.00%.<br />
Expansion of branches<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong> opened 15 new branches in 2009 to reach<br />
79 branches at the end of the year spreading the<br />
branch network throughout the country. Five new<br />
SME Service Centres were opened in 2009 to reach<br />
10 SME Service Centres at the end of 2009. More<br />
branches will be opened in 2010 to expand the<br />
branch and distribution network. These will bring upto-date<br />
banking services to our existing and potential<br />
customers. At the same time it will optimize utilization<br />
of our strong delivery channels, increase our resource<br />
position and business potentials that will maximize<br />
profitability and shareholders' value. DBBL's strategy<br />
is to reach the doorsteps of customers to provide full<br />
range of banking services based on state- of -the-<br />
art- technology and IT platform at free or affordable<br />
cost.<br />
IT infrastructure<br />
<strong>Dutch</strong>-<strong>Bangla</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> is the first and only bank in<br />
<strong>Bangla</strong>desh which invested more than Taka 2.0 billion<br />
in developing the largest ICT infrastructure in the<br />
banking sector of the country. Since its inception, the<br />
<strong>Bank</strong> has been continuously striving towards bringing<br />
world-class technology driven banking services,<br />
conveniences and satisfaction to its customers setting<br />
a milestone in the banking sector of the country.<br />
As a technology driven <strong>Bank</strong>, we have implemented<br />
world reputed online banking software-Flexcube at all<br />
its 79 branches and 10 SME service centers with<br />
following delivery channels:<br />
● Any Branch <strong>Bank</strong>ing<br />
● Online ATM/POS service<br />
● Internet <strong>Bank</strong>ing service<br />
● Mobile <strong>Bank</strong>ing service<br />
● SMS and Alert banking service<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong> has also implemented Online Synchronous<br />
Disaster Recovery Site (DRS) to provide<br />
uninterrupted and reliable banking convenience to
the customers. DBBL’s Synchronous DRS is the first<br />
of its kind in <strong>Bangla</strong>desh.<br />
<strong>Dutch</strong>-<strong>Bangla</strong> <strong>Bank</strong>’s ATM is the largest ATM network<br />
in the country comprising of 700 units of ATMs at the<br />
end of 2009. DBBL has 1100 units of POS terminals<br />
at various merchant outlets. All the ATMs and POS<br />
terminals are made EMV (Europay, MasterCard and<br />
VISA) compliant which is again the first time in<br />
<strong>Bangla</strong>desh to ensure the security of our valued<br />
customers. The ATM / POS network of the DBBL<br />
accepts the following cards:<br />
● EMV compliant chip cards of all the banks in<br />
the world;<br />
● Non-EMV Visa & MasterCard cards of all the<br />
banks in the world;<br />
● Proprietary cards for all the partner <strong>Bank</strong>s in<br />
<strong>Bangla</strong>desh.<br />
DBBL has opted other banks to joining and enjoying<br />
its ATM/POS network. Customers of 18 (eighteen)<br />
partner banks in <strong>Bangla</strong>desh are enjoying the DBBL<br />
ATM/POS network.<br />
DBBL pioneered EMV supported Chip Visa credit cards<br />
in <strong>Bangla</strong>desh. This highly secured credit card<br />
protects the cardholder from any type of fraud at<br />
home and abroad.<br />
A card with magnetic strip can easily be skimmed by<br />
the fraudsters. But DBBL Chip cards feature built-in<br />
encryption algorithms mandated by Visa and<br />
MasterCard Int’l which are impossible to duplicate or<br />
modify.<br />
At present, DBBL is issuing Classic and Gold Visa EMV<br />
credit cards for local and international usages. We<br />
have multicurrency card supporting both USD and<br />
BDT. Besides EMV, the main features of our credit<br />
cards are competitive Interest Rate, 100% Cash<br />
Withdrawal facility from ATM booths, nil Cash<br />
Advance Fee in case of withdrawing cash from DBBL<br />
ATMs, maximum 50 days’ interest free period in case<br />
of purchase, etc.<br />
We have also achieved the milestone of issuing Debit<br />
Cards in <strong>Bangla</strong>desh. Up to December 2009, we<br />
issued over 755,000 DBBL debit cards to our<br />
customers.<br />
To provide baking services to the remote customers<br />
of the country, DBBL has planned to use the<br />
country’s Mobile network. With the help of the mobile<br />
network, all unbanked customers having cell numbers<br />
will be able to get some basic banking services like<br />
cash withdrawal, cash deposit, bill payment, local<br />
remittance etc. from all over the counrty. The<br />
customers will also get foreign remittance from all<br />
over the world. Even all Government payments,<br />
corporate salary payment can be disbursed through<br />
this service. DBBL is in the process of obtaining<br />
necessary permissions from regulatory bodies.<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong> has undertaken a massive plan to relocate<br />
its present Data Center (occupying all kinds of IT<br />
infrastructure), from where all kinds of <strong>Bank</strong>’s IT<br />
related services , facilities are being controlled and<br />
monitored, to a new destination of the <strong>Bank</strong>’s own<br />
premises from the present rented building. This<br />
initiative will help the <strong>Bank</strong> to provide the customer<br />
services in a better and effective way as well as to<br />
enhance the safety & security of the <strong>Bank</strong>’s everincreasing<br />
IT infrastructure.
Retail <strong>Bank</strong>ing and lending under SME<br />
Scheme<br />
In order to achieve further growth and to serve the<br />
clients better, DBBL is emphasizing on the importance<br />
of identifying clients’ needs, better & smooth service<br />
delivery process, customized banking services and<br />
operation in accordance to the clients’ need.<br />
In view of the potentials, DBBL launched Retail<br />
Loan/Consumer Loan in 2007. DBBL is now trying to<br />
focus on expansion of Retail Loans/Consumer Credit<br />
besides Corporate Credit. The management of the<br />
<strong>Bank</strong> is giving utmost emphasis to expand Retail<br />
<strong>Bank</strong>ing portfolio.<br />
DBBL Life line loans under retail scheme covers the<br />
following:<br />
● lHealth Line<br />
● Education Line<br />
● Professionals Line<br />
● lMarriage Line<br />
● Travel Line<br />
● Festival Line<br />
● Dreams Come True Line<br />
● Care Line<br />
● General Line<br />
● Auto Line<br />
● Home Line<br />
● Fully Secured Lines<br />
As of 31 December, 2009 DBBL’s number of Retail<br />
Loan customers stood at 5,032 and aggregate<br />
disbursement stood at Taka 1,618.2 million against<br />
which outstanding balance stood at Taka 1,402.2<br />
million with a growth of 125.2% over 2008.<br />
To achieve long-term sustainable growth following<br />
are the strategies of DBBL in Retail <strong>Bank</strong>ing arena:<br />
● Providing better service through<br />
expansionary distribution channels<br />
● Meticulous customer segmentation<br />
● Customer-centric product and service<br />
innovation<br />
● High impact staff-customer engagement and<br />
total customer relationship management<br />
● Proactive risk management<br />
● Competitive pricing<br />
● To focus on salaried person to minimize the<br />
risk<br />
SME lending scheme was launched in 2008 as a<br />
priority sector with a separate division. It was further<br />
strengthened in 2009.Expansion of retail banking<br />
operation and SME lending will be strongly supported<br />
by adequate manpower, robust IT and ATM network,<br />
various promotional activities as well as faster and<br />
better customer services.<br />
Human resources development<br />
A competent, committed and fully motivated team of<br />
human resources is the main driving force for<br />
performing at the highest level in a fiercely<br />
competitive financial market like <strong>Bangla</strong>desh.<br />
Accordingly, the <strong>Bank</strong>'s strategy is to attract, retain<br />
and motivate the most talented people. The <strong>Bank</strong>'s<br />
HR policies are based on trust and relationship. The<br />
<strong>Bank</strong>'s policy is to look after people who want to<br />
make a long-term career with the <strong>Bank</strong> because trust<br />
and relationship are built over time. Remuneration<br />
package may be an important factor to motivate for<br />
joining a company, but it is not the only one. In case<br />
of DBBL, it is excellence of DBBL with good values,<br />
fairness, potential for success, scope to develop a<br />
broad interesting career etc. which attract people to<br />
join and work with DBBL.<br />
DBBL always encourages excellence in performance<br />
by rewards and recognition. In addition, a number of<br />
well thought out policies are in place for welfare of<br />
employees in the form of DBBL Superannuation Fund,<br />
DBBL Gratuity Fund, House Building Loan Scheme<br />
and Car Loan Scheme etc. In order to ensure better<br />
healthcare of employees there is a medical<br />
consultant at Head Office. In addition, a thorough<br />
medical check up facility is provided to each<br />
employee on a yearly basis. On the other hand, DBBL<br />
attaches utmost importance to the development of its<br />
employees through continuous training. We imparted<br />
training to 528 officers in 68 different courses during<br />
2009. The training programs were organized by our<br />
own training institute. We also nominated 71 officers<br />
to undergo different training programs/courses<br />
organized by different organizations like <strong>Bangla</strong>desh<br />
Institute of <strong>Bank</strong> Management BIBM), <strong>Bangla</strong>desh<br />
<strong>Bank</strong> Training Academy (BBTA) and other similar<br />
organizations. In addition, eight executives were sent<br />
abroad for attending overseas training and workshop.
The number of DBBL staff increased by 556 in 2009.<br />
At the end of 2009, number of staff stood at 1,785<br />
compared to 1,229 at the end of 2008. The corporate<br />
culture at DBBL as grew over last 14 years is such<br />
that the members of the staff have ample<br />
opportunities to take initiative and responsibilities.<br />
The challenge is to maintain a business like,<br />
committed corporate culture that matches DBBL's<br />
mission. Achieving results and taking responsibility<br />
are important components of the culture we pursue,<br />
one in which management and staff work together<br />
and are mutually accountable.<br />
In addition, to strive hard for winning the challenges<br />
in a fiercely competitive market, the management has<br />
been constantly pursuing the following areas:<br />
● To attract and retain best professionals in the<br />
industry.<br />
● Job evaluation, job enrichment, performance<br />
target, performance evaluation, and<br />
performance based compensation and<br />
incentives.<br />
● Evaluating the training need of individual<br />
employees including training need for<br />
introducing new products, services and<br />
technology.<br />
● Arranging high quality training at home and<br />
abroad so that DBBL executives can have<br />
competitive advantage in the market.<br />
● Encouraging its employees to develop and<br />
broaden existing knowledge and skills and to<br />
acquire new skills and expertise.<br />
● Reviewing and updating organizational<br />
structure on a regular basis to have a<br />
structure which can give strong support to<br />
the strategic objectives of the <strong>Bank</strong>.<br />
Correspondent banking relationship<br />
At present, DBBL has 442 correspondent banking<br />
relationships covering 92 countries. As a result, we<br />
can route Letters of Credit (L/C) to all important<br />
business centers of the world. We are maintaining<br />
adequate number of nostro accounts in major<br />
currencies with the key players in the world market to<br />
facilitate export and import transaction needs of our<br />
valued clients. DBBL's excellent service with<br />
competitive charges provides a good correspondent<br />
banking solution for the valued clients of DBBL.<br />
DBBL has established Taka Drawing Arrangements<br />
with various exchange houses located in USA, UAE,<br />
Kuwait, Canada etc. Moreover, arrangements of DBBL<br />
with Western Union, USA and Xpress Money of UAE<br />
Exchange Center, UAE enable people to get direct<br />
inward remittances from every corners of the globe.<br />
Remittance inflow of DBBL rose significantly by 29.3<br />
per cent from US $ 75.7 million in 2008 to US $ 97.9<br />
million in 2009.
REVIEW OF FINANCIAL POSITION AND<br />
RESULTS<br />
Summary<br />
Healthy Business and profit growth despite<br />
global financial crises and slower business<br />
activities<br />
Despite global economic crises and slower business<br />
activities in the country, DBBL registered healthy<br />
business and profit growth in 2009 while being<br />
cautious to protect against any risk that may be<br />
arising from the economic crises. The deposit of the<br />
<strong>Bank</strong> increased by 31.4% from Taka 51,575.7 million<br />
in 2008 to Taka 67,788.5 million in 2009, loans &<br />
advances increased by 16.1% from Taka 41,698.3<br />
million in 2008 to Taka 48,410.9 million in 2009,<br />
while import business increased by 20.7% and export<br />
business increased by 2.7%. Operating profit grew by<br />
39.3% from Taka 1,935.9 million to Taka 2,695.7<br />
million and net profit after tax increased from Taka<br />
821.7 million to Taka 1,137.7 million showing a<br />
growth of 38.5%. Lower cost of fund resulting from<br />
improved deposit mix, higher net interest income,<br />
higher non-interest income mainly from gain on sale<br />
of HFT securities, capital gain from listed shares and<br />
service charges on deposits accounts contributed to<br />
notable growth in operating profit.Net profit after tax<br />
grew at a faster rate than operating profit for lower<br />
effective tax rate in 2009. Return on equity was<br />
30.3% in 2009 compared to 29.9% in 2008.<br />
Higher investments in branch expansion, IT platform,<br />
ATM network, card services and human resources<br />
though contained profit growth in 2009, however,<br />
these will increase resource capacity, increase<br />
distribution network, improve efficiency in operations,<br />
augment resource flow to expand customer base and<br />
to provide much better and faster customer services.<br />
As a result, in the long term it will bring substantial<br />
and sustainable benefits for the <strong>Bank</strong>.<br />
Net interest income<br />
During the year 2009, the net interest income of the<br />
<strong>Bank</strong> rose by Taka 249.2 million or 13.7% to Taka<br />
2,066.8 million from Taka 1,817.7 million of the<br />
previous year. Net interest income increased mainly<br />
due to higher average loan portfolio and lower cost of<br />
fund resulting from improved depoist mix. Cost of<br />
fund declined from 7.66% of 2008 to 6.53% in 009<br />
while yield on loans and advances declined from<br />
13.62% in 2008 to 12.96% in 2009 mainly due to<br />
reduction in interst rate for regulatory compliance.<br />
However, the share of net interest income to the total<br />
income of the <strong>Bank</strong> decreased to 42.9% in 2009<br />
compared to 49.9% of the previous year.<br />
Investment Income<br />
During the year 2009 the investment income of the<br />
<strong>Bank</strong> rose by Taka 712.4 million or 114.6% to Taka<br />
1,334.2 million from Taka 621.7 million of the<br />
previous year. Investment income increased mainly<br />
due to Taka 347.5 million earned from gain on sale of<br />
HFT securities and Taka 112.6 million earned from<br />
capital gain on sale of listed shares.<br />
Non- interest income<br />
The non-interest income consists of the commission,
exchange and other operating income of the <strong>Bank</strong>.<br />
Total non- interest income of DBBL increased by Taka<br />
217.4 million or 18.1% in 2009 over the previous<br />
year. Commission and exchange income increased by<br />
Taka 8.4 million or 1.0% during the year 2009.<br />
Notable growth was achieved in other operating<br />
income which grew by Taka 209.1 million to Taka<br />
557.1 million in 2009 from Taka 348.0 million in<br />
2008 marking a rise by 60.1%. Other operating<br />
income increased due to growing services provided<br />
by online banking network of the <strong>Bank</strong>.<br />
Total operating expenses<br />
Total operating expenses of the <strong>Bank</strong> during the year<br />
grew by Taka 610.5 million or 40.4%. Higher<br />
operating espenses were necesary to support the<br />
overall business and profit growth of the <strong>Bank</strong> during<br />
the year 2009. Higher expenses were required to<br />
support capacity building and expansion of<br />
Provision for taxation<br />
distribituion network and delevery channels. 15 new<br />
branches and 5 SME service centers were opened in<br />
2009. 350 ATM units were installed in 2009.<br />
Recruitment of new personnel, maintenance and<br />
upgradation of IT network, Introduction of new retail<br />
products, increasing CSR activities are attributable to<br />
higher opearting expenses.<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong>'s cost (excluding the charges for loan<br />
losses) to income ratio increased to 44.1% in 2009<br />
from 41.6% of the previous year.<br />
Provision for loans and off-balance sheet<br />
exposures<br />
Total provision for loans and off-balance sheet<br />
exposures increased by Taka 362.0 million or 557.7%<br />
during the year 2009. The specific provisions against<br />
loans substantailly increased by Taka 327.9 million<br />
during the year. However, close monitoring and<br />
supervision of the good and particularly nonperforming<br />
loans continued to maintain overall quality<br />
of loan portfolio. The general provisions for<br />
unclassified loans and off-balance sheet exposures<br />
increased by Taka 34.2 million to Taka 150.2<br />
million from Taka 116.1 million of the preceding year<br />
due to higher out standing balance of loans and offbalance<br />
sheet exposures.<br />
Contribution to <strong>Dutch</strong>-<strong>Bangla</strong> <strong>Bank</strong><br />
Foundation<br />
DBBL established the <strong>Dutch</strong>-<strong>Bangla</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Foundation<br />
in 2001 for carrying out CSR programs aimed at<br />
social causes and distressed people in the society.It is<br />
the <strong>Bank</strong>'s policy to contributre 5% of its pre-tax<br />
profit to <strong>Dutch</strong>-<strong>Bangla</strong> <strong>Bank</strong> Foundation which<br />
increased to Taka 113.4 million in 2009 compared to<br />
Taka 93.5 million in the previous year.<br />
Profit before taxes<br />
During the year 2009, profit before taxes of the <strong>Bank</strong><br />
increased by Taka 378.3 million or 21.3% to Taka<br />
2,154.4 million from the previous year's amount of<br />
Taka 1,776.1 million. This increase was mainly<br />
attributed to higher opearting profit comprising both<br />
net-interest income and non-interest income.<br />
As per Income Tax Ordinance, 1984, an amount of Taka 1,141.7 million has been charged as provision for
current tax commensurate with the <strong>Bank</strong>'s profit compared to Taka 913.7 million of 2008. However, Taka 125.0<br />
million has been credited as deferred tax income as compared to Taka 40.7 million as deferred tax expense for<br />
the year 2008. The effective tax rate decreased to 47.2 % from 53.7% in 2008 against nominal rate of 42.5%.<br />
Effective tax rate decreased mainly because of lower tax rate and tax free capital gain income from sale of listed<br />
shares.<br />
Net profit after taxation<br />
Net profit after taxation grew by Taka 316.0 million to Taka 1,137.7 million from Taka 821.7 million of the<br />
preceding year marking a growth of 38.5%. The growth in after tax profit contributed to higher Tier-1 capital<br />
and total capital adequacy ratio.<br />
REVIEW OF BALANCE SHEET<br />
Total Liabilities<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong>'s liabilities (except shareholders'equity) as at 31 December 2009 increased to Taka 77,128.7 million<br />
compared to Taka 57,455.4 million at the end of 2008 showing a growth of 34.2%.<br />
The liability mainly included deposits which decreased to 87.9.% of the total liabilities from 89.8% in 2008.<br />
Deposits<br />
The deposit grew by Taka 16,212.9 million (31.4%) in 2009 from Taka 51,575.7 million to Taka 67,788.6<br />
million. The growth was supported by expansion of branch network, opening of new ATM units & SME service<br />
centers at different business hubs of the country. Deposit mix improved substantially. Online banking with<br />
expanded ATM network and tailor made customer services helped increase confidence of customers in DBBL. As<br />
a result, number of savings and current accounts as well as amount of deposits increased substantially. Share of<br />
cost free or low cost deposits increased to 63.6% of total deposits in 2009 (50.7% in 2008). Because of<br />
improved deposit mix, weighted average cost of fund declined to 6.53% in 2009 from 7.66 % in 2008.<br />
The savings deposits of the <strong>Bank</strong> increased by Taka 10,132.4 million to Taka 22,344.4 million from Taka<br />
12,212.0 million of the preceding year showing a significant growth of 83.0%. The share of high cost fixed<br />
depoists came down to 36.4% of total deposits in 2009 from 49.3% though absolute amount of fixed deposit<br />
decreased by Taka 739.2 million (-2.9%).
Borrowing from other banks, financial<br />
institutions and agents<br />
Borrowing from other banks, financial institutions and<br />
agents including overnight borrowing stood at Taka<br />
2,511.5 million at the end of 2009 compared to Taka<br />
593.6 million at the end of 2008.<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong>'s borrowing includes borrowing against<br />
refinance from <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong> for financing under<br />
SME scheme and financing under housing scheme.<br />
Besides, the <strong>Bank</strong> has been availing credit line<br />
facilities from the Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company<br />
<strong>Limited</strong> (RPGCL) for financing CNG buses / chassis<br />
under Dhaka Clean Fuel project and credit lines form<br />
FMO, The Netherlands.
In order to support some of the preferred sectors of the economy, DBBL has extended soft term credit facilities<br />
financed by some International Financial Institutions as follows:<br />
Under a foreign currency loan for US$ 8.75 million from Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)<br />
DBBL is providing credit lines to export oriented RMG units at an interest of 11.85 percent p.a. for procurement<br />
of capital machinery.<br />
To develop small-scale entrepreneur, a long-term local currency loan equivalent to EURO 5.0 million was also<br />
arranged from Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) to finance small-scale enterprises engaged in<br />
manufacturing, agriculture, transport, tourism and productive trade & commerce and service industries. The<br />
loan amount was increased to EURO 7.5 million to include residential housing finance only for fixed income<br />
group.<br />
Subordinated debt<br />
With 2nd & final tranch of Subordinated loan-3 for Taka 155.0 million obtained in 2009, total amount of<br />
subordinated loan increased to Taka 1,514.7 million at the end of 2009. Subordinated loans have been arranged
from FMO for financing housing sector of the country and to strengthen Tier-2 capital of the <strong>Bank</strong>. Subordinated<br />
loan is eligible as Tier -2 capital of the <strong>Bank</strong> subject to regulatory limit.<br />
Shareholders' equity<br />
As at 31 December 2009, DBBL's shareholders' equity increased to Taka 4,351.8 million from Taka 3,163.5<br />
million of 2008 registering an increase by Taka 1,188.2 million (37.6%). The increase resulted from Taka<br />
1,137.7 million after tax profit and Taka 50.6 million reserve against HTM securities. After issuing bonus shares<br />
@ 1:0.5, Paid up share capital of the <strong>Bank</strong> increased by Taka 500.0 million and stood at Taka 1,500.0 million at<br />
the end of 2009. The statutory reserve increased to Taka 2,000.0 million at the end of 2009 from Taka 1,197.5<br />
million of 2008. The paid-up share capital and statutory reserve together stood at Taka 3,500.0 million as at<br />
December 31, 2009. As per <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong> regulation, Paid up share capital and statutory reserve should be<br />
increased to at least Taka 4,000.0 million latest by August 11, 2011 of which paid up share capital should be<br />
minimum Taka 2,000.0 million. DBBL is well positioned to meet the requirment much earlier before the<br />
deadline.<br />
Capital management plan and capital adequacy ratio<br />
Strong Capital Adequacy ratio was maintained in 2009 which reached 11.59% under Basel-I at the end of the<br />
year that was well above statutory requirement of 10.00%. Tier-1 capital increased to Taka 4,048.9 million<br />
being 7.95% of risk-weighted assets (RWA) and supplementary capital (Tier 2 capital) increased to Taka 1,850.9<br />
million being 3.64% of RWA.<br />
The details of risk-weighted assets, requirement of capital, actual capital and capital adequacy<br />
ratio are given below:<br />
Risk Weighted Assets<br />
Total assets<br />
Total assets of DBBL as at 31 December 2009 stood at Taka 81,480.5 million compared to Taka 60,618.9 million<br />
of 2008 depicting a growth by Taka 20,861.6 million or 34.4%. Loans and advances is the largest component of<br />
assets followed by investments.
Cash in hand and balances with <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong> and its agent bank (s) (including foreign<br />
currencies)<br />
As at 31 December 2009, cash in hand and balances with <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong> and its agent banks (including<br />
foreign currencies) stood at Taka 6,653.9 million as against Taka 5,126.7 million of 2008 registering a growth by<br />
Taka 1,527.2 million or 29.8%. The increased cash was required to provide uninterrupted cash services to our<br />
growing customers. Online transaction facilities with 79 branches, 600 units of ATM and growing number of<br />
accounts substantially increased cash requirement in branches and ATMs. Growth in deposits, increased<br />
balance with <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong> to maintain CRR Ratio.<br />
Balance with other banks and financial institutions<br />
The Treasury Division of the <strong>Bank</strong> has to maintain some short term deposit (STD) accounts and current deposit<br />
(CD) accounts with other banks in and outside the country for the smooth functioning of treasury operations<br />
and trade finance. A portion of the excess fund, if any, after meeting the requirement to finance loan portfolio<br />
and investments including SLR, is placed with other banks and financial institutions as term deposits for<br />
optimizing the profit of the <strong>Bank</strong>. As at 31 December 2009, balance outstanding with other banks and financial<br />
institutions substantially increased to Taka 10,213.8 million from Taka 1,901.5 million at the end of 2008 for<br />
lower utilisation of funds in loan portfolio.<br />
Money at call & short notice<br />
Money at call and short notice stood at Taka 820.0 million at the end of 2009 compared to Taka 2,500.0 million<br />
at the end of 2008. The average yield on fund placement at call & short notice of the <strong>Bank</strong> was 8.06% for 2009<br />
as aganist 8.45% of 2008. Short term excess fund is placed in money market to augment return on fund.<br />
Investments<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong>'s investment stood at Taka 9,685.9 million at the end of 2009 that was higher by 82.0% from Taka<br />
5,322.3 million in 2008. The investments mainly included Government securities for Taka 9,669.9 million (99.8%<br />
of total investment) maintained mainly to cover SLR requirement. In addition, investments were planned in a<br />
way to provide sufficient iquidity and flexibility in treasury operations and to boost aggregate yield which<br />
increased from 9.7% in 2008 to 14.6% in 2009.<br />
Treasury team of the <strong>Bank</strong> was very much watchful to manage market risk & uncertainty and ensure maximum<br />
return from investments in security, term deposits and call money market though there was higher level slower<br />
business activities. During the year under review, the <strong>Bank</strong> was able to maintain cash reserve requirements<br />
(CRR) and statutory liquidity requirements (SLR) successfully.<br />
Loans and Advances<br />
Loans and advances stood at Taka 48,410.9 million at the end of 2009, a growth of 16.1% over Taka 41,698.3<br />
million in 2008. The <strong>Bank</strong> continued to consolidate and diversify its portfolio in 2009 to have a diversified client<br />
base and portfolio distributed across the sectors to reduce client specific and industry specific concentration and<br />
to reduce overall portfolio risk. Considering future market direction and to capitalize on our robust IT platform<br />
and the strongest ATM network, a number of retail and SME loan products aimed at specific target group were<br />
launched in 2009 to augment fee income and improve yield and spread on total loan portfolio. At the end of<br />
2009, DBBL's total outstanding retail portfolio stood at Taka 1,402.2 million compared to Taka 622.5 million of<br />
2008.<br />
Weighted average rate of return on total loans & advances decreased to 12.96% in 2009 from 13.62% in<br />
2008.<br />
Classified loan as a percentage of portfolio significantly decreased to 2.46% in 2009 from 3.27 % in 2008.
However, full provision was made against classified loans. Serious efforts are being continued to bring down the<br />
amount and percentage of classified loan further by exploring all options including legal actions and out of court<br />
settlements depending on merit of the cases.<br />
REVIEW OF OFF-BALANCE SHEET ITEMS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2009<br />
Total outstanding amount of off-balance sheet exposures of the <strong>Bank</strong> stood at Taka 26,262.8 million at the end<br />
of 2009 from Taka 23,253.6 million of 2008 registering a growth of 12.9%.<br />
The letters of credit stood at Taka 15,816.4 million at the end of 2009 from Taka 7,171.0 million of 2008<br />
registering a growth of 120.6%.<br />
The letters of guarantee increased to Taka 3,025.1 million from Taka 2,386.5 million of 2008 showing a growth<br />
of 26.8%.<br />
Import - Export business and remittance<br />
During the year under review, import business of DBBL recorded growth of 20.7% (23.4% in 2008) while export<br />
trade grew by 2.7% (6.5% in 2008).<br />
Outlook for 2010<br />
In the business plan and budget for 2010, deposits are projected to grow by 44.9% to Taka 100,000.0 million<br />
and loans are projected to increase by 38.3% to Taka 65,000.0 million. Import and export businesses are<br />
expected to rise by 70.0% to Taka 86,700.0 million and 70.0% to Taka 69,700.0 million respectively. With
higher interest margin resulting from substantially improved deposit mix, lower cost of fund and better quality of<br />
assets as well as growing non-funded business, healthy growth in operating profit and after tax profit is<br />
expected in 2010.<br />
The above growth will be supported by introduction of merchant banking and offshore banking activities,<br />
expansion of branches & ATM network and up gradation of IT and online banking system to provide better and<br />
faster customer services. Human resources will be strengthened to improve operational efficiency and<br />
productivity. A number of new products and services particularly in SME and retail segments will be introduced<br />
to provide wider choice to the customers.<br />
Dividend policy and utilization of retained profit<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong> has been pursuing a dividend policy that must ensure satisfactory return for shareholders as well as<br />
sustainable growth of the <strong>Bank</strong> with strong capital adequacy ratio to protect greater interest of depositors and<br />
shareholders.<br />
Election of the Directors<br />
In terms of Article 113 of the Articles of Association of the Company, at every Ordinary General Meeting, onethird<br />
of the Directors for the time being or if their number is not three or multiple of three, then the number<br />
nearest to one-third shall retire from the office. Accordingly, as per Article 114, Mr. Abedur Rashid Khan, Mr.<br />
Zaheed Hossain Khan and Mr. Bernhard Frey will retire from the Sponsoring Shareholders' Group. Mr. Abedur<br />
Rashid Khan and Mr. Zaheed Hossain Khan are eligible for re-election. However, as per <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong><br />
regulation, Mr. Bernhard Frey is not eligible for re-election, as he has completed consecutive six years as<br />
director of the <strong>Bank</strong>.
Meetings of the Directors<br />
Eleven (11) meetings of the Board of Directors and<br />
fifty one (51) meetings of the Executive Committee of<br />
the Board were held during the year under review.<br />
The Audit Committee of the Board also held seven<br />
(07) meetings during the year under review.<br />
Appointment of Auditors<br />
Our existing Auditors, M/s. Hoda Vasi Chowdhury &<br />
Co., Chartered Accountants (Independent<br />
Correspondent Firm to Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu) has<br />
completed audit of 2009 as third year of their audit<br />
and as per <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong>'s BRPD Circular Letter<br />
No.12 dated July 11, 2001, they are not eligible for re-<br />
appointment. Therefore, another auditor will be<br />
appointed and their remuneration will be fixed for the<br />
year 2010 by the honorable shareholders in the 14th<br />
annual general meeting.<br />
Gratitude<br />
The members of the Board of Directors of DBBL would<br />
like to express their gratitude to all shareholders,<br />
valued clients, patrons, all employees and well-wishers<br />
for their continued support and cooperation, without<br />
which the <strong>Bank</strong> would not be able to achieve its<br />
present amazing position. We are also indebted to the<br />
Government of <strong>Bangla</strong>desh, <strong>Bangla</strong>desh <strong>Bank</strong>,<br />
Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of the<br />
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms, the<br />
Stock Exchanges for their continued support and cooperation.<br />
We look forward for your continuous support and best<br />
wishes for meeting the challenges that await us in<br />
days to come.<br />
With best regards<br />
On behalf of the Board of the Directors<br />
Abedur rashid Khan<br />
Chairman