Annual report 2004 (PDF, 4141 kB) - Unicredit Bank
Annual report 2004 (PDF, 4141 kB) - Unicredit Bank
Annual report 2004 (PDF, 4141 kB) - Unicredit Bank
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Schedule to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December <strong>2004</strong><br />
1 GENERAL INFORMATION<br />
Živnostenská banka was founded in 1868 for the purpose of financing small and mediumsized<br />
Czech companies. It was the first bank in the Austro-Hungarian Empire with only Czech<br />
capital. It was nationalized in 1945 as were the other banks in the Czech Republic.<br />
Živnostenská banka existed as a legal entity during the years 1950 - 1956 but its activities<br />
were very limited. Later Živnostenská banka started to provide special services to individuals<br />
which related to their income denominated in foreign currencies.<br />
Živnostenská banka, a.s. (hereinafter referred to as “the <strong>Bank</strong>”) was incorporated on 1 March<br />
1992 as a legal successor of the original Živnostenská banka. The <strong>Bank</strong> has its registered<br />
office at Praha 1, Na Příkopě 858/20, and it is organised as eight domestic regional branches.<br />
The representative office in Bratislava, Slovak Republic was closed as at 30 June 2003.<br />
The <strong>Bank</strong>’s operations primarily consist of:<br />
• providing Czech and foreign currency loans and guarantees;<br />
• accepting and placing deposits in Czech and foreign currency;<br />
• accepting current and deposit accounts denominated in Czech and foreign currency;<br />
• rendering of general banking services through a network of branches and agencies;<br />
• executing foreign exchange transactions in inter-bank money market;<br />
• providing foreign trade finance and related banking services;<br />
• trading in securities and portfolio management.<br />
From 11 February 2003 the <strong>Bank</strong> has been controlled by UniCredito Italiano SpA (hereinafter<br />
referred to as “UCI”). Until then the <strong>Bank</strong> had been controlled by <strong>Bank</strong>gesellschaft Berlin AG<br />
(hereinafter referred to as “BGB”).<br />
2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br />
(a)<br />
Basis of preparation<br />
The financial statements, comprising a balance sheet, statements of income and of changes in<br />
equity and accompanying notes, are prepared in accordance with the Act on accounting, the<br />
applicable accounting rules and regulations set by the Ministry of Finance of Czech Republic.<br />
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the<br />
revaluation of financial instruments held for trading and available-for-sale to fair values.<br />
The financial statements are rounded to millions of Czech Crowns (CZK m) unless otherwise<br />
stated and are not consolidated. The <strong>Bank</strong> presents consolidated financial statements<br />
according to International Financial Reporting Standards separately.<br />
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