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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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