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Anglo Irish Bank Interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2007


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Anglo Irish Bank today (Thursday 10 May 2007) released its interim statement for the six month period to 31 March 2007. Key highlights include:

Profitability and shareholder value
• Record underlying pre-tax profits of €552 million, an increase of 47%
• Record underlying earnings per share of 60.6 cent, up 45%
• Continued strong return on equity of 30%
Operational performance
• Lending to customers increased by €9.3 billion net, up 19% on a constant currency basis to €59.2 billion
• Strong lending work in progress of €9.2 billion
• Total funding increased by 22% to €75.4 billion on a constant currency basis
• Employee numbers grew to 1,672, an 8% increase on an underlying basis
• Highly efficient cost to income ratio of 25%
• Strong Tier 1 capital ratio of 8.5%

Commenting on the results, David Drumm, Group Chief Executive, said:

“The six months to 31 March 2007 represent another period of record profitability and exceptional lending activity with customer balances up €9.3 billion. Importantly, asset quality is excellent and lending margins have remained stable. Our Treasury division delivered a record funding performance with net growth of €13.6 billion. It was also an outstanding period for our Wealth Management business which grew profits by 57%.

The strength of the Bank’s balance sheet and considerable ongoing investment in our people positions us well to deliver upon the significant long-term potential in each of our core markets. We look forward to a strong outturn for the full year.”



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