OREANDA-NEWS. At the annual general shareholders’ meeting held today in Kyiv, the shareholders of the Public Joint Stock Company Raiffeisen Bank Aval approved the Management Board's report and Supervisory Board’s report on the bank’s performance in 2012 and its main objectives for 2013.

The shareholders also approved the reports and conclusions of the Auditing Commission on the performance of the bank and its subsidiaries – Raiffeisen Leasing Aval Ltd. and Raiffeisen Aval Assets Management Company Ltd. in 2012 and reports and conclusions of the audit firm KPMG Audit JSC on the bank’s performance in 2012.

Upon the results of 2012, the shareholders approved the annual financial statements of Raiffeisen Bank Aval and the consolidated financial statements of the bank and its subsidiaries according to the requirements of the international financial reporting standards. They also approved the bank's profit in 2012 amounting of UAH 33,846,548.60 and the scheme of its distribution. Specifically, UAH 700, 000 of the profit is to be directed to the payment of dividends to holders of the bank’s preferred shares; UAH 1,692,327.43 is to be added to the bank’s reserve fund and UAH 31,454,221.17 is to be allocated for the coverage of loan losses for the preceding years.

The shareholders elected the Supervisory Board of the bank composed of: Herbert Stepic as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Peter Lennkh as Deputy Chairman of Supervisory Board; and Karl Sevelda, Johann Strobl, Aris Bogdaneris, Martin Gruell, Kurt Geiger as Supervisory Board Members. The bank’s Auditing Commission was also re-elected with Iryna Nestor as its Head, and Olena Chemeresiuk and Olena Fedorchenko as its members.

The Meeting approved a separate resolution introducing changes to the Articles of Association of the bank – inter alia the changes related to the recognition of the foreign Raiffeisen Banking Group in Ukraine and approval of Raiffeisen Bank Aval JSC as the responsible entity of the banking group (according to the NBU letter of 19.03.2013 No.41-104/1078/3391).

Raiffeisen Bank Aval JSC, founded in March 1992, is one of the largest Ukrainian banks and takes a leadership position within the Ukrainian market in terms of a number of core parameters. It is a universal bank, which offers clients a wide range of standard and innovative services through its all-Ukraine branch network

Raiffeisen Bank Aval is a subsidiary of Vienna-based Raiffeisen Bank International AG (RBI). RBI regards both Austria, where it is a leading commercial and investment bank, as well as Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as its home market. In CEE, RBI operates an extensive network of subsidiary banks, leasing companies and a range of other specialised financial service providers in 17 markets.

RBI is the only Austrian bank with a presence in both the world’s financial centers and in Asia, the group's further geographical area of focus.

In total, around 60,000 employees service about 14.2 million customers through around 3,100 business outlets, the great majority of which are located in CEE.

RBI is a fully-consolidated subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank Хsterreich AG (RZB). RZB indirectly owns around 78.5 per cent of the common stock; the remainder is in free float. RBI’s shares are listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange. RZB is the central institution of the Austrian Raiffeisen Banking Group, the country’s largest banking group, and serves as the head office of the entire RZB Group, including RBI.