Approval to use the IRB approach

As at 31 December 2016. the Banco Comercial Portugues Group (the parent owner of Bank Millennium SA) has obtained the described below approvals of the competent authority pertaining to the use of the IRB Approach by the Group and Bank Millennium SA (“IRB Decisions”). Both approvals were issued by Banco de Portugal (the consolidating regulator of the Banco Comercial Portugues Group) in cooperation with the Polish Financial Supervision Commission.

The approval issued at the end of 2012 to use the Advanced IRB Approach for two credit portfolios of: retail exposures to individual clients secured by residential property (RRE) and qualifying revolving retail exposures (QRRE). The first IRB decision contained a “regulatory floor” according to which the minimum own funds requirements for the portfolios covered by the decisions had to be temporarily maintained at no less than 80% of the relevant capital requirements calculated using the Standardized Approach. The regulatory floor applied until the relevant authority determined that the conditions set forth by this decision have been fulfilled.

The approval issued at the end of 2014 entails:

• reduction of the “regulatory floor” for RRE and QRRE portfolios from 80% to 70% of the relevant capital requirements calculated using the Standardized Approach. The regulatory floor shall be applied portfolio by portfolio. and should be adjusted up or downwards in case of any difference between expected losses and provisions so that the impact in the solvency ratios is exactly the same of considering only 70% of the capital requirements calculated under the standard method. According to the position of Competent Authorities (European Central Bank and KNF) presented in December 2015. regulatory validation regarding removal of the regulatory floor will be continuing in 2017.
• commencement of use of the IRB Approach for the other retail exposures class is conditional upon meeting certain conditions by 30 June 2015.
• commencement of use of the IRB Approach for corporates (including specialized lending) is conditional upon meeting certain conditions. while the new application to use the IRB Approach should not be submitted before 31 December 2016.
• the permission to make changes to models applicable to RRE and QRRE portfolios is conditional upon meeting certain conditions. while the new application to use the IRB Approach to these portfolios should be submitted until 30 June 2015.

Regulatory validation on the use of the IRB Approach for other retail exposures. changes in RRE and QRRE models and the use of the IRB Approach for corporate exposures will be continuing in 2017.