Equity story

April 2022

A resilient and robust Norwegian economy

  • High activity level in Norwegian economy, society fully reopened since February 2022

  • Unemployment back at pre-pandemic level, demonstrating high activity level in the economy

  • Three rate hikes already implemented - Norges Bank forecasts seven additional rate hikes before the end of 2023

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80% of DNB group's revenue comes from the Norwegian units

Sources: DNB Markets, Statistics Norway, Norges Bank (the Norwegian central bank), NAV (the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration).

The Norwegian economy has proven its resilience through the pandemic

  • The floating currency provides a natural hedge

  • The monetary policy gives room to maneuver and support an inflation of close to 2 per cent over time

  • The fiscal policy allows room for flexibility to smooth out cycles

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Inflows

DNB is a broad-based financial institution and by far the largest in Norway

A full-service financial institution and market leader in Norway

Market shares in Norway

Partnership

23% retail loans

29% retail deposits

21% corporate loans

The dominant mobile wallet in Norway 88% of Norwegians 13 years and older have the app

More than 80% are active users

35% corporate deposits

DNB owns 45% of Vipps Ongoing merge with MobilePay and Pivo

38% retail mutual funds

17% real estate brokerage

29% Defined contribution

Sources: Norwegian Fund and Asset Management Association, Real Estate Norway, Finance Norway

Leading non-life insurance provider

Joint venture with SpareBank 1 Alliance Third largest insurance provider in Norway

DNB owns 35% of Fremtind

Our financial ambitions towards year-end 2023

Overriding target:

Return on equity

>12%

CET1 capital ratio

C/I ratio

Payout ratio

>17.6%1)

<40%

>50%

Capital level

Key performance indicator

Dividend policy

1) Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway's (FSA) expectation including pre-pandemic counter-cyclical buffer requirements

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