The Board of Directors of BLC Bank call their shareholders to attend an extraordinary general assembly meeting scheduled on Thursday January 30th 2020 at 11.00am at the bank’s headquarters in Beirut. The main items on the agenda are:
It is worthy to mention that this general assembly comes in response to BDL’s circular that instructed Lebanese banks to raise their capital (common equity tier 1) by 10% by end-2019 and another 10% by end-June 2020, with a total of $4.1B.
BLC Financial Highlights: Q3 2019
| (in $ millions) | Sep-19 | Dec-18 | Y-o-Y |
| Total Assets | 5,044.47 | 5,053.18 | -0.17% |
| Loans and Advances to Customers | 1,483.68 | 1,607.07 | -7.68% |
| Customers’ Accounts at Amortized Cost | 3,714.90 | 3,908.05 | -4.94% |
| Shareholders’ Equity | 531.59 | 575.19 | -7.58% |
| Net Profit for the Period | 15.45 | 28.94* | -46.61% |
| Net Interest income | 47.57 | 67.74* | -29.78% |
| Net fees and commissions income | 12.68 | 13.43* | -5.65% |
(*): Value of Sept. 2018
Source: Beirut Stock Exchange, BLC Bank