GROUP FINANCIAL RESULTS
For the quarter ended 31 March 2026
Contents
1Q2026 financial performance
ESG update
Appendix
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1Q2026 financial performance
OUTLOOK | Sustainable mid-teens ROTE or ROTE >20% on 15% CET1 ratio for 2026-2028
Why Bank of CyprusSupportive Macro
Faster growth than Euro area average, despite ongoing geopolitical tension; resilient to external shocks
Cyprus is a regional business and tech hub
Leading Position in Banking and Broader Financial Services
#1-2 positions across banking, insurance and payment solutions in Cyprus
Operating in a highly liquid and consolidated banking sector
Diversified & Sustainable
Profitability
Digitally engaged franchise, integrated bank-insurance-payment offering
Growing capital light non-interest income
Strong Capital Generation & Ongoing Distribution Capacity
One of the best capitalised and most capital generative banks in Europe
Targeting payout ratio up to 90%1 for
2026 and up to 100%1 p.a. for 2027-2028
Entering a heightened geopolitical risk environment with solid economic growth
Real GDP (yoy % change)
Cyprus inflation at 3.0% in April 2026
Cyprus HICP2 index (yoy% change)
5.4%
6.3% 5.9%
3.6% 3.9%
3.8% 2.7-2.9%
3.9%
2.4%
2.3%
2.1%
2.0%
3.0%
2.6%
0.8%
1.2%
2023
Cyprus
2024
Euro area
2025
1Q2026
Apr 2026
Resilient and growing Cypriot economy amid global economic uncertainty
1.8%
1.6%
0.5%
0.9%
1.5%
1.1%
2018
2019
Cyprus
2020
2021 2022
Euro area
2023
2024
2025
2026e 1
A diversified, service-based economy
Structure of Cypriot economy in 2025 (% of GVA)
9%
13%
7%
10% 7% 6%
14%
5%
5% 8% 4%
12%
Wholesale & Retail trade Health & social work Public
Transport Accommodation
Information
Finance & Insurance Real Estate Professional Education
Primary, Secondary
Other
Cypriot economy faces the new global backdrop from a position of strength:
3.8% real GDP growth in 2025
contained inflationary pressures and
strong public finances
Forecasts for economic growth of 2.7-2.9% remain robust and above Euro area average, despite modest downward revision (c.0.2%-0.4%)
Strong fiscal foundations to withstand external shocksLow public debt to GDP, outpacing Eurozone average
As at 31 December 2025
Positive budget surpluses since 2022
Budget surplus as % of GDP1
146% 137%
116%
101%
90% 88%
Expected to decrease to 50%1 by end-2026
64% 55%
2.1%
1.0%
-5.6%
2.6% 1.7%
-1.6%
4.3% 3.4%
1.5% 2.3%
33%
Greece Italy France Spain Portugal Eurozone Germany Cyprus Ireland
-3.4%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Mar
2026
2026e1
Low unemployment rate
Unemployment rate - yearly average
Two consecutive record years in tourism; Reduction in March arrivals,
following regional conflict
8.2%
8.4%
7.6%
8.0% 7.8%
6.8% 6.6% 6.4% 6.4% 6.2%
Tourist arrivals (k)
+20% +5% +12%
134
201
4,534
147
139
447
c.70% of tourism arrivals are in 2Q and 3Q
7.2% 7.6% 7.2%
6.3% 5.8% 4.9% 4.4% 4.5%
3,201
3,846 4,040
408
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026e 1
Cyprus Eurozone
2022 2023 2024 2025
112 122
1Q2025 1Q2026
Source: Cystat
Jan Feb
Mar
1Q2026 snapshot; strong start to the yearStrong profitability at €121 mn
(€ mn)
117
118
118
128
121
1Q2025
2Q2025
3Q2025
4Q2025
1Q2026
NII stabilising at €181 mn, as expected
(€ mn)
Average ECB Deposit rate
2.8%
2.3%
2.0%
2.0%
186
182
2.0%
180
183
181
1Q2025
2Q2025
3Q2025
4Q2025
1Q2026
Cost to income ratio1 at 37% as cost discipline continues
42%
34%
37%
35%
37%
1Q2025
2Q2025
3Q2025
4Q2025
1Q2026
Net release of 17 bps in COR, on customer specific-reversal
(bps)
39
Charge
32
33
26
Reversal
1Q2025
2Q2025
3Q2025
4Q2025
-17
1Q2026
Sustainable growth of shareholder value
Strong ROTE at 18.0% for 1Q2026
ROTE on 15% CET1 ratio
25.9%
26.1%
25.9%
27.7%
26.5%
ROTE (reported)
18.3%
18.2%
18.5%
19.4%
18.0%
1Q2025 2Q2025 3Q2025 4Q2025 1Q2026
Growing TBV per share; €705 mn cumulative distributions since 2022
Distribution (€ mn)
22
137
241
305
TBV per share
6.10
6.38
1
5.77
1
4.93
3.93
0.05
3.88
Dec 22 Dec 23 Dec 24 Dec 25 Mar 26
Cash dividend per share
TBV per share
4.68
5.29
0.25
5.60
0.48
5.88
0.50
0.50
Well-capitalised with strong organic capital generation2 p.a.
Organic capital generation2 (bps)
445
445
436
114
CET1 ratio
21.0%
20.7%
19.2%
17.4%
Dec 23
Dec 24
Dec 25
Mar 26
Financial targets set at Investor Update event in March 2026
1Q2026 2026 2027 - 2028
ROTE 18.0% Mid-teens Mid-teens
ROTE ON 15% CET1 RATIO 26.5% >20% >20%
DISTRIBUTIONS PAYOUT1
Ordinary 70% 70% p.a.
Up to 20%2 Up to 30%2 p.a.
Top-up
To be assessed annually
ORGANIC CAPITAL GENERATION3 114 bps 350-400 bps p.a.
Supported by:
Cost to income ratio4 37% c.40% p.a.
bps p.a.
Cost of risk Net release of 17 bps At lower end of normalised cost of risk 40-50
Refer to Footnotes slides 68-71 10
1Q2026 highlights
STRONG
VOLUME GROWTH
ATTRACTIVE
PROFITABILITY
LIQUID, RESILIENT BALANCE SHEET
ROBUST CAPITAL & DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY
ATTRACTIVE BOLT-ON ACQUISITIONS
Strong new lending of €829 mn, up 9% qoq
Gross performing loans at €11.1 bn, up 2% qoq
Mainly retail deposit base at €22.3 bn, flat qoq
Profit after tax of €121 mn1
Basic earnings per share of €0.28
Cost to income ratio2 at 37%
NPE ratio reduced to 1.1%
Net release of 17 bps in cost of risk, driven by customer specific reversal
CET1 ratio at 20.7%3 and Total Capital ratio at 25.5%3
Organic capital generation4 of 114 bps
Agreement for acquisition of performing loans and deposits of The Cyprus Development Bank Public Company Limited of c.€150 mn & c.€500 mn respectively
Agreement for the acquisition of a 26% shareholding in Wealthyhood, a pan-European, wealthtech company, offering retail customers digital access to a wide range of stocks and ETFs
Refer to Footnotes slides 68-71
PAT
€121 mn
ROTE
18.0%
Gross performing loans
+2% qoq
Deposits
Flat qoq
11
Income statement
€ mn 1Q2026 1Q2025 yoy% 4Q2025 qoq%
1Q2026 PAT of €121 mn; ROTE of 18.0%
Net interest income | 181 | 186 | -3% | 183 | -1% | ||
Recurring non-interest income | 65 | 60 | 8% | 68 | -5% | ||
Other non-interest income | 4 | 9 | -56% | 22 | +€17 mn | -82% | |
Total income | 250 | 255 | -2% | 273 | -9% | ||
Total operating expenses | (91) | (87) | 4% | (114) | -€14 mn VEP1 cost | -20% | |
Operating profit | 159 | 168 | -5% | 159 | 0% | ||
Special levies on deposits and other levies/ contributions | (14) | (8) | 80% | (13) | 3% |
NII at €181 mn reflecting fewer calendar days in 1Q2026
Recurring non-NII down 5% qoq, on seasonally lower fees and commissions
Other non-NII impacted by €17 mn notable items in 4Q2025:
€5 mn release on premium tax of life insurance
Provisions and impairments net of reversals
Profit before tax
Tax
Profit after tax
Adįusted recurring
146
138
5%
132
10%
(25)
(20)
21%
(4)
-
121
117
3%
128
-5%
121
117
3%
94
29%
Notable items in 4Q2025
1 (22) -102% (14)
+€4 mn net credit
-104%
€2 mn insurance reimbursement
and;
€10 mn elevated REMU sales
Provisions and impairments of a net credit of €1 mn including a customer-specific reversal
Tax charge of €25 mn up 21% yoy
Key ratios 1Q2026 1Q2025 yoy% 4Q2025 qoq%
ROTE 18.0% 18.3% -0.3 p.p. 19.4% -1.4 p.p.
ROTE on 15% CET1 ratio 26.5% 25.9% 0.6 p.p. 27.7% -1.2 p.p.
EPS (€) 0.28 0.27 0.01 0.29 -0.01
reflecting the increase in tax rate to 15% (from 12.5%), effective from 1 January
2026
Highly liquid, customer funded balance sheetTotal assets
(€ bn)
Other assets REMU repossessed
properties
AIEA1 1Q2026
28.6
28.7
Cash balances
with Central Banks
30%
Net loans
42%
€26.1 bn
Net loans
Placements with banks
6%
Reverse repos
20%
Fixed income portfolio
Securities
Reverse repos
Due from banks 0.6
1.6
0.5
Cash, balances with Central Banks
7.7
20% linked with Bank's base rate2 ('natural
hedging' of time & notice deposits cost)
43% linked with Euribor
9% linked with ECB MRO rate
11% fixed rate loans3
Dec 25
Mar 26
7.9
5.6
11.0
1.9
0.4
1.6
5.3
10.8
2.0
0.4
2%
Total liabilities & equity
(€ bn) 28.6
28.7
Other
Equity (incl AT1)
Wholesale
Due to banks
Customer deposits
Dec 25
Mar 26
22.3
22.2
1.4
0.4
1.4
0.4
3.1
2.9
1.5
1.7
NII stabilises at €181 mn in 1Q2026
NII broadly flat qoq at €181 mn
Healthy volume growth increases AIEA2 by 2% qoq
(€ bn)
NIM1
(bps)
313
298
286
283
281
To stabilise
>270 bps in FY2026
+8%
yoy
+2%
qoq
25.7
26.1
Average ECB
Deposit
Rate
24.1
20%
2.8%
2.3%
2.0%
2.0% 2.0%
NII
(€ mn)
186
182
180
183
181
38%
42%
1Q2025 2Q2025 3Q2025 4Q2025
1Q2026
1Q2025 4Q2025 1Q2026
% of
to EA
tal AI
Fixed income portfolio
Liquids
Net loans
10.3
10.7
10.9
9.5
10.0
9.9
4.4
5.3
5.0
NII at €181 mn, taking into account fewer
calendar days qoq driven by:
Gross performing loans up 2% qoq
Fixed income portfolio up 5% qoq
Stock of deposits and cost flat qoq
1Q2026 NIM broadly flat qoq at 281 bps Growing AEIA with gradual deployment to:
Fixed income portfolio
Loan portfolio
OUTLOOK
FY2026 NII outlook is reiterated; NII for FY2026 is expected to stabilise at c.€720 mn (on average 2% ECB Depo Rate)
Sustained hedging activity to manage the NII sensitivityHedging
(€ bn)
Receive fixed IRSs1 on non-maturing deposits
Receive fixed IRSs1 on wholesale funding
Dec 24
Mar 25
Dec 25
Mar 26
2.91
3.40
5.04
5.20
1.25
1.25
1.33
1.33
Average fixed rate 2.62%
Total
8.97
9.72
12.12
12.57
NII sensitivity to parallel shift in interest rates (annualised)3
Dec 22
Dec 25
Mar 26
+/-25 bps
c.€31 mn
c.€16 mn
c.€15 mn
-€16 mn since Dec 2022
€0.45 bn hedging in 1Q2026, totaling €12.6 bn; covering 48% of interest earning assets (vs 40% at 31 Mar 2025)
Weighted average yield of new IRSs in 1Q2026: 2.44% (vs
Reverse repos2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 2.25% in 4Q2025) | |
Fixed rate bonds | 3.81 | 4.07 | 4.75 | 5.04 |
€1.2 bn fixed rate loans4 (11% of loan book)
€2.2 bn base rate loans5; natural hedging of c.50% of
household Time & Notice deposits
Continuous dynamic management of balance sheet, subject to market conditions
Deposits and pricing remained flat qoq
Deposits at €22.3 bn, flat qoq and up 8% yoy
(€ bn)
Cost of deposits stabilising at 27 bps
Deposits at €22.3 bn, flat qoq reflecting strong inflows at the
+8%
20.7 22.2 22.3
Cost of 35
Deposits1
29 27 27 27
end 1Q2026
33%
6.8
13.9
Mar 25
30%
6.8
15.4
Dec 25
31%
6.9
15.4
Mar 26
(bps)
100 88 80 79 80
4 1 3 3 3
1Q2025 2Q2025 3Q2025 4Q2025 1Q2026
Well managed deposit costs, stabilising at 27 bps
Highly liquid Bank with one
Savings, Current & Demand Time & Notice
Group deposits by UBO country of residence
9%
Time & Notice Savings, Current & Demand
Net loan to deposit ratio2
of the lowest L/D ratios in EU at 49%
9%<0.5%
97% 88%
66% 65% 63%
49%
81%
Cyprus Other EU Other countries Russia/Belarus
Strong new lending of €829 mn in 1Q2026; gross performing loans up 2% qoq
New lending remains high, close to historically high levels
(€ mn)
842
829
139
760
762
676
64
94
178
88
188
635
252
114
82
128
95
99
61
71
71
73
135
141
136
162
76
70
51
66
358
430
279
345
249
209
1Q2024
1Q2025
2Q2025
3Q2025 4Q2025
1Q2026
Gross performing loans up 2% qoq
(€ mn)
+2%
10.87
11.10
10.39
Mar25
Dec 25
Mar 26
Strong new lending of €829 mn across all business lines
New lending up 9% qoq driven mainly by corporate demand
Strong track record of repayment capability: >99% of new exposures1 in Cyprus since 2016 are performing
Prudent underwriting standards maintained
Corporate SME Retail Housing Retail other International
Broad-based growth in performing loans supported by domestic and international demand
Gross performing loans1
(€ bn)
+2%
Effective yield on performing loans
(bps)
10.87
1.36
11.10
510
484
1.43
0.5%
458
440
434
431
1.5%
Dec 25
International
Mar 26
Domestic
Contribution to qoq growth
4Q2024 1Q2025 2Q2025 3Q2025 4Q2025 1Q2026
Broad based expansion of domestic loan book
(€ bn)
International loan book
(€ bn)
9.51
9.67
1.43
1.09
1.10
0.99
1.00
Retail
+1%
Business
+2%
qoq%
Retail other
1.36
0.26
0.36
0.31
22%
0.42 29%
49%
Dec 25 Mar 26
Corporate SME Retail Housing
Dec 25
Syndicated loans
Mar 26
% of portfolio
Shipping
International Corporate
3.82
3.72
0.70
0.74
3.75
9.67
9.51
3.71
Gross performing loans at €11.1 bn, up 2% qoq
Effective yield on performing loans broadly flat qoq
OUTLOOK
Loan book to grow by >5% in
FY2026 is reiterated, supported by domestic demand & careful expansion of international loan portfolio
Fixed income portfolio up 5% qoq, at 19% of total assetsFixed income securities per issuer type - NBV
Other financial
& other corporations
Cyprus Government
21%
8%
Banks
16%
€5.4 bn
27%
11% Covered bonds
Other Governments 17%
Supranationals
Amortised cost
FVOCI
Duration (years)
Duration after interest rate hedging (years)
Rating
4.02
3.38
3.98
0.75
Aa3
A2
Fixed income securities- NBV
(€ bn)
%
assets
17%
18%
19%
+19% +5%
yoy qoq
5.1 5.4
4.5
Mar 25
Dec 25
Mar 26
Fixed income portfolio at
€5.4 bn up 5% qoq
Average yield of new
investments in 1Q2026:
3.05% (vs 2.76% in 4Q2025)
Highly rated and diversified fixed income portfolio
Majority of positions in FVOCI book hedged for interest rate risk
Non-NII covering 70-80% of total operating expensesNon-NII at €69 mn in 1Q2026
(€ mn)
79% 77%
77%1
73%1
76%
69
9
72
12
78
90
7
9
8
14
69
4
65
1Q2025
2Q2025 3Q2025 4Q2025
1Q2026
Recurring Non-NII Other Non-NII Non-recurring items Non-NII/ OPEX2
Recurring Non-NII at €65 mn in 1Q2026, up 8% yoy
60
4
12
60
4
12
61
4
12
69
4 18
65
4 17
+41%
-9%
44
44
45
47
44
+1%
1Q2025
2Q2025
3Q2025
4Q2025
1Q2026 yoy%
Net fee & commission Net insurance result3 FX customer related
61
60
69
60
YoY Performance (1Q2026 vs 1Q2025)
Non-NII at €69 mn in 1Q2026, flat yoy
Recurring non-NII at €65 mn, up 8% yoy due to higher net insurance result, primarily from the acquisition of Ethniki Insurance Cyprus and better claim experience
Other non-NII down €5 mn yoy, reflecting lower mark to market in equity shares of financial instruments
Other non-NII, comprising REMU gains & gains/losses on financial instruments and other income, remains a volatile contributor to Group's profitability
QoQ Performance (1Q2026 vs 4Q2025)
Recurring non-NII down 5% qoq, reflecting seasonally lower fees and commissions
Other non-NII down €10 mn qoq, due to lower REMU sales in
1Q2026
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