First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.TWSE: 2892

FFHC 2025 2Q Financial Results Presentation

· Issued by First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.


First Financial Holding

First Half 2025 Earnings Results

September 2, 2025





Contents

  • At a Glance

  • Financial Highlights

  • Operating Results

  • Appendix

At a Glance





Growth Moderated into 1H25

  • FFHC 1H25 net profit grew 1.6% YoY to NT$ 13,946 mn, or NT$ 0.97 per share For the first six months of 2025, earnings was driven by bank performance. Subsidiary First Bank posted a net income of NT$ 13,807 mn (+7.9% YoY); non-bank subsidiaries

    reported a total of NT$ 763 mn (-38.9% YoY).

  • Bank earnings rose as core revenue increased and credit cost subdued

    NII growth picked up to 4.2% YoY, given an ease in funding cost; fee grew 6.8%, with wealth fee up by 26.6% YoY; treasury gains grew 9.4% YoY, mainly from SWAP income up by 11.3% YoY. Core revenue growth buffered higher compensation expense. Credit cost was lower by 18.7% YoY on normalized provision expense.

  • Loan growth steadied at 5.0% YoY

    Mortgage grew by10.0% YoY, large corp. loan by 7.5% YoY and SME lending by 1.7%. FX loan shrank by 2.5% on distorted NTD exchange rate, though dollar term balance actually grew by 8.0% YoY.

  • First Life released excess liability reserve of NT$ 321 mn in June

    Following FSC's relief measures announced in end of June, lifer subsidiary released excess reserve on revenue to buffer against volatile NT dollar.

  • Group 2024 "Sustainably Report" and "TCFD Report" are on-line

Please visit our website at https://csr.firstholding.com.tw/en/csr_report.html and https://csr.firstholding.com.tw/en/tcfd_report.html.

Financial Highlights



FFHC Key Figures

Net Income Breakdown1 (in NT$ mn)

Key Figures (in NT$, NT$ mn)

Lifer NT$179; 1.3%

Securities NT$298; 2.1%

Others

-NT$517; -3.7%

Investment Trust NT$82; 0.6 %

AMC, NT$97; 0.7%

Bank NT$13,807; 99.0%

1H24

1H25

YoY %

Consolidated Net Income1

13,729

13,946

+1.6%

Comprehensive Income

17,469

8,409

-51.9%

Total Assets

4,619,024

4,808,110

+4.1%

EPS

0.95

0.97

+2.1%

+0.8%

Book Per Share

18.13

18.27

Capital Stock

140,287

143,795

+2.5%

ROAE2

10.92%

10.52%

-0.4%

ROAA2

0.60%

0.58%

-0.02%

Group CAR

122.45%

129.83%

+7.4%

Double Leverage3

112.43%

115.36%

+2.9%

  1. Consolidated figures with eliminated entries

  2. Annualized figures

  3. Double leverage = equity investment / shareholder equity



FFHC Net Income & Comprehensive Income



1H25 Consolidated Net Income & Comprehensive Income (in NT$ mn)

↑1.5%

↓17.6%

↓32.0%

↑1.6%

↓51.9%

1H24 Consolidated Net Income & Comprehensive Income (in NT$ mn)



Net Income Breakdown by Subsidiaries*

1H25 Net Income By Subsidiaries (in NT$ mn)

↑7.9%

↑1.6%

13,807

13,946

↓ 56.6%

298

82

179

97

First Bank

First Securities

FSITC

First Life

First AMC

FFHC

1H24 Net Income By Subsidiaries (in NT$ mn)

12,799

First Bank

686

First Securities

76

FSITC

175

First Life

72

First AMC

13,729

FFHC

* Major 5 subsidiaries were listed.



Operating Results







FFHC'S & First Bank's Profitability

-After Tax



FFHC Net Income & ROAE (in NT$ mn & %)

Cumulative Net Income

Annualized ROAE



11.46% 10.88% 9.51% 11.04% 10.92% 10.80% 9.82% 10.60% 10.52%

13,158

19,027

22,461

7,015

1

9

1

136

561

938

301

7380

71

13,72978789

240

92

39

8

653

20,808

25,359

7,206

13,946

9M 19

6M 21

6M23 9M23 2023 3M24 6M24 9M24 2024 3M25 6M25

First Bank Net Income & ROAE (in NT$ mn & %)

Cumulative Net Income

10.38% 10.04%

Annualized ROAE

10.04% 9.92% 9.84%

8.89%

8.99% 9.68%

9.92%

12,256

18,016

21,526

6,493

12,799

23,806

19,443

6,778

13,807

6M23 9M23 2023 3M24 6M24 9M24 2024 3M25 6M25



FB Pre-tax Profits Breakdown

Cumulative Net Revenue (in NT$ mn or %)

% of Net Revenue (in %)

30,984

+5.7%

32,744

z

1H24 1H25

Cumulative Net Revenue

Pre-tax Profit Breakdown (in NT$ mn )

↑ 4.2%

Item

1H24

1H25

Change

NII

45.7%

45.1%

-0.6%

Net Fee

19.6%

19.8%

+0.2%

Gain on ST Invest.

0.9%

0.6%

-0.3%

Gain on LT invest.

0.9%

1.0%

+0.1%

Gain on Fin. Products

30.2%

31.5%

+1.3%

Others

2.7%

2.0%

-0.7%

Total Net Revenue

100.0%

100.0%

Provision Expense (net)

-5.2%

-4.0%

+1.2%

Operating Expense

-44.2%

-44.0%

+0.2%

Income Before Tax

50.6%

52.0%

+1.4%

↑5.2%

14,162

14,759

6,083

↑6.8%

6,497

9,916

↑9.4%

10,853

3,248

↓12.3%

2,847

1,629

1,531

13,688

14,400

1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25

Net Interest Income

Net Fee Income Gains on Fin.

Products

Gross Provision

Recovery

Operating Expense



FB Loan Book Mix

Loan Book (in NT$ bn)

2,529.7

+5.0%

2,655.4

1H24 1H25

Loan Book1

% of Loan Book Mix

Item 1H24

1H25

Change

Consumer 30.2%

32.1%

+1.9%

Mortgage 26.7%

27.9%

+1.2%

Other Consumer Loan 3.5%

4.2%

+0.7%

Corporate Banking 69.8%

67.9%

-1.9%

Large Corp. Loan 12.9%

13.2%

+0.3%

SME Loan2 38.0%

36.9%

-1.1%

F/X Loan 16.9%

15.7%

-1.2%

--- Overseas 12.2%

11.4%

-0.8%

Gov./ SOE Loan 2.0%

2.1%

+0.1%

Loan Book1 100.0%

100.0%

Loan Book Mix (in NT$ bn )

↑10.0%

962.1

↑ 1.7%

978.3

674.3

741.4

325.3

↑7.5%

349.7

428.6

Overseas

307.5

↓ 2.5%

417.8

↓1.8%

Overseas 301.9

139.4

168.2

other consumer loan

111.2 bn

1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H24 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25

Mortgage Large Corp. Loan

SME Loan2

F/X Loan Others3

  1. Loan book does not include NALs

  2. SME is defined by the "Standards for Identifying Small and Medium-sized Enterprises"



FB Loan Book Mix

-QoQ Comparison

QoQ Loan Book Mix (in NT$ bn)

QoQ%

2,529.7 2,570.0 2,642.9 2,671.3 2,655.4

↓ 0.6%

674.3 699.8 720.6 731.6 741.4

Mortgage ↑1.3%

↑2.5%

960.6 954.8 978.3 SME

962.1 947.8

Large Corp. ↑2.0%

325.3 339.7 349.3 342.8 349.7

F/X ↓8.9%

428.6 427.6 443.3 458.4 417.8

139.4 155.1 169.1 183.7 168.2 Others 2Q24 3Q24 4Q24 1Q25 2Q25



FB LDR, SPREAD &NIM



Loan-Deposit Spread / NIM ( in % )

Total Loan & LDR (in NT$ bn & % )

Tota

l Loan1



LDR

70.24%

69.08%

69.79%

69.59%

71.02%

71.11%

70.68%

70.03%

NTD 82.3%

















F/X 41.6%

2,406.7

2,417.5

2,497.2

2,534.4

2,574.5

2,647.2

2,676.0

2,659.5

3Q23

2023

1Q24

2Q24

3Q24

2024

1Q25

2Q25

△

Spread2

NIM2

1.36% 1.34%

1.21% 1.20% 1.18% 1.17%

1.11% 1.11%

0.76% 0.76% 0.70% 0.70% 0.68% 0.67% 0.67% 0.71%

3Q23 2023 1Q24 2Q24 3Q24 2024 1Q25 2Q25

  1. Total Loan = loan + import/export negotiation + NALs

  2. Annual cumulative average spread and NIM

FB Loan Yields, Costs & Spreads

NTD Rates & Spreads Overview (in %)

Deposit Rate (NTD)

Lending Rate (NTD)

Interest Spread (NTD)

1.30%

1.30%

1.29%

1.26%

1.26%

2.36%

2.37%

2.36%

2.35%

2.36%

1.06%

1.07%

1.07%

1.09%

1.10%

2Q24

3Q24

4Q24

1Q25

2Q25

FX Rates & Spreads Overview (in %)

Deposit Rate (FX)

Lending Rate (FX)



Interest Spread (FX)



2.50%

2.35%

2.21%



2.08%



2.06%



6.47%

6.33%

5.93%

5.57%

5.41%

3.97%

3.98%

3.72%

3.49%

3.35%

2Q24

3Q24

4Q24

1Q25

2Q25

*All rates are quarterly average rates.

FB Deposit Mix

NTD CASA Rate (in %)

Deposit Mix (in

NT$ bn)

NTD Deposit

F/X deposit

1,008.4

-0.3%

1,005.0

Total

Deposit

3,723.0 bn

2,633.4

+3.2%

2,718.0

+2.2% YoY

1H24

1H25

NTD CASA rate

62.62%

63.31%

62.75%

61.82%

2023 1H24 2024 1H25

Major Exposures to Specific Industries

% of Loan to Industries

Manufacturing (23.09%) Non-Manufacturing (76.91%)



4.10% Petro. Construction 3.05%

5.22% Metal Wholesale/Retail 9.49%

5.01% Tech. Real Estate 11.20%



Transportation & 2.60%

3.83% Machinery Warehousing

Financial & 5.28% Insurance

FB Mortgage Book Mix

Mortgage Yield & LTV Ratio (in %)

Mortgage Yield

Loan-to-value ratio of new mortgage

Avg. loan-to-value ratio

2.30% 2.29% 2.28% 2.28%



2.30%



64.79% 64.82% 64.86% 64.87%

64.84%





48.24% 48.61% 48.84% 48.83%

48.86%

2Q24 3Q24 4Q24 1Q25

2Q25

% of Mortgage by Location (in %)

Mortgage NPL: 0.11%

Taipei

East Area Area 2.9% 43.6%

Kaohsiung Area Taoyuan 11.2% Area

19.6%

Tainan Area 10.0%

Taichung Area

12.7%

Monthly New Mortgage Lending (in NT$ mn)

Monthly New Mortgage Lending

53,503

16,175

19,319

18,009

18,976

16,811

14,080

13,452

13,885

12,480

11,514

32,467

11,918

9,035

10,226

29,628

10,417

8,985

4M24

5M24

6M24

7M24

8M24

9M24

10M24

11M24

12M24

1M25

2M25

3M25

4M25

5M25

6M25

Item

1H24

1H25

Change

WM Fee1

57.6%

68.3%

+10.7%

Loan-related

28.7%

18.9%

-9.8%

F/X

5.6%

5.3%

-0.3%

Credit Card

3.0%

3.2%

+0.2%

Other2

5.1%

4.3%

-0.8%

Net Fee Income

100.0%

100.0%

FB Fee Income Breakdown

Cumulative Net Fee Income (in NT$ mn or %)

Net Fee Income Breakdown

6,083

+6.8%

6,497

1H24 1H25

Cumulative Net Fee Income

Cumulative Net Fee Breakdown ( in NT$ mn )

3,503

↑26.6%

4,436

1,742

↓ 29.6%

1,227

342

347

183

206

313

281

1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25 1H24 1H25

WM Fee 1Loan-related F/X Credit Card

  1. WM Fee = fund Sales + bancassurance + custodian

  2. Channel fees charged by branches (overseas branches included)

Others 2



FB Fee Income Breakdown

-QoQ Comparison

QoQ Fee Income Breakdown (in NT$ mn)

QoQ

3,083 3,323 3,174

Quarterly 2,819 2,797 ↓4.5%

fee income

132

87 149

208 167 119

120 180

159 207 186

94 95 650

181 172 577

Others1 565 166

Credit Card 610 548 169

F/X Related 168

Loan Related 150 167

1,219 Bancassurance

1,150

1,121 ↓5.7%

Wealth 858 857

Management2

Custodian

Bancassurance 751 715 902 830

767 Mutual Fund

Mutual Fund

↓8.0%

2Q24 3Q24 4Q24 1Q25 2Q25

  1. Channel fees charged by branches (overseas branches included)

  2. WM Fee = fund sales + bancassurance + custodian

Item

1H24

1H25

Net Revenue

30,984

32,744

Operating Expense

(13,688)

(14,400)

Provision(Net)

(1,619)

(1,316)

Income Tax

(2,878)

(3,221)

Net Income

12,799

13,807

FB Cost-to-Income Ratio

Cumulative Operating Expense (in NT$ mn)

Cost-to-Income (in NT$ mn)

13,688

+5.2%

14,400

1H24 1H25

Cumulative Operating Expense

Quarterly Operating Expense & Cumulated Cost-to-Income Ratio (in NT$ mn or %)

Net Revenue

Operating Expense

Cumulated Cost-to-Income Ratio



44.84%

42.06% 44.18% 42.56% 44.38%

45.35%

43.98%



13,961

17,461

15,595 15,389 14,485

15,595

17,149

6,976

6,559 7,129 6,928 7,310

7,072

7,328

4Q23

1Q24 2Q24 3Q24 4Q24

1Q25

2Q25



FB Asset Quality

NPL, NPL Reserve, Coverage Ratio, NPL Ratio (in NT$ mn or % )

Coverage Ratio

NPL Ratio

NPL NPL Reserve

826.96%

819.77%

843.19%

742.13%

745.24% 769.77%

801.27%





0.17%

0.18%

0.18% 0.18%

0.17%

0.17%







0.16%



33,897

32,848

33,473 35,170

36,727

37,033

36,911

4,099

4,426

4,492 4,569

4,480

4,622

4,378

2023

1Q24

2Q24 3Q24

2024

1Q25

2Q25

Individual1& Mortgage NPL Ratios (in %)

Individual

Mortgage

0.15%

0.10%

0.12%

0.07%

0.06%

0.08%

0.10%

0.11%

2Q24

3Q24 2024

1Q25

2Q25

Large Corp. & SME NPL Ratios

(in %)

Large Corp.

SME

0.17% 0.16%

0.17%

0.18%

0.14%

0.00% 0.00%

0.02%

0.01%

0.00%

2Q24 3Q24

2024

1Q25

2Q25



1. Individual: mortgage and non-mortgage loan included



FB Overseas Profits

Overseas Pre-Tax Profits Mix (in NT$ mn or %)

FB Total Pre-Tax Profits Mix (in NT$ mn or %)

21.24%

1H25 Total Pre-Tax Profits: 17,028 mn

Others,

13.83%

OBU/Greater China, 13.10%

OBU/Greater China

1H25

Overseas

10.78% 4,586mn

48.63%

North America

Asean Others

Domestic Market, 73.07%

19.35%

Quarterly Overseas & Total PTP (in NT$ mn or %)



Overseas

Total

Cumulative Overseas PTP to FB Total PTP

9.49%

23.97% 22.93% 27.67% 26.73% 26.93%

7,873 7,804 7,997

5,569

8,455 8,573

3,010

2,326

2,260

2,662

1,672

747

1Q24 2Q24 3Q24 4Q24 1Q25 2Q25

CAR & Core Capital

FFHC Group CAR (in %)

Group CAR

Statutory CAR

128.09%

130.05%

129.83%



125.16%

122.45%

126.05%



















100%

2H22

1H23

2H23

1H24

2H24

1H25

FB CAR & Core Capital

(in %)

FB CAR



Tier 1

15.38%

13.76%





14.26%





14.56%





13.87%





14.45%









11.80%

12.32%

12.61%

11.96%

12.29%

13.14%

2H22

1H23

2H23

1H24

2H24

1H25



Appendix





FFHC Consolidated Income Statement

1H24

1H25

Change

15,825

16,406

3.7%

6,215

6,614

6.4%

2,345

1,915

-18.3%

8,951

11,264

25.8%

412

111

-73.1%

379

657

73.4%

75

37

-50.7%

(36)

-

-

(840)

1,036

-

2,458

(2,369)

-

(77)

93

-

348

816

134.5%

36,055

36,580

1.5%

(1,626)

(1,340)

-17.6%

(1,640)

(1,115)

-32.0%

(15,957)

(16,671)

4.5%

16,832

17,454

3.7%

(3,103)

(3,508)

13.1%

13,729

13,946

1.6%

3,740

(5,537)

-

17,469

8,409

-51.9%

0.95

0.97

2.1%

FFHC Consolidated Income Statement Summary (in NT$ million or %)

Year-over-Year Comparison

2021

2022

2023

2024

Net interest income

34,588

37,969

32,525

31,234

Net service fee & commission

10,383

9,409

10,187

12,782

Net Insurance revenue

9,525

8,980

3,147

3,671

Gain on financial assets meas. at fair value through P/L

3,356

3,271

19,205

19,237

Real estate investment gain

185

190

212

540

Gain on financial assets at fair value

3,176

1,984

584

1,672

through other compre. income

Income from equity invest.

100

76

155

127

Excluding gain on fin. assets measured at amort.cost

(10)

(68)

(409)

(537)

Reserve of overlay approach

(43)

237

(235)

(441)

Net gain on F/X

877

5,300

1,158

3,535

Assets impairment loss

67

(6)

(50)

(155)

Others

400

414

776

454

Net Revenue

62,604

67,756

67,255

72,119

Net Provision for credit losses

(3,621)

(6,577)

(5,818)

(5,763)

Recovered(provided) for insurance res.

(9,275)

(8,906)

(2,793)

(2,614)

Operating Expense

(26,275)

(27,786)

(30,382)

(32,505)

Income from continued op. before tax

23,433

24,487

28,262

31,237

Income tax expenses

(3,694)

(3,891)

(5,801)

(5,878)

Consolidated net income

19,739

20,596

22,461

25,359

Other Items

(4,847)

(8,056)

12,440

5,659

Comprehensive Income

14,892

12,540

34,901

31,018

EPS1(NT$)

1.49

1.51

1.60

1.81

1. EPS is adjusted retroactively for stock dividends paid the next year.

FFHC Non-consolidated Income Statement

FFHC Non-Consolidated Income Statement Summary

in NT$ million, NT$, or %

Full Year Results Year-over-Year Comparison

2021

2022

2023

2024

Operating revenues

20,333

21,270

23,514

26,359

Income from long-term investment

20,163

21,094

23,318

26,124

Other income

170

176

196

235

Operating expenses

(403)

(413)

(440)

(485)

Other expenses and losses

(184)

(267)

(381)

(465)

Income from continued op. before tax

19,747

20,590

22,693

25,409

Net income

19,739

20,596

22,461

25,359

EPS1(NT$)

1.49

1.51

1.60

1.81

1H24

1H25

Change

14,229

14,726

3.5%

14,051

14,574

3.7%

178

152

-14.6%

(242)

(255)

5.4%

(208)

(268)

28.8%

13,779

14,203

3.1%

13,729

13,946

1.6%

0.95

0.97

2.1%

1. EPS is adjusted retroactively for stock dividends paid the next year.

FFHC Balance Sheet

Full Years Result

Year-over-Year Comparison

2021

2022

2023

2024

1H24

1H25

Change

Non-consolidated Balance Sheet Data

Long-term investment

241,171

244,673

271,903

296,683

282,729

299,684

6.0%

Total non-consolidated assets

248,995

251,732

280,569

303,714

295,869

311,823

5.4%

Total liabilities

24,449

27,609

32,125

35,828

41,533

49,116

18.3%

Total shareholders' equity

224,547

224,123

248,444

267,886

254,336

262,707

3.3%

Conolidated Balance Sheet Data

Total consolidated assets

3,739,594

4,157,196

4,429,410

4,704,422

4,619,024

4,808,110

4.1%

Total liabilities

3,515,047

3,933,073

4,180,966

4,436,536

4,364,688

4,545,404

4.1%

Total shareholders' equity

224,547

224,123

248,444

267,886

254,336

262,706

3.3%

Current shares outstanding

129,642

132,234

136,201

140,287

140,287

143,795

2.5%

FFHC Balance Sheet Summary in NT$ million or million shares

FFHC Key Ratios

FFHC Key Ratios

Full Year Results Year-over-Year Comparison

2021

2022

2023

2024

After-tax ROAA (Annualized ratio)

0.55%

0.52%

0.52%

0.56%

After-tax ROAE (Annualized ratio)

8.86%

9.18%

9.51%

9.82%

Book Per Share

17.32

16.95

18.24

19.10

Capital Stock

129,642

132,234

136,201

140,287

Double Leverage

108.75%

110.38%

110.73%

111.97%

Group CAR

130.35%

125.16%

130.05%

126.05%

Debt Ratio1

9.82%

10.97%

11.45%

11.80%

1H24

1H25

Change

0.60%

0.58%

-0.02%

10.92%

10.52%

-0.40%

18.13

18.27

0.77%

140,287

143,795

2.50%

112.43%

115.36%

2.93%

122.45%

129.83%

7.38%

14.04%

15.75%

1.71%

1. Non-consolidated basis

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