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29.01.2019 08:00:00

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LHV Groupi 2018. aasta IV kvartali ja 12 kuu auditeerimata majandustulemused

Teade

2018. aasta viimase kvartaliga teenis AS LHV Group konsolideeritult 6,7 miljonit
eurot puhaskasumit: panga puhaskasum oli 5,3 miljonit eurot ning varahalduse
kasum oli 1,9 miljonit eurot. LHV Groupi aktsionäridele kuuluva omakapitali
tulumaksueelne tootlus oli neljandas kvartalis 17,5%.

LHV Groupi konsolideeritud puhaskasum oli 2018. aasta IV kvartalis 0,6 miljoni
euro võrra suurem kui III kvartalis ja 0,1 miljonit eurot väiksem kui aasta
tagasi. Laenude allahindluseid tehti IV kvartalis 0,5 miljonit eurot ning
avansilist tulumaksu tasuti 0,5 miljonit eurot.

Grupi konsolideeritud laenuportfell kasvas neljandas kvartalis 107 miljoni euro
võrra (+13%; +35 miljonit eurot III kvartalis) 919 miljoni euroni.
Konsolideeritud hoiused kahanesid 215 miljonit eurot (-13%; +95 miljonit eurot
III kvartalis) 1422 miljoni euroni. Seejuures kahanesid maksevahendajatega
seotud hoiused kvartaliga 318 miljoni euro võrra. Ülejäänud klientide hoiused
kasvasid aga jõudsalt 114 miljonit eurot.

LHV poolt juhitud fondide maht kasvas kvartaliga 11 miljoni euro võrra (+1%;
+37 miljonit eurot III kvartalis), ulatudes 1214 miljoni euroni.

AS-i LHV Group 2018. aasta konsolideeritud puhaskasum oli 27,2 miljonit eurot
ehk 5,0 miljonit eurot rohkem kui 2017. aastal (+23%). Pank teenis kasumit 18,4
miljonit eurot, varahaldus 6,8 miljonit eurot ja Leedu äriüksuse müük kasvatas
kasumit 3 miljoni euro võrra. LHV aktsionäridele kuuluva omakapitali
tulumaksueelne tootlus 2018. aastal oli 20,9% ja puhaskasumil põhineva
omakapitali tootlus 18,4%.

LHV Groupi laenuportfell kasvas aastaga 187 miljoni euro võrra (+26%) ja hoiused
vähenesid 115 miljoni euro võrra (-7%). LHV juhitud fondide maht kasvas aastaga
112 miljoni euro võrra (+10%).

LHV Groupi juhataja Madis Toomsalu sõnul jäi LHV-l selja taha tugev kvartal:
"Kogu möödunud aasta jooksul kasvas meie äri jõuliselt. LHV Panga klientide arv
suurenes viimases kvartalis 7500 võrra ning aasta peale tuli juurde ligi 28 000
klienti. Eriti hea meel on meil tugeva laenukasvu üle, mis paisutas meie
laenuportfelli aasta algusega võrreldes enam kui veerandi võrra. Jõudsime
rekordini erinevate aktiivsusnäitajate poolest: rohkem kui kunagi varem on meil
kliente, kelle palk laekub LHV panka, kes hoiavad siin varasid; varasemast
rohkem tehakse makseid, kasutatakse meie pangakaarte, on sõlmitud
investeerimislepinguid. Pangateenuste aktiivsem kasutamine väljendub hästi ka
tavaklientide hoiuste kiires kasvus - aastaga kasvasid need 310 miljonit eurot.

Kvartali ühe olulisema sündmusena kinnitas Moody's LHV Pangale
investeerimisjärgu krediidireitingu tasemel Baa1 stabiilse väljavaatega. Reiting
tagab väljaspool Eestit asuvatele garantiisaajatele LHV Panga garantiide
aktsepteeritavuse. Lisaks hõlbustab see korrespondentsuhete loomist.

Laenudest kasvasid enim ettevõtete laenud. Kuigi lõppenud aasta tulemusi on
mõjutanud ühe kliendiga seotud laenude allahindlused, ei iseloomusta see kuidagi
ärikeskkonda ega meie laenuportfelli, mis püsib tugevana.

Detsembris sõlmisime lepingu Versobanki laenuportfelli ostmiseks.
Laenuportfellist tulenevad nõuded Eesti ettevõtetest klientide vastu on summas
ligikaudu 17 miljonit eurot ja Eesti residentidest eraklientide vastu summas
ligikaudu 3 miljonit eurot.

2018. aasta lõpuks ületas LHV Varahalduse poolt juhitud investeerimisfondide
koondmaht 1,2 miljardi euro piiri. LHV pensionifondide investeerimisstrateegia
on olnud konkurentidest selgelt erinev ning meie aktiivselt juhitud
pensionifondidel õnnestus turgudel keerulisel 2018. aastal vara säilitada, nii
et LHV pensionifondide tootlused kuulusid järjekordselt turu parimate sekka. II
samba aktiivsete klientide arv kasvas kvartaliga ligi 600 kliendi võrra 178
tuhandeni.

2019. aastal mõjutab varahalduse tegevust detsembris muudetud
Investeerimisfondide seadus, millega vähendatatakse märkimisväärselt fondide
fikseeritud tasusid ja luuakse edukustasu võimalus. Oluliselt vähenevad
investeerimispiirangud, mis lubab fondidel investeerida eeldatava kõrgema
tootlusega börsivälistesse ettevõtesse. Muudatused rakenduvad 2019. aasta
septembris.

Novembris viisime läbi LHV Groupi allutatud võlakirjade emissiooni mahuga 20
miljonit eurot. Huvi oli suur, kokku märgiti LHV allutatud võlakirju ligi 1700
investori poolt üle 51 miljoni euro. Võlakirjad on osa meie 45 miljoni euro
suurusest võlakirjaprogrammist, millega tagame LHV kasvueesmärkide täitmist.

LHV tugevale kvartalile aitas kaasa see, et on püsinud hea majanduskeskkond.
Pikaajalises vaates teeb meile suurimat muret erinev arengukiirus Euroopa
erinevates regioonides ning stagnatsiooni tekitav ülereguleerimine. Järgmisele
paarile aastale mõeldes on peamiseks stsenaariumiks siiski euroala majanduse
kasvamine paari protsendi võrra aastas.

LHV kasvutrende on toetamas ka Eesti majanduskeskkond. Majanduskasv on olnud
hea, siseriiklikke riske maandavad tasakaalus eelarve, avaliku sektori madal
võlatase ning positiivne välistasakaal. Ootame majanduskasvu aeglast kasvamist,
samas on muutunud ümberkaudsete majanduste prognoosimine järjest keerulisemaks.
Siseriiklike riskidena tuleb arvestada pingelise olukorraga tööjõuturul,
ebastabiilse maksukeskkonnaga ning kasvavate riskidega ehitus- ja
kaubandussektoris.

Krediiditurg on püsinud siiski tugevana. Kodumajapidamiste finantstervis on
pigem tugev, hoiuste ja laenude suhe paranemas. Tähtajaks tasumata laenude
osatähtsus on turul langenud alla 1%, olles suures osas allahindlustega kaetud."


 Kasumiaruanne, EURt           IV kv 2018 III kv 2018 12 kuud 2018 12 kuud 2017
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    Neto intressitulu              10 289       9 454       38 151       30 361
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    Neto teenustasutulu             6 094       6 147       25 045       20 989
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    Neto finantstulud                 104          90          443          979
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    Muud tegevustulud                 108         770          862         -146
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 Tulud kokku                       16 595      16 461       64 501       52 183
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Personalikulu                  -4 293      -3 779      -15 756      -12 991
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Kontorikulud                     -536        -429       -1 830       -1 483
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    IT kulud                         -735        -565       -2 322       -1 743
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Turunduskulud                    -599        -522       -2 023       -3 656
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Muud tegevuskulud              -2 621      -2 636      -10 212       -7 525
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Kulud kokku                       -8 783      -7 931      -32 143      -27 398
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 Ärikasum                           7 811       8 530       32 358       24 785
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 Kasum enne allahindlusi            7 811       8 530       32 358       24 785
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Laenude allahindlus              -543      -1 859       -4 879       -3 584
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Tulumaksukulu                    -544        -501       -3 614         -951
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 Aruandeperioodi puhaskasum
 jätkuvatelt tegevustelt            6 725       6 170       23 865       20 250
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 Kasum/-kahjum lõpetatud
 tegevustelt                            0           0        3 324        1 927
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 Puhaskasum                         6 725       6 170       27 189       22 177
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Vähemusosaluse osa                676         455        1 953        2 574
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   Emaettevõtte aktsionäride
 osa kasumist                       6 049       5 715       25 236       19 603
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


  Bilanss, EURt                    dets.18     sept.18     dets.17
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     Raha ja raha ekvivalendid       682 658     965 494     961 212
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     Finantsvarad                     47 153      48 829      56 634
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     Laenud klientidele              929 037     822 696     740 169
---------------------------------------------------------------------
     Laenude allahindlus             -10 276     -10 745      -8 125
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     Nõuded klientide vastu            3 721       7 372       9 802
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     Muud varad                       24 807      23 776      13 165
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  Varad kokku                      1 677 100   1 857 421   1 772 856
---------------------------------------------------------------------
        Nõudmiseni hoiused         1 304 265   1 513 113   1 409 662
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        Tähtajalised hoiused         117 933     124 476     127 267
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        Saadud laenud                 21 584      12 289       6 000
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     Võlgnevused klientidele       1 443 782   1 649 877   1 542 929
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     Muud kohustused                  24 655      26 024      71 073
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     Allutatud laenud                 50 900      30 900      30 900
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  Kohustused kokku                 1 519 337   1 314 279   1 644 902
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  Omakapital                         157 763     150 620     127 955
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     sh vähemusosaluse osa             4 123       3 447       7 894
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  Kohustused ja omakapital kokku   1 677 100   1 435 184   1 772 856
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AS-i LHV Group aruanded on saadaval
aadressil: https://investor.lhv.ee/et/aruanded
(https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=380gxBXGOzPeJeZvZAw-
a5dUD47LCOJP8FsayFWzBa1_fkfAxWLgB5JYnxdluwFZEupeXGsVw28eVIi7w2nIP2m-
LX89IgquF7C3EDl1XkkqPGYRq6siRMhESnV-SBpm).

LHV korraldab kvartali tulemuste tutvustamiseks investorkohtumise, mis leiab
aset 29. jaanuaril algusega kell 18.00 LHV Tallinna kliendikontoris (Tartu mnt
2, I korrus). Osalemiseks palume registreeruda
aadressil https://fp.lhv.ee/academy/533. Investorkohtumisest tehakse reaalajas
videoülekanne LHV Facebooki lehel www.facebook.com/LHVPank
(http://www.facebook.com/LHVPank).

LHV Group on suurim kodumaine finantskontsern ja kapitali pakkuja Eestis. LHV
Groupi peamised tütarettevõtted on LHV Pank ja LHV Varahaldus. LHV-s töötab
rohkem kui 390 inimest ja LHV pangateenuseid kasutab üle 161 000 kliendi. LHV
hallatavatel pensionifondidel on 178 000 aktiivset klienti.


Priit Rum
LHV kommunikatsioonijuht
Telefon: 502 0786
E-post: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


Manused

  * LHV Group 2018-Q4 Investoresitlus EST (https://ml-
    eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/61005063-499b-4f95-9bdf-36a19aeb7a57)
  * LHV Group vahearuanne 2018-Q4 (https://ml-
    eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/9dde78d5-30ca-4ad8-b84f-ceb2b6d9b3bf)
  * Faktiraamat EST 2018-Q4 (https://ml-
    eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/ef2b013b-d0bd-49ca-9d68-37380938b8af)

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Pealkiri

LHV Group unaudited results for Q4 and 12 months of 2018

Teade

In the last quarter of 2018, AS LHV Group earnt a consolidated net profit of EUR
6.7 million: the bank's net profit was EUR 5.3 million and profit from asset
management EUR 1.9 million. Pre-tax return on equity, owned by the shareholders
of LHV Group was 17.5% in Q4.

The consolidated net profit of LHV Group in Q4 2018 was EUR 0.6 million higher
compared to Q3 and EUR 0.1 million lower compared to year on year. Impairment of
loans in Q4 amounted to EUR 0.5 million and advance corporation tax was paid in
the amount of EUR 0.5 million.

In Q4, the Group's consolidated loan portfolio increased by EUR 107 million
(+13%; +35 million in Q3), to EUR 919 million. Consolidated deposits decreased
by EUR 215 million (-13%; +95 million in Q3), to EUR 1,422 million. At the same
time, the deposits related to payment intermediaries decreased by EUR 318
million over the quarter. The deposits of the rest of the clients, however,
showed a strong growth of EUR 114 million.

The volume of funds managed by LHV increased by EUR 11 million during the
quarter (+1%; +37 million in Q3), to EUR 1,214 million.

The consolidated net profit of AS LHV Group in 2018 was EUR 27.2 million, i.e.
EUR 5.0 million more than in 2017 (+23%). The bank earnt a profit of EUR 18.4
million, asset management EUR 6.8 million and the sale of the Lithuanian
business unit increased the profit by EUR 3 million. Pre-tax return on equity,
owned by the shareholders of LHV Group was 20.9% and the return on equity based
on net profit 18.4% in 2018.

The loan portfolio of LHV Group increased by EUR 187 million year on year (+26%)
and deposits decreased by EUR 115 million (-7%). The volume of funds managed by
LHV grew by EUR 112 million (+10%) year on year.

According to Madis Toomsalu, CEO of LHV Group, LHV had a strong quarter:
"Our business demonstrated strong growth throughout the last year. The number of
LHV bank customers increased by 7,500 in the last quarter totalling 28,000 new
customers for the entire year. We are especially pleased about the loan growth
that expanded our loan portfolio by more than a quarter compared to the
beginning of the year. We reached a record level by activity indicators: we have
more customers than ever before whose salary is received in LHV bank, who keep
their assets here; more payments are made than before, more LHV bankcards are
used, more investment contracts have been concluded. Increased use of banking
services is also well reflected in the fast growth of retail deposits - year on
year growth was EUR 310 million.

As one of the most important events of the quarter, Moody's assigned AS LHV Pank
an investment-grade rating on the level of Baa1 with a stable outlook. The
rating ensures the acceptance of LHV bank guarantees by beneficiaries outside
Estonia. Furthermore, it facilitates the establishment of correspondent
relationships.

Among the loans, loans to businesses grew the most. Although, the results of the
last year were affected by the impairment of loans related to one customer, it
does not characterise the business environment or our loan portfolio in any way,
which remains strong.

In December, we signed a contract for purchasing the Versobank loan portfolio.
The total sum of claims arising from the loan portfolio against Estonian
corporate customers is nearly EUR 17 million and against Estonian private
residents nearly EUR 3 million.

By the end of 2018, the total volume of investment funds managed by LHV
Varahaldus exceeded the threshold of EUR 1.2 billion. The investment strategy of
LHV pension funds is clearly distinguished from competitors and our actively
managed pension funds were able to preserve the assets in 2018, which was a
complicated year on the markets, in a way that the rates of return of LHV
pension funds were once again among the best. The number of active II pillar
customers grew by nearly 600, to 178 thousand over the quarter.

In 2019, the asset management activity will be influenced by the Investment
Funds Act, amended in December, which notably reduces the fixed fees of the
funds and creates a possibility for a success fee. There is a significant
decrease in investment restrictions, allowing the funds to invest in OTC
companies with a higher expected rate of return. The amendments will be
introduced from September 2019.

In November, we conducted a subordinated bond issue of LHV Group with an issue
size of EUR 20 million. Interest was strong and altogether, nearly 1,700
investors subscribed to LHV's subordinated bonds in an amount exceeding EUR 51
million. The bonds form a part of our EUR 45 million bond programme, which will
ensure the achievement of our growth targets.

Also. the sustained healthy economic environment has contributed to the strong
quarter of LHV. In terms of long-term outlook, our biggest concern is the
variance of development speed in different European regions and overregulation
causing stagnation. Thinking about the next few years, the main scenario is
still the continued growth of the economy in the eurozone by a couple
percent per year.

LHV's growth trends are also supported by the Estonian business environment.
Economic growth has been solid and the internal policy risks are managed by a
balanced budget, low public sector debt and positive foreign balance. We are
expecting slow economic growth, while forecasting the surrounding economies is
becoming increasingly complicated. As national risks, we should consider the
tense situation on the labour market, unstable tax environment and increasing
risks in the building and trade sectors.

The credit market has still remained solid. The financial health of households
is rather on the strong side, the loan-to-deposit ratio is improving. The share
of overdue loans on the market has fallen below 1%, being largely covered with
allowances."


 Income statement, EUR t          Q4-2018 Q3-2018 12 months 2018 12 months 2017
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    Net interest income            10 289   9 454         38 151         30 361
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    Net fee and commission income   6 094   6 147         25 045         20 989
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    Net gains from financial
 assets                               104      90            443            979
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    Other income                      108     770            862           -146
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total revenue                     16 595  16 461         64 501         52 183
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Staff costs                    -4 293  -3 779        -15 756        -12 991
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Office rent and expenses         -536    -429         -1 830         -1 483
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    IT expenses                      -735    -565         -2 322         -1 743
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Marketing expenses               -599    -522         -2 023         -3 656
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Other operating expenses       -2 621  -2 636        -10 212         -7 525
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total operating expenses          -8 783  -7 931        -32 143        -27 398
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 EBIT                               7 811   8 530         32 358         24 785
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Earnings before impairment
 losses                             7 811   8 530         32 358         24 785
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Impairment losses on loans
 and advances                        -543  -1 859         -4 879         -3 584
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Income tax                       -544    -501         -3 614           -951
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net profit for the reporting
 period from continued operations   6 725   6 170         23 865         20 250
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Profit/-loss from discontinued
 operations                             0       0          3 324          1 927
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Net profit                         6 725   6 170         27 189         22 177
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Profit attributable to non-
 controlling interest                 676     455          1 953          2 574
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Profit attributable to share
 holders of the parent              6 049   5 715         25 236         19 603
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------


 Balance sheet, EURt                           Dec 2018  Sept 2018 Dec 2017
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    Cash and cash equivalents                    682 658   965 494   961 212
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Financial assets                              47 153    48 829    56 634
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Loans granted                                929 037   822 696   740 169
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Loan impairments                             -10 276   -10 745    -8 125
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Receivables from customers                     3 721     7 372     9 802
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Other assets                                  24 807    23 776    13 165
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total assets                                  1 677 100 1 857 421 1 772 856
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       Demand deposits                         1 304 265 1 513 113 1 409 662
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Term deposits                             117 933   124 476   127 267
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Loans received                             21 584    12 289     6 000
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    Loans received and deposits from customers 1 443 782 1 649 877 1 542 929
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    Other liabilities                             24 655    26 024    71 073
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    Subordinated loans                            50 900    30 900    30 900
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 Total liabilities                             1 519 337 1 314 279 1 644 902
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 Equity                                          157 763   150 620   127 955
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    Minority interest                              4 123     3 447     7 894
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total liabilities and equity                  1 677 100 1 435 184 1 772 856
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AS LHV Group reports are available at https://investor.lhv.ee/en/reports/.

LHV organises an investor meeting for introducing the quarterly results, to be
held on 29 January at 18.00 in LHV Tallinn office (Tartu mnt 2, I floor). The
presentation will be made in Estonian. To participate, please register
at https://fp.lhv.ee/academy/533. A real-time video broadcast is made of the
investor meeting on LHV's Facebook page  www.facebook.com/LHVPank
(http://www.facebook.com/LHVPank).

LHV Group is the largest domestic financial group and capital provider in
Estonia. LHV Group's key subsidiaries are LHV Pank and LHV Varahaldus. LHV
employs over 390 people, and more than 161,000 customers use LHV's banking
services. Pension funds managed by LHV have 178,000 active clients.


Priit Rum
Communication Manager
Phone: +372 502 0786
Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])


Attachments

  * Factbook ENG 2018-Q4 (https://ml-
    eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/09682cb5-468f-4206-94c0-d3928d303f76)
  * LHV Group Interim Report 2018-Q4 (https://ml-
    eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/a8ee613e-9c93-4c59-adb8-d9ceb8fde7f1)
  * LHV Group 2018-Q4 Investor presentation EN (https://ml-
    eu.globenewswire.com/Resource/Download/28470f79-2885-4f3a-b621-1701ed0cb324)