Helaba Group Achieves Profit Before Taxes of EUR 596 m

FRANKFURT, Germany, March 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

- Strong growth in new customer business 

- All operational earnings components positive 

- Net income from interest, fees and commission on a high level again 

- Positive performance of key operating and regulatory figures 

- Helaba sees sector under pressure to adapt 

Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen achieved a profit before taxes in 2015 of EUR 596 m, which was around 2 percent under the previous record result in the year before of EUR 607 m. After taxes, the result was 5.5 percent higher at EUR 419 m. Herbert Hans Grüntker, Helaba's Chief Executive, expressed his satisfaction: "Driven by strong growth in our client business, Helaba once again achieved a very good result in 2015."

Cross reference: Full press release is available at http://www.presseportal.de/pm/55060/3279280

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