Form 6-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

Form 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of January, 2018

Commission File Number 001-15216

 

 

HDFC BANK LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg,

Lower Parel, Mumbai. 400 013, India

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.    

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

   

HDFC BANK LIMITED

   

(Registrant)

Date: 20th January, 2018     By  

/s/ Sanjay Dongre

    Name: Sanjay Dongre
    Title: Executive Vice President (Legal) & Company Secretary


EXHIBIT INDEX

The following documents (bearing the exhibit number listed below) are furnished herewith and are made a part of this Report pursuant to the General Instructions for Form 6-K.

Exhibit I

Description

Communication dated 19th January, 2017 addressed to The New York Stock Exchange, New York, United States of America (USA) intimating about Outcome of Board Meeting held on 19th January, 2017.


Exhibit I

19th January, 2018

New York Stock Exchange

11, Wall Street,

New York,

NY 10005

USA

Dear Sir / Madam,

Re: Financial Results for the Quarter ended 31st December, 2017

We attach herewith a file containing the Financial Results for the third quarter (unaudited) ended 31st December, 2017, segment reporting and press release in this regard.

The aforesaid financial results have been submitted to the stock exchanges in India as per the listing requirements of those Stock Exchanges.

This is for your information and record.

 

Thanking you,
Yours faithfully,
For HDFC Bank Limited
Sd/-
Sanjay Dongre
Executive Vice President – Legal & Company Secretary

Encl. : a/a.


HDFC BANK LIMITED

FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017

 

 

                                       ( in lacs)  
         Quarter
ended
31.12.2017
    Quarter
ended
30.09.2017
    Quarter
ended
31.12.2016
    Nine months
ended
31.12.2017
    Nine Months
ended
31.12.2016
    Year ended
31.03.2017
 
    

Particulars

 

Unaudited

   

Unaudited

   

Unaudited

   

Unaudited

   

Unaudited

   

Audited

 
1   

Interest Earned (a)+(b)+(c)+(d)

    2058127       1967028       1760560       5892027       5119156       6930596  
  

a) Interest / discount on advances / bills

    1615661       1535575       1317564       4599842       3854781       5205526  
  

b) Income on Investments

    410030       400646       404934       1199973       1167665       1594434  
  

c) Interest on balances with Reserve Bank of India and other inter bank funds

    11238       10649       18688       32707       36676       53202  
  

d) Others

    21198       20158       19374       59505       60034       77434  
2   

Other Income

    386917       360590       314267       1099173       885023       1229649  
3   

Total Income (1)+(2)

    2445044       2327618       2074827       6991200       6004179       8160245  
4   

Interest Expended

    1026693       991821       929651       2948312       2710744       3616674  
5   

Operating Expenses (i)+(ii)

    573222       554005       484251       1663973       1448136       1970332  
  

i) Employees cost

    169126       171577       168863       506454       493101       648366  
  

ii) Other operating expenses (Refer Note 9)

    404096       382428       315388       1157519       955035       1321966  
6   

Total Expenditure (4)+(5) (excluding Provisions & Contingencies)

    1599915       1545826       1413902       4612285       4158880       5587006  
7   

Operating Profit before Provisions and Contingencies (3)-(6)

    845129       781792       660925       2378915       1845299       2573239  
8   

Provisions (other than tax) and Contingencies

    135144       147619       71578       438639       233150       359330  
9   

Exceptional Items

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
10   

Profit / (Loss) from Ordinary Activities before tax (7)-(8)-(9)

    709985       634173       589347       1940276       1612149       2213909  
11   

Tax Expense

    245725       219070       202814       671529       556192       758943  
12   

Net Profit / (Loss) from Ordinary Activities after tax (10)-(11)

    464260       415103       386533       1268747       1055957       1454966  
13   

Extraordinary items (net of tax expense)

    —         —         —         —         —         —    
14   

Net Profit / (Loss) for the period (12)-(13)

    464260       415103       386533       1268747       1055957       1454966  
15   

Paid up equity share capital (Face Value of 2/- each)

    51802       51680       51107       51802       51107       51251  
16   

Reserves excluding revaluation reserves

              8894987  
17   

Analytical Ratios

           
  

(i) Percentage of shares held by Government of India

    Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil       Nil  
  

(ii) Capital Adequacy Ratio

    15.5     15.1     15.9     15.5     15.9     14.6
  

(iii) Earnings per share ()

           
  

(a) Basic EPS before & after extraordinary items (net of tax expense) - not annualized

    17.9       16.1       15.2       49.2       41.6       57.2  
  

(b) Diluted EPS before & after extraordinary items (net of tax expense) - not annualized

    17.7       15.9       15.0       48.6       41.1       56.4  
  

(iv) NPA Ratios

           
  

(a) Gross NPAs

    823488       770284       523227       823488       523227       588566  
  

(b) Net NPAs

    277366       259683       156432       277366       156432       184399  
  

(c) % of Gross NPAs to Gross Advances

    1.29     1.26     1.05     1.29     1.05     1.05
  

(d) % of Net NPAs to Net Advances

    0.44     0.43     0.32     0.44     0.32     0.33
  

(v) Return on assets (average) - not annualized

    0.50     0.47     0.49     1.43     1.40     1.88


Segment information in accordance with the Accounting Standard on Segment Reporting (AS 17) of the operating segments of the Bank is as under:

 

 

                                        ( in lacs)  

Particulars

   Quarter
ended
31.12.2017
    Quarter
ended
30.09.2017
    Quarter
ended
31.12.2016
    Nine months
ended
31.12.2017
    Nine Months
ended
31.12.2016
    Year ended
31.03.2017
 
   Unaudited     Unaudited     Unaudited     Unaudited     Unaudited     Audited  
1   

Segment Revenue

            
a)   

Treasury

     503703       492717       517567       1470508       1485571       2032618  
b)   

Retail Banking

     1869320       1798234       1695107       5426783       4931687       6614750  
c)   

Wholesale Banking

     1078527       1038220       827748       3053970       2416542       3258785  
d)   

Other Banking Operations

     326442       277984       233082       859543       640694       904669  
e)   

Unallocated

     —         —         —         —         —         —    
  

Total

     3777992       3607155       3273504       10810804       9474494       12810822  
  

Less: Inter Segment Revenue

     1332948       1279537       1198677       3819604       3470315       4650577  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Income from Operations

     2445044       2327618       2074827       6991200       6004179       8160245  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
2   

Segment Results

            
a)   

Treasury

     41235       42822       37880       129796       123256       165911  
b)   

Retail Banking

     230001       263109       230844       705348       621044       843216  
c)   

Wholesale Banking

     339253       271927       269574       893370       752870       1012304  
d)   

Other Banking Operations

     154521       110909       94328       363537       227199       336533  
e)   

Unallocated

     (55025     (54594     (43279     (151775     (112220     (144055
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total Profit Before Tax

     709985       634173       589347       1940276       1612149       2213909  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
3   

Segment Assets

            
a)   

Treasury

     26447291       27557908       28556289       26447291       28556289       26335640  
b)   

Retail Banking

     34979225       33628360       27721544       34979225       27721544       29582892  
c)   

Wholesale Banking

     29172014       28245767       23238253       29172014       23238253       27214883  
d)   

Other Banking Operations

     3633910       3341673       2747197       3633910       2747197       2720588  
e)   

Unallocated

     675500       590025       538686       675500       538686       530018  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total

     94907940       93363733       82801969       94907940       82801969       86384021  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
4   

Segment Liabilities

            
a)   

Treasury

     4653686       4127964       3783639       4653686       3783639       3873249  
b)   

Retail Banking

     55962663       54309020       52831431       55962663       52831431       52579290  
c)   

Wholesale Banking

     21214705       22015850       15662432       21214705       15662432       19125490  
d)   

Other Banking Operations

     428484       440338       392147       428484       392147       314274  
e)   

Unallocated

     2542143       2876242       1629851       2542143       1629851       1545480  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total

     84801681       83769414       74299500       84801681       74299500       77437783  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
5   

Capital Employed

            
  

(Segment Assets-Segment Liabilities)

            
a)   

Treasury

     21793605       23429944       24772650       21793605       24772650       22462391  
b)   

Retail Banking

     (20983438     (20680660     (25109887     (20983438     (25109887     (22996398
c)   

Wholesale Banking

     7957309       6229917       7575821       7957309       7575821       8089393  
d)   

Other Banking Operations

     3205426       2901335       2355050       3205426       2355050       2406314  
e)   

Unallocated

     (1866643     (2286217     (1091165     (1866643     (1091165     (1015462
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  

Total

     10106259       9594319       8502469       10106259       8502469       8946238  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Business Segments have been identified and reported taking into account the target customer profile, the nature of products and services, the differing risks and returns, the organisation structure, the internal business reporting system and the guidelines prescribed by RBI.

 

Regd. Office : HDFC Bank Ltd., HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai - 400013.


Notes :

 

1 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as on December 31, 2017 is given below.

 

                   ( in lacs)  
     As at
31.12.2017
     As at
31.12.2016
     As at
31.03.2017
 
Particulars    Unaudited      Unaudited      Audited  

CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES

        

Capital

     51802        51107        51251  

Reserves and Surplus

     10054457        8451362        8894987  

Deposits

     69902641        63470456        64363966  

Borrowings

     10386678        7212115        7402887  

Other Liabilities and Provisions

     4512362        3616929        5670930  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     94907940        82801969        86384021  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

ASSETS

        

Cash and Balances with Reserve Bank of India

     3438547        4999976        3789687  

Balances with Banks and Money at Call and Short notice

     562204        410256        1105523  

Investments

     23272358        23605550        21446334  

Advances

     63121466        49504333        55456820  

Fixed Assets

     350245        349032        362675  

Other Assets

     4163120        3932822        4222982  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     94907940        82801969        86384021  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

2 The above results have been approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on January 19, 2018. The results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2017 have been subjected to a ‘Limited Review’ by the Statutory Auditors of the Bank. An unqualified report has been issued by them thereon.
3 The Bank has followed the same significant accounting policies in the preparation of these financial results as those followed in the annual financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2017.
4 During the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2017, the Bank allotted 6127000 and 27577900 shares respectively pursuant to the exercise of options under the approved employee stock option schemes.
5 During the nine months ended December 31, 2017, the Bank raised Additional Tier 1 Capital bonds of 8,000 crore and Tier 2 Capital bonds of 2,000 crore.
6 The Board of Directors of the Bank, at their meeting held on December 20, 2017 approved the raising of funds aggregating up to 24,000 crore, of which an amount up to a maximum of 8,500 crore shall be through the issuance of equity shares of face value of 2/- each pursuant to a preferential issue to Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited (the Bank’s promoters) and the balance shall be through the issuance of equity shares/ convertible securities/ depository receipts pursuant to a Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP)/ American Depository Receipts (ADR)/ Global Depository Receipt (GDR) program. The said raising of funds is subject to the approval of the shareholders and applicable regulatory authorities.
7 RBI circular DBOD.No.BP.BC.1/21.06.201/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015 on ‘Basel III Capital Regulations’ read together with the RBI circular DBR.No.BP.BC.80/21.06.201/2014-15 dated March 31, 2015 on ‘Prudential Guidelines on Capital Adequacy and Liquidity Standards - Amendments’ requires banks to make applicable Pillar 3 disclosures including leverage ratio and liquidity coverage ratio under the Basel III Framework. These disclosures are available on the Bank’s website at the following link: http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/basel_disclosures/default.htm. The disclosures have not been subjected to audit or review by the statutory auditors.
8 Other income relates to income from non-fund based banking activities including commission, fees, earnings from foreign exchange and derivative transactions, profit and loss (including revaluation) from investments and recoveries from accounts previously written off.
9 Other operating expenses include commission paid to sales agents of 637.32 crore (previous period : 465.30 crore) and 1,767.52 crore (previous period : 1,398.15 crore) for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2017 respectively and of 1,906.80 crore for the year ended March 31, 2017.
10a As part of its supervisory process for the year ended March 31, 2017, the RBI had pointed out certain modifications in respect of the Bank’s asset classification of three accounts as on March 31, 2017, as per the table below. In respect of each of these accounts, the Bank is a member of the Joint Lenders’ Forum (JLF) formed under the regulatory framework for revitalizing distressed assets in the economy.


Sr. No.    Particulars    ( in crore)  

1

  

Gross NPAs as on March 31, 2017, as reported by the Bank

     5,885.66  

2

  

Gross NPAs as on March 31, 2017, as assessed by RBI

     7,937.42  

3

  

Divergence in Gross NPAs (2-1)

     2,051.76  

4

  

Net NPAs as on March 31, 2017, as reported by the Bank

     1,843.99  

5

  

Net NPAs as on March 31, 2017, as assessed by RBI

     3,102.36  

6

  

Divergence in Net NPAs (5-4)

     1,258.37  

7

  

Provisions for NPAs as on March 31, 2017, as reported by the Bank

     4,041.67  

8

  

Provisions for NPAs as on March 31, 2017, as assessed by RBI

     4,835.06  

9

  

Divergence in provisioning (8-7)*

     793.39  

10

  

Reported Net Profit after Tax (PAT) for the year ended March 31, 2017

     14,549.66  

11

  

Adjusted (notional) Net Profit after Tax (PAT) for the year ended March 31, 2017 after taking into account the divergence in provisioning

     14,028.24  

 

* The Bank had held sufficient provisions in this regard as at September 30, 2017.
10b In relation to one of the above accounts, the Bank had participated in a project loan which underwent flexible structuring under the 5:25 regulatory framework as approved by the JLF in February 2016. Pursuant to a regulatory communication, in October 2017 the said customer account was classified by the Bank as non-performing with effect from March 2016. The JLF in its meeting on December 30, 2017 received confirmations from all lenders, including the Bank, regarding satisfactory performance of the account during the specified period (post February 2016) including confirmation of nil overdues as on December 30, 2017. Hence, in terms of para 17.2.3 of the RBI Master Circular DBR.No.BP.BC.2/21.04.048/2015-16 dated July 1, 2015, the JLF decided to upgrade the account classification to ‘standard’. The Bank has accordingly upgraded the account classification to ‘standard’ in its books.
10c Consequent to the above, the position of Gross NPAs as at December 31, 2017 in relation to the divergence is as follows:

 

Particulars     in crore)  

Divergence in Gross NPAs as at March 31, 2017

     2,051.76  

Upgraded based on JLF decision (see note 10b above)

     (1,707.18

Net reductions

     (50.40

Balance NPAs as at December 31, 2017

     294.18  

 

11 As at December 31, 2017, the total number of branches (including extension counters) and ATM network stood at 4,734 branches and 12,333 ATMs respectively.
12 Figures of the previous period have been regrouped / reclassified wherever necessary to conform to current period’s classification.
13 10 lac = 1 million

10 million = 1 crore

 

Place : Mumbai    Aditya Puri
Date : January 19, 2018    Managing Director

Regd. Office : HDFC Bank Ltd., HDFC Bank House, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (West), Mumbai - 400013.


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HDFC Bank Ltd.

HDFC Bank House,

Senapati Bapat Marg,

Lower Parel,

Mumbai - 400 013.

HDFC Bank Limited

FINANCIAL RESULTS (INDIAN GAAP) FOR THE QUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017

The Board of Directors of HDFC Bank Limited approved the Bank’s (Indian GAAP) results for the quarter ended December 31, 2017, at their meeting held in Mumbai on Friday, January 19, 2018. The accounts have been subjected to a ‘Limited Review’ by the statutory auditors of the Bank.

FINANCIAL RESULTS:

Profit & Loss Account: Quarter ended December 31, 2017

The Bank’s total income for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 was  24,450.4 crore, up from  20,748.3 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. Net revenues (net interest income plus other income) increased by 23.9% to  14,183.5 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 from  11,451.8 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Net interest income (interest earned less interest expended) for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 grew by 24.1% to  10,314.3 crore, from  8,309.1 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2016, driven by average asset growth of 16.6% and a core net interest margin for the quarter of 4.3%.

Other income (non-interest revenue) at  3,869.2 crore was 27.3% of the net revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 and grew by 23.1% over  3,142.7 crore in the corresponding quarter ended December 31, 2016. The four components of other income for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 were fees & commissions of  2,872.1 crore ( 2,206.8 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year), foreign exchange & derivatives revenue of  426.2 crore ( 297.2 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year), gain on revaluation / sale of investments of  259.4 crore ( 398.6 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year) and miscellaneous income, including recoveries, of  311.4 crore ( 240.0 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year).


 

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    HDFC Bank House,
    Senapati Bapat Marg,
    Lower Parel,
    Mumbai - 400 013.

 

Operating expenses for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 were  5,732.2 crore, an increase of 18.4% over  4,842.5 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The core cost-to-income ratio for the quarter was at 41.2% as against 43.8% for the corresponding quarter ended December 31, 2016.

Provisions and contingencies for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 were  1,351.4 crore as against  715.8 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 and  1476.2 crore for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. Profit before tax for the quarter ended December 31, 2017 was up 20.5% to  7,099.9 crore.

After providing  2,457.3 crore for taxation, the Bank earned a net profit of  4,642.6 crore, an increase of 20.1% over the quarter ended December 31, 2016.

Balance Sheet: As of December 31, 2017

Total balance sheet size as of December 31, 2017 was  949,079 crore as against  828,020 crore as of December 31, 2016.

Total deposits as of December 31, 2017 were  699,026 crore, an increase of 10.1% over December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2017 current account deposits were at  101,286 and savings account deposits were at  205,833. CASA deposits grew by 6.7% over December 31, 2016 (which had a higher base attributable to the spurt in deposits following the demonetisation exercise) and 3.9% over September 30, 2017. Time deposits were at  391,907 crore, an increase of 13.0% over the previous year, resulting in CASA deposits comprising 43.9% of total deposits as on December 31, 2017.

Total advances as of December 31, 2017 were  631,215 crore, an increase of 27.5% over December 31, 2016, and 4.4% over September 30, 2017. This loan growth was contributed by both segments of the Bank’s loan portfolio with the loan mix between retail:wholesale at 55:45. As per regulatory [Basel 2] segment classification, retail loans grew by 28.7% and wholesale loans grew by 26.4% (as per internal business classification, the growth was 29.2% and 24.3% respectively).


 

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Nine Months ended December 31, 2017

For the nine months ended December 31, 2017, the Bank earned a total income of  69,912.0 crore as against  60,041.8 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year. Net revenues (net interest income plus other income) for the nine months ended December 31, 2017 were  40,428.9 crore, as against  32,934.3 crore for the nine months ended December 31, 2016, an increase of 22.8%. Net profit for the nine months ended December 31, 2017 was  12,687.5 crore, up by 20.2% over the corresponding nine months ended December 31, 2016.

Capital Adequacy:

The Bank’s total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel III guidelines was at 15.5% as on December 31, 2017 (15.9% as on December 31, 2016) as against a regulatory requirement of 10.25% including Capital Conservation Buffer of 1.25%. Tier-I CAR was at 13.6% as of December 31, 2017 compared to 13.8% as of December 31, 2016.

NETWORK

As of December 31, 2017, the Bank’s distribution network was at 4,734 branches and 12,333 ATMs across 2,672 cities / towns as against 4,555 branches and 12,087 ATMs across 2,597 cities / towns as of December 31, 2016. Of the total branches, 52% are in

semi-urban and rural areas.

ASSET QUALITY

Gross non-performing assets were at 1.29% of gross advances as on December 31, 2017, as against 1.26% as on September 30, 2017 and 1.05% as on December 31, 2016. Net non-performing assets were at 0.4% of net advances as on December 31, 2017.


 

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 = Indian Rupees

1 crore = 10 million

All figures and ratios are in accordance with Indian GAAP.

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