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 July, 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)

 

 

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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: July 24, 2018     By  

/s/ Santosh Haldankar

    Name:   Santosh Haldankar
    Title:   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 July 21, 2018 addressed to The New York Stock Exchange, New York, United States of America (USA) intimating about outcome of the Board meeting of Bank held on July 21, 2018.


July 21, 2018

New York Stock Exchange

11, Wall Street,

New York,

NY 10005

USA

Dear Sirs,

Re: Outcome of Board Meeting held on July 21, 2018

 

1. Pursuant to Regulation 33 and any other applicable provisions of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 we send herewith the unaudited financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, segment reporting and the Press Release in this regard. The results were duly approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting held today. A copy of the limited review report of the Statutory Auditors for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 is attached to this letter.

 

2. The Board of Directors, at their meeting held today, approved the appointment of Mr. Sanjiv Sachar (DIN: 02013812) as an Additional Director of the Bank with effect from today, i.e. July 21, 2018 till the ensuing Annual General Meeting of the Bank.

Mr. Sanjiv Sachar is a Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has recently retired as the Senior Partner of Egon Zehnder, the world’s largest privately held executive search firm. Mr. Sachar set up the Egon Zehnder practice in India in 1995 and has played a key role in establishing the firm as a market leader in the executive search space across various country segments. Over the course of his two decades at Egon Zehnder, Mr. Sachar has mentored senior executives across industry sectors that today are either Board members, CEOs or CFOs or large corporates in India and in overseas. Mr. Sachar has also been a co-founder of a Chartered Accountancy and Management Consulting firm, Sachar Vasudeva & Associates and co-founded executive search firm, Direct Impact.

Mr. Sachar is not debarred from holding office of director by virtue of any SEBI order or any other such authority. Mr. Sachar is not related to any director of the Bank.

Kindly take the same on your records.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

For HDFC Bank Limited

Sd/-

Santosh Haldankar

Vice President- Legal & Company Secretary

Encl: As above


HDFC BANK LIMITED

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2018

 

                              ( in lacs)  
          Quarter ended
30.06.2018
     Quarter ended
31.03.2018
     Quarter ended
30.06.2017
    Year ended
31.03.2018
 
    

Particulars

   Unaudited      Audited
(Refer note 4)
     Unaudited     Audited  
1    Interest Earned (a)+(b)+(c)+(d)      2254898        2132108        1866872       8024135  
   a) Interest / discount on advances / bills      1739073        1666337        1448606       6266179  
   b) Income on Investments      458929        422264        389297       1622237  
  

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

     33238        19681        10820       52388  
   d) Others      23658        23826        18149       83331  
2    Other Income      381806        422858        351666       1522031  
3    Total Income (1)+(2)      2636704        2554966        2218538       9546166  
4    Interest Expended      1173541        1066337        929798       4014649  
5    Operating Expenses (i)+(ii)      598388        605063        536746       2269036  
   i) Employees cost      181051        174120        165751       680574  
   ii) Other operating expenses (Refer Note 9)      417337        430943        370995       1588462  
6    Total Expenditure (4)+(5) (excluding Provisions & Contingencies)      1771929        1671400        1466544       6283685  
7    Operating Profit before Provisions and Contingencies (3)-(6)      864775        883566        751994       3262481  
8    Provisions (other than tax) and Contingencies      162937        154110        155876       592749  
9    Exceptional Items      —          —          —         —    
10    Profit / (Loss) from Ordinary Activities before tax (7)-(8)-(9)      701838        729456        596118       2669732  
11    Tax Expense      241694        249528        206734       921057  
12    Net Profit / (Loss) from Ordinary Activities after tax (10)-(11)      460144        479928        389384       1748675  
13    Extraordinary items (net of tax expense)      —          —          —         —    
14    Net Profit / (Loss) for the period (12)-(13)      460144        479928        389384       1748675  
15    Paid up equity share capital (Face Value of 2/- each)      52083        51902        51478       51902  
16    Reserves excluding revaluation reserves (as per balance sheet of previous accounting year)              10577601  
17    Analytical Ratios           
   (i) Percentage of shares held by Government of India      Nil        Nil        Nil       Nil  
   (ii) Capital Adequacy Ratio      14.6      14.8      15.6     14.8
     (iii) Earnings per share ()                           
   (a) Basic EPS before & after extraordinary items (net of tax expense) - not annualized      17.7        18.5        15.2       67.8  
   (b) Diluted EPS before & after extraordinary items (net of tax expense) - not annualized      17.5        18.3        15.0       66.8  
     (iv) NPA Ratios                           
   (a) Gross NPAs      953862        860697        724293       860697  
   (b) Net NPAs      290710        260102        252821       260102  
   (c) % of Gross NPAs to Gross Advances      1.33      1.30      1.24     1.30
   (d) % of Net NPAs to Net Advances      0.41      0.40      0.44     0.40
   (v) Return on assets (average) - not annualized      0.44      0.50      0.46     1.93

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


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)  
          Quarter ended
30.06.2018
    Quarter ended
31.03.2018
    Quarter ended
30.06.2017
    Year ended
31.03.2018
 

Particulars

   Unaudited     Audited
(Refer note 4)
    Unaudited     Audited  

1

   Segment Revenue         

a)

   Treasury      528532       513629       474088       1984137  

b)

   Retail Banking      2040059       1957522       1759229       7384305  

c)

   Wholesale Banking      1237905       1096443       937223       4150413  

d)

   Other Banking Operations      327863       366371       255117       1225914  

e)

   Unallocated      —         —         —         —    
   Total      4134359       3933965       3425657       14744769  
   Less: Inter Segment Revenue      1497655       1378999       1207119       5198603  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Income from Operations      2636704       2554966       2218538       9546166  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

2

   Segment Results         

a)

   Treasury      5045       24204       45739       154000  

b)

   Retail Banking      314468       291824       212238       997172  

c)

   Wholesale Banking      315585       278681       282190       1172051  

d)

   Other Banking Operations      117238       185253       98107       548790  

e)

   Unallocated      (50498     (50506     (42156     (202281
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Total Profit Before Tax      701838       729456       596118       2669732  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

3

   Segment Assets         

a)

   Treasury      30170308       35089438       26570417       35089438  

b)

   Retail Banking      38606584       37190659       31457133       37190659  

c)

   Wholesale Banking      34681446       29704057       27984965       29704057  

d)

   Other Banking Operations      3994672       3759549       3041526       3759549  

e)

   Unallocated      587899       649728       511265       649728  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Total      108040909       106393431       89565306       106393431  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

4

   Segment Liabilities         

a)

   Treasury      5869806       5534970       3530332       5534970  

b)

   Retail Banking      62955796       59878546       53718130       59878546  

c)

   Wholesale Banking      25546051       27028720       19771198       27028720  

d)

   Other Banking Operations      429847       408150       360425       408150  

e)

   Unallocated      2472402       2913542       2759448       2913542  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Total      97273902       95763928       80139533       95763928  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

5

   Capital Employed         
   (Segment Assets-Segment Liabilities)         

a)

   Treasury      24300502       29554468       23040085       29554468  

b)

   Retail Banking      (24349212     (22687887     (22260997     (22687887

c)

   Wholesale Banking      9135395       2675337       8213767       2675337  

d)

   Other Banking Operations      3564825       3351399       2681101       3351399  

e)

   Unallocated      (1884503     (2263814     (2248183     (2263814
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Total      10767007       10629503       9425773       10629503  
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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 at June 30, 2018 is given below:

 

     ( in lacs)  

Particulars

   As at
30.06.2018
     As at
30.06.2017
     As at
31.03.2018
 
     Unaudited      Unaudited      Audited  

CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES

        

Capital

     52083        51478        51902  

Reserves and Surplus

     10714924        9374295        10577601  

Deposits

     80578532        67137605        78877064  

Borrowings

     12102431        8601170        12310497  

Other Liabilities and Provisions

     4592939        4400758        4576367  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     108040909        89565306        106393431  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

ASSETS

        

Cash and Balances with Reserve Bank of India

     3958878        3620417        10467047  

Balances with Banks and Money at Call and Short notice

     1190508        2076642        1824460  

Investments

     27567865        21610827        24220024  

Advances

     70864869        58097580        65833309  

Fixed Assets

     357615        359321        360721  

Other Assets

     4101174        3800519        3687870  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     108040909        89565306        106393431  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

2 The above results have been approved by the Board of Directors at its meeting held on July 21, 2018. The results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 have been subjected to a “Limited Review” by the Statutory Auditors of the Bank. An unqualified report has been issued by them thereon. The financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2017 and the year ended March 31, 2018 were subjected to limited review and audit respectively by another firm of chartered accountants.
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, 2018.
4 The figures for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 are the balancing figures between audited figures in respect of the financial year 2017-18 and the published year to date figures upto December 31, 2017.
5 During the quarter ended June 30, 2018, the Bank allotted 9067600 shares pursuant to the exercise of options under the approved employee stock option schemes.
6 The Board of Directors of the Bank, at their meeting held on December 20, 2017 had approved the raising of funds aggregating up to 24,000 crore, of which an amount up to a maximum of 8,500 crore was approved to be through the issuance of equity shares of face value of 2/- each pursuant to a preferential issue to Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited and the balance was approved to 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 was approved by the shareholders of the Bank at its Extra Ordinary General meeting held on January 19, 2018. The Bank has received all relevant approvals in this regard. On July 17, 2018, the Bank allotted 39096817 equity shares to Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited at the issue price of 2,174.09 per equity share (including share premium of 2,172.09 per equity share), aggregating to 8,500 crore.
7 In accordance with RBI guidelines, banks are required to make Pillar 3 disclosures including leverage ratio and liquidity coverage ratio under the Basel III Framework. The Bank’s Pillar 3 disclosures are available on its website at the following link: http://www.hdfcbank.com/aboutus/basel_disclosures/default.htm. These 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 737.22 crore (previous period: 530.21 crore) for the quarter ended June 30, 2018.
10 RBI circular DBR.No.BP.BC.113/21.04.048/2017-18 dated June 15, 2018 grants banks an option to spread provisioning for mark to market (MTM) losses on investments held in AFS and HFT categories for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. The circular states that the provisioning for this quarter may be spread equally over up to four quarters, commencing with the current quarter ended June 30, 2018. The Bank has not availed of the said option and has recognised the entire net MTM loss on investments of 391.04 crore in the current quarter.
11 As at June 30, 2018, the total number of banking outlets and ATMs were 4804 and 12808 respectively.
12 Figures of the previous periods 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  : July 21, 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 ENDED JUNE 30, 2018

The Board of Directors of HDFC Bank Limited approved the Bank’s (Indian GAAP) results for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, at their meeting held in Mumbai on Saturday, July 21, 2018. The accounts have been subjected to a ‘Limited Review’ by the statutory auditors of the Bank.

FINANCIAL RESULTS:

Profit & Loss Account: Quarter ended June 30, 2018

The Bank’s total income for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 at 26,367.0 crore grew by 18.8% from 22,185.4 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. Net revenues (net interest income plus other income) increased to 14,631.6 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 from 12,887.4 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year. Net interest income (interest earned less interest expended) for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 grew by 15.4% to 10,813.6 crore, from 9,370.7 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, driven by asset growth and a net interest margin for the quarter of 4.2%.

Other income (non-interest revenue) for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 was 3,818.1 crore. Fees and commission income at 3,171.0 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 constituted 83.1% of other income and grew by 23.0% over 2,578.1 crore in the corresponding quarter ended June 30, 2017. The other three components of other income for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 were foreign exchange & derivatives revenue of 499.6 crore (296.8 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year), loss on revaluation / sale of investments of 283.2 crore (gain of 331.4 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year) and miscellaneous income, including recoveries and dividend, of 430.7 crore (310.3 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year). The Reserve Bank of India in its circular dated June 15, 2018 granted banks an option to spread provisioning for mark to market losses on investments held in AFS and HFT categories for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 equally over four quarters. The Bank has chosen not to avail of this option and has recognised the entire mark to market loss of 391.0 crore in the current quarter ended June 30, 2018. The loss was primarily attributable to the corporate bond portfolio, which has a modified duration of 1.6.


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HDFC Bank Ltd.

HDFC Bank House,

Senapati Bapat Marg,

Lower Parel,

Mumbai - 400 013.

 

Operating expenses for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 were 5,983.9 crore, an increase of 11.5% over 5,367.5 crore during the corresponding quarter of the previous year. The core cost-to-income ratio for the quarter was at 40.1% as against 42.7% for the corresponding quarter ended June 30, 2017.

Provisions and contingencies for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 were 1,629.4 crore as against 1,558.8 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2017. The key components therein for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 were specific loan loss provisions of 1432.2 crore (as against 1,343.2 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year) and general provisions of 183.2 crore (as against 206.3 crore for the corresponding quarter of the previous year).

Profit before tax (PBT) for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 was up from 5,961.2 crore to 7,018.4 crore. Excluding profit and loss on revaluation / sale of investments, PBT growth would be 29.7% over the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

After providing 2,416.9 crore for taxation, the Bank earned a net profit of 4,601.4 crore, an increase of 18.2% over the quarter ended June 30, 2017.

Balance Sheet: As of June 30, 2018

Total balance sheet size as of June 30, 2018 was 1,080,409 crore as against 895,653 crore as of June 30, 2017.

Total deposits as of June 30, 2018 were 805,785 crore, an increase of 20.0% over June 30, 2017. As of June 30, 2018 current account deposits were at 109,297 crore and savings account deposits at 226,656 crore grew by 17.4% over June 30, 2017. Time deposits were at 469,832 crore, an increase of 24.9% over the previous year, resulting in CASA deposits comprising 41.7% of total deposits as of June 30, 2018.

Total advances as of June 30, 2018 were 708,649 crore, an increase of 22.0% over June 30, 2017. This loan growth was contributed by both segments of the Bank’s loan portfolio with the domestic loan mix between retail:wholesale at 55:45. As per regulatory [Basel 2] segment classification, retail loans grew by 21.6% and wholesale loans grew by 22.7%.

Capital Adequacy:

The Bank’s total Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) as per Basel III guidelines was at 14.6% as on June 30, 2018 (15.6% as on June 30, 2017) as against a regulatory requirement of 11.025% which includes Capital Conservation Buffer of 1.875% and an additional requirement of 0.15% on account of the Bank being identified as a Domestic Systemically Important Bank (D-SIB).


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HDFC Bank Ltd.

HDFC Bank House,

Senapati Bapat Marg,

Lower Parel,

Mumbai - 400 013.

 

Tier 1 CAR was at 13.1% as of June 30, 2018 compared to 13.6% as of June 30, 2017. Common Equity Tier 1 Capital ratio was at 12.1% as of June 30, 2018. Risk-weighted Assets were at 844,894 crore (as against 690,370 crore as at March 31, 2017).

The Board of Directors of the Bank, at their meeting held on December 20, 2017 had approved the raising of funds aggregating up to 24,000 crore, of which an amount up to a maximum of 8,500 crore was approved to be through the issuance of equity shares of face value of 2/- each pursuant to a preferential issue to Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited and the balance was approved to 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 was approved by the shareholders of the Bank at its Extra Ordinary General meeting held on January 19, 2018. The Bank has received all relevant approvals in this regard. On July 17, 2018, the Bank allotted 39,096,817 equity shares to Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited at the issue price of 2,174.09 per equity share (including share premium of 2,172.09 per equity share), aggregating to 8,500 crore.

NETWORK

As of June 30, 2018, the Bank’s distribution network was at 4,804 banking outlets and 12,808 ATMs across 2,666 cities / towns as against 4,727 banking outlets and 12,220 ATMs across 2,666 cities / towns as of June 30, 2017. Of the total banking outlets, 53% are in semi-urban and rural areas. Number of employees were at 89,550 as of June 30, 2018 (as against 83,757 as of June 30, 2017).

ASSET QUALITY

Gross non-performing assets were at 1.33% of gross advances as on June 30, 2018, as against 1.30% as on March 31, 2018 and 1.24% as on June 30, 2017. Coverage ratio as on June 20, 2018 was 70%. Net non-performing assets were at 0.4% of net advances as on June 30, 2018. The Bank held floating provisions of 1,451 crore as on June 30, 2018. Total provisions (comprising specific provisions, general provisions and floating provisions) were 118% of the gross non-performing loans as on June 30, 2018.


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HDFC Bank Ltd.

HDFC Bank House,

Senapati Bapat Marg,

Lower Parel,

Mumbai - 400 013.

 

Note:

= Indian Rupees

1 crore = 10 million

All figures and ratios are in accordance with Indian GAAP.

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Neeraj Jha

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HDFC Bank Ltd., Mumbai.

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HDFC Bank Ltd., Mumbai.

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