EximBank, prize winner for the best ROA

Bucharest, July 25, 2011 –The financial performancesrecorded last year byEximBank have been rewarded by the financial and banking market through the Prize for the best return on assets (ROA) and for the most effective employees within the Top Bankers’ Gala organized by the magazine „Piaţa Financiară”.

During the awarding gala, EximBank’s officials pointed out that the bank made extensive progress related to more energetic activities, with still considerable development potential to be capitalized. Moreover, bank’s officials also stated out that such results, duly rewarded, couldn’t have materialized without the contribution of the whole team.

The Bank boasts for the last year a net profit of about Lei 75 million, considering the banking system year-end in 2010 underscoring a net loss of Lei 516 million, for the first time since1999. Specifically, 20 banks showcased profit, unlike 22 credit agencies which reported negative results with such propensity still in the first half-year of 2011, while the profitable banks went slightly up (22 in gain against 20 in a loss). For the first half-year, EximBank has recorded Lei 45 million in profit, accounting for almost 80% in excess of the amount in 2010, same period.

EximBank is a specialized institution whose threefold product portfolio focused on financing, guarantee and insurance enables it to extend support to business development of exporters, SME-s and those companies involved in projects for core economic sectors, particularly relying on EU fund assignment.

Companies expressing an interest in EximBank products may apply directly to the territorial units of the bank, located in Bucharest, Bacau, Brasov, Constanta, Cluj, Craiova, Timisoara, Buzau, Oradea, Deva, Iasi and Sibiu. Likewise further information may be reached at the website www.eximbank.ro or the address informatii@eximbank.roon particular products and documents.