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disappearance of the possibility of refinancing,
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for exposures resulting from transactions concluded on the financial market – disappearance of an active
market (e.g. suspension of quotations on the WSE) for a given financial asset (shares, bonds, other securities)
held by the Bank due to financial difficulties of the issuer / client, which may have a negative effect on the
future cash flows of a given financial asset,
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the customer ceases to repay principal, interest or commission and the delay in repayment or the oldest
unauthorised overdraft continues for more than 45 calendar days,
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bankruptcy threat, submission of an application to initiate proceedings under restructuring law or other
financial reorganization, which may result in non-repayment of a financial asset or its delay,
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no intention or possibility of repayment by the debtor due to the existing financial problems; in particular, the
following events may indicate significant financial difficulties (the events described in points "1" to "5" are not
triggers for impairment if they were assumed in the client's financial plans at the time of granting the
involvement and the Bank accepted such plans:
1)
negative equity at the end of the annual accounting period,
2)
negative cash flows from operating activities in three consecutive annual accounting periods (from the cash
flow statement, and if it is not prepared, then from the simplified cash flow statement),
3)
revenues from core activities decrease significantly (over 50% year on year based on the results of annual
accounting periods) or revenues from core activities decrease (over 30% year on year based on the results
of annual accounting periods) and, at the same time, the ratio of debt to EBITDA (earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization, profit before deduction of interest on interest-bearing liabilities, taxes
and depreciation) is greater than 4 or EBITDA is less than 0 (if the contract contains a different definition of
the trigger, the event is a trigger for impairment, if it is exceeded level 4 as defined in the contract. If the
contract indicates the level of the ratio> 4, then we identify the triggers for impairment when exceeding the
level specified in the contract),
4)
Negative EBITDA in two consecutive annual financial periods,
5)
the implementation of financial projections by the client negatively differs from the range approved by the
Bank by at least 20%, which leads to a significant breakdown of financial ratios,
6)
the events described in points "1" to "5" occurred during the accounting year, provided that they occurred
in the amounts considered significant and the Bank expects that the situation will not improve until the end
of the annual accounting period and this situation may result in failure to repay the financial asset or its
delay,
7)
active enforcement to client accounts kept in the Bank, if the oldest active enforcement order persists for
more than 90 days and the total amount of active titles exceeds PLN 100 thousand; PLN for customers of
the corporate sales network or PLN 500 thousand for strategic clients,
8)
unsettled claims under guarantees granted by the Bank (lack of customer funds), if the customer's overdue
liability to the Bank due to the payment of the guarantee by the Bank persists for more than 45 days from
the date of payment of the guarantee claim,
9)
termination of a loan agreement with another bank of significant value,
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a material breach of contractual terms by the customer, which may have a negative impact on future cash
flows from a given financial asset (if there has been a material breach of contractual terms, but the Bank, after
identifying and assessing the causes and effects of such breach, accepted them (temporarily or permanently)
or changed, such an event is not treated as a trigger for impairment),
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unknown whereabouts of the client, resulting in a lack of representation in contacts with the Bank and
undisclosed assets of the client,
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crisis of the sector in which the client operates, combined with the borrower's weak position in a given sector,
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restructuring of the loan receivable for non-commercial reasons related to significant financial difficulties of
the client, resulting in a change to the existing terms of the contract, full or partial refinancing of the exposure
at risk, which would not have occurred if the client had not experienced these financial difficulties (including
forbearance) and loss of the net present value of cash flows is equal to or less than 1%,
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credit fraud of the debtor towards the Bank or another ING Group entity,
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the exposure has received a forbearance 2 or more times in the last 5 years,
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a significant deterioration of the client's rating resulting in its reclassification to a risk class of at least 17 with a
simultaneous drop by at least 4 classes.
The Bank has also determined the following additional triggers for impairment for leveraged transactions (i.e.
transactions with a high level of debt relative to operating profit):
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a significant breach of an important financial clause or failure to return to the state from before the breach,
especially when the customer simultaneously requests a repayment facility,
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forbearance refinancing of the existing borrower with an increased level of financial leverage (IBD / EBITDA, i.e.
interest bearing debt / earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, total liabilities / profit
before deduction of interest on interest-bearing liabilities, taxes and depreciation) compared to leverage levels
at the time of funding or previous refinancing,