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Aditya Birla Capital reports results for the year ended 31st March, 2018

Mumbai, May 11, 2018: Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) today announced its financial results for the year ended 31^st March 2018. ABCL, formerly known as Aditya Birla Financial Services Limited, is the holding company of the financial services business of the Aditya Birla Group. It is a Universal Financial Solutions provider, meeting the lifetime needs of customers. Its subsidiaries include an NBFC, a Housing Finance company, an Asset Management company, a Life Insurance company, a Health Insurance company and several other subsidiaries.

Quarter 4		Consolidated Results	Full Year
2016-17 (Previous Year) Like to Like¹	2017-18 (Current Year)	Consolidated Results	2016-17 (Previous Year) Like to Like¹	2017-18 (Current Year)
3,353	4203	Revenue	11,071	13,428
240	398	Earnings before Tax	1,150	1,554
146	249	Net Profit (before Minority Interest)	775	1,004
109	208	Net Profit	573	824

Note 1: Aditya Birla Nuvo Limited transferred its 51% stake in Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Limited to Aditya Birla Capital Limited w.e.f. 23^rd Mar 2017. Previous year financials have been restated including earnings of Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance Co. Limited to make performance comparable.

Business Level Highlights:

Aditya Birla Finance Ltd. (ABFL)

ABFL continues to have a well diversified portfolio with a focus on asset quality, robust risk management and strong performance

Lending book expanded by 25% year on year to ` 43,242 Crore
Gross NPA at 0.92% and net NPA at 0.65%
Net worth increased by 33% year on year to ` 6,320 Crore
Earnings before tax touched all time high ` 1,109 Crore, an increase of 33% over previous year

Aditya Birla Housing Finance Ltd. (ABHFL)

ABHFL is a fast growing housing finance company. The business is currently operating with 51 branches and over 2700 channel partners pan India.

Doubled its loan book to ` 8,137 Crore from ` 4,136 Crore in the previous year
Scaling up affordable housing lending which was launched in Q2 FY18
Reported full year profitability with earnings before tax at ` 24 Crore from loss of ` 15 Crore in the previous year
Net worth increased to ` 750 Crore as on 31^st March 2018

Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd. (ABSLAMC)

Ranks 3^rd amongst mutual funds in India with strong profitability growth

Registered a 27% year-on year growth in its quarterly average AUM (AAUM) at ` 267,739 Crore
Overall domestic market share at 10.75% in Q4 FY 2017-18
Achieved highest ever domestic equity market share of 9.2%. The strong focus on scaling up retail and high margin assets continued, with its domestic equity AAUM expanding by 73% year on year to ` 86,450 Crore.
Monthly SIP book doubled year on year to ` 956 Crore (Including STP)
EBT increased year on year by 46% to ` 493 Crore from ` 337 Crore
ABSLAMC has a solid and consistent investment performance track record underpinning its growth

Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (ABSLI)

ABSLI is a significant private life-insurer in India

Indian Embedded Value (IEV) at ` 4,281 Crore as on 31^st March 2018 vs. ` 3,810 Crore as on 31^st March 2017
Reported Net Value of New Business margin at +4.3% for FY 2017-18 vs. negative 5.5% in previous year. Gross Value of New Business margin was at 32.9% for FY 2017-18 vs. 28.9% for FY 2016-17.
The momentum of new business premium growth continued with individual new business premium growth of 20% during FY 2017-18
EBT increased 35% over the prior year, to ` 167 Crore from ` 124 Crore
13^th month persistency has improved year on year to 75.2% from 71.4% in previous year, reflecting the focus on quality of business

Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd. (ABHI)

ABHI is a fast growing health insurance provider with a differentiated offering and business model

In the first year of full operation, gross written premium at ` 243 Crore in FY 2017-18, covering about 1 million lives
Established 5 banca partnerships and also on-boarded about 15,700 agents
Created a multi-channel distribution model with 59 branches in 36 cities and has tied up with 4,200+ hospitals

ABCL is in a unique position of being able to provide Universal Financial Solutions to meet customers’ money needs for life. ABCL’s focused customer-centric approach under a single brand “Aditya Birla Capital” will enable it to chart a differentiated, accelerated and disciplined path to growth. ABCL has built a leadership position in a number of businesses. Anchored by more than 14,500 employees, ABCL has a nationwide reach through over 1,600 points of presence and more than 190,000 agents / channel partners.

Corporate Comm India(CCI newswire)

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