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ICICI Bank Ltd.

5/20/2013, 12:53 AM ET
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Sector: Financial
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Country: India

We offer a wide range of banking products and services to corporate and retail customers through a variety of delivery channels. In fiscal 2009, we made a net profit of Rs. 35.8 billion (US$ 704 million) compared to a net profit of Rs. 34.0 billion (US$ 668 million) in fiscal 2008. At year-end fiscal 2009, we had assets of Rs. 4,826.9 billion (US$ 94.9 billion) and net worth of Rs. 467.8 billion (US$ 9.2 billion). At year-end fiscal 2009, we were the largest private sector bank in India and the second largest bank in India in terms of assets.

Our commercial banking operations for retail customers consist of retail lending and deposits, private banking, distribution of third party investment products and other fee-based products and services, as well as issuance of unsecured redeemable bonds. We provide a range of commercial banking and project finance products and services, including loan products, fee and commission-based products and services, deposits and foreign exchange and derivatives products to India’s leading corporations, middle market companies and small and medium enterprises. We also offer agricultural and rural banking products. Our treasury operations include maintenance and management of regulatory reserves, proprietary trading in equity and fixed income, a range of products and services for corporate customers, such as forward contracts and interest rate and currency swaps, and foreign exchange products and services.

In our international banking operations our primary focus is on persons of Indian origin and India businesses. We currently have subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Canada and Russia, branches in Singapore, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Qatar, United States and Bahrain and representative offices in China, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, South Africa, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. Our subsidiary in the United Kingdom has established a branch in Antwerp, Belgium and a branch in Frankfurt, Germany.

Our subsidiaries, ICICI Securities Limited and ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Limited are engaged in equity underwriting and brokerage and primary dealership in government securities respectively. ICICI Securities owns icicidirect.com, a leading online brokerage platform. ICICI Securities Limited has a subsidiary in the US, ICICI Securities Holdings Inc., providing wealth management services to NRI customers. ICICI Securities Holdings Inc., has a subsidiary in the US, ICICI Securities Inc., which is engaged in brokerage services. Our private equity fund management subsidiary ICICI Venture Funds Management Company manages funds that undertake private equity investments. Our subsidiaries ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company and ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company provide a wide range of life and general insurance and asset management products and services to retail and corporate customers. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company was the largest private sector life insurance company with a market share of about 11% in new business written (on retail weighted received premium basis) in fiscal 2009. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company was the largest private sector general insurance company with a market share of about 11% in gross written premium in fiscal 2009. ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company manages the ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund Limited, which was among the top three mutual funds in India in terms of average funds under management in March 2009 with a market share of about 10%. We cross-sell the products of our insurance and asset management subsidiaries to our corporate and retail customers.

The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority had selected ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company as one of the six entities to manage the pension assets of citizens of India (other than mandated pension funds of government employees) under the New Pension System. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority required the sponsor, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, to set up a separate entity for managing such pension funds and maintain a minimum net worth of Rs. 100 million (US$ 2 million). ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Company Limited was thus incorporated on April 22, 2009 as a 100% subsidiary of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, which in turn is a subsidiary of ICICI Bank.

We deliver our products and services through a variety of channels, ranging from bank branches and ATMs to call centers and the Internet. At year-end fiscal 2009, we had a network of 1,419 branches and 4,713 ATMs across several Indian states. This includes over 190 branches and extension counters of Sangli Bank, an unlisted private sector bank that merged with us effective April 19, 2007.

Our legal name is ICICI Bank Limited but we are known commercially as ICICI Bank. We were incorporated on January 5, 1994 under the laws of India as a limited liability corporation. The duration of ICICI Bank is unlimited. Our principal corporate office is located at ICICI Bank Towers, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Mumbai 400 051, India, our telephone number is +91 22 2653 1414 and our web site address is www.icicibank.com. None of the contents of our and our subsidiaries’ websites are incorporated in this annual report. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Mr. G.V.S Ramesh, Joint General Manager, ICICI Bank Limited, New York Branch, 500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2830, New York, New York 10110.