Q3 UPDATE: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank

Q3 UPDATE: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank November 10, 2008 Fair value estimate: AED 5.18 Recommendation: BUY Strong performer ADIB posted a strong y-o-y result in Q3 2008 with net profit increasing 57.8% to AED 216mn. Growth reflected a 90.2% rise in net intermediation income and 63.4% higher non-funded income on a y-o-y basis. ADIB reported a 41.2% y-o-y increase in Islamic financing assets which rose by AED 9.3bn to AED 32bn. Customer deposits also increased, by 18.1% to AED 34bn. However, on a q-o-q basis the results are less impressive with signs that growth is slowing. In particular, net profit declined by 21.5% q-oq due to a 34.0% fall in non-funded income. Also, ADIB s deterioration in operating efficiency is reflected in significant increase in its cost to income ratio from 29.9% in Q2 2008 to 44.6% in Q3 2008. In addition, customer deposits fell slightly on a q-o-q basis. Result Highlights Net profit: ADIB reported a strong 57.8% y-o-y increase in net profit to AED 216mn in Q3 due to a 90.2% y-o-y rise in net intermediation income and 63.4% higher non-funded income. However, net profit fell by 21.5% q-o-q due to a reduction in non-funded income and lower operating efficiency. Net intermediation income: Net intermediation income rose substantially by 90.2% y-o-y and 6.9% q-o-q to AED 453mn. Also, the Net Intermediation Margin (NIM) improved by 150bps to 4.23% over the same period last year. Intermediation expenses have fallen significantly since Q3 2007 while ADIB has successfully prevented a similar decline in asset yields, leading to an improvement in NIM. Islamic financing: Net Islamic financing assets rose sharply by 41.2% y-o-y and 6.9% q-o-q to AED 32bn at the end of Q3 2008, resulting in a loan to deposit ratio of 95.3%. Customer deposits increased by 18.1% y-o-y to AED 33bn in Q3 but on a q-o-q basis fell slightly. Provisions: Due to higher lending volumes and slight deterioration in asset quality, asset impairment charge as a percentage of net financing assets has increased from 0.16% in Q3 2007 to 0.34% in Q3 2008. The Bank will focus more on risk management going forward and has established a Group Chief Risk Office, headed by Masarrat Hussain, Chief Risk Officer with more than 30 years experience in banking including risk management with Citibank and Samba Financial Group in Middle East, Africa and Europe. RESULT UPDATE Share Data Market Cap AED 7.8bn Price AED 3.95 Abu Dhabi General Index 3,127.0 Reuters ADIB.AD Bloomberg ADIB:UH Avg. Volume (52 Week) 3.8mn 52-Week High/Low AED 6.87/ 3.80 Shares Outstanding 1,970.6mn Fair Value Estimate AED 5.18 Key Figures Year to 31 Dec 2007A 2008E Net Intermediation income (mn) 952.4 1,622.4 Total operating Income (mn) 1,448.5 2,245.8 Net Profit ex. one-off (mn) 769.0 1,070.5 EPS (AED) 0.51 0.54 +/- (%) 34.5% 6.0% NIM (%) 2.6% 3.8% RoA (%) 1.9% 2.3% RoE (%) 16.5% 18.9% P / E (x) 7.7x 7.3x P / BV (x) 1.1x 1.2x Shareholding Pattern (%) Emirates International Invest. Company 43.4% Abu Dhabi Investment Council 7.6% Public 49.0% Relative Performance 8 7 6 5 4 3 Nov-07 Dec-07 Jan-08 Feb-08 Mar-08 Apr-08 May-08 Jun-08 Jul-08 Aug-08 Sep-08 Oct-08 Nov-08 ADIB Rebased Index ADCB Wealth Management Group I Research I +97126973525 ADCBresearch@adcb.com 1

Non-funded income: Despite a 63.4% y-o-y increase in non-intermediation income, on a q- o-q basis it fell by 34.0% to AED 132mn, largely as a result of a decline in Investment and other income including dividend income and gains on sales of investment properties. Operating expenses: ADIB reported a high cost to income ratio of 44.6% for Q3 2008, a marginal improvement over the same period last year. On a q-o-q basis, the ratio has increased due to lower operating efficiency and reduced non-funded income. The operating efficiency was impacted due to more than 100% increase in administrative expenses. Outlook We expect liquidity in the UAE economy to tighten further due to the current global economic slowdown and falling oil prices. We believe that UAE GDP in 2008 will now increase by around 6% rather than previous market forecasts of 8-9%. Such a slowdown will impact UAE banks as companies may postpone projects and banks will reduce their real estate exposure, the fastest-growing sector in recent quarters. ADIB has diversified geographically, deriving around 30% of its operating income from outside UAE. We believe this share will increase. Furthermore, we also expect demand for Islamic banking products to rise in the long term. However, ADIB has significant exposure to the real estate sector through its subsidiary Burooj Properties. As sector growth is slowing, we now apply a lower P/BV multiple in valuing the real estate subsidiary. Also, based on ADIB s performance over the first nine months of this year, we have reduced our operating efficiency expectations. In our view, ADIB shares currently trade at a discount to our estimated fair value and offer a share price upside potential of 31.2%. We maintain our Buy rating on the stock. Key Figures Quarterly data Q3 2007 Q2 2008 Q3 2008 Y-o-Y Q-o-Q (Figures in AED mn, except per share data) Net intermediation income 238.1 423.6 452.9 90.2% 6.9% Non-funded income 81.0 200.6 132.3 63.4% -34.0% Operating Income 319.1 624.1 585.2 83.4% -6.2% NIM (annualised) 2.58% 4.12% 4.23% G&A expenses 145.0 186.7 261.1 80.0% 39.9% Cost to income ratio 45.5% 29.9% 44.6% Net profit 137.2 275.7 216.5 57.8% -21.5% Impaired asset charge 36.8 161.7 107.6 192.0% -33.5% Impairment charge/net financing assets 0.16% 0.54% 0.34% Islamic financing assets 22,730.5 30,140.4 32,084.6 41.2% 6.5% Deposit growth 28,481.4 33,710.1 33,649.5 18.1% -0.2% ROAE 10.9% 20.5% 15.6% ROAA 1.3% 2.4% 1.8% Source: Company data, ADCB research ADCB Wealth Management Group I Research I +97126973525 ADCBresearch@adcb.com 2

Valuation We have valued ADIB (excluding investment in properties) using Discounted Equity Cash Flow (DECF) and Peer-Based Multiples. We have assigned subjective weights of 70% to our DECF and 30% to our Peer-based Multiple Valuations to calculate our fair value estimate for bank as standalone entity; we have separately valued investment in properties at 0.8x their book value. Our DECF valuation has been assigned a higher weight as it discounts firm-specific cash flows. These valuation models yield a fair value of AED 5.18 per share for the consolidated entity representing a premium of 31.2% to the current share price, significant portion of the value is generated by standalone banking entity (valued at AED 4.47), while the remaining value (AED 0.72) is represented by the Investment in properties. We maintain our Buy rating. Weighted Average Value per Share Valuation Method Value (AED) Weight (%) Discounted Equity Cash Flow (DECF) 4.31 70% Peer-based multiple valuation 4.82 30% Weighted Average Standalone Fair Value 4.47 100% Investment in properties and associates 0.72 Total Fair Value 5.18 Source: ADCB research The cost of equity is derived using the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Our model s key assumptions are as follows: Risk free rate: 4.79% Equity Risk Premium: 6.0% Country Risk Premium: 0.9% Beta: 1.05 Cost of equity: 11.99% Terminal growth rate: 3.5% We have revised our cost of equity from 11.09% to 11.99% due to an increase in the beta from 0.9 to 1.05. However, we expect the beta to revert to lower levels once current global turmoil begins to recede. Based on these assumptions, our fair value estimate using our DECF methodology is AED 4.31. Sensitivity of fair value estimate, using different cost of equity and terminal growth rates: Terminal growth Source: ADCB research Terminal cost of equity 4.3 10.99% 11.49% 11.99% 12.49% 12.99% 2.50% 4.5 4.3 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.00% 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.50% 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.9 4.00% 5.0 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.50% 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.2 ADCB Wealth Management Group I Research I +97126973525 ADCBresearch@adcb.com 3

For our peer-based multiples valuation we have applied a discounted peer-group average 2008E P/B ratio of 1.98x as its ROE is marginally lower than peer average. This method yields a fair value per share of AED 4.82. Company P/E P/BV RoE 2008E 2009E 2008E 2009E 2008E 2009E Al Rajhi 14.6x 11.7x 4.0x 3.5x 29.1% 32.3% Riyad Bank 11.3x 8.8x 1.4x 1.4x 16.9% 15.7% Qatar National Bank 12.1x 10.1x 2.3x 2.1x 20.6% 21.7% Dubai Islamic Bank 5.3x 4.5x 1.2x 1.1x 22.5% 25.2% Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC 7.5x 6.3x 1.4x 1.2x 23.0% 20.8% Mean 10.2x 8.3x 2.1x 1.9x 22.4% 23.1% Median 11.3x 8.8x 1.4x 1.4x 22.5% 21.7% Source: Company data, Reuters ADCB Wealth Management Group I Research I +97126973525 ADCBresearch@adcb.com 4

Income Statement Key Ratios (AED mn, Yr. ending Dec. 31) FY06A FY07A FY08E FY09E FY06A FY07A FY08E FY09E Income from Islamic financing 2,058 2,392 2,445 2,644 Per share data (AED) Depositors share of profits 1,351 1,439 823 987 Shares outstanding (mn) 1,500 1,500 1,971 1,971 Net Intermediation income 706 952 1,622 1,657 EPS (pre-exceptional) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 YoY Growth (%) 14.9% 34.8% 70.3% 2.2% DPS 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 Other Income 305 496 623 801 Book value per share 1.8 3.6 3.3 3.8 Total Operating Income 1,011 1,449 2,246 2,458 YoY Growth (%) 38.5% 43.2% 55.0% 9.5% Valuation ratios (x) Operating Expense 379 562 844 1,013 P/Pre-provisioning Profit 9.4x 6.7x 5.6x 5.4x Pre-Provisioning Profit 632 886 1,402 1,445 P/E 10.4x 7.7x 7.3x 6.0x Provisions 61 117 332 142 P/B 2.1x 1.1x 1.2x 1.0x Non recurring items - - - - Profit Before Tax (ex. one-off) 572 769 1,071 1,303 Performance ratio (%) Tax - - - - Return on average assets 1.91% 1.9% 2.3% 2.3% Net Profit (ex. one-off) 572 769 1,071 1,303 Return on average net worth 24.2% 16.5% 18.9% 18.6% YoY Growth (%) 66.0% 34.5% 39.2% 21.7% Yield 7.8% 6.7% 5.7% 5.4% Net Profit (incl. one-off) 572 769 1,071 1,303 Intermediation expenses 5.9% 4.9% 2.5% 2.6% Spread 1.9% 1.7% 3.2% 2.8% Balance Sheet NIM 2.7% 2.6% 3.8% 3.4% Cash and balances 1,440 2,299 4,343 5,053 Provision to Gross loans 0.2% 0.3% 0.8% 0.3% Islamic fin. & intl. murabahat 30,964 37,655 41,396 48,337 Investments & others 3,181 2,841 3,515 4,267 Balance Sheet ratios (%) Property & Equipment, net 213 368 386 388 Islamic fin. & intl. murabahat growth 59.7% 21.6% 9.9% 16.8% Other Assets 492 878 2,461 2,610 Deposits growth 32.1% 24.4% 17.9% 18.8% Total Assets 36,290 44,042 52,101 60,656 Advances to deposit 85.8% 83.6% 96.5% 92.5% Investments (% of deposit) 13.4% 9.6% 10.1% 10.3% Customer Deposits 23,822 29,629 34,934 41,491 Liquid assets (% of assets) 4.0% 5.2% 8.3% 8.3% Financing obligation 8,284 7,123 7,995 8,695 Other Assets (% of assets) 1.4% 2.0% 4.7% 4.3% Other Liabilities 1,415 1,869 2,605 3,033 Borrowings (% of advances) 40.5% 28.8% 23.7% 22.7% Total Liabilities 33,521 38,621 45,533 53,219 Capital Adequacy ratio 13.3% 12.1% 11.9% 11.7% Share Capital 1,500 1,500 1,971 1,971 Reserves & Surplus 1,268 3,918 4,594 5,462 Operating ratios (%) Total Shareholders' Equity 2,768 5,418 6,564 7,433 Operating cost to operating income 37.5% 38.8% 37.6% 41.2% Minority Interest 1 3 4 4 Operating cost to net income 66.2% 73.1% 78.8% 77.8% Total Equity & Liabilities 36,290 44,042 52,101 60,656 Operating cost to avg. assets 1.3% 1.4% 1.8% 1.8% Source: ADCB research, Company data ADCB Wealth Management Group I Research I +97126973525 ADCBresearch@adcb.com 5

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