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CITICORP INVESTMENT BANK (PAKISTAN) LIMITED
Annual Report 1997
Contents
Company Information
Notice of Meetings.
Directors' Report and Operational Review
Auditors' Report
Balance Sheet
Profit and Loss Account
Statement of Changes in Financial Position
Notes to the Accounts
Pattern of Shareholding
Company Information
Board of Directors
Sajjad Razvi (Chairman)
Muhammad Azimuddin (Managing Director)
Shaukat Aziz
Nadeem Hussain
James Bullock
Shahzad M. Husain
Shahid Ghaffar
Auditors
Messrs Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow
Chartered Accountants
Legal Advisors
Messrs Orr, Dignam & Co., Advocates
Bankers
Citibank, N.A.
Registrars
Noble Computer Services (Private) Ltd.
Al-Manzoor Building,
Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road,
Karachi.
Registered Office
8th Floor, Saudi Pak Tower,
16/A.Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad.
Branch Office
2nd Floor, A WT Plaza
I.I. Chundrigar Road, Karachi- 74200.
Notice of Fifth Annual General Meeting
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Fifth Annual General Meeting of Citicorp Investment
Bank (Pakistan) Limited (CIBPL) will be held at its Registered Office, 8th Floor, Saudi Pak Tower,
16/A Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad on June 19, 1998 at 11:00 am to transact the following business:
1. To confirm the minutes of the last Annual General Meeting.
2. To receive and consider the Accounts of CIBPL for the year ended 31st December 1997
together with the Directors' Operational Review and Auditors' Report thereon.
3. To approve, as recommended by the Board of Directors, the payment of cash dividend at
Rs. 1.50 per share i.e 15% for the year ended December 31, 1997.
4. To appoint auditors and fix their remuneration, Messrs. Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow,
Chartered Accountants, retire and offer themselves for re-appointment.
Notes:
1. The Share Transfer Books will be closed from June 8, 1998 to June 19, 1998 both days inclusive.
2. A member entitled to attend and vote at the Meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and
  vote instead of him.
3. The instrument appointing a proxy must be received at the Registered Office not later than forty-
eight hours before the time appointed for the Meeting. A member shall not be entitled to appoint
more than one proxy.
If a member appoints more than one proxy and more instruments of proxy than one are deposited
by a member with CIBPL all such instruments of proxy shall be rendered invalid.
4. Shareholders are requested to immediately notify a change in address, if any
Directors' Report and Operational Review
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Citicorp Investment Bank (Pakistan) Limited ("CIBPL"),
I welcome you to the Fifth Annual General Meeting and present the annual report for the year ended
December 31st, 1997.
1997 was a particularly difficult year for the Investment Banking Industry due to successive
unfavourable changes in NBFI Rules, and arbitrary unjustified tax assessment at the commercial
banks' rate. This has happened just when the debt and equity capital markets stagnated in the wake
of troubled economic conditions of the country, which has brought the Industry to a cross roads
where future strategies have to be carefully re-evaluated. The key issues are:
Legal Lending Limit:
The future performance of your company has been significantly affected through the revision of
the NBFI Rules which have been modified to the detriment of Investment Banks. The per-party
exposure limit was reset to percentage (30% total; 20% funded) of equity instead of the same
percentage of total assets. This unfairly equates the Investment Banks to the Commercial Banks
which, by definition and regulations are required to have significantly larger capital base than an
Investment Bank. In order to compete effectively Investment Banks will have to increase their
capital base this cannot be justified unless they are also allowed to compete with the Commercial
Banks for other products/businesses. In light of the above, booking of new good quality assets has
become a bigger challenge.
Restriction on Foreign Currency Resource Mobilisation:
Amendments over the last two years have disenfranchised Investment Banks from a large segment
of the Foreign Currency Deposits' customer base through a number of measures, all to the
disadvantage of the Investment Banks. As a result of adverse changes, Investment Banks are not
allowed to issue foreign currency COIs of less than one year and, to avail forward covet' on COIs
over certain level, are required to match foreign currency with local currency deposits/COIs. Both
of these restrictions do not apply on Commercial Banks creating an uneven playing field.
Consequently your company also cannot access a significant segment of the stable foreign currency
deposits which are placed in short term but rolled over to get the compounding benefit.
Arbitrary Tax Assessments:
During the year under review your company's tax assessments were finalised at the much higher
tax rate applicable on commercial banks. Your company has appealed against this unjustified and
totally arbitrary decision, and is paying tax at a higher rate under protest as no other option is
available under the regulations. The matter has been escalated to the highest levels directly as well
as through the Investment Banks' Association. I can report that as of the date of this report, the
Chairman Pakistan Revenue Service has publicly assured that he would look into this life
threatening issue facing the whole industry. The management is confident that the matter will be
justly resolved in your company's favour. This issue has been highlighted under Note 21 to the
annual accounts.
Service Agreement:
During the year, State Bank of Pakistan completed the Inspection for the year ended 1996. SBP have
commented on the Service Agreement between CIBPL and Citibank, N.A. under which CIBPL is
provided staff, premises and equipment by Citibank, N.A. According to the SBP Citibank N.A. is
not allowed to enter into such an arrangement under the Banking Companies' Ordinance as it is not
banking business. The matter has been taken up with the SBP since the service agreement payments
are based strictly on an actual charge basis for providing such services. You will also recall that this
arrangement was fully disclosed in the prospectus which was duly approved by the relevant
authorities of the time and accepted by yourselves which was evident from your overwhelming
response to the offering. This has also been disclosed in subsequent annual accounts. Discussions
with the SBP on this issue are continuing as at the time of this report and the management is
confident of a favourable resolution.
Business:
Earnings:
You will recall that profit had declined by 38% for the half year ended June 30, 1997. I am pleased
to report that your company was able to make an after tax profit of Rs. 46.9 million for the year ended
December 31, 1997 which is a decrease of only 1.5% compared to the 1996 profit of Rs. 47.6
million. The earnings per share (EPS) correspondingly decreased from Rs. 4.76 per share in 1996
to Rs. 4.69 in 1997.
The above decrease is largely attributed to the troubled economic conditions of the country
resulting in slowdown of business activity in practically all sectors. The investment banks, in
particular, have had to struggle in an environment fraught with uncertainty vis-a-vis policies and
constraints imposed by regulatory bodies.
The total asset base reduced over 10% from Rs. 1.97 billion to Rs. 1.76 billion during the same
period. Our total long term deposits also decreased from Rs. 577 million on December 31, 1996 
to Rs. 442 million on December 31, 1997. However, the total fund based revenues of the bank    
increased by 15% over the previous year.
Advisory and Capital Market Businesses:
During the year, advisory and capital market activities remained depressed due to the market
conditions and delays in the privatisation of public sector entities. Your company was shortlisted
and was the front runner for appointment as financial advisors to the privatisation commission for
both the Habib Bank Ltd. as well as United Bank Ltd. However, as of this writing the Habib Bank
mandate has been awarded to your company while we withdrew from the United Bank privatisa-
tion. There were no public issue of TFCs during 1997. CIBPL did bid for TFC mandates, however,
even as of the date of this report there have been no new public issues in the market.
Investments:
The equity portfolio decreased from Rs. 98 million in 1996 to Rs. 14 million in 1997. However,
we were able to clean-up our portfolio of under-performing shares and also realise significant
capital gains of Rs. 14.4 million during the year. Furthermore, as a result of pro-active management,
the unrealised loss on our equity portfolio as a percentage of the cost went down from 15.0% in 1996
to 6.7% in 1997. However, we continue to monitor the investment strategy, and should the bearish
sentiments continue, it will have to be revisited to ensure it is conservative and in line with the
market realities.
The size of our long term commercial paper portfolio decreased from Rs. 581 million in 1996 to
Rs. 463 million in 1997. This was due partly to the reduced lending limit which made the booking
of good quality assets more difficult and also a reflection of the stagnating debt and equity capital
markets. The focus has therefore shifted towards increasing money market activities (repos and
reverse repos of government securities and corporate debt securities) and thereby keeping the
balance sheet very liquid without a significant compromise on earnings.
Results:
CIBPL earned a pre tax profit of Rs. 63.6 million and a net income of Rs. 46.9 million. A sum of
Rs. 122.5 million was available for appropriation including unappropriated profit brought forward
from last year. We propose to transfer to reserves as follows:
Available for appropriation Rs. 122.457 million
Transfer to Special Reserve Rs. 9.5 million
(mandatory legal reserve)
Appropriation for proposed dividend (@ 15%)  Rs. 15 million
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Unappropriated profit carried forward Rs. 97.957 million
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Inspite of the uncertain future prospects due to the various regulatory and fiscal issues faced by the
industry and your company, it is recognised that the need to retain equity to maintain legal lending
limit, must be balanced with shareholders' needs. It is with this in mind that the management is
proposing a 15% cash dividend to the shareholders.
Rating:
All-round excellence in performance in this increasingly difficult industry, was exhibited through
award of highest short term rating of A 1 + and long term rating of AA- by Pakistan Credit Rating
Agency for the third consecutive year since 1995.
Future Outlook:
Future performance of CIBPL is heavily dependent upon prevailing economic conditions of the
country and the resolution of the regulatory and fiscal issues highlighted above. The issues faced
by the Investment Banks are not restricted to your company but are widely recognised. A committee
has been formed under the chairmanship of the State Bank of Pakistan to look into the issues facing
Investment Banks and recommend corrective measures. I am pleased to report to you that your
company is represented on this committee and that all of the above issues have been presented to
the committee.
The management is cautious about the future prospects and is cognizant of the need to revisit the
basic assumptions at a time when not only your company, but the Investment Banking Industry is
at a cross roads. This is balanced by the various steps taken by the SBP as well as the government
to reform the Financial Sector, attract new investment, expedite privatisation process and
modernise revenue collection. Implementation of these steps will contribute to the development
and growth of the Investment Banking Industry.
Directors
The Board would like to thank Mr. Kamran Faridi, who resigned as Managing Director, for his
invaluable services to the bank.
Pattern of Share Holding   
A statement showing the pattern of shareholding in the Company is provided on Page No. 25.
Holding Company
Our holding company is Citibank Overseas Investment Corporation incorporated under the laws
of Delaware, United States of America.
Auditors
Messrs. Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow, Chartered Accountants, Auditors of the Company, retire
and offer themselves for re-appointment.
Staff
Finally, I would like to thank the management and staff for their effort and dedication in
developing the Bank through the difficult year. With their continued commitment I am confident
of progress in 1998 and the future.
Auditors' Report to the Members
We have audited the annexed balance sheet of CITICORP INVESTMENT BANK (PAKISTAN)
LIMITED as at December 31, 1997 and the related profit and loss account and statement of changes
in financial position (cash flow statement), together with the statement of accounting policies and
notes forming part thereof, for the year then ended and we state that we have obtained all the
information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the
purposes of our audit and, after due verification thereof, we report that:
a) in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the company as required by the
Companies Ordinance, 1984;
b) in our opinion:
i) the balance sheet and profit and loss account together with the notes thereon have been
drawn up in conformity with the Companies Ordinance, 1984, and are in agreement with  
the books of account and are further in accordance with accounting policies consistently
applied, except for the change in accounting policy as stated under note 3 to the accounts,
with which we concur;
ii) the expenditure incurred during the year was for the purpose of the company's business; and
iii) the business conducted, investments made and the expenditure incurred during the year
were in accordance with the objects of the company;
c) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us,
the balance sheet, profit and loss account and the statement of changes in financial position
(cash flow statement), together with the statement of accounting policies and notes forming part
thereof, give the information required by the Companies Ordnance, 1984, in the manner so
required and respectively give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at
December 31, 1997 and of the profit and the changes in financial position for the year then     
ended; and
d) in our opinion Zakat deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980, was
deducted by the company and deposited in the Central Zakat Fund established under Section
7 of that Ordinance.
Karachi Ford, Rhodes, Robson, Morrow
May 15, 1998 Chartered Accountants
Balance Sheet 
As at December 31, 1997
1997 1996
Note  (Rs. in 000's) (Rs. in 000's)
SHARE CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Authorised capital
20,000,000 ordinary shares of Rs. 10 each 200,000 200,000
Issued, subscribed and paid-up capital 4 ========= =========
10,000,000 ordinary shares of Rs. 10 each 100,000 100,000
fully paid in cash
Special reserves 5 29,980 20,480
Unappropriated profit carried forward 97,957 75,550
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227,937 196,030
DEFERRED LIABILITIES
Taxation 397 951
LONG TERM LIABILITIES
Certificates of investment 6 442,344 576,700
CURRENT LIABILITIES AND PROVISIONS
Certificates of investment 6 880,161 798,862
DPNs sold under repurchase agreements 7 120,000 334,000
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 8 61,929 44,370
Taxation 8,774 15,274
Proposed final dividend 15,000 --
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1,085,864 1,192,506
COMMITMENTS AND CONTIGENCIES 9
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1,756,542 1,966,187
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1997 1996
Note (Rs. in 000's) (Rs. in 000's)
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS 10 9,586 12,879
LONG TERM DEPOSIT AND DEFERRED COSTS 11 -- 753
LONG TERM INVESTMENTS 12 37,984 102,504
LONG TERM DEMAND PROMISSORY NOTES 13 462,600 581,200
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and bank balances and placements 14 390,590 210,229
Short term investments 15 375,000 79,800
Demand promissory notes 13 439,230 943,264
Income accrued or receivable 15,947 10,890
Prepayments 16 25,355 24,668
Other receivables 250
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1,246,372 1,268,851
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1,756,542 1,966,187
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The annexed notes form an integral part of these accounts
Profit and Loss Account
For the year ended December 31, 1997
1997 1996
Note (Rs. in 000's) (Rs. in 000's)
INCOME
Income from demand promissory notes 173,786 220,281
Return on bank deposits and placements 17 33,946 24,157
Income from investments 18 54,326 19,409
Exchange gain 29,903 27,166
Mark-up on Term Finance Certificates 1,949 4,620
Profit/(1oss) on sale of investment 14,790 (1,481)
Other income 19 3,247 29,523
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311,947 323,675
EXPENDITURE
Interest/return on certificates of investment 183,162 171,813
Return on DPNs sold under repurchase agreements 31,626 38,138
Return on investments sold under repurchase agreements -- 49
Administration and operating expenses 20 33,520 34,831
Decline other than temporary in value of -- 2,405
long term investments ----------- -----------
248,308 247,236
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Profit before taxation 63,639 76,439
Taxation 21 (16,732) (28,880)
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Profit after taxation 46,907 47,559
Unappropriated profit/(1oss) brought forward 75,550 37,521
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Available for appropriation 122,457 85,080
APPROPRIATIONS
Transfer to special reserve 5 9,500 9,530
Proposed final dividend 15,000 --
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24,500 9,530
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Unappropriated profit carried forward 97,957 75,550
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The annexed notes form an integral part of these accounts.
Statement of Changes in Financial Position
(Cashflow Statement) For the year ended December 31, 1997
1997 1996
Note (Rs. in 000's) (Rs. in 000's)
Cashflows from operating activities:
Profit before taxation 63,639 76,439
Adjustments for:
Depreciation on fixed assets 3,001 3,577
Deferred costs 569 569
(Profit)/loss on sale or write off of fixed assets (43) 998
(Profit)/loss on sale of long term investments (14,360) 1,481
Decline other than temporary in value of -- 2,405
long term investments ---------- ----------
(10,833) 9,030
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Operating profit before changes in operating assets 52,806 85,469
(Increase)/decrease in operating assets:
Other receivables (250) 503
Prepayments (687) (6,874)
Income accrued or receivable (5,057) (2,232)
Short term investments (295,200) 29,831
Demand promissory notes 622,634 (843,588)
Long term deposits 184 --
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321,624 (822,360)
Increase/(decrease) in operating liabilities:
Accrued expenses and other liabilities 17,559 26,114
DPNs sold under repurchases agreements (214,000) 309,188
Certificates of investment (53,057) 483,050
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(249,498) 818,352
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Net cash from operating activities before income tax 124,932 81,461
Income-taxes paid (23,786) (31,681 )
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Net cash from operating activities 101,146 49,780
Cashflows from investing activities:
Acquisition of long term investments (28,379) (70,264)
Sale/redemption proceeds of investments 107,259 37,921
Acquisition of fixed assets (83) (10,651)
Sale proceeds of fixed assets 418 3,956
Net cash from investing activities 79,215 (39,038)
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Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 180,361 10,742
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year 210,229 199,487
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year 390,590 210,229
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Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended December 31, 1997
1. LEGAL STATUS AND OPERATIONS
Citicorp Investment Bank (Pakistan) Limited (CIBPL) is a public limited company incorpo-
rated in Pakistan under the Companies Ordinance, 1984, CIBPL is licensed to carry out all
investment finance activities described under SRO 585 (1)/87 dated July 13, 1987, issued by
the Ministry of Finance. It is listed on the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges.
2. SUMMARY OF