| performance at a glance | 
               
              
                | Sustainable Growth as an Asia Banking Specialist | 
               
              
                | FINANCIAL SUMMARY – DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES (“DBSH GROUP”) | 
                 
              
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                2006 | 
                2005 | 
                2004 | 
                2003 | 
                2002 | 
                
               
              
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			    | Selected Income Items ($ millions) | 
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			  | Income | 
                5,438 | 
                4,641 | 
                4,976 | 
                4,265 | 
                4,239 | 
              
               
              
			  | Profit before allowances and goodwill charges | 
                3,069 | 
                2,615 | 
                3,020 | 
                2,473 | 
                2,429 | 
              
               
              
			    Net profit attributable to shareholders 
				(excluding goodwill charges) | 
                2,269 | 
                1,952 | 
                2,435 | 
                1,491 | 
                1,381 | 
             
               
               
			    | Net profit attributable to shareholders | 
                2,269 | 
                824 | 
                1,995 | 
                1,061 | 
                1,103 | 
             
               
              
			    Selected Balance Sheet Items 
 ($ millions)  | 
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			    | Total assets  | 
                197,372 | 
                180,204 | 
                175,671 | 
                159,479 | 
                149,425 | 
             
               
              
			    | Customer loans(1)  | 
                86,630 | 
                79,462 | 
                69,659 | 
                64,330 | 
                60,704 | 
             
               
              
			    | Customer Deposits(1) | 
                131,373 | 
                116,884 | 
                113,206 | 
                108,041 | 
                101,315 |  
               
              
			    | Shareholders' funds  | 
                18,675 | 
                16,724 | 
                16,444 | 
                14,818 | 
                14,241 | 
              
               
              
			    | Per Ordinary Share ($) | 
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			    Basic earnings  
                excluding goodwill charges)  | 
                1.50 | 
                1.30 | 
                1.63 | 
                1.00 | 
                0.94 | 
             
               
               
			    | Basic earnings | 
                1.50 | 
                0.54 | 
                1.33 | 
                0.71 | 
                0.75 | 
             
               
               
			    | Gross dividend  | 
                0.76 | 
                0.58 | 
                0.40 | 
                0.30 | 
                0.30 | 
             
               
               
			    | Net book value  | 
                12.08 | 
                10.87 | 
                10.72 | 
                9.69 | 
                9.30 | 
             
               
              
			    | Selected Ratios (%)  | 
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			    Return on shareholders' funds  
				(excluding goodwill charges)  | 
                12.8 | 
                11.8 | 
                15.6  | 
                10.3 | 
                9.9 | 
              
               
               
			    | Return on shareholders’ funds | 
                12.8 | 
                5.0 | 
                12.8 | 
                7.3 | 
                7.9 | 
             
               
              
			   Return on assets  
                (excluding goodwill charges) | 
                1.20 | 
                1.10 | 
                1.45 | 
                0.97 | 
                0.92 | 
              
               
              
			    | Return on assets | 
                1.20 | 
                0.46 | 
                1.19 | 
                0.69 | 
                0.73 | 
              
               
              
			    | Cost-to-income | 
                43.6 | 
                43.7 | 
                39.3 | 
                42.0 | 
                42.7 | 
             
               
               
			    | Non-performing loans rate | 
                1.7 | 
                2.1 | 
                2.5 | 
                5.2 | 
                6.1 | 
             
               
              
			    | Loss allowance coverage | 
                115 | 
                97 | 
                89 | 
                63 | 
                59 | 
             
               
              
			    | Capital adequacy | 
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			     | Tier I | 
                10.2 | 
                10.6 | 
                11.3 | 
                10.5 | 
                10.3 | 
              
                
			  
			   
			    | Total | 
                14.5 | 
                14.8 | 
                15.8 | 
                15.1 | 
                15.5 | 
             
               
			  
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                | (1) Includes financial assets/liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 
                 
				
             
			
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