11.1 In conformity with AS.29 "Provisions,Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets"
issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants ofIndia, the Bank recognizes provision only when:
a) It has a present obligation as a result of apast event.
b) It is probable that an outflow of resourcesembodying economic benefits will berequired to settle the obligation, and
c) A reliable estimate of the amount of theobligation can be made.
11.2 No provision is recognized for :
i. Any possible obligation that arises frompast events and the existence of which willbe confirmed only by the occurrence ornon-occurrence of one or more uncertainfuture events not wholly within the controlof the bank; or
ii. Any present obligation that arises frompast events but is not recognized because
a) It is not probable that an outflow ofresources embodying economicbenefits will be required to settle theobligation or
b) A reliable estimate of the amount ofobligation cannot be made.
Such obligations are recorded asContingent Liabilities. These areassessed at regular intervals and onlythat part of the obligation for which anoutflow of resources embodyingeconomic benefits is probable, isprovided for, except in the extremelyrare circumstances where no reliableestimate can be made.
11.3 Contingent Assets are not recognized in the
Financial Statements.
Income Tax comprises current tax and deferred taxfor the year. The deferred tax assets / liability isrecognised in accordance with Accounting Standard22 issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountantsof India.
The Net Profit disclosed in the Profit and LossAccount is after considering :
a. Provision for taxes on income in accordance withstatutory requirements.
b. Provision for Standard Assets and Non¬Performing Assets.
c. Provision for depreciation on Investments.
d. Other usual and necessary provisions.
In term of AS 4 - "Contingencies and Events occurringafter the Balance Sheet date" proposed dividend ordividend declared after Balance Sheet date is notshown as "Other Liability" in the Balance Sheet,instead a note on the same will be included in theFinancial Statement. Such proposed dividend will beappropriated from the "Reserves and Surplus" onlyafter the approval of the shareholders.
Revenue and other Reserve include Special Reservecreated under Section 36(i](viii] of the Income TaxAct, 1961 with the approval of the Board of Directorsof the Bank.
The expenditure towards Corporate SocialResponsibility in accordance with the CompaniesAct, 2013 is recognised in the Profit and LossAccount.
Leases where all the risks and rewards of ownershipare retained by the lessor are classified as 'OperatingLease'. Operating Lease payments are recognised asan expense in the Profit and Loss Account as per thelease terms. Initial direct costs in respect of operatingleases such as legal costs, brokerage costs etc., arerecognised as expense in the Profit and Loss Account.
Liquidity Coverage Ratio has been prescribed by RBIbased on LCR Standards published by BaselCommittee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). The LCRpromotes short term resilience of banks to potentialliquidity disruptions by ensuring that they havesufficient High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLAs) tosurvive an acute stress scenario in the immediate 30days period.
LCR is defined as
Stock of High Quality Liquid Assets (HQLA)
Total Net Cash Outflows over the next 30 calendar daysThe LCR standard aims to ensure that a Bank maintains anadequate level of unencumbered HQLAs that can beconverted into cash to meet its liquidity needs for the next 30days period under a significantly severe liquidity stressscenario specified by RBI.
The LCR guidelines was made effective from 01.01.2015with a minimum requirement of 60% which was increasedannually by 10% to reach a level of 100% as at 01.01.2019.The present minimum requirement of LCR as at 31st March,2026 is 100%. The bank prepares LCR on a daily basis and
assess the liquidity position on an ongoing basis. TheLCR position is made available in Bank’s website on aquarterly basis in prescribed format in addition to theannual disclosure in notes to accounts. The disclosurein prescribed format is given below:
Qualitative disclosures on LCR :
• Composition: The main drivers of the LCR is HighQuality Liquid Assets (HQLA) which can be easilyconverted into cash and consists of Cash in hand,Excess CRR balance as on that particular day,Government Securities in excess of minimum SLRrequirement, Government Securities within themandatory SLR requirement to the extent allowedby RBI under MSF (Presently to the extent of 2.00%of NDTL as allowed for MSF), Facility to availliquidity for liquidity coverage ratio at 16.00% ofNDTL. Level 1 assets are main drivers of HQLA.
• Concentration of funding sources: Deposits are themain funding sources of the bank.
• Currency mismatches in LCR: The bank does nothave any HQLA in foreign currency and accordinglyLCR is reported in single currency only.
• The bank does not have any subsidiary / associates anddoes not belong to any Group.
• The Bank has a well-diversified funding portfolio. Retaildeposits, considered as stable is the major fundingsource of the Bank, indicating lower dependence of theBank on wholesale funds.
• The Liquidity risk management in the Bank is guided bythe ALM Policy. The Bank’s Liquidity management is
centralized at Treasury, Chennai as per thedirections of ALCO.
The Bank has been maintaining the LCR above 100%(which is the minimum requirement prescribed byRBI). The bank has also implemented the revised RBIguidelines on LCR dated 21.04.2025, subsequentlyupdated under Chapter-V of Master Direction on AssetLiability Management dated 28.11.2025 with effectfrom 01.04.2026. The LCR Disclosure Template for theYear ended FY 2026 is given below.
RBI vide its draft circular dated May 28, 2015 hasprescribed norms for introduction of Net StableFunding Ratio (NSFR). The final guidelines on "NetStable Funding Ratio (NSFR)" under the Basel IIIFramework on Liquidity Standards was issued by RBIon May 17, 2018. Now, the NSFR is computed as perchapter VI of Master Direction on Asset LiabilityManagement dated 28.11.2025.
LCR & NSFR for funding liquidity were prescribed bythe Basel Committee for achieving two separate butcomplementary objectives. While LCR promotesshort-term resilience of Banks to potential liquiditydisruptions by ensuring that they have sufficient
HQLAs to survive an acute stress scenario lasting for30 days, the NSFR promotes resilience over a longer-term time horizon by requiring Banks to fund theiractivities with more stable sources of funding on anongoing basis.
The NSFR is defined as the amount of Available StableFunding (ASF) relative to the amount of RequiredStable Funding (RSF). The Bank is maintaining NSFRof above 100%, which is the minimum requirementprescribed by RBI.
No accounts were resolved as per 'Prudential Framework for Resolution of Stressed Assets' issued vide circularDBR.No.BP.BC.45/21.04.048/2018-19 dated June 7, 2019.
In terms of RBI Circular No.DOR.ACC.REC.No.86/21.04.018/2025-26 dated November 28, 2025 (Updated as onApril 1, 2026) Banks are required to disclose the Divergence in Asset Classification and Provisioning consequent toRBI's annual supervisory review process if such divergence exceeds the threshold prescribed by the RBI. TheInspection of Supervisory Evaluation (ISE 2025) for the position as on 31.03.2025 by RBI was completed and therewas no reportable Divergence in Asset Classification and Provisioning for NPAs.
g) Disclosures as per 'Master Direction - Reserve Bank of India' (Transfer of Loan Exposures) direction 2021dated September 24, 2021 for the Loans Transferred / Acquired during the year ended March 31, 2026 aregiven below :
(i) In terms of RBI circular No. DOR. /2025-26/157DOR. CRE. REC.76/07-02-001/2025-26 datedNovember 28, 2025 with regard to Chapter VII ofRBI Directions on Commercial Banks - Credit RiskManagement to entities with Unhedged ForeignCurrency Exposure (UFCE) to maintain adequateprovisioning / capital for the same. Bank has apolicy approved by the Board of Directors.
(ii) The provision required for UFCE as on31.03.2026 is ' 2.02 crore against which aprovision of ' 2.72 crore is already held.
(iii) The incremental capital requirement forthe UFCE as on 31.03.2026 is ' 0.79 Crore,since no additional risk weight is requiredto be included.
As per RBI/DOR/2025-26/154 - DOR.CRE.REC.73/07-01-001/2025-26 dated November 28, 2025 on the ReserveBank of India (Commercial Banks - Credit Facilities) Directions, 2025, the disclosures with respect to Loans againstgold and silver collateral and auctions - the bank has decided to carry out the operations from 1st April 2026.
Hence, there is no requirement of any disclosure in this regard for the year ended 31.03.2026.
i) Qualitative Disclosure
1. Structure and Organisation forManagement of risk in derivativestrading.
Operations in the Treasury are segregatedinto three functional areas, namely Frontoffice, Mid-office and Back-office, equippedwith necessary infrastructure and trainedofficers, whose responsibilities are welldefined. The Bank enters into plain vanillaforward contracts only to backup/covercustomer transactions as also forproprietary trading purpose. The Bank alsoenters into trades in exchange tradedcurrency futures for proprietary tradingpurpose.
The Integrated Treasury policy of the Bankclearly lays down the scope of usages,approval process as also the limits like theopen position limits, deal size limits andstop loss limits for trading.
The Mid Office is handled by RiskManagement Department. Daily report isgenerated by Risk Management departmentfor appraisal of the risk profile to the seniormanagement for Asset and Liabilitymanagement.
2. Scope and nature of risk measurement,risk reporting and risk monitoringsystems.
Outstanding forward contracts aremonitored by Risk ManagementD e p a rtm en t a ga i n s t th e l i m i ts
(Counterparty, Stop Loss, Open Position, VaR,Aggregate Gap) fixed by the Board and approvedby RBI (wherever applicable) and exceedings, ifany, are reported to the Appropriate Authority /Board for ratification.
3. Policies for hedging and / or mitigating andstrategies and processes for monitoring thecontinuing effectiveness of hedges /mitigants.
The Bank's policy lays down that thetransactions with the corporate clients are to beundertaken only after the inherent creditexposures are quantified and approved forcustomer appropriateness and suitability andnecessary documents like ISDA agreements etc.are duly executed. The Bank adopts CurrentExposure Method for monitoring the creditexposures.
While sanctioning the limits, the competentauthority stipulates condition of obtainingcollaterals / margin as deemed appropriate. Thederivative limits are reviewed periodically alongwith other credit limits.
4. Accounting policy for recording the hedgeand non-hedge transactions, recognition ofIncome premiums and discounts, valuationof outstanding contracts, provisioning,collateral and credit risk mitigation.
Valuation of outstanding forward contracts aredone as per FEDAI guidelines in force. Marked tomarket profit & loss are taken to Profit & Lossaccount. MTM profit & loss calculated as perCurrent Exposure method are taken intoaccount while sanctioning forward contractlimits to customers and collaterals/cashmargins are prescribed for credit and marketrisks. Exchange traded Currency futures aremarket to market on daily basis and MTMgain/losses to Profit and Loss account.
The Bank undertakes foreign exchange forwardcontracts for its customers and hedges themwith other banks. The credit exposure onaccount of forward contracts is also consideredwhile arriving at the total exposure of eachcustomer/borrower and counter party banker.The bank also deals with other banks inproprietary trading duly adhering to risk limitspermitted by RBI, set in the policy and ismonitored by mid office. The Marked to Marketvalues are monitored on monthly basis forforeign exchange forward contracts. The creditequivalent is computed under current exposuremethod. The operations are conducted in termsof the policy guidelines issued by Reserve Bankof India from time to time and as approved bythe Board of the Bank.
@ ^ Out of the total credit exposure of '454.78 crore(FY:24-25 ' 323.07 crore), exposure to the tune of' 362.47 crore (FY:24-25'276.28 crore) is acceptedfor guaranteed settlement by Clearing Corporation ofIndia (CCIL) and exposure to the tune of ' 70.52 crore(FY:24-25'18.79 crore) are other Inter-Bank dealsnot guaranteed by CCIL. Balance of ' 21.79 crore(FY:24-25 '28.00 crore) is out of forward contractsoutstanding with customers.
Derivatives includes forward contracts booked for NonResident Customers for hedging their FCNR (B)Deposits. While the forward contracts are marked tomarket on monthly basis as per FEDAI guidelines andthe MTM gains/losses are accounted in Profit and Lossaccounts, the interest expenses on FCNR (B) depositsare accounted on accrual basis up to the end of therelevant account period.
The bank has not entered into Credit Default Swaps during the current Financial Year.
a) In terms of RBI Master Direction ref. DCM(CC) No.G-1/03.44.01/2025-26 dated April01, 2025 "on Scheme of Penalties for bankbranches and Currency Chests for deficiencyin rendering customer service to themembers of public", RBI has levied a totalpenalty amount of '20,500/- on variousdates during the FY 2025-26.
b) During the year, RBI has imposed penalty of'50,000/- under Scheme of penalty for Non¬replenishment of ATMs DCM (RMMT) No.S153/11.01.01/2021-22) dated August10,2021.
All the Non-Executive Directors are paid remunerationby way of sitting fees for attending meeting of the Boardand its committees. Further, they are eligible for ProfitLinked Commission (PLC) pursuant to the extantReserve Bank of India (Commercial Banks -Governance) Directions, 2025 dt.28.11.2025, the
Companies Act, 2013 and the Compensation Policy ofthe Bank. For FY 2026, an amount of ' 1.28 crore waspaid as Sitting fees and for FY 2025, an amount of ' 1.42crore was paid during the year as PLC (on pro-ratabasis) to the Non-Executive Directors of the Bank. In theprevious year an amount of '1.29 crore and '1.20 crorewas paid as Sitting fees and PLC respectively.
The Bank has received fees of ' 1.45 crore for the FY 2025-26 (Previous year-FY 2024-25: ' 1.37 crores) withrespect to marketing and distribution function (excluding bancassurance business).
During the year, there was purchase of PSLC on various days totaling to ' 2774 Cr (Agri ' 1475 Cr and Small &Marginal Farmer ' 1299 Cr). PSLC has been sold ' 1140 Cr (Small & Marginal Farmer).
RBI notification DBR.BP.BC.No.29/21.07.001/2018-19 dated 22nd March 2019 has deferred theimplementation of Ind AS until further notice.
The Bank is not having any liability on account of family pension scheme since it is covered under definedcontribution.
The Bank has not issued any letters of comfort to other Banks / Branches during the Year.
The Bank has not raised any Green Deposits in the Financial Year 2025-26.
The Bank has complied with the AccountingStandards (AS) issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India and thefollowing disclosures are made in accordancewith RBI's guidelines.
a) Prior Period Items - AS 5
There are no material prior period items ofIncome / Expenditure during the yearrequiring disclosure.
b) Revenue Recognition - AS 9
As mentioned in the Accounting Policy ofIncome / Expenditure of certain items arerecognized on cash basis.
The Bank is revaluing foreign currencytransactions consistently at the weeklyaverage rate of the last week, prescribed byFEDAI, instead of the rate at the date of thetransaction as per AS 11. The management isof the view that there is no material impacton the accounts for the year.
The liability towards Gratuity is met throughannual premium payments determined onactuarial valuation by Life InsuranceCorporation of India under their GroupGratuity Life Assurance Scheme.
The Bank and its employees contribute adefined sum every month to City Union BankEmployees Pension Fund SuperannuationScheme of Life Insurance Corporation ofIndia / National Pension Scheme to meet thepost retirement annuity payments of itsemployees.
Leave Encashment benefits of employeesare provided on an actuarial basis and is notfunded.
The summarized position of the employeebenefits recognized in the Profit & LossAccount and Balance Sheet as required inaccordance with Accounting Standard -15(Revised) is as under - Leave Encashment :
i) Lease rent paid for operating leases arerecognized as an expense in the Profit & LossAccount in the year to which it relates.
ii) Future lease rents and escalation in the rent aredetermined on the basis of agreed terms.
iii) At the expiry of initial lease term, generally theBank has an option to extend the lease for afurther pre-determined period.
iv) The Bank does not have any financial lease.
The Bank has no Associates. Hence reporting underCFS - AS 23 is not applicable.
l) Discontinuing Operations - AS 24
The Bank has not discontinued any of itsoperations. Hence reporting under CFS - AS 24 isnot applicable.
Quarterly review have been carried out as perextant RBI and SEBI guidelines and prescribedformats.
n) Intangible Assets - AS 26
The Bank has followed AS 26 - "Intangible Asset"issued by ICAI and the guidelines issued by RBI.
In the opinion of the management there is noimpairment to the assets to which AS 28 -"Impairment of Assets" applies.
The details of the provisions and contingencies,contingent liabilities, the movement of provisionson NPA's and depreciation on investments whichare considered material are disclosed elsewhereunder the appropriate headings as per RBIguidelines.
16. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES
1) Disclosure on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector - Restructuring of Advances(RBI/DBR.BP.BC.No.18/21.04.048/2018-19 dated 01.01.2019) and RBI/DBR.BP.BC.No.34/21.04.048/2019-20 dated 11.02.2020 and (RBI/DOR. No.BP.BC/4/ 21.04.048/2020-21 dated06.08.2020) and (RBI/DOR.STR. REC.12/21.04.048/2021-22 dated 05.05.2021) Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (MSME) sector- Restructuring of Advances as on 31.03.2026.
Single Borrower Limit / Group Borrower Limit hasnot been exceeded during the year.
The bank has issued guarantee on behalf of itscustomers for availing Trade Credits for Import ofGoods into India and outstanding as of 31st March2026 was ' 105.00 crore.
Provision for income tax in the current year ismade as per Income Computation DisclosuresStandards (ICDS) after considering various judicialdecisions on certain disputed issues.
In the opinion of the management, based on theopinion / Appellate orders decided in its favour onsimilar issues, no provision is considerednecessary for earlier years towards disputed taxliability for Income Tax amounting to ' 730.55cr(under Appeal) (previous year ' 1083.09 cr) andfor Service Tax/GST amounting to ' 49.17 cr(previous year ' 44.30 cr).
Reconciliation of Central Office accountsmaintained by branches has been completed upto31.03.2026.
The Bank has allotted 20,61,528 (P.Y. 3,13,830)equity shares during the year to its eligibleemployees who have exercised their optionsgranted under ESOP of the Bank.
The Bank, as part of its normal business, grantsloans and advances to Non-Banking FinanceCompany/ies, real estate promoters/developers,makes investment, provides guarantees (includingagainst margin/guarantees received from thirdparties/banks) and accepts deposits andborrowings from its customers, other entities andpersons. Also, the Bank, as part of its normalbusiness, avails refinance from financialinstitutions and other entities wherein theproceeds are applied to a category of customerswith specific profile parameters. Thesetransactions are part of Bank's authorised normalbusiness, which is conducted in adherence toextant regulatory requirements.
Other than the transactions described above -
i) No funds have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or sharepremium or any other sources or kind of funds)by the Bank to or in any other person(s) orentity(ies), including foreign entities("Intermediaries") with the understanding,whether recorded in writing or otherwise, thatthe Intermediary shall lend to or invest in otherpersons or entities identified by or on behalf ofthe Bank ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provideany guarantee, security or like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries.
ii) The Bank has not received any funds from anyperson(s) or entity(ies) ("Funding Party") withthe understanding, whether recorded in writingor otherwise, that the Bank shall, whether,directly or indirectly, lend to or invest in otherpersons or entities identified by or on behalf ofthe Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") orprovide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries.
12) In accordance with RBI instruction, the Bank hasmade a provision of 5% amounting to ' 2.32 cragainst exposure in the long-term food creditadvance to Punjab State Government.
13) As per the extant RBI guidelines, Banks arerequired to make Pillar III disclosuresincluding leverage ratio, liquidity coverage ratio,Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) under the BASELIII framework along with publication of financialresults. Accordingly, such applicable disclosuresunder Basel III capital regulation is being madea v a i l a b l e o n t h e B a n k ' s w e b s i t e(www.cityunionbank.bank.in). These disclosureshave not been subjected to Audited by the JointStatutory Central Auditors.
14) Other Income relates to income from non-fundbased banking activities including commission,fees, gains from securities transactions includingprofit / loss on revaluation of Investments, ATMsharing fees, recoveries from accounts written offand other miscellaneous income.
15) On November 21,2025, the Government of lndianotified four Labour Codes - the Code on Wages,2019, the lndustrial Relations Code, 2020, the codeon Social Security, 2020, and the occupationalsafety, Health and working conditions code 2020,collectively referred to as 'New Labour Codes',consolidating 29 existing labour laws. The Bankhas recognised an estimated provision of ' 500Lakhs under 'Employees cost' as on March 31,2026. The Bank continues to monitor thedevelopments relating to implementation of theNew Labour Code / Rules and will review theestimation on an ongoing basis.
16) The Board of directors recommended a Dividend of' 2 per share on face value of ' 1 per equity share@ 200% for the year ended March 31,2026(Previous year 200%) subject to approval ofmembers in the ensuing Annual General Meeting.In accordance with Accounting Standards 4 -Contingencies and Events Occurring after theBalance Sheet date, the proposed dividend has notbeen shown as an appropriation from the Profitand Loss account for the year ended March 31,2026 and correspondingly not reported underOther Liabilities and Provisions as at March 31,2026. However, capital adequacy ratio has beencomputed by reducing the proposed dividend.
17) Previous year's figures have been regroupedwherever necessary to conform to the current yearclassification.