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(C$ millions, except per share, Change
number and percentage amounts) 2004/2003 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
Earnings
Net interest income 2 % $ 6,684 $ 6,578 $ 6,869 $ 6,291 $ 5,195
Non-interest income 3 10,666 10,369 10,191 9,514 7,536
Total revenues 2 17,350 16,947 17,060 15,805 12,731
Provision for credit losses (51 ) 347 715 1,065 1,119 691
Insurance policyholder benefits,
   claims and acquisition expense 7 1,509 1,404 1,330 1,153 772
Non-interest expense 8 11,020 10,236 10,244 9,603 7,628
Business realignment charges n.m . 192
Goodwill impairment n.m . 130 38
Net income (6 ) 2,839 3,036 2,898 2,435 2,208
Return on common equity (ROE) (2) (110 )bp 15.9% 17.0% 16.6% 16.6% 19.3%
Balance sheet data
Loans (before allowance for loan losses) 10 % $ 189,154 $ 172,547 $ 170,269 $ 169,646 $ 156,184
Assets 9 447,682 412,591 382,000 362,562 294,173
Deposits 4 271,575 260,518 245,040 235,687 206,237
Subordinated debentures 29 8,522 6,581 6,960 6,861 5,825
Common equity 1 17,562 17,304 17,240 16,215 11,296
Capital ratios (Canadian basis) (3)
Tier 1 capital (80 )bp 8.9% 9.7% 9.3% 8.7% 8.6%
Total capital (40 ) 12.4    12.8    12.7    11.8    12.0   
Common equity to risk-adjusted assets (100 ) 9.5    10.5    10.4    9.4    7.3   
Common share information
Shares outstanding (in thousands)
End of year (2 )% 644,748 656,021 665,257 674,021 602,398
Average basic (2 ) 646,023 662,080 672,571 641,516 606,389
Average diluted (2 ) 656,047 669,625 679,153 647,216 609,865
Earnings per share (4)
Basic (4 ) $ 4.31 $ 4.47 $ 4.16 $ 3.58 $ 3.42
Diluted (4 ) 4.25 4.42 4.12 3.55 3.40
Share price
High (5) 1 65.90 65.00 58.89 53.25 48.88
Low (5) 9 58.04 53.26 45.05 41.60 27.25
Close 63.40 63.48 54.41 46.80 48.30
Dividends per share 17 2.02 1.72 1.52 1.38 1.14
Book value per share – year-end 4 27.49 26.38 25.91 24.06 18.75
Market capitalization (C$ billions) (2 ) 40.9 41.6 36.2 31.5 29.1
Number of:
Employees (full-time equivalent) 1,754 62,566 60,812 59,549 57,568 49,232
Automated banking machines (29 ) 4,372 4,401 4,486 4,548 4,517
Service delivery units
Canada (52 ) 1,245 1,297 1,311 1,317 1,333
International 51 839 788 807 724 306
     
  (1) Financial information is derived from U.S. GAAP consolidated financial statements, unless otherwise noted. Select definitions are available in the Glossary on pages 121 and 122.
  (2) Return on equity is defined in the Glossary on page 122.
  (3) Calculated using guidelines issued by the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada and Canadian GAAP financial information.
  (4) Basic and diluted earnings per share for 2003 have been restated to reflect a reduction of one cent per share as a result of adopting EITF 03-6 during 2004. See Note 1 on page 83 for details.
  (5) Intraday high and low share prices.

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