Profit performance Group

QUARTERLY PROFIT
(NOK million)	Q1 2019	Q4 2018	Q3 2018	Q2 2018	Q1 2018
Net interest income	304	309	290	291	289
Other operating income	77	56	61	78	53
Total operating costs	157	152	152	150	149
Profit before impairment on loans	224	213	199	219	193
Impairment on loans, guarantees etc.	13	12	7	-5	2
Pre-tax profit	211	201	192	224	191
Tax	49	60	43	50	50
Profit after tax	162	141	149	174	141

As a percentage of average assets
Net interest income	1.69	1.76	1.63	1.68	1.73
Other operating income	0.43	0.32	0.35	0.45	0.32
Total operating costs	0.87	0.86	0.86	0.87	0.89
Profit before impairment on loans	1.25	1.22	1.12	1.26	1.16
Impairment on loans, guarantees etc.	0.07	0.07	0.04	-0.03	0.01
Pre-tax profit	1.18	1.15	1.08	1.29	1.15
Tax	0.26	0.34	0.24	0.29	0.29
Profit after tax	0.92	0.81	0.84	1.00	0.86