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1 min readWarningEBA reporting framework 4.2Updated 10 November 2026

Closing balance [current period] must equal the sum of its ten parts (row 0210, EBA rule v1059_m)

A warning in the financial reporting return (FINREP 9), on template F 46.00, statement of changes in equity.

Check your file against this ruleWhat to do if it fails

The rule in plain words

Closing balance [current period] must equal these ten added up:

  • Opening balance [current period]
  • Issuance of ordinary shares
  • Issuance of Preference shares
  • Conversion of debt to equity
  • Capital reduction
  • Dividends
  • Reclassification of financial instruments from equity to liability
  • Reclassification of financial instruments from liability to equity
  • Equity increase or (-) decrease resulting from business combinations
  • Share based payments

EBA checks it for two columns: capital and share premium. That makes two checks. A failure names the one that failed.

How the Line4 Check report words itShow

The first of its checks, word for word as the report shows it when it fails. The others read the same, with their own column, row or sheet.

Share premium: Closing balance [current period] = Opening balance [current period] + Issuance of Ordinary Shares + Issuance of Preference Shares + Conversion of Debt to Equity + Capital Reduction + Dividends + Reclassification of Financial Instruments from Equity to Liability + Reclassification of Financial Instruments from Liability to Equity + Equity increase or (-) decrease resulting from business combinations + Share based payments

What to do if your filing fails it

  1. 01Open the template below and find the cells the rule reads.
  2. 02Add up the parts in your file and compare the result with the total.
  3. 03If they differ, a part is missing, a value sits in the wrong cell, or the total is out of date.
  4. 04EBA allows a small rounding difference, worked out from the decimals each value is reported with.
  5. 05It runs only when your filing indicators mark F 46.00 as reported.
  6. 06This is a warning. It does not stop the filing on its own, but your authority may ask you to explain it.

The cells it reads

Statement of changes in equity (F 46.00)

Rows

  • 0040Opening balance [current period]
  • 0050Issuance of Ordinary Shares
  • 0060Issuance of Preference Shares
  • 0090Conversion of Debt to Equity
  • 0100Capital Reduction
  • 0110Dividends
  • 0140Reclassification of Financial Instruments from Equity to Liability
  • 0150Reclassification of Financial Instruments from Liability to Equity
  • 0170Equity increase or (-) decrease resulting from business combinations
  • 0180Share based payments
  • 0210Closing balance [current period]

Columns

  • 0010Capital
  • 0020Share premium
Show the rule as writtenShow

EBA's formula, as written out for the first of its checks. Cells are written as {template, row, column, sheet}.

{F_46.00,r0210,c0020,} = {F_46.00,r0040,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0050,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0060,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0090,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0100,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0110,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0140,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0150,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0170,c0020,} + {F_46.00,r0180,c0020,}

The next one:

{F_46.00,r0210,c0010,} = {F_46.00,r0040,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0050,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0060,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0090,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0100,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0110,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0140,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0150,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0170,c0010,} + {F_46.00,r0180,c0010,}

Every FINREP 9 rule, by template

Checks like this one, run at the point of submission, are the first step to real-time supervision.