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Analysts & InvestorsAnnual Reporting 2005
Annual Reporting 2005  
Annual Review Financial Report Handbook
     
Introduction
Presentation of Financial Information
Performance Indicators
Financial Businesses
Industrial Holdings
Balance Sheet and Cash Flows
Accounting Standards and Policies
Financial Statements
Notes to the Financial Statements
UBS AG (Parent Bank)
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Note 2 Segment Reporting by Business Group
Note 2 Segment Reporting by Business Group

UBS’s financial businesses are organized on a worldwide basis into three Business Groups and the Corporate Center. Global Wealth Management & Business Banking consists of three segments, Wealth Management International & Switzerland, Wealth Management US and Business Banking Switzerland. The Corporate Center consists of two segments, Corporate Functions and Private Banks & GAM, which was sold on 2 December 2005. The Industrial Holdings segment holds all industrial operations controlled by the Group. In total, UBS reports eight business segments.

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking comprises three segments. Wealth Management International & Switzerland offers a comprehensive range of products and services individually tailored to affluent international and Swiss clients, operating from offices around the world. Wealth Management US is a US financial services firm providing sophisticated wealth management services to affluent US clients through a highly trained financial advisor network. Business Banking Switzerland provides individual and corporate clients in Switzerland with a complete portfolio of banking and securities services, focused on customer service excellence, profitability and growth, by using a multi-channel distribution. The segments share technological and physical infrastructure, and have joint departments supporting major functions such as e-commerce, financial planning and wealth management, investment policy and strategy.

Global Asset Management

Global Asset Management provides investment products and services to institutional investors and wholesale intermediaries around the globe. Clients include corporate and public pension plans, financial institutions and advisors, central banks as well as charities, foundations and individual investors.

Investment Bank

The Investment Bank operates globally as a client-driven investment banking and securities firm providing innovative products, research, advice and complete access to the world’s capital markets for intermediaries, governments, corporate and institutional clients and other parts of UBS.

Corporate Center

Corporate Center comprises two segments. Corporate Functions ensures that the Business Groups operate as a coherent and effective whole with a common set of values and principles in such areas as risk management and control, financial reporting, marketing and communications, funding, capital and balance sheet management, management of foreign exchange earnings and information technology infrastructure. Private Banks & GAM, the second segment, was sold on 2 December 2005.

Industrial Holdings

The Industrial Holdings segment includes the non-financial businesses of UBS. The most significant business in this segment is Motor-Columbus, a financial holding company whose only significant asset is a 59.3% interest in the Atel Group. Atel is a European energy provider focused on domestic and international power generation, electricity transmission, energy services as well as electricity trading and marketing. The private equity business investing UBS and third-party funds, primarily in unlisted companies, is reported in Industrial Holdings.

For the year ended 31 December 2005

Internal charges and transfer pricing adjustments are reflected in the performance of each business. Revenue-sharing agreements are used to allocate external customer revenues to a Business Group on a reasonable basis. Transactions between Business Groups are conducted at internally agreed transfer prices or at arm’s length.

Financial Businesses

Industrial Holdings

UBS

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

Global Asset Management

Investment Bank

Corporate Center

CHF million

Wealth Management & International & Switzerland

Management US

Business Banking Switzerland

Private Banks & GAM

Corporate Functions

Income 1

9,024

5,158

4,949

2,487

17,448

455

11,079

50,600

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(8)

0

231

0

152

0

0

375

Total operating income

9,016

5,158

5,180

2,487

17,600

455

11,079

50,975

Personnel expenses

2,579

3,460

2,450

988

9,259

1,167

1,146

21,049

General and administrative expenses

804

1,047

994

304

2,215

1,084

599

7,047

Services to / from other business units

1,371

223

(634)

116

640

(1,730)

14

0

Depreciation of property and equipment

89

65

72

21

136

857

253

1,493

Amortization of other intangible assets 2

7

49

0

1

53

17

207

334

Goods and materials purchased

8,003

8,003

Total operating expenses

4,850

4,844

2,882

1,430

12,303

1,395

10,222

37,926

Business Group performance

from continuing operations before tax

4,166

314

2,298

1,057

5,297

(940)

857

13,049

Business Group performance

from discontinued operations before tax

4,556

8

124

4,688

Business Group performance before tax

4,166

314

2,298

1,057

5,297

4,556

(932)

981

17,737

Tax expense on continuing operations

2,549

Tax expense on discontinued operations

498

Net profit

14,690

Additional information 3

Total assets

223,719

64,896

176,713

40,782

1,768,391

(225,800)

11,549

2,060,250

Total liabilities

219,069

59,567

170,544

39,191

1,750,762

(242,640)

11,814

2,008,307

Capital expenditure

81

84

58

16

138

25

1,264

299

1,965

Management reporting based on expected credit loss

For internal management reporting purposes, we measure credit loss using an expected loss concept. This table shows Business Group performance consistent with the way in which our businesses are managed and the way Business Group performance is measured. Expected credit loss reflects the average annual costs that are expected to arise from positions in the current portfolio that become impaired. The adjusted expected credit loss reported for each Business Group is the expected credit loss on its portfolio plus the difference between credit loss expense and expected credit loss, amortized over a three year period. The difference between these adjusted expected credit loss figures and the credit loss expense recorded at Group level for reporting purposes is reported in Corporate Functions.

Income 1

9,024

5,158

4,949

2,487

17,448

455

11,079

50,600

Adjusted expected credit loss

(13)

(2)

122

0

36

232

0

375

Total operating income

9,011

5,156

5,071

2,487

17,484

687

11,079

50,975

Personnel expenses

2,579

3,460

2,450

988

9,259

1,167

1,146

21,049

General and administrative expenses

804

1,047

994

304

2,215

1,084

599

7,047

Services to / from other business units

1,371

223

(634)

116

640

(1,730)

14

0

Depreciation of property and equipment

89

65

72

21

136

857

253

1,493

Amortization of other intangible assets 2

7

49

0

1

53

17

207

334

Goods and materials purchased

8,003

8,003

Total operating expenses

4,850

4,844

2,882

1,430

12,303

1,395

10,222

37,926

Business Group performance

from continuing operations before tax

4,161

312

2,189

1,057

5,181

(708)

857

13,049

Business Group performance

from discontinued operations before tax

4,508

56

124

4,688

Business Group performance before tax

4,161

312

2,189

1,057

5,181

4,508

(652)

981

17,737

Tax expense on continuing operations

2,549

Tax expense on discontinued operations

498

Net profit

14,690

1 Impairments of financial investments for the year ended 31 December 2005 were as follows: Global Wealth Management & Business Banking CHF 10 million; Global Asset Management CHF 0 million; Investment Bank CHF 0 million; Corporate Center CHF 16 million and Industrial Holdings CHF 81 million.  2 For further information regarding goodwill and other intangible assets by Business Group, please see Note 15: Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.  3 The funding surplus or requirement is reflected in each Business Group and adjusted in Corporate Center.

For the year ended 31 December 2004

Internal charges and transfer pricing adjustments are reflected in the performance of each business. Revenue-sharing agreements are used to allocate external customer revenues to a Business Group on a reasonable basis. Transactions between Business Groups are conducted at internally agreed transfer prices or at arm’s length.

Financial Businesses

Industrial 1 Holdings

UBS

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

Global Asset Management

Investment Bank

Corporate Center

CHF million

Wealth Management & International & Switzerland

Management US

Business Banking Switzerland

Private Banks & GAM

Corporate Functions

Income 2

7,701

4,741

5,064

2,022

16,090

112

6,440

42,170

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(1)

3

92

0

147

0

0

241

Total operating income

7,700

4,744

5,156

2,022

16,237

112

6,440

42,411

Personnel expenses

2,119

3,320

2,426

893

8,152

796

906

18,612

General and administrative expenses

642

767

1,064

299

2,538

1,077

773

7,160

Services to / from other