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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2004



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 20-F/A
Amendment No. 1


/ /

REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
or
/X/ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002
or
/ / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                             to                            

(Commission file number 001-15244)

Credit Suisse Group

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

N/A
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Paradeplatz 8, P.O. Box 1, CH 8070 Zurich, Switzerland
(Address of principal executive offices)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class   Name of each exchange on which registered
American Depositary Shares representing

Shares with a par value of CHF 1
  New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None
(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

None
(Title of Class)

The number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of December 31, 2002:
1,189,891,720 shares, par value CHF 1 per share

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes   /x/   No   / /        

Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

Item 17   / /   Item 18   /x/        





TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
   
  Page
Explanatory Note   ii
Definitions   iii
Sources   iii
Accounting basis and reporting currency   iii
Incorporation by reference   iii
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information   iv
ITEM 3:   KEY INFORMATION   1
    Selected financial data   1
    Risk factors   3
ITEM 5:   OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS   20
    Critical accounting policies and estimates   20
    Off-balance sheet arrangements   32
    US GAAP reporting related to pension plans   34
    Derivatives   35
    Swiss GAAP compared with US GAAP   36
    Related party transactions   36
    Recently issued accounting standards   37
    Liquidity and capital resources   37
    Selected statistical information   52

PART II

 

 

 

 
ITEM 15:   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES   68
    Disclosure Controls and Procedures   68

PART III

 

 

 

 
ITEM 18:   FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   70
ITEM 19:   EXHIBITS   71

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Explanatory note

This Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the year ended December 31, 2002, or Amendment No. 1, amends our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2002 initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, on March 27, 2003, or the "Originally Filed 20-F", and is being filed to reflect restatements of the following notes to the audited consolidated financial statements:


For a description of the restatements, see "Restatement of US GAAP Reconciliation" in note 48 to the accompanying audited consolidated financial statements in this Amendment No.1.

This Amendment No. 1 amends and restates Item 3, Item 5, Item 15, Item 18 and Item 19 of the Originally Filed 20-F and, except for such items, no other information in the Originally Filed 20-F is being amended hereby. The explanatory caption at the beginning of each item of this Amendment No. 1 sets forth the nature of the revisions to that item.

For a discussion of events and developments subsequent to December 31, 2002, please refer to the following items, which are not being incorporated by reference into this Form 20-F/A:

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Definitions

For the purposes of this Form 20-F, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "we," "us," "our" and "the Group" mean the Credit Suisse Group and its consolidated subsidiaries.

Sources

Throughout this Form 20-F, we describe the position and ranking of our various businesses in certain industry and geographic markets. The sources for such descriptions come from a variety of conventional publications generally accepted as relevant business indicators by members of the financial services industry. These sources include: Standard & Poor's, Standard & Poor's Europe Insurance Market Profile, Thomson Financial, Institutional Investor, Lipper, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings.

Accounting basis and reporting currency

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the accounting rules of the Swiss Federal Law on Banks and Savings Banks and the respective Implementing Ordinance, the Federal Banking Commission guidelines and Swiss GAAP FER Financial Reporting Standards for the insurance businesses of the Group, which collectively are the generally accepted accounting principles for banks and insurance companies, respectively, in Switzerland and which we refer to in this Form 20-F as Swiss GAAP.

Our consolidated financial statements are denominated in Swiss francs, or CHF. For your convenience, we have translated certain amounts referred to in this Form 20-F from Swiss francs into US dollars, or USD, at the rate of CHF 1.3833 = USD 1.00, which was the noon buying rate for Swiss francs on December 31, 2002 in New York City as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. You should not construe this convenience translation as a representation that the Swiss franc amounts actually denote the corresponding US dollar amounts or could be converted into US dollars at the indicated rate. The assumed rate also differs from the rates used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000. For further information on foreign currency translation rates, please refer to note 45 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Incorporation by reference

Portions of Credit Suisse Group's Annual Report 2002 are incorporated by reference in this Form 20-F in response to Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 18. Such Annual Report, except for those portions thereof which are expressly incorporated by reference herein, is furnished for the information of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be deemed "filed" as part of the filing of this Form 20-F. None of the information incorporated by reference in this Amendment No.1 from our Annual Report 2002 is being amended as a result of the restatement.

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Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking information

This Form 20-F contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. In addition, in the future we, and others on our behalf, may make statements that constitute forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements relating to the following:

Words such as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "intends" and "plans" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. We do not intend to update these forward-looking statements except as may be required by applicable securities laws.

By their very nature, forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, and risks exist that predictions, forecasts, projections and other outcomes described or implied in forward-looking statements will not be achieved. We caution you that a number of important factors could cause results to differ materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates and intentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. These factors include:

We caution you that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive; when evaluating forward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and events, as well as the information set forth in "Item 3 — Risk factors."

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ITEM 3: KEY INFORMATION

The "selected financial data" for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 and as at December 31, 2002 and 2001 set forth in this Item 3 has been revised to reflect the restatements and to update certain forward-looking statements to reflect current expectations. Except for such revisions and cross-references to the relevant notes to our consolidated financial statements, this Item 3 has not been revised to reflect events or developments subsequent to the date of the Originally Filed 20-F.

Selected financial data

We are a global financial services company domiciled in Switzerland. In the area of financial services, we offer investment products, wealth management and financial advisory services, including insurance and pension solutions, for private and corporate clients. In the area of global investment banking, we provide financial advisory and capital raising services, sales and trading for users and suppliers of capital as well as asset management products and services.

Effective January 1, 2002, we divided our existing operations into two business units, Credit Suisse Financial Services, or CSFS, and Credit Suisse First Boston, or CSFB, containing separate operating segments. CSFS includes the Private Banking, Corporate & Retail Banking, Life & Pensions and Insurance segments. CSFB includes the Institutional Securities (formerly Investment Banking) and CSFB Financial Services segments. For further information, please refer to "Information on the Company" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

The audited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP, which differ from US generally accepted accounting principles, or US GAAP, in certain material respects. For a discussion of the differences between Swiss GAAP and US GAAP material to our financial statements and a reconciliation of certain financial information to US GAAP, please refer to note 49 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

This data should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Form 20-F and the attached Annual Report 2002.

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Information related to selected financial data is set forth under the caption "Five-Year Summary of Selected Financial Data" in the Annual Report 2002 on pages 204 to 205 and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

US GAAP consolidated income statement data 1)   2002
in USD m

2)
2002
in CHF m
  2001
in CHF m
  2000
in CHF m

    As restated *   As restated *   As restated *   As restated *
Revenues, net of interest expenses   40,383   55,862   66,452   66,283
(Loss)/profit from continuing operations before taxes, extraordinary items and minority interests   (2,911)   (4,027)   (606)   6,458
(Loss)/profit from discontinued operations, net of tax   (468)   (648)   (101)   (10)
Net (loss)/profit   (3,215)   (4,448)   (659)   4,646
Total comprehensive income   (6,049)   (8,367)   (4,290)   4,998


US GAAP consolidated balance sheet data 1)

 

31.12.02
in USD m


2)

31.12.02
in CHF m

 

31.12.01
in CHF m

 

31.12.00
in CHF m

Total assets   742,542   1,027,158   1,135,109   1,057,556
Shareholders' equity   26,795   37,065   47,222   53,034
Minority interests in shareholders' equity   2,087   2,887   3,161   3,930


US GAAP ratios

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2000

Return on equity       (11.4%)   (1.4%)   10.4%


US GAAP earnings per share 3) 4)

 

 

 

2002

 

2001

 

2000

US GAAP basic                
Earnings from continuing operations       (3.36)   (0.60)   4.40
Earnings from discontinued operations       (0.56)   (0.09)   (0.01)
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles       0.05   0.11   0.00
Extraordinary items       0.02   0.00   0.03

US GAAP — basic       (3.85)   (0.58)   4.42

US GAAP diluted                
Earnings from continuing operations       (3.36)   (0.60)   4.24
Earnings from discontinued operations       (0.56)   (0.09)   (0.01)
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles       0.05   0.11   0.00
Extraordinary items       0.02   0.00   0.03

US GAAP — diluted       (3.85)   (0.58)   4.26

*
See note 48 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

1)
For more detailed US GAAP information, please refer to note 49 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.
2)
Translated for convenience purposes only using the period-end exchange rate information below.
3)
Share and per share information has been adjusted retroactively to reflect the 4-for-1 share split effective as of August 15, 2001.
4)
Our American Depositary Shares each represent one registered Group share.

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Exchange rate information

The following table sets forth, for the periods and dates indicated, certain information concerning the noon buying rate for the Swiss franc expressed as USD per CHF 1.00.

Year

  Period end
  Average1)
  High
  Low

1998   0.7281   0.6894   0.7731   0.6485
1999   0.6277   0.6605   0.7361   0.6244
2000   0.6172   0.5912   0.6441   0.5479
2001   0.6025   0.5910   0.6331   0.5495
2002   0.7229   0.6481   0.7229   0.5817

Month

  High
  Low


September 2002

 

0.6789

 

0.6578
October 2002   0.6760   0.6605
November 2002   0.6941   0.6714
December 2002   0.7229   0.6736
January 2003   0.7401   0.7135
February 2003   0.7411   0.7275
March 2003 (through March 19, 2003)   0.7549   0.7193

1)
The average of the noon buying rates on the last business day of each month during the relevant period.

On March 19, 2003, the noon buying rate for Swiss francs was CHF 1.00 = USD 0.7193.

Risk factors

Our businesses are exposed to a variety of risks that could adversely affect our results of operations or financial condition, including, among others, those described below.

Market risk

We may incur significant losses on our trading and investment activities due to market fluctuations and volatility

We maintain large trading and investment (other than trading) positions in the debt, currency, commodity and equity markets, and in private equity, real estate and other assets. These substantial positions can be adversely affected by volatility in financial markets, that is, the degree to which prices fluctuate over a particular period in a particular market, regardless of market levels. At December 31, 2002, our trading and other than trading portfolios represented approximately 18.1% and 16.9% of our total assets, respectively. For further information on market risk exposures in our trading and other than trading portfolios, please refer to "Risk Management — Market risk — Overview of market risk exposures —Trading portfolios" and "— Non-trading portfolios" in the attached Annual Report 2002. We also use a broad range of trading and hedging products including swaps, futures, options and structured products. To the

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extent that we own assets, or have long positions, in any of those markets, a downturn in those markets could result in losses from a decline in the value of our long positions. Conversely, to the extent that we have sold assets that we do not own, or have net short positions, in any of those markets, an upturn in those markets could expose us to potentially unlimited losses as we attempt to cover our net short positions by acquiring assets in a rising market. We may from time to time have a trading strategy of holding a long position in one asset and a short position in another, from which we expect to earn income based on changes in the relative value of the two assets. If, however, the relative value of the two assets changes in a direction or manner that we did not anticipate or against which we are not hedged, we might realize a loss in those paired positions. Such losses, if significant, could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Adverse market or economic conditions may cause a decrease in operating income

As a global financial services company, our businesses are materially affected by conditions in the financial markets and economic conditions generally in Europe, the United States and around the world. The slowdown in global economic growth, which commenced in the second half of 2000, persisted in 2002. The continued negative economic conditions in the United States, Europe and Japan and weak global equity markets created an adverse operating environment for financial services companies. Terrorism, military action and the threat of future military action and a global recession caused stock markets around the world to drop to their lowest levels in years. The poor market conditions were also adversely affected by a continued worsening in the credit environment and investor concerns about actual and perceived accounting irregularities, which resulted in proposals and adoptions of corporate governance reforms, and corporate earnings. Investor fears and uncertainty from these events continue to have a negative effect on financial markets.

While fixed income markets benefited from lower interest rates, lower valuations and declining volatility affected the equity markets. There was a large decline in merger and acquisition activity and capital markets transactions in virtually all sectors and the new issue market was severely impacted, especially in the technology area. Poor market conditions persisted in 2003, notwithstanding some indications that the economy would be recovering.

Financial markets in Europe, the United States and elsewhere may decline further or experience volatility. Our operating income would likely decline in such circumstances, and if we were unable to reduce expenses at the same pace, our results of operations and financial condition would be adversely affected. In addition, further deterioration in economic conditions may negatively affect our banking and insurance businesses and the estimates and assumptions used to determine the fair value of our reporting segments, which could cause us to record a goodwill impairment charge in the future.

Terrorist attacks, military conflicts and economic or political sanctions could in the future have a material adverse effect on economic and market conditions, market volatility and financial activity, including in businesses in which we operate.

Private banking and asset management businesses

Further unfavorable market or economic conditions could affect our private banking and asset management businesses by reducing sales of our investment products, such as mutual funds, and by reducing the volume of our asset management activities. In addition, because the fees we charge for managing our clients' portfolios are in many cases based on the value of those portfolios, a market downturn that reduces the value of those portfolios or increases the amount of withdrawals would reduce our commission and fee income. Even in the absence of a market downturn, below-market

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performance by our mutual funds and managed portfolios may result in increased withdrawals and reduced inflows, which would reduce the operating income we receive from the asset management activities of our private banking and asset management businesses.

Insurance businesses

In our insurance businesses, continued adverse market or economic conditions could result in customers reducing their rate of investment, investing in different types of instruments, or ceasing to invest altogether, which would adversely affect the sales of insurance products such as unit-linked life insurance and individual pension products. For certain types of life and pension products we charge a fee based on the market value of the assets managed; a market downturn that reduces the value of these assets would reduce the amount of fee income earned. Additionally, continued unfavorable economic conditions could cause an increase in the frequency or severity of non-life insurance claims, which would produce increased claim settlement costs.

Non-life insurance companies frequently experience losses from catastrophes. Catastrophes include windstorms, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, severe hail, severe winter weather, floods, fires and terrorist attacks. The incidence and severity of these catastrophes are inherently unpredictable. The extent of our losses from catastrophe is a function of the terms of the relevant insurance contracts, total amount of losses our policyholders incur, number of policyholders affected, the frequency of events and the severity of the particular catastrophe. Our efforts to protect ourselves against catastrophe losses, such as the use of selective underwriting practices, the purchasing of reinsurance and the monitoring of risk accumulations, may not be adequate.

In 2002, our insurance businesses reported substantial losses due in large part to the fact that a significant amount of their investments were in the volatile and declining equity market. Although the insurance businesses have reduced the equity exposure of their investment portfolios, movements in the debt and equity markets could adversely affect the results of operations and financial condition of our insurance businesses. Please refer to "Operating and Financial Review" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Investment banking business

The slowdown in global economic growth persisted throughout 2002; difficult market and economic conditions had a negative impact on our investment banking business in 2002, particularly capital markets and financial advisory services. Continuing adverse market or economic conditions are likely to continue to reduce the number and size of investment banking transactions in which we provide underwriting, mergers and acquisitions advice and other services. Our financial advisory fees and underwriting fees are directly related to the number and size of the transactions in which we participate and would therefore continue to be adversely affected by a sustained market downturn. Continuing market declines are also likely to continue to lead to a decline in the volume of securities trades that we execute for customers and, therefore, to continue to have an adverse effect on operating income we receive from commissions and spreads. In the past two years, we implemented significant cost cutting initiatives at CSFB in an effort to align more closely the size of our investment banking business with changing market conditions and to begin to bring its cost structure in line with its major competitors. Our investment banking business also continued its strategy to exit non-core businesses to concentrate on increasing its market share and improving its results in those areas where it already has a significant leadership position. Continued economic weakness and market volatility would likely have a negative impact on the results of operations and financial condition of our investment banking business. In

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addition, these adverse market or economic conditions could negatively affect our private equity investments since, if a private equity investment substantially declines in value, we could lose some or all of any management or similar fees, may not receive any increased share of the income and gains from such investment, may lose our pro rata share of the capital invested and it could become more difficult to dispose of the investment, particularly if private companies delay or decide against initial public offerings in light of the significant corporate governance, disclosure and accounting requirements imposed under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and similar legislation, directives or rules proposed or implemented in the jurisdictions in which we operate. For further information, please refer to "Information on the Company — Credit Suisse First Boston — Institutional Securities — Investment Banking division" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

We may incur significant losses in the real estate sector

Our banking and investment banking businesses could be adversely affected by a downturn in the real estate sector. We finance and acquire real estate and real estate-related products and originate loans secured by commercial, residential and multi-family properties. We also securitize and trade in a wide range of commercial and residential real estate and real estate-related whole loans, mortgages, and other real estate and commercial assets and products, including mortgage-backed and commercial mortgage-backed securities. Future unfavorable conditions in real estate markets and further potential writedowns on our legacy real estate portfolios would adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Our revenues may decline in line with declines in certain sectors

Decreasing economic growth has reduced the operating income of our investment banking business. We have made a significant commitment to providing investment banking advisory and underwriting services in certain sectors such as technology and telecommunications. Downturn in these sectors has negatively affected the operating income of our investment banking business and may continue to do so.

Holding large and concentrated positions may expose us to large losses

Concentration of risk could increase losses at our private banking, banking, insurance and investment banking businesses. These businesses have sizeable loans and securities holdings and we face additional risk from concentrations of loans in our banking business to certain customers. Our loans due from banks and due from customers and mortgages amounted to CHF 195.8 billion, or 20.5%, of total assets and to CHF 277.0 billion, or 29.0%, of total assets, respectively, as of December 31, 2002. Excluding loans due from banks, our three largest industry concentrations were: financial services, real estate companies and other services, including technology companies, which represented, 18.0%, 7.7%, and 7.2%, respectively, of total loans due from customers and mortgages before professional securities transactions and securitized loans at December 31, 2002. A downturn in these sectors has had and in the future may have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. For information relating to our loans by economic sector, please refer to "Risk Management — Credit risk for the banking businesses — Loan portfolio" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Furthermore, our investment banking business could be exposed to increased losses in activities such as arbitrage, market making, block and proprietary trading, merchant banking, underwriting and lending. We have committed substantial amounts of capital to these businesses, which may require us to take large positions in the loans or securities of a particular company or companies in a particular industry, country or region. The trend in all major capital markets is toward larger and more frequent commitments of capital. Such concentration of risk could increase our losses due to our sizeable securities holdings.

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Significant interest rate changes could affect our results of operations and financial condition

Banking businesses

The level of our net interest income significantly affects the results of operations of our banking businesses. Changes in market interest rates could affect the interest rates charged on interest earning assets differently than the interest rates paid on interest-bearing liabilities. This exposes our banks to risk due to potential mismatches of interest-bearing liabilities and interest-earning assets. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors beyond our control. Increases in the interest rate at which short-term funding is available and maturity mismatches may adversely affect the banking businesses' results.

Insurance businesses

Certain of the products offered by our insurance businesses provide for payment at guaranteed rates of interest. In particular, Swiss group pension plans that are part of the "second pillar" of the Swiss retirement savings program are subject to a minimum return set by the Swiss federal law on occupational benefit plans (second pillar). These products expose our insurance businesses to interest rate risk related to market prices and variability in cash flows associated with changes in market interest rates. Interest rate volatility could expose us to disintermediation risk and a reduction in net interest rate spread, adversely impacting our results. During periods of declining interest rates, our investment income will be lower because the interest earnings on our fixed-income investments likely will have declined in line with market interest rates. In addition, borrowers may prepay or redeem mortgages and debt securities in our investment portfolio as they seek to borrow at lower market rates, and we might have to reinvest those funds in lower interest-bearing investments. Accordingly, during periods of declining interest rates, a decrease in the spread between interest rates credited to policyholders and returns on our investment portfolio may adversely affect our results. In the current environment, characterized by enduring low interest rates and weak equity markets, the Swiss guaranteed return continues to represent a constraint on profitability of the insurance businesses.

In periods of increasing interest rates, insurance policy surrenders and withdrawals may tend to increase as policyholders seek investments with higher perceived returns. This process may result in cash outflows requiring that our insurance businesses sell invested assets at a time when the prices of those assets are adversely affected by the increase in market interest rates, which may result in realized investment losses.

Our hedging strategies may not prevent losses

If any of the variety of instruments and strategies we use to hedge our exposure to various types of risk in our businesses is not effective, we may incur losses. Many of our strategies are based on historical trading patterns and correlations. For example, if we hold a long position in an asset, we may hedge this position by taking a short position in an asset where the short position has historically moved in a direction that would offset a change in the value of the long position. However, we may only be partially hedged, or these strategies may not be fully effective in mitigating our risk exposure in all market environments or against all types of risk. For instance, our insurance businesses reported substantial losses in 2002 due in part to the fact that their exposure to the declining equity markets was not fully hedged. Unexpected market developments may also affect our hedging strategies.

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Market risk may increase the other risks that we face

In addition to the potentially adverse effects on our businesses described above, market risk could exacerbate the other risks that we face. For example, if we were to incur substantial trading losses, our need for liquidity could rise sharply while access to liquidity could be impaired. In conjunction with a market downturn, our customers and counterparties could also incur substantial losses of their own, thereby weakening their financial condition and increasing our credit risk to them.

Credit risk

We may suffer significant losses from our credit exposures

Our businesses are subject to the risk that borrowers and other counterparties are unable to meet their obligations to us. Credit exposures exist within lending relationships, commitments and letters of credit, as well as derivative, foreign exchange and other transactions.

Banking businesses

Our banking businesses establish provisions for loan losses, which are charged to operations, in order to maintain the allowance for loan losses at a level which is deemed to be appropriate by management based upon an assessment of prior loss experience, the volume and type of lending being conducted by each bank, industry standards, past due loans, economic conditions and other factors related to the collectability of each entity's loan portfolio. For further information on potential problem loans, please refer to "Risk Management — Credit risk for the banking businesses — Risk element lendings" in the attached Annual Report 2002. Although management uses its best judgment in providing for loan losses, our banks may have to increase their provisions for loan losses in the future as a result of increases in non-performing assets or for other reasons. In 2002, we established a credit provision for a change in the estimate of the risk of loss inherent in the portfolio of non-impaired loans. Any increase in the banks' provisions for loan losses, any loan losses in excess of the banks' provisions with respect thereto or changes in the estimate of the risk of loss inherent in the portfolio of non-impaired loans could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Insurance businesses

We transfer a portion of our exposure to insurance risks through reinsurance arrangements. Under these arrangements, other insurers assume a portion of our losses and expenses associated with reported and unreported losses in exchange for a portion of policy premiums. When we obtain reinsurance, we are not discharged from our legal duty to pay claims on reinsured policies. Therefore, the inability of our reinsurers to meet their financial obligations could materially affect our results of operations and financial condition. For further information relating to our reinsurance arrangements, please refer to "Risk management — Insurance Risk — Reinsurance" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Investment banking business

We are exposed to the risk that third parties that owe our investment bank money, securities or other assets will not perform their obligations. This risk may arise, for example, from:

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In recent years, our investment banking business has significantly expanded its use of swaps and other derivatives. As a result, our credit exposures have increased in amount and duration. In addition, we have experienced, due to competitive factors, pressure to assume longer-term credit risk, to extend credit against less liquid collateral and to price derivative instruments more aggressively based on the credit risks that we take. We have had an increase in our investment bank's provisions for credit losses and further increases, or any credit losses in excess of related provisions, could have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.

Defaults by a large financial institution could adversely affect financial markets generally and us specifically

The credit environment in 2002 was among the most difficult in recent history, with default rates substantially higher and recoveries substantially lower than historic levels. In 2002, there were seven of the 12 largest US bankruptcies ever, and we expect that the number of bankruptcies could increase. The credit environment was also adversely affected by significant instances of fraud. The commercial soundness of many financial institutions may be closely interrelated as a result of credit, trading, clearing or other relationships between institutions. As a result, concerns about, or a default by, one institution could lead to significant liquidity problems, losses or defaults by other institutions. This risk is sometimes referred to as "systemic risk" and may adversely affect financial intermediaries, such as clearing agencies, clearinghouses, banks, securities firms and exchanges with which we interact on a daily basis, and could adversely affect us.

The information that we use to manage our credit risk may be inaccurate or incomplete

Although we regularly review our credit exposure to specific clients and counterparties and to specific industries, countries and regions that we believe may present credit concerns, default risk may arise from events or circumstances that are difficult to foresee or detect, such as fraud. We may also fail to receive full information with respect to the trading risks of a counterparty. In addition, in cases where we have extended credit against collateral, we may find that we are under-secured, for example, as a result of sudden declines in market values that reduce the value of collateral. For an analysis of our loan portfolio by collateral amount, please refer to "Risk Management — Credit Risk for the banking businesses — Loan portfolio" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Cross border and foreign exchange risk

Cross border risks may increase market and credit risks we face

Country, regional and political risks are components of market risk as well as credit risk. Financial markets and economic conditions generally in the United States and around the world have in the past been, and in the future may continue to be, materially affected by such risks. Economic or political pressures in a country or region, including those arising from local market disruptions, currency crises and monetary controls, may adversely affect the ability of clients or counterparties located in that country

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or region to obtain foreign exchange or credit and, therefore, to perform their obligations to us. The political, economic or other circumstances of the countries in which we operate may have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

We may face significant losses in emerging markets

As a global financial services company, we are exposed to economic instability in emerging market countries. We have adopted a lower risk profile for our emerging market operations. This strategy includes improved risk monitoring, greater diversity in the sectors in which we invest and greater emphasis on customer driven business. Our efforts at containing emerging market risk, however, may not succeed.

Currency fluctuations may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition

We are exposed to risk from fluctuations in exchange rates for currencies. In particular, a substantial portion of our assets and liabilities in our insurance, investment banking and asset management businesses are denominated in currencies other than the Swiss franc, which is the primary currency of our financial reporting. Exchange rate volatility may have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

Insurance underwriting risk

Underwriting risk represents the exposure to loss resulting from actual policy experience differing from the assumptions made in product pricing associated with mortality, morbidity, surrender rates and expenses on life insurance products and claim frequency and severity on non-life insurance products. Earnings in our insurance businesses depend significantly on the assumptions made in pricing insurance products and establishing the liabilities for future benefits and claims to be paid. For information relating to insurance underwriting risk, please refer to "Risk Management — Insurance Risk" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

For information relating to our non-life insurance liabilities, please refer to "Item 5 — Selected statistical information — Non-life insurance reserves." To the extent that actual claims experience is less favorable than our underlying assumptions used in establishing such liabilities, we would be required to increase our liabilities, which could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

Liquidity risk

Our banking businesses may face asset liability mismatches

Our banking businesses face potential asset and liability mismatches that could lead to an inability to meet deposit withdrawals on demand or at their contractual maturity, to repay borrowings as they mature or to fund new loans and investments as they arise. Most of the funding requirements of our banking businesses are met through short-term funding sources, primarily in the form of deposits, inter-bank loans, time deposits and cash bonds. However, a portion of our assets has medium- or long-term maturities, creating a potential for funding mismatches. For further information relating to the assets and liabilities of our banking businesses, please refer to "Item 5 — Selected statistical information — Investments portfolio," "— Deposits" and "— Short-term borrowings." In the past, a substantial portion of

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our customer deposits has rolled over upon maturity and has been, over time, a stable source of funding. However, no assurance can be given that this experience will continue. If a substantial number of depositors do not roll over deposited funds upon maturity, our liquidity position could be adversely affected.

Our insurance businesses may face liquidity problems

Our insurance businesses could experience liquidity difficulties under certain circumstances. The insurance operation's short-term cash needs consist primarily of paying claims, as well as day-to-day operating expenses. Those needs are met through cash receipts from operations, which may be insufficient to cover our actual amount of claims and benefits experience particularly with regard to catastrophe losses caused by various events, such as hurricanes, windstorms, earthquakes, hail, tornadoes, explosions, fires and extreme winter weather, which by their nature cannot be predicted. Furthermore, our insurance businesses face a risk of asset and liability mismatches arising from our investment activities. For information relating to the investments of our insurance businesses, please refer to "Operating and Financial Review — Investments for insurance business" in the attached Annual Report 2002. We accumulate assets because premiums are paid earlier than claims are settled. These funds must be invested in a manner that allows cash outflows at the appropriate time to meet liabilities, or we could face liquidity difficulties that could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

An inability to access capital markets could impair our liquidity

All of our businesses, particularly our investment banking business, depend on continuous access to the capital markets to finance day-to-day operations. An inability to raise money in the long-term or short-term debt capital markets, or an inability to access the repurchase and securities lending markets, could have a substantial negative effect on our liquidity. Our ability to borrow in the debt markets could be impaired by factors that are not specific to us, such as severe disruption of the financial markets or negative views about the financial services industry generally. In addition, lenders could develop a negative perception of our long-term or short-term financial prospects if:


Our liquidity may be adversely affected if we cannot sell assets

If we were unable to borrow in the debt capital markets, or access the repurchase and securities lending markets, our businesses would need to liquidate assets to meet our maturing liabilities. Our investment and trading portfolios are a source of liquidity, through the sale of readily marketable debt securities, equity securities, short-term investments and longer-term investments. A market downturn could also adversely affect our ability to liquidate portfolios. In certain market environments, such as when there is market volatility or uncertainty, overall market liquidity may decline. In a time of reduced liquidity, we may be unable to sell some of our assets, or we may have to sell assets at depressed prices, which in either case could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition. In addition, our ability to sell our assets may be impaired if other market participants are seeking to sell similar assets at the same time.

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Changes in our ratings may adversely affect our business

Our borrowing costs and our access to the debt capital markets depend significantly on our credit ratings. These ratings are assigned by rating agencies, which may reduce or withdraw their ratings or place us on "credit watch" with negative implications at any time. Credit ratings are important to us when competing in certain markets and when seeking to engage in longer-term transactions, including over-the-counter derivatives transactions. In 2002, Moody's Investors Service, or Moody's, Standard & Poor's, or S&P, and Fitch Ratings, or Fitch, each downgraded our credit ratings and/or outlook. Moody's lowered the financial strength rating of Winterthur Insurance to A1 and the senior debt rating of Winterthur Capital Ltd. to A2, with a negative outlook. Moody's changed the ratings outlook for the senior debt ratings of each of Credit Suisse Group, Credit Suisse First Boston, Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc., or CSFB (USA), Inc., and Credit Suisse to negative. S&P lowered Credit Suisse Group's long-term debt rating to A but affirmed it's A-1 short-term debt rating and lowered Credit Suisse First Boston's long-term debt rating to A+ and its short-term debt rating to A-1. S&P lowered CSFB (USA), Inc. 's long-term debt rating to A+ and its short-term debt rating to A-1, and lowered Credit Suisse's long-term debt rating to A+ and its short-term debt rating to A-1. S&P, however, revised its ratings outlook for Credit Suisse Group, Credit Suisse First Boston, CSFB (USA), Inc. and Credit Suisse from negative to stable. Fitch lowered Credit Suisse First Boston's long-term debt rating to AA- and changed the ratings outlook for Credit Suisse Group's, Credit Suisse First Boston's, CSFB (USA), Inc. 's and Credit Suisse's long-term debt rating to negative.

Further reductions in our credit ratings could increase our borrowing costs, limit our access to capital markets and adversely affect the ability of certain of our businesses, including our insurance and private banking businesses, to sell or market their products, compete for attractive acquisition opportunities and retain their current customers. This, in turn, could reduce our liquidity and negatively impact our operating results and financial condition.

For more information relating to our credit ratings and the credit ratings of our principal banks and insurance company, please refer to "Item 5 — Liquidity and capital resources."

Operational risk

We are exposed to a variety of operational risks

Operational risk is the risk of adverse impacts to our business as a consequence of conducting operations in an improper or inadequate manner, or as a result of external factors. In general, our businesses face a wide variety of operational risks. We face risk arising from organizational factors such as change of management and other personnel, data flow, communication, co-ordination and allocation of responsibilities. Policy and process risk arises from weakness in or non-compliance with policies and critical processes involving documentation, due diligence, adherence to credit limits, settlement and payment. Technology risk stems from dependencies on information technology and the telecommunications infrastructure and risks arising from e-commerce activities. We face risks arising from human error and external factors such as fraud. Finally, we face risks from physical threats to our and third-party suppliers' facilities or employees and business disruption; in particular, if there is a disruption in the infrastructure supporting our businesses and/or the areas where they or third-party suppliers are situated, such as interruptions in electrical, communications, transportation or other services, our ability to conduct our operations may be negatively impacted. Any of such risks, if they actually materialize, could have an adverse effect on our results of operation and financial condition.

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We may suffer losses due to employee misconduct

Our businesses are in particular exposed to risk from potential non-compliance with policies on loans, selling of insurance, credit limits, securities transactions and settlements and payment processes. There have been a number of highly publicized cases involving fraud or other misconduct by employees in the financial services industry in recent years, and we run the risk that employee misconduct could occur. Misconduct by employees could include engaging in unauthorized activities or binding us to transactions that exceed authorized limits or present unacceptable risks, which, in either case, may result in unknown and unmanaged risks or losses. Employee misconduct could also involve the improper use or disclosure of confidential information, which could result in regulatory sanction and serious reputational or financial harm. It is not always possible to deter employee misconduct, and the precautions we take to prevent and detect this activity may not be effective in all cases.

Our dependence on systems could expose us to losses

We also face operational risk from potential losses caused by a breakdown in information, communication, transaction settlement, clearance and processing procedures. As a global financial services company, we rely heavily on our financial, accounting and other data processing systems, which are varied and complex. If any of these systems does not operate properly or is disabled, including as a result of terrorist attacks or other unforseeable events, we could suffer financial loss, a disruption of our businesses, liability to our clients, regulatory intervention or reputational damage. The inability of our systems to accommodate an increasing volume of transactions could also constrain our ability to expand our businesses.

Legal and regulatory risks

Our exposure to legal liability is significant

We face significant legal risks in our businesses, and the volume and amount of damages claimed in litigation and other adversarial proceedings against financial services firms are increasing. These risks involve disputes over the terms of transactions in which we act as principal, disputes concerning the adequacy or enforceability of documents relating to our transactions, potential liability under securities or other laws for materially false or misleading statements made in connection with securities and other transactions in which we act as underwriter, placement agent or financial advisor, potential liability for the "fairness opinions" and other advice we provide to participants in corporate transactions, disputes over the terms and conditions of complex trading arrangements, disputes over the independence of our research and misselling insurance. We also face the possibility that counterparties in complex or risky trading transactions will claim that we improperly failed to tell them of the risks or that they were not authorized or permitted to enter into these transactions with us and that their obligations to us are not enforceable. Companies in our industry are increasingly exposed to claims for recommending investments that are not consistent with a client's investment objectives or engaging in unauthorized or excessive trading. During a prolonged market downturn, these claims have increased and we would expect them in the future to increase.

It is inherently difficult to predict the outcome of many of the litigations, regulatory proceedings and other adversarial proceedings involving the Group's businesses, particularly those cases in which the matters are brought on behalf of various classes of claimants, seek damages of unspecified or indeterminate amounts or involve novel legal claims. In presenting our consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates regarding the outcome of legal, regulatory and arbitration matters and takes a charge to

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income when losses with respect to such matters are probable and can be reasonably estimated. Charges, other than those taken periodically for costs of defense, are not established for matters when losses cannot be reasonably estimated. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and currently available information and involve a variety of factors, including but not limited to the type and nature of the litigation, claim or proceeding, the progress of the matter, the advice of legal counsel and other advisers, our defenses and our experience in similar cases or proceedings. We also refer you to "Item 5 — Operating and financial review and prospects — Critical accounting policies and estimates" and "Item 8 — Financial information — Legal proceedings."

We are exposed to actions by employees

We are also subject to claims arising from disputes with employees for, among other things, alleged discrimination or harassment. These risks often may be difficult to assess or quantify and their existence and magnitude often remain unknown for substantial periods of time. We have incurred significant legal expenses in defending against employee litigation and other adversarial proceedings, and we expect to continue to do so in the future. Actions by employees could have a negative impact on our results of operations and financial condition.

Extensive regulation of our businesses limits our activities and may subject us to significant penalties

As a participant in the financial services industry, we are subject to extensive regulation by governmental agencies, supervisory authorities, and self-regulatory organizations in Switzerland, Europe, the United States and virtually all other jurisdictions in which we operate around the world. The requirements imposed by our regulators are designed to ensure the integrity of the financial markets and to protect customers and other third parties who deal with us. These regulations often serve to limit our activities, including through net capital, customer protection and market conduct requirements, and restrictions on the businesses in which we may operate or invest. Despite our best efforts to comply with applicable regulations, there are a number of risks, particularly in areas where applicable regulations may be unclear or where regulators revise their previous guidance or courts overturn previous rulings. The authorities have the power to bring administrative or judicial proceedings against us, which could result, among other things, in suspension or revocation of our licenses, cease and desist orders, fines, civil penalties, criminal penalties or other disciplinary action which could materially harm our results of operations and financial condition. For a more complete description of our regulatory regime, please refer to "Item 4 — Regulation and supervision."

International regulation of banking practices is increasing

In recent years, we have experienced increased regulation of our activities as a result of anti-money laundering initiatives in a number of jurisdictions. These measures may accelerate. For example, in 2001, the US Congress enacted the USA Patriot Act, which imposed significant new record keeping and customer identity requirements, expanded the government's powers to freeze or confiscate assets and increased the available penalties that may be assessed against financial institutions. Certain specific requirements under the USA Patriot Act involve new compliance obligations. Final regulations pursuant to the USA Patriot Act have not been adopted in all of these areas. Switzerland and other jurisdictions in which we operate have proposed or adopted regulations to strengthen prohibitions on money laundering and terrorist financing.

The European Union has adopted a directive on financial conglomerates, defined as groups that include regulated entities active in the banking/investment services sector, on the one hand, and the insurance

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sector, on the other hand, and that meet certain criteria, which will impose (from 2005) additional prudential requirements on the regulated entities comprising the financial conglomerate including, to a certain extent, any mixed financial holding company. In addition to the directive on financial conglomerates, the European Union has adopted a number of other directives and measures within the scope of a comprehensive Financial Services Action Plan, or FSAP, designed to increase internal market integration and harmonization. As part of the FSAP, the European Union adopted a Market Abuse Directive in 2002. This directive covers both insider trading and market manipulation and applies to transactions, including off-market transactions, in financial instruments that are traded on any EU-regulated market. It emphasizes enforcement through administrative procedures and sanctions. Furthermore, the EU Commission submitted its proposed new Investment Services Directive to the European Parliament and the Council in November 2002. As currently drafted, this directive would impose certain pre-trade transparency requirements on dealers and broker-dealers that engage in in-house matching of orders. Although Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, such regulation may have an impact on our operations in the European Union and, indirectly, in Switzerland. The impact of these and other regulations on our operations will depend on how the regulations and requirements are implemented. See "Item 4 — Information on the Company — Regulation and supervision —Banking."

Furthermore, Switzerland and the Swiss banking industry have in the past come under criticism for their laws and guidelines protecting the privacy of the customer, and such criticism may continue in the future.

Our investment banking business in particular is exposed to risk of loss from legal and regulatory proceedings

Our subsidiaries, in particular Credit Suisse First Boston, are subject to a number of legal proceedings, regulatory actions and investigations.

For example, in early 2002, in connection with industry-wide investigations into research analyst practices and certain initial public offering, or IPO, allocation practices, CSFB received subpoenas and/or requests for information from the following governmental and regulatory bodies: (1) the New York State Attorney General, or the NYAG; (2) the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division, or the MSD; (3) the SEC; (4) the National Association of Securities Dealers Regulation, Inc., or the NASDR; (5) the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE; and (6) the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. (The SEC, NASDR and NYSE have conducted a joint investigation.) The investigations have focused on equity research independence and the allocation of certain IPO shares to senior executives of the firm's clients (a practice that regulators have referred to as "spinning"). On December 20, 2002, CSFB and several other Wall Street firms reached agreements in principle with a coalition of state and federal regulators and self-regulatory organizations, including the above governmental and regulatory bodies, to settle certain pending investigations.

In addition, since January 2001, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, or CSFB Corp. (now known as CSFB LLC), an affiliate of CSFB LLC and several other investment banks have been named as defendants in several putative class action complaints filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York concerning IPO allocation practices. In 2002, actions have been filed in various US federal and state courts against, among others, CSFB LLC and/or certain CSFB-related affiliates relating to Enron Corp. or its affiliates. The actions allege, inter alia, violations of the US federal securities laws, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, state law negligence and/or civil conspiracy.

For information relating to these and other legal and regulatory proceedings involving our investment banking and other businesses, please refer to "Item 8 — Legal proceedings."

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Changes in our regulatory regime may affect our results of operations and capital requirements

Changes in laws, rules or regulations affecting the private banking, banking, insurance, investment banking and asset management businesses, or in the interpretation or enforcement of such laws, rules and regulations, may adversely affect our results. For example, the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision of the Bank for International Settlements, or Basle Committee, is currently considering significant changes to existing international capital adequacy standards. Under a timetable announced by the Basle Committee in July 2002, a revised version of these proposals is expected to be released later this year and finalized thereafter. Participating countries would then be expected to modify their bank capital and regulatory standards as necessary to implement the new standards effective at year-end 2006. If and when the proposed capital adequacy standards become effective, we may need to maintain higher levels of capital for bank regulatory purposes, which could increase our financing costs and adversely affect our results of operations. We cannot predict at this time whether, or in what form, the new standards will be adopted, or the effect that they would have on us or on our subsidiaries' capital ratios, financial condition or results of operations.

Legal restrictions on our clients may reduce the demand for our services

We may be materially affected not only by regulations applicable to us as a financial services company, but also by regulations of general application. For example, the volume of our businesses in any one year could be affected by, among other things, existing and proposed tax legislation, antitrust and competition policies, corporate governance initiatives and other governmental regulations and polices and changes in the interpretation or enforcement of existing laws and rules that affect the business and financial communities. In 2002, the US Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the SEC, the NYSE and NASDAQ have proposed or adopted rules that significantly alter the duties and obligations relating to, among other things, corporate governance and financial disclosure. Most of these requirements are applicable to SEC-registered companies. To the extent private companies elect not to engage in IPOs in order to avoid being subject to these provisions, our equity new issuances business and our potential for exiting certain private equity investments may be adversely affected. In addition, the provisions of these requirements, coupled with the current state of the economy, have diverted many companies' focus from capital markets transactions, such as securities offerings and acquisition or disposition transactions, and as long as such diversion exists our investment banking businesses may be adversely affected.

Competition

We face increased competition due to consolidation and new entrants

We face intense competition in all financial services markets and for the products and services we offer. Consolidation, both in the form of mergers and acquisitions and by way of alliances and cooperation, is increasing competition. New competitors, including Internet-based financial services providers and non-financial companies, are entering the market, many of which are not subject to capital or regulatory requirements and, therefore, may be able to offer their products and services on more favorable terms. The European and American financial services markets are relatively mature, and the demand for financial services products is, to some extent, related to overall economic development. Competition in this environment is based on many factors, including the products and services offered, pricing, distribution systems, customer service, brand recognition and perceived financial strength. Consolidation has created a number of firms that, like us, have the ability to offer a wide range of products, from insurance, loans

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and deposit taking to brokerage, investment banking and asset management services. Some of these firms may be able to offer a broader range of products than we do, or offer such products at more competitive prices. Recently enacted US federal financial reform legislation significantly expands the activities permissible for financial services firms in the United States. For further information relating to the regulation of our businesses, please refer to "Item 4 — Information on the Company — Regulation and supervision." This legislation may accelerate consolidation, increase the capital base and geographic reach of our competitors and increase competition in the financial services industry, which could adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

Our competitive position could be harmed if our reputation is damaged

In the highly competitive environment arising from globalization and convergence in the financial services industry, a reputation for financial strength and integrity is critical to our ability to attract and maintain customers. Our reputation could be harmed if we fail adequately to promote and market our brand. Our reputation could be damaged if, as we increase our client base and the scale of our businesses, our comprehensive procedures and controls dealing with conflicts of interest fail or appear to fail to address conflicts of interest properly. Our reputation could in the future be damaged by, among other things, employee misconduct, a decline in results, adverse legal or regulatory action against us or a downturn in financial markets or the financial services industry in general. The loss of business that could result from damage to our reputation could affect our results of operations and financial condition.

We must recruit and retain highly skilled employees

Our performance is largely dependent on the talents and efforts of highly skilled individuals. Competition in the financial services industry for qualified employees is intense. We also compete for employees with companies outside the financial services industry; such competition with non-financial services companies in particular is intensifying due to the fact that average compensation within our industry is decreasing, reflecting the current economic environment. We have devoted considerable resources to recruiting, training and compensating employees. Our continued ability to compete effectively in our businesses depends on our ability to attract new employees and to retain and motivate our existing employees.

Intense competition in all business segments could harm our results

Private banking and banking businesses

Competition in the private banking and banking markets is based on a number of factors including products, pricing, distribution systems, customer service, brand recognition and perceived financial strength. Our private bank faces growing competition from the private banking units of other global financial services companies and from investment banks. There is increasing pressure due to competition from online banking and financial services and substantial consolidation in recent years. We also face intense competition in the banking business, where the Swiss retail market is mature and demand for banking services depends, to a large extent, on the overall development of the Swiss economy. To compete effectively, our private banking and banking businesses must develop new products and distribution channels.

Insurance businesses

Competition in the insurance market is intense and increasing as a result of continuing performance pressure. This pressure stems from declining financial returns from reinvestment at lower yields, low margins on traditional products, insufficient solvency capital, and customer demand for greater

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transparency of products and pricing. We face increased competition in distribution and also face competition from many new entrants to the market who have been able to reduce cost barriers to entry through the use of new technology. In particular, we face growing competition in the mass market customer segment due to a trend towards more standardization of products. In addition, competition is high in the affluent customer segment, which is targeted by insurance companies, banks, investment management firms, brokers and independent financial advisers. These areas of competition will likely require further development of our own brands, customer service and product capabilities. These strategies will require significant expenditures of resources, and our results of operations and financial condition could be harmed if our strategies are not as successful as our competitors' strategies.

Investment banking business

Our investment banking operation competes with brokers and dealers in securities and commodities, investment banking firms, commercial banks and other firms offering financial services. Investment banking has experienced significant price competition in certain of its businesses, which has reduced profit margins on certain products or in certain markets. Competition from alternative trading systems is reducing fees and commissions. In addition, as private equity funds grow and proliferate, competition to raise private capital and to find and secure attractive investments is accelerating. The principal competitive pressures on our investment banking business are its ability to attract and retain highly skilled employees, its reputation in the market place, its client relationships and its mix of market and product capabilities.

Asset management business

The asset management business faces competition from the asset management subsidiaries of major financial services companies, mutual fund managers and institutional fund managers in the United States and Europe. Despite the trend towards globalization in the industry, competition is most significant in individual geographic locations. To compete effectively, our asset management business must continue to develop a broad range of products aimed at both global and local markets and to improve its marketing channels.

We face competition from new trading technologies

Our private banking, investment banking and asset management businesses face competitive challenges from new trading technologies. Securities and futures transactions are now being conducted through the Internet and other alternative, non-traditional trading systems, and it appears that the trend toward alternative trading systems will continue and probably accelerate. A dramatic increase in computer-based or other electronic trading may adversely affect our commission and trading revenues, exclude our businesses from certain transaction flows, reduce our participation in the trading markets and the associated access to market information and lead to the creation of new and stronger competitors. We may also be required to make additional expenditures to develop or invest in new trading systems or otherwise to invest in technology to maintain our competitive position.

Acquisition risk

Acquisition of financial services businesses has been an important element of our strategy, and when appropriate we expect to consider additional acquisitions in the future. Even though we review the records of companies we plan to acquire, such reviews are inherently incomplete and it is generally not

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feasible for us to review in detail all such records. Even an in-depth review of records may not reveal existing or potential problems or permit us to become familiar enough with a business to assess fully its capabilities and deficiencies. As a result, we may assume unanticipated liabilities, or an acquisition may not perform as well as expected. We face the risk that the returns on acquisitions will not support the expenditures or indebtedness incurred to acquire such businesses, or the capital expenditures needed to develop such businesses.

Integration risk

We face the risk that we will not be able to integrate acquisitions into our existing operations effectively. Integration may be hindered by, among other things, differing procedures, business practices and technology systems, as well as difficulties in adapting an acquired company into our organizational structure. If we are unable to address these challenges effectively, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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ITEM 5: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

The sections of the Management's discussion and analysis entitled "US GAAP reporting related to pension plans" and "Swiss GAAP compared with US GAAP" set forth in this Item 5 have been revised to reflect the restatements and to update certain forward-looking statements to reflect current expectations and, except for these sections and cross-references to the relevant notes to our consolidated financial statements, this Item 5 has not been revised to reflect events or developments subsequent to the date of the Originally Filed 20-F.

Management's discussion and analysis of financial conditions and results of operations.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is set forth under the caption "Operating and Financial Review" in the Annual Report 2002 on pages 36 to 83 and such information, other than the tables under the heading "Operating and Financial Review — Supplemental Information" on pages 80 to 83, is incorporated herein by reference.

Critical accounting policies and estimates

The Group's accounting policies are integral to understanding our consolidated financial statements. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP. In addition, as set forth in note 49 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements, we provide a reconciliation of our consolidated financial statements to US GAAP and describe the differences between Swiss GAAP and US GAAP.

In preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to make estimates and assumptions based on judgment and available information. The reported amounts of assets and liabilities, contingent assets and liabilities and revenues and expenses are affected by these estimates and assumptions. We caution that the best estimates routinely require adjustments. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates, and those differences could be material and have an effect on the results of operations for any particular period. We believe that the estimates and judgments we have made are appropriate, and that our consolidated financial statements present our financial position and results fairly in all material respects. The discussion below is presented solely to assist the reader's understanding of our consolidated financial statements and is not intended to suggest that other estimates and assumptions would be more appropriate.

Our significant accounting policies are disclosed in note 1 to our consolidated financial statements. We believe that the critical accounting policies described below may involve the most complex judgments and estimates.

Fair value

The values we report in our consolidated financial statements with respect to financial instruments, excluding loans held to maturity, are based on either fair value or the lower of original cost or fair value.

Fair value may be objective, as is the case for exchange-traded instruments, for which quoted prices in price-efficient and liquid markets generally exist. Fair value may also be subject to varying degrees of judgment depending on liquidity, concentration, uncertainty of market factors and pricing assumptions and other risks affecting the specific instrument. Described below is how we determine fair value for the significant financial instruments by balance sheet category.

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ITEM 5: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

Replacement values of derivatives

Our derivatives portfolio includes both exchange-traded and over-the-counter, or OTC, derivatives. The replacement values of all derivatives are reported as Other Assets or Other Liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet, and income from derivatives held for trading purposes is recorded in Trading Income. Income from derivatives held for hedging purposes is reported in the same income statement category as the hedged instrument and differences between the fair value of the derivatives and their hedge accounting values is reported in Other Assets or Other Liabilities.

The fair value of exchange-traded derivatives is typically derived from the observable exchange price and/or observable market parameters. Our primary exchange-traded derivatives include futures and certain option agreements.

OTC derivatives include forwards, swaps and options on foreign exchange, interest rates, equities and credit products. Fair values for OTC derivatives are determined on the basis of internally developed proprietary models using various input parameters. The input parameters include those characteristics of the derivative that have a bearing on the economics of the instrument and market parameters. In well established derivative markets, the use of a particular model may be widely accepted. For example, the Black-Scholes model is widely used to calculate the fair value of many types of options. These models are used to calculate the fair value of OTC derivatives and to facilitate the effective risk management of the portfolio.

The determination of the fair value of many derivatives involves only limited subjectivity, because the required input parameters are observable in the market place. The pricing of these instruments is referred to as "direct." For other, more complex derivatives, subjectivity relating to the determination of input parameters reduces price transparency. The pricing of these instruments is referred to as "indirect." Specific areas of subjectivity include long-dated volatilities on OTC options transactions and recovery rate assumptions for credit derivative transactions. Adjustments (e.g., liquidity or uncertainty reserves) may be adopted outside of the model to ensure that the fair value determined remains prudent. Beginning in November 2002, in cases where significant subjective input parameters used in the calculation of replacement values for indirectly priced instruments may not be validated through observable market data, reserves are established for unrealized gains evident at the inception of the contracts. As of December 31, 2002, the majority of replacement values of derivatives reported in our consolidated balance sheet was derived using direct pricing.

Trading assets

Securities held in our trading portfolio are carried at fair value. The financial instruments reported in our consolidated balance sheet as Securities and precious metals trading portfolios comprise primarily debt and equity securities, all of which must meet specific criteria to be classified as trading assets. Debt instruments comprised approximately 78% of our total trading assets as of December 31, 2002. The debt instruments we trade include government bonds, corporate bonds and mortgage-backed or other asset-backed securities issued in both developed and emerging market countries.

The large majority of the debt securities included in Securities and precious metals trading portfolios is comprised of federal government debt obligations of the United States or other sovereign countries and investment-grade corporate debt securities. Prices for these instruments are generally readily available through quoted market prices as the markets in these instruments are typically liquid. For the minority of trading portfolio debt securities for which market prices are not available, instruments are valued based

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on yields reflecting the perceived risk of the issuer or country rating and maturity of the security and therefore involve some judgment.

Values of residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and other asset-backed securities are generally available through quoted market prices, which are often based on market information of the prices at which similarly structured and collateralized securities trade between dealers and to and from customers. For certain securities, pricing models employing prepayment scenarios and Monte Carlo simulations are also used.

Collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs, and collateralized bond obligations, or CBOs, are structured securities based on underlying portfolios of corporate bonds. These instruments are split into various subordinated-rated structured "tranches" and each tranche is priced based upon its individual rating and the value or cash flow of the underlying corporate bonds supporting the structure. Values are derived using pricing models by calculating the internal rate of return of the projected cash flows and involve judgment.

We also have a substantial portfolio of equity securities which are reported as Securities and precious metals trading portfolios. The large majority of our equity securities is traded on public stock exchanges, for which daily quoted market prices are available. Preferred shares are equity instruments that usually have a defined dividend and are traded publicly either OTC or on recognized exchanges. Fair values of preferred shares are determined by their yield and the subordination of the issuer's credit obligations.

Convertible bonds are generally traded in a manner consistent with cash equity positions and are valued using direct price sources in line with standard market practice. We also trade a small number of convertible bonds for which no direct prices are available or the liquidity and/or reliability of direct prices is in doubt. For these convertible bonds, a theoretical approach to pricing is typically used with internal models. The key inputs to these models include stock price, dividend rates, credit spread, foreign exchange rate, borrowing costs and equity market volatility. For the remainder of the corporate bonds, for which no appropriate models exist, valuations are based on recent disposals in the market, taking into account changes in the creditworthiness of the issuers.

Also included in the trading portfolio are positions in separately managed funds, which totaled approximately 4% of total Securities and precious metals trading portfolios as of December 31, 2002. The fair values of these funds, which include debt and equity securities, are determined on a regular basis by independent fund administrators. As valuations are not provided on a daily basis, models are used to approximate changes in fair value between the calculation dates.

Loans held for sale

Loans held for sale are reported within the line items Due from Banks, Due from Customers and Mortgages, and are valued at the lower of original cost or fair value. Our portfolio of loans held for sale includes primarily residential mortgage loans and commercial mortgage loans, which are normally purchased with the intent to securitize. For residential mortgage loans, fair values are generally based on value estimates of the underlying collateral and/or on net present value analyses of future expected loan cash flows at market yields. Commercial real estate loans are valued using origination spreads, loan-to-value ratios, debt service coverage ratios, geographic location, prepayment considerations and current yield curves. In addition, current written offers or contract prices are considered in the valuation process. Mortgage loans that may not be securitizable are valued on a similar basis to real estate held for sale.

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Money market papers and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements

Financial instruments reported as Money market papers and held for trading purposes are accounted for in our consolidated balance sheet at fair value. These instruments typically comprise short-term federal government securities, including treasury bills, commercial paper and certificates of deposit. The determination of fair value of these money market instruments is generally based on market prices or market parameters, and therefore requires less judgment. Treasury bills are actively traded in the OTC US government bond market and are priced on a discount basis. Commercial paper is credit-based and priced on quoted market prices when available or, when not available, based on market yields. Certificates of deposit are valued using quoted market prices or, in cases where quotes are not readily available, values are derived from standard models.

Receivables and payables under reverse repurchase agreements and repurchase agreements which are held in the trading book are carried at fair value within the line items Due from banks and Due from customers. These assets are valued using yield curves (typically on a spread to the LIBOR curve or using models which extrapolate points on the yield curve for trades with longer-term maturities) to discount expected cash flows.

Financial investments from the banking business

Instruments which we report as Financial investments from the banking business in the consolidated balance sheet include debt and equity securities, which are held on either a medium-term or long-term basis, real estate held for sale and our private equity portfolio. Assets reported as Financial investments from the banking business are valued, for debt securities which are intended to be held until maturity, on an accrual basis, or, for the other assets, at the lower of original cost or fair value.

Similar to our trading assets, a substantial portion of securities held as Financial investments from the banking business is quoted on public exchanges or through liquid OTC markets and the determination of fair values involves less judgment. Such instruments include government and corporate bonds held for asset and liability management or other medium-term business strategies. Approximately 28% of Financial investments from the banking business as of December 31, 2002 comprised separately managed fund investments in unlisted securities, similar to those held in Securities and precious metals trading portfolios. The remainder of our Financial investments from the banking business involve debt and equity securities and real estate in which the determination of fair value is generally more subjective, particularly distressed assets and private equity. These positions comprised approximately 11% of total Financial Investments from the banking business as of December 31, 2002.

Real estate held for sale is valued using standard industry methodologies, including income capitalization and sales prices of comparable properties. Typically, values are determined based on income capitalization using a discounted cash flow analysis, but direct capitalization may also be used. Real estate held for sale constituted approximately 2% of Financial investments from the banking business as of December 31, 2002.

The valuation process used for investments held in our private equity portfolio, which comprised approximately 8% of Financial investments from the banking business as of December 31, 2002, is generally subject to considerable judgment as these investments, which are typically held for medium-term appreciation and are not readily marketable, are primarily in unlisted or illiquid equity or equity-related securities. The valuation process for private equity investments in publicly traded securities, which comprised approximately 4% of our private equity investments held as of December 31, 2002, is

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based upon readily available market quotes. The pricing of private equity investments differs depending on whether they are direct investments, investments in internally managed funds or investments in third-party funds. Direct investments are generally side-by-side investments in portfolio companies of our internally managed funds and are priced in accordance with the procedures for internally managed funds. Internally managed funds are funds for which we act as fund advisor and make the investment decisions. The investments in the funds are priced taking into account a number of factors, such as recent financing involving unrelated new investors, earnings multiple analyses using comparable companies and discounted cash flow analyses. Internally managed fund investments and direct investments comprised approximately 29% and 22%, respectively, of our total private equity holdings as of December 31, 2002. Third-party funds are limited partnership interests in funds managed by external fund managers. These funds are valued based on periodic statements received from the general partner of the fund. Fund of funds products are included in this category since the valuations are based on external fund manager reports.

Securities held in the distressed asset portfolio are typically issued by private companies under significant financial burden and/or near bankruptcy. Due to the less liquid nature of these investments, valuation techniques often include earnings-multiple analyses, similar market transactions and default recovery analyses. In addition, liquidity and credit concerns are also considered in the determination of fair value. All of these factors contribute to significant subjectivity in the valuation of these assets.

Investments from the insurance business

Investments which we report as Investments from the insurance business in the consolidated balance sheet include debt and equity securities, derivatives, mortgage and other loans, real estate and short-term investments.

Debt and equity securities contribute approximately 74% of our total investment portfolio for the insurance business, with the majority being in quoted securities on public exchanges or liquid OTC markets where the determination of fair value involves less judgment. Approximately 4% of the equity portfolio is invested in indirect private equity holdings. Fair value is determined based on net asset value information provided by the external fund managers. Generally, the determination of fair values for such a type of investment is more subjective than for traditional investments.

Derivatives are carried at fair value. For detailed information on the determination of fair value of derivatives, please refer to the discussion within Replacement values of derivatives.

Controls over fair valuation process

Control processes are applied to ensure that the fair values reported in our financial statements are appropriate and measured on a reliable basis. These control processes include price verification procedures and reviews of models used to price financial instruments by personnel with relevant expertise who are independent of the trading functions. For further discussion of our risk management policies and procedures, see "Risk Management — Market risk" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Impairment losses on investment securities

For Investments from the insurance business, debt and equity securities held as available-for-sale are carried at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses are recorded in Revaluation reserves for the insurance business in shareholders' equity. Debt securities held-to-maturity are carried at amortized cost. A decline

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that is deemed to be other than temporary results in an impairment being charged to Investment income from the insurance business. Subsequent increases in fair value up to the original cost are recorded through Investment income from the insurance business.

Recognition of an impairment loss on debt securities from the insurance business is recorded if a decline in fair value below cost/amortized cost is considered other than temporary. The determination of other than temporary impairment is a matter of significant management judgment. A decline is considered other than temporary when all amounts due according to the contractual terms of the security are not considered collectible, typically due to a deterioration of creditworthiness of the issuer. Generally, no impairment is recognized if the decline is due to market interest rate movements to the extent we have the intent and ability to hold the debt security until maturity or recovery.

Recognition of an impairment loss on equity securities from the insurance business is recorded if a decline in fair value below the cost basis of an investment is considered other than temporary. Declines in fair value below cost that have continued for a period greater than six months or that exceed 20% are considered strong indicators of an other than temporary impairment.

Unrealized losses on Investments from the insurance business are also recognized as an impairment loss when we have decided to sell a security. Such impairment losses are recognized at the time of the decision to sell without regard to the cause of the decline in fair value.

During 2002, as a result of continuing weakness in the financial markets, we recognized significant other than temporary impairments in our insurance investment portfolios. For the year ended December 31, 2002, we recognized other than temporary impairments of CHF 3,887 million. Of this amount, CHF 3,852 million related to other than temporary impairments on equity securities. Although we follow a prudent impairment policy, which is regularly reviewed for appropriateness, further declines in capital markets worldwide could necessitate the recognition of further impairment losses on our insurance investment portfolios.

The risks inherent in the assessment methodology for impairments include the risk that market factors may differ from our expectations, that we may decide to sell a security for unforeseen liquidity needs, or that the credit assessment or equity characteristics may change from our original assessment.

Please refer to "Risk Management" in the attached Annual Report 2002 for a discussion of the Group's market risk exposure and risk management. Please refer to "Operating and Financial Review — Credit Suisse Financial Services—Investments for Life & Pensions and Insurance" in the attached Annual Report 2002 for information on the insurance investment portfolio, including information on unrealized losses and realized losses.

By contrast, for financial investments from the banking business, the accounting treatment differs with respect to declines in fair value of debt and equity securities held-for-sale, in that all unrealized losses are recorded in the income statement, whether or not deemed to be other than temporary, as these assets are valued at the lower of cost or market. Accordingly, determining the nature of the decline, although a matter of significant management judgment, does not carry the same degree of significance as with investments from the insurance business.

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Technical provisions from the insurance business

Future policyholder benefits

The provision for future policyholder benefits for traditional life and health products is computed using the net level premium method, which represents the present value of estimated future policy benefits to be paid less the present value of estimated future net premiums to be collected from policyholders. The method uses best estimate assumptions for mortality, morbidity, expected investment yields, lapses/surrenders and expenses at the policy inception date, which remain locked in thereafter. The reserve is adjusted for a provision for adverse deviation, which is used to provide a margin for fluctuation and uncertainty inherent in the assumption setting process.

The provision for future policyholder benefits for traditional participating life products is computed using the net level premium method. The method in this case uses best estimate assumptions for mortality, morbidity and interest rates that are guaranteed in the contract or are used in determining the dividends.

The provision for future policyholder benefits for non-traditional life products is equal to the account balance, which represents premiums received and allocated investment return credited to the policy less deductions for mortality costs and expense charges.

Best estimate assumptions include but are not limited to, interest, expenses, lapses/surrenders, mortality/morbidity and future bonuses. Current and historical client data and industry data are used to determine these assumptions. Assumptions for interest reflect expected earnings on assets, which back the future policyholder benefits. Economic assumptions such as the expected long-term earned investment rate are derived centrally based on current market yields of bonds adjusted for long-term asset allocation targets, which are set by the Investment Committee. The guidance used by our qualified actuaries in setting assumptions includes, but is not limited to, pricing assumptions, available experience studies, profitability analysis and embedded value assumptions. The level of conservatism built into the assumptions and estimates will impact the current earnings and emergence of future profits.

Claim reserves

A liability for unpaid claims, including estimates of costs for claims relating to reinsured events that have occurred but have not been reported, or IBNR, and a liability for claim adjustments expenses is accrued for when insured events occur. The liability for unpaid claims is derived from best estimate assumptions and appropriate actuarial methods. The liability for unpaid claims is based on the estimated ultimate cost of settling claims, using past experience adjusted for current trends such as changes in the pricing of the business and administrative practices, and any other factors that would modify past experience, such as a change in the amount of insurance in force, a change in the cut-off date and claims reported subsequent to the balance sheet date.

Generally, the methods rely on insurers' past experience in claims reporting and settlement to make assumptions regarding future claims activity. We continually evaluate the potential for changes in claim estimates with the support of qualified reserving actuaries and use the results of these evaluations to adjust recorded reserves. Both the methods used and the underlying assumptions are in line with historical experience and the nature of the business being written by the company. However, the claims reserve is only an estimate of future activity and is subject to variability. The assumptions underlying the reserve may not in fact materialize as expected, and even if future conditions do develop as anticipated, random events may occur which lead to different results than originally estimated.

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For further information on the non-life claims reserve, please refer to "Selected Statistical Information- Non-life insurance reserves."

Unearned premium

Loss recognition analysis is performed by line of business, in accordance with the company's manner of acquiring, servicing and measuring the profitability of its insurance contracts. At the end of each accounting period, net unearned premiums are tested to see whether they are sufficient to cover related expected claims, loss adjustment expenses, policyholder dividends, commission, amortization and maintenance expenses. If there is a premium deficiency, the deferred policy acquisition cost, or DAC, is written down by the amount of the deficiency. If after writing down all of the DAC for a line of business a premium deficiency still exists, a premium deficiency provision is made to provide for the deficiency in excess of the DAC written down.

Deferred policy acquisition costs

Deferred policy acquisition costs consist primarily of commissions, underwriting expenses and policy issuance costs, which vary with and are directly related to the acquisition of insurance contracts. They are deferred to the extent that they are recoverable and amortized.

Deferred policy acquisition costs on non-life products are amortized over the periods in which the related premiums are earned.

Deferred policy acquisition costs on traditional life and health products are amortized over the premium paying period of the related policies in proportion to the net level premium using assumptions consistent with those used in computing the provision for future policyholder benefits as described above. The methods use best estimate assumptions for mortality, morbidity, expected investment yields, terminations and expenses at the policy inception date and remain locked in thereafter.

Deferred policy acquisition costs on participating traditional products are amortized over the expected life of the contracts in proportion to the estimated gross margins. The present value of estimated gross margins is computed using the expected investment yield. Estimated gross margins include estimates of premiums to be received, expected earned investment income, benefits to be paid, administration costs, changes in reserve for death and other benefits, expected annual policyholder dividends and realized gains and losses. Estimates of expected gross margins are determined on a best estimate basis without provisions for adverse deviation and are re-evaluated on a regular basis where actual margins replace estimated margins when actual profits emerge.

Deferred policy acquisition costs on non-traditional life products are amortized over the expected life of the contracts as a constant percentage of estimated gross profits. The present value of estimated gross profits is computed using the interest that accrues to the policyholders, known as the contract rate. Estimated gross profits include estimates regarding mortality, administration costs, expected investment income to be earned less interest credited to policyholders, surrender charges and realized gains and losses.

The level of conservatism built into the assumptions and estimates used will impact the current earnings and the emergence of future profits. Management regularly reviews the potential for changes in the estimates (both positive and negative) and uses the results of these evaluations to adjust recorded

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amortization expenses and to adjust underwriting criteria, which could be material to our insurance operations.

The recoverability of DAC and the adequacy of the net GAAP liability (premium deficiency/loss recognition analysis) are analyzed on a regular basis. The goal of recoverability testing is to demonstrate that the initial DAC established is recoverable from future margins of the business to which the deferred costs relate. The result of the recoverability testing is reflected in the change of DAC. The goal of loss recognition testing is to demonstrate that the net GAAP liability defined as the GAAP benefit reserve less DAC and PVFP, is adequate to cover all future policy committments. The net GAAP liability is compared to the present value of future benefits and expenses less the present value of future gross premiums known as the Gross Premiums Valuation, or GPV. The GPV is calculated using best estimate assumptions as of the issue date for initial recoverability and valuation for ongoing loss recognition testing. If the GPV is greater than the net GAAP liability, a recoverability issue exists or a loss recognition event is deemed to have occurred. The GPV then becomes the new net GAAP liability by first writing off DAC and secondly strengthening the benefit reserve once the DAC has been written-down to zero. The level of conservatism built into the assumptions and estimates used in the calculations will impact current and future earnings.

Present value of future profits

PVFP is the present value of anticipated profits embedded in each life and health portfolio purchased. Interest accrues based on the policy liability rate or contract rate. The PVFP asset is amortized over the years that such profits are, or are anticipated to be, received in proportion to the estimated gross margins or estimated gross profits for participating traditional products and non-traditional products, respectively, and over the premium-paying period in proportion to premiums for other traditional life products. Expected future profits used in determining PVFP are based on actuarial determinations of future premium collection, mortality, morbidity, surrenders, operating expenses and yields on assets supporting the policy liabilities. The discount rate used to determine the PVFP is the rate of return required to be able to invest in the portfolio being acquired. Additionally, the PVFP asset is adjusted for the impact of estimated gross margins or profits of net unrealized gains and losses on securities.

Establishing PVFP is an inherently uncertain process involving complex judgments and estimates, and currently established PVFP may be overstated. If the present value of future net cash flows is insufficient to recover PVFP, the difference is charged to the income statement as an additional PVFP write-off, which could be material to our insurance operations.

Contingencies and loss provisions

A contingency is an existing condition that involves a degree of uncertainty that will ultimately be resolved upon the occurrence of future events. Under Swiss GAAP, reserves for contingencies are recorded when economically necessary or legally required.

Litigation contingencies

From time to time, the Group and its subsidiaries are involved in a variety of legal, regulatory and arbitration matters in connection with the conduct of our businesses. It is inherently difficult to predict the outcome of many of these matters, particularly those cases in which the matters are brought on behalf of various classes of claimants, seek damages of unspecified or indeterminate amounts or involve

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novel legal claims. In presenting our consolidated financial statements, management makes estimates regarding the outcome of legal, regulatory and arbitration matters and takes a charge to income when losses with respect to such matters are probable and can be reasonably estimated. Charges, other than those taken periodically for costs of defense, are not established for matters when losses cannot be reasonably estimated. Estimates, by their nature, are based on judgment and currently available information and involve a variety of factors, including but not limited to the type and nature of the litigation, claim or proceeding, the progress of the matter, the advice of legal counsel and other advisers, our defenses and our experience in similar cases or proceedings.

Allowances and provisions for credit losses

As a normal part of our business, we are exposed to credit risks through our lending relationships, commitments and letters of credit and as a result of counterparty risk on derivatives, foreign exchange and other transactions. Credit risk is the risk that a borrower or counterparty is unable to meet its financial obligations. In the event of a default, we generally incur a loss equal to the amount owed by the counterparty, less a recovery amount resulting from foreclosure, liquidation of collateral or restructuring of the counterparty. We maintain allowances for credit risk, discussed below, which we consider adequate to absorb credit losses existing at the balance sheet date. The allowances for credit risk are for probable credit losses inherent in existing exposures and credit exposures specifically identified as impaired.

Inherent loss allowance

The inherent loss allowance is for all credit exposures not specifically identified as impaired, which on a collective basis are considered to have probable inherent loss. In 2002, we adjusted our method of estimating inherent losses related to our credit exposures. This adjustment resulted from continued deterioration in the credit markets and was made to reflect better our estimate of probable credit losses.

Many factors are evaluated in estimating probable credit losses inherent in existing exposures. We consider the volatility of default probabilities; rating changes; the magnitude of the potential loss; internal risk ratings; geographic, industry and other environmental factors; and imprecision in the methodologies and models we use to estimate credit risk. We also consider overall credit risk indicators, such as trends in internal risk-rated exposures, classified exposure, cash-basis loans, recent loss experience and forecasted write-offs, as well as industry and geographic concentrations and current developments within those segments or locations. Our current business strategy and credit process, including credit approvals and limits, underwriting criteria and workout procedures are also important factors.

Significant judgment is exercised in our evaluation of these factors. For example, the estimation of the amount of the potential loss requires judgment in determining the period of data to include since data that does not capture a complete credit cycle may compromise the accuracy of loss estimates. Determining which external data on default probabilities should be used, and when they should be used, also requires judgment. The use of data that does not sufficiently reflect our specific exposure characteristics could affect loss estimates. Evaluating the impact of uncertainties regarding macroeconomic and political conditions, currency devaluations on cross-border exposures, changes in underwriting criteria, unexpected correlations among exposures and other factors all require significant judgment. Changes in our estimates of probable credit losses inherent in the portfolio could have a direct impact on the provision and could result in a change in the allowance.

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Specific loss allowances

We make provisions for specific credit losses on impaired loans based on regular and detailed analysis of each loan in the portfolio. Our analysis includes an estimate of the realizable value of any collateral, the costs associated with obtaining repayment and realization of any such collateral, the counterparty's overall financial condition, resources and payment record, the extent of the Group's other commitments to the same counterparty and prospects for support from any financially responsible guarantors. If uncertainty exists as to the repayment of either principal or interest, a specific provision is either established or adjusted. We consider a loan impaired when, based on current information and events, it is probable that we will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement. A loan is classified as non-performing no later than when the contractual payments of principal and/or interest are more than 90 days past due. A loan can also be classified as non-performing if the contractual payments of principal and/or interest are less than 90 days past due, based on the judgment of management. At that time, and on a periodic basis thereafter, the remaining principal is evaluated for collectibility and a provision is established for the difference between the net recoverable amount and the remaining principal balance.

The methodology for calculating specific allowances involves judgments at many levels. First, it involves the early identification of deteriorating credits. Extensive judgment is required in order to evaluate properly the various indicators of financial condition of a counterparty and likelihood of repayment. The failure to identify certain indicators or give them proper weight could lead to a different conclusion about the credit risk. The assessment of credit risk is subject to inherent limitations with respect to the completeness and accuracy of relevant information (for example, relating to the counterparty, collateral or guarantee) that is available at the time of our assessment. Significant judgment is exercised in determining the amount of the provision. Wherever possible, we use independent, verifiable data or our own historical loss experience in our models for estimating loan losses. However, a significant degree of uncertainty remains when applying such valuation techniques.

The classification of loan status has a significant impact on the subsequent accounting for interest accruals. We continue to accrue interest on loans classified as non-performing for collection purposes; however, a corresponding provision is set up against interest income. In addition, for any accrued but unpaid interest at the date the loan is placed on non-performing status, a corresponding provision is recorded against the interest income accrual through the income statement. As highlighted in the table on page 103 in "Risk Management" in the attached Annual Report 2002, the classification of certain loans as non-performing resulted in provisions against interest income of CHF 235 million for the year ended December 31, 2002.

For loan portfolio disclosures, valuation adjustment disclosures and certain other information relevant to the evaluation of credit risk and credit risk management, please refer to "Risk Management" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Goodwill impairment

As a result of acquisitions, the Group has recorded goodwill as an asset on its consolidated balance sheet, the most significant amount of which relates to the acquisition of DLJ. At December 31, 2002, goodwill was CHF 11.0 billion. The Group amortizes goodwill under Swiss GAAP over its useful life, generally 20 years, and tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis.

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For the purpose of testing goodwill for impairment, we view the operations of the Group on a disaggregated basis, whereby each element, referred to as a reporting unit, is assessed individually. If the fair value of each respective reporting unit exceeds its respective carrying value, there is no goodwill impairment.

Factors considered in determining fair value of reporting units include, among other things, an evaluation of:

Estimates of our future earnings potential and that of our reporting units involves considerable judgment, including our view on future changes in market cycles, the anticipated result of the implementation of business strategies, competitive factors and assumptions concerning the retention of key employees. Adverse changes in the estimates and assumptions used to determine the fair value of the Group's reporting units could cause us to record a goodwill impairment charge in the future.

Deferred tax assets

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects of operating loss carry-forwards and temporary differences between the carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases at the balance sheet date.

The realization of deferred tax assets on temporary differences is dependent upon the generation of taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. The realization of such deferred tax assets on net operating losses is dependent upon the generation of taxable income during the periods prior to their expiration, if applicable. Periodically, management evaluates whether deferred tax assets can be realized. If management considers it more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized, a corresponding valuation allowance is established. In evaluating whether deferred tax assets can be realized, management considers projected future taxable income, the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities and tax planning strategies.

This evaluation requires significant management judgment, primarily with respect to projected taxable income. The estimate of future taxable income can never be predicted with certainty. It is derived from budgets and strategic business plans but is dependent on numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control. Substantial variance of actual results from estimated future taxable profits, or changes in our estimate of future taxable profits, could lead to changes in deferred tax assets being realizable or considered realizable, and would require a corresponding adjustment to the valuation allowance.

As of December 31, 2002, we had deferred tax assets resulting from temporary differences and from net operating losses that could reduce taxable income in future periods. The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2002 includes a deferred tax asset of CHF 8.0 billion, which is presented net of a valuation allowance of CHF 2.0 billion, and a deferred tax liability of CHF 6.6 billion.

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As described in note 2 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements, during 2002 we changed our accounting policy for recognition of deferred tax assets related to net operating losses.

For further information on deferred tax assets, please refer to note 50.11 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Off-balance sheet arrangements

Retained or contingent interests in assets transferred to unconsolidated entities

We are involved with several types of off-balance sheet arrangements, including those involving special purpose entities, or SPEs. There are two key accounting determinations that must be made relating to securitizations. In the case where we originated or previously owned the financial assets transferred to the SPE, a decision must be made as to whether that transfer would be considered a sale under generally accepted accounting principles. The second key determination to be made is whether the SPE should be considered a subsidiary and be consolidated into our financial statements, or whether the entity is sufficiently independent that consolidation is not warranted. If the SPE's activities are sufficiently restricted and also meet certain accounting requirements, the SPE is not consolidated by the seller of the transferred assets.

SPEs may be established for a variety of reasons including to facilitate securitizations or other forms of financing. Under Swiss GAAP, consolidation of a SPE is required if we hold more than 50% of the voting rights of the entity, or where we have the ability to exercise control of the SPE. Also, consolidation would be required if we have a legal or de facto obligation to support the entity or the SPE is dependent on us for funding. Consolidation may also be required by application of the principle of substance over form.

Mortgage securitizations

We originate and purchase commercial mortgages and purchase residential mortgages and sell these assets directly or through affiliates to SPEs. These SPEs issue securities that are backed by, and which pay a return based on, the assets transferred to the SPEs. Investors in these asset-backed securities typically have recourse to the assets in the SPE. The investors and the SPEs have no recourse to our assets.

We establish these SPEs and underwrite and make a market in these asset-backed securities. We may retain interests in these securitized assets if we hold asset-backed securities in connection with our underwriting and market-making activities. Retained interests in securitized financial assets are included in the consolidated balance sheet at fair value. Any changes in fair value of these retained interests are recognized in the consolidated income statement. We engage in these securitization activities to meet the needs of clients as part of our fixed-income activities and to sell financial assets. These securitization activities do not provide a material source of our funding.

Collateralized debt obligations

We purchase loans and other debt obligations from clients for the purpose of securitization. The loans and other debt obligations are transferred by us directly, or indirectly through affiliates, to SPEs that issue collateralized debt obligations, or CDOs. We structure, underwrite and make a market in these

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CDOs, and we may have retained interests in these CDOs in connection with our underwriting and market-making activities. We also have significant investments, including equity (less than a majority) and debt securities, in CDO SPEs. These interests are included in trading assets and carried at fair value.

We engage in CDO SPE transactions to meet the needs of clients and to sell financial assets. These CDO SPE activities do not provide a material source of our funding.

Commercial paper conduits

We administer several multi-seller asset-backed commercial paper conduits, or ABCP conduits. Our ABCP conduits purchase financial assets, primarily receivables, from third parties, funded by the issuance of commercial paper. Since the funding costs are based primarily on the quality rating of the assets sold, rather than the rating of the seller, and the liquidity and credit enhancement, this often provides the seller with funding at advantageous levels. The Group provides the majority of the liquidity support and all of the program-wide credit enhancement to facilitate the conduits' activities.

Financial intermediary

In our role as a financial intermediary, SPEs are used to create investment opportunities that meet the demands of our clients. For example, SPEs are used in the process of modifying the characteristics of financial assets or to sell credit risk in a form that is not readily available in the markets. These transactions are commonly referred to as "repackage" SPEs. We are typically the derivative counterparty in these transactions. Our derivative transactions with SPEs are a component of our overall trading business and are carried at fair value.

Further, SPEs are used in our fund-linked products business. In this capacity, we manage a selection of alternative investments held in a SPE and pass on the majority of the return to investors. When requested, the Group will provide investors with protection from downside risk, primarily in the form of a put option.

Guarantees

In the ordinary course of our business, we also provide guarantees and indemnifications that contingently obligate us to make payments to the guaranteed or indemnified party based on changes in an asset, liability or equity security of the guaranteed or indemnified party. We may also be contingently obligated to make payments to a guaranteed party based on another entity's failure to perform, or we may have an indirect guarantee of the indebtedness of others. We have provided customary indemnifications to purchasers in conjunction with: the sale of assets or businesses; to investors in private equity funds sponsored by the Group regarding potential obligations of its employees to return amounts previously paid as carried interest; and to investors in our securities and other arrangements to provide "gross up" payments if there is a withholding or deduction because of a tax, assessment or other governmental charge.

Other commitments

We have commitments under a variety of commercial arrangements that are not recorded as liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet. These commitments are in addition to guarantees and other arrangements discussed in this Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements section. These commitments include standby letters of credit, standby repurchase agreement facilities that commit us to enter into reverse

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repurchase agreements with customers at market rates, commitments to invest in various partnerships that make private equity and related investments in various portfolio companies and in other private equity funds and commitments to enter into resale agreements.

Adoption of US GAAP

We anticipate changing to US GAAP as our primary basis of accounting in 2004. This change will result in the requirement to comply with different recognition and consolidation obligations relating to off-balance sheet arrangements in our primary reporting basis.

For further information on the above arrangements and their impact under US GAAP, please refer to Consolidated Off-Balance Sheet and Fiduciary Business and notes 50.4 and 50.10 in the consolidated financial statements.

US GAAP reporting related to pension plans

This section comments on the disclosures made in accordance with SFAS No. 87, "Employer's Accounting for Pensions" (see note 50.23 to the consolidated financial statements).

Credit Suisse Group has a number of defined benefit pension plans covering certain domestic and international employees. The four largest of our defined benefit pension plans (two in Switzerland, one in the United Kingdom and one in the United States) provide pension benefits for 45% of the total workforce worldwide. As of December 31, 2002, these four plans accounted for 89% of the projected benefit obligations of the consolidated defined benefit pension plans and 93% of the related plan assets.

At the end of 2002, all of our defined benefit pension plans met or exceeded the statutory minimum funding requirements of the country in which they are based. We contribute to our pension plans on an annual basis. With respect to the four largest defined benefit plans mentioned above, over the last four years the annual amount contributed to these plans averaged CHF 530 million per annum. In 2002, we made pension contributions of CHF 591 million to these four plans.

In 2002, global capital market developments resulted in poor returns on these plans' assets and a decline in the discount rate used to estimate the related pension obligation. In connection with our US GAAP disclosures in accordance with SFAS No. 87, "Employer's Accounting for Pensions" (see note 50.23), our defined benefit pension plans (including the four plans mentioned above) had an under funded status for 2002 in the amount of CHF 2.4 billion. This amount represents the difference between the projected benefit obligations of the consolidated defined benefit pension plans and the fair value of plan assets.

The projected benefit obligations of the consolidated defined benefit pension plans include an amount related to salary increases projected to occur in the future of CHF 1.4 billion. On the basis of the accumulated benefit obligation of the consolidated defined benefit pension plans (defined as the projected benefit obligation less the amount related to future salary increases), the under funded status of the plans amounted to CHF 0.9 billion for 2002.

The increase in the under funded status from 2001 to 2002 is primarily a result of the following factors:

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For further information with respect to our pension benefits, please refer to note 50.23 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Derivatives

Under Swiss GAAP, derivatives are carried at fair value on the balance sheet at positive and negative replacement values. The replacement values correspond to the fair values of derivative financial instruments which are open on the balance sheet date and which arise from transactions for the account of customers and our own accounts. Positive replacement values constitute a receivable and thus an asset of the Group. Negative replacement values constitute a payable and thus a liability. The fair value of a derivative is the amount for which that derivative could be exchanged between knowledgeable, willing parties in an arms' length transaction. Fair value does not indicate future gains or losses, but rather the unrealized gains and losses from marking to market all derivatives at a particular point in time. The fair values of derivatives are determined using various methodologies including quoted market prices, where available, prevailing market rates for instruments with similar characteristics and maturities, net present value analysis or other pricing models, as appropriate.

The credit equivalent amounts represent the potential credit risk with counterparties arising from open derivatives contracts. The credit equivalent amount for a counterparty is computed on the basis of the current positive replacement values of the respective contracts plus regulatory security margins, or add-ons, to cover the future potential credit risk during the remaining duration of the contracts. The add-ons correspond to the factors used for BIS capital adequacy calculation purposes.

For further information on derivatives, please refer to note 50.17 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2002, the distributions, by maturity, of substantially all of our exposure with respect to over-the-counter derivatives. Replacement values were determined on the basis of net present value analysis or other pricing models as appropriate.

in CHF bn

  Less than
1 year

  1 - 5
years

  Greater
than
5 years

  Positive
replacement
value

 

 
Interest rate   16.5   67.8   101.0   185.3  
Foreign exchange   23.5   8.4   2.9   34.8  
Precious metals   0.4   0.4   0.1   0.9  
Equity/index related   4.4   5.5   1.2   11.1  
Other   0.4   2.6   1.3   4.3  

 
Total derivative instruments   45.2   84.7   106.5   236.4  
Netting agreements 1)               (182.2 )
Total derivative instruments, net positive replacement value 1)               54.2  

 
1)
Taking into account legally enforceable netting agreements.

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The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2002, substantially all of our exposure with respect to over-the-counter derivatives by counterparty credit rating. Credit ratings are determined by external rating agencies or by equivalent ratings used by the relevant internal credit department.

in CHF bn

  Net positive
replacement
value


AAA   4.8
AA   23.4
A   14.6
BBB   5.9
BB or lower   5.5

Total derivative instruments, net positive replacement value   54.2

Swiss GAAP compared with US GAAP

Under US GAAP we had a net loss of CHF 4,448 million, a net loss of CHF 659 million and a net profit of CHF 4,646 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively, compared with a net loss of CHF 3,309 million, a net profit of CHF 1,587 million and a net profit of CHF 5,785 million for the same periods under Swiss GAAP. Under US GAAP our shareholders' equity was CHF 34,178 million and CHF 44,061 million in 2002 and 2001, respectively, compared with shareholders' equity of CHF 28,517 million and CHF 35,800 million for the same periods under Swiss GAAP.

Differences in our net profit/(loss) under US GAAP and Swiss GAAP result primarily from adjustments in respect of derivatives, purchase accounting for the Winterthur legal entity and business combinations. Differences in our shareholders' equity under US GAAP and Swiss GAAP result primarily from adjustments in respect of our shares and own bonds, debt and equity securities and purchase accounting for the Winterthur legal entity. On January 7, 2003, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell Pershing to The Bank of New York Company, Inc. In accordance with US GAAP, we presented the assets and liabilities of Pershing as discontinued operations — assets and discontinued operations — liabilities in the US GAAP condensed consolidated balance sheets. For further information relating to the reconciliation of our Swiss GAAP net profit and shareholders' equity to US GAAP net profit and shareholders' equity, please refer to notes 49.2a and 49.2b of notes to the consolidated financial statements.

As previously announced, we expect to convert to US GAAP as the primary basis of accounting with effect from January 1, 2004.

Related party transactions

As the parent company of three main operating subsidiaries, the Winterthur legal entity, the Credit Suisse legal entity and the Credit Suisse First Boston legal entity, we are involved in significant financing and other transactions, and have significant related party balances, with these entities and their subsidiaries. We enter into those transactions in the ordinary course of our business, and such transactions typically reflect the pricing structure of an unrelated third-party transaction, although this is

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not achieved in all cases. Such transactions and the related inter-company balances are eliminated upon consolidation.

We also enter into related party transactions with our directors, officers and employees and those of our subsidiaries. For further information relating to these transactions, please refer to "Corporate Governance" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Recently issued accounting standards

For a discussion of recently issued US accounting standards, please refer to note 50.4 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Liquidity and capital resources

Credit Suisse Group Consolidated and Credit Suisse Group Legal Entities

Organization

Although we operate through separate business units and segments, liquidity and capital needs are addressed according to the four major legal entities: the Winterthur legal entity for the Insurance and Life & Pensions segments, the Credit Suisse legal entity for the Private Banking and Corporate & Retail Banking segments, the Credit Suisse First Boston legal entity for the Institutional Securities and CSFB Financial Services segments and legal entity Credit Suisse Group as the holding company of these three legal entities.

Each of our three main operating subsidiaries finances its operations in a manner consistent with its business mix, capitalization and ratings and in line with its asset and liability and risk management policies. Liquidity and capital management at the business unit level is coordinated at the Group level through several organizational bodies. The Liquidity Management Committee, chaired by the Group CFO, provides a forum to discuss and coordinate liquidity and funding issues and to review funding practices regarding market access, diversification of liabilities and creditor relations. The Group Risk Processes and Standards Committee, or GRIPS, chaired by the Head of Group Risk Management, monitors liquidity risk and sets the framework for the Group and the legal entities for contingency planning, including procedures to ensure that information flows remain timely and uninterrupted and division of responsibility remains clear. Annually, after the conclusion of the strategic business planning exercise, projected liquidity and capital needs of each of our businesses are evaluated and taken into consideration in determining Group-wide policies and targets. The Group, as the ultimate provider of capital to the subsidiaries, defines the appropriate capital base for its three primary legal operating entities and acts as the primary issuer to the external market of capital and those capital instruments that qualify for regulatory Tier 1 capital. The Group CFO and the Group Treasurer participate in the asset liability management of the business units.

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Funding sources and strategy

At the Credit Suisse Group consolidated level

Our funding requirements, including any supplementary capital needs, are based on regulatory requirements, liquidity requirements, rating agency criteria, taxation, and other considerations. Sources of funding are diversified in liability type, funding market, investor and geographic distribution. Given the depth of our private and retail banking business, we access core deposit funding from an international customer base that has proven to be a stable source of funds over time. This is augmented by our use of institutional market funding on both an unsecured and secured basis. Access by the various legal entities of Credit Suisse Group to the institutional market is coordinated globally in an effort to ensure optimal distribution and placement of our securities, both publicly and privately.

At the Credit Suisse Group legal entity level

The Credit Suisse Group legal entity is a holding company whose primary cash requirements result from the payment of dividends to shareholders, the servicing of Group-issued debt, the payment of Corporate Center expenses and, from time to time, the acquisition of new businesses. Generally, the Credit Suisse Group legal entity does not serve as a financing conduit for those operating subsidiaries that have direct access to external sources of funding. It does, however, issue medium-term and long-term debt for general corporate purposes in Switzerland and through finance subsidiaries for general corporate purposes outside Switzerland. In addition, the Credit Suisse Group legal entity is the provider of capital and thus is the issuer of most hybrid Tier 1 capital instruments through consolidated special purpose subsidiaries. Proceeds from these offerings are typically down-streamed to one of our operating subsidiaries on a matched basis so that the Group has limited currency, interest rate or liquidity risk. Equity investments in subsidiaries are generally funded with equity capital.

The Credit Suisse Group legal entity will receive total dividends of approximately CHF 1,500 million for the 2002 financial year, compared with CHF 1,819 million for the 2001 financial year, and CHF 3,141 million for the 2000 financial year. In 2002, the Group did not execute a share buy-back program.

The cost of servicing bonds issued by the Credit Suisse Group legal entity and its financing subsidiaries, after taking swap transactions into consideration, was CHF 599 million in 2002, CHF 670 million in 2001 and CHF 383 million in 2000.

On October 11, 2002 Credit Suisse Group filed a USD 2 billion shelf registration statement on Form F-3 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, which enables Credit Suisse Group to issue a wide range of senior and subordinated debt (including convertible debt), warrants and hybrid Tier 1 securities.

At December 31, 2002, the Credit Suisse Group legal entity and its finance subsidiaries had borrowings of CHF 13.9 billion, an increase of CHF 0.9 billion over year-end 2001. During 2002 and 2001, the Credit Suisse Group legal entity, through several consolidated special purpose vehicles based in Guernsey, issued the equivalent of CHF 211 million and CHF 982 million, respectively, of perpetual preferred securities qualifying as Tier 1 capital, the proceeds of which were lent to the Credit Suisse First Boston legal entity.

In 2002, Credit Suisse Group issued through its wholly owned subsidiary, Credit Suisse Group Finance (Guernsey) Ltd. mandatory convertible securities in the amount of CHF 1.25 billion. This issue qualifies as equity capital and as Tier 1 capital under BIS rules.

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The Credit Suisse Group legal entity has an agreement with a syndicate of international banks that provides USD 1 billion of revolving credit on an unsecured basis. This 364-day committed facility, which is for general corporate purposes, is available in CHF, USD, GBP and EUR with various banks. The facility contains customary covenants that we believe will not impair our ability to obtain funding. This facility was renewed in January 2003 and expires in January 2004. No amount was drawn under the predecessor facility in 2002.

In 2000 we acquired DLJ for a total consideration of approximately CHF 22 billion (USD 12.4 billion) at the date of acquisition, of which approximately 60% was payable in cash and 40% in Credit Suisse Group shares. In connection with this acquisition, Credit Suisse Group Finance (US), Inc. issued the equivalent of CHF 6.6 billion aggregate principal amount of fixed and floating rate notes and subordinated bonds, guaranteed by the Credit Suisse Group legal entity, with varying maturities from 2003 to 2020 and denominated in USD, EUR and GBP. USD 1 billion of the notes issued in connection with the acquisition mature in 2003.

In respect of the 2002 financial year, we propose a dividend in the amount of CHF 0.10 for each share ranking for dividends, or a total of approximately CHF 120 million. Repayment of share capital for each of the years ended December 31, 2001 and 2000 was CHF 2.4 billion.

Factors that may affect liquidity and capital resources

The subsidiaries of the Credit Suisse Group legal entity are generally subject to legal restrictions on the amount of dividends they can pay. For example, article 675, in conjunction with article 671, of the Swiss Code of Obligations restricts the amount of dividends that the Credit Suisse First Boston, Credit Suisse and Winterthur legal entities can pay. These legal entities may pay dividends only if and to the extent: (1) they have earned a profit during a given financial year or previously established reserves for the payment of dividends; (2) the required portion of annual profit has been allocated to reserves as prescribed by law, the articles of association or a resolution of the general meeting of shareholders; and (3) allocation and payment of the dividends has been approved at the general meeting of shareholders. We do not believe that legal or regulatory restrictions constitute a material limitation on the ability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends to the Credit Suisse Group legal entity. The amount of dividends paid by our operating subsidiaries is determined after considering the expectations for future results and growth of the operating businesses.

Credit ratings

Our access to the debt capital markets and our borrowing costs depend significantly on our credit ratings. These ratings are assigned by rating agencies, which may raise, lower or withdraw their ratings, or place us on "credit watch" with positive or negative implications at any time. Rating agencies take many factors into consideration in determining a company's rating. Such factors include earnings performance, business mix, market position, ownership, financial strategy, level of capital, risk management policies and practices and management team, in addition to the broader outlook for the

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Group's industry. The credit ratings assigned to the senior debt of the Credit Suisse Group legal entity as of March 19, 2003 and our outlooks were as follows:

 
  Short-Term

  Long-Term

  Outlook


Fitch   F1+   AA-   Negative (October 2002)
Moody's     Aa3   Negative (July 2002)
Standard & Poor's   A1   A   Stable (November 2002)

In addition to those of Credit Suisse Group, each of our principal subsidiaries has its own ratings, which are described below.

Capital resources and capital adequacy

Our capital needs are a function of various factors, including economic, regulatory and market requirements. We define our economic capital requirement as that amount of capital needed to continue to operate our business franchise under extremely adverse conditions. We measure this requirement through the use of internally developed statistically based models designed to quantify potential risk exposure. We are also subject, on a consolidated basis, to regulatory capital requirements and the risk-based capital guidelines which are set forth in the Implementing Ordinance and are issued by the FBC. We also adhere to the risk-based capital guidelines set forth by BIS. These guidelines take account of the credit and market risk associated with balance sheet assets as well as certain off-balance sheet transactions. For further information about our risk-based capital guidelines, please refer to "Item 4 — Regulation and supervision." The risk and capital position of the insurance business is taken into consideration when calculating the consolidated capital ratios.

The following table sets forth our consolidated capital and BIS capital ratios as of:

 
  31.12.02

  31.12.01

  31.12.00


Tier 1 capital (in CHF m)1)   19,544   21,155   27,111
Total capital (in CHF m)   33,290   34,888   43,565
BIS Tier 1 capital ratio1)2)   9.7%   9.5%   11.3%
BIS total capital ratio3)   16.5%   15.7%   18.2%

1)
Tier 1 capital includes non-cumulative perpetual preferred securities of CHF 2.2 billion, CHF 2.1 billion and CHF 1.1 billion in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
2)
Ratio is based on Tier 1 capital divided by BIS risk weighted assets.
3)
Ratio is based on total capital divided by BIS risk weighted assets.

In 2002, Credit Suisse Group issued through its wholly owned subsidiary, Credit Suisse Group Finance (Guernsey) Ltd. mandatory convertible securities in the amount of CHF 1.25 billion. This issue qualifies as equity capital and as Tier 1 capital under BIS rules.

In 2002, we issued non-cumulative perpetual preferred securities of CHF 211 million (CHF 982 million in 2001 and CHF 911 million in 2000), adding to an overall amount of CHF 2.2 billion hybrid Tier 1 included in the Tier 1 capital above.

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ITEM 5: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

For details on the components of our consolidated capital structure, please refer to note 44 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

From time to time, the FBC and BIS propose amendments to, and issue interpretations of, risk-based capital guidelines and reporting regulations. Such proposals or interpretations could, if implemented in the future, affect our capital ratios and the measurement of our risk-weighted assets.

Contractual cash obligations and other commercial commitments

We have contractual obligations to make future payments under long-term bonds and mortgage-backed bonds, medium-term notes, long-term, non-cancelable lease agreements and other long-term obligations. The following table sets forth future cash payments associated with our contractual obligations pursuant to certain medium - and long-term debt operating leases on a consolidated basis as of December 31, 2002:

 
  Payments due by period

in CHF m

  Less than
1 year

  1-3 years

  4-5 years

  After 5 years

  Total


Bonds and mortgage-backed bonds   14,511   20,820   17,160   29,348   81,839
Medium-term notes   986   1,246   301   66   2,599
Operating leases   809   1,372   1,691   4,645   8,517

Total long-term contractual obligations   16,306   23,438   19,152   34,059   92,955

The following table sets forth our consolidated short-term contractual obligations as of:

In CHF m

  31.12.02
  31.12.01

Money market paper issued   22,178   19,252
Due to banks   287,884   335,932

Total short-term contractual obligations   310,062   355,184

For information on our off-balance sheet commitments, please refer to page 124 of the consolidated financial statements in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Credit Suisse First Boston Legal Entity

Organization

Credit Suisse First Boston believes that maintaining access to liquidity is fundamental for firms operating in the financial services industry. CSFB manages liquidity at a business unit level while recognizing the constraints of the legal entities comprising the business unit. As a result, CSFB has established a comprehensive process for the management and oversight of its liquidity, funding and capital strategies. CSFB's Capital Allocation and Risk Management Committee, or CARMC, has primary oversight responsibility for these functional disciplines. CARMC reviews and approves liquidity management policies and targets and reviews the liquidity position and other key risk indicators.

CSFB's Corporate Treasury department is responsible for the management of liquidity, long-term funding and capital and for relationships with creditor banks. It also maintains regular contact with both rating agencies and regulators on liquidity and capital issues.

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Liquidity management

CSFB manages liquidity so as to ensure that sufficient funds are either on-hand or readily available on short notice in the event that it experiences any impairment in its ability to borrow in the unsecured debt markets. In this way CSFB ensures that, even in the event of a liquidity dislocation, it has sufficient funds to repay maturing liabilities and other obligations so that it is able to carry out its business plans with as little disruption as possible.

CSFB's liquidity disciplines are segregated into two main funding franchises:

The majority of assets financed by the bank funding franchise, which largely includes assets in CSFB and its principal regulated broker-dealers, are highly liquid, consisting of securities inventories and collateralized receivables, which fluctuate depending on the levels of proprietary trading and customer business. Collateralized receivables consist primarily of resale agreements and securities borrowed, both of which are secured by government and agency securities, and marketable corporate debt and equity securities. In addition, CSFB has significant receivables from customers and broker-dealers that turn over frequently. To meet client needs as a securities dealer, CSFB may carry significant levels of trading inventories. Other assets financed by the bank funding franchise include loans to corporate and other institutional clients that are held directly on CSFB bank's own balance sheet.

As part of its investment banking and fixed income markets activities, CSFB also maintains positions in less liquid assets such as certain mortgage whole loans, distressed securities, high-yield debt securities, asset-backed securities and private equity investments. These assets may be relatively illiquid at times, especially during periods of market stress. CSFB typically funds a significant portion of less liquid assets, such as private equity investments, with long-term borrowings and shareholders' equity. A large portion of these less liquid assets (with the exception of corporate loans) is financed through the non-bank funding franchise, which also provides most of the regulatory capital (equity and subordinated debt) in the broker-dealer subsidiaries.

The principal measure used to monitor the liquidity position at each of the funding franchises of CSFB is the "liquidity barometer," which estimates the time horizon over which the adjusted market value of unencumbered assets plus committed revolving credit facility exceeds the aggregate value of maturing unsecured liabilities plus conservatively forecast contingent obligations. The adjusted market value of unencumbered assets includes a reduction from market value, or "haircut," reflecting the amount that could be realized by pledging an asset as collateral to a third-party lender in a secured funding transaction. Contingent obligations include such things as letters of credit, credit rating-related collateralization requirements, backup liquidity lines provided to asset-backed commercial paper conduits and committed credit facilities to clients that are currently undrawn. CSFB's objective, as mandated by CARMC, is to ensure that the liquidity barometer for each of the funding franchises is maintained at a sufficient level so as to ensure that, in the event that CSFB is unable to access unsecured funding, it will have sufficient liquidity for an extended period. CSFB believes this will enable it to carry out its business plans during extended periods of market stress, while minimizing, to the extent possible,

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disruptions to its business. CSFB regularly stress tests its liquidity resources using scenarios designed to represent highly adverse conditions.

The bank funding franchise also has access to significant sources of secondary liquidity through its ability to access the secured funding markets (repurchase agreements, securities loaned and other collateralized financing arrangements), as these markets have proven reliable even in periods of market stress.

Additionally, the non-bank funding franchise, through CSFB (USA), Inc., the principal holding company for the broker-dealers, maintains a 364-day USD 3.0 billion revolving credit facility with various banks that is available on an unsecured basis. Proceeds from borrowings under this facility can be used for general corporate purposes and the facility is guaranteed by Credit Suisse Group. The facility contains customary covenants that CSFB believes will not impair its ability to obtain funding. The facility next matures on May 23, 2003.

Funding sources and strategy

The bank funding franchise's assets are principally funded with a mixture of secured and unsecured funding. Secured funding consists of collateralized short-term borrowings, which include repurchase agreements and securities loaned. Unsecured funding is accessed through CSFB bank's substantial and historically stable core deposit base, and through the interbank markets. Additionally, CSFB bank issues capital in long-term funding markets to meet regulatory requirements.

The non-bank funding franchise's assets are also funded with a mixture of secured and unsecured sources. Secured funding consists of collateralized short-term borrowings, while unsecured funding includes principally long-term borrowings and, to a lesser extent, commercial paper. Unsecured liabilities are issued through various debt programs. For information on these debt programs, please refer to "Funding Activity Highlights."

Other significant funding sources include financial instruments sold but not yet purchased, payables to customers and broker-dealers and shareholders' equity. Short-term funding is generally obtained at rates related to the Federal Funds rate, LIBOR or other money market indices, while long-term funding is generally obtained at fixed and floating rates related to US Treasury securities or LIBOR. Depending upon prevailing market conditions, other borrowing costs are negotiated. CSFB continually aims to broaden its funding base by geography, investor and funding instrument. In 2002, CSFB bank extended its debt maturity profile by issuing longer dated fixed income securities.

CSFB lends funds as needed to its operating subsidiaries and affiliates on both a senior and subordinated basis, the latter typically to meet capital requirements in regulated subsidiaries. CSFB generally tries to ensure that loans to its operating subsidiaries and affiliates have maturities equal to or shorter in tenor than the maturities of its market borrowings. Additionally, CSFB generally funds investments in subsidiaries with shareholders' equity. To satisfy Swiss and local regulatory capital needs of its regulated subsidiaries, CSFB enters into subordinated long-term borrowings. At December 31, 2002, it had consolidated long-term debt of approximately CHF 65 billion, with approximately CHF 14 billion representing subordinated debt.

Certain of CSFB's subsidiaries enter into various transactions whereby commercial and residential mortgages and corporate bonds are sold to special purpose entities and beneficial interests in those entities are sold to investors. For the year ended December 31, 2002, proceeds and other related cash

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flows received from new securitizations of commercial mortgages, residential mortgages and bonds aggregated CHF 7,928 million, CHF 39,184 million and CHF 16,108 million, respectively.

Funding Activity Highlights

In the non-bank funding franchise, CSFB (USA), Inc. issues long-term debt through US and Euromarket medium-term note programs, as well as syndicated and privately placed offerings around the world.

Under CSFB (USA), Inc.'s currently effective USD 10 billion shelf registration statement on file with the SEC, which allows CSFB (USA), Inc. to issue from time to time senior and subordinated debt securities and warrants to purchase such securities, CSFB (USA), Inc. had at March 19, 2003 approximately USD 6.5 billion available for issuance.

During the year ended December 31, 2002, under this and predecessor shelf registration statements, CSFB (USA), Inc. issued both medium-term notes and longer-dated fixed income securities to extend the maturity profile of CSFB (USA), Inc.'s debt. For the year ended December 31, 2002, CSFB (USA), Inc. issued USD 2.75 billion of 61/2% notes due 2012, USD 1.75 billion of 53/4% notes due 2007, USD 1.0 billion of 71/8% notes due 2032, USD 1.4 billion of 45/8% notes due 2008 and USD 2.7 billion in medium-term notes. For the year ended December 31, 2002, CSFB (USA), Inc. issued USD 822 million in medium-term notes under a USD 5 billion Euromarket program established in July 2001. For the first quarter of 2003, through March 19, 2003, CSFB (USA), Inc. issued USD 1.805 billion of floating rate notes under this program.

During the year ended December 31, 2002, approximately USD 3.2 billion of medium-term notes and USD 650 million of senior notes were repaid.

In 2001, under the then-effective shelf registration statement of USD 10.5 billion, issuances included USD 2.25 billion of 57/8% notes due 2006, USD 3.0 billion 61/8% notes due 2011 and USD 4.8 billion of medium-term notes. In 2001, CSFB (USA), Inc. issued a total of USD 613 million of medium-term notes from its Euro Market medium-term note programs.

In August 2001, CSFB (USA), Inc. redeemed all of the outstanding shares of the Trust Securities of DLJ Capital Trust I. In November 2001, CSFB (USA), Inc. completed a cash tender offer for its Fixed/Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B, resulting in the acquisition of all but approximately 90,000 of the outstanding shares of such preferred stock. In December 2001 CSFB (USA), Inc. redeemed all of the outstanding shares of its Fixed/Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A. In February 2003, CSFB (USA), Inc. redeemed all of the remaining shares of the Series B Fixed/Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock.

CSFB, Inc. also issues long-term debt, principally through its US medium-term note program. During 2001, CSFB, Inc. issued USD 4.8 billion of medium-term notes. Nothing was issued in 2002.

Credit ratings

As described above under "— Credit Suisse Group Consolidated and Credit Suisse Group Legal Entity — Credit ratings," the cost and availability of unsecured external funding is generally a function of our credit ratings. Credit ratings are especially important to CSFB when competing in certain markets and when seeking to engage in longer-term transactions, including over-the-counter derivatives.

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A reduction in credit ratings could limit CSFB's access to capital markets, increase its borrowing costs, require it to post additional collateral or allow counterparties to terminate transactions under certain of its trading and collateralized financing contracts. This, in turn, could reduce its liquidity and negatively impact its operating results and financial position. Its planning takes into consideration those contingent events associated with a reduction in its credit ratings.

The credit ratings assigned to the senior debt of CSFB bank and CSFB (USA), Inc. as of March 19, 2003 and their outlooks were as follows:

 
  Short-Term

  Long-Term

  Outlook


CSFB                
Fitch   F-1+   AA-   Negative   (October 2002)
Moody's   P-1   Aa3   Negative   (July 2002)
Standard & Poor's   A-1   A+   Stable   (November 2002)

CSFB (USA), Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Fitch   F-1+   AA-   Negative   (October 2002)
Moody's   P-1   Aa3   Negative   (July 2002)
Standard & Poor's   A-1   A+   Stable   (November 2002)

Capital resources and capital adequacy

Certain of CSFB's businesses are capital intensive. In addition to normal operating requirements, capital is required to cover financing and regulatory charges on securities inventories, loans and other credit products, private equity investments and investments in fixed assets. CSFB's overall capital needs are continually reviewed to ensure that its capital base can appropriately support the anticipated needs of its business divisions as well as the regulatory capital requirements of its subsidiaries. Based upon these analyses, CSFB believes that its debt and equity base is adequate for current operating levels.

As a Swiss bank, CSFB bank is subject to regulation by the FBC. These regulations include risk-based capital guidelines set forth in the Implementing Ordinance. CSFB also adheres to the risk-based capital guidelines set forth by the BIS.

At CSFB, the regulatory guidelines are used to measure capital adequacy. These guidelines take account of the credit and market risk associated with balance sheet assets as well as certain off-balance sheet transactions.

The following table sets forth CSFB's consolidated capital and BIS capital ratios as of:

 
  31.12.02

  31.12.01

  31.12.00


Tier 1 capital (in CHF m)1)   10,596   15,157   17,595
Total capital (in CHF m)   19,958   26,425   28,582
BIS Tier 1 capital ratio1)2)   10.3%   12.9%   13.6%
BIS total capital ratio3)   19.3%   22.4%   22.2%

1)
Tier 1 capital includes non-cumulative perpetual preferred securities of CHF 1.0 billion, CHF 1.1 billion and CHF 1.1 billion in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
2)
Ratio is based on Tier 1 capital divided by BIS risk weighted assets.
3)
Ratio is based on total capital divided by BIS risk weighted assets.

Additionally, various subsidiaries engaged in both banking and broker-dealer activities are regulated by the local regulators in the jurisdictions in which they operate. For further information relating to capital ratios, please refer to "Item 4 — Information on the Company — Regulation and supervision."

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CSFB's wholly owned subsidiaries, CSFB LLC and Pershing LLC, are registered broker-dealers, registered futures commission merchants and member firms of the NYSE. As such, they are subject to the NYSE's net capital rule, which conforms to the Uniform Net Capital Rule pursuant to rule 15c3-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Under the alternative method permitted by this rule, the required net capital may not be less than two percent of aggregate debit balances arising from customer transactions or four percent of segregated funds, whichever is greater. If a member firm's capital is less than four percent of aggregate debit balances, the NYSE may require the firm to reduce its business. If a member firm's net capital is less than five percent of aggregate debit balances, the NYSE may prevent the firm from expanding its business and declaring cash dividends. At December 31, 2002, CSFB LLC and Pershing LLC's net capital of approximately USD 3.0 billion and USD 1.2 billion, respectively, was 156.5% and 25.9%, respectively, of aggregate debit balances and in excess of the minimum requirement by approximately USD 2.9 billion and USD 1.1 billion, respectively. Our OTC Derivatives Dealer, Credit Suisse First Boston Capital LLC, is also subject to the Uniform Net Capital Rule, but calculates its net capital requirements under Appendix F of Rule 15c3-1.

Other subsidiaries of CSFB are subject to capital adequacy requirements. At December 31, 2002, CSFB and its subsidiaries complied with all applicable regulatory capital adequacy requirements.

For further information on bank regulation, please refer to "Item 4 — Information on the Company — Regulation and supervision."

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Credit Suisse Legal Entity

Organization

Funding for the Credit Suisse legal entity is managed by an Asset and Liability Management Committee, or ALCO, which includes senior executives of the banking business of the Credit Suisse legal entity as well as one senior risk officer of the Group. The ALCO meets on a monthly basis and reviews the current and prospective funding for the Credit Suisse legal entity as well as the capital position and balance sheet development. It also monitors the adherence to internal risk limits and to the capital and liquidity ratios set by the guidelines of the FBC.

The treasury function of the Credit Suisse legal entity is centrally operated and monitors the daily liquidity and risk profile of the Credit Suisse legal entity. Limits for interest rate and market risks are established by the ALCO and ultimately approved by the Board of Directors of the Credit Suisse legal entity. The size of the limits depend on the natural variations of assets and liabilities, net interest income and general market conditions.

Liquidity management

Liquidity management principles applied by the Credit Suisse legal entity aim to ensure that obligations from withdrawal of deposits and drawings on committed and uncommitted credit lines can by met at any time. The liquidity position is calculated and monitored on a daily basis and is regularly tested against various scenarios that range from normal market conditions to distressed conditions including a Credit Suisse legal entity-specific crisis and a general market crisis. For any scenario, the potential excess of liabilities over assets due must be covered by a portfolio of liquid short-term fixed income securities, which could be sold or used for secured borrowing. This portfolio of securities is segregated and managed to provide for emergency liquidity needs only. The liquidity portfolio is maintained at a level well beyond regulatory requirements and could provide sufficient liquidity for an extended period in case of distressed market conditions allowing the Credit Suisse legal entity to pursue its business according to its business plans.

Funding sources and strategy

The majority of the Credit Suisse legal entity's assets consist of residential and commercial mortgages and secured and unsecured advances to a wide rage of borrowers including individuals, small- and medium-sized corporate entities and utilities in Switzerland, Swiss public entities and local and regional governments within Switzerland. Generally, these assets are in the form of fixed customer-based term loans and loans callable on demand after a contractual notice period. These assets are well diversified by geography, by customer type and by instrument. Asset growth has been slow in 2002. Apart from the internal strategic business plan, domestic and international economic cycles are the main drivers of asset growth.

Customer deposits provide a significant portion of the funds for the Credit Suisse legal entity. Consistent with the nature of the loan portfolio, the type of instruments include time deposits and deposits callable on demand. While the contractual maturity of such deposits is typically under three months, they have historically represented a stable and cost efficient source of funding. Analysis of these deposits over long periods of time shows that they are relatively independent of fluctuations in short-term interest rates or other market conditions. The customer base is well diversified by geography, by customer type and by

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instrument. Additional sources of funding include short-term inter-bank deposits, including borrowings from Group entities (CSFB bank and the Winterthur legal entity) on a secured and unsecured basis.

The Credit Suisse legal entity has traditionally issued long-term subordinated debt into the Swiss or European markets to obtain supplementary capital. At December 31, 2002, it had long-term debt (including the current portion) of CHF 5.8 billion, with CHF 3.3 billion representing third-party subordinated debt.

In 2002, the Credit Suisse legal entity borrowed a total of CHF 300 million from the Group on a subordinated basis.

Credit ratings

The debt ratings of the Credit Suisse legal entity as of March 19, 2003 and its outlooks were as follows:

 
  Short-Term

  Long-Term

  Outlook


Fitch   F1+   AA-   Negative    (October 2002)
Moody's   P1   Aa3   Negative            (July 2002)
Standard & Poor's   A1   A+   Stable    (November 2002)

Customer deposits are generally less sensitive to changes in a bank's credit ratings. We therefore believe that a moderate change in the Credit Suisse legal entity's ratings would not impair its funding sources.

Capital resources and capital adequacy

As a Swiss bank, the Credit Suisse legal entity is subject to regulation by the FBC. These regulations include risk-based capital guidelines set forth in the Implementing Ordinance. The Credit Suisse legal entity also adheres to the risk-based capital guidelines set forth by the BIS. For further information relating to these capital ratios, please refer to "Item 4 — Information on the Company — Regulation and supervision."

At December 31, 2002, the Credit Suisse legal entity's consolidated capital and BIS capital ratios were:

 
  31.12.02

  31.12.01

  31.12.00


Tier 1 capital (in CHF m)   6,118   6,191   5,996
Total capital (in CHF m)   8,975   8,996   8,488
BIS Tier 1 capital ratio 1)   7.4%   6.9%   7.1%
BIS total capital ratio 2)   10.8%   10.1%   10.0%

1)
Ratio is based on Tier 1 capital divided by BIS risk weighted assets.
2)
Ratio is based on total capital divided by BIS risk weighted assets.

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"Winterthur" Swiss Insurance Company

Organization

The "Winterthur" Swiss Insurance Company, or the Winterthur legal entity, comprises the insurance and the life and pensions businesses of Credit Suisse Group. It generally manages its liquidity and capital resources on an independent basis, largely separate from the Group operation. These treasury operations are the responsibility of the Chief Investment Officer, or CIO, of Winterthur. Local country CIOs and treasurers work within the guidelines set by the head office and report to their head office counterparts.

Liquidity management

Overall liquidity needs are typically met through active day-to-day cash management that seeks to match anticipated cash inflows with budgeted cash requirements. In day-to-day cash management, the liquidity managers take advantage of global cash pooling among the Winterthur legal entity's companies. To support this activity, the Winterthur legal entity maintains close contacts with local and international companies including banks and corporations, where uncommitted lines of credit are in place. In addition, the Winterthur legal entity's liquidity needs are taken into account in the strategic asset allocation of its investment portfolios, which is based on asset and liability management considerations that track the duration of the assets against the duration of the liabilities. At December 31, 2002, the Winterthur legal entity's investment assets included CHF 76.9 billion of debt securities, CHF 9.1 billion of equity securities and CHF 7.1 billion of short-term investments. The bond portfolios, which consist predominantly of government securities, are highly liquid. For further information relating to asset allocation, please refer to "Operating and Financial Review — Credit Suisse Financial Services — Investments for Life & Pensions Insurance" in the attached Annual Report 2002.

Funding sources and strategy

The principal sources of funds for the Winterthur legal entity are premiums from the insurance businesses, deposits and charges on policies, investment income, proceeds from the sale and maturity of investments and, to a lesser extent, external borrowings. The liquidity requirements of the Winterthur legal entity include benefits, surrenders and claims, operating expenses, interest on borrowings, purchases of investments and dividends to the Credit Suisse Group legal entity.

The Winterthur legal entity generally has not accessed the debt capital markets on a regular basis. However, the following bonds were outstanding at December 31, 2002:

Credit ratings

Rating agencies assign two types of ratings to insurance companies: Insurer Financial Strength, or IFS, ratings and credit ratings.

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IFS ratings provide an assessment of the financial strength of a company and its capacity to meet senior obligations to policyholders and contract holders on a timely basis. IFS ratings are assigned to the company itself, and no liabilities or obligations of the insurer are specifically rated unless otherwise stated. Because an insurer's obligation to pay its claim and benefit obligations ranks senior to all other obligations, the IFS rating will typically be the highest rating assigned within the organization. We believe rating agencies consider several factors in determining the Winterthur legal entity's IFS ratings, including financial strategy, solvency characteristics, level of capital, operating performance, management quality, long-term competitive positioning, risk management policies and a broader outlook for the insurance industry.

These ratings may be used by insurance agents and brokers, risk managers, financial planners, pension fund advisors, individual policyholders and claimants as an unbiased viewpoint as to the Winterthur legal entity's financial viability in support of insurance placement and buying decisions.

In contrast, borrowing costs and, when required, access to debt capital markets, depend significantly on the Winterthur legal entity's credit ratings. These ratings provide an assessment of overall credit quality at the unsecured senior level and the ability of an insurer to meet related obligations. This ability is then tested under a variety of stress scenarios; perceived margin of safety and the stability/volatility of that margin of safety play important roles in the evaluation of credit quality.

The Winterthur legal entity's ratings as of March 19, 2003 and its credit rating outlooks were as follows:

 
  IFS

  Credit

  Credit rating outlook


A.M. Best   A+    
Fitch IBCA Ltd.   AA   AA-   Negative (Jan. 21, 2003)
Moody's   A1   A2   Negative (Nov. 28, 2002)
Standard & Poor's   A   A   Negative (Nov. 26, 2002)

Capital resources and solvency capital adequacy

The Winterthur legal entity's capital view incorporates a combination of regulatory, market and economic requirements; the highest requirement defines the constraint and drives the amount of capital it needs to maintain. The Winterthur legal entity's overall capital needs are continually reviewed to ensure that its capital base can appropriately support anticipated needs.

The risk and capital position of the Winterthur legal entity is taken into consideration when calculating the consolidated Credit Suisse Group capital ratios. The economic capital requirement as defined by the Group's internal standards is the economic capital needed to remain solvent and in business even under extreme conditions. While several risk types are considered when deriving the Winterthur legal entity's economic capital requirements, primary components include the insurance, market and investment risk associated with its business portfolio.

In order to fulfill regulatory requirements, all of the Winterthur legal entity's insurance companies calculate their solvency on a local country level, generally on an annual basis. Internally, they review their solvency position on a quarterly basis.

The Winterthur legal entity calculates its group solvency according to Directive 98/78/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 27, 1998 on the supplementary supervision of

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insurance undertakings in an insurance group. As of year-end 2002, Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company's available solvency capital exceeded the minimum required solvency margin.

In 2002, Winterthur implemented a number of measures to limit the impact of equity market volatility on its capital base. In addition, the Group implemented measures to strengthen the capital base of the insurance businesses, including the issuance of additional upper Tier 2 qualifying capital provided to Winterthur as alternative solvency capital. The upper Tier 2 issuance totalled GBP 500 million and was on lent in even amounts to Winterthur (UK) Holdings and Winterthur UK Financial Services Group Ltd. Both loans mature in 2049. The Group also injected equity capital into Winterthur.

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ITEM 5: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

Selected statistical information

Non-life insurance reserves

Loss and loss adjustment expenses, or LAE, are recorded as incurred. Loss reserves are comprised of estimates of the amount of reported losses and LAE plus a provision for losses incurred but not reported, or IBNR. Loss reserves for reported claims are based on estimates of future payments that will be made in respect of claims, including expenses relating to such claims. These reserve estimates are made by loss adjusters on a case-by-case basis, or case reserves, based on known facts and interpretation of circumstances available at the valuation date. Actuarial techniques are then used to project future trends and to obtain an estimate of the ultimate cost of the reported losses and establish IBNR reserves to recognize the estimated losses and LAE for claims which have occurred but have not been reported. Management relies on past loss experience adjusted for factors that would modify past loss experience and accepted actuarial techniques to estimate the IBNR liability. Management periodically reviews the estimates, which may change in light of new information. Any subsequent adjustments are recorded in the period in which they are determined.

The estimation of the liability for losses and LAE is a complex and dynamic process influenced by various factors. It involves considerable judgment regarding the extrapolation of past claims experience into the future, and interpretations of current and future social attitudes, current and future legislative and judicial attitudes, and other economic, political and social factors. The effects of inflation are implicitly considered through the actuarial techniques employed to estimate reserves. Explicit assumptions on future inflation are used to estimate the ultimate loss to be paid.

Due to the nature of estimating future claims settlements, uncertainty underlies the assumptions inherent in any reserve estimate. These estimates are reviewed regularly and, as experience develops and new information is available, the reserves are adjusted as necessary. Such adjustments, if any, are reflected in results of operations in the period in which they are determined and are accounted for as changes in estimates. Management believes, based on the information currently available, that the non-life reserves are adequate. However, the process of determining the liability for losses and LAE involves risks that the actual results will deviate, perhaps substantially, from management's best estimate.

Please refer to note 50.20 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements for further information on the liability for losses and LAE.

Loss development tables

The tables at the end of this section set forth the year-end reserves from 1992 through 2002 and the subsequent changes in those reserves, presented on an historical basis for our non-life insurance business.

The data in the tables are presented in accordance with reporting requirements of the SEC. Care must be taken to avoid misinterpretation by those unfamiliar with such information or familiar with other data commonly reported by the insurance industry. The accompanying data are not accident year data, but rather a display of 1992-2002 year-end reserves and the subsequent changes in those reserves.

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For example, the "cumulative surplus or deficiency" shown in the accompanying tables for each year represents the aggregate amount by which original estimates of reserves as of the respective year-end have developed in subsequent years. Accordingly, the cumulative deficiency for a year relates only to reserves at that year-end and such amounts are not additive. Expressed another way, if the original reserves at the end of 1992 and each subsequent year until final settlement included CHF 4 million for a loss that is finally settled in 2002 for CHF 5 million, the CHF 1 million deficiency (the excess of the actual settlement of CHF 5 million over the original estimate of CHF 4 million) would be included in the cumulative deficiencies in each of the years 1992-2001 shown in the accompanying table.

Effect of foreign exchange

It should be noted that due to the international scope of the non-life insurance business, changes in foreign exchange rates have a material impact on the reserve movements shown in the tables. For example, the exchange rate movements in 1996 led to a significant increase in the re-estimated liability. In order to quantify this effect, the tables show the overall surplus/(deficiency) including and excluding the impact of foreign exchange.

We discuss below significant factors that impact the tables.

Italian and Spanish motor liability, Spanish medical malpractice

In the past significant changes in the legal environment in both Italy and Spain have affected reserves in ways that could not have been anticipated by the Group's management. Insurance has taken appropriate actions to adjust reserves in accordance with these legal changes.

Italy

In the 1990s, our Italian motor liability book of business has experienced significant adverse loss development. General legal developments led to significant increases in the compensation levels for bodily injury claimants in the years 1994 to 1998. In addition to higher than expected increases for the same level of injury, damages now include compensation for such items as impairment to quality of life. These increases have been mandated for all new and all current open claims. As a result, there was a shortfall in the case reserves held for motor liability. In the late 1990s Management took steps to remedy the situation by increasing the level of reserves held in Italy and it now believes the current reserves are adequate.

Spain

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was an increase above the rate of inflation in the cost of motor liability bodily injury claims in Spain due to lack of uniformity in compensation systems applied by the courts and due to statutory increases in the minimum level of coverage required for motor liability. The situation was rectified to a large extent by the introduction of uniform compensation tables at the beginning of 1995. To comply with the new tables, there was a significant increase in the case reserves held for all claims prior to the period. Since 1995, the market conditions in Spain have been more stable. Management believes the current reserves are adequate.

The uniform compensation tables are not applicable to bodily injury claims stemming from medical malpractice. The cost of those claims has exploded in recent years, and more patients claim pecuniary losses as a result of medical malpractice. The case reserves held for those claims have been increased

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in recent years. Management believes the current reserves are adequate. Our Spanish non-life operation ceased writing medical malpractice insurance during the year 2002, which reduces the risk in the reserves held for Spain compared to the past.

Factors contributing to surpluses and deficiencies

Strengthening of reserves for Italy and Spain and asbestos, pollution and other health hazards resulted in major cumulative deficiencies in net reserves for the years 1992-1995.

The deferred gain on the reinsurance of H. S. Weavers as discussed below is reflected as a cumulative surplus on the run-off of years 1992 to 1999. During 1992-1996 a part of this cumulative surplus was compensated by the considerable reserve strengthening for H. S. Weavers.

Other major contributors to the cumulative surplus in later years are our German and General Casualty business where reserves are now considered to have been too high at the end of 1997 and 1998. Releases were made at the end of 1999 as part of the ongoing assessment of reserves in the light of the development of paid and incurred claims. Nevertheless, during 2001, General Casualty strengthened the reserves due to excessive snow and ice in the Midwest Region of the US in November 2000. This led to greater than expected losses emerging from automobile and property coverages than anticipated in both case and IBNR reserves held at December 31, 2000. Significant adverse development on several large claims also exacerbated the reserve development. Workers' Compensation reserves booked at December 31, 2000 did not consider the increase in mean cost per claim during the first half of 2001.

In the year 2001, the gross loss development table shows a material adverse deficiency on the reserves held at December 31, 2000. This is mainly driven by the emergence of one major single claim on one policy incurred in 2000. As the largest portion of that claim is reinsured, this late emergence of one large single claim has a limited impact on the net loss development table.

H. S. Weavers

H. S. Weavers was an underwriting agent that wrote business on behalf of Insurance through year-end 1983. The agency accepted commercial umbrella and excess casualty business from US companies, and, as a result, had significant exposure to asbestos, pollution and other health hazard claims, including breast implant claims. Provision is only made for health hazards that have resulted in reported claims. No provision has been made for exposures to emerging mass torts, such as electromagnetic fields, for which there is insufficient information available to indicate a liability.

Our Insurance business's interest in H. S. Weavers is protected by a range of proportional and non-proportional reinsurance contracts arranged by H. S. Weavers, a significant part of which are unlimited by their nature.

This estimation of ultimate loss and loss expense liability for asbestos, pollution and other health hazards is unusually difficult, and a significant amount of uncertainty exists in our estimates. Future unknown events such as jury decisions, court interpretations, legislative actions, social conditions and economic conditions such as inflation will impact the ultimate cost of the claims incurred. It should therefore be expected that the actual emergence of losses and LAE will vary, perhaps materially, from our current estimates.

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To limit the exposure from this book of business, Insurance has purchased retroactive reinsurance coverage effective July 1, 2000 from National Indemnity Company, or NICO. Under the agreement, NICO assumes all liabilities under the original contracts, all unallocated loss expense and the right and duty to administer the entire claims handling and reinsurance collections. The reinsurance provides coverage of up to USD 800 million against net losses including deficiencies under existing reinsurance compared to an estimated undiscounted exposure of USD 584 million as of July 1, 2000; therefore, Insurance expects that the reinsurance coverage will protect it from future potential adverse development from this book of business.

As a result of this retroactive reinsurance transaction, Insurance recorded a net deferred gain as of June 30, 2000 in the amount of USD 247 million (CHF 404 million). The deferred gain resulted from the carried reserve of USD 584 million (CHF 954 million), which was net of existing reinsurance of USD 158 million (CHF 258 million), exceeding the premium paid of USD 337 million (CHF 550 million). The carried reserve at June 30, 2000 and the respective premium paid was based on many factors, and is subject to the uncertainties described above. Specifically, the following key variables were considered:

Management's best estimate for the reserve was determined based on a relative weighting of the factors identified above. Based on the neutral development in 2002 and the favorable experience on this book of business, in 2001, management updated its estimates as follows:

As a result, the deferred gain was reduced by USD 4 million (CHF 5 million) and USD 30 million (CHF 51 million) in 2002 and 2001, respectively. The remaining deferred gain amounts to USD 199 million (CHF 277 million) compared to USD 203 million (CHF 340 million) in 2002 and 2001, respectively. The remaining deferred gain will be amortized to income over the estimated settlement period.

In the loss development tables, the effect of the deferred gain as of December 31, 2000 has been reflected in the re-estimated reserves in the diagonal of the year 2000, with the result that the cumulative surplus excluding foreign exchange is increased or the cumulative deficiency excluding foreign exchange is reduced by CHF 381 million for each year presented up to 1999.

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Discounted reserves

The data in the accompanying tables sets forth the discounting of certain reserves for annuity-type claims effects. To the extent permitted under the Group accounting policies, certain long-term accident claims are discounted to reflect the time value of money, due to the relatively long time period over which these claims are to be paid. Apparent deficiencies will continue to occur as the discount on these reserves unwinds. The impact of the unwinding of the discount has not been reflected in the accompanying tables. Because of these and other factors, it is difficult to develop a meaningful extrapolation of estimated future redundancies or deficiencies in loss reserves from the data in the accompanying tables.

The following table shows the amount of discounted reserves held and discount amounts by country as of:

 
  Undiscounted reserves

  Discount amount

  Discounted reserves

  Discount rate

Country

  31.12.02 in CHF m

  31.12.01 in CHF m

  31.12.02 in CHF m

  31.12.01 in CHF m

  31.12.02 in CHF m

  31.12.01 in CHF m

  31.12.02 in %

  31.12.01 in %


Switzerland   1,204   973   457   368   747   605   3.3   3.3
Belgium   2,249   2,254   1,237   1,239   1,012   1,015   3.0   3.0
Other   183   245   64   101   119   144   5.0   5.0

Total   3,636   3,472   1,758   1,708   1,878   1,764    

Acquired business

In 2002, Insurance had no acquisitions. During 2001, Insurance acquired CGU and entered into a strategic alliance with AMP Pearl and Prudential plc in the United Kingdom. These transactions led to a significant increase in the loss and LAE reserves in 2001. During 2000, Insurance acquired NIG, which contributed to the increase in loss and LAE reserves.

Divested business

During 1998, Insurance divested its reinsurance operations by selling the US business and by fully reinsuring the part of the Swiss business that was in run-off. Effective July 1, 2000, Insurance sold Republic Insurance Company, one of its US non-life insurance companies, to NICO and thereby eliminated significant exposure to asbestos, pollution and other health hazard risks. The data relating to these divested businesses has been excluded from the following tables.

Effective July 1, 2001, Insurance sold certain of its international operations to XL Capital Ltd. As this business was not managed separately it was not excluded from the following tables. The elimination is reflected as a payment in 2001. The disposal of Winterthur Swiss Insurance (Asia), Hong Kong and the transfer of the Czech non-life portfolio to a third party in 2001 are also reflected as payments in the 2001 diagonal. In 2002 Insurance disposed of the Paris based and Austrian operations. These disposals have been reflected as payments in the latest year.

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The following table presents an analysis of consolidated loss and LAE reserve development, net of reinsurance recoverables. Net reserves at December 31 for the period from 1992 through 2002 and the subsequent changes in those reserves are as follows:

in CHF m

  1992

  1993

  1994

  1995

  1996

  1997

  1998

  1999

  2000

  2001

  2002


Net reserves for unpaid losses and LAE   8,348   9,235   9,555   10,782   13,511   14,833   15,583   16,422   16,690   16,696   17,031

Net paid (cumulative) as of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
One year later   2,243   2,348   2,109   2,880   3,505   3,490   3,993   4,835   6,241   4,698    
Two years later   3,377   3,360   3,388   4,501   5,178   5,438   6,433   7,792   8,441        
Three years later   3,933   4,173   4,315   5,530   6,419   7,159   8,404   9,148            
Four years later   4,500   4,870   5,051   6,408   7,789   8,540   9,393                
Five years later   5,010   5,427   5,707   7,504   8,723   9,274                    
Six years later   5,419   5,934   6,670   8,163   9,288                        
Seven years later   5,819   6,796   7,154   8,594                            
Eight years later   6,604   7,163   7,509                                
Nine years later   6,866   7,469                                    
Ten years later   7,116                                        

Net liability re-estimated as of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
One year later   8,411   8,995   9,211   11,733   13,786   14,505   15,698   15,874   16,678   16,093    
Two years later   8,329   8,833   10,026   11,945   13,627   14,549   14,974   15,747   16,433        
Three years later   8,272   9,513   10,259   11,946   13,671   13,927   14,875   15,389            
Four years later   8,844   9,849   10,344   12,047   13,114   13,857   14,620                
Five years later   9,168   9,921   10,471   11,568   13,096   13,711                    
Six years later   9,252   10,081   10,022   11,500   12,925                        
Seven years later   9,402   9,602   9,959   11,332                            
Eight years later   8,925   9,578   9,803                                
Nine years later   8,890   9,418                                    
Ten years later   8,750                                        

Cumulative surplus /(deficiency)   (402 ) (183 ) (248 ) (550 ) 586   1,122   963   1,033   257   603  

Cumulative surplus/(deficiency) excluding foreign exchange   (961 ) (558 ) (331 ) 29   298   1,071   890   543   (114 ) 114  

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The following table presents an analysis of consolidated loss and LAE reserve development, gross of reinsurance recoverables. Gross reserves at December 31 for the period from 1992 through 2002 and the subsequent changes in those reserves are as follows:

in CHF m

  1992

  1993

  1994

  1995

  1996

  1997

  1998

  1999

  2000

  2001

  2002


Gross reserves for unpaid losses and LAE   9,529   10,407   10,670   12,046   15,052   16,607   17,559   19,072   20,604   19,588   19,374

Gross paid (cumulative) as of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
One year later   2,604   2,689   2,385   3,206   3,999   4,014   4,363   4,947   8,367   5,617    
Two years later   3,793   3,737   3,761   5,115   5,913   6,057   6,409   9,054   10,913        
Three years later   4,454   4,655   4,965   6,336   7,275   7,323   8,908   10,631            
Four years later   5,105   5,538   5,832   7,286   8,055   9,058   10,095                
Five years later   5,712   6,197   6,561   7,765   9,302   9,965                    
Six years later   6,154   6,740   6,886   8,719   10,026                        
Seven years later   6,586   6,994   7,671   9,290                            
Eight years later   6,766   7,600   8,146                                
Nine years later   7,187   8,007                                    
Ten years later   7,520                                        

Gross liability re-estimated as of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
One year later   9,569   10,093   10,277   13,113   15,459   16,489   17,840   18,903   21,224   19,080    
Two years later   9,363   9,854   11,187   13,453   15,364   16,321   17,187   18,792   20,607        
Three years later   9,276   10,605   11,584   13,489   15,392   16,105   16,975   18,258            
Four years later   9,907   11,074   11,690   13,634   15,171   15,884   16,527                
Five years later   10,295   11,153   11,925   13,451   15,033   15,488                    
Six years later   10,356   11,396   11,789   13,346   14,676                        
Seven years later   10,553   11,257   11,690   13,009                            
Eight years later   10,414   11,192   11,400                                
Nine years later   10,336   10,890                                    
Ten years later   10,060                                        

Cumulative surplus/(deficiency)   (531 ) (483 ) (730 ) (963 ) 376   1,119   1,032   814   (3 ) 508  

Cumulative surplus/(deficiency) excluding foreign exchange   (1,254 ) (1,008 ) (819 ) (154 ) 90   1,023   995   194   (506 ) (167 )

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ITEM 5: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

Banking

Banking average balances and interest rates

The following table sets forth average interest-earning assets, average interest-bearing liabilities and average rates for our banking businesses for the years presented. Month end balances were predominately used in computing the averages disclosed below. We believe these amounts approximate daily averages.

Average balances and interest rates

  Average
balance
2002
in CHF m

  Interest
income
2002
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2002
in %

  Average
balance
2001
in CHF m

  Interest
income
2001
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2001
in %

  Average
balance
2000
in CHF m

  Interest
income
2000
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2000
in %


Money market papers                                    
  Switzerland   2,601   40   1.5%   2,500   105   4.2%   3,921   124   3.2%
  Foreign   25,050   496   2.0%   27,169   1,485   5.5%   24,625   1,600   6.5%
Due from banks                                    
  Switzerland   8,725   441   5.1%   9,382   592   6.3%   18,016   820   4.6%
  Foreign   183,141   6,015   3.3%   207,707   12,482   6.0%   185,792   13,204   7.1%
Due from customers                                    
  Switzerland   36,755   1,544   4.2%   41,539   1,787   4.3%   47,612   1,903   4.0%
  Foreign   131,889   4,521   3.4%   112,660   7,329   6.5%   78,482   8,344   10.6%
Mortgages                                    
  Switzerland   74,030   2,996   4.0%   74,377   3,176   4.3%   72,938   3,084   4.2%
  Foreign   17,709   1,232   7.0%   21,337   1,626   7.6%   11,996   901   7.5%
Interest-earning trading portfolios                                    
  Switzerland   9,951   187   1.9%   16,522   417   2.5%   23,523   453   1.9%
  Foreign   190,055   9,770   5.1%   204,404   12,661   6.2%   151,118   7,568   5.0%
Interest-earning financial investments                                    
  Switzerland   3,727   139   3.7%   4,522   204   4.5%   4,630   128   2.8%
  Foreign   32,053   594   1.8%   25,320   310   1.2%   16,171   578   3.6%
Net interest income/(expenses) on swaps                                    
  Switzerland     67       100       201  
  Foreign     326       5       0  

Interest-earning assets   715,686   28,368   4.0%   747,439   42,279   5.7%   638,824   38,908   6.1%

Allowance for losses   (8,213 )         (10,109 )         (12,071 )      
Participations   4,966           3,335           2,848        
Non-interest earning assets   140,173           146,486           102,903        

Total assets   852,612   28,368   3.3%   887,151   42,279   4.8%   732,504   38,908   5.3%

Percentage of assets attributable to foreign activities   81.5%           81.1%           70.1%        

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Banking average balances and interest rates (continued)

 
  Average
balance
2002
in CHF m

  Interest
expenses
2002
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2002
in %

  Average
balance
2001
in CHF m

  Interest
expenses
2001
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2001
in %

  Average
balance
2000
in CHF m

  Interest
expenses
2000
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2000
in %


Money market papers issued                                    
  Switzerland   757   16   2.1%   49   2   4.2%   25   1   4.0%
  Foreign   22,883   582   2.5%   23,343   1,161   5.0%   18,310   1,213   6.6%
Due to banks                                    
  Switzerland   42,658   640   1.5%   52,388   1,578   3.0%   56,881   2,030   3.6%
  Foreign   253,972   9,704   3.8%   303,015   18,199   6.0%   232,298   15,555   6.7%
Due to customers in savings and investment deposits                                    
  Switzerland   34,122   417   1.2%   34,184   528   1.5%   37,295   555   1.5%
  Foreign   3,273   28   0.9%   3,395   37   1.1%   3,821   38   1.0%
Due to customers, other                                    
  Switzerland   51,362   668   1.3%   53,751   1,427   2.7%   48,397   1,295   2.7%
  Foreign   183,406   4,357   2.4%   166,837   8,691   5.2%   137,064   10,393   7.6%
Swiss cash bonds                                    
  Switzerland   2,621   102   3.9%   3,108   113   3.6%   3,575   144   4.0%
  Foreign                  
Bonds and mortgage-backed bonds                                    
  Switzerland   9,524   442   4.6%   11,121   536   4.8%   11,329   562   5.0%
  Foreign   78,261   3,519   4.5%   64,845   3,362   5.2%   40,338   1,875   4.6%
Net interest income/(expenses) on swaps                                    
  Switzerland     135       0       0  
  Foreign     (226 )     (35 )     8  

Interest-bearing liabilities   682,839   20,384   3.0%   716,036   35,599   5.0%   589,333   33,669   5.7%

Non-interest bearing liabilities   136,779           137,794           118,650        

Total liabilities   819,618   20,384   2.5%   853,830   35,599   4.2%   707,983   33,669   4.8%

Shareholders' equity   32,994           33,321           24,521        

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   852,612           887,151           732,504        

Percentage of liabilities attributable to foreign activities   81.1%           79.7%           74.6%        

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to the current presentation.

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Net interest income/interest rate spread


 

Net
interest
income
2002
in CHF m


 

Interest
rate
spread
2002
in %


 

Net
interest
income
2001
in CHF m


 

Interest
rate
spread
2001
in %


 

Net
interest income
2000
in CHF m


 

Interest
rate
spread
2000
in %


Switzerland   2,994   2.3%   2,197   1.6%   2,126   1.0%
Foreign   4,990   0.7%   4,483   0.4%   3,113   0.2%

Total net   7,984   1.0%   6,680   0.7%   5,239   0.5%

The average rates earned and paid on related assets and liabilities can fluctuate within wide ranges and are influenced by several key factors; the most significant factor is the changes in global interest rates. Additional factors include changes in the mix of business of the Group, both geographic and product types and foreign exchange rate movements between the Swiss franc and the currency of the underlying individual assets and liabilities.

The following table shows selected margin information applicable to our banking businesses for the years ended December 31:

in %

  Average rate
2002

  Average rate
2001

  Average rate
2000


Switzerland   2.2%   1.5%   1.2%
Foreign   0.9%   0.7%   0.7%

Net interest margin   1.1%   0.9%   0.8%

In 2002, the Swiss domestic interest rate spread increased from 1.6% in 2001 to 2.3% in 2002 reflecting the low interest rate environment in Switzerland. The foreign interest rate spread increased slightly from 0.4% in 2001 to 0.7% in 2002. In 2002, both the domestic and foreign interest rate spreads increased as interest rates paid on liabilities declined more rapidly than interest rates earned on assets.

In 2001 the Group profited from the increased interest spread between the bid and ask prices for the Swiss franc resulting in an increase of the domestic interest rate spread from 1.0% in 2000 to 1.6% in 2001. This effect was attributable to increased short-term interest rates during the fourth quarter of 2001. The interest rate spread of the foreign banking business increased from 0.2% in 2000 to 0.4% in 2001, as a result of more favorable average rates attained in the interest-earning trading portfolios compared with 2000. These effects resulted in a total net interest rate spread increase from 0.5% in 2000 to 0.7% in 2001.

The Group experienced a decrease in the interest spread of the banking businesses to 0.5% in 2000. The major contributing factor was an approximate average increase of 200 basis points in both domestic and foreign short-term borrowing rates, partly influenced by the liquidity requirements due to concerns surrounding the year 2000. The increase of rates in Switzerland had the effect of more closely aligning the short-term borrowing rates of the Swiss franc with those of the Euro.

We experienced similar decreases in the interest margin (net interest income divided by average interest earning assets). This was based principally on an approximate average increase of 200 basis points in both domestic and foreign short-term borrowing rates and an increase in the volume of inter-bank money market lending and borrowing and the flattening of the USD yield curve. This activity is transacted at very low margins, but at typically higher volumes. This growth of this business has the effect of overshadowing the relatively higher margins of traditionally more stable retail interest business.

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Analysis of changes in net interest income

The following table allocates, by categories of interest-earning assets and interest-bearing liabilities, changes in net interest income due to changes in volume and in rates for 2002 compared to 2001 and for 2001 compared to 2000. Volume and rate variances have been calculated in movements in average balances and changes in average rates. Changes due to a combination of volume and rate have been allocated to the change due to average rate.

 
  2002 vs. 2001

  2001 vs. 2000

 
 
  Increase/(decrease) due to
changes in

  Increase/(decrease) due to
changes in

 
in CHF m

  Average
volume

  Average
rate

  Net
change

  Average
volume

  Average
rate

  Net
change

 

 
Money market papers                          
  Switzerland   4   (69 ) (65 ) (45 ) 26   (19 )
  Foreign   (117 ) (872 ) (989 ) 165   (280 ) (115 )
Due from banks                          
  Switzerland   (41 ) (110 ) (151 ) (393 ) 165   (228 )
  Foreign   (1,474 ) (4,993 ) (6,467 ) 1,557   (2,279 ) (722 )
Due from customers                          
  Switzerland   (206 ) (37 ) (243 ) (243 ) 127   (116 )
  Foreign   1,250   (4,058 ) (2,808 ) 3,634   (4,649 ) (1,015 )
Mortgages                          
  Switzerland   (15 ) (165 ) (180 ) 61   31   92  
  Foreign   (276 ) (118 ) (394 ) 702   23   725  
Interest-earning trading portfolios                          
  Switzerland   (164 ) (66 ) (230 ) (135 ) 99   (36 )
  Foreign   (890 ) (2,001 ) (2,891 ) 2,669   2,424   5,093  
Interest-earning financial investments                          
  Switzerland   (36 ) (29 ) (65 ) (3 ) 79   76  
  Foreign   81   203   284   327   (595 ) (268 )

 
Interest-earning assets                          
  Switzerland   (458 ) (476 ) (934 ) (758 ) 527   (231 )
  Foreign   (1,426 ) (11,839 ) (13,265 ) 9,054   (5,356 ) 3,698  

 
Change in interest income excluding swaps   (1,884 ) (12,315 ) (14,199 ) 8,296   (4,829 ) 3,467  

 
Swaps                          
  Switzerland       (33 )     (101 )
  Foreign       321       5  

 
Change in interest income       (13,911 )     3,371  

 

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Analysis of changes in net interest income (continued)

 
  2002 vs. 2001

  2001 vs. 2000

 
 
  Increase/(decrease) due to
changes in

  Increase/(decrease) due to
changes in

 
in CHF m

  Average
volume

  Average
rate

  Net
change

  Average
volume

  Average
rate

  Net
change

 

 
Money market papers issued                          
  Switzerland   29   (15 ) 14   1   0   1  
  Foreign   (23 ) (556 ) (579 ) 334   (386 ) (52 )
Due to banks                          
  Switzerland   (293 ) (645 ) (938 ) (160 ) (292 ) (452 )
  Foreign   (2,946 ) (5,549 ) (8,495 ) 4,735   (2,091 ) 2,644  
Due to customers in savings and investment deposits                          
  Switzerland   (1 ) (110 ) (111 ) (46 ) 19   (27 )
  Foreign   (1 ) (8 ) (9 ) (4 ) 3   (1 )
Due to customers, other                          
  Switzerland   (63 ) (696 ) (759 ) 143   (11 ) 132  
  Foreign   863   (5,197 ) (4,334 ) 2,258   (3,960 ) (1,702 )
Swiss cash bonds                          
  Switzerland   (18 ) 7   (11 ) (19 ) (12 ) (31 )
  Foreign              
Bonds and mortgage-backed bonds                          
  Switzerland   (77 ) (17 ) (94 ) (10 ) (16 ) (26 )
  Foreign   696   (539 ) 157   1,139   348   1,487  

 
Interest-bearing liabilities                          
  Switzerland   (423 ) (1,476 ) (1,899 ) (91 ) (312 ) (403 )
  Foreign   (1,411 ) (11,849 ) (13,260 ) 8,462   (6,086 ) 2,376  

 
Change in interest expenses excluding swaps   (1,834 ) (13,325 ) (15,159 ) 8,371   (6,398 ) 1,973  

 
Swaps                          
  Switzerland       135       0  
  Foreign       (191 )     (43 )

 
Change in interest expenses       (15,215 )     1,930  

 
Change in net interest income                          
  Switzerland   (35 ) 1,000   965   (667 ) 839   172  
  Foreign   (15 ) 10   (5 ) 592   730   1,322  

 
Change in net interest income excluding swaps   (50 ) 1,010   960   (75 ) 1,569   1,494  

 
Swaps                          
  Switzerland       (168 )     (101 )
  Foreign       512       48  

 
Net change in swaps       344       (53 )

 
Change in net interest income                          
  Switzerland       797       71  
  Foreign       507       1,370  

 
Total change in net interest income       1,304       1,441  

 

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ITEM 5: OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

Investments portfolio

Banking business investment strategy

Investment strategy for our banking businesses is determined within the respective asset and liability management committee of each business. Exposures to market and interest rate risk are managed by modifying the components of the investment portfolio, either directly or through the use of derivatives. For additional information, please refer to "Risk Management — Market risk," in the attached Annual Report 2002.

The following table presents the carrying value of financial investments of our banking businesses as of:

in CHF m

  31.12.02

  31.12.01

  31.12.00


Debt securities issued by the Swiss Federal Government, cantonal or local governmental entities   473   502   764
Debt securities issued by the United States Government   1,095   111   214
Debt securities issued by other foreign governments   14,703   14,022   11,432
Corporate debt securities   840   1,209   1,075
Mortgage-backed securities   297   262   82
Other debt securities   2,654   160   396

Debt securities   20,062   16,266   13,963

Own bonds   19   31   1
Equity securities 1)   12,543   18,924   9,132
Precious metals   10   9   9
Repossessed commodities   0   6   0
Real estate 2)   760   2,070   2,469

Total financial investments from the banking business   33,394   37,306   25,574

1)
Equity securities include private equity positions (long-term equity financing of companies usually not listed on a stock exchange) and own shares.
2)
Real estate includes real estate acquired for sale and designated for resale.

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The following table analyzes the maturities and weighted-average yields of debt securities included in the financial investments of our banking businesses as of December 31, 2002:

                Remaining Maturity            
    within 1 year   1 to 5 years   5 to 10 years   Over 10 years   Total
   
Amount
in CHF m
 
Yield
in %
 
Amount
in CHF m
 
Yield
in %
 
Amount
in CHF m
 
Yield
in %
 
Amount
in CHF m
 
Yield
in %
 
Amount
in CHF m

Debt securities issued by the Swiss Federal Government, cantonal or local governmental entities   50   3.3%   260   3.4%   156   3.3%   7   4.4%   473
Debt securities issued by the United States Government   1,051   1.4%   44   4.7%   0     0     1,095
Debt securities issued by other foreign governments   6,677   3.9%   6,789   2.4%   1,033   5.3%   204   5.7%   14,703
Corporate debt securities   486   3.0%   265   2.8%   5   2.8%   84   2.2%   840
Mortgage-backed securities   21   3.1%   240   3.5%   36   3.4%   0     297
Other debt securities   2,267   1.2%   270   0.0%   116   0.4%   1     2,654

Total debt securities   10,552   3.1%   7,868   2.4%   1,346   4.6%   296   4.7%   20,062

Since substantially all investment securities held by our banking businesses are taxable securities, the yields presented above are on a tax-equivalent basis.

Deposits

The following table presents information on deposits for the years indicated. Deposits are included within the Swiss GAAP balance sheet captions Due to banks, Due to customers in savings and investment deposits. This table excludes professional securities transactions (i.e., repurchase agreements and securities lending and borrowing). Designation of Switzerland versus foreign is based upon location of the office receiving and recording the deposit. Month-end balances were predominantly used in computing the averages disclosed below. We believe these amounts approximate daily averages.

in CHF m

  Average
balance
2002
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2002
in %

  Average
balance
2001
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2001
in %

  Average
balance
2000
in CHF m

  Average
rate
2000
in %

 

 
Non-interest bearing demand   5,882     11,094     11,749    
Interest-bearing demand   35,115   0.5 % 26,222   1.3 % 24,366   1.3 %
Savings deposits   37,383   1.2 % 37,566   1.5 % 41,396   1.4 %
Time deposits   46,076   1.6 % 48,952   3.2 % 40,271   4.0 %

 
Switzerland bank offices   124,456   1.1 % 123,834   2.0 % 117,782   2.2 %

 
Non-interest bearing demand   1,535     3,553     3,662    
Interest-bearing demand   4,314   2.1 % 4,420   4.1 % 5,583   4.9 %
Savings deposits   12   0.9 % 12   0.9 % 18   1.2 %
Time deposits   136,540   2.2 % 138,769   4.1 % 123,016   5.9 %

 
Foreign bank offices   142,401   2.1 % 146,754   4.0 % 132,279   5.7 %

 
Total deposits   266,857   1.7 % 270,588   3.1 % 250,061   4.0 %

 

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The following table presents the aggregate of individual time deposits issued by Switzerland bank offices and foreign bank offices of our banking businesses in the CHF equivalent amounts of USD 100,000 or more, together with their remaining maturities as of December 31, 2002.

in CHF m

  Switzerland

  Foreign

  Total


3 months or less   0   5,732   5,732
Over 3 through 6 months   0   1,607   1,607
Over 6 through 12 months   0   7,192   7,192
Over 12 months   0   2,733   2,733

Certificates of deposit   0   17,264   17,264

3 months or less   37,059   72,970   110,029
Over 3 through 6 months   1,581   2,166   3,747
Over 6 through 12 months   1,334   2,773   4,107
Over 12 months   300   18,818   19,118

Other time deposits   40,274   96,727   137,001

Total time deposits   40,274   113,991   154,265

Deposits by foreign depositors in Swiss offices amounted to CHF 34,267 million, CHF 32,554 million and CHF 31,774 million at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

Short-term borrowings

Short-term borrowings are included within the Swiss GAAP balance sheet captions Due to banks, Due to customers in savings and investment deposits, Due to customers, other, and Money market papers issued.

The short-term borrowings of the Group's banking operations consist of federal funds purchased, securities sold under agreements to repurchase, commercial paper, investment banking and brokerage borrowings, and other. Generally, original maturities of securities sold under repurchase agreements are less than six months, commercial paper are less than nine months and investment banking and brokerage borrowings and other short-term borrowings are one year or less.

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The following table shows details of the Group's significant short-term borrowings for the years ended December 31:

in CHF m

  2002

  2001

  2000


Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase            
 
Outstanding as of December 31

 

205,060

 

209,019

 

177,643
  Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the year   229,751   249,212   177,643
  Approximate average amount outstanding during the year   214,334   226,987   153,587
  Interest expenses for the year ended December 31   7,435   15,621   14,447
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate during the year   3.5%   6.9%   9.4%
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate at year end   3.5%   6.3%   5.8%

Commercial papers

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Outstanding as of December 31

 

1,496

 

3,496

 

2,465
  Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the year   4,516   4,526   3,627
  Approximate average amount outstanding during the year   3,573   2,616   2,916
  Interest expenses for the year ended December 31   76   119   197
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate during the year   2.1%   4.5%   6.8%
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate at year end   3.0%   2.0%   6.8%

Other short-term borrowings

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Outstanding as of December 31

 

3,173

 

8,648

 

813
  Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the year   9,759   10,148   813
  Approximate average amount outstanding during the year   4,918   5,599   316
  Interest expenses for the year ended December 31   79   224   21
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate during the year   1.6%   4.0%   6.6%
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate at year end   1.5%   4.4%   3.7%

Investment banking and brokerage borrowings

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
Outstanding as of December 31

 

13,660

 

15,254

 

20,520
  Maximum amount outstanding at any month-end during the year   14,062   27,055   25,353
  Approximate average amount outstanding during the year   11,614   18,068   17,325
  Interest expenses for the year ended December 31   276   1,263   1,014
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate during the year   2.4%   7.0%   5.9%
  Approximate weighted-average interest rate at year end   3.0%   4.1%   6.3%

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ITEM 15: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

This Item 15 is being amended and restated in its entirety as a result of the restatements described in Note 48 of the consolidated financial statements.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

(a)    Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Subsequent to the evaluation referred to in the Originally Filed 20-F, we have re-evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Co-Chief Executive Officers and our Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), in light of the restatements and the identification of certain "reportable conditions" discussed below.

In the process of embedding US GAAP procedures throughout our organization, including a comprehensive review of US GAAP accounts, and preparing consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP as of and for the year ended December 31, 2003, we identified certain errors pertaining to the periods prior to the adoption of US GAAP as our primary standard, when US GAAP was applied on a supplemental, reconciliation basis only. As a result, we restated certain information in the previously reported US GAAP reconciliations included in our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 included in the Originally Filed 20-F. For a discussion of the restatements, please see note 48 to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 18 of this Amendment No. 1. Furthermore, in connection with the operation of the Group's standard reporting and control procedures, two errors were identified which also impact prior year Swiss and US GAAP financial reporting. Due to the relative insignificance of these two items, the respective corrections were reflected in the 2003 Swiss GAAP financial statements and accordingly, as a result of the differing periods in which these items were recognized under the two reporting frameworks, they required the establishment of reconciling items between Swiss GAAP and US GAAP.

In connection with these errors, we identified certain deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting pertaining to the application of US GAAP on a reconciliation basis. As part of the communications by our independent auditors KPMG to our Audit Committee with respect to KPMG's audit procedures for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the restatement of prior year US GAAP financial information, KPMG informed the Audit Committee of deficiencies that constituted "reportable conditions" under standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in our internal control relating to:

Based on the re-evaluation described above, the Co-Chief Executive Officers and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that these reportable conditions, if not addressed, could result in accounting errors

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such as those contained in the US GAAP reconciliations within the consolidated financial statements in the Originally Filed 20-F, which have been restated in the reconciled US GAAP financial information included in our consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 contained in Item 18 of this Amendment No. 1.

As a result of our adopting US GAAP as our primary basis of accounting, a number of the processes and procedures that led to the errors in our previously reported US GAAP reconciliations are no longer a part of our internal control over financial reporting. Furthermore, in connection with our adopting US GAAP as our primary basis of accounting, during 2003 we undertook substantial changes to strengthen our internal control over financial reporting with respect to those processes and procedures that will remain in place after our adoption of US GAAP, including:

The Co-Chief Executive Officers and the Chief Financial Officer further concluded, after taking into account the changes to internal control over financial reporting described above, that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective, in all material respects, to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file and submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported as and when required, except to the extent of the reportable conditions identified above.

(b)    Changes in Internal Control

As noted above, as a result of our adopting US GAAP as our primary basis of accounting, a number of the processes and procedures that led to errors in our previously reported US GAAP reconciliations are no longer a part of our internal control over financial reporting. Furthermore, in connection with our adoption of US GAAP as our primary basis of accounting, during 2003 we undertook a number of changes to strengthen our internal control over financial reporting with respect to those processes and procedures that remain in place after our adoption of US GAAP in an effort to prevent a recurrence of the circumstances that resulted in the need for the restatements. In addition, the Audit Committee and senior management have considered additional measures to further improve our internal control over financial reporting relating to processes and procedures that remain in place after our adoption of US GAAP.

With the exception of the items noted above, there has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended December 31, 2003 that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

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ITEM 18: CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Certain portions of notes 49 and 50 (formerly notes 48 and 49) to the consolidated financial statements set forth in this Item 18 have been revised to reflect the restatements described in note 48 and, except for those revisions, do not reflect events and developments subsequent to the date of the original audit report, which was February 21, 2003, except as to notes 49 and 50, which were as of March 20, 2003.

The consolidated financial statements of the Group, together with the notes and schedules thereto and the Independent Auditor's reports thereon, are set forth on pages F-1 and F-80 of this Amendment No. 1 and under the caption "Financial Information—Consolidated Financial Statements" in the Annual report 2002 on pages 118 to 191, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 19: EXHIBITS

This Item 19 has been revised to reflect the inclusion of new Exhibits 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12. No other new Exhibits are being filed herewith.

Exhibit No.

  Exhibit Title


 

 

 
1.1   Articles of Association (Statuten) of Credit Suisse Group as of January 30, 2003 (together with an English translation).

4.1

 

Transaction Agreement between Credit Suisse First Boston (USA), Inc. and The Bank of New York Company, Inc. dated as of January 7, 2003.

8.1

 

Significant subsidiaries of the Registrant (a list of significant subsidiaries is included in note 46 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Registrant).

10   

 

The following portions of Credit Suisse Group's Annual Report 2002, which are incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 20-F in response to Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 18, are filed as an exhibit:

10.2

 

"Information on the Company", (Pages 8 to 33).

10.3

 

"Operating and Financial Review", (Pages 36 to 83 other than the tables under the heading "Operating and Financial Review — Supplemental Information" (Pages 80 to 83).

10.4

 

"Corporate Governance" (Pages 208 to 229).

10.5

 

"Risk Management" (Pages 86 to 114).

10.6

 

"Financial Information" (Pages 118 to 191).

10.7

 

"Five-Year Summary of Selected Financial Data" (Pages 204 to 205).

 

 

The Annual Report, except for those portions thereof which are expressly incorporated by reference herein, is furnished for the information of the SEC and is not to be deemed as "filed" as part of the filing of this Form 20-F.

10.8

 

Consent of KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA, Zurich.

10.9

 

Certification pursuant to 16 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

10.10

 

Rule 13a-14(a) certification of the Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

10.11

 

Rule 13a-14(a) certification of the Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by 2002.

10.12

 

Rule 13a-14(a) certification of the Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

The total amount of long-term debt securities of Credit Suisse Group authorized under any instrument does not exceed 10% of the total assets of the Group on a consolidated basis. The Group hereby agrees to furnish to the SEC upon its request a copy of any instrument defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of Credit Suisse Group or of its subsidiaries for which consolidated or unconsolidated financial statements are required to be filed.

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Signatures

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F/A and has duly caused and authorised the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

      CREDIT SUISSE GROUP
(REGISTRANT)

/S/ DAVID P. FRICK

Name: David P. Frick
Title: General Counsel

 

/S/ PHILIP K. RYAN
Name: Philip K. Ryan
Title: Chief Financial Officer

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ITEM 18: CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The consolidated financial statements included in this Item 18 include a new report of the independent auditors. In addition, a new note 48 "Restatement of US GAAP Reconciliation" has been added and certain portions of notes 49 and 50 have been revised to reflect the restatements. Except for those revisions, the consolidated financial statements included in this Item 18 do not reflect events or developments subsequent to the date of the original audit report, which was February 21, 2003, except as to notes 49 and 50, which were as of March 20, 2003.

Index to financial statements

Credit Suisse Group

Report of the independent auditors   F-2

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

 

 

48

 

Restatement of US GAAP Reconciliation

 

F-3  
49   Differences between Swiss and US accounting principles   F-5  
50.1   Earnings per share   F-29
50.2   US GAAP consolidated changes in shareholders' equity   F-30
50.3   US GAAP accumulated other comprehensive income   F-32
50.4   Recently issued US accounting standards   F-33
50.5   Goodwill and intangible assets   F-36
50.6   Discontinued operations   F-37
50.7   Investments   F-38
50.8   Real estate held for investment from the insurance business   F-42
50.9   Brokerage receivables and brokerage payables   F-43
50.10   Securities borrowed, lent and subject to repurchase agreements   F-43
50.11   Income taxes   F-47
50.12   Reinsurance   F-49
50.13   Present value of future profits   F-50
50.14   Deferred policy acquisition costs   F-51
50.15   Real estate   F-51
50.16   Fair value of financial instruments   F-52
50.17   Derivative financial instruments   F-54
50.18   Litigation   F-59
50.19   Deposits   F-65
50.20   Liabilities for loss and loss adjustment expenses from the non-life insurance business   F-66
50.21   Participating policies of insurance business   F-67
50.22   Related party transactions   F-68
50.23   Pension and post-retirement benefits   F-68
50.24   Capital requirements   F-72
50.25   Credit Suisse Group (parent company only)   F-74
Schedule I – Schedule of investments from the insurance business   F-78
Schedule III – Schedule of supplementary insurance information   F-79
Schedule IV – Schedule of reinsurance   F-80

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GRAPHIC            
    Assurance        

 

 

KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA

 

Telephone +41 1 249 31 31
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CH-8004 Zurich
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www.kpmg.ch

Report of the Independent Auditors
The Board of Directors of Credit Suisse Group


We have audited the consolidated balance sheets of Credit Suisse Group and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, incorporated by reference from the Annual Report 2002, pages 118 to 191, and on the accompanying pages F-3 to F-80. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of Credit Suisse Group management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Credit Suisse Group and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the results of their operations, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2002, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in Switzerland and comply with Swiss law.

As discussed in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, Credit Suisse Group has modified for the financial year 2002 its accounting policies in relation to deferred taxation.

Accounting principles generally accepted in Switzerland vary in certain significant respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America would have affected shareholders' equity as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the results of operations for each of the three years then ended, to the extent summarized in note 49 to the consolidated financial statements.

As described in note 48 to the consolidated financial statements, Credit Suisse Group has restated its US GAAP reconciliations as of and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.

KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler SA


/s/  
BRENDAN R. NELSON     
Brendan R. Nelson
Chartered Accountant
Auditors in Charge

 

/s/  
PETER HANIMANN     
Peter Hanimann
Certified Accountant

Zurich, February 21, 2003, except as to notes 49 and 50, which are as of March 20, 2003 and except for the matters discussed in note 48, which are as of April 23, 2004.


GRAPHIC


48 Restatement of US GAAP Reconciliation

On January 1, 2004, the Group adopted US GAAP as its primary basis of accounting, marking the completion of its transition from accounting and reporting in accordance with Swiss GAAP, with supplemental reporting under US GAAP on a reconciliation basis, to reporting on a full US GAAP basis.

In the process of embedding US GAAP procedures throughout the organization, including a comprehensive review of US GAAP accounts, and preparing consolidated financial statements in accordance with US GAAP as of and for the year ended December 31, 2003, the Group identified certain errors pertaining to periods prior to the adoption of US GAAP as the Group's primary standard, when US GAAP was applied on a supplemental, reconciliation basis only. As a result, the Group restated certain information in the previously reported US GAAP reconciliations.

Furthermore, in connection with the operation of the Group's standard reporting and control procedures, two errors were identified which also impact prior year Swiss and US GAAP financial reporting. Due to the relative insignificance of these two items, the respective corrections were reflected in the 2003 Swiss GAAP financial statements and accordingly, as a result of the differing periods in which these items were recognized under the two reporting frameworks, they required the establishment of reconciling items between Swiss GAAP and US GAAP.

The Group's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Swiss GAAP as of and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, as previously issued, are not affected by these corrections. None of the adjustments resulted from accounting policies that were not in accordance with US GAAP.

The corrections relate to errors made in the determination of US GAAP adjustments necessary for preparation of the Group's reconciliation from Swiss GAAP to US GAAP as of and for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.

The following table quantifies the US GAAP restatement adjustments which impact net profit/(loss) for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, with the principal adjustments identified separately.

in CHF m

  2002
  2001
  2000
 

 
Provision for future dividends to policyholders 1)   195   50    
Realized gains 2)       157  
Pension expense 3)   (21 ) (34 ) (34 )
Deposit valuation 4)   101      
Other, total   (43 ) 12   36  

 
Total   232   28   159  

 
1)
In 2002 and 2001, purchase accounting adjustments were not properly applied to the deferred bonus reserve (DBR), which is a component of the reserve for future dividends to policyholders. The purchase accounting adjustments were properly included as timing differences between the local statutory basis of accounting and US GAAP in the determination of the DBR, however, the tax benefits resulting from these adjustments to the DBR were not properly allocated to the DBR, resulting in overstatements to the DBR and to deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and overstatements of policyholder benefits and income taxes in 2002 and 2001.

2)
An inter-company derivative transaction used to hedge certain available for sale securities held by the Group was not eliminated properly as of December 31, 2000, resulting in an understatement of realized gains in 2000, and despite settlement of the derivative transaction during 2001, an

F-3


3)
For years prior to 2003, the contributions used to determine the service cost for certain of the Group's pension plans in Switzerland were overstated. In 1998 through 2002, the Group inadvertently included as regular contributions amounts transferred into certain Group plans by employees, resulting in an understatement of pension expense in 2002, 2001 and 2000, and an overstatement of prepaid pension expense as of December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.

4)
Prior to 2003, the Group entered into certain derivative transactions that were intended to hedge interest rate risk associated with deposits. These derivative transactions were initially accounted for as qualifying hedges under Swiss GAAP and the hedge accounting was carried over for US GAAP reporting purposes. However, these hedge transactions did not meet certain criteria to qualify for hedge accounting under US GAAP, resulting in overstatements of liabilities and accumulated other comprehensive income as of December 31, 2002 and an understatement of trading revenue in 2002.

The impact of the US GAAP restatement adjustments on the Group's US GAAP consolidated net profit/(loss) for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000 is as follows:

in CHF m

   
  2002
  2001
  2000
 

 
As previously reported       (4,680 ) (687 ) 4,487  

 
Total adjustments, gross       521   (29 ) 207  
Tax effect       (288 ) 58   (47 )
Minority interest       (1 ) (1 ) (1 )

 
As restated       (4,448 ) (659 ) 4,646  

 
Impact on US GAAP earnings per share                  
Basic       0.20   0.03   0.15  
Diluted       0.20   0.03   0.14  

 

The impact of the US GAAP restatement adjustments on the Group's US GAAP consolidated shareholders' equity as of December 31, 2002, 2001, 2000 and as of January 1, 2000 is as follows:

In CHF m

  31.12.02
  31.12.01
  31.12.00
  01.01.00
 

 
As previously reported   34,412   44,896   49,906   40,387  

 
Total adjustments to net profit/(loss), cumulative   293   61   33   (126 )
Total related adjustments to other components of shareholders' equity   (150 ) (68 ) (45 ) 97  
Share compensation1)   (377 ) (828 ) (790 ) (418 )

 
As restated   34,178   44,061   49,104   39,940  

 
1)
A US GAAP reconciliation adjustment to reflect certain equity compensation plan losses within shareholders' equity was not recorded. As a result, US GAAP Other liabilities and Additional paid in capital were understated and overstated, respectively, at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.

The Group's condensed consolidated US GAAP financial statements and all impacted disclosures have been revised for the adjustments summarized above. In addition, certain items have been reclassified within the Group's condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

49    Differences between Swiss and US accounting principles

The following narratives provide additional details to support the tabular reconciliation in notes 49.2a and 49.2b of net profit and shareholders' equity prepared under Swiss generally accepted accounting principles, or Swiss GAAP, to net profit and shareholders' equity prepared under US generally accepted accounting principles, or US GAAP. For those reconciling items where the differences between the methods under Swiss GAAP and US GAAP accounting are significant to a particular segment, the segment has been identified.

Additional information concerning Swiss accounting principles can be found in note 1 "Summary of significant accounting policies."

49.1    Valuation and income recognition differences between Swiss and US accounting principles

a)     Debt and equity securities

F-5


b)     Consolidation

F-6


c)     Transfer of financial assets

F-7


d)     Real estate

e)     General provisions

F-8


f)      Business combinations and disposals

F-9


g)     Share-based compensation

F-10


in CHFm, except per share amounts

   
  2002

  2001

  2000


Expenses for stock-based compensation, net of related tax effect   As reported   1,082   1,573   1,459
    Pro forma1)   1,572   2,134   1,816

Net profit/(loss)   As reported   (3,309 ) 1,587   5,785
    Pro forma1)2)   (3,799 ) 1,026   5,428

Earnings per share   As reported   (2.78 ) 1.33   5.21
    Pro forma1)2)   (3.19 ) 0.86   4.89

Earnings per share–diluted   As reported   (2.78 ) 1.32   5.19
    Pro forma1)2)   (3.19 ) 0.85   4.87

h)     Pension benefits

F-11


i)      Taxation

F-12


j)      Loans

k)     Leasing

l)      Derivatives

F-13


          

m)    Own shares and own bonds

F-14


n)     Foreign currency

o)     Capitalization of software

F-15


p)     Mandatory convertible securities

q)     Winterthur purchase accounting

in CHF m

  Shareholders' equity
31.12.02

  Shareholders' equity
31.12.01

  Shareholders' equity
31.12.00

  Net profit
2002

  Net
profit
2001

  Net
profit
2000

 

 
 
  As restated*

  As restated*

  As restated*

  As restated*

  As restated*

  As restated*

 
Investments   2,203   2,713   3,158   (928 ) (2,558 ) (1,747 )
Life insurance                          
  Deferred policy acquisition costs   (1,380 ) (1,627 ) (1,679 ) 217   37   215  
  Present value of future profits   2,191   2,556   2,806   (333 ) (225 ) (174 )
  Technical provisions   (459 ) (798 ) (1,153 ) 348   344   273  
Goodwill   3,452   3,681   4,069   (228 ) (388 ) (239 )
Retirement benefits   27   53   25   5   (5 ) (23 )
Taxation   (803 ) (802 ) (926 ) 135   698   389  
Other   0   0   0   0   21   0  

 
Total purchase accounting adjustments   5,231   5,776   6,300   (784 ) (2,076 ) (1,306 )

 

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49.2a    Reconciliation of Swiss GAAP and US GAAP net profit

in CHF m

  References are to note 49.1

  2002

  2001

  2000

 

 
        As restated*   As restated*   As restated*  
Swiss GAAP net profit before minority interests       (3,326 ) 1,814   6,022  
Swiss GAAP minority interests       17   (227 ) (237 )

 
Swiss GAAP net profit       (3,309 ) 1,587   5,785  

 
Adjustments in respect of                  
Debt and equity securities   a)   (210 ) (212 ) (38 )
Consolidation   b)   2   (154 ) 102  
Transfer of financial assets   c)   (278 ) (74 ) 100  
Real estate   d)   (9 ) 21   10  
General provisions   e)   (578 ) (201 ) (102 )
Business combinations and disposals   f)   707   (623 ) (287 )
Share-based compensation   g)   (93 ) (128 ) 81  
Pension plans   h)   317   282   201  
Taxation   i)   (269 ) (159 ) (302 )
Loans   j)   (79 ) 14   14  
Leasing   k)   (3 ) (7 ) (3 )
Derivatives   l)   160   1,045   169  
Own shares and own bonds   m)   331   (264 ) (52 )
Foreign currency   n)   (90 ) (6 ) 5  
Capitalization of software   o)   (263 ) 296   269  
Mandatory convertible securities   p)        
Winterthur purchase accounting   q)   (784 ) (2,076 ) (1,306 )

 
Total adjustments       (1,139 ) (2,246 ) (1,139 )

 
US GAAP net (loss)/profit       (4,448 ) (659 ) 4,646  

 
US GAAP minority interests       60   (242 ) (318 )

 
US GAAP net (loss)/profit before minority interests       (4,508 ) (417 ) 4,964  

 
*
See note 48.

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49.2b    Reconciliation of Swiss GAAP and US GAAP shareholders' equity

 
   
  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

 
 
  References are to note 49.1

 
in CHF m

  31.12.02

  31.12.01

  31.12.00

 

 
Swiss GAAP shareholders' equity before minority interests   31,395   38,921   43,522  
Swiss GAAP minority interests   (2,878 ) (3,121 ) (2,571 )

 
Swiss GAAP shareholders' equity   28,517   35,800   40,951  

 
Adjustments in respect of                  
Debt and equity securities   a)   334   2,490   3,801  
Consolidation   b)   24   146   181  
Transfer of financial assets   c)   (272 ) (29 ) 43  
Real estate   d)   (8 ) 1   (21 )
General provisions   e)   170   169   369  
Business combinations and disposals   f)   1,554   976   1,660  
Share-based compensation   g)   1,861   2,593   2,537  
Pension plans   h)   (168 ) (65 ) (93 )
Taxation   i)   405   429   88  
Loans   j)   193   274   260  
Leasing   k)   (43 ) (40 ) (33 )
Derivatives   l)   261   6   (718 )
Own shares and own bonds   m)   (3,081 ) (5,165 ) (6,619 )
Foreign currency   n)   0   0   (4 )
Capitalization of software   o)   438   700   402  
Mandatory convertible securities   p)   (1,238 )    
Winterthur purchase accounting   q)   5,231   5,776   6,300  

 
Total adjustments       5,661   8,261   8,153  

 
US GAAP shareholders' equity   34,178   44,061   49,104  

 
US GAAP minority interests   (2,887 ) (3,161 ) (3,930 )

 
US GAAP shareholders' equity before minority interests   37,065   47,222   53,034  

 
*
See note 48.

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49.3    Presentation differences between Swiss and US accounting principles

In addition to differences related to valuation and income recognition principles, financial statement presentation differences exist between Swiss GAAP and US GAAP. Although these differences do not result in adjustments between Swiss GAAP and US GAAP reported net profit and shareholders' equity, it may be useful to understand these differences to interpret the condensed consolidated income statement and condensed consolidated balance sheet in accordance with US GAAP at notes 49.3a and 49.3b. The following is a summary of these differences.

Offsetting policies

Under Swiss GAAP, in the insurance business assets and liabilities are offset when the Group has a legal right to offset amounts with the same counterparty and the transaction is expected to settle net. Additionally, insurance technical provisions are presented net of reinsurance. In the banking segments assets and liabilities are offset when all of the following conditions are met:

Positive and negative replacement values are offset with the same counterparty insofar as bilateral agreements exist that are recognized and legally enforceable.

Under US GAAP, offsetting of assets and liabilities in the balance sheet is improper except where a right of set-off exists. A right of set-off exists when all of the following criteria are met:

Presentation differences exist between Swiss GAAP and US GAAP related to offsetting of assets and liabilities of certain repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions and certain securities lending and borrowing transactions that did not meet the US GAAP criteria. These are illustrated in note 49.3b to the "Condensed consolidated balance sheet."

The gross up of insurance balances for US GAAP is described in the presentation differences below and is reflected in note 49.3b to the "Condensed consolidated balance sheet."

Income statement presentation differences

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F-21


Balance sheet presentation differences

F-22


F-23


F-24


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49.3a    Condensed consolidated statements of income

The following are condensed consolidated statements of income for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000. In the following table US GAAP amounts reflect adjustments for the valuation and income recognition differences as described in note 49.2 and the presentation differences described in note 49.3. Swiss GAAP has been reformatted to reflect US GAAP presentation differences.

in CHF m

  US GAAP
2002

  US GAAP
2001

  US GAAP
2000

  Swiss GAAP
reformatted
2002

  Swiss GAAP
reformatted
2001

  Swiss GAAP
reformatted
2000


 
  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

   
   
   
Interest income   30,741   44,231   41,823   31,201   46,702   43,342
Commissions and fees   15,349   18,378   17,430   16,433   19,496   17,563
Trading revenue   2,152   8,493   9,357   1,943   8,019   8,976
Realised gains/(losses) from investments, net   (5,302 ) (1,636 ) 3,005   (4,640 ) 940   4,262
Insurance premiums   29,322   27,947   24,872   29,482   28,170   25,078
Other revenue   3,917   4,776   3,422   4,256   2,964   1,809

Total revenue   76,179   102,189   99,909   78,675   106,291   101,030

Interest expense   20,317   35,737   33,626   20,302   35,915   33,676

Revenue, net of interest expense   55,862   66,452   66,283   58,373   70,376   67,354

Provision for credit losses   2,820   1,569   1,041   2,878   1,717   910
Policyholder benefits and claims   25,693   24,872   22,253   25,944   25,151   22,257

Total provisions for benefits, claims and credit losses   28,513   26,441   23,294   28,822   26,868   23,167

Insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses   4,378   4,181   3,600   4,296   4,041   3,687
Dividends to policyholders   (1,918 ) 550   2,102   (1,718 ) 733   2,473
Salaries and employee benefits   16,245   21,030   18,859   16,784   21,821   18,503
Premises and equipment expenses, net   3,580   3,859   3,112   3,745   3,933   3,024
Restructuring charges   32   77   607   32   70   1,499
Other expenses   9,059   10,920   8,251   9,780   10,706   7,718

Total operating expenses   31,376   40,617   36,531   32,919   41,304   36,904

(Loss)/profit from continuing operations before taxes, extraordinary items and minority interests   (4,027 ) (606 ) 6,458   (3,368 ) 2,204   7,283

Income taxes   (88 ) (167 ) 1,516   495   389   1,261

(Loss)/profit from continuing
operations before extraordinary
items and minority interests
  (3,939 ) (439 ) 4,942   (3,863 ) 1,815   6,022

Minority interests   (60 ) 242   318   (17 ) 227   237

(Loss)/profit from continuing operations before extraordinary items   (3,879 ) (681 ) 4,624   (3,846 ) 1,588   5,785

(Loss)/profit from discontinued operations, net of tax benefit/(expense) of CHF (235) m, CHF 35 m and CHF (26) m for 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.   (648 ) (101 ) (10 ) 0   0   0

(Loss)/profit before extraordinary items and cumulative change in accounting principles   (4,527 ) (782 ) 4,614   (3,846 ) 1,588   5,785

Extraordinary income/(expenses), net   18   0   31   17   (1 ) 0
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles   61 1) 123   1   520 2) 0   0

Net (loss)/profit   (4,448 ) (659 ) 4,646   (3,309 ) 1,587   5,785

*
See note 48.

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to the current presentation.

1)
Relates to the adoption of SFAS 141 Business Combinations. See note 50.4.
2)
Relates to a change in the accounting for deferred tax assets. See note 2.

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49.3b    Condensed consolidated balance sheets

The following are condensed consolidated balance sheets of the Group, at December 31, 2002 and 2001. In the following table US GAAP amounts reflect adjustments for the valuation and income recognition differences as described in note 49.2 and the presentation differences described in note 49.3. Swiss GAAP has been reformatted to reflect US GAAP presentation differences.

in CHF m

  US GAAP
31.12.02

  US GAAP
31.12.01

  Swiss GAAP
reformatted
31.12.02

  Swiss GAAP
reformatted
31.12.01


As restated *   As restated *        
Assets                
Cash and cash equivalents   8,066   9,524   17,207   9,361
Interest-bearing deposits with banks   26,477   30,462   30,617   28,176
Brokerage receivables   16,551   37,427   29,837   35,601
Investment securities (whereof encumbered CHF 992 m and CHF 587 m for 2002 and 2001) 1)   116,148   130,804   116,594   130,599
Trading account assets (whereof encumbered CHF 96,427 m and CHF 131,082 m for 2002 and 2001)   272,017   311,878   244,379   281,968
Real estate held for investment   9,916   10,634   7,625   8,177
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements, and securities borrowing transactions   267,634   298,810   227,913   230,604
Loans, net of allowance for credit losses 2)   166,310   166,694   174,753   171,041
Tangible fixed assets   7,972   9,578   7,845   8,446
Premiums and insurance balances receivable, net   9,081   8,024   9,139   8,021
Reinsurance recoverables   3,389   4,509   3,395   4,509
Goodwill   16,664   17,997   11,035   13,664
Present value of future profits   3,781   4,749   1,966   2,335
Deferred policy acquisition costs   5,336   4,237   6,498   5,662
Other assets (whereof encumbered CHF 5,594 m and CHF 9,963 m for 2002 and 2001)   65,393   75,263   58,571   68,602
Assets held for separate accounts   13,377   14,519   13,395   14,519
Discontinued operations — assets   19,046   0   0   0

Total assets   1,027,158   1,135,109   960,769   1,021,285

*
See note 48.

1)
Including venture capital of CHF 10,681 m and CHF 13,985 m for US GAAP in 2002 and 2001, respectively, and CHF 11,034 m and CHF 14,457 m for Swiss GAAP reformatted for 2002 and 2001, respectively.
2)
Net of allowance for credit losses of CHF 7,308 m and CHF 9,245 m for US GAAP in 2002 and 2001, respectively and CHF 7,504 m and CHF 9,234 m for Swiss GAAP reformatted in 2002 and 2001, respectively.

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in CHF m

  US GAAP
31.12.02

  US GAAP
31.12.01

  Swiss GAAP
reformatted
31.12.02

  Swiss GAAP
reformatted
31.12.01


As restated *

  As restated *

   
   
Liabilities and shareholders' equity                
Deposits   245,265   267,813   255,538   269,076
Short-term borrowings   16,692   22,148   18,329   27,397
Brokerage payables   20,580   46,889   37,448   38,073
Trading account liabilities   146,483   162,027   136,173   154,130
Insurance policy and claims reserves   102,473   101,030   102,431   100,555
Provision for dividends to policyholders   3,150   5,934   3,076   5,782
Provision for unearned premiums   7,358   6,914   7,435   6,914
Policyholder funds   13,673   15,028   14,013   15,021
Federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements, and securities lending transactions    251,682   276,759   205,105   209,157
Other liabilities   54,141   68,345   43,927   52,047
Long-term debt   98,645   99,902   92,378   89,114
Liabilities held for separate accounts   13,503   15,098   13,521   15,098
Discontinued operations — liabilities   16,448   0   0   0

Total liabilities   990,093   1,087,887   929,374   982,364

Minority interests   2,887   3,161   2,878   3,121

Common shares   1,190   3,590   1,190   3,590
Additional paid in capital   24,417   25,080   21,113   19,886
Common shares in treasury, at cost   (4,387 ) (6,258 ) 0   0
Retained earnings   18,662   19,645   9,788   9,198
Accumulated other comprehensive income   (1,256 ) 2,663   (265 ) 1,539
Net income after minority interests   (4,448 ) (659 ) (3,309 ) 1,587

Total shareholders' equity   34,178   44,061   28,517   35,800

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity   1,027,158   1,135,109   960,769   1,021,285

*
See note 48.

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to the current presentation.

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50    Additional disclosures required under US GAAP

The following disclosures within note 49 are required under US GAAP and unless otherwise noted support the Swiss GAAP consolidated financial statements and are presented on a Swiss GAAP basis.

50.1    Earnings per share

 
  2002

  2001

  2000

 

 
 
  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

 
Net profit/(loss) available for common shares (in CHF m)              
Swiss GAAP – basic   (3,309 ) 1,587   5,785  
Interest on convertible debt     1   4  

 
Swiss GAAP – diluted   (3,309 ) 1,588   5,789  

 
US GAAP – basic   (4,448 ) (659 ) 4,646  
Interest on convertible debt       4  

 
US GAAP – diluted   (4,448 ) (659 ) 4,650  

 
Weighted-average number of shares outstanding              
Swiss GAAP – basic   1,190,206,207   1,194,090,788   1,111,100,088  
Potential dilutive common shares              
  Contingent issuable shares     69,028   139,084  
Incremental shares from assumed conversions              
  Convertible bonds     770,152   2,064,896  
  Mandatory convertible securities        
  Share options     8,517,586   2,387,608  

 
Potential dilutive common shares     9,356,766   4,591,588  

 
Swiss GAAP – diluted   1,190,206,207   1,203,447,554   1,115,691,676  

 
US GAAP – basic 1)   1,154,529,909   1,134,355,261   1,051,796,048  
Potential dilutive common shares              
  Contingent issuable shares       34,957,620  
Incremental shares from assumed conversions              
  Convertible bonds       2,064,896  
  Mandatory convertible securities        
  Share options       1,704,012  

 
Potential dilutive common shares       38,726,528  

 
US GAAP – diluted   1,154,529,909   1,134,355,261   1,090,522,576  

 
Earnings per share (in CHF)              
Swiss GAAP basic              
Earnings before extraordinary items   (3.50 ) 1.52   6.73  
Cumulative effect change in accounting principles   0.44      
Extraordinary items   0.28   (0.19 ) (1.52 )

 
Net earnings per share   (2.78 ) 1.33   5.21  

 
Swiss GAAP diluted              
Earnings before extraordinary items   (3.50 ) 1.51   6.70  
Cumulative effect change in accounting principles   0.44      
Extraordinary items   0.28   (0.19 ) (1.51 )

 
Net earnings per share — diluted 2)   (2.78 ) 1.32   5.19  

 
US GAAP basic              
Earnings from continuing operations   (3.36 ) (0.60 ) 4.40  
Earnings from discontinued operations   (0.56 ) (0.09 ) (0.01 )
Cumulative effect change in accounting principles   0.05   0.11   0.00  
Extraordinary items   0.02   0.00   0.03  

 
US GAAP — basic   (3.85 ) (0.58 ) 4.42  

 
US GAAP diluted              
Earnings from continuing operations   (3.36 ) (0.60 ) 4.24  
Earnings from discontinued operations   (0.56 ) (0.09 ) (0.01 )
Cumulative effect change in accounting principles   0.05   0.11   0.00  
Extraordinary items   0.02   0.00   0.03  

 
US GAAP — diluted 2)   (3.85 ) (0.58 ) 4.26  

 
*
See note 48.

All share-related data have been adjusted for the 4-for-1 share split effective as of August 15, 2001.

1)
The weighted average number of shares outstanding reflects the deductions of own shares and the addition of vested contingent issuable shares.
2)
For 2002 and 2001, the computation of the diluted earnings per share excludes the effect of the potential exchange of convertible bonds and securities, the contingent issuable shares and the potential exercise of options to purchase shares, because the effect would be anti-dilutive.

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50.2    US GAAP consolidated changes in shareholders' equity

See note 35 for additional information on changes in shareholders' equity. The following table for the changes in shareholders' equity is in accordance with US GAAP.

in CHF m, except number of shares

  Common shares
outstanding  1)

  Common
shares

  Additional
paid in
capital  5)

  Retained
earnings

  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income  4)

  Common
shares in
treasury
at cost  2)

  Total

 

 
 
   
   
  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

 
Balance at December 31, 1999 as originally filed   1,043,224,728   5,444   15,149   16,762   5,933   (2,901 ) 40,387  
Restatements       (330 ) (126 ) 9     (447 )

 
Restated Balance at December 31, 1999   1,043,224,728   5,444   14,819   16,636   5,942   (2,901 ) 39,940  

 
Net profit         4,646       4,646  
Other comprehensive income,
    net of tax
          352     352  
Issuance of common shares   112,926,008   565   8,152         8,717  
Share-based compensation       926         926  
Accrual for earned share
    compensation
          1,945               1,945  
Release of treasury shares for
    share compensation
  20,355,660       (1,277 )         1,277   0  
Sale of treasury shares   153,126,600     297       12,304   12,601  
Repurchase of treasury shares   (225,750,840 )         (18,146 ) (18,146 )
Net premium/discount on
    treasury share and own
    share derivative activity
      (67 )       (67 )
Cash dividends paid 3)
    (CHF 1.75 per share)
        (1,917 )     (1,917 )
Dividend on treasury shares         107       107  

 
Balance at December 31, 2000   1,103,882,156   6,009   24,795   19,472   6,294   (7,466 ) 49,104  

 
Net profit/(loss)         (659 )     (659 )
Other comprehensive income,
    net of tax
          (3,631 )   (3,631 )
Issuance of common shares   2,457,851   11   164         175  
Cancellation of repurchased
    shares
  (7,600,000 ) (38 ) (531 )       (569 )
Share-based compensation       399         399  
Accrual for earned share
    compensation
          2,097               2,097  
Release of treasury shares for
    share compensation
  29,913,015       (2,133 )         2,133   0  
Sale of treasury shares   235,177,204     235       15,874   16,109  
Repurchase of treasury shares   (243,106,991 )         (16,799 ) (16,799 )
Net premium/discount on
    treasury share and own
    share derivative activity
      54         54  
Repayment out of share capital 3)
    (CHF 2.00 per share)
    (2,392 )         (2,392 )
Dividend on treasury shares         173       173  

 
Balance at December 31, 2001   1,120,723,235   3,590   25,080   18,986   2,663   (6,258 ) 44,061  

 
Net profit/(loss)         (4,448 )     (4,448 )
Other comprehensive income,
    net of tax
          (3,919 )   (3,919 )
Issuance of common shares   1,011,909   2   26         28  
Cancellation of repurchased
    shares
  (7,730,000 ) (23 ) (69 ) (450 )     (542 )
Share-based compensation           298               298  
Accrual for earned share
    compensation
          1,353               1,353  
Release of treasury shares for
    share compensation
  24,110,853       (1,798 )         1,798   0  
Sale of treasury shares   141,837,418     (482 )     4,884   4,402  
Repurchase of treasury shares   (163,895,110 )         (4,811 ) (4,811 )
Net premium/discount on
    treasury share and own
    share derivative activity
      9         9  
Repayment out of share capital 3)
    (CHF 2.00 per share)
    (2,379 )         (2,379 )
Dividend on treasury shares         126       126  

 
Balance at December 31, 2002   1,116,058,305   1,190   24,417   14,214   (1,256 ) (4,387 ) 34,178  

 

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*
See note 48.

All share-related data have been adjusted for the 4-for-1 share split effective as of August 15, 2001.

1)
At par value CHF 1 each, fully paid at December 31, 2002.
2)
Comprising 73,833,415, 75,886,576 and 97,869,804 treasury shares at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. In addition to the treasury shares, a maximum of 228,970,984, 191,026,457 and 164,279,536 unissued shares (conditional and authorized capital) at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively, were available for issuance without the approval of the shareholders.
3)
Dividends are declared and paid in the year subsequent to the reporting period. For the financial year 2000, repayment out of share capital as approved on June 1, 2001 in lieu of a dividend. For the financial year 2001, repayment out of share capital as approved on May 31, 2002 in lieu of a dividend.
4)
Unrealized investment gains and losses have been reduced to the extent that there is a legal or contractual obligation to pass those gains and losses to policyholders when recognized. As a result, unrealized gains and losses have been reduced by CHF (902) million, CHF (47) million and CHF 1,120 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.
5)
Balances include the accrued cost for shares to be delivered under the share award plans. The cost attributable to share award plans at December 31, 2002, 2001, 2000 and 1999 amount to CHF 2,911 million, CHF 3,356 m, CHF 3,392 m and CHF 2,724 m respectively. The balances include the accrued cost for shares granted subsequent to the financial year-end as part of the financial year compensation.

The Group commenced a share repurchase program of up to CHF 5 billion in 2001, corresponding to approximately 66 million shares, over two years. The Group began the repurchase over a second trading line at the SWX Swiss Exchange on March 14, 2001. This program, under which the Group purchased the equivalent of 15,330,000 shares with a par value of CHF 1 each in 2001 has been terminated as of February 25, 2003. The value of the shares repurchased was CHF 1.1 billion, and the Group's share capital was reduced by this amount. No purchases were made in 2002.

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50.3    US GAAP accumulated other comprehensive income

The following table of accumulated other comprehensive income is in accordance with US GAAP.

in CHF m

  Foreign
currency
translation
adjustments

  Unrealized
gains/
(losses) on
securities 1)

  Cash flow hedges

  Minimum
pension
liability
adjustment

  Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income

  Comprehensive
income

 

 
    As restated *       As restated *       As restated *   As restated *  
Balance at December 31, 1999 as originally filed   1,172   4,758     3   5,933    
Restatements   9         9    

 
Restated Balance at December 31, 1999   1,181   4,758     3   5,942    

 
Net profit             4,646  
Foreign currency translation adjustments   (619 )       (619 )  
Unrealized holding gains arising during
    period, net of tax of CHF 173 m
    3,536   (157 )   3,379    
Less reclassification adjustment for gains
    included in net income, net of tax
    of CHF 709 m
    (2,404 )     (2,404 )  
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of
    tax benefit of CHF 2 m
        (4 ) (4 )  

 
Other comprehensive income   (619 ) 1,132   (157 ) (4 ) 352   352  

 
Balance at December 31, 2000   562   5,890   (157 ) (1 ) 6,294    

 
Total comprehensive income 2000             4,998  

 
Net profit             (659 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments   64         64    
Unrealized holding losses arising during
    period, net of tax benefit
    of CHF 412 m
    (3,052 )     (3,052 )  
Less reclassification adjustment for gains
    included in net income, net of tax
    benefit of CHF 190 m
    (330 )     (330 )  
Unrealized holding losses arising during
    period, net of tax benefit
    of CHF 1 m
      (81 )   (81 )  
Cumulative effect of changes in accounting
    principles, net of tax
    benefit of CHF 7 m
      (17 )   (17 )  
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of
    tax benefit of CHF 60 m
        (215 ) (215 )  

 
Changes in other comprehensive income   64   (3,382 ) (98 ) (215 ) (3,631 ) (3,631 )

 
As of December 31, 2001   626   2,508   (255 ) (216 ) 2,663    

 
Total comprehensive income 2001             (4,290 )

 
Net profit             (4,448 )
Foreign currency translation adjustments   (2,928 )       (2,928 )  
Unrealized holding losses arising during
    period, net of tax benefit
    of CHF 124 m
    (489 )     (489 )  
Less reclassification adjustment for gains
    included in net income, net
    of tax benefit of CHF 260 m
    (358 )     (358 )  
Unrealized holding gains arising during
    period, net of tax of CHF 1 m
      221     221    
Minimum pension liability adjustment, net of
    tax benefit of CHF 142 m
        (365 ) (365 )  

 
Changes in other comprehensive income   (2,928 ) (847 ) 221   (365 ) (3,919 ) (3,919 )

 
As of December 31, 2002   (2,302 ) 1,661   (34 ) (581 ) (1,256 )  

 
Total comprehensive income 2002             (8,367 )

 
*
See note 48.


1)
Net of certain amounts allocated to policyholders.

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50.4    Recently issued US accounting standards

Accounting for business combinations, goodwill and other intangible assets

In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations (SFAS 141), and SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS 142).

SFAS 141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations. The use of the pooling of interests method is prohibited. This statement is effective for business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 and for purchase method of accounting business combinations completed after June 30, 2001. In addition, SFAS 141 requires certain intangible assets to be recognized apart from goodwill and sets forth specific criteria relating to the recognition of intangible assets acquired in business combinations.

SFAS 142 changes the accounting for goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives from an amortization method to an impairment-only approach. Accordingly, amortization of goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives, including goodwill recorded in prior business combinations, has ceased upon adoption of SFAS 142. Other intangible assets with finite lives will continue to be amortized over their assigned useful lives. For the Group and other calendar year companies, this statement is effective for financial years beginning after December 15, 2001.

Effective July 1, 2001, the Group adopted the provisions of SFAS 141 and certain provisions of SFAS 142 as required for goodwill and intangible assets resulting from business combinations consummated after June 30, 2001. Effective January 1, 2002, the Group adopted the remaining provisions of SFAS 142.

The Group completed the required transitional impairment test of goodwill and indefinite life intangible assets as of January 1, 2002, and determined that there was no impairment to goodwill or intangible assets and no effect on the Group's consolidated financial condition or results of operations as of January 1, 2002. Additionally, upon adoption, the Group reclassified certain intangible assets as follows: CHF 1,946 million from finite life intangibles to goodwill and CHF 71 million from goodwill to finite life intangibles. See note 50.5 for additional information on goodwill and identifiable intangible assets.

Accounting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets

In October 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (SFAS 144).

SFAS 144 supersedes SFAS No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of (SFAS 121), and the accounting and reporting provisions of APB opinion No. 30, Reporting the Results of Operations—Reporting the Effects of Disposal of a Segment of a Business, and Extraordinary, Unsual and Infrequently Occuring Events and Transactions (APB 30). SFAS 144 also amends ARB 51, Consolidated Financial Statements (ARB 51), to eliminate the exception to consolidation for a temporarily controlled subsidiary.

SFAS 144 requires all long-lived assets to be disposed of and discontinued operations to be measured at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. SFAS 144 establishes additional criteria for determining when a long-lived asset is held-for-sale. It also broadens the definition of discontinued operations but does not allow for the accrual of future operating losses, as was previously permitted.

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The Group adopted SFAS 144 on January 1, 2002. Generally, the provisions of the new standard are to be applied prospectively. Other than the presentation of discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated income statement for operations which the Group initiated disposition activities subsequent to January 1, 2002, and the classification of related assets and liabilities as held-for-sale on the condensed consolidated balance sheet, adoption of SFAS 144 did not have a material impact on the Group's consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

EITF 02-3

In November 2002, the Emerging Issues Task Force released EITF Issue No. 02-3, Issues Involved in Accounting for Derivative Contracts Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities (EITF 02-3). In EITF 02-3 the FASB staff clarified that, in the absence of (a) quoted market prices in an active market, (b) observable prices of other current market transactions or (c) other observable data supporting a valuation technique, the transaction price represents the best information available with which to estimate fair value at the inception of the arrangement for all derivatives. With respect to these criteria, the Group is currently evaluating the impact on its consolidated financial statements of EITF 02-3.

Future Application of Accounting Standards

In April 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 145, Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FASB Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections (SFAS 145). SFAS 145 rescinds SFAS No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment of Debt (SFAS 4) and an amendment of that statement, SFAS No. 64, Extinguishments of Debt Made to Satisfy Sinking-Fund Requirements (SFAS 64). SFAS 145 also amends SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases (SFAS 13), to eliminate an inconsistency between the required accounting for sale-leaseback transactions and the required accounting for certain lease modifications that have economic effects that are similar to sale-leaseback transactions. The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after May 15, 2002. The Group believes that the adoption of SFAS 145 will not have a significant impact on the Group's consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities (SFAS 146), which requires companies to recognize costs associated with exit or disposal activities when they are incurred, rather than at the date of a commitment to an exit or disposal plan. In addition, SFAS 146 requires that the liability be measured at fair value and be adjusted for changes in estimated cash flows. Examples of costs covered by the standard include lease termination costs and certain employee severance costs that are associated with restructuring, a discontinued operation, plant closing, or other exit or disposal acitivity. The statement is effective for exit or disposal activities initiated after December 31, 2002. The Group believes that the adoption of SFAS 146 will not have a significant impact on the Group's consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

In November 2002, the FASB began drafting SFAS No. 149, Accounting for Certain Instruments with Characteristics of Liabilities and Equity (SFAS 149). SFAS 149 would establish standards for issuers' classification as liabilities in the statement of financial condition certain financial instruments that have characteristics of both liabilities and equity. The final statement is expected to be issued in the second quarter of 2003. SFAS 149 would be effective upon issuance for all contracts created or modified after

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the date the statement is issued and otherwise effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after March 15, 2003. The Group is evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 149.

In November 2002, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others — an Interpretation of FASB Statements No. 5, 57, and 107 and Rescission of FASB Interpretation No. 34 (FIN 45). FIN 45 elaborates on the disclosures to be made by a guarantor in its financial statements about its obligations under certain guarantees it has issued. It also clarifies that a guarantor is required to recognize, at the inception of a guarantee, a liability for the fair value of the obligation undertaken in issuing the guarantee. The initial recognition and measurement provisions of this interpretation are applicable on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The disclosure requirements of FIN 45 are effective for financial statements ending after December 15, 2002 and can be found in "Consolidated Off-Balance Sheet and Fiduciary Business." The Group believes that the adoption of the initial recognition and measurement provisions of FIN 45 will not have a significant impact on the Group's consolidated financial condition or results of operations.

FASB Interpretation No. 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities (FIN 46), an interpretation of ARB No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements, was issued on January 17, 2003. FIN 46 provides guidance for determining whether a company must consolidate entities where identifying the majority holdings of voting equity is not adequate for making the determination of control, either because voting equity does not exist or the entities' decisions are so restricted that decisions are an irrelevant indicator. The FASB has named these entities "variable interest entities", or VIEs. The guidance in FIN 46 is applicable for many special-purpose entities and any other entity not explicitly excluded from the scope of FIN 46 or that do not satisfy the criteria for assessing consolidation based on a majority holding of voting equity.

Under FIN 46, a party has to consolidate a VIE if it has either the majority of expected losses or expected residual returns, or both. Generally, FIN 46 does not require consolidation for parties involved with qualifying special purpose entities (QSPEs) that meet the requirements of FAS 140.

The consolidation requirements of FIN 46 are applicable to all VIEs created after January 31, 2003. Entities that existed before February 1, 2003, must be reviewed under FIN 46 by July 1, 2003. The Group is currently reviewing the impact of FIN 46 on the consolidated financial statements of the Group.

FIN 46 also imposes immediate disclosure requirements, the most significant of which relate to entities for which the Group believes it is "reasonably possible" that consolidation or disclosure will be required on July 1, 2003. The information disclosed about VIEs in note 50.10 is based on the status of the Group's review of the impact of FIN 46 on current structures to date. Accordingly, the actual impact may differ as the Group completes its review, considers restructuring alternatives, and to the extent further clarification on the application of FIN 46 is obtained.

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

50.5    Goodwill and intangible assets

See also note 50.4 for additional information.

The following table presents the net profit and earnings per share for 2002, 2001 and 2000 adjusted to exclude amortization expense (net of taxes) related to goodwill which is no longer amortized. For the periods presented there was no amortization of indefinite life intangible assets which, under SFAS 142, are no longer amortized.

in CHF m, except per share amounts

  2002

  2001

  2000


 
  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

Net profit/(loss)            
  Reported net profit/(loss) under US GAAP   (4,448 ) (659 ) 4,646
  Goodwill amortization   0   1,587   671

  Adjusted net profit/(loss) under US GAAP   (4,448 ) 928   5,317


Basic earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Reported basic earnings per share   (3.85 ) (0.58 ) 4.42
  Goodwill amortization   0.00   1.40   0.64

  Adjusted basic earnings per share   (3.85 ) 0.82   5.06


Diluted earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Reported diluted earnings per share   (3.85 ) (0.58 ) 4.26
  Goodwill amortization   0.00   1.40   0.62

  Adjusted diluted earnings per share   (3.85 ) 0.82   4.88

*
See note 48.

During 2002, a goodwill write-off of CHF 1,297 million was recorded in connection with the disposal of Pershing, CSFBdirect and Autranet, Inc. A CHF 195 million write-off resulted from the disposals of our insurance operations in France and Austria. The Group recorded goodwill of CHF 472 million during 2002 in connection with CSFB's acquisition of Holt Value Associates, L.P. and Warburg Pincus Asset Management and other acquisitions.

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The changes in goodwill during 2002 were as follows:

in CHF m

  Balance at
January 1, 2002

  Goodwill
acquired
during the
period

  Goodwill
disposed/
impaired
during the
period

  Other 1)

  Balance at
December 31, 2002


Private Banking   582   18   (59 ) (25 ) 516
Corporate & Retail Banking   182   30   (13 ) 0   199
Life & Pensions   2,216   23   (17 ) (24 ) 2,198
Insurance   2,540   76   (178 ) (37 ) 2,401
Institutional Securities   11,560   79   (391 ) (1,549 ) 9,699
CSFB Financial Services   2,792   246   (906 ) (481 ) 1,651

Total   19,872   472   (1,564 ) (2,116 ) 16,664

1)
Includes foreign exchange impact on non-CHF denominated goodwill and other reclassifications.

At December 31, 2002, CHF 5 million of the Group's acquired intangible assets were considered to be indefinite life and not subject to amortization. All other acquired intangible assets are subject to amortization. During 2002, the Group recorded CHF 146 million of intangible assets with amortization periods from three to thirteen years. The components of intangible assets were as follows:

 
  31.12.02

  31.12.01

in CHF m

  Gross carrying
amount

  Accumulated
amortization

  Net carrying
amount

  Gross carrying
amount

  Accumulated
amortization

  Net carrying
amount


Present value of future profits   5,523   1,742   3,781   5,904   1,155   4,749
Capitalization of software   2,837   1,394   1,443   3,886   997   2,889
Trade names / Trademarks   80   10   70   721   44   677
Client relationships   944   139   805   4,066   288   3,778
Other   155   76   79   1,130   271   859

Total amortizing intangible assets   9,539   3,361   6,178   15,707   2,755   12,952
Indefinite life intangible assets           5           6

Total intangible assets           6,183           12,958

Intangible assets amortization expense was CHF 1,459 million and CHF 1,304 million for 2002 and 2001, respectively. Intangible assets amortization expense is estimated to be CHF 1,095 million in 2003, CHF 909 million in 2004, CHF 767 million in 2005, CHF 730 million in 2006, and CHF 637 million in 2007.

50.6    Discontinued operations

The following note includes details on discontinued operations that are considered to be material.

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On January 7, 2003, the Group entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Pershing unit to The Bank of New York Company, Inc. For additional information please refer to note 5.

In accordance with SFAS 144, the Company presented the assets and liabilities of its Pershing unit as of December 31, 2002 as Discontinued operations — assets and Discontinued operations — liabilities, respectively, in the US GAAP condensed consolidated balance sheets. As a result, the US GAAP condensed consolidated balance sheets for prior periods may not be comparable. The operating results of the Pershing unit for all periods presented were reported as Discontinued operations in the US GAAP condensed consolidated statements of income.

The following table summarizes the results of operations of Pershing for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000.

In CHF m

  2002

  2001

  2000

 

 
Total revenues   1,136   2,129   545  
Total expenses   (1,201 ) (2,268 ) (520 )

 
Profit/(loss) before taxes from discontinued operations   (65 ) (139 ) 25  

 
Loss on disposal of stock   (532 )    
Provision for income taxes   20   32   (10 )

 
Profit/(loss) from discontinued operations, net   (577 ) (107 ) 15  

 

The following table sets forth Pershing's assets and liabilities at December 31, 2002.

In CHF m

  31.12.02


Assets    
Cash and cash equivalents   1,693
Brokerage receivables   6,246
Trading account assets   239
Federal funds sold, securities purchased under resale agreements ad securities borrowing transactions   7,476
Tangible fixed assets   247
Goodwill   867
Other assets   1,396

Discontinued operations — assets   18,164

Liabilities    
Deposits   349
Brokerage payables   11,194
Trading account liabilities   45
Federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements, and securities lending transactions   892
Other liabilities   3,136

Discontinued operations — liabilities   15,616

50.7    Investments

The following tables are based on the consolidated Swiss GAAP balance sheet as held-to-maturity or available-for-sale based on US GAAP criteria. Additional information regarding investments can be found

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in note 22 for Financial investments from the banking business, note 23 for Investments from the insurance business and note 24 for own shares included in the investments from the banking and insurance business.

Money market papers

December 31, 2002 (in CHF m)

  Book value

  Amortized
cost

  Gross
unrealized
gains

  Gross
unrealized
losses

  Fair value


Debt securities issued by foreign governments   2,138   2,138   0   0   2,138

Securities held-to-maturity   2,138   2,138   0   0   2,138

Debt securities issued by Swiss Federal Government, cantonal or local governmental entities   123   123   0   0   123
Debt securities issued by foreign governments   185   185   0   0   185
Corporate debt securities   278   278   0   0   278
Other   0   0   0   0   0

Securities available-for-sale   586   586   0   0   586

Other money market papers 1)   22,401        

Total money market papers   25,125        

December 31, 2001 (in CHF m)

  Book value

  Amortized
cost

  Gross
unrealized
gains

  Gross
unrealized
losses

  Fair value


Debt securities issued by foreign governments   3,401   3,401   0   0   3,401

Securities held-to-maturity   3,401   3,401   0   0   3,401

Debt securities issued by the Swiss Federal Government, cantonal or local governmental entities   1,266   1,266   0   0   1,266
Debt Securities issued by foreign governments   1,594   1,594   0   0   1,594
Corporate debt securities   292   292   0   0   292
Other   0   0   0   0   0

Securities available-for-sale   3,152   3,152   0   0   3,152

Other money market papers1)   25,474        

Total money market papers   32,027        

1)
Not considered debt securities under US GAAP criteria but rather cash and other liquid assets, interest bearing deposits due from banks and trading assets.

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Financial investments from the banking business

December 31, 2002 (in CHF m)

  Book value

  Amortized
cost

  Gross
unrealized
gains

  Gross
unrealized
losses

  Fair value


Debt securities issued by foreign governments   5,267   5,267   1   0   5,268
Corporate debt securities   1   1   0   0   1
Other   0   0   0   0   0

Debt securities held-to-maturity   5,268   5,268   1   0   5,269

Debt securities issued by Swiss Federal Government, cantonal or local governmental entities   473   473   30   0   503
Debt securities issued by other foreign governments   10,531   10,530   164   1   10,693
Corporate debt securities   839   986   5   151   840
Other   2,951   2,951   14   1   2,964

Debt securities available-for-sale   14,794   14,940   213   153   15,000

Equity securities   1,456   1,442   39   14   1,467

Equity securities available-for-sale   16,250   16,382   252   167   16,467

Own shares   58                
Own bonds   19        
Investments in venture capital   11,029        
Real estate   760        
Other   10        

Total financial investments from the banking business   33,394                

December 31, 2001 (in CHF m)

  Book value

  Amortized
cost

  Gross
unrealized
gains

  Gross
unrealized
losses

  Fair value


Debt securities issued by foreign governments   5,691   5,691   5   2   5,694
Corporate debt securities   3   3   0   0   3
Other   0   0   0   0   0

Debt securities held-to-maturity   5,694   5,694   5   2   5,697

Debt securities issued by the Swiss Federal Government, cantonal or local governmental entities   502   502   22   18   506
Debt securities issued by foreign governments   8,441   8,446   80   5   8,521
Corporate debt securities   1,206   1,204   14   1   1,217
Other   422   422   2   1   423

Debt securities available-for-sale   10,571   10,574   118   25   10,667

Equity securities   3,694   3,731   2,199   38   5,892

Securities available-for-sale   14,265   14,305   2,317   63   16,559

Own shares   773        
Own bonds   31        
Investments in venture capital   14,458        
Real estate   2,070        
Other   15        

Total financial investments from the banking business   37,306                

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The following table presents proceeds from sales of securities and realized gains and losses, on both Swiss GAAP and US GAAP bases, for the years ended December 31:

 
  Available-for-sale securities

in CHF m

  Debt securities
2002

  Debt securities
2001

  Debt securities
2000

  Equity securities
2002

  Equity securities
2001

  Equity securities
2000


 
  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

  As restated *

Proceeds from sales   50,701   29,161   13,880   20,849   22,952   15,050
Realized gains                        
  Swiss GAAP basis   1,388   985   493   3,061   4,394   5,335
  US GAAP basis   1,336   785   510   2,783   2,983   4,272
Realized losses                        
  Swiss GAAP basis   595   193   251   7,865   3,608   1,081
  US GAAP basis   844   609   280   8,087   4,569   1,174

*
See note 48.

Transfers of equity securities and securities classified as available-for-sale to trading account assets resulted in realized gross gains of CHF 2 million, CHF 0 million and CHF 25 million during 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively, and gross losses of CHF 0 million, CHF 17 million and CHF 0 million in 2002, 2001, and 2000, respectively.

The Group recognized other than temporary impairments on investment securities held as available-for-sale of CHF 4,890 million, CHF 1,597 million and CHF 383 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000 respectively.

The following table presents the amortized cost and fair value of securities classified as available-for-sale and held-to-maturity by contractual maturity dates as of December 31, 2002:

Debt securities
(in CHF m)

  Securities
held-to-maturity
amortized cost

  Securities
held-to-maturity
fair value

  Securities
available-for-sale
amortized cost

  Securities
available-for-sale
fair value


From the banking business                
Due in one year or less   1,968   1,969   8,731   8,651
Due from one to five years   3,082   3,082   4,785   4,820
Due from five to ten years   218   218   1,129   1,233
Due after ten years   0   0   295   296

Total debt securities from the banking business   5,268   5,269   14,940   15,000

From the insurance business                
Due in one year or less   0   0   2,860   3,041
Due from one to five years   0   0   22,351   23,550
Due from five to ten years   0   0   33,523   34,922
Due after ten years   0   0   14,189   15,138

Total debt securities from the insurance business   0   0   72,923   76,651

At December 31, 2002, money market papers held by the Group which are classified as either
available-for-sale or held-to-maturity primarily mature within one year.

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At December 31, 2002, financial investments from the insurance business with the fair value and book value of CHF 116 million and CHF 104 million, respectively, were on deposit with regulatory authorities. The Group retains ownership of all securities on deposit and receives the related investment income.

The net change in unrealized gains and losses for financial investments from the insurance business were as follows for the years ended December 31:

in CHF m

  2002

  2001

  ]2000


Debt securities   2,643   (127)   512
Equity securities   (347)   (7,240)   (2,762)
Other investments   59   314   16

Change in unrealized investment gains (losses)   2,355   (7,053)   (2,234)
Adjustments            
  Deferred policy acquisition costs   (191)   543   158
  Present value of future profits   (25)   31   (3)
  Policyholder liabilities   (955)   1,517   418
Deferred income taxes   (303)   670   1,168

Net change in unrealized investment gains and losses from the insurance business   881   (4,292)   (493)

At December 31, 2002, the aggregate investments in debt securities from three specific counterparties were each in excess of 10% of consolidated shareholders' equity, excluding minority interests. Aggregate investments in debt securities issued by two European governments and a European financial institution represented approximately 33.1%, 30.4% and 14.9%, respectively, of the December 31, 2002 balance of consolidated shareholders' equity, excluding minority interests. The Standard & Poor's ratings for these were AA, AAA and AAA, respectively.

50.8    Real estate held for investment from the insurance business

Amounts shown are Swiss GAAP reformatted to US GAAP presentation.

The following table shows real estate held for investment from the insurance business as of:

in CHF m

  31.12.02

  31.12.01


Land   1,965   1,978
Buildings and improvements   7,120   7,283

Total cost   9,085   9,261

Accumulated depreciation   (1,710)   (1,718)

Net book value   7,375   7,543

Estimated fair value   9,983   10,367

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50.9    Brokerage receivables and brokerage payables

The Group has receivables and payables from transactions in financial instruments purchased from and sold to banks, customers, brokers and dealers. The Group is exposed to risk of loss from the inability of its counterparty to pay for a purchase or to deliver the financial instruments sold, in which case the Group would have to sell or purchase the financial instruments at prevailing market prices. To the extent an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to a transaction, credit risk is generally reduced. The Group requires customers to maintain margin collateral in compliance with applicable regulatory and internal guidelines. Amounts shown below are Swiss GAAP reformatted to US GAAP presentation.

Brokerage receivables and brokerage payables, which arise in the normal course of business, consisted of the following as of:

in CHF m

  31.12.02

  31.12.01


Receivables due from customers   15,622   23,425
Receivables due from banks, brokers and dealers   14,215   12,176

Total brokerage receivables   29,837   35,601

Payables due to customers   25,111   28,860
Payables due to banks, brokers and dealers   12,337   9,213

Total brokerage payables   37,448   38,073

50.10    Securities borrowed, lent and subject to repurchase agreements

See also note 39 for additional information.

Amounts shown below are Swiss GAAP reformatted to US GAAP presentation. Securities borrowed or purchased under agreements to resell, at their respective balance sheet values, consisted of the following as of:

in CHF m

  31.12.02

  31.12.01


Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements   197,960   206,964
Deposits paid for securities borrowed – cash only   29,953   23,640

Total funds and securities   227,913   230,604

Certain restatements have been made to prior-year amounts to conform to the current presentation.

Securities lent or sold under agreements to repurchase, at their respective balance sheet values, consisted of the following as of:

in CHF m

  31.12.02

  31.12.01


Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase   183,079   185,458
Deposits received for securities lent – cash only   22,026   23,699

Total funds and securities   205,105   209,157

The maximum month end amount of securities purchased under agreements to resell was CHF 197,960 million, CHF 225,482 million and CHF 201,972 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. The average amount of securities purchased under agreements to resell during the year was

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CHF 181,786 million, CHF 209,790 million and CHF 164,632 million in 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

The resale and repurchase agreements represent collateralized financing transactions used to earn net interest income, increase liquidity or facilitate trading activity. These instruments are collateralized principally by government securities and money market instruments and generally have terms ranging from overnight to a longer or unspecified period of time. It is the Group's policy to take possession of the underlying collateral, monitor its market value relative to the amounts due under the agreements and, when necessary, require prompt transfer of additional collateral or reduction in the loan balance in order to maintain contractual margin protection. In the event of counterparty default, the financing agreement provides the Group with the right to liquidate the collateral held. In the Group's normal course of business, substantially all of the collateral received that may be sold or repledged has been sold or repledged at December 31, 2002.

Deposits paid for securities borrowed and deposits received for securities lent are recorded at the amount of cash advanced or received and are collateralized principally by cash or marketable securities. Securities borrowed transactions require the deposit of cash or securities collateral with the lender. For securities lent transactions, the Group receives cash or securities collateral in an amount generally in excess of the market value of securities lent. The Group monitors the market value of securities borrowed and securities lent on a daily basis and additional collateral is obtained as necessary.

Securitization Activity

The Group enters into various transactions whereby commercial and residential mortgages and corporate bonds are sold to qualifying trusts or special purpose trusts and beneficial interest in those trusts are sold to investors. The investors and the securitization trusts have no recourse to the Group's other assets for failure of the debtors to pay when due. The Group does not retain servicing responsibilities from its securitization transactions.

In 2002, the Group recognized pre-tax gains of CHF 226 million on the securitization of the commercial mortgages, CHF 164 million pre-tax gain on the securitzation of residential mortgages and CHF 108 million pre-tax gain on the securitization of corporate bonds. Gains and losses on securitization transactions depend in part on the carrying values of mortgages and bonds involved in the transfer, and are allocated between the mortgages and bonds sold and any retained interests according to the relative fair values at the date of sale.

The following table summarizes cash flows received from securitization trusts for the year ended December 31:

 
  2002

  2001

in CHF m

  Commercial
Mortgages

  Residential
Mortgages

  Bonds

  Commercial
Mortgages

  Residential
Mortgages

  Bonds


Proceeds from new securitizations   7,928   39,184   16,108   14,583   28,692   18,815
Other cash flows received (gains/losses)   226   (164 ) 108   163   99   158

The fair value of retained interests from securitizations are estimated using discounted cash flow analysis based on key economic assumptions including prepayment spreads, discount rates and credit losses.

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The fair value, key economic assumptions used to value as of December 31, 2002 and sensitivity of the fair value to immediate adverse changes in those assumptions are as follows:

 
  Commercial
Mortgage
Loans

  Residential
Mortgage
Loans

  Bonds


Carrying amount/fair value of retained interests (in CHF m)   903   1,328   1004

Weighted-average life (in years)

 

0.4 to 9.7

 

1 to 15.3

 

4.4 to 11.2
Weighted-average CHF value change for one basis point movement   0.061   0.396   0.158

Prepayment Speed Assumption 2)

 

N/A 1)

 

200 PSA to 325 PSA

 

N/A 4)

Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change

 

N/A

 

11.1

 

N/A
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change   N/A   12.2   N/A

Floating Interest Rate/Cash Flow Discount rate

 

Libor +/- Spread

 

4.9

 

6.6
Impact on fair value of 10% adverse change   8.9   17.9   19.5
Impact on fair value of 20% adverse change   17.8   35.7   38.7

Expected credit losses 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 
Impact on fair value of 2% adverse change   0   0   0
Impact on fair value of 5% adverse change   1   0   0

1)
These mortgages typically have prepayment fees associated with them and have balloon payments at the end of the term and as such, prepayments are not considered key assumptions.
2)
Prepayment Speed Assumption (PSA) is an industry standard prepayment speed model used in the calculation of the fair value of the retained interest. PSA utilizes the Constant Prepayment Rate (CPR) assumptions. A 100% prepayment assumption assumes a prepayment rate of 0.2% per annum of the outstanding principal balance of mortgage loans in the first month of life. This increases by 0.2% thereafter during the life of the mortgage loan leveling off to a constant prepayment rate of 6.0% per annum beginning in the thirtieth month and each month thereafter during the life of the mortgage loan. 100 PSA equals 100 CPR.
3)
Expected credit losses for mortgage loans are assumed to be zero as, generally, the underlying mortgages are secured by real property and substantially all beneficial interest retained represents investment-grade interests.
4)
The majority of the portfolio consists of high-yield and investment-grade corporate bonds. These obligations are not prepayable. The remainder of the portfolio consists of commercial and residential loans. Commercial obligations typically have balloon payments and as such prepayments are not considered key assumptions.

These sensitivities are hypothetical and should be used with caution. Changes in fair value based on a 10 percent variation in assumptions generally cannot be extrapolated because the relationship of the change in assumption to the change in fair value may not be linear. Also, the effect of a variation in a particular assumption on the fair value of the retained interests is calculated without changing any other assumption. Therefore, changes in one assumption may result in changes in other assumptions which might magnify or counteract the sensitivities.

Variable Interest Entities

For additional information on FIN 46, please refer to note 50.4, "Recently Issued US Accounting Standards."

The Group is the administrator and liquidity and credit enhancement provider for several asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP), conduits that purchase assets, typically receivables, from corporate counterparties and issue commercial paper backed by these assets. The assets purchased by the conduits have first risk of loss protection provided by the transferors, typically through

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overcollateralization. Notwithstanding the retention of the first risk of loss by the sellers, the Group believes, based on current structures, it is reasonably possible that the Group will be required to consolidate the ABCP conduits under the provisions of FIN 46.

As of December 31, 2002, the total assets outstanding in these ABCP conduits were CHF 10.8 billion, funded by the issuance of commercial paper. The Group's commitments to these conduits consist of obligations under liquidity agreements and program-wide credit enhancement. Liquidity is provided through asset purchase agreements relating to each asset held by the conduits. The Group's commitments under the liquidity agreements cover the inability to access the commercial paper markets and can be drawn at any time, resulting in ownership of the underlying assets. As of December 31, 2002, the Group's total liquidity commitment was CHF 18.5 billion on CHF 10.8 billion of funded assets and commitments to purchase CHF 7.7 billion of additional assets. The Group also provides program-wide credit enhancement in the form of a letter of credit or purchase commitment totaling CHF 484 million as of December 31, 2002.

In the unlikely event that all of the liquidity and credit support provided by the Group were drawn and all of the underlying assets defaulted, the Group's maximum exposure to loss would be CHF 10.8 billion as of December 31, 2002. Any amounts provided under these commitments would be recoverable to the extent of the value of the assets. The Group believes the likelihood of incurring a loss equal to the maximum exposure is remote, as asset quality must be investment-grade when purchased by the conduits.

The Group structures various fund-linked products to provide clients with investment opportunities in alternative investments. For certain product offerings, a VIE holds the underlying investments and issues a note that provides investors a return based on the performance of those investments. The Group may provide principal protection on the notes to limit the investors' exposure to downside risk.

Upon adoption of FIN 46, the Group believes it is reasonably possible that the VIEs used in the offering of fund-linked products will be disclosed or consolidated. If required to consolidate these VIEs, the Group estimates an increase in total assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2002 of approximately CHF 904 million. This amount also represents the Group's maximum exposure to loss. The Group considers the likelihood of incurring a loss equal to the maximum exposure to be remote, as the risk is significantly mitigated by provisions that automatically require a reallocation of investments into cash instruments should the asset value decrease below predefined parameters.

The Group is involved with VIEs that issue collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) as asset manager and/or investor in retained interests. As of December 31, 2002, the total assets in these CDO VIEs were approximately CHF 15.8 billion. At this time, the Group believes it is reasonably possible that approximately CHF 9.8 billion of the total COD VIE assets as of December 31, 2002 will be consolidated upon adoption of FIN 46. As of December 31, 2002, the Group's maximum exposure to loss from these CDO VIEs is approximately CHF 634.8 million, which represents the current carrying value of the retained interests held by the Group.

With respect to other CDO VIEs with total assets of CHF 6.0 billion as of December 31, 2002, the Group believes it is reasonably possible that its investments will be considered significant variable interests under FIN 46, which would not be consolidated but would require disclosure. The Group's investments in these CDO VIEs, which include equity (less than a majority) and debt securities and

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reflect the Group's maximum exposure to loss, totaled CHF 111.5 million as of December 31, 2002. These investments are included in trading assets and carried at fair value.

50.11    Income taxes

See note 14 for additional information on taxes.

The Group is incorporated in Switzerland and operates in various countries with differing tax laws and rates. A substantial amount of the Group's income before taxes and related taxes are generated outside of Switzerland. Consequently, the effective tax rate may vary from period to period to reflect the generation of taxable income in tax jurisdictions.

A reconciliation of taxes computed at the statutory rate of 25% to the actual taxes is shown in the following table.

    2002
in CHF m
  2001
in CHF m
  2000
in %
 

 
Tax benefit/(expense) computed at the statutory tax rate   813   (575 ) (1,843 )
(Increases)/decreases in taxes resulting from:              
Effects of different tax rates   517   680   710  
Net operating losses (NOL) for which no deferred tax asset is recognized1)   0   (846 ) (326 )
Utilization of NOL   (34 ) 181   562  
Changes in deferred tax valuation allowance   (657 ) (64 ) 155  
Lower taxed income   615   487   104  
Non deductible expenses, allowances and deductions2)   (1,834 ) (616 ) (274 )
Other   (16 ) 267   (437 )

 
Tax benefit/(expense)   (596 ) (486 ) (1,349 )

 
1)
As of January 1, 2002 the deferred tax assets in respect of net operating loss carryforwards are recognized when it is more likely than not that future taxable profit will be available against which those losses can be utilized. For additional information see note 2.

2)
In Germany, releases from policyholder bonus reserves are not offset by a corresponding deferred tax benefit from the losses on the equity investments, as capital gains/losses on equities are not taxable. The non-recognition of a tax effect on losses on equity investments is shown under "Non deductible expenses, allowances and deductions" and amounts to CHF 874 million in 2002.

At December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, deferred tax assets based on Swiss GAAP totaled CHF 7,975 million, CHF 6,910 million and CHF 6,883 million, respectively, while deferred tax liabilities based on Swiss GAAP totaled CHF 6,620 million, CHF 5,740 million and CHF 6,659 million at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

At December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the Group had accumulated undistributed earnings from foreign subsidiaries, which are subject to unrecoverable withholding tax of, CHF 6,246 million, CHF 8,754 million and CHF 6,055 million, respectively. No deferred tax has been recorded as these earnings are considered indefinitely reinvested. If these earnings were distributed, the Group would be subject to unrecoverable withholding tax of CHF 407 million, CHF 539 million and CHF 344 million at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively.

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Foreign income/(loss) before tax expense was CHF (3,835) million, CHF (630) million and CHF 2,347 million at December 31, 2002, 2001 and 2000, respectively. Foreign income is defined as income generated by operations located outside Switzerland.

Presented below in accordance with SFAS No. 109Accounting for Income Taxes, is the tax effect of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the US GAAP deferred tax asse