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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

_________________

 

FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date: July 24, 2020

 

UBS Group AG

Commission File Number: 1-36764

 

UBS AG

Commission File Number: 1-15060

 

 

(Registrants' Name)

 

Bahnhofstrasse 45, Zurich, Switzerland and
Aeschenvorstadt 1, Basel, Switzerland

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrants file or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20‑F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F                         Form 40-F 

 


 

This Form 6-K consists of the following legal entity financial information for half year ended June 30th, 2020, which appears immediately following this page:

 

1.      UBS Group AG standalone financial information

2.      UBS Switzerland AG standalone interim financial statements

 

 


 

  

 

UBS Group AG standalone

Financial information for the six months ended 30 June 2020

 


 

Table of contents

UBS Group AG standalone

1

Income statement

1

Balance sheet

2

Basis of accounting

 

 

Appendix

3

Cautionary statement

Contacts

 


Switchboards

For all general inquiries
www.ubs.com/contact

Zurich +41-44-234 1111
London +44-207-567 8000
New York +1-212-821 3000
Hong Kong +852-2971 8888
Singapore +65-6495 8000

Investor Relations

UBS’s Investor Relations team supports institutional, professional and retail investors from
our offices in Zurich, London,
New York and Krakow.

UBS Group AG, Investor Relations
P.O. Box, CH-8098 Zurich, Switzerland

www.ubs.com/investors

Zurich +41-44-234 4100
New York +1-212-882 5734

Media Relations

UBS’s Media Relations team supports
global media and journalists
from our offices in Zurich, London, New York and Hong Kong.

www.ubs.com/media

Zurich +41-44-234 8500
mediarelations@ubs.com

London +44-20-7567 4714
ubs-media-relations@ubs.com

New York +1-212-882 5858
mediarelations@ubs.com

Hong Kong +852-2971 8200
sh-mediarelations-ap@ubs.com


Office of the Group Company Secretary

The Group Company Secretary receives inquiries regarding  compensation and related issues addressed to members of the Board of Directors.

UBS Group AG, Office of the
Group Company Secretary
P.O. Box, CH-8098 Zurich, Switzerland

sh-company-secretary@ubs.com

+41-44-235 6652

Shareholder Services

UBS’s Shareholder Services team,
a unit of the Group Company Secretary’s office, is responsible
for the registration of UBS Group AG registered shares.

UBS Group AG, Shareholder Services
P.O. Box, CH-8098 Zurich, Switzerland

sh-shareholder-services@ubs.com

+41-44-235 6652

US Transfer Agent

For global registered share-related
inquiries in the US.

Computershare Trust Company NA
P.O. Box 505000
Louisville, KY 40233-5000, USA

Shareholder online inquiries:
www-us.computershare.com/
investor/Contact

Shareholder website:
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Calls from the US +1-866-305-9566
Calls from outside the US               +1-781-575-2623
TDD for hearing impaired
+1-800-231-5469
TDD for foreign shareholders
+1-201-680-6610

 


Imprint

Publisher: UBS Group AG, Zurich, Switzerland | www.ubs.com
Language: English

© UBS 2020. The key symbol and UBS are among the registered and unregistered trademarks of UBS. All rights reserved.

 

 

  

 


 

UBS Group AG standalone

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USD million

 

CHF million

 

 

Year-to-date

 

Year-to-date

 

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Dividend income from the investment in UBS AG

 

2,550

3,250

 

2,462

3,312

Other operating income

 

911

317

 

875

319

Operating income

 

3,461

3,567

 

3,337

3,630

Operating expenses

 

901

253

 

866

252

Operating profit / (loss) before tax

 

2,560

3,314

 

2,472

3,379

Tax expense / (benefit)

 

1

0

 

1

0

Net profit / (loss) for the period

 

2,559

3,314

 

2,471

3,379

 

 

Balance sheet

 

 

USD million

 

CHF million

 

 

30.6.20

31.12.19

 

30.6.20

31.12.19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

7,767

4,682

 

7,356

4,533

Non-current assets

 

86,745

88,346

 

82,157

85,530

of which: investment in UBS AG

 

40,889

40,889

 

38,727

39,586

Total assets

 

94,512

93,028

 

89,513

90,063

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term liabilities

 

7,256

4,649

 

6,872

4,501

Long-term liabilities

 

46,791

48,927

 

44,316

47,368

Total liabilities

 

54,047

53,576

 

51,189

51,869

of which: Deferred Contingent Capital Plan

 

1,546

1,838

 

1,464

1,779

of which: other deferred compensation plans

 

2,040

2,369

 

1,932

2,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital¹

 

393

393

 

386

386

General reserve²

 

27,698

28,352

 

27,099

27,730

of which: statutory capital reserve

 

27,698

28,352

 

27,099

27,730

of which: capital contribution reserve

 

27,698

28,352

 

27,099

27,730

of which: special dividend reserve within capital contribution reserve        

 

654

0

 

631

0

Special dividend reserve²

 

654

0

 

631

0

Voluntary earnings reserve²

 

12,734

10,682

 

11,249

9,937

Treasury shares

 

(3,574)

(3,297)

 

(3,511)

(3,244)

Reserve for own shares held by subsidiaries

 

0

1

 

0

1

Net profit / (loss)

 

2,559

3,320

 

2,471

3,384

Equity attributable to shareholders

 

40,465

39,452

 

38,325

38,194

Total liabilities and equity

 

94,512

93,028

 

89,513

90,063

1 Refer to “UBS shares” in the “Capital management” section of the UBS Group AG second quarter 2020 report for information about UBS Group AG shares.    2 During the second quarter of 2020, as approved by the Annual General Meeting held on 29 April 2020, the payment of an ordinary cash dividend of USD 0.365 (gross) per dividend-bearing share, totaling USD 1,308 million, was made, half of it from the capital contribution reserve within the general reserve and the other half from total profit available for appropriation. Furthermore, an appropriation to a special dividend reserve has been made for the same amount of USD 0.365 (gross) per dividend-bearing share totaling USD 1,308 million, half of it within capital contribution reserve within the general reserve and the other half from total profit available for appropriation. The remaining amount of total profit available for appropriation (i.e., USD 2,012 million from USD 3,320 million) has been appropriated to the voluntary earnings reserve.

 

 

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Basis of accounting

The UBS Group AG standalone financial statements are prepared in accordance with the principles of the Swiss Law on Accounting and Financial Reporting (32nd title of the Swiss Code of Obligations). More information about the accounting policies applied for the standalone financial statements of UBS Group AG is provided in Note 2 to the UBS Group AG standalone financial statements in the Annual Report 2019.

In preparing the interim financial information for UBS Group AG, the same accounting policies and methods of computation have been applied as in the annual financial statements as of 31 December 2019, except for the following items: Upon disposal of treasury shares or settlement of related share awards, any realized gain or loss is recognized in Voluntary earnings reserve. Realized gains and losses from settlement of share awards represent the difference between the acquisition cost of the UBS Group AG shares and the grant date fair value of the share awards. For the six months ended 30 June 2020, a net gain of USD 39 million (CHF 38 million) from settlement of share awards was recognized in Voluntary earnings reserve (2019 comparative period: a net loss of USD 180 million (CHF 179 million) was recognized in the Income statement under the previously applied accounting policy). UBS deems the revised prospectively applied accounting policy a more reliable presentation of the related gains and losses.

This interim financial information is unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of UBS Group AG included in the Annual Report 2019.

  

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Cautionary Statement | This report and the information contained herein are provided solely for information purposes, and are not to be construed as solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in Switzerland, the United States or any other jurisdiction. No investment decision relating to securities of or relating to UBS Group AG, UBS AG or their affiliates should be made on the basis of this report. Refer to UBS’s Annual Report 2019, available at www.ubs.com/investors, for additional information.

Rounding | Numbers presented throughout this report may not add up precisely to the totals provided in the tables and text. Percentages and percent changes are calculated on the basis of unrounded figures. Information about absolute changes between reporting periods, which is provided in text and which can be derived from figures displayed in the tables, is calculated on a rounded basis.

Tables | Within tables, blank fields generally indicate that the field is not applicable or not meaningful, or that information is not available as of the relevant date or for the relevant period. Zero values generally indicate that the respective figure is zero on an actual or rounded basis. Percentage changes are presented as a mathematical calculation of the change between periods.

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UBS Group AG

P.O. Box

CH-8098 Zurich

 

ubs.com

 

 

 

 


 

  

 

UBS Switzerland AG standalone

Interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2020

 


 

Table of contents

UBS Switzerland AG standalone
interim financial statements

7

Income statement

8

Balance sheet

9

Basis of accounting

10

Joint and several liability

 

 

Appendix

11

Cautionary statement

Contacts

 


Switchboards

For all general inquiries
www.ubs.com/contact

Zurich +41-44-234 1111
London +44-207-567 8000
New York +1-212-821 3000
Hong Kong +852-2971 8888
Singapore +65-6495 8000

Investor Relations

UBS’s Investor Relations team supports
institutional, professional and retail
investors from our offices in Zurich, London,
New York and Krakow.

UBS Group AG, Investor Relations
P.O. Box, CH-8098 Zurich, Switzerland

www.ubs.com/investors

Zurich +41-44-234 4100
New York +1-212-882 5734

Media Relations

UBS’s Media Relations team supports
global media and journalists from
offices in Zurich, London, New York
and Hong Kong.

www.ubs.com/media

Zurich +41-44-234 8500
mediarelations@ubs.com

London +44-20-7567 4714
ubs-media-relations@ubs.com

New York +1-212-882 5858
mediarelations@ubs.com

Hong Kong +852-2971 8200
sh-mediarelations-ap@ubs.com


© UBS 2020. The key symbol and UBS are among the registered and unregistered trademarks of UBS. All rights reserved.

  

 


 

UBS Switzerland AG standalone interim financial statements

Income statement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the quarter ended

 

Year-to-date

CHF million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

30.6.19

 

30.6.20

30.6.19

Interest and discount income¹

 

791

837

841

 

1,628

1,677

Interest and dividend income from financial investments

 

30

38

37

 

69

76

Interest expense²

 

(41)

(79)

(107)

 

(120)

(213)

Gross interest income

 

780

797

771

 

1,577

1,539

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

 

(9)

(68)

3

 

(77)

5

Net interest income

 

772

729

774

 

1,501

1,544

Fee and commission income from securities and investment business

 

824

950

839

 

1,775

1,687

Credit-related fees and commissions

 

44

49

40

 

94

87

Other fee and commission income

 

154

181

204

 

335

398

Fee and commission expense

 

(210)

(226)

(334)

 

(437)

(421)

Net fee and commission income

 

812

955

749

 

1,767

1,751

Net trading income

 

229

139

212

 

368

448

Net income from disposal of financial investments

 

19

11

3

 

30

3

Dividend income from investments in subsidiaries and other participations

 

16

0

15

 

16

15

Sundry ordinary income

 

66

58

62

 

123

116

Sundry ordinary expenses

 

(1)

(4)

(3)

 

(5)

(5)

Other income from ordinary activities

 

99

64

77

 

163

128

Total operating income

 

1,912

1,887

1,812

 

3,799

3,871

Personnel expenses

 

489

613

497

 

1,103

1,007

General and administrative expenses

 

760

829

799

 

1,588

1,614

Subtotal operating expenses

 

1,249

1,442

1,296

 

2,691

2,621

Depreciation and impairment of property, equipment and software

 

13

13

9

 

26

17

Amortization and impairment of goodwill and other intangible assets

 

0

263

263

 

263

525

Changes in provisions and other allowances and losses

 

(2)

3

51

 

1

55

Total operating expenses

 

1,260

1,720

1,618

 

2,980

3,218

Operating profit

 

652

167

194

 

819

653

Tax expense / (benefit)

 

128

37

51

 

165

151

Net profit / (loss) for the period³

 

524

130

142

 

654

502

1 Interest and discount income includes negative interest income on financial assets of CHF 6 million, CHF 6 million and CHF 41 million for the quarters ended 30 June 2020, 31 March 2020 and 30 June 2019, respectively.    2 Interest expense includes negative interest expense on financial liabilities of CHF 72 million, CHF 65 million and CHF 53 million for the quarters ended 30 June 2020, 31 March 2020 and 30 June 2019, respectively.    3 Net profit for the periods ended 30 June 2020 and 31 March 2020 does not include the share of profit of a portion of Global Wealth Management’s international business, see the “Basis of accounting” section below.

 

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Balance sheet

 

 

CHF million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances at central banks

 

73,129

68,578

58,984

Due from banks

 

3,284

6,451

4,466

Receivables from securities financing transactions

 

1,917

2,392

12,136

Due from customers

 

47,298

43,951

39,575

Mortgage loans

 

154,863

154,154

152,591

Trading portfolio assets

 

1,913

2,083

1,679

Derivative financial instruments

 

2,868

3,301

2,085

Financial investments

 

17,676

17,150

11,928

Accrued income and prepaid expenses

 

250

233

189

Investments in subsidiaries and other participations

 

85

69

68

Property, equipment and software

 

480

421

372

Goodwill and other intangible assets

 

0

0

263

Other assets

 

493

675

678

Total assets

 

304,256

299,459

285,014

of which: subordinated assets

 

1

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Due to banks

 

30,137

27,014

27,344

of which: total loss-absorbing capacity eligible

 

15,594

15,619

15,626

Payables from securities financing transactions

 

651

491

547

Due to customers

 

247,284

244,562

231,693

Trading portfolio liabilities

 

614

1,243

371

Derivative financial instruments

 

1,526

1,881

1,092

Loans from central mortgage institutions

 

8,334

8,291

8,308

Accrued expenses and deferred income

 

659

447

748

Other liabilities

 

2,326

2,539

2,099

Provisions

 

147

189

139

Total liabilities

 

291,679

286,656

272,341

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

Share capital

 

10

10

10

General reserve

 

11,624

11,624

11,624

of which: statutory capital reserve

 

11,624

11,624

11,624

of which: capital contribution reserve

 

11,624

11,624

11,624

Voluntary earnings reserve

 

289

0

0

Profit / (loss) carried forward

 

0

1,039

0

Net profit / (loss) for the period

 

654

130

1,039

Total equity

 

12,577

12,803

12,673

Total liabilities and equity

 

304,256

299,459

285,014

of which: subordinated liabilities

 

15,614

15,650

4,729

of which: subject to mandatory conversion and/or debt waiver

 

15,614

15,650

4,729

 

 

 

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Balance sheet (continued)

 

 

CHF million

 

30.6.20

31.3.20

31.12.19

 

 

 

 

 

Off-balance sheet items

 

 

 

 

Contingent liabilities, gross

 

9,263

10,945

12,338

Sub-participations

 

(1,067)

(1,080)

(1,120)

Contingent liabilities, net

 

8,195

9,865

11,218

of which: guarantees to third parties related to subsidiaries

 

13

12

10

of which: credit guarantees and similar instruments

 

2,612

4,036

5,023

of which: performance guarantees and similar instruments

 

2,359

2,392

2,302

of which: documentary credits

 

3,212

3,425

3,882

Irrevocable commitments, gross

 

17,713

11,158

10,580

Sub-participations

 

(7)

(4)

(4)

Irrevocable commitments, net

 

17,706

11,154

10,576

of which: loan commitments

 

16,830

10,278

9,700

of which: payment commitment related to deposit insurance

 

876

876

876

Forward starting transactions¹

 

191

1,459

0

of which: reverse repurchase agreements

 

96

735

0

of which: repurchase agreements

 

96

724

0

Liabilities for calls on shares and other equity instruments

 

50

43

43

1 Cash to be paid in the future by either UBS or the counterparty.

 

 

Basis of accounting

The UBS Switzerland AG standalone financial statements are prepared in accordance with the interim reporting requirements of Swiss GAAP (FINMA Accounting Ordinance, FINMA Circular 2020/1 and the Banking Ordinance).

The accounting policies are principally the same as the IFRS-based accounting policies for the consolidated financial statements of UBS Group AG outlined in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements of UBS Group AG included in the Annual Report 2019. Major differences between Swiss GAAP and IFRS are described in Note 38 to the consolidated financial statements of UBS Group AG. Further information about the accounting policies applied for the standalone financial statements of UBS Switzerland AG is provided in Note 2 to the UBS Switzerland AG standalone financial statements as of 31 December 2019.

In preparing the interim financial statements for UBS Switzerland AG, the same accounting policies and methods of computation have been applied as in the annual standalone financial statements as of 31 December 2019.


In the second quarter of 2019, the beneficial ownership of a portion of Global Wealth Management international business booked in Switzerland was transferred from UBS Switzerland AG to UBS AG to further optimize Group legal and operational structures. The transfer was made in the form of a dividend in kind in the amount of CHF 2.1 billion. We expect full legal transfer to take place before the end of 2022. The compensation of UBS AG for its share of the net profits for the first half year of CHF 212 million is reflected in Fee and commission expense

The interim financial statements are unaudited and should be read in conjunction with the audited 2019 standalone financial statements of UBS Switzerland AG, available under “Holding company and significant regulated subsidiaries and sub-groups” at www.ubs.com/investors

 

 

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Joint and several liability

In June 2015, the Personal & Corporate Banking and Wealth Management businesses booked in Switzerland were transferred from UBS AG to UBS Switzerland AG through an asset transfer in accordance with the Swiss Merger Act. Under the Swiss Merger Act, UBS AG assumed joint liability for obligations existing on the asset transfer date, 14 June 2015, which were transferred to UBS Switzerland AG.

Similarly under the terms of the asset transfer agreement, UBS Switzerland AG assumed joint liability for approximately CHF 325 billion of contractual obligations of UBS AG existing on the asset transfer date, excluding the collateralized portion of secured contractual obligations and covered bonds. UBS Switzerland AG has no liability for new obligations incurred by UBS AG after the asset transfer date. The joint liability amount declines as obligations mature, terminate or are novated following the asset transfer date.

As of 30 June 2020, the joint liability of UBS Switzerland AG for contractual obligations of UBS AG amounted to approximately CHF 11 billion compared with CHF 17 billion as of 31 December 2019. Under certain circumstances, the Swiss Banking Act and the Bank Insolvency Ordinance of FINMA authorize FINMA to modify, extinguish or convert to common equity liabilities of a bank in connection with a resolution or insolvency of such bank. As of 30 June 2020, the probability of an outflow under this joint and several liability was assessed to be remote, and as a result, the table on the previous page does not include any exposure arising under this joint and several liability.

®   Refer to “Establishment of UBS Switzerland AG” in the “Legal entity financial and regulatory information” section of the Annual Report 2015 for more information

 

  

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Cautionary Statement | This report and the information contained herein are provided solely for information purposes, and are not to be construed as solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in Switzerland, the United States or any other jurisdiction. No investment decision relating to securities of or relating to UBS Group AG, UBS AG or their affiliates should be made on the basis of this report. Refer to UBS’s Annual Report 2019, available at www.ubs.com/investors, for additional information.

Rounding | Numbers presented throughout this report may not add up precisely to the totals provided in the tables and text. Percentages and percent changes are calculated on the basis of unrounded figures. Information about absolute changes between reporting periods, which is provided in text and which can be derived from figures displayed in the tables, is calculated on a rounded basis.

Tables | Within tables, blank fields generally indicate that the field is not applicable or not meaningful, or that information is not available as of the relevant date or for the relevant period. Zero values generally indicate that the respective figure is zero on an actual or rounded basis. Percentage changes are presented as a mathematical calculation of the change between periods.

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UBS Group AG

P.O. Box

CH-8098 Zurich

 

ubs.com

 

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

UBS Group AG

 

 

 

By: _/s/ Todd Tuckner___________

Name: Todd Tuckner

Title: Group Controller and

            Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

By: _/s/ David Kelly_____________ 

Name:  David Kelly

Title:    Managing Director

 

 

 

 

UBS AG

 

 

 

 

By: _/s/ Todd Tuckner___________

Name: Todd Tuckner

Title: Group Controller and

            Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

By: _/s/ David Kelly_____________

Name:  David Kelly

Title:    Managing Director

 

 

 

 

Date:  July 24, 2020