================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q |X| QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2004 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-15081 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 94-1234979 DELAWARE (I.R.S. Employer (State of Incorporation) Identification No.) 400 CALIFORNIA STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94104-1302 (Address and zip code of principal executive offices) Registrant's telephone number: (415) 765-2969 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 whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes X No --- --- Number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at April 30, 2004: 147,576,209 ================================================================================ UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER ------ PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION Consolidated Financial Highlights........................................ 2 Item 1. Financial Statements: Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income............................ 3 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.................................. 4 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity... 5 Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows........................ 6 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements................... 7 Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations: Introduction........................................................... 21 Executive Overview..................................................... 21 Financial Performance.................................................. 23 Net Interest Income.................................................... 25 Noninterest Income..................................................... 27 Noninterest Expense.................................................... 27 Income Tax Expense..................................................... 27 Loans.................................................................. 28 Cross-Border Outstandings.............................................. 30 Provision for Credit Losses............................................ 30 Allowance for Credit Losses............................................ 31 Nonperforming Assets................................................... 35 Loans 90 Days or More Past Due and Still Accruing...................... 36 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk............. 36 Liquidity Risk......................................................... 40 Regulatory Capital..................................................... 41 Business Segments...................................................... 42 Certain Business Risk Factors.......................................... 49 Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk........ 52 Item 4. Controls and Procedures.......................................... 53 PART II OTHER INFORMATION Item 1. Legal Proceedings................................................ 54 Item 2. Changes in Securities, Use of Proceeds and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities................................................ 54 Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.............. 55 Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K................................. 56 Signatures............................................................... 57 PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (UNAUDITED) AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED --------------------------- MARCH 31, MARCH 31, PERCENT (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) 2003 2004 CHANGE - ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- ----------- ------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS: Net interest income(1)......................................... $ 391,404 $ 401,223 2.51% (Reversal of) provision for credit losses...................... 30,000 (5,000) nm Noninterest income............................................. 185,771 211,205 13.69 Noninterest expense............................................ 342,600 373,106 8.90 ----------- ----------- Income before income taxes(1).................................. 204,575 244,322 19.43 Taxable-equivalent adjustment.................................. 624 802 28.53 Income tax expense............................................. 68,434 86,033 25.72 ----------- ----------- Net income..................................................... $ 135,517 $ 157,487 16.21% =========== =========== PER COMMON SHARE: Net income--basic.............................................. $ 0.90 $ 1.07 18.89% Net income--diluted............................................ 0.89 1.05 17.98 Dividends(2)................................................... 0.28 0.31 10.71 Book value (end of period)..................................... 25.35 27.12 6.98 Common shares outstanding (end of period)(3)................... 150,217,620 147,474,843 (1.83) Weighted average common shares outstanding--basic(3)........... 150,616,367 147,400,298 (2.14) Weighted average common shares outstanding--diluted(3)......... 152,012,570 149,952,021 (1.36) BALANCE SHEET (END OF PERIOD): Total assets................................................... $40,387,343 $46,102,177 14.15% Total loans.................................................... 26,536,272 26,036,305 (1.88) Nonaccrual loans............................................... 386,583 256,741 (33.59) Nonperforming assets........................................... 386,972 262,894 (32.06) Total deposits................................................. 33,252,751 39,005,555 17.30 Medium and long-term debt...................................... 418,388 836,023 99.82 Junior subordinated debt....................................... -- 16,243 nm Trust preferred securities..................................... 363,050 -- (100.00) Stockholders' equity........................................... 3,808,025 3,999,061 5.02 BALANCE SHEET (PERIOD AVERAGE): Total assets................................................... $38,348,203 $43,051,127 12.26% Total loans.................................................... 26,723,057 26,141,856 (2.17) Earning assets................................................. 34,826,771 38,876,228 11.63 Total deposits................................................. 31,078,388 35,939,525 15.64 Stockholders' equity........................................... 3,874,293 3,949,888 1.95 FINANCIAL RATIOS: Return on average assets(4).................................... 1.43% 1.47% Return on average stockholders' equity(4)...................... 14.19 16.04 Efficiency ratio(5)............................................ 59.35 60.84 Net interest margin(1)......................................... 4.53 4.14 Dividend payout ratio.......................................... 31.11 28.97 Tangible equity ratio.......................................... 9.00 7.92 Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio................................ 11.33 10.29 Total risk-based capital ratio................................. 13.08 13.06 Leverage ratio................................................. 9.80 8.24 Allowance for credit losses to total loans..................... 2.21 2.00 Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans................ 151.64 202.97 Net loans charged off to average total loans(4)................ 0.80 0.19 Nonperforming assets to total loans, distressed loans held for sale, and foreclosed assets................................ 1.46 1.01 Nonperforming assets to total assets........................... 0.96 0.57 - ---------------------------- <FN> (1) Amounts are on a taxable-equivalent basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent. (2) Dividends per share reflect dividends declared on UnionBanCal Corporation's common stock outstanding as of the declaration date. (3) Common shares outstanding reflects common shares issued less treasury shares. (4) Annualized. (5) The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense, excluding foreclosed asset expense (income), as a percentage of net interest income (taxable-equivalent basis) and noninterest income. Foreclosed asset expense was $0.1 million in the first three months of 2003 and $0.5 million for the first three months of 2004. nm - not meaningful </FN> 2 ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED) FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ---------------------- (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) 2003 2004 - ------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- INTEREST INCOME Loans...................................................... $362,975 $335,329 Securities................................................. 79,863 105,846 Interest bearing deposits in banks......................... 962 908 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements........................................ 1,677 1,959 Trading account assets..................................... 927 557 -------- -------- Total interest income...................................... 446,404 444,599 -------- -------- INTEREST EXPENSE Domestic deposits.......................................... 41,571 33,610 Foreign deposits........................................... 3,206 2,132 Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements.................................... 1,327 681 Commercial paper........................................... 2,728 1,135 Medium and long-term debt.................................. 1,866 3,139 Preferred securities and trust notes....................... 3,671 2,181 Other borrowed funds....................................... 1,255 1,300 -------- -------- Total interest expense..................................... 55,624 44,178 -------- -------- NET INTEREST INCOME.......................................... 390,780 400,421 (Reversal of) provision for credit losses.................. 30,000 (5,000) -------- -------- Net interest income after (reversal of) provision for credit losses......................................... 360,780 405,421 -------- -------- NONINTEREST INCOME Service charges on deposit accounts........................ 72,287 81,096 Trust and investment management fees....................... 32,675 35,822 Insurance commissions...................................... 13,218 21,735 International commissions and fees......................... 15,345 17,545 Card processing fees, net.................................. 9,682 8,792 Foreign exchange gains, net................................ 6,934 8,344 Brokerage commissions and fees............................. 8,654 8,297 Merchant banking fees...................................... 6,018 7,467 Securities gains, net...................................... -- 1,622 Other...................................................... 20,958 20,485 -------- -------- Total noninterest income................................... 185,771 211,205 -------- -------- NONINTEREST EXPENSE Salaries and employee benefits............................. 198,107 219,423 Net occupancy.............................................. 27,636 31,582 Equipment.................................................. 16,671 17,271 Communications............................................. 13,844 13,410 Software................................................... 12,076 12,995 Professional services...................................... 12,014 11,303 Foreclosed asset expense................................... 51 519 Other...................................................... 62,201 66,603 -------- -------- Total noninterest expense.................................. 342,600 373,106 -------- -------- Income before income taxes................................. 203,951 243,520 Income tax expense......................................... 68,434 86,033 -------- -------- NET INCOME................................................... $135,517 $157,487 ======== ======== NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE--BASIC........................... $ 0.90 $ 1.07 ======== ======== NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE--DILUTED......................... $ 0.89 $ 1.05 ======== ======== WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING--BASIC............ 150,616 147,400 ======== ======== WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING--DILUTED.......... 152,013 149,952 ======== ======== See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 3 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED) (UNAUDITED) MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2003 2004 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------- ASSETS Cash and due from banks................................................... $ 2,480,626 $ 2,494,127 $ 2,154,170 Interest bearing deposits in banks........................................ 226,893 235,158 243,585 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements....... 1,736,800 769,720 3,517,500 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total cash and cash equivalents......................................... 4,444,319 3,499,005 5,915,255 Trading account assets.................................................... 305,102 252,929 285,305 Securities available for sale: Securities pledged as collateral........................................ 117,092 106,560 97,040 Held in portfolio....................................................... 6,944,188 10,660,332 11,496,366 Loans (net of allowance for credit losses: March 31, 2003, $586,197; December 31, 2003, $532,970; March 31, 2004, $521,111).................. 25,950,075 25,411,658 25,515,194 Due from customers on acceptances......................................... 128,401 71,078 50,554 Premises and equipment, net............................................... 504,451 509,734 523,197 Intangible assets......................................................... 37,541 49,592 61,181 Goodwill.................................................................. 150,846 226,556 314,994 Other assets.............................................................. 1,805,328 1,711,023 1,843,091 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total assets............................................................ $40,387,343 $ 42,498,467 $46,102,177 =========== ============ =========== LIABILITIES Domestic deposits: Noninterest bearing..................................................... $15,727,203 $ 16,668,773 $18,736,656 Interest bearing........................................................ 15,944,421 17,146,858 18,238,967 Foreign deposits: Noninterest bearing..................................................... 434,258 619,249 661,004 Interest bearing........................................................ 1,146,869 1,097,403 1,368,928 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total deposits........................................................ 33,252,751 35,532,283 39,005,555 Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements... 282,135 280,968 325,238 Commercial paper.......................................................... 852,494 542,270 478,039 Other borrowed funds...................................................... 139,821 212,088 204,681 Acceptances outstanding................................................... 128,401 71,078 50,554 Other liabilities......................................................... 1,142,278 934,916 1,186,783 Medium and long-term debt................................................. 418,388 820,488 836,023 Junior subordinated debt payable to subsidiary grantor trust.............. -- 363,940 16,243 UnionBanCal Corporation--obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of subsidiary grantor trust.................................. 363,050 -- -- ----------- ------------ ----------- Total liabilities....................................................... 36,579,318 38,758,031 42,103,116 ----------- ------------ ----------- Commitments and contingencies STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Preferred stock: Authorized 5,000,000 shares, no shares issued or outstanding as of March 31, 2003, December 31, 2003, and March 31, 2004................. -- -- -- Common stock, no stated value per share at March 31, 2003, and par value of $1 per share at December 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004(1): Authorized 300,000,000 shares, issued 150,217,620 shares as of March 31, 2003, 146,000,156 shares as of December 31, 2003, and 148,546,543 shares as of March 31, 2004........................................... 905,668 146,000 148,547 Additional paid-in capital................................................ -- 555,156 688,231 Treasury stock--242,000 shares as of December 31, 2003 and 1,071,700 shares as of March 31, 2004............................................. -- (12,846) (56,932) Retained earnings......................................................... 2,685,019 2,999,884 3,111,464 Accumulated other comprehensive income.................................... 217,338 52,242 107,751 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total stockholders' equity.............................................. 3,808,025 3,740,436 3,999,061 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity.............................. $40,387,343 $ 42,498,467 $46,102,177 =========== ============ =========== - ----------------------- <FN> (1) On September 30, 2003, UnionBanCal Corporation changed its state of incorporation from California to Delaware, establishing a par value of $1 per share common stock. </FN> See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 4 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (UNAUDITED) ACCUMULATED TOTAL ADDITIONAL OTHER STOCK- (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, NUMBER COMMON PAID-IN TREASURY RETAINED COMPREHENSIVE HOLDERS' EXCEPT SHARES) OF SHARES STOCK(1) CAPITAL STOCK EARNINGS INCOME EQUITY - ---------------------------------- ----------- -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------------- ---------- BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2002......... 150,702,363 $926,460 $ -- $ -- $2,591,635 $ 240,094 $3,758,189 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------------- ---------- Comprehensive income Net income--For the three months ended March 31, 2003.......... 135,517 135,517 Other comprehensive income, net of tax: Net change in unrealized gains on cash flow hedges......... (7,379) (7,379) Net change in unrealized gains on securities available for sale........................ (14,741) (14,741) Foreign currency translation adjustment.................. (636) (636) ---------- Total comprehensive income........ 112,761 Dividend reinvestment plan........ 4,684 10 10 Deferred compensation - restricted stock awards.................... 56 56 Stock options exercised........... 177,309 5,691 5,691 Common stock repurchased(2)....... (666,736) (26,493) (26,493) Dividends declared on common stock, $0.28 per share(3)....... (42,189) (42,189) -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------------- ---------- Net change........................ (20,792) -- -- 93,384 (22,756) 49,836 ----------- -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------------- ---------- BALANCE MARCH 31, 2003............ 150,217,620 $905,668 $ -- $ -- $2,685,019 $ 217,338 $3,808,025 =========== ======== ========== ======== ========== ============= ========== BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2003......... 146,000,156 $146,000 $ 555,156 $(12,846) $2,999,884 $ 52,242 $3,740,436 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------------- ---------- Comprehensive income Net income--For the three months ended March 31, 2004.......... 157,487 157,487 Other comprehensive income, net of tax: Net change in unrealized gains on cash flow hedges........... 10,237 10,237 Net change in unrealized gains on securities available for sale.......................... 44,658 44,658 Foreign currency translation adjustment.................... 614 614 ---------- Total comprehensive income........ 212,996 Dividend reinvestment plan........ 144 9 9 Deferred compensation - restricted stock awards.................... 64 64 Stock options exercised........... 537,524 538 20,497 21,035 Stock issued in acquisitions...... 2,008,719 2,009 112,569 114,578 Common stock repurchased(2)....... (44,086) (44,086) Dividends declared on common stock, $0.31 per share(3)....... (45,971) (45,971) -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------------- ---------- Net change........................ 2,547 133,066 (44,086) 111,580 55,509 258,625 ----------- -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------------- ---------- BALANCE MARCH 31, 2004............ 148,546,543 $148,547 $ 688,231 $(56,932) $3,111,464 $ 107,751 $3,999,061 =========== ======== ========== ======== ========== ============= ========== - -------------------- <FN> (1) On September 30, 2003, UnionBanCal Corporation changed its state of incorporation from California to Delaware, establishing a par value of $1 per share of common stock. (2) Common stock repurchased includes commission costs. All repurchases subsequent to September 29, 2003, are reflected in Treasury Stock. (3) Dividends are based on UnionBanCal Corporation's shares outstanding as of the declaration date. </FN> See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 5 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED) FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ------------------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2004 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Net income................................................................ $ 135,517 $157,487 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: (Reversal of) provision for credit losses............................... 30,000 (5,000) Depreciation, amortization and accretion................................ 26,728 32,269 Provision for deferred income taxes..................................... 25,520 29,638 Gains on securities available for sale.................................. -- (1,622) Net increase in prepaid expenses........................................ (90,504) (79,954) Net increase in fees and other charges receivable....................... (60,338) (61,338) Net increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities....... 35,030 161,109 Net increase in trading account assets.................................. (29,081) (32,376) Loans originated for resale............................................. (49,720) (93,286) Net proceeds from sale of loans originated for resale................... 104,082 72,471 Other, net of acquisitions.............................................. (64,062) 206,249 ---------- ---------- Total adjustments....................................................... (72,345) 228,160 ---------- ---------- Net cash provided by operating activities................................. 63,172 385,647 ---------- ---------- CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from sales of securities available for sale...................... -- 9,751 Proceeds from matured and called securities available for sale............ 629,435 833,531 Purchases of securities available for sale................................ (450,640) (1,558,943) Net decrease in loans, net of acquisitions................................ 89,967 340,447 Net cash used in acquisitions............................................. -- (2,287) Other, net................................................................ (20,664) (35,540) ---------- ---------- Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities....................... 248,098 (413,041) ---------- ---------- CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Net increase in deposits, net of acquisitions............................. 411,936 2,892,915 Net increase (decrease) in federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements........................................ (52,244) 44,270 Net decrease in commercial paper and other borrowed funds................. (313,714) (71,638) Repayment of junior subordinated debt..................................... -- (360,825) Common stock repurchased.................................................. (26,493) (44,086) Payments of cash dividends................................................ (42,438) (45,158) Other, net................................................................ 5,065 21,658 ---------- ---------- Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities....................... (17,888) 2,437,136 ---------- ---------- Net increase in cash and cash equivalents................................... 293,382 2,409,742 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period............................ 4,152,122 3,499,005 Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents................ (1,185) 6,508 ---------- ---------- Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.................................. $4,444,319 $5,915,255 ========== ========== CASH PAID DURING THE PERIOD FOR: Interest.................................................................. $ 50,419 $ 26,465 Income taxes.............................................................. 9,905 17,753 SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES: Acquisition of Business Bancorp: Fair value of assets acquired........................................... $ -- $ 803,713 Purchase price: Cash.................................................................. -- (21,772) Stock issued.......................................................... -- (114,578) ---------- ---------- Liabilities assumed..................................................... $ -- $ 667,363 ========== ========== See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements. 6 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTE 1--BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of UnionBanCal Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X of the Rules and Regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, they do not include all of the disclosures necessary for annual financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP. The results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results anticipated for the full year. Accordingly, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP also requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. UnionBanCal Corporation is a commercial bank holding company and has, as its major subsidiary, a banking subsidiary, Union Bank of California, N.A. (the Bank). The Company provides a wide range of financial services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies and major corporations, primarily in California, Oregon, and Washington, but also nationally and internationally. Since November 1999 through March 31, 2004, the Company has announced open market stock repurchase plans totaling $500 million and as of March 31, 2004 has repurchased $442 million of common stock under these repurchase plans. The Company repurchased $58 million and $44 million of common stock in 2003 and the first three months of 2004, respectively, as part of these repurchase plans. As of March 31, 2004, $58 million of the Company's common stock is authorized for repurchase. Under separate stock repurchase agreements, the Company purchased $600 million of its common stock, $300 million in August 2002 and $300 million in September 2003, from its majority owner, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. (BTM), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc. At March 31, 2004, BTM owned approximately 62 percent of the Company's outstanding common stock. Certain amounts for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to current financial statement presentation. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION--TRANSITION AND DISCLOSURE In December 2002, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 148, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation--Transition and Disclosure," which amends SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." This Statement provides alternative methods of transition for a voluntary change to the fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation. It also amends the disclosure requirements to require prominent disclosure in both annual and interim financial statements about the method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the effect of the method used on reported results. The disclosure requirements under this Statement are effective for financial statements issued after December 15, 2002. As allowed under the provisions of SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," as amended, the Company has chosen to continue to recognize compensation expense using the intrinsic value-based method of valuing stock options prescribed in Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees" and related Interpretations. Under the intrinsic 7 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 1--BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED) value-based method, compensation cost is measured as the amount by which the quoted market price of the Company's stock at the date of grant exceeds the stock option exercise price. At March 31, 2004, the Company has two stock-based employee compensation plans. For further discussion concerning our stock-based employee compensation plans see Note 14--"Management Stock Plan" of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. The value of the restricted stock awards issued under the plans has been reflected in compensation expense. Options granted under the plans had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant and, therefore, were not included in compensation expense as allowed by current U.S. GAAP. The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 to stock-based employee compensation. FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ---------------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2004 - ---------------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- AS REPORTED NET INCOME.......................................... $135,517 $157,487 Stock option-based employee compensation expense (determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of taxes)... (5,956) (6,532) -------- -------- Pro forma net income, after stock option-based employee compensation expense.......................................... $129,561 $150,955 ======== ======== EARNINGS PER SHARE--BASIC As reported..................................................... $ 0.90 $ 1.07 Pro forma....................................................... $ 0.86 $ 1.02 EARNINGS PER SHARE--DILUTED As reported..................................................... $ 0.89 $ 1.05 Pro forma....................................................... $ 0.85 $ 1.01 Compensation cost associated with the Company's unvested restricted stock issued under the management stock plan is measured based on the market price of the stock at the grant date and is expensed over the vesting period. Compensation expense related to restricted stock awards for the first quarters of 2003 and 2004 was not significant. NOTE 2--RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS ACCOUNTING FOR ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations." This Statement addresses the financial accounting and reporting for obligations associated with the retirement of tangible long-lived assets and the associated asset retirement costs. It requires an entity to record a liability for an obligation associated with the retirement of an asset at the time the liability is incurred by capitalizing the cost as part of the carrying value of the related asset and depreciating it over the remaining useful life of the asset. This Statement was effective for the Company on January 1, 2003 and did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations. 8 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 2--RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED) ACCOUNTING FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EXIT OR DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities." This Statement replaces the accounting and reporting provisions of Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 94-3, "Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring)." It requires that costs associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized when a liability is incurred rather than at the date an entity commits to an exit plan. This Statement was effective on January 1, 2003 and did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations. ACCOUNTING FOR GUARANTORS AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR GUARANTEES, INCLUDING INDIRECT GUARANTEES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF OTHERS In November 2002, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 45 (FIN 45), "Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others." The Interpretation elaborates on the existing disclosure requirements for most guarantees and requires that guarantors recognize a liability for the fair value of certain guarantees at inception. The disclosure requirements of this Interpretation were effective for financial statements ending after December 15, 2002. The initial recognition and measurement provisions of this Interpretation were applied on a prospective basis to guarantees issued or modified after December 31, 2002. The adoption of this Interpretation did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations. ACCOUNTING FOR DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES In April 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 149, "Amendment of Statement 133 on Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." This Statement amends and clarifies financial accounting and reporting for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts and for hedging activities under SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." SFAS No. 149 was effective for contracts entered into or modified after June 30, 2003 and for hedging relationships designated after June 30, 2003. The provisions of the Statement, with certain exceptions, are required to be applied prospectively. The adoption of this Statement did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations. ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS WITH CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH LIABILITIES AND EQUITY In May 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 150, "Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity." The Statement establishes standards for how the Company should classify and measure certain financial instruments with characteristics of both liabilities and equity. This Statement was effective for financial instruments entered into or modified after May 31, 2003, and to other instruments effective at the beginning of the first interim period beginning after June 15, 2003. Adoption of this Statement did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations. CONSOLIDATION OF VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES In January 2003, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 46 (FIN 46), "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities". FIN 46 provides guidance on how to identify a variable interest entity (VIE), and when the 9 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 2--RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED) assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests and result of operations of a VIE need to be included in a company's consolidated financial statements. A variable interest entity exists when either the total equity investment at risk is not sufficient to permit the entity to finance its activities by itself, or the equity investors lack a controlling financial interest or they have voting rights that are not proportionate to their economic interest. A company that holds variable interests in an entity will need to consolidate that entity if the company's interest in the VIE is such that the company will absorb a majority of the VIE's expected losses and/or receive a majority of the VIE's expected residual returns, if they occur. FIN 46 also requires additional disclosures by primary beneficiaries and other significant variable interest holders. In December 2003, the FASB issued FIN 46R, a revision of FIN 46. FIN 46R clarifies that only the holder of a variable interest can ever be a VIE's primary beneficiary. FIN 46R delays the effective date of FIN 46 for all entities created subsequent to January 31, 2003 and non-SPE's (special-purpose entities) created prior to February 1, 2003 to reporting periods ending after March 15, 2004. Entities created prior to February 1, 2004 and defined as SPE's must apply either the provisions of FIN 46 or early adopt the provisions of FIN 46R by the first reporting period ending after December 15, 2003. The adoption of FIN 46R on January 1, 2004 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations. ACCOUNTING FOR EMPLOYERS' DISCLOSURES ABOUT PENSIONS AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS In December 2003, the FASB issued SFAS No. 132R, a revision of SFAS No. 132, "Employers' Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, and 106." The Statement expands the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 132 to include information describing types of plan assets, investment strategy, measurement date(s), plan obligations, cash flows, and components of net period benefit costs of defined pension plans and other defined benefit postretirement plans. The Statement is effective for financial statements with fiscal years ending after December 15, 2003. The expanded disclosures required by SFAS No. 132R are disclosed in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. Periodic disclosures under SFAS No. 132R are contained in Note 8 of this document. ACCOUNTING FOR CERTAIN LOANS ACQUIRED IN A TRANSFER In December 2003, under clearance of the FASB, the Accounting Standards Executive Committee (AcSEC) of the AICPA issued Statement of Position (SOP) 03-3, "Accounting for Certain Loans or Debt Securities Acquired in a Transfer." This SOP establishes accounting standards for discounts on purchased loans when the discount is attributable to credit quality. The SOP requires that the loan discount, rather than contractual amounts, establishes the investor's estimate of undiscounted expected future principal and interest cash flows as a benchmark for yield and impairment measurements. The SOP prohibits the carryover or creation of a valuation allowance in the initial accounting for these loans. This SOP is effective for loans acquired in years ending after December 15, 2004. Management believes that adoption of this Statement will not have a material impact on the Company's financial position or results of operations at adoption. 10 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 3--EARNINGS PER SHARE Basic earnings per share (EPS) is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS incorporates the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents outstanding on an average basis during the period. Stock options are a common stock equivalent. The following table presents a reconciliation of basic and diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2003 and 2004. FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ----------------------------------------- 2003 2004 ------------------- ------------------- (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) BASIC DILUTED BASIC DILUTED - ---------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Net Income................................................ $135,517 $135,517 $157,487 $157,487 ======== ======== ======== ======== Weighted average common shares outstanding................ 150,616 150,616 147,400 147,400 Additional shares due to: Assumed conversion of dilutive stock options.............. -- 1,397 -- 2,552 -------- -------- -------- -------- Adjusted weighted average common shares outstanding....... 150,616 152,013 147,400 149,952 ======== ======== ======== ======== Net income per share...................................... $ 0.90 $ 0.89 $ 1.07 $ 1.05 ======== ======== ======== ======== 11 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 4--ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME The following table presents the components of the net change in accumulated other comprehensive income and the related tax effect allocated to each component. BEFORE TAX (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) AMOUNT TAX EFFECT NET OF TAX - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2003: Cash flow hedge activities: Unrealized net gains on hedges...................................... $ 337 $ (129) $ 208 Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains on hedges included in net income....................................... (12,286) 4,699 (7,587) ---------- ---------- ---------- Net change in unrealized gains on hedges.............................. (11,949) 4,570 (7,379) ---------- ---------- ---------- Securities available for sale: Unrealized holding losses arising during the period on securities available for sale................................................ (23,872) 9,131 (14,741) Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains on securities available for sale included in net income.................... -- -- -- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net change in unrealized gains on securities available for sale....... (23,872) 9,131 (14,741) ---------- ---------- ---------- Foreign currency translation adjustment............................... (1,030) 394 (636) ---------- ---------- ---------- Minimum pension liability adjustment.................................. -- -- -- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net change in accumulated other comprehensive income.................. $ (36,851) $ 14,095 $ (22,756) ========== ========== ========== FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2004: Cash flow hedge activities: Unrealized net gains on hedges...................................... $ 40,087 $ (15,333) $ 24,754 Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains on hedges included in net income........................................ (23,509) 8,992 (14,517) ---------- ---------- ---------- Net change in unrealized gains on hedges.............................. 16,578 (6,341) 10,237 ---------- ---------- ---------- Securities available for sale: Unrealized holding gains arising during the period on securities available for sale................................................ 73,943 (28,283) 45,660 Less: reclassification adjustment for net gains on securities available for sale included in net income.................... (1,622) 620 (1,002) ---------- ---------- ---------- Net change in unrealized gains on securities available for sale....... 72,321 (27,663) 44,658 ---------- ---------- ---------- Foreign currency translation adjustment............................... 994 (380) 614 ---------- ---------- ---------- Minimum pension liability adjustment.................................. -- -- -- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net change in accumulated other comprehensive income.................. $ 89,893 $ (34,384) $ 55,509 ========== ========== ========== 12 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 4--ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (CONTINUED) The following table presents accumulated other comprehensive income balances. NET NET UNREALIZED UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) GAINS (LOSSES) FOREIGN MINIMUM ACCUMULATED ON CASH ON SECURITES CURRENCY PENSION OTHER FLOW AVAILABLE TRANSLATION LIABILITY COMPREHENSIVE (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) HEDGES FOR SALE ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT INCOME (LOSS) - ------------------------------- -------------- -------------- ----------- ---------- ------------- BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2002..... $ 104,368 $ 147,450 $ (10,649) $ (1,075) $ 240,094 Change during the period....... (7,379) (14,741) (636) -- (22,756) -------------- -------------- ----------- ---------- ------------- BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2003........ $ 96,989 $ 132,709 $ (11,285) $ (1,075) $ 217,338 ============== ============== =========== ========== ============= BALANCE, DECEMBER 31, 2003..... $ 43,786 $ 22,535 $ (10,293) $ (3,786) $ 52,242 Change during the period....... 10,237 44,658 614 -- 55,509 -------------- -------------- ----------- ---------- ------------- BALANCE, MARCH 31, 2004........ $ 54,023 $ 67,193 $ (9,679) $ (3,786) $ 107,751 ============== ============== =========== ========== ============= NOTE 5--BUSINESS SEGMENTS The Company is organized based on the products and services that it offers and operates in four principal areas: o The Community Banking and Investment Services Group offers a range of banking services, primarily to individuals and small businesses, delivered generally through a tri-state network of branches and ATM's. These services include commercial loans, mortgages, home equity lines of credit, consumer loans, deposit services and cash management as well as fiduciary, private banking, investment and asset management services for individuals and institutions, and risk management and insurance products for businesses and individuals. o The Commercial Financial Services Group provides credit and cash management services to large corporate and middle-market companies. Services include commercial and project loans, real estate financing, asset-based financing, trade finance and letters of credit, lease financing, customized cash management services and selected capital markets products. o The International Banking Group primarily provides correspondent banking and trade-finance products and services to financial institutions. The group's revenue predominately relates to foreign customers. o The Global Markets Group manages the Company's wholesale funding needs, securities portfolio, and interest rate and liquidity risks. The group also offers a broad range of risk management and trading products to institutional and business clients of the Company through the businesses described above. The information, set forth in the table on the following page, reflects selected income statement and balance sheet items by business unit. The information presented does not necessarily represent the business units' financial condition and results of operations were they independent entities. Unlike financial accounting, there is no authoritative body of guidance for management accounting equivalent to U.S. GAAP. Consequently, reported results are not necessarily comparable with those presented by other companies. Included in the total asset line of the table are the amounts of goodwill for each reporting unit 13 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 5--BUSINESS SEGMENTS (CONTINUED) as of March 31, 2003 and 2004. Substantially all of the goodwill reflected on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet is attributed to the Community Banking and Investment Services Group. The information in this table is derived from the internal management reporting system used by management to measure the performance of the business segments and the Company overall. The management reporting system assigns balance sheet and income statement items to each business segment based on internal management accounting policies. Net interest income is determined by the Company's internal funds transfer pricing system, which assigns a cost of funds or a credit for funds to assets or liabilities based on their type, maturity or repricing characteristics. Noninterest income and expense directly attributable to a business segment are assigned to that business. Certain indirect costs, such as operations and technology expense, are allocated to the segments based on studies of billable unit costs for product or data processing. Other indirect costs, such as corporate overhead, are allocated to the business segments based on a predetermined percentage of usage. Under the Company's risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) methodology, credit expense is charged to business segments based upon expected losses arising from credit risk. In addition, the attribution of economic capital is related to unexpected losses arising from credit, market and operational risks. "Other" is comprised of certain parent company non-bank subsidiaries, the elimination of the fully taxable-equivalent basis amount, the amount of the (reversal of) provision for credit losses over/(under) the RAROC expected loss for the period, the earnings associated with the unallocated equity capital and allowance for credit losses, and the residual costs of support groups. In addition, it includes the Pacific Rim Corporate Group, which offers financial products to Japanese-owned subsidiaries located in the U.S. On an individual basis, none of the items in "Other" are significant to the Company's business. 14 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 5--BUSINESS SEGMENTS (CONTINUED) The business units' results for the prior periods have been restated to reflect changes in the transfer pricing methodology and any reorganization changes that may have occurred. COMMUNITY BANKING COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL SERVICES GROUP BANKING GROUP ------------------- ------------------- --------------- AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 - ----------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ------ RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS): Net interest income.................................. $167,861 $182,667 $179,232 $183,506 $8,958 $ 7,808 Noninterest income................................... 101,627 116,600 57,912 69,627 15,483 18,189 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ------- Total revenue........................................ 269,488 299,267 237,144 253,133 24,441 25,997 Noninterest expense.................................. 199,891 218,984 98,759 104,643 14,935 15,683 Credit expense (income).............................. 7,718 7,787 42,462 31,226 505 604 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ------- Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit).... 61,879 72,496 95,923 117,264 9,001 9,710 Income tax expense (benefit)......................... 23,668 27,730 30,680 38,249 3,443 3,714 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------ ------- Net income (loss).................................... $ 38,211 $ 44,766 $ 65,243 $ 79,015 $5,558 $ 5,996 ======== ======== ======== ======== ====== ======= TOTAL ASSETS (dollars in millions):.................. $ 12,133 $ 13,414 $ 15,491 $ 14,330 $2,146 $ 2,134 ======== ======== ======== ======== ====== ======= GLOBAL UNIONBANCAL MARKETS GROUP OTHER CORPORATION ------------------- ------------------- ------------------ AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 - ----------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS): Net interest income.................................. $ 21,092 $ 1,151 $ 13,637 $ 25,289 $390,780 $400,421 Noninterest income................................... 1,526 1,541 9,223 5,248 185,771 211,205 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total revenue........................................ 22,618 2,692 22,860 30,537 576,551 611,626 Noninterest expense.................................. 4,487 6,427 24,528 27,369 342,600 373,106 Credit expense (income).............................. 50 50 (20,735) (44,667) 30,000 (5,000) -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit).... 18,081 (3,785) 19,067 47,835 203,951 243,520 Income tax expense (benefit)......................... 6,916 (1,448) 3,727 17,788 68,434 86,033 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Net income (loss).................................... $ 11,165 $ (2,337) $ 15,340 $ 30,047 $135,517 $157,487 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== TOTAL ASSETS (dollars in millions):.................. $ 9,359 $ 15,461 $ 1,258 $ 763 $ 40,387 $ 46,102 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== NOTE 6--DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USED FOR HEDGING Derivative positions are integral components of the Company's designated asset and liability management activities. The Company uses interest rate derivatives to manage the sensitivity of the Company's net interest income to changes in interest rates. These instruments are used to manage interest rate risk relating to specified groups of assets and liabilities, primarily LIBOR-based commercial loans, certificates of deposit, trust notes, medium-term notes and subordinated debt. 15 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 6--DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USED FOR HEDGING (CONTINUED) CASH FLOW HEDGES HEDGING STRATEGIES FOR VARIABLE RATE LOANS AND CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT The Company engages in several types of cash flow hedging strategies for which the hedged transactions are forecasted future loan interest payments, and the hedged risk is the variability in those payments due to changes in the designated benchmark rate, e.g., U.S. dollar LIBOR. In these strategies, the hedging instruments are matched with groups of variable rate loans such that the tenor of the variable rate loans and that of the hedging instrument is identical. Cash flow hedging strategies include the utilization of purchased floor, cap, corridor options and interest rate swaps. At March 31, 2004, the weighted average remaining life of these cash flow hedges is approximately 1.5 years. The Company uses purchased interest rate floors to hedge the variable cash flows associated with 1-month LIBOR or 3-month LIBOR indexed loans. Payments received under the floor contract offset the decline in loan interest income caused by the relevant LIBOR index falling below the floor's strike rate. The Company uses interest rate floor corridors to hedge the variable cash flows associated with 1-month LIBOR or 3-month LIBOR indexed loans. Net payments to be received under the floor corridor contracts offset the decline in loan interest income caused by the relevant LIBOR index falling below the corridor's upper strike rate, but only to the extent the index falls to the lower strike rate. The corridor will not provide protection from declines in the relevant LIBOR index to the extent it falls below the corridor's lower strike rate. The Company uses interest rate collars to hedge the variable cash flows associated with 1-month LIBOR or 3-month LIBOR indexed loans. Net payments to be received under the collar contracts offset the decline in loan interest income caused by the relevant LIBOR index falling below the collar's floor strike rate while net payments to be paid will reduce the increase in loan interest income caused by the LIBOR index rising above the collar's cap strike rate. The Company uses interest rate swaps to hedge the variable cash flows associated with 1-month LIBOR or 3-month LIBOR indexed loans. Payments to be received (or paid) under the swap contracts will offset the fluctuations in loan interest income caused by changes in the relevant LIBOR index. As such, these instruments hedge all fluctuations in the loans' interest income caused by changes in the relevant LIBOR index. The Company uses purchased interest rate caps to hedge the variable interest cash flows associated with the forecasted issuance and rollover of short-term, fixed rate negotiable certificates of deposit (CDs). In these hedging relationships, the Company hedges the LIBOR component of the CD rates, which is either 3-month LIBOR or 6-month LIBOR, based on the CDs' original term to maturity, which reflects their repricing frequency. Net payments to be received under the cap contract offset the increase in interest expense caused by the relevant LIBOR index rising above the cap's strike rate. The Company uses interest rate cap corridors to hedge the variable cash flows associated with the forecasted issuance and roll-over of short-term, fixed rate, negotiable CDs. In these hedging relationships, the Company hedges the LIBOR component of the CD rates, either 1-month LIBOR, 3-month LIBOR, or 6-month LIBOR, based on the original term to maturity of the CDs, which reflects their repricing frequency. Net payments to be received under the cap corridor contracts offset the increase in deposit interest expense caused by the relevant LIBOR index rising above the corridor's lower strike rate, but only 16 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 6--DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USED FOR HEDGING (CONTINUED) to the extent the index rises to the upper strike rate. The corridor will not provide protection from increases in the relevant LIBOR index to the extent it rises above the corridor's upper strike rate. Hedging transactions are structured at inception so that the notional amounts of the hedge are matched with an equal principal amount of loans or CDs, the index and repricing frequencies of the hedge matches those of the loans or CDs, and the period in which the designated hedged cash flows occurs is equal to the term of the hedge. As such, most of the ineffectiveness in the hedging relationship results from the mismatch between the timing of reset dates on the hedge versus those of the loans or CDs. In the first quarter of 2004, the Company recorded a net loss of $1.5 million due to ineffectiveness, which is recognized in noninterest expense, compared to a net gain of $0.1 million in the first quarter of 2003. FAIR VALUE HEDGES HEDGING STRATEGY FOR UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION--JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEBT PAYABLE TO SUBSIDIARY GRANTOR TRUST (TRUST NOTES) The Company engaged in an interest rate hedging strategy in which an interest rate swap was associated with a specific interest bearing liability, UnionBanCal Corporation's Trust Notes, in order to convert the liability from a fixed rate to a floating rate instrument. This strategy mitigated the changes in fair value of the hedged liability caused by changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, U.S. dollar LIBOR. Fair value hedging transactions were structured at inception so that the notional amounts of the swap matched an associated principal amount of the Trust Notes. The interest payment dates, the expiration date, and the embedded call option of the swap matched those of the Trust Notes. The ineffectiveness on the fair value hedges during the first quarter of 2004 was a net gain of $1.6 million, realized upon the termination of the swap on February 19, 2004, compared to a net gain of $0.1 million in the first quarter of 2003. HEDGING STRATEGY FOR MEDIUM-TERM NOTES The Company engages in an interest rate hedging strategy in which an interest rate swap is associated with a specified interest bearing liability, UnionBanCal Corporation's five-year, medium-term debt issuance, in order to convert the liability from a fixed rate to a floating rate instrument. This strategy mitigates the changes in fair value of the hedged liability caused by changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, U.S. dollar LIBOR. The fair value hedging transaction for the medium-term notes was structured at inception to mirror all of the provisions of the medium-term notes, which allows the Company to assume that no ineffectiveness exists. HEDGING STRATEGY FOR SUBORDINATED DEBT The Company engages in an interest rate hedging strategy in which an interest rate swap is associated with a specified interest bearing liability, UnionBanCal Corporation's ten-year, subordinated debt issuance, in order to convert the liability from a fixed rate to a floating rate instrument. This strategy mitigates the changes in fair value of the hedged liability caused by changes in the designated benchmark interest rate, U.S. dollar LIBOR. 17 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 6--DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USED FOR HEDGING (CONTINUED) The fair value hedging transaction for the subordinated debt was structured at inception to mirror all of the provisions of the subordinated debt, which allows the Company to assume that no ineffectiveness exists. OTHER The Company uses To-Be-Announced (TBA) contracts to fix the price and yield of anticipated purchases or sales of mortgage-backed securities that will be delivered at an agreed upon date. This strategy hedges the risk of variability in the cash flows to be paid or received upon settlement of the TBA contract. NOTE 7--GUARANTEES Standby and commercial letters of credit are conditional commitments issued to guarantee the performance of a customer to a third party. Standby letters of credit generally are contingent upon the failure of the customer to perform according to the terms of the underlying contract with the third party, while commercial letters of credit are issued specifically to facilitate foreign or domestic trade transactions. The majority of these types of commitments have terms of one year or less. Collateral may be obtained based on management's credit assessment of the customer. As of March 31, 2004, the Company's maximum exposure to loss for standby and commercial letters of credit is $2.8 billion and $223.1 million, respectively. At March 31, 2004, the carrying value of the Company's standby and commercial letters of credit, which is included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet, total $4.8 million. Principal investments include direct investments in private and public companies and indirect investments in private equity funds. The Company issues commitments to provide equity and mezzanine capital financing to private and public companies through either direct investments in specific companies or through investment funds and partnerships. The timing of future cash requirements to fund such commitments is generally dependent on the investment cycle. This cycle, the period over which privately-held companies are funded by private equity investors and ultimately sold, merged, or taken public through an initial offering, can vary based on overall market conditions as well as the nature and type of industry in which the companies operate. At March 31, 2004, the Company had commitments to fund principal investments of $52.8 million. The Company has contingent consideration agreements that guarantee additional payments to acquired insurance agencies' stockholders based on the agencies' future performance in excess of established revenue and/or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) thresholds. If the insurance agencies' future performance exceeds these thresholds during a three-year period, the Company will be liable to make payments to those former stockholders. As of March 31, 2004, the Company has a maximum exposure of $8.1 million for these agreements, the last of which expire in December 2006. The Company is fund manager for limited liability corporations issuing low-income housing credit (LIHC) investments. LIHC investments provide tax benefits to investors in the form of tax deductions from operating losses and tax credits. To facilitate the sale of these LIHC investments, the Company guarantees the timely completion of projects and delivery of tax benefits throughout the investment term. Guarantees may include a minimum rate of return, the availability of tax credits, and operating deficit thresholds over a ten-year average period. Additionally, the Company receives project completion and tax credit guarantees from the limited liability corporations issuing the LIHC investments that reduce the 18 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 7--GUARANTEES (CONTINUED) Company's ultimate exposure to loss. As of March 31, 2004, the Company's maximum exposure to loss under these guarantees is limited to a return of investor capital and minimum investment yield, or $111.0 million. The Company maintains a reserve of $4.0 million for these guarantees. The Company has guarantees that obligate it to perform if its affiliates are unable to discharge their obligations. These obligations include guarantee of trust preferred securities, commercial paper obligations and leveraged lease transactions. Guarantees issued by the Bank for an affiliate's commercial paper program are done in order to facilitate their sale. As of March 31, 2004, the Bank had a maximum exposure to loss under these guarantees, which have an average term of less than one year, of $478.2 million. The Bank's guarantee is fully collateralized by a pledged deposit. UnionBanCal Corporation guarantees its subsidiaries' leveraged lease transactions, which have terms ranging from 15 to 30 years. Following the original funding of the leveraged lease transactions, UnionBanCal Corporation has no material obligation to be satisfied. As of March 31, 2004, UnionBanCal Corporation had no material exposure under these guarantees. The Company conducts securities lending transactions for institutional customers as a fully disclosed agent. At times, securities lending indemnifications are issued to guarantee that a security lending customer will be made whole in the event the borrower does not return the security subject to the lending agreement and collateral held is insufficient to cover the market value of the security. All lending transactions are collateralized, primarily by cash. The amount of securities lent with indemnifications was $1.4 billion at March 31, 2004. The market value of the associated collateral was $1.3 billion at March 31, 2004. NOTE 8--PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS The following table summarizes the components of net periodic benefit costs. PENSION BENEFITS OTHER BENEFITS ------------------- ----------------- FOR THE THREE FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MONTHS ENDED ------------------- ----------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2004 2003 2004 - -------------------------------------------- ------- ------- ------ ------ COMPONENTS OF NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COST Service cost................................ $ 8,217 $ 9,318 $1,295 $1,568 Interest cost............................... 11,875 12,602 2,641 2,772 Expected return on plan assets.............. (18,203) (20,787) (1,687) (2,097) Amortization of prior service cost.......... 267 267 (24) (24) Amortization of transition amount........... -- -- 637 637 Recognized net actuarial loss............... 1,042 2,822 1,599 1,586 ------- ------- ------ ------ Total net periodic benefit cost............. $ 3,198 $ 4,222 $4,461 $4,442 ======= ======= ====== ====== 19 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE 9--SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On April 27, 2004, the Company announced that the Bank has agreed to sell its merchant card portfolio and to form a long-term marketing alliance with NOVA Information Systems (NOVA). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close late in the second quarter 2004. NOVA will acquire the Bank's merchant accounts and will provide processing services, customer service and support operations to the Bank's 10,000 merchant locations. Merchant services will be marketed through on the Bank's branch network in California, Oregon and Washington. The Company expects to record an after-tax gain on the transaction of approximately $56 million, with a portion of the gain being recorded at closing, and the remainder being recorded over the term of the marketing agreement. On April 28, 2004, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.36 per share of common stock. The dividend will be paid on July 2, 2004 to stockholders of record as of June 4, 2004. On April 28, 2004, the Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $200 million of the Company's common stock. 20 ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS THIS DOCUMENT INCLUDES FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE "SAFE HARBOR" CREATED BY SECTION 27A OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 21E OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED. WE MAY MAKE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS IN OTHER UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (SEC) FILINGS, PRESS RELEASES, NEWS ARTICLES, CONFERENCE CALLS WITH WALL STREET ANALYSTS AND STOCKHOLDERS AND WHEN WE ARE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE FACT THAT THEY DO NOT RELATE STRICTLY TO HISTORICAL OR CURRENT FACTS. OFTEN, THEY INCLUDE THE WORDS "BELIEVE," "EXPECT," "ANTICIPATE," "INTEND," "PLAN," "ESTIMATE," "PROJECT," OR WORDS OF SIMILAR MEANING, OR FUTURE OR CONDITIONAL VERBS SUCH AS "WILL," "WOULD," "SHOULD," "COULD," OR "MAY." THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE INVESTORS WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH WHICH THEY MAY ASSESS OUR FUTURE POTENTIAL. ALL OF THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE AND ARE BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE DATE SUCH STATEMENTS ARE ISSUED. WE DO NOT UNDERTAKE TO UPDATE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT FACTS, CIRCUMSTANCES, ASSUMPTIONS OR EVENTS THAT OCCUR AFTER THE DATE THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE MADE. THERE ARE NUMEROUS RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD AND WILL CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE DISCUSSED IN OUR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. MANY OF THESE FACTORS ARE BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO CONTROL OR PREDICT AND COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON OUR STOCK PRICE, FINANCIAL CONDITION, AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR PROSPECTS. SUCH RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: ADVERSE ECONOMIC AND FISCAL CONDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA, GLOBAL POLITICAL AND GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS RELATED TO THE WAR ON TERRORISM, ADVERSE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AFFECTING CERTAIN INDUSTRIES, FLUCTUATIONS IN INTEREST RATES, THE CONTROLLING INTEREST IN US OF THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI, LTD. (BTM), WHICH IS A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF MITSUBISHI TOKYO FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (MTFG), COMPETITION IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY, STATUTORY RESTRICTIONS ON DIVIDENDS, ADVERSE EFFECTS OF CURRENT AND FUTURE BANKING RULES, REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION, AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS STRATEGIES WE MAY PURSUE, INCLUDING POTENTIAL ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND RESTRUCTURINGS. SEE ALSO THE SECTION ENTITLED "CERTAIN BUSINESS RISK FACTORS" LOCATED NEAR THE END OF "MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION." ALL REPORTS THAT WE FILE ELECTRONICALLY WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING ANNUAL REPORTS ON FORM 10-K, QUARTERLY REPORTS ON FORM 10-Q, AND CURRENT REPORTS ON FORM 8-K, AS WELL AS ANY AMENDMENTS TO THOSE REPORTS, ARE ACCESSIBLE AT NO COST ON OUR INTERNET WEBSITE AT WWW.UBOC.COM AS SOON AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE AFTER WE ELECTRONICALLY FILE SUCH REPORTS WITH, OR FURNISH THEM, TO THE SEC. THESE FILINGS ARE ALSO ACCESSIBLE ON THE SEC'S WEBSITE AT WWW.SEC.GOV. INTRODUCTION We are a California-based, commercial bank holding company with consolidated assets of $46.1 billion at March 31, 2004. During 2003, UnionBanCal Corporation changed its state of incorporation from California to Delaware. UnionBanCal Corporation and its banking subsidiary, Union Bank of California, N.A. (the Bank), were created on April 1, 1996, by the combination of Union Bank with BanCal Tri-State Corporation and its banking subsidiary, The Bank of California, N.A. The combination was accounted for as a reorganization of entities under common control, similar to a pooling of interests. At March 31, 2004, BTM, our majority owner, owned approximately 62 percent of our outstanding common stock. EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW We are providing you with an overview of what we believe are the most significant events that impacted our results for the first quarter of 2004. You should carefully read the rest of this document for more detailed information that will assist your understanding of trends, events and uncertainties that impact us. Our largest subsidiary is Union Bank of California, N.A., a commercial bank that derives most of its revenues from lending, deposit taking and trust services to customers primarily in California. We also 21 service customers in the western United States, nationally and internationally. Interest rates, business conditions and customer confidence all affect our ability to generate revenues. In addition, the regulatory environment and competition can challenge our ability to generate those revenues. Overall credit quality in the commercial lending area continued to improve in the first quarter of 2004. The improvements came from positive financial results and outlooks of our borrowers, payoffs, and a slow down in net inflows of nonaccrual loans. As a result, we recorded a reversal of provision for credit losses of $5.0 million and reduced our allowance for credit losses. We expect to see continued improvement in our credit quality throughout 2004, assuming that the economy's recent positive momentum continues. However, a full economic turnaround continues to remain uncertain in 2004, causing our commercial lending activities to be sluggish with commercial loan balances significantly below the first quarter of 2003 level and slightly below the December 31, 2003 level. In the first quarter of 2004, we have seen some improvement in the economic outlook in our markets and we anticipate that as the economy improves, commercial lending will increase during 2004. Record low levels of interest rates continued to pressure our net interest income, as our variable rate loans repriced more quickly than our interest bearing deposits. A significant contributor to the reduced asset yields was mortgage refinancings that further reduced our net interest income on our residential mortgage loans and our mortgage-backed securities portfolio. Derivative contracts, used to hedge the impact of falling interest rates on our lending activities, began to expire in late 2003, further compressing our net interest margin in the first quarter of 2004. A discussion of the impact of our hedges is included in our detailed analysis of net interest income. Despite these pressures, we have benefited from a higher level of earning assets, including a significantly higher mix of securities, strong deposit growth, and changes in our capital structure, including replacing higher cost debt with lower cost funding. We expect that as business activity picks up and interest rates rise, our interest income will rise as well. Growth in core deposits was particularly strong in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, providing us with a low cost of funding, which is a competitive advantage. Average demand deposits for the first quarter of 2004 were 47 percent of average total deposits, contributing to an average annualized all-in cost of funds (interest expense divided by total interest bearing liabilities and noninterest bearing deposits) of 0.47 percent for the first quarter of 2004 compared to 0.67 percent in the first quarter of 2003. We attract deposits by offering a variety of cash management products aimed at business clients, including web cash management, check imaging, remittance and depository services and disbursements. In addition, we made two bank acquisitions and opened a number of de novo branches in 2003 and the first quarter of 2004, which further expanded our business locations in California. Noninterest income rose 14 percent in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, primarily as a result of increases in service charges on deposits, insurance agency commissions, trust and investment management fees and international commissions and fees. As part of our strategic initiatives, we focus on identifying opportunities for growing noninterest income. Although noninterest expense rose 9 percent in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, much of that increase related to investments that we made in bank and insurance agency acquisitions and technology. We believe that these investments will bring opportunities for growth in our business by increasing our customer base and expanding the services we can provide. 22 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE THREE MONTHS INCREASE (DECREASE) ENDED 2004 VERSUS 2003 -------------------- ----------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2004 AMOUNT PERCENT - ----------------------------------------------- -------- -------- ------- ------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Net interest income(1)......................... $390,780 $400,421 $ 9,641 2.5% Noninterest income Service charges on deposit accounts.......... 72,287 81,096 8,809 12.2 Trust and investment management fees......... 32,675 35,822 3,147 9.6 Insurance commissions........................ 13,218 21,735 8,517 64.4 International commissions and fees........... 15,345 17,545 2,200 14.3 Other noninterest income..................... 52,246 55,007 2,761 5.3 -------- -------- ------- Total noninterest income....................... 185,771 211,205 25,434 13.7 Total revenue.................................. 576,551 611,626 35,075 6.1 (Reveral of) provision for credit losses....... 30,000 (5,000) (35,000) nm Noninterest expense Salaries and employee benefits............... 198,107 219,423 21,316 10.8 Net occupancy................................ 27,636 31,582 3,946 14.3 Intangible asset amortization................ 2,477 4,221 1,744 70.4 Other noninterest expense.................... 114,380 117,880 3,500 3.1 -------- -------- ------- Total noninterest expense...................... 342,600 373,106 30,506 8.9 Income before income tax....................... 203,951 243,520 39,569 19.4 Income tax..................................... 68,434 86,033 17,599 25.7 -------- -------- ------- Net income..................................... $135,517 $157,487 $21,970 16.2% ======== ======== ======= - ------------------------- <FN> (1) Net interest income does not include any adjustments for fully taxable equivalence. nm - not meaningful </FN> THE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTORS TO OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2004 COMPARED TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2003 ARE PRESENTED BELOW. o We recorded a $5.0 million reversal of provision for credit losses in the first quarter of 2004, which reflects continued improvement in credit quality. Reductions in criticized and classified credits in our commercial loan portfolio resulted from pay-offs, loan grade improvements, and loan sales, and allowed us to lower our reserve for credit losses. (See our discussion under "Allowance for Credit Losses.") o Although net interest income continues to be negatively impacted by the lower interest rate environment and a decline in the average balances of our commercial loan portfolio, net interest income was favorably influenced by higher other earning asset volumes, including a significantly higher mix of securities. Strong deposit growth, including an attractive mix of average noninterest bearing deposits to total deposits, also contributed favorably to our net interest income. (See our discussion under "Net Interest Income.") o Our noninterest income was impacted by several factors: o Service charges on deposit accounts rose primarily from a 19 percent increase in average demand deposits in the first quarter of 2004 over the first quarter of 2003 and higher overdraft and return fees of $4.7 million primarily associated with the overdraft program introduced in April 2003; 23 o Insurance commissions increased mostly from the April 2003 acquisition of Tanner Insurance Brokers and the December 2003 acquisition of Knight Insurance Agency; o Private capital investment sales resulted in net gains of $5.0 million in the first quarter of 2004 compared to net losses of $0.1 million in the first quarter of 2003 as equity market values rose; o Trust and investment management fees increased from the first quarter of 2003 primarily due to higher assets under administration. Trust administration fees began growing in the second half of 2003 as trust assets started to recover with the strengthening of the equity markets and a substantial increase in new sales. In the first quarter of 2004, managed assets increased by 9 percent and non-managed assets increased by 19 percent from the first quarter of 2003. Total assets under administration increased by 18 percent, to $155.6 billion, between March 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004; and o International commissions and fees grew, reflecting strong growth in the foreign remittances product in almost all of our markets, from a combination of increased pricing, product enhancements and higher market penetration. o Contributing to our higher noninterest expense were several factors: o Salaries and employee benefits increased mostly from: o Acquisitions and new branch openings, which accounted for 44 percent of the increase in our salaries and other compensation, o higher performance-related incentive expense from goal achievements; o annual merit increases; and o increased employee benefits expense due to: o acquisitions and new branch openings, which accounted for 49 percent of our employee benefits increase, o increasing healthcare costs for current employees and retirees from rising insurance premiums and a greater number of participants, o the impact of the lower discount rate we are using to calculate our future pension and other postretirement liabilities, and o the impact of a higher state unemployment tax rate, which rose from 2.0 percent in the first quarter of 2003 to 3.7 percent in the first quarter of 2004; o Net occupancy costs increased mostly from our acquisitions and new branch openings and capitalized property improvements recorded in December 2003; o Intangible asset amortization increased mainly due to our recent acquisitions; and o Other noninterest expense rose as a result of losses attributable to operations and litigation. 24 NET INTEREST INCOME The following table shows the major components of net interest income and net interest margin. FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MARCH 31, 2003 MARCH 31, 2004 -------------------------------------- ------------------------------------ INTEREST AVERAGE INTEREST AVERAGE AVERAGE INCOME/ YIELD/ AVERAGE INCOME/ YIELD/ (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE EXPENSE(1) RATE(1)(2) BALANCE EXPENSE(1) RATE(1)(2) - ---------------------------- ----------- --------- --------- ----------- --------- --------- ASSETS Loans:(3) Domestic.................. $25,186,678 $355,073 5.70% $24,532,402 $327,933 5.38% Foreign(4)................ 1,536,379 8,166 2.16 1,609,454 7,678 1.92 Securities--taxable......... 7,014,825 79,179 4.52 11,396,654 104,993 3.69 Securities--tax-exempt...... 41,943 1,014 9.67 65,813 1,335 8.11 Interest bearing deposits in banks..................... 203,432 962 1.92 207,854 908 1.76 Federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements......... 536,114 1,677 1.27 786,994 1,959 1.00 Trading account assets 307,400 957 1.26 277,057 595 0.86 ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Total earning assets...... 34,826,771 447,028 5.18 38,876,228 445,401 4.60 -------- -------- Allowance for credit losses. (603,240) (534,226) Cash and due from banks..... 2,094,976 2,276,055 Premises and equipment, net. 506,964 519,962 Other assets................ 1,522,732 1,913,108 ----------- ----------- Total assets.............. $38,348,203 $43,051,127 =========== =========== LIABILITIES Domestic deposits: Interest bearing.......... $ 9,365,182 18,809 0.81 $11,390,393 16,556 0.58 Savings and consumer time. 3,819,545 12,316 1.31 4,136,695 8,719 0.85 Large time................ 2,414,309 10,446 1.75 2,432,602 8,335 1.38 Foreign deposits(4)......... 1,384,177 3,206 0.94 1,227,223 2,132 0.70 ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Total interest bearing deposits................ 16,983,213 44,777 1.07 19,186,913 35,742 0.75 ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements..... 517,511 1,327 1.04 395,466 681 0.69 Commercial paper............ 923,327 2,728 1.20 542,853 1,135 0.84 Other borrowed funds........ 172,870 1,255 2.94 187,829 1,300 2.78 Medium and long-term debt... 399,729 1,866 1.89 806,062 3,139 1.57 Preferred securities and trust notes(5)............ 351,654 3,671 4.13 203,022 2,181 4.30 ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Total borrowed funds...... 2,365,091 10,847 1.85 2,135,232 8,436 1.59 ----------- -------- ----------- -------- Total interest bearing liabilities............. 19,348,304 55,624 1.16 21,322,145 44,178 0.83 -------- -------- Noninterest bearing deposits 14,095,175 16,752,612 Other liabilities........... 1,030,431 1,026,482 ----------- ----------- Total liabilities......... 34,473,910 39,101,239 STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Common equity............... 3,874,293 3,949,888 ----------- ----------- Total stockholders' equity 3,874,293 3,949,888 ----------- ----------- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity.... $38,348,203 $43,051,127 =========== =========== Net interest income/margin (taxable-equivalent basis) 391,404 4.53% 401,223 4.14% Less: taxable-equivalent adjustment................ 624 802 -------- -------- Net interest income....... $390,780 $400,421 ======== ======== - ------------------------ <FN> (1) Yields and interest income are presented on a taxable-equivalent basis using the federal statutory tax rate of 35 percent. (2) Annualized (3) Average balances on loans outstanding include all nonperforming loans. The amortized portion of net loan origination fees (costs) is included in interest income on loans, representing an adjustment to the yield. (4) Foreign loans and deposits are those loans and deposits originated in foreign branches. (5) Includes interest expense for both trust preferred securities and trust notes. </FN> 25 Net interest income in the first quarter of 2004, on a taxable-equivalent basis, increased 3 percent, from the first quarter of 2003. Our results were attributable to the following factors: o Average earning assets grew 12 percent in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, to $38.9 billion. This growth was attributable to a $4.4 billion, or 62 percent, increase in average securities, partly offset by a $581.2 million, or 2 percent, decrease in average loans. The increase in average securities, which was comprised primarily of fixed rate securities, reflected liquidity and interest rate risk management actions. The decrease in average loans was mostly due to a $1.4 billion decrease in average commercial, financial, and industrial loans, partially offset by a $0.9 billion increase in average residential mortgages, resulting from a strategic portfolio shift from more volatile commercial loans, which we feel we have now achieved; o Deposit growth has contributed significantly to our lower cost of funds in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003. Average noninterest bearing deposits were $2.7 billion or 19 percent higher in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003. Average business demand deposits, including demand deposits from our title and escrow clients, increased by $2.2 billion in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, with the balance of the increase coming from consumer demand deposit growth. We anticipate that the growth rates in average noninterest bearing deposits will decline during 2004 as rising interest rates will cause our customers to divert those deposits to more attractive interest bearing investments and will slow the activity in mortgage loan refinancings, which will impact our title and escrow deposits; o Yields on our earning assets were negatively impacted by decreasing interest rates in 2003 resulting in a lower average yield of 58 basis points on average earning assets, which was negatively impacted by lower interest rate hedge income of $9.9 million; o Market rates on our interest bearing liabilities were favorably impacted by the decreasing interest rate environment resulting in a lower cost of funds on interest bearing liabilities of 33 basis points, which included higher interest rate hedge income of $2.2 million; and o During 2003 and continuing into 2004, our strategy was to take advantage of our higher noninterest bearing deposit balances by reducing our balances in higher interest rate liabilities such as large certificate of deposits, foreign deposits, and other borrowed funds. As a result of these changes and a flattening yield curve environment, as long-term interest rates declined, our net interest margin decreased by 39 basis points. We use derivatives to hedge expected changes in the yields on our variable rate loans, term certificates of deposit (CDs), and long-term borrowings. During 2003, the positions provided more income than in 2002, as rates persisted lower and longer than had been anticipated. During 2004, these positions will provide less in net interest income as the positions mature and, to a lesser extent, as interest rates rise. However, we expect the declines in hedge income to be partially offset by either increased yields on the underlying variable rate loans or continued lower than expected funding costs on our term CDs and long term borrowings. For the quarters ended March 31, 2003 and 2004, we had gross hedge income of $39.9 million and $32.2 million, respectively. 26 NONINTEREST INCOME FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED ------------------------------------------------- INCREASE (DECREASE) MARCH 31, MARCH 31, ------------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2004 AMOUNT PERCENT - ------------------------------------------ --------- --------- ------- ------- Service charges on deposit accounts....... $ 72,287 $ 81,096 $ 8,809 12.19% Trust and investment management fees...... 32,675 35,822 3,147 9.63 Insurance commissions..................... 13,218 21,735 8,517 64.43 International commissions and fees........ 15,345 17,545 2,200 14.34 Card processing fees, net................. 9,682 8,792 (890) (9.19) Foreign exchange gains, net............... 6,934 8,344 1,410 20.33 Brokerage commissions and fees............ 8,654 8,297 (357) (4.13) Merchant banking fees..................... 6,018 7,467 1,449 24.08 Securities losses, net.................... -- 1,622 1,622 nm Other..................................... 20,958 20,485 (473) (2.26) --------- --------- ------- Total noninterest income................ $ 185,771 $ 211,205 $25,434 13.69% ========= ========= ======= - --------------------------- <FN> nm--not meaningful </FN> NONINTEREST EXPENSE FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED ------------------------------------------------- INCREASE (DECREASE) MARCH 31, MARCH 31, ------------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2004 AMOUNT PERCENT - ----------------------------------------- --------- --------- ------- ------- Salaries and other compensation.......... $ 153,060 $ 170,430 $17,370 11.35% Employee benefits........................ 45,047 48,993 3,946 8.76 --------- --------- ------- Salaries and employee benefits......... 198,107 219,423 21,316 10.76 Net occupancy............................ 27,636 31,582 3,946 14.28 Equipment................................ 16,671 17,271 600 3.60 Communications........................... 13,844 13,410 (434) (3.13) Software................................. 12,076 12,995 919 7.61 Professional services.................... 12,014 11,303 (711) (5.92) Advertising and public relations......... 9,667 8,727 (940) (9.72) Data processing.......................... 8,484 7,625 (859) (10.12) Intangible asset amortization............ 2,477 4,221 1,744 70.41 Foreclosed asset expense................. 51 519 468 nm Other.................................... 41,573 46,030 4,457 10.72 --------- --------- ------- Total noninterest expense.............. $ 342,600 $ 373,106 $30,506 8.90% ========= ========= ======= - ---------------------------- <FN> nm--not meaningful </FN> INCOME TAX EXPENSE Income tax expense in the first quarter of 2004 was $86.0 million, resulting in a 35 percent effective income tax rate compared with an effective tax rate of 34 percent for first quarter 2003. The increase in the effective tax rate was due to higher California state taxes. The State of California requires us to file our franchise tax returns as a member of a unitary group that includes MTFG and either all worldwide affiliates or only U.S. affiliates. Since 1996, we have elected to file our California franchise tax returns on a worldwide unitary basis. 27 The inclusion of MTFG's financial results, which in some years were net losses, has partially offset our net profits subject to California income tax. The inclusion of MTFG's worldwide property, payroll and sales in the calculation of the California apportionment factor has also reduced the percentage of our income subject to California income tax. As a result, our effective tax rate for California has been significantly lower than the statutory rate, net of federal benefit, of 7.05 percent. Changes in MTFG's taxable profits affect our California taxes. MTFG's taxable profits are impacted most significantly by changes in the worldwide economy, especially in Japan, and decisions that they may make about the timing of the recognition of credit losses. When MTFG's worldwide taxable profits rise, our effective tax rate in California will rise. We review MTFG's financial information on a quarterly basis in order to determine the rate at which to recognize our California income taxes. However, all of the information relevant to determining the effective tax rate may not be available until after the end of the period to which the tax relates. The determination of the California effective tax rate involves management judgment and estimates, and can change during the calendar year or between calendar years, as additional information becomes available. Our effective tax rate in the first quarter of 2004 is higher partially as a result of increased profits reported by MTFG for its most recent reporting period, as well as projected profit increases for MTFG due to improving economic conditions in Japan. LOANS The following table shows loans outstanding by loan type. PERCENT CHANGE TO MARCH 31, 2004 FROM: -------------------------- MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2003 2004 2003 2003 - ------------------------------------- ----------- ------------ ----------- --------- ------------ Domestic: Commercial, financial and industrial....................... $ 9,989,430 $ 8,817,679 $ 8,717,052 (12.74)% (1.14)% Construction....................... 1,222,501 1,101,166 1,058,414 (13.42) (3.88) Mortgage: Residential...................... 6,658,128 7,463,538 7,502,675 12.68 0.52 Commercial....................... 4,189,565 4,195,178 4,348,537 3.79 3.66 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total mortgage................. 10,847,693 11,658,716 11,851,212 9.25 1.65 Consumer: Installment...................... 881,136 818,746 781,731 (11.28) (4.52) Revolving lines of credit........ 1,125,186 1,222,220 1,279,651 13.73 4.70 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total consumer................. 2,006,322 2,040,966 2,061,382 2.74 1.00 Lease financing.................... 756,673 663,632 637,504 (15.75) (3.94) ----------- ------------ ----------- Total loans in domestic offices 24,822,619 24,282,159 24,325,564 (2.00) 0.18 Loans originated in foreign branches. 1,705,340 1,650,204 1,707,535 0.13 3.47 ----------- ------------ ----------- Total loans held to maturity... 26,527,959 25,932,363 26,033,099 (1.87) 0.39 Total loans held for sale...... 8,313 12,265 3,206 (61.43) (73.86) ----------- ------------ ----------- Total loans.................. $26,536,272 $ 25,944,628 $26,036,305 (1.88)% 0.35% =========== ============ =========== 28 COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LOANS Commercial, financial and industrial loans are extended principally to corporations, middle-market businesses, and small businesses, with no industry concentration exceeding 10 percent of total loans. This portfolio has a high degree of geographic diversification based upon our customers' revenue bases, which we believe lowers our vulnerability to changes in the economic outlook of any particular region of the U.S. Our commercial market lending originates primarily through our commercial banking offices. These offices, which rely extensively on relationship-oriented banking, provide a variety of services including cash management services, lines of credit, accounts receivable and inventory financing. Separately, we originate or participate in a wide variety of financial services to major corporations. These services include traditional commercial banking and specialized financing tailored to the needs of each customer's specific industry. Presently, we are active in, among other sectors, the oil and gas, communications, media, entertainment, retailing and financial services industries. The commercial, financial and industrial loan portfolio decreased $1.3 billion, or 13 percent, in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, primarily due to economic conditions that continued to reduce loan demand in some segments. Loan sales and managed exits also contributed to the decline, consistent with our strategy to reduce our exposure to certain commercial loans while increasing our investment in more stable consumer loans (including residential mortgages). CONSTRUCTION AND COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE LOANS We engage in non-residential real estate lending that includes commercial mortgage loans and construction loans secured by deeds of trust. Construction loans are made primarily to commercial property developers and to residential builders. The construction loan portfolio decrease of $164.1 million, or 13 percent, in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, was primarily attributable to slowing growth in capital assets and employment and higher office vacancy rates in our markets. These factors impacted the level of development and construction projects we financed. The commercial mortgage loan portfolio consists of loans on commercial and industrial projects primarily in California. The increase in commercial mortgages of $159.0 million, or 4 percent, in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, was primarily due to our acquisitions of Monterey Bay Bank in the third quarter of 2003 and Business Bank of California in the first quarter of 2004. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOANS We originate residential mortgage loans, secured by one-to-four family residential properties, through our multiple channel network (including branches, mortgage brokers, and loan-by-phone) throughout California, Oregon and Washington, and we periodically purchase loans in our market area. The residential mortgages increase of $844.5 million, or 13 percent, in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, was influenced by a high refinance market driven by low interest rates during 2003. While we hold most of the loans we originate, we sell most of our 30-year, fixed rate, non-Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) residential mortgage loans. CONSUMER LOANS We originate consumer loans, such as auto loans and home equity loans and lines, through our branch network. Consumer loans increased $55.1 million, or 3 percent, primarily as a result of an increase in home equity loans and partially offset by pay-offs related to the run-off of the automobile dealer lending business that we exited in the third quarter of 2000. The indirect automobile dealer lending portfolio at March 31, 2004 was $49.5 million. 29 LEASE FINANCING We offer primarily two types of leases to our customers: direct financing leases, where the assets leased are acquired without additional financing from other sources; and leveraged leases, where a substantial portion of the financing is provided by debt with no recourse to us. The lease financing decrease of $119.2 million, or 16 percent, in the first quarter of 2004, compared to the first quarter of 2003, was attributable to our announced discontinuance of our auto leasing activity, effective April 20, 2001. At March 31, 2004, our auto lease portfolio had declined to $71.2 million and is projected to decline 60 percent by December 2004, and fully mature by mid-year 2006. Included in our lease portfolio are leveraged leases of $536.3 million, which are net of non-recourse debt of approximately $1.2 billion. We utilize a number of special purpose entities for our leveraged leases. These entities serve legal and tax purposes and do not function as vehicles to shift liabilities to other parties or to deconsolidate affiliates for financial reporting purposes. As allowed by U.S. GAAP and by law, the gross lease receivable is offset by the qualifying non-recourse debt. In leveraged lease transactions, the third-party lender may only look to the collateral value of the leased assets for repayment. LOANS ORIGINATED IN FOREIGN BRANCHES Our loans originated in foreign branches consist primarily of short-term extensions of credit to financial institutions located primarily in Asia. The loans originated in foreign branches in the first quarter of 2004 were relatively flat compared to the first quarter of 2003. CROSS-BORDER OUTSTANDINGS Our cross-border outstandings reflect certain additional economic and political risks that are not reflected in domestic outstandings. These risks include those arising from exchange rate fluctuations and restrictions on the transfer of funds. The following table sets forth our cross-border outstandings as of March 31, 2003, December 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004, for any country where such outstandings exceeded 1 percent of total assets. The cross-border outstandings were compiled based upon category and domicile of ultimate risk and are comprised of balances with banks, trading account assets, securities available for sale, securities purchased under resale agreements, loans, accrued interest receivable, acceptances outstanding and investments with foreign entities. The amounts outstanding exclude local currency outstandings. For any country shown in the table below, we do not have significant local currency outstandings that are not hedged or are not funded by local currency borrowings. PUBLIC CORPORATIONS FINANCIAL SECTOR AND OTHER TOTAL (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS) INSTITUTIONS ENTITIES BORROWERS OUTSTANDINGS - --------------------------- ------------ -------- ------------ ------------ March 31, 2003 Korea...................... $651 $-- $90 $741 December 31, 2003 Korea...................... $630 $-- $28 $658 March 31, 2004 Korea...................... $640 $-- $12 $652 PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES We recorded a reversal of provision for credit losses of $5 million in the first quarter of 2004, compared with a $30 million provision for credit losses in the first quarter of 2003. Provisions for credit losses are charged to income to bring our allowance for credit losses to a level deemed appropriate by management based on the factors discussed under "Allowance for Credit Losses" below. Reversals of provisions for credit losses increase our income and reduce the allowance. 30 ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES ALLOWANCE POLICY AND METHODOLOGY We maintain an allowance for credit losses to absorb losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The allowance is based on our regular, quarterly assessments of the probable estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio, and, to a lesser extent, unused commitments to provide financing. Our methodology for measuring the appropriate level of the allowance relies on several key elements, which include the formula allowance, specific allowances for identified problem loans and portfolio segments, and the unallocated allowance. The formula allowance is calculated by applying loss factors to outstanding loans and certain unused commitments, in each case based on the internal risk grade of such loans, leases and commitments. Changes in risk grades affect the amount of the formula allowance. Loss factors are based on our historical loss experience and may be adjusted for significant factors that, in management's judgment, affect the collectibility of the portfolio as of the evaluation date. Loss factors are developed in the following ways: o pass graded loss factors for commercial, financial, and industrial loans, as well as all problem graded loan loss factors, are derived from a migration model that tracks historical losses over a period, which we believe captures the inherent losses in our loan portfolio; o pass graded loss factors for commercial real estate loans and construction loans are based on the average annual net charge-off rate over a period reflective of a full economic cycle; and o pooled loan loss factors (not individually graded loans) are based on expected net charge-offs for one year. Pooled loans are loans that are homogeneous in nature, such as consumer installment, home equity, residential mortgage loans and automobile leases. We believe that an economic cycle is a period in which both upturns and downturns in the economy have been reflected. We calculate loss factors over a time interval that spans what we believe constitutes a complete and representative economic cycle. Specific allowances are established in cases where management has identified significant conditions or circumstances related to a credit or a portfolio segment that management believes indicate the probability that a loss has been incurred. This amount may be determined either by a method prescribed by SFAS No. 114, or methods that include a range of probable outcomes based upon certain qualitative factors. The unallocated allowance is based on management's evaluation of conditions that are not directly reflected in the determination of the formula and specific allowances. The evaluation of the inherent loss with respect to these conditions is subject to a higher degree of uncertainty because they may not be identified with specific problem credits or portfolio segments. The conditions evaluated in connection with the unallocated allowance include the following, which existed at the balance sheet date: o general economic and business conditions affecting our key lending areas; o credit quality trends (including trends in nonperforming loans expected to result from existing conditions); o collateral values; o loan volumes and concentrations; o seasoning of the loan portfolio; o specific industry conditions within portfolio segments; o recent loss experience in particular segments of the portfolio; o duration of the current economic cycle; 31 o bank regulatory examination results; and o findings of our internal credit examiners. Executive management reviews these conditions quarterly in discussion with our senior credit officers. To the extent that any of these conditions is evidenced by a specifically identifiable problem credit or portfolio segment as of the evaluation date, management's estimate of the effect of such conditions may be reflected as a specific allowance, applicable to such credit or portfolio segment. Where any of these conditions is not evidenced by a specifically identifiable problem credit or portfolio segment as of the evaluation date, management's evaluation of the probable loss related to such condition is reflected in the unallocated allowance. The allowance for credit losses is based upon estimates of probable losses inherent in the loan portfolio. The actual losses can vary from the estimated amounts. Our methodology includes several features that are intended to reduce the differences between estimated and actual losses. The loss migration model that is used to establish the loan loss factors for problem graded loans and pass graded commercial, financial, and industrial loans is designed to be self-correcting by taking into account our loss experience over prescribed periods. Similarly, by basing the pass graded loan loss factors over a period reflective of an economic cycle, the methodology is designed to take into account our recent loss experience for commercial real estate mortgages and construction loans. Pooled loan loss factors are adjusted quarterly primarily based upon the level of net charge-offs expected by management in the next twelve months. Furthermore, based on management's judgement, our methodology permits adjustments to any loss factor used in the computation of the formula allowance for significant factors, which affect the collectibility of the portfolio as of the evaluation date, but are not reflected in the loss factors. By assessing the probable estimated losses inherent in the loan portfolio on a quarterly basis, we are able to adjust specific and inherent loss estimates based upon the most recent information that has become available. This includes changing the number of periods that are included in the calculation of the loss factors and adjusting qualitative factors to be representative of the economic cycle that will impact the portfolio. COMPARISON OF THE TOTAL ALLOWANCE AND RELATED PROVISION FOR CREDIT LOSSES FROM DECEMBER 31, 2003 At December 31, 2003, our total allowance for credit losses was $533 million, or 2.05 percent of the total loan portfolio and 190 percent of total nonaccrual loans. At March 31, 2004, our total allowance for credit losses was $521 million (consisting of $324 million and $197 million of allocated and unallocated allowance, respectively), or 2.00 percent of the total loan portfolio and 203 percent of total nonaccrual loans. In addition, the allowance incorporates the results of measuring impaired loans as provided in SFAS No. 114 as amended by SFAS No. 118, "Accounting by Creditors for Impairment of a Loan--Income Recognition and Disclosures." These accounting standards prescribe the measurement methods, income recognition and disclosures related to impaired loans. At December 31, 2003, total impaired loans were $230 million, and the associated impairment allowance was $55 million, compared with $206 million and $52 million, respectively, at March 31, 2004. On March 31, 2004 and December 31, 2003, the total allowance for credit losses for off-balance sheet commitments was $67 million and $86 million, respectively. During the first quarter of 2004, there were no material changes in estimation methods or assumptions that affected our methodology for assessing the appropriateness of the formula and specific allowances for credit losses, except that the period used to calculate the cumulative loss rates on criticized loans was expanded from 12 to 24 quarters to better estimate losses over the life of the loans. The incremental increase in loss factors from this longer view resulted in an increase of approximately $9 million in the formula allowance. Changes in estimates and assumptions regarding the effects of economic and business conditions on borrowers and other factors, which are described below, affected the assessment of the unallocated allowance. 32 As a result of management's assessment of factors, including the continued slow, but improving, U.S. economy; the adverse impact of soaring fuel costs across the whole economy, and fears of terrorism on the airline industry; the fiscal and budgetary difficulties of the State of California; the generally weak economy; uncertain, although improving, conditions in the communications/media, power, and other sectors in domestic markets in which we operate; and growth and changes in the composition of the loan portfolio, we recorded a reversal of provision for credit losses of $5 million in the first quarter of 2004. CHANGES IN THE ALLOCATED (FORMULA AND SPECIFIC) ALLOWANCE At March 31, 2004, the formula allowance was $249 million, compared to $280 million at December 31, 2003, a decrease of $31 million, due primarily to substantial decreases in classified credit balances. The specific allowance was $75 million at March 31, 2004, compared to $80 million at December 31, 2003, a decrease of $5 million. This decrease is proportional to decreases in impaired loans. CHANGES IN THE UNALLOCATED ALLOWANCE At March 31, 2004, the unallocated allowance rose to $197 million from $173 million at December 31, 2003. The reasons for the increase are detailed below. In our assessment as of March 31, 2004, management focused, in particular, on the factors and conditions set out below. There can be no assurance that the adverse impact of any of these conditions on us will not be in excess of the ranges set forth. o With respect to fuel prices, management established a new factor as a result of the sustained high prices of oil and petroleum products, and the impact across virtually all sectors of the economy, which could be in the range of $10 million to $35 million. o With respect to the real estate sector, management considered nationally high vacancy rates and stagnant rent growth, with specific weakness in Northern California, which could be in the range of $16 million to $32 million. o With respect to the communications/media industry, management considered improving advertising revenues contrasted against subscriber erosion for cable companies, resulting from municipalities allowing competitors to enter previously monopolistic markets, and some consolidation in the wireless segment of the telecommunications industry, which could be in the range of $9 million to $27 million. o With respect to power companies/utilities, management considered the excess capacity and flat demand in the power generation market, exacerbated by higher natural gas prices in the U.S., which could be in the range of $11 million to $23 million. o With respect to cross-border loans and acceptances to certain Asia/Pacific Rim countries, management considered improving performances in many countries, offset by high unemployment and household debt, as well as political disruption in the Philippines, which could be in the range of $12 million to $21 million. o With respect to leasing, management considered the worsening situation for airlines in the wake of increased fears of terrorism and surging fuel prices, which could be in the range of $7 million to $13 million. o With respect to the State of California, management considered underlying uncertainties confronting the new administration in Sacramento, including the major shortfall in the state's budgetary position for fiscal year 2005, despite the passage of State Propositions 57 and 58, which could be in the range of $6 million to $12 million. 33 o With respect to the retail sector, management considered improving sales growth, compared to that experienced in 2003, against a backdrop of ever higher household debt at a time of considerable employment and income uncertainty, which could be in the range of $4 million to $10 million. Although in certain instances the downgrading of a loan resulting from these effects was reflected in the allocated allowance, management believes that in most instances the impact of these events on the collectibility of the applicable loans may not have been reflected in the level of nonperforming loans or in the internal risk grading process with respect to such loans. Accordingly, our evaluation of the probable losses related to these factors was reflected in the unallocated allowance. The evaluations of the inherent losses with respect to these factors were subject to higher degrees of uncertainty because they were not identified with specific problem credits. CHANGE IN THE TOTAL ALLOWANCE FOR CREDIT LOSSES The following table sets forth a reconciliation of changes in our allowance for credit losses. FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, ---------------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2004 - -------------------------------------------------------- -------- -------- Balance, beginning of period............................ $609,190 $532,970 Loans charged off: Commercial, financial and industrial.................. 37,826 19,788 Mortgage.............................................. -- -- Consumer.............................................. 2,656 1,815 Lease financing....................................... 19,018 358 -------- -------- Total loans charged off............................... 59,500 21,961 Recoveries of loans previously charged off: Commercial, financial and industrial.................. 5,579 8,819 Mortgage.............................................. 106 -- Consumer.............................................. 723 435 Lease financing....................................... 118 73 -------- -------- Total recoveries of loans previously charged off......................................... 6,526 9,327 -------- -------- Net loans charged off................................. 52,974 12,634 (Reversal of) provision for credit losses............... 30,000 (5,000) Foreign translation adjustment and other net additions (deductions)(1)............................. (19) 5,775 -------- -------- Balance, end of period.................................. $586,197 $521,111 ======== ======== Allowance for credit losses to total loans.............. 2.21% 2.00% (Reversal of) provision for credit losses to net loans charged off........................................... 56.63 nm Net loans charged off to average loans outstanding for the period(2)......................... 0.80 0.19 - ----------------------------- <FN> (1) Includes a transfer of $5.7 million related to the Business Bancorp acquisition in the first quarter of 2004. (2) Annualized. nm--not meaningful </FN> Total loans charged off in the first quarter of 2004 decreased by $37.5 million from the first quarter of 2003, primarily due to an $18.0 million decrease in commercial, financial and industrial loans charged off and an $18.7 million decrease in lease financing charge-offs reflecting the charge-offs related to several airline leases in the first quarter of 2003. Charge-offs reflect the realization of losses in the portfolio that were recognized previously through provisions for credit losses. 34 First quarter 2004 recoveries of loans previously charged off increased by $2.8 million from the first quarter of 2003. The percentage of net loans charged off to average loans outstanding for the first quarter of 2004 decreased by 61 basis points from the same period in 2003. At March 31, 2004, the allowance for credit losses exceeded the annualized net loans charged off during the first quarter of 2004, reflecting management's belief, based on the foregoing analysis, that there are additional losses inherent in the portfolio. Historical net charge-offs are not necessarily indicative of the amount of net charge-offs that we will realize in the future. NONPERFORMING ASSETS Nonperforming assets consist of nonaccrual loans, distressed loans held for sale, and foreclosed assets. Nonaccrual loans are those for which management has discontinued accrual of interest because there exists significant uncertainty as to the full and timely collection of either principal or interest or such loans have become contractually past due 90 days with respect to principal or interest. For a more detailed discussion of the accounting for nonaccrual loans, see Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. Distressed loans held for sale are loans, which would otherwise be included in nonaccrual loans, but that have been identified for accelerated disposition. Disposition of these assets is contemplated within a short period of time, not to exceed one year. There were no distressed loans held for sale at March 31, 2003, December 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004. Foreclosed assets include property where we acquired title through foreclosure or "deed in lieu" of foreclosure. The following table sets forth an analysis of nonperforming assets. MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2003 2004 - ------------------------------------------------------- --------- ------------ --------- Commercial, financial and industrial................... $ 273,196 $ 190,404 $ 177,636 Commercial mortgage.................................... 25,675 38,354 27,354 Lease financing........................................ 84,712 51,603 51,121 Loan originated in foreign branches.................... 3,000 840 630 --------- ------------ --------- Total nonaccrual loans............................... 386,583 281,201 256,741 Foreclosed assets...................................... 389 5,689 6,153 --------- ------------ --------- Total nonperforming assets........................... $ 386,972 $ 286,890 $ 262,894 ========= ============ ========= Allowance for credit losses............................ $ 586,197 $ 532,970 $ 521,111 ========= ============ ========= Nonaccrual loans to total loans........................ 1.46% 1.08% 0.99% Allowance for credit losses to nonaccrual loans................................................ 151.64 189.53 202.97 Nonperforming assets to total loans, distressed loans held for sale and foreclosed assets............ 1.46 1.11 1.01 Nonperforming assets to total assets................... 0.96 0.68 0.57 At March 31, 2004, nonaccrual loans totaled $257 million, a decrease of $130 million, or 34 percent, from March 31, 2003. Our nonperforming assets are concentrated in our non-agented syndicated loan portfolio and approximately 46 percent of our total nonaccrual loans are syndicated loans. In addition, nonaccrual loans include $52 million in aircraft leases, of which $14 million are in the process of being renegotiated into operating leases. The decrease in nonaccrual loans was primarily due to pay-downs, charge-offs, and loan sales, coupled with significantly reduced inflows. During the first quarters of 2004 and 2003, respectively, we sold approximately $11 million and $98 million of loan commitments to reduce our credit exposures. Losses from these sales are reflected in our charge-offs. 35 Nonaccrual loans as a percentage of total loans were 0.99 percent at March 31, 2004, compared with 1.46 percent at March 31, 2003. Nonperforming assets as a percentage of total loans and foreclosed assets decreased to 1.01 percent at March 31, 2004, from 1.46 percent at March 31, 2003. At March 31, 2004, approximately 69 percent of nonaccrual loans were related to commercial, financial and industrial credits, compared to 71 percent at March 31, 2003. LOANS 90 DAYS OR MORE PAST DUE AND STILL ACCRUING MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2003 2004 - ----------------------------------------------- --------- ------------ --------- Commercial, financial and industrial........... $ 10,413 $ 893 $ 401 Construction................................... -- -- 1,318 Mortgage: Residential.................................. 5,818 1,878 5,421 Commercial................................... 803 -- 118 --------- ------------ --------- Total mortgage............................... 6,621 1,878 5,539 Consumer and other............................. 2,123 1,123 1,665 --------- ------------ --------- Total loans 90 days or more past due and still accruing......................... $ 19,157 $ 3,894 $ 8,923 ========= ============ ========= QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK Market risk is the risk of loss to future earnings, to fair values, or to future cash flows that may result from changes in the price of a financial instrument. The value of a financial instrument may change as a result of changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices, and other market changes that affect market risk sensitive instruments. Market risk is attributable to all market risk sensitive financial instruments, including securities, loans, deposits, and borrowings, as well as derivative instruments. Our exposure to market risk is a function of our asset and liability management activities, our trading activities for our own account, and our role as a financial intermediary in customer-related transactions. The objective of market risk management is to mitigate an undue adverse impact on earnings and capital arising from changes in interest rates and prices of financial instruments. This risk management objective supports our broad objective of preserving shareholder value, which encompasses earnings growth over time and capital stability. The management of market risk is governed by policies reviewed and approved annually by our Board. In the administration of the Board policies, under the guidance and oversight of the Chief Executive Officer Forum (CEO Forum), the Asset & Liability Management Committee (ALCO) is responsible for managing liquidity risk, interest rate risk and price risk. ALCO is a committee comprised of UnionBanCal Corporation senior executives, with the chairman designated by the Chief Executive Officer. ALCO meets monthly and reports regularly to the Chief Executive Officer Forum and the Finance and Capital Committee of the Board on activities related to the management of market risk. As part of the management of our market risk, ALCO may direct changes in the mix of assets and liabilities and the extent to which we utilize securities and derivative instruments such as interest rate swaps, caps and floors to hedge our interest rate exposures. ALCO reviews and approves specific market risk management programs involving investment and hedging activities and certain market risk limits. The ALCO Chairman is responsible for the company-wide management of market risk. The Treasurer is responsible for implementing funding, investing, and hedging strategies designed to manage this risk. On a day-to-day basis, the monitoring of market risk takes place at a centralized level within the Market Risk Monitoring unit (MRM). MRM is responsible for measuring risks to ensure compliance with all market risk limits and guidelines incorporated within the policies and procedures established by the Board and ALCO. MRM reports monthly to ALCO on trading risk exposures and on compliance with interest rate risk, securities 36 portfolio and derivatives policy limits. MRM also reports quarterly to ALCO on the effectiveness of our hedging activities. In addition, periodic reviews by our internal audit department and regulators provide further evaluation of controls over the risk management process. We have separate and distinct methods for managing the market risk associated with our trading activities and our asset and liability management activities, as described below. INTEREST RATE RISK MANAGEMENT (OTHER THAN TRADING) We engage in asset and liability management activities with the primary purposes of managing the sensitivity of net interest income (NII) to changes in interest rates within limits established by the Board and maintaining a risk profile that is consistent with management's strategic objectives. The ALM Policy approved by our Board's Finance & Capital Committee requires monthly monitoring of interest rate risk by ALCO through a variety of modeling techniques that are used to quantify the sensitivity of NII to changes in interest rates. As directed by ALCO, and in consideration of the importance of our demand deposit accounts as a funding source, NII is adjusted in the official policy risk measure to incorporate the effect of certain noninterest expense items related to these deposits that are nevertheless sensitive to changes in interest rates. In managing interest rate risk, ALCO monitors NII sensitivity on both an adjusted and unadjusted basis over various time horizons. Our unhedged NII remains inherently asset sensitive, meaning that our assets generally reprice more quickly than our liabilities, particularly our core deposits. Since the NII associated with an asset sensitive balance sheet tends to decrease when interest rates decline and increase when interest rates rise, derivative hedges and the investment portfolio are used to manage this risk. In the first quarter of 2004, we continued to increase the size of our securities portfolio, principally through purchases of intermediate term mortgage-backed and agency issued securities. In addition, we entered into $900 million of interest rate caps and cap corridors to offset the potential adverse impact that rising short-term interest rates could have on our cost of deposit funding. We also entered into $800 million of interest rate swaps to hedge some of our variable rate loans. For a further discussion of derivative instruments and our hedging strategies, see Note 6 to our Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Form 10-Q. Together, our hedging and investment activities resulted in an essentially neutral interest rate risk profile for the hedged balance sheet with respect to parallel yield curve shifts in terms of simulated NII versus the no rate change base case scenario. However, our NII is also sensitive to non-parallel shifts in the yield curve. In general, our adjusted NII increases when the yield curve steepens (specifically when short rates, under one year, drop and long rates, beyond one year, rise), while a flattening curve tends to depress our adjusted NII. In this respect, our adjusted NII is asset sensitive when measured against changes in long rates and slightly liability sensitive when measured against changes in short rates. In the current low rate environment, run off of fixed rate assets, including prepayments, depresses NII even if interest rates do not change because the cash flows from the repaid and prepaid assets that were booked at higher rates must be reinvested at lower prevailing rates. Our official NII policy measure involves a simulation of "Earnings-at-Risk" (EaR) in which we estimate the impact that gradual, ramped-on parallel shifts in the yield curve would have on NII over a 12-month horizon. Under the Board's policy limits, the negative change in simulated NII in either the up or down 200 basis point shock scenarios may not exceed 4 percent of NII as measured in the base case, or 37 no change, scenario. The following table sets forth the simulation results in both the up and down 200 basis point ramp scenarios as of December 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004(1): DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS) 2003 2004 - -------------------------------------- ------------ --------- +200 basis points..................... $17.2 $31.1 as a percentage of base case NII...... 1.20% 2.18% - -200 basis points..................... $(19.8) $(36.7) as a percentage of base case NII...... 1.38% 2.57% - ----------------------- <FN> (1) For these policy simulations, NII is adjusted to incorporate the effect of certain noninterest expense items related to demand deposits that are nevertheless sensitive to changes in interest rates. </FN> EaR in the down 200 basis point scenario was a negative $36.7 million, or 2.57 percent of adjusted NII in the base case scenario, well within the Board's guidelines. The increase in asset sensitivity measured at quarter-end, as shown in the above table, was accentuated by the significant deposit growth experienced late in the quarter and a corresponding increase in short-term money market assets. Asset sensitivity measured on a quarterly average basis was materially lower than the March 31, 2004 figures shown in the table above. However, with federal funds and LIBOR rates already below two percent, a downward ramp scenario of 200 basis points would result in short-term rate levels below zero. As a result, we believe that a downward ramp scenario of 100 basis points provides a more reasonable measure of asset sensitivity in a falling interest rate environment. As of March 31, 2004, the difference between adjusted NII in the base case and adjusted NII after a gradual 100 basis point downward ramp was a negative $18.9 million, or 1.32 percent of the base case. Management's goal in the NII simulations is to capture the risk embedded in the balance sheet. As a result, asset and liability balances are kept constant throughout the analysis horizon. Two exceptions are non-maturity deposits, which vary with levels of interest rates according to statistically derived balance equations, and discretionary derivative hedges and fixed income portfolios, which are allowed to mature without replacement. Additional assumptions are made to model the future behavior of deposit rates and loan spreads based on statistical analysis, management's outlook, and historical experience. The prepayment risks related to residential loans and mortgage-backed securities are measured using industry estimates of prepayment speeds. The sensitivity of the simulation results to the underlying assumptions is tested as a regular part of the risk measurement process by running simulations with different assumptions. In addition, management supplements the official risk measures based on the constant balance sheet assumption with volume-based simulations of NII based on forecasted balances and with value-based simulations that measure the sensitivity of economic-value-of-equity (EVE) to changes in interest rates. We believe that, together, these simulations provide management with a reasonably comprehensive view of the sensitivity of our operating results to changes in interest rates, at least over the measurement horizon. However, as with any financial model, the underlying assumptions are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement as modeling techniques and theory improve and historical data becomes more readily accessible. Consequently, our simulation models cannot predict with certainty how rising or falling interest rates might impact net interest income. Actual and simulated NII results will differ to the extent there are differences between actual and assumed interest rate changes, balance sheet volumes, and management strategies, among other factors. At December 31, 2003 and March 31, 2004, our securities available for sale portfolio included $10.4 billion and $11.1 billion, respectively, of securities for ALM purposes with an expected weighted average maturity of 2.9 years and 2.5 years, respectively. In addition, this portfolio had an overall estimated effective duration of 2.1 compared to 2.5 at December 31, 2003. Duration is a measure of price sensitivity of a bond portfolio to immediate changes in interest rates. An effective duration of 2.1 suggests an expected price change of approximately 2.1 percent 38 for an immediate one percent change in interest rates. This portfolio included $5.3 billion in mortgage-backed securities with an estimated duration of 2.4. This securities portfolio duration, in the context of our total balance sheet, after giving consideration to the composition of our core deposits, contributes to the maintenance of our current, essentially neutral, interest rate risk profile. TRADING ACTIVITIES We enter into trading account activities primarily as a financial intermediary for customers, and, to a minor extent, for our own account. By acting as a financial intermediary, we are able to provide our customers with access to a wide range of products from the securities, foreign exchange, and derivatives markets. In acting for our own account, we may take positions in some of these instruments with the objective of generating trading profits. These activities expose us to two primary types of market risk: interest rate and foreign currency exchange risk. In order to manage interest rate and foreign currency exchange risk associated with the securities and foreign exchange trading activities for our own account, we utilize a variety of non-statistical methods including: position limits for each trading activity, daily marking of all positions to market, daily profit and loss statements, position reports, and independent verification of all inventory pricing. Additionally, MRM reports positions and profits and losses daily to the Treasurer and trading managers and weekly to the ALCO Chairman. ALCO is provided reports on a monthly basis. We believe that these procedures, which stress timely communication between MRM and senior management, are the most important elements of the risk management process. We use a form of Value at Risk (VaR) methodology to measure the overall market risk inherent in our trading account activities. Under this methodology, management statistically calculates, with 97.5 percent confidence, the potential loss in fair value that we might experience if an adverse shift in market prices were to occur within a period of 5 business days. The amount of VaR is managed within limits well below the maximum limit established by Board policy at 0.5 percent of stockholders' equity. The VaR model incorporates a number of key assumptions, including assumed holding period and historical volatility based on 3 years of historical market data updated quarterly. The following table sets forth the average, high and low VaR for our trading activities for the year ended December 31, 2003 and the quarter ended March 31, 2004. DECEMBER 31, 2003 MARCH 31, 2004 ---------------------- ---------------------- AVERAGE HIGH LOW AVERAGE HIGH LOW (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) VAR VAR VAR VAR VAR VAR - -------------------------------- ------- ---- --- ------- ---- --- Foreign exchange................ $143 $428 $57 $146 $239 $75 Securities...................... 206 463 97 211 483 86 Consistent with our business strategy of focusing on the sale of capital markets products to customers, we manage our trading risk exposures at conservative levels, well below the trading risk policy limits established by the Finance and Capital Committee of the Board. As a result, our foreign exchange business continues to derive the bulk of its revenue from customer-related transactions. We take inter-bank trading positions only on a limited basis and we do not take any large or long-term strategic positions in the market for our own portfolio. We continue to grow our customer-related foreign exchange business while maintaining an essentially unchanged inter-bank trading risk profile as measured under our VaR methodology. The Securities Trading & Institutional Sales department serves the fixed income needs of our institutional clients and acts as the fixed income wholesaler for our broker/dealer subsidiary, UBOC Investment Services, Inc. As with our foreign exchange business, we continue to generate the vast majority of our securities trading income from customer-related transactions. 39 Our interest rate derivative contracts included, as of March 31, 2004, $4.0 billion notional amount of derivative contracts entered into as an accommodation for customers. We act as an intermediary and match these contracts, at a credit spread, to contracts with major dealers, thus neutralizing the related market risk. LIQUIDITY RISK Liquidity risk represents the potential for loss as a result of limitations on our ability to adjust our future cash flows to meet the needs of depositors and borrowers and to fund operations on a timely and cost-effective basis. The ALM Policy approved by the Finance and Capital Committee of the Board requires quarterly reviews of our liquidity by ALCO. Additionally, ALCO conducts monthly ongoing reviews of our liquidity situation. Liquidity is managed through this ALCO coordination process on a company-wide basis, encompassing all major business units. The operating management of liquidity is implemented through the funding and investment functions of the Global Markets Group. Our liquidity management draws upon the strengths of our extensive retail and commercial core deposit franchise, coupled with the ability to obtain funds for various terms in a variety of domestic and international money markets. Our securities portfolio represents a significant source of additional liquidity. Core deposits provide us with a sizable source of relatively stable and low-cost funds. Our average core deposits, which include demand deposits, money market demand accounts, and savings and consumer time deposits, combined with average common stockholders' equity, funded 84 percent of average total assets of $43.1 billion in the first quarter of 2004. Most of the remaining funding was provided by short-term borrowings in the form of negotiable certificates of deposit, large time deposits, foreign deposits, federal funds purchased, securities sold under repurchase agreements, commercial paper, and other borrowings. In the fourth quarter of 2003, we issued $400 million in long-term subordinated debt. In February 2004, we used a portion of the net proceeds (approximately $350 million) from the sale of these securities to redeem our outstanding Trust Notes. The remainder of the net proceeds from this offering is for general corporate purposes, which may include extending credit to or funding investments in our subsidiaries, repurchasing shares of our common stock, reducing our existing indebtedness or financing possible acquisitions. The securities portfolio provides additional enhancement to our liquidity position, which may be created through either securities sales or repurchase agreements. At March 31, 2004, we could have sold or transferred under repurchase agreements approximately $8.7 billion of our available for sale securities, with no portion of this balance being encumbered at March 31, 2004. Liquidity may also be provided by the sale or maturity of other assets such as interest-bearing deposits in banks, federal funds sold, and trading account securities. The aggregate balance of these assets averaged approximately $1.3 billion in the first quarter of 2004. Additional liquidity may be provided through loan maturities and sales. In the third quarter of 2003, we terminated the issuance of commercial paper under UnionBanCal Corporation's commercial paper program. UnionBanCal Commercial Funding Corporation (a UnionBanCal Corporation subsidiary) continues to issue commercial paper under another commercial paper program. The proceeds of this commercial paper program are deposited in Union Bank of California, N.A. and used to fund our Bank operations. 40 REGULATORY CAPITAL The following table summarizes our risk-based capital, risk-weighted assets, and risk-based capital ratios. UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION MINIMUM MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, REGULATORY (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2003 2004 REQUIREMENT - --------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- CAPITAL COMPONENTS Tier 1 capital............. $ 3,739,690 $ 3,747,884 $ 3,510,616 Tier 2 capital............. 576,214 936,189 946,422 ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- Total risk-based capital... $ 4,315,904 $ 4,684,073 $ 4,457,038 ================= ================= ================= Risk-weighted assets....... $33,001,706 $33,133,407 $34,132,921 ================= ================= ================= Quarterly average assets... $38,169,532 $41,506,828 $42,597,143 ================= ================= ================= CAPITAL RATIOS AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO - -------------------------- ---------- ----- ---------- ----- ---------- ----- ---------- ----- Total capital (to risk- weighted assets)........ $4,315,904 13.08% $4,684,073 14.14% $4,457,038 13.06% >$2,730,634 8.0% - Tier 1 capital (to risk- weighted assets)........ 3,739,690 11.33 3,747,884 11.31 3,510,616 10.29 > 1,365,317 4.0 - Leverage(1)............... 3,739,690 9.80 3,747,884 9.03 3,510,616 8.24 > 1,703,886 4.0 - - ----------------------- <FN> (1) Tier 1 capital divided by quarterly average assets (excluding certain intangible assets). </FN> UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. MINIMUM "WELL-CAPITALIZED" MARCH 31, DECEMBER 31, MARCH 31, REGULATORY REGULATORY (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) 2003 2003 2004 REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENT - --------------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ------------------ CAPITAL COMPONENTS Tier 1 capital............. $ 3,448,720 $ 3,395,519 $ 3,513,066 Tier 2 capital............. 486,329 467,619 479,639 ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- Total risk-based capital... $ 3,935,049 $ 3,863,138 $ 3,992,705 ================= ================= ================= Risk-weighted assets....... $32,389,193 $32,526,017 $33,506,773 ================= ================= ================= Quarterly average assets... $37,368,882 $40,921,517 $42,045,737 ================= ================= ================= CAPITAL RATIOS AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO AMOUNT RATIO - --------------------------- ---------- ----- ---------- ----- --------- ----- ---------- ----- ---------- ----- Total capital (to risk- weighted assets)......... $3,935,049 12.15% $3,863,138 11.88% $3,992,705 11.92% >$2,680,542 8.0% >$3,350,677 10.0% - - Tier 1 capital (to risk- weighted assets)......... 3,448,720 10.65 3,395,519 10.44 3,513,066 10.48 > 1,340,271 4.0 > 2,010,406 6.0 - - Leverage(1)................ 3,448,720 9.23 3,395,519 8.30 3,513,066 8.36 > 1,681,829 4.0 > 2,102,287 5.0 - - - --------------------- <FN> (1) Tier 1 capital divided by quarterly average assets (excluding certain intangible assets). </FN> We and Union Bank of California, N.A. are subject to various regulations of the federal banking agencies, including minimum capital requirements. We both are required to maintain minimum ratios of Total and Tier 1 capital to risk-weighted assets and of Tier 1 capital to quarterly average assets (the leverage ratio). Included in Tier 1 capital at year-end 2003 was $350 million in preferred securities, which we redeemed on February 19, 2004 resulting in a decrease in our capital ratios compared with March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2003. In December of 2003, we issued $400 million of long-term subordinated debt, which is included in Tier 2 capital as of December 31, 2003 (further discussion of our subordinated debt can be found in Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003). Compared with March 31, 2003, in addition to the changes to our capital structure mentioned in the above paragraph, the decrease in our capital ratios was also attributable to higher risk-weighted assets, partly offset by higher equity. Our leverage ratio decrease was primarily attributable to a $4 billion, or 12 percent, increase in quarterly average assets, which was substantially the result of an increase in our securities portfolio. 41 As of March 31, 2004, management believes the capital ratios of Union Bank of California, N.A. met all regulatory requirements of "well-capitalized" institutions, which are 10 percent for the Total risk-based capital ratio, 6 percent for the Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio and 5 percent for the leverage ratio. BUSINESS SEGMENTS We segregate our operations into four primary business units for the purpose of management reporting, as shown in the table that follows. The results show the financial performance of our major business units. The risk-adjusted return on capital (RAROC) methodology used seeks to attribute economic capital to business units consistent with the level of risk they assume. These risks are primarily credit risk, market risk and operational risk. Credit risk is the potential loss in economic value due to the likelihood that the obligor will not perform as agreed. Market risk is the potential loss in fair value due to changes in interest rates, currency rates and equity prices. Operational risk is the potential loss due to failures in internal control, system failures, or external events. The table on the following page reflects the condensed income statements, selected average balance sheet items and selected financial ratios for each of our primary business units. The information presented does not necessarily represent the business units' financial condition and results of operations as if they were independent entities. In addition, the tables include performance center earnings. A performance center is a special unit whose income generating activities, unlike typical profit centers, are based on other business segment units' customer base. The revenues generated and expenses incurred for those transactions entered into to accommodate our customers are allocated to other business segments where the customer relationships reside. A performance center's purpose is to foster cross-selling with a total profitability view of the products and services it manages. For example, the Global Markets Trading and Sales unit, within the Global Markets Group, is a performance center that manages the foreign exchange, derivatives, and fixed income securities activities within the Global Markets organization. Unlike financial accounting, there is no authoritative body of guidance for management accounting equivalent to U.S. GAAP. Consequently, reported results are not necessarily comparable with those presented by other companies. The RAROC measurement methodology recognizes credit expense for expected losses arising from credit risk and attributes economic capital related to unexpected losses arising from credit, market and operational risks. As a result of the methodology used by the RAROC model to calculate expected losses, differences between the provision for credit losses and credit expense in any one period could be significant. However, over an economic cycle, the cumulative provision for credit losses and credit expense for expected losses should be substantially the same. Business unit results are based on an internal management reporting system used by management to measure the performance of the units and UnionBanCal Corporation as a whole. Our management reporting system identifies balance sheet and income statement items to each business unit based on internal management accounting policies. Net interest income is determined using our internal funds transfer pricing system, which assigns a cost of funds to assets or a credit for funds to liabilities and capital, based on their type, maturity or repricing characteristics. Noninterest income and expense directly or indirectly attributable to a business unit are assigned to that business. The business units are assigned the costs of products and services directly attributable to their business activity through standard unit cost accounting based on volume of usage. All other corporate expenses (overhead) are assigned to the business units based on a predetermined percentage of usage. 42 We have restated certain business units' results for the prior periods to reflect certain transfer pricing changes and any reorganization changes that may have occurred. COMMUNITY BANKING AND INVESTMENT COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL INTERNATIONAL SERVICES SERVICES GROUP BANKING GROUP -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AFTER PERFORMANCE CENTER EARNINGS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS): Net interest income........................ $167,861 $182,667 $179,232 $183,506 $ 8,958 $ 7,808 Noninterest income......................... 101,627 116,600 57,912 69,627 15,483 18,189 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- Total revenue.............................. 269,488 299,267 237,144 253,133 24,441 25,997 Noninterest expense........................ 199,891 218,984 98,759 104,643 14,935 15,683 Credit expense (income).................... 7,718 7,787 42,462 31,226 505 604 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)........................ 61,879 72,496 95,923 117,264 9,001 9,710 Income tax expense (benefit)............... 23,668 27,730 30,680 38,249 3,443 3,714 -------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- Net income (loss).......................... $ 38,211 $ 44,766 $ 65,243 $ 79,015 $ 5,558 $ 5,996 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======= ======= PERFORMANCE CENTER EARNINGS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS): Net interest income........................ $ 202 $ 172 $ (206) $ (117) $ 4 $ 9 Noninterest income......................... (10,364) (10,552) 14,849 16,618 332 273 Noninterest expense........................ (8,201) (9,195) 8,307 9,576 252 43 Net income (loss).......................... (1,231) (749) 3,956 4,312 52 147 Total loans (dollars in millions).......... 27 27 (47) (44) -- -- AVERAGE BALANCES (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS): Total loans(1)............................. $ 11,113 $ 12,092 $ 13,534 $ 12,085 $ 1,525 $ 1,565 Total assets............................... 12,027 13,310 15,590 14,193 1,923 2,004 Total deposits(1).......................... 15,790 18,666 11,353 13,338 1,518 1,663 FINANCIAL RATIOS: Risk adjusted return on capital(2)......... 25% 26% 15% 22% 38% 42% Return on average assets(2)................ 1.29 1.35 1.70 2.24 1.17 1.20 Efficiency ratio(3)........................ 74.2 73.2 41.6 41.3 61.1 60.3 GLOBAL UNIONBANCAL MARKETS GROUP OTHER CORPORATION -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AFTER PERFORMANCE CENTER EARNINGS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS): Net interest income........................ $ 21,092 $ 1,151 $ 13,637 $ 25,289 $390,780 $400,421 Noninterest income......................... 1,526 1,541 9,223 5,248 185,771 211,205 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Total revenue.............................. 22,618 2,692 22,860 30,537 576,551 611,626 Noninterest expense........................ 4,487 6,427 24,528 27,369 342,600 373,106 Credit expense (income).................... 50 50 (20,735) (44,667) 30,000 (5,000) -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Income (loss) before income tax expense (benefit)........................ 18,081 (3,785) 19,067 47,835 203,951 243,520 Income tax expense (benefit)............... 6,916 (1,448) 3,727 17,788 68,434 86,033 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Net income (loss).......................... $ 11,165 $ (2,337) $ 15,340 $ 30,047 $135,517 $157,487 ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== ======== PERFORMANCE CENTER EARNINGS (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS): Net interest income........................ $ (102) $ (164) $ 102 $ 100 $ -- $ -- Noninterest income......................... (8,072) (10,196) 3,255 3,857 -- -- Noninterest expense........................ (1,628) (1,906) 1,270 1,482 -- -- Net income (loss).......................... (4,042) (5,221) 1,265 1,511 -- -- Total loans (dollars in millions).......... -- -- 20 17 -- -- AVERAGE BALANCES (DOLLARS IN MILLIONS): Total loans(1)............................. $ 214 $ 126 $ 337 $ 274 $ 26,723 $ 26,142 Total assets............................... 7,967 12,382 841 1,162 38,348 43,051 Total deposits(1).......................... 1,207 1,099 1,210 1,174 31,078 35,940 FINANCIAL RATIOS: Risk adjusted return on capital(2)......... 4% (1)% na na na na Return on average assets(2)................ 0.57 (0.08) na na 1.43% 1.47% Efficiency ratio(3)........................ 19.8 238.7 na na 59.4 60.8 - -------------------------------- <FN> (1) Represents loans and deposits for each business segment after allocation between the segments of loans and deposits originated in one segment but managed by another segment. (2) Annualized. (3) The efficiency ratio is noninterest expense, excluding foreclosed asset expense (income), as a percentage of net interest income and noninterest income. Foreclosed asset expense was $0.1 million and $0.5 million in the first quarters of 2003 and 2004, respectively. na = not applicable </FN> 43 COMMUNITY BANKING AND INVESTMENT SERVICES GROUP The Community Banking and Investment Services Group provides financial products including a set of credit, deposit, trust, risk management, and insurance products delivered through branches, relationship managers, private bankers, trust administrators, and insurance agents to individuals and small businesses. In the first quarter of 2004, net income increased $6.6 million, or 17 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003. In the first quarter of 2004, total revenue increased $29.8 million, or 11 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003. Increased asset and deposit volumes offset the effect of a lower interest rate environment leading to an increase of $14.8 million, or 9 percent, in net interest income over the first quarter of 2003. In the first quarter of 2004, noninterest income was $15.0 million, or 15 percent, higher than the first quarter of 2003 primarily due to our acquisitions and new de novo branches in 2003 and the first quarter of 2004, higher deposit-related service fees and higher trust and investment management fees. Noninterest expense increased $19.1 million, or 10 percent, in the first quarter of 2004 compared to the first quarter of 2003, with the majority of that increase being attributable to higher salaries and employee benefits mainly related to our acquisitions and new de novo branches, deposit gathering, small business growth and residential loan growth over the first quarter of 2003. In 2004, the Community Banking and Investment Services Group continues to emphasize growing the consumer asset portfolio, expanding wealth management services, extending the small business franchise, expanding the branch network, and expanding cross selling activities throughout the Bank. The strategy for growing the consumer asset portfolio primarily focused on mortgage and home equity products that may be originated through the branch network, as well as through channels such as wholesalers, correspondents, and whole loan purchases. As of March 31, 2004, residential mortgages grew by $844.5 million, or 13 percent, from the first quarter of 2003. The Wealth Management division is focused on becoming a growing provider of banking and investment products for affluent individuals in geographic areas already served by us. We seek to provide quality service superior to that of our competitors and offer our customers an attractive product suite. Core elements of the initiative to extend our small business franchise include improving our sales force, increasing marketing activities, adding new locations, and developing online capabilities to complement physical distribution. It is anticipated that expansion of the distribution network will be achieved through acquisitions and new branch openings. On July 1, 2003, we completed the acquisition of Monterey Bay Bank, a $632 million asset savings and loan association headquartered in Watsonville, California, with eight full-service branches in the Greater Monterey Bay area. On January 16, 2004, we completed our acquisition of Business Bank of California, a commercial bank headquartered in San Bernardino, California, with $704 million in assets and fifteen full-service branches in the Southern California Inland Empire and the San Francisco Bay Area. The Community Banking and Investment Services Group is comprised of five major divisions: Community Banking, Wealth Management, Institutional Services and Asset Management, Consumer Asset Management, and Insurance Services. COMMUNITY BANKING serves its customers through 298 full-service branches in California, 4 full-service branches in Oregon and Washington, and a network of 565 proprietary ATMs. Customers may also access our services 24 hours a day by telephone or through our WEBSITE at www.uboc.com. In addition, the division offers automated teller and point-of-sale merchant services. This division is organized by service delivery method, by markets and by geography. We serve our customers in the following ways: o through community banking branches, which serve consumers and businesses with checking and deposit services, as well as various types of consumer and business financing, brokerage products and services, and insurance services; o through on-line access to our internet banking services, which augment our physical delivery channels by providing an array of customer transaction, bill payment and loan payment services; 44 o through branches and business banking centers, which serve businesses with annual sales up to $5 million; and o through in-store branches in supermarkets, which also serve consumers and businesses. WEALTH MANAGEMENT provides private banking services to our affluent clientele as well as brokerage products and services. o The Private Bank focuses primarily on delivering financial services to high net worth individuals with sophisticated financial needs as well as to professional service firms. Specific products and services include trust and estate services, investment account management services, and deposit and credit products. A key strategy of The Private Bank is to expand its business by leveraging existing Bank client relationships. Through 14 existing locations, The Private Bank relationship managers offer all of our available products and services. o Our brokerage products and services are provided through UBOC Investment Services, Inc., a registered broker/dealer offering investment products to individuals and institutional clients, whose primary strategy is to further penetrate our existing client base. INSTITUTIONAL SERVICES AND ASSET MANAGEMENT provides investment management and administration services for a broad range of individuals and institutions. o HighMark Capital Management, Inc., a registered investment advisor, provides investment advisory services to institutional clients and its proprietary mutual funds, the affiliated HighMark Funds. It also provides advisory services to Union Bank of California, N.A. trust and agency clients, including corporations, pension funds and individuals. HighMark Capital Management, Inc. also provides mutual fund support services. HighMark Capital Management, Inc.'s strategy is to increase assets under management by broadening its client base and helping to expand the distribution of shares of its mutual fund clients. o Institutional Services provides custody, corporate trust, and retirement plan services. Custody Services provides both domestic and international safekeeping/settlement services in addition to securities lending. Corporate Trust acts as trustee for corporate and municipal debt issues. Retirement Services provides a full range of defined benefit and defined contribution administrative services, including trustee services, administration, investment management, and 401(k) valuation services. The client base of Institutional Services includes financial institutions, corporations, government agencies, unions, insurance companies, mutual funds, investment managers, and non-profit organizations. Institutional Services' strategy is to continue to leverage and expand its position in our target markets. CONSUMER ASSET MANAGEMENT provides the centralized underwriting, processing, servicing, collection and administration for consumer assets including residential loans and merchant bank cards. o Consumer Asset Management is centralized in two California sites, one in San Diego and one in Brea, and o provides customer and credit management services for consumer loan products. INSURANCE SERVICES provides a range of risk management services and insurance products to business and retail customers. The group, which includes our 2001 acquisition of Armstrong/Robitaille, Inc., our 2002 acquisition of John Burnham & Company, and our 2003 acquisitions of Tanner Insurance Brokers, Inc. and Knight Insurance Agency, offers its risk management and insurance products through offices in California and Oregon. Through alliances with other financial institutions, the Community Banking and Investment Services Group offers additional products and services, such as credit cards, leasing, and asset-based and leveraged financing. 45 The group competes with larger banks by attempting to provide service quality superior to that of its major competitors. The group's primary means of competing with community banks include its branch network and its technology to deliver banking services. The group also offers convenient banking hours to consumers through our drive-through banking locations and selected branches that are open seven days a week. The group competes with a number of commercial banks, internet banks, savings associations and credit unions, as well as more specialized financial service providers such as investment brokerage companies, consumer finance companies, and residential real estate lenders. The group's primary competitors are other major depository institutions such as Bank of America, Citibank, Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo, as well as smaller community banks in the markets in which we operate. COMMERCIAL FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP The Commercial Financial Services Group offers financing and cash management services to middle-market and large corporate businesses primarily headquartered in the western United States. The Commercial Financial Services Group has continued to focus specialized financing expertise to specific geographic markets and industry segments such as energy, entertainment, and real estate. Relationship managers in the Commercial Financial Services Group provide credit services, including commercial loans, accounts receivable and inventory financing, project financing, lease financing, trade financing and real estate financing. In addition to credit services, the group offers its customers access to cash management services delivered through deposit managers with experience in cash management solutions for businesses and government entities. In the first quarter of 2004, net income increased $13.8 million, or 21 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003. In the first quarter of 2004, net interest income increased $4.3 million, or 2 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003, partially attributable to the impact of increasing deposit balances and a lower cost of funds resulting from the lower interest rate environment. Excluding higher income in the private equity portfolio of $5.1 million, mainly related to higher net gains on private capital investments in the first quarter of 2004 compared to the first quarter of 2003, noninterest income increased $6.6 million, or 11 percent. This 11 percent increase was mainly attributable to higher deposit-related service fees. In the first quarter of 2004, noninterest expense increased $5.9 million, or 6 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003 due to higher expenses to support increased product sales and deposit volume. Credit expense decreased $11.2 million mainly attributable to a refinement in the RAROC allocation of capital and expected losses and lower loan balances year-over-year. The group's initiatives during 2004 continue to include expanding wholesale deposit activities and increasing domestic trade financing. Loan strategies include originating, underwriting and syndicating loans in core competency markets, such as the California middle-market, commercial real estate, energy, entertainment, equipment leasing and commercial finance. The Commercial Financial Services Group provides strong processing services, including services such as check processing, front-end item processing, cash vault services and digital imaging. The Commercial Financial Services Group is comprised of the following business units: o the Commercial Banking Division, which serves California middle-market and large corporate companies with commercial lending, trade financing, and asset-based loans; o the Corporate Deposit and Treasury Management Division, which provides deposit and cash management expertise to clients in the middle-market, large corporate market, government agencies and specialized industries; o the Real Estate Industries Division, which provides real estate lending products such as construction loans, commercial mortgages and bridge financing; 46 o the Energy Capital Services Division, which provides custom financing and project financing to oil and gas companies, as well as power and utility companies, nationwide and internationally; and o the Corporate Capital Markets Division, which provides custom financing to middle-market and large corporate clients in their defined industries and geographic markets, together with limited merchant and investment banking related products and services. The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act (Check 21) was signed into law on October 28, 2003, and will become effective on October 28, 2004. Check 21 is designed to foster innovation in the payments system and to enhance its efficiency by reducing some of the legal impediments to check truncation (that is, the banking process by which cancelled original checks are not returned to the customer with the customer's regular bank statement). The law facilitates check truncation by creating a new negotiable instrument called a substitute check, which would permit banks to truncate original checks, to process check information electronically, and to deliver substitute checks to banks that want to continue receiving paper checks. A substitute check will be the legal equivalent of the original check and will include all the information contained on the original check. The law does not require banks to accept checks in electronic form nor does it require banks to use the new authority granted by Check 21 to create substitute checks. The detailed regulations regarding Check 21 are still pending. In order to manage and control the changes which may be necessitated by Check 21, we have established a "Check 21 Initiative Project Management Structure," composed of representatives from many of our operating and support units. The objective of this initiative is to allow us to prioritize and allocate our resources and mitigate risk to our ongoing operations. It is not possible at this time to predict the long-term financial impact of Check 21 on our business. The group's main strategy is to target industries and companies for which the group can reasonably expect to be one of a customer's primary banks. Consistent with its strategy, the group attempts to serve a large part of its targeted customers' credit and depository needs. The group competes with other banks primarily on the basis of the quality of its relationship managers, the delivery of quality customer service, and its reputation as a "business bank." The group also competes with a variety of other financial services companies. Competitors include other major California banks, as well as regional, national and international banks. In addition, the group competes with investment banks, commercial finance companies, leasing companies, and insurance companies. INTERNATIONAL BANKING GROUP The International Banking Group primarily focuses on providing correspondent banking and trade finance related products and services to international financial institutions worldwide. This focus includes products and services such as letters of credit, international payments, collections and providing short-term financing. The majority of the revenue generated by the International Banking Group is from financial institutions domiciled outside of the U.S. In the first quarter of 2004, net income increased $0.4 million, or 8 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003. Total revenue increased $1.6 million, or 6 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003. Net interest income decreased $1.2 million, or 13 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003 mainly attributable to the lower value of demand deposits and lower yields on foreign loans, partly offset by increasing deposit balances. Noninterest income was $2.7 million, or 18 percent, higher compared to the first quarter of 2003, primarily attributable to higher payment and trade activities. Noninterest expense increased $0.7 million, or 5 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003. In the first quarter of 2004, credit expense of $0.6 million was slightly higher compared to the first quarter of 2003. The International Banking Group's business revolves around short-term trade financing, mostly to banks, which provides service-related income, as well as significantly lower credit risk when compared to other lending activities. The group has a long history of providing correspondent banking and trade-related products and services to international financial institutions. We believe the group continues to achieve strong customer 47 loyalty in the correspondent banking market. The International Banking Group, headquartered in San Francisco, also maintains offices in Asia, Latin America and Europe; and an international banking subsidiary in New York. GLOBAL MARKETS GROUP The Global Markets Group conducts business activities primarily to support the previously described business groups and their customers. This group offers a broad range of risk management products, such as foreign exchange contracts and interest rate swaps and options. It trades money market, government, agency, and other securities to meet investment needs of our institutional and business clients. Income attributable to business with Bank clients is allocated, through performance centers, to the business units. Another primary area of the group is treasury management for the Company, which encompasses wholesale funding, liquidity management, interest rate risk management, including securities portfolio management, and hedging activities. The Global Markets Group results include the transfer pricing activity for the Bank, which allocates to the other business segments their cost of funds on all asset categories or credit for funds in the case of all liability categories. In the first quarter of 2004, net loss was $2.3 million compared to net income of $11.2 million in the first quarter of 2003. Total revenue in the first quarter of 2004 decreased by $19.9 million, compared to the first quarter of 2003, resulting from a $19.9 million decrease in net interest income. The decrease in net interest income was primarily attributable to a higher transfer pricing residual in the first quarter of 2004 resulting from significantly higher year-over-year growth in deposits, which are priced on longer-term liability rates, compared to credits on earning assets, which are priced on shorter-term lending rates. Noninterest income of $1.5 million was relatively flat compared to the first quarter of 2003. Noninterest expense in the first quarter of 2004 increased $1.9 million, or 43 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2003, mainly attributable to the ineffectiveness on our cash flow hedges, which is recognized in noninterest expense. OTHER "Other" includes the following items: o corporate activities that are not directly attributable to one of the four major business units. Included in this category are certain other nonrecurring items such as the results of operations of certain parent company non-bank subsidiaries and the elimination of the fully taxable-equivalent basis amount; o the adjustment between the credit expense under RAROC and the provision for credit losses under U.S. GAAP and earnings associated with unallocated equity capital; o the adjustment between the tax expense reported under RAROC using a tax rate of 38.25 percent and the Company's effective tax rates; o the Pacific Rim Corporate Group, with assets of $283 million at March 31, 2004, which offers a range of credit, deposit, and investment management products and services to companies in the U.S., which are affiliated with companies headquartered in Japan; and o the residual costs of support groups. Net income for "Other" in 2004 was $30.0 million. The results were impacted by the following factors: o Credit expense (income) of ($44.7) million was due to the difference between the $5.0 million reversal of provision for credit losses calculated under our U.S. GAAP methodology and the $39.7 million in expected losses for the reportable business segments, which utilizes the RAROC methodology; 48 o Net interest income of $25.3 million, which resulted from the differences between the credit for equity for the reportable segments under RAROC and the net interest income earned by UnionBanCal Corporation, and a credit for deposits in the Pacific Rim Corporate Group; o Noninterest income of $5.2 million; and o Noninterest expense of $27.4 million. Net income for "Other" in 2003 was $15.3 million. The results were impacted by the following factors: o Credit expense (income) of ($20.7) million was due to the difference between the $30.0 million in provision for credit losses calculated under our U.S. GAAP methodology and the $50.7 million in expected losses for the reportable business segments, which utilizes the RAROC methodology; offset by o Net interest income of $13.6 million, which resulted from the differences between the credit for equity for the reportable segments under RAROC and the net interest income earned by UnionBanCal Corporation, and a credit for deposits in the Pacific Rim Corporate Group; o Noninterest income of $9.2 million; and o Noninterest expense of $24.5 million. CERTAIN BUSINESS RISK FACTORS ADVERSE CALIFORNIA ECONOMIC CONDITIONS COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS A substantial majority of our assets, deposits and fee income are generated in California. As a result, poor economic conditions in California may cause us to incur losses associated with higher default rates and decreased collateral values in our loan portfolio. Economic conditions in California are subject to various uncertainties at this time, including the decline in the technology sector, the California state government's budgetary difficulties and continuing fiscal difficulties. We have various banking relationships with the California State government, including credit and deposit relationships and funds transfer arrangements. If economic conditions in California decline, we expect that our level of problem assets could increase and our prospects for growth could be impaired. On March 2, 2004, the California electorate approved certain ballot measures, including a one-time economic recovery bond issue of up to $15 billion to pay off the State's accumulated general fund deficit. While these measures are expected to provide near-term relief for the State government's fiscal situation, the State of California continues to face fiscal challenges, the long-term impact of which, on the State's economy, cannot be predicted with any certainty. THE CONTINUING WAR ON TERRORISM COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT U.S. ECONOMIC CONDITIONS Acts or threats of terrorism and actions taken by the U.S. or other governments as a result of such acts or threats may result in a downturn in U.S. economic conditions and could adversely affect business and economic conditions in the U.S. generally and in our principal markets. ADVERSE ECONOMIC FACTORS AFFECTING CERTAIN INDUSTRIES COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS We are subject to certain industry-specific economic factors. For example, a significant and increasing portion of our total loan portfolio is related to residential real estate. Accordingly, a downturn in the real estate and housing industries in California could have an adverse effect on our operations. We provide financing to businesses in a number of other industries that may be particularly vulnerable to industry-specific economic factors, including the communications / media industry, the retail industry, the airline industry, the power industry and the technology industry. Recent increases in fuel prices could adversely affect businesses in several of these industries. Industry-specific risks are beyond our control and could 49 adversely affect our portfolio of loans, potentially resulting in an increase in nonperforming loans or charge-offs. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTEREST RATES COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR BUSINESS Significant increases in market interest rates, or the perception that an increase may occur, could adversely affect both our ability to originate new loans and our ability to grow. Conversely, further decreases in interest rates could result in an acceleration in the prepayment of loans. An increase in market interest rates could also adversely affect the ability of our floating-rate borrowers to meet their higher payment obligations. If this occurred, it could cause an increase in nonperforming assets and charge-offs, which could adversely affect our business. FLUCTUATIONS IN INTEREST RATES COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR MARGIN SPREAD Changes in market interest rates, including changes in the relationship between short-term and long-term market interest rates or between different interest rate indices, can impact our margin spread, that is, the difference between the interest rates we charge on interest earning assets, such as loans, and the interest rates we pay on interest bearing liabilities, such as deposits or other borrowings. The impact, particularly in a falling interest rate environment, could result in a decrease in our interest income relative to interest expense. STOCKHOLDER VOTES ARE CONTROLLED BY BTM; OUR INTERESTS MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS BTM'S INTERESTS BTM, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group, Inc., owns a majority (approximately 62 percent as of March 31, 2004) of the outstanding shares of our common stock. As a result, BTM can elect all of our directors and can control the vote on all matters, including determinations such as: approval of mergers or other business combinations; sales of all or substantially all of our assets; any matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders; issuance of any additional common stock or other equity securities; incurrence of debt other than in the ordinary course of business; the selection and tenure of our Chief Executive Officer; payment of dividends with respect to common stock or other equity securities; and other matters that might be favorable to BTM. A majority of our directors are independent of BTM and are not officers or employees of UnionBanCal Corporation or any of our affiliates, including BTM. However, because of BTM's control over the election of our directors, BTM could designate us as a "controlled company" under the New York Stock Exchange Rules and could change the composition of our Board of Directors so that the Board would not have a majority of independent directors. BTM's ability to prevent an unsolicited bid for us or any other change in control could have an adverse effect on the market price for our common stock. POSSIBLE FUTURE SALES OF SHARES BY BTM COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET FOR OUR STOCK BTM may sell shares of our common stock in compliance with the federal securities laws. By virtue of BTM's current control of us, BTM could sell large amounts of shares of our common stock by causing us to file a registration statement that would allow them to sell shares more easily. In addition, BTM could sell shares of our common stock without registration. Although we can make no prediction as to the effect, if any, that such sales would have on the market price of our common stock, sales of substantial amounts of our common stock, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock. If BTM sells or transfers shares of our common stock as a block, another person or entity could become our controlling stockholder. BTM'S FINANCIAL CONDITION COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT OUR OPERATIONS Although we fund our operations independently of BTM and believe our business is not necessarily closely related to BTM's business or outlook, BTM's credit ratings may affect our credit ratings. BTM is 50 also subject to regulatory oversight and review by Japanese and US regulatory authorities. Our business operations and expansion plans could be negatively affected by regulatory concerns related to the Japanese financial system and BTM. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH BTM COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US BTM's view of possible new businesses, strategies, acquisitions, divestitures or other initiatives may differ from ours. This may delay or hinder us from pursuing such initiatives. Also, as part of BTM's normal risk management processes, BTM manages global credit exposures and concentrations on an aggregate basis, including UnionBanCal Corporation. Therefore, at certain levels or in certain circumstances, our ability to approve certain credits or other banking transactions and categories of customers is subject to the concurrence of BTM. We may wish to extend credit or furnish other banking services to the same customers as BTM. Our ability to do so may be limited for various reasons, including BTM's aggregate credit exposure and marketing policies. Certain directors' and officers' ownership interests in BTM's common stock or service as a director or officer or other employee of both us and BTM could create or appear to create potential conflicts of interest, especially since both of us compete in the U.S. banking industry. SUBSTANTIAL COMPETITION IN THE CALIFORNIA BANKING MARKET COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US Banking is a highly competitive business. We compete actively for loan, deposit, and other financial services business in California, as well as nationally and internationally. Our competitors include a large number of state and national banks, thrift institutions and major foreign-affiliated or foreign banks, as well as many financial and nonfinancial firms that offer services similar to those offered by us. Some of our competitors are community banks that have strong local market positions. Other competitors include large financial institutions that have substantial capital, technology and marketing resources. Such large financial institutions may have greater access to capital at a lower cost than us, which may adversely affect our ability to compete effectively. Banks, securities firms, and insurance companies can now combine as a "financial holding company." Financial holding companies can offer virtually any type of financial service, including banking, securities underwriting, insurance (both agency and underwriting), and merchant banking. Recently, a number of foreign banks have acquired financial services companies in the U.S., further increasing competition in the U.S. market. RESTRICTIONS ON DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS COULD LIMIT AMOUNTS PAYABLE TO US As a holding company, a substantial portion of our cash flow typically comes from dividends our bank and nonbank subsidiaries pay to us. Various statutory provisions restrict the amount of dividends our subsidiaries can pay to us without regulatory approval. In addition, if any of our subsidiaries liquidate, that subsidiary's creditors will be entitled to receive distributions from the assets of that subsidiary to satisfy their claims against it before we, as a holder of an equity interest in the subsidiary, will be entitled to receive any of the assets of the subsidiary. ADVERSE EFFECTS OF, OR CHANGES IN, BANKING OR OTHER LAWS AND REGULATIONS OR GOVERNMENTAL FISCAL OR MONETARY POLICIES COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT US We are subject to significant federal and state regulation and supervision, which is primarily for the benefit and protection of our customers and not for the benefit of investors. In the past, our business has been materially affected by these regulations. This trend is likely to continue in the future. Laws, regulations or policies, including accounting standards and interpretations currently affecting us and our subsidiaries may change at any time. Regulatory authorities may also change their interpretation of these 51 statutes and regulations. Therefore, our business may be adversely affected by any future changes in laws, regulations, policies or interpretations, including legislative and regulatory reactions to the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and future acts of terrorism, and the Enron Corporation, WorldCom, Inc. and other major U.S. corporate bankruptcies and reports of accounting irregularities at U.S. public companies, including various large and publicly traded companies. Additionally, our international activities may be subject to the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction where business is being conducted. International laws, regulations and policies affecting us and our subsidiaries may change at any time and affect our business opportunities and competitiveness in these jurisdictions. Due to BTM's controlling ownership of us, laws, regulations and policies adopted or enforced by the Government of Japan may adversely affect our activities and investments and those of our subsidiaries in the future. Additionally, our business is affected significantly by the fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government and its agencies. We are particularly affected by the policies of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), which regulates the supply of money and credit in the U.S. Under long-standing policy of the FRB, a bank holding company is expected to act as a source of financial strength for its subsidiary banks. As a result of that policy, we may be required to commit financial and other resources to our subsidiary bank in circumstances where we might not otherwise do so. Among the instruments of monetary policy available to the FRB are (a) conducting open market operations in U.S. government securities, (b) changing the discount rates of borrowings by depository institutions, and (c) imposing or changing reserve requirements against certain borrowings by banks and their affiliates. These methods are used in varying degrees and combinations to directly affect the availability of bank loans and deposits, as well as the interest rates charged on loans and paid on deposits. The policies of the FRB may have a material effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH POTENTIAL ACQUISITIONS OR DIVESTITURES OR RESTRUCTURING MAY ADVERSELY AFFECT US We may seek to acquire or invest in companies, technologies, services or products that complement our business. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in completing any such acquisition or investment as this will depend on the availability of prospective target companies at valuation levels we find attractive and the competition for such opportunities from other bidders. In addition, we continue to evaluate the performance of all of our businesses and business lines and may sell a business or business line. Any acquisitions, divestitures or restructuring may result in the issuance of potentially dilutive equity securities, significant write-offs, including those related to goodwill and other intangible assets, and/or the incurrence of debt, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Acquisitions, divestitures or restructuring could involve numerous additional risks including difficulties in obtaining any required regulatory approvals and in the assimilation or separation of operations, services, products and personnel, the diversion of management's attention from other business concerns, higher than expected deposit attrition (run-off), divestitures required by regulatory authorities, the disruption of our business, and the potential loss of key employees. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in overcoming these or any other significant risks encountered. ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK A complete explanation concerning our market risk exposure is incorporated herein by reference to Part I, Item 2 of this document under the captions "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk," "Liquidity Risk," and "Certain Business Risk Factors." 52 ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES Our Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) have concluded that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of March 31, 2004. This conclusion is based on an evaluation conducted under the supervision and with the participation of management. Disclosure controls and procedures are those controls and procedures which ensure that information required to be disclosed in this filing is accumulated and communicated to management and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported in a timely manner and in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations. During the quarter ended March 31, 2004, there were no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting. 53 PART II. OTHER INFORMATION ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS We are subject to various pending and threatened legal actions that arise in the normal course of business. We maintain reserves for losses from legal actions that are both probable and estimable. Union Bank of California, N.A., our major subsidiary (the Bank), was named in two suits pending in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Christensen v. Union Bank of California (formerly captioned as Rockoff v. Union Bank of California et al.) (filed December 21, 2001) and Neilson v. Union Bank of California et al (filed September 4, 2002), and one suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Kilpatrick v. Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, et al. (filed April 22, 2003 as to the Bank). The plaintiffs in these suits collectively sought in excess of $250 million, which is alleged to have been lost by those who invested money in various investment arrangements conducted by an individual named Reed Slatkin. Mr. Slatkin is alleged to have been operating a fraudulent investment scheme commonly referred to as a "Ponzi" scheme. The plaintiffs in the Christensen case were various investors in the arrangements conducted by Mr. Slatkin, and the plaintiffs in the Neilson case included both investors and the trustee of Mr. Slatkin's bankruptcy estate. A substantial majority of those who invested with Mr. Slatkin had no relationship with the Bank. A small minority, comprising less than five percent of the investors, had custodial accounts with the Bank. The Neilson case seeks to impose liability upon the Bank and two other financial institutions for both the losses suffered by those custodial customers as well as investors who had no relationship with the Bank. The Plaintiff in the Kilpatrick case was an individual investor who sought recovery of funds placed in an account for a limited liability company that he formed with Mr. Slatkin. The Christensen case has been dismissed and the Kilpatrick case has been settled for $2.1 million. Another suit, Grafton Partners LP v. Union Bank of California, is pending in Alameda County Superior Court (filed March 12, 2003). That suit concerns an unrelated "Ponzi" scheme perpetrated by PinnFund, USA, located in San Diego, California. The victims of this scheme seek $235 million from the Bank. They assert that the Bank improperly opened and administered a deposit account, which was used by PinnFund in furtherance of the fraud. The Bank has numerous legal defenses to the Grafton and Neilson cases. Based on our evaluation to date of these claims, management believes that they will not result in a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations. In addition, we believe that the disposition of all other claims currently pending will also not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations. ITEM 2. CHANGES IN SECURITIES, USE OF PROCEEDS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES Repurchases of equity securities are presented in the table below. TOTAL NUMBER OF MAXIMUM NUMBER SHARES (OR UNITS) (OR APPROXIMATE DOLLAR VALUE) TOTAL NUMBER OF AVERAGE PRICE PURCHASED AS PART OF OF SHARES (OR UNITS) SHARES (OR UNITS) PAID PER SHARE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED THAT MAY YET BE PURCHASED PERIOD PURCHASED (OR UNIT) PLANS OR PROGRAMS UNDER THE PLANS OR PROGRAMS - ----------------------------- ----------------- ------------------- -------------------- ----------------------------- JANUARY 2004 (January 26 - 30, 2004)...... 150,000 $53.31747 150,000 $93,812,190.59 FEBRUARY 2004 (February 2 - 26, 2004)...... 449,700 52.97409 449,700 $69,989,741.10 MARCH 2004 (March 1 - 17, 2004)......... 230,000 53.15495 230,000 $57,764,103.60 ----------------- -------------------- TOTAL........................ 829,700 $53.08631 829,700 ================= ==================== 54 ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS Set forth below is information concerning each matter submitted to a vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 28, 2004 ("Annual Meeting"): ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Each of the following persons was elected as a director to hold office until the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until earlier retirement, resignation or removal. NOMINEE FOR WITHHELD - ------------------------------- ----------- ---------- David R. Andrews............... 142,309,449 422,108 L. Dale Crandall............... 141,421,540 1,310,016 Richard D. Farman.............. 140,775,746 1,955,811 Stanley F. Farrar.............. 142,280,987 450,570 Philip B. Flynn................ 141,409,821 1,321,735 Michael J. Gillfillan.......... 141,352,945 1,378,612 Richard C. Hartnack............ 141,342,459 1,389,097 Norimichi Kanari............... 141,412,567 1,318,990 Satoru Kishi................... 115,141,713 27,589,844 Monica C. Lozano............... 142,280,182 451,375 Mary S. Metz................... 140,643,478 2,088,079 Takahiro Moriguchi............. 122,427,574 20,303,983 J. Fernando Niebla............. 141,373,521 1,358,035 Takaharu Saegusa............... 141,404,716 1,326,840 Tetsuo Shimura................. 141,389,675 1,341,882 PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE 1997 UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN: Proposal No. 2 to amend the Performance Share Plan (a) to increase by 2,000,000 the aggregate number of performance shares subject to the Plan, and (b) to permit the Executive Compensation & Benefits Committee, in its discretion, to provide for the payment of earned awards in cash and/or shares of UnionBanCal Corporation common stock issued under the Year 2000 UnionBanCal Corporation Management Stock Plan received the following votes: For: 125,665,337 Against: 16,714,752 Abstain: 351,467 RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS: Proposal No. 3 to ratify the selection by the Audit Committee of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors of UnionBanCal Corporation in 2004 received the following votes: For: 141,382,287 Against: 1,280,443 Abstain: 68,826 STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL REGARDING CUMULATIVE VOTING: Proposal No. 4 to request the Board of Directors to take steps necessary to provide for cumulative voting in the election of directors in future annual meetings received the following votes: For: 13,865,894 Against: 127,651,975 Abstain: 1,213,687 55 Item 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K. (A) EXHIBITS: NO. DESCRIPTION - ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.1 Philip B. Flynn Employment Agreement (Effective April 1, 2004)(1) 31.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1) 31.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14a/15d-14(a) of the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1) 32.1 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1) 32.2 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002(1) - ------------------------ (1) Filed herewith (B) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K We furnished a report on Form 8-K on January 22, 2004 reporting under Item 12 thereof that UnionBanCal Corporation issued a press release concerning earnings for the fourth quarter of 2003. We furnished a report on Form 8-K/A on January 23, 2004 reporting under Item 12 thereof an amendment to our report furnished on Form 8-K on January 22, 2004, which reported that UnionBanCal Corporation issued a press release concerning earnings for the fourth quarter of 2003. This amendment was solely filed to reflect the conformed signature of David I. Matson, Chief Financial Officer, which was inadvertently omitted. 56 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, UnionBanCal Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION (Registrant) By: /S/ NORIMICHI KANARI ------------------------------------- Norimichi Kanari PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (Principal Executive Officer) By: /S/ DAVID I. MATSON ------------------------------------- David I. Matson EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (Principal Financial Officer) By: /S/ DAVID A. ANDERSON ------------------------------------- David A. Anderson SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CONTROLLER (Principal Accounting Officer) Date: May 10, 2004 57