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2004 Annual Report: Financial Review: Statements and Notes: Note 5 Securities

Note 5

Securities

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of AFS debt and marketable equity securities, and Held-to-maturity Securities at December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002 were:

(Dollars in millions)
Amortized Cost
     
Gross
Unrealized
Gains
     
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
            
Fair Value
Available-for-sale securities              
     2004              
     U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures $    826   $    -   $  1   $    825
     Mortgage-backed securities 173,697   174   624   173,247
     Foreign sovereign securities 7,437   36   26   7,447
     Other taxable securities 9,493   -   13   9,480
          Total taxable 191,453   210   664   190,999
     Tax-exempt securities 3,662   87   5   3,744
          Total available-for-sale securities $195,115   $  297   $669   $194,743
     Available-for-sale marketable equity securities (1) $  3,571   $   32   $  2   $  3,601
     2003              
     U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures $    710   $    5   $  2   $    713
     Mortgage-backed securities 56,403   63   575   55,891
     Foreign sovereign securities 2,816   23   38   2,801
     Other taxable securities 4,765   36   69   4,732
          Total taxable 64,694   127   684   64,137
     Tax-exempt securities 2,167   79   1   2,245
          Total available-for-sale securities $ 66,861   $  206   $685   $ 66,382
     Available-for-sale marketable equity securities (1) $  2,803   $  394   $ 31   $  3,166
     2002              
     U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures $    691   $   20   $  -   $    711
     Mortgage-backed securities 58,813   847   5   59,655
     Foreign sovereign securities 2,235   30   103   2,162
     Other taxable securities 1,095   25   38   1,082
          Total taxable 62,834   922   146   63,610
     Tax-exempt securities 2,824   96   4   2,916
          Total available-for-sale securities $ 65,658   $1,018   $150   $ 66,526
     Available-for-sale marketable equity securities (1) $  2,761   $   19   $127   $  2,653
Held-to-maturity securities              
     2004              
     Taxable securities $     41   $    4   $  4   $     41
     Tax-exempt securities 289   -   1   288
          Total held-to-maturity securities $    330   $    4   $  5   $    329
     2003              
     Mortgage-backed securities $      1   $    -   $  -   $      1
     Foreign sovereign securities 49   -   3   46
     Other taxable securities 46   3   -   49
          Total taxable 96   3   3   96
     Tax-exempt securities 151   7   -   158
          Total held-to-maturity securities $    247   $   10   $  3   $    254
     2002              
     Mortgage-backed securities $      3   $    -   $  -   $      3
     Foreign sovereign securities 788   10   49   749
     Other taxable securities 45   4   -   49
          Total taxable 836   14   49   801
     Tax-exempt securities 190   10   -   200
          Total held-to-maturity securities $  1,026   $   24   $ 49   $  1,001

(1)
Represents those AFS marketable equity securities that are recorded in Other Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

At December 31, 2004, accumulated net unrealized losses on AFS debt and marketable equity securities included in Shareholders’ Equity were $196 million, net of the related income tax benefit of $146 million. At December 31, 2003, accumulated net unrealized losses on these securities were $70 million, net of the related income tax benefit of $46 million.

The following table presents the current fair value and the associated unrealized losses only on investments in securities with unrealized losses at December 31, 2004. Unrealized losses on marketable equity securities at December 31, 2004 were not considered material. The table also discloses whether these securities have had unrealized losses for less than 12 months, or for 12 months or longer.


Less than 12 months: Fair Value Less than 12 months: Unrealized Losses 12 months or longer: Fair Value 12 months or longer: Unrealized Losses Total: Fair Value Total: Unrealized Losses
Less than 12 months
12 months or longer
Total
(Dollars in millions)
Fair Value
   Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
   Unrealized Losses
Fair Value
   Unrealized Losses
Available-for-sale securities
U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures (1) $   381 $  (1) $    22 $   -  $   403 $  (1)
Mortgage-backed securities 52,687 (297) 17,426 (327) 70,113 (624)
Foreign sovereign securities 4,964 (11) 99 (15) 5,063 (26)
Other taxable securities 1,130 (9) 37 (4) 1,167 (13)
     Total taxable 59,162 (318) 17,584 (346) 76,746 (664)
Tax-exempt securities (1) 1,088 (5) 21 1,109 (5)
          Total temporarily-impaired available-for-sale securities 60,250 (323) 17,605 (346) 77,855 (669)
Temporarily-impaired marketable equity securities     83   (2)      -    -  83   (2)
Held-to-maturity securities
Taxable securities     41   (4)      -    -  41   (4)
Tax-exempt securities 288 (1)         - 288 (1)
          Total temporarily-impaired held-to-maturity securities    329   (5)      -    -     329   (5)
               Total temporarily-impaired securities $60,662 $(330) $17,605 $(346) $78,267 $(676)

(1)
Unrealized losses less than $500,000 are shown as zero.

The unrealized losses associated with U.S. Treasury securities and agency debentures, mortgage-backed securities, certain foreign sovereign securities, other taxable securities and tax-exempt securities are not considered to be other-than-temporary because their unrealized losses are related to changes in interest rates and do not affect the expected cash flows of the underlying collateral or issuer. The Corporation also has unrealized losses associated with other foreign sovereign securities; however, these losses are not considered other-than-temporary because the principal of these securities is guaranteed by the U.S. government.

The Corporation had investments in Securities from the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) that exceeded 10 percent of consolidated Shareholders’ Equity as of December 31, 2004 and 2003. Those investments had market values of $133.6 billion and $35.8 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2004 and $36.6 billion and $5.9 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2003. In addition, these investments had total amortized costs of $132.9 billion and $35.9 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2004 and $37.1 billion and $6.0 billion, respectively, as of December 31, 2003.

Securities are pledged or assigned to secure borrowed funds, government and trust deposits, and for other purposes. The carrying value of pledged Securities was $45.1 billion and $20.9 billion at December 31, 2004 and 2003, respectively.

The contractual maturity distribution and yields of the Corporation’s securities portfolio at December 31, 2004 are summarized in the following table. Actual maturities may differ from the contractual or expected maturities shown below since borrowers may have the right to prepay obligations with or without prepayment penalties.


Due in 1 year or less: Amount Due in 1 year or less: Yield(2) Due after 1 year through 5 years: Amount Due after 1 year through 5 years: Yield(2) Due after 5 years through 10 years: Amount Due after 5 years through 10 years: Yield(2) Due after 10 years(1): Amount Due after 10 years(1): Yield(2) Total: Amount Total: Yield(2)
 
Due in 1 year or less
    
Due after 1 year
through 5 years
    
Due after 5 years
through 10 years
    
Due after 10 years (1)
    
Total
(Dollars in millions)
Amount
   
Yield (2)
   
Amount
   
Yield (2)
   
Amount
   
Yield (2)
   
Amount
   
Yield (2)
   
Amount
   
Yield (2)
Fair value of available-for-sale
  securities
                                     
U.S. Treasury securities
  and agency debentures
$  101   1.94%   $   576   3.04%   $   131   3.86%   $    17   5.40%   $    825   3.09%
Mortgage-backed securities 4   2.15    91,665   5.08    65,622   5.31    15,956   5.51    173,247   5.21 
Foreign sovereign securities 757   4.90    1,377   2.46    1,799   3.04    3,514   3.98    7,447   3.56 
Other taxable securities 140   2.90    2,614   3.56    2,877   4.98    3,849   5.56    9,480   4.81 
     Total taxable 1,002   4.31    96,232   4.99    70,429   5.23    23,336   5.29    190,999   5.11 
Tax-exempt securities (3) 924   2.55    181   4.52    1,554   6.11    1,085   6.54    3,744   5.28 
    Total available-for-sale securities $1,926   3.47%   $96,413   4.99%   $71,983   5.25%   $24,421   5.34%   $194,743   5.12%
Amortized cost of available-
  for-sale securities
$1,926       $96,439       $72,010       $24,740       $195,115    
Amortized cost of held-to-
  maturity securities
Taxable securities $   41   2.30% $     - -% $     -   -% $     -   -% $     41   2.30%
Tax-exempt securities (3) 258   1.72    26   2.70    4   4.37    1   0.26    289   1.85 
    Total held-to-maturity securities $  299   1.80%   $    26   2.70%   $     4   4.37%   $     1   0.26%   $    330   1.90%
Fair value of held-to-maturity securities $  298       $    26       $     4       $     1       $    329    

(1)
Includes securities with no stated maturity.
(2)
Yields are calculated based on the amortized cost of the securities.
(3)
Yield of tax-exempt securities calculated on a fully taxable-equivalent basis.

The components of realized gains and losses on sales of debt securities for 2004, 2003 and 2002 were:


(Dollars in millions)
2004  
2003  
2002  
Gross gains $2,270     $1,246     $1,035 
Gross losses (147) (305) (405)
     Net gains on sales of debt securities $2,123  $  941  $  630 


The Income Tax Expense attributable to realized net gains on debt securities sales was $788 million, $329 million and $220 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.


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