2 Notes to the financial statements

Treasury Shares (inventory and movement)

Treasury shares are held partly directly by the Company and partly indirectly via the wholly owned subsidiaries Bank am Bellevue AG (until April 30, 2020) and Bellevue Asset Management AG. All transactions are carried out at market prices.

Impairments on participations

Lower business volumes and an overall reduction in profitability at StarCapital AG had led to the need to adjust the carrying amount of the investment in StarCapital AG by CHF 10.9 million in the 2020 reporting year (2019: CHF 10.9 million).

In the financial year 2020, the subsidiary Bank am Bellevue AG distributed a dividend of CHF 49.1 million in connection with the sale of the SIX participation, which was recognized in the position «Dividend income from participations». At the same time, this led to an impairment of CHF 49.1 million on the investment Bank am Bellevue AG. In connection with the completion of the sale of Bank am Bellevue AG in the first half of 2020 and the determination of the final sales price, the investment had to be additionally impaired by CHF 0.6 million.

Reversal of impairment on participations

The investment in Bank am Bellevue AG was revalued by CHF 30.8 million as of December 31, 2019.

On August 20, 2019, Bellevue Group AG and KBL European Private Bankers (new: Quintet Private Bank) signed an agreement on the sale of Bank am Bellevue. Quintet Private Bank has acquired 100% of the shares of Bank am Bellevue. The closing of the transaction has taken place as of April 30, 2020.

As of December 31, 2019, the selling price and the Bank's expected profit and capital distribution in 2020 were used as the basis for the valuation of the investment in Bank am Bellevue AG.

Extraordinary, non-recurring or prior period income

Due to the final tax assessments for the years 2015 to 2018, an out-of-period income of CHF 0.2 million arose in the 2020 financial year.