Part of the consolidated financial statements as of 31 December 2005, which were audited by KPMG Deutsche Treuhand AG.

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Segment Report - Definitions

The following is a discussion of the results of our business segments. See Note [27] to the consolidated financial statements for information regarding

  • our organizational structure;
  • effects of significant acquisitions and divestitures on segmental results;
  • changes in the format of our segment disclosure;
  • a discussion of the framework of our management reporting systems;
  • consolidating and other adjustments to the total results of operations of our business segments;
  • definitions of non-GAAP financial measures that are used with respect to each segment, and
  • the rationale for excluding items in deriving the measures.

The criterion for segmentation into divisions is our organizational structure as it existed at December 31, 2005. For further discussion of our business segments, see Note [27] to the consolidated financial statements. Segment results were prepared in accordance with our management reporting systems.