Annual Information Update

ABB Ltd 02 May 2006 ABB Ltd Annual Information Update for the 12 months up to and including 28 April 2006. In accordance with Prospectus Rule 5.2, ABB Ltd ('the Company') announces that the following information has been published or made available to the public over the previous 12 months in compliance with laws and rules dealing with the regulation of securities, issuers of securities and securities markets. 2006 --------- 2006-04-27: Statement re Balance Sheet ---------------------------- 2006-04-27: ABB Reports Strong Q1 Results ------------------------------- 2006-04-19: 2005 Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2006-04-01: Asbestos plan finalized for ABB subsidiary in U.S. ---------------------------------------------------- 2006-03-30: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2006-03-01: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2006-02-24: Amendment to 2004 Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006-02-23: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2006-02-16: ABB posts $735 million net profit for 2005 -------------------------------------------- 2006-02-09: U.S. District Court sets February 28 for confirmation of Combustion Engineering Plan of Reorganization --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006-02-08: ABB reports further cooperation on suspect payments ----------------------------------------------------- 2006-02-03: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2005 --------- 2005-12-22: ABB completes delisting of shares from Frankfurt Stock Exchange ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-12-20: U.S. Bankruptcy Court confirms plan of reorganization for Combustion Engineering ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-12-20: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2005-10-31: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2005-10-28: Q3 results rise sharply on operational improvements and stronger markets -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-10-05: ABB repurchases CHF 390 million of bonds ------------------------------------------ 2005-09-27: Ulrich Spiesshofer joins ABB's Executive Committee as head of corporate development ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-09-06: ABB announces mid-term targets to 2009 ---------------------------------------- 2005-09-05: ABB completes delisting of shares from London Stock Exchange -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-08-18: FMR's Reduction of Shareholdings in ABB below 5% -------------------------------------------------- 2005-08-05: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2005-08-04: ABB to concentrate trading of its shares on Swiss, Stockholm and New York Stock Exchanges --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2005-07-28: Q2 net income of $126 million ------------------------------- 2005-07-05: ABB signs new $2-billion credit facility ------------------------------------------ 2005-06-30: ABB consolidates global transformer business ---------------------------------------------- 2005-06-22: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2005-05-27: 2004 Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2005-05-20: Directors and Management (PDMR) Dealings/Shareholdings -------------------------------------------------------- 2005-05-12: ABB shareholders re-elect board of directors ---------------------------------------------- 2005-04-28: ABB Q1 net income $199 million -------------------------------- Details of the information described above and the Company's 2005 Annual Report can be found on the Company's website www.abb.com This annual information update is required by and is being made pursuant to Article 10 of the Prospectus Directive as implemented in the United Kingdom (Prospectus Rule 5.2) and not for any other purpose and neither the Company, nor any other person, takes any responsibility for, or makes any representation, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information which it contains. This information is not necessarily up to date as at the date of this annual information update and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any such information in the future. Furthermore, such information may have been prepared in accordance with the laws or regulations of a particular jurisdiction and may not comply with or meet the relevant standards of disclosure in any other jurisdiction. This annual information update does not constitute an offer of any securities addressed to any person and should not be relied on by any person. Investors should not rely on the information in this update to the extent that the information was not directed at them or prepared for them. Richard A. Brown Michel Gerber Assistant General Counsel Head of Investor Relations 2 May 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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