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Year to date

31.12.07

30.9.07

31.12.06

RoE (%) 1

as reported

(9.4)

21.5

28.2

from continuing operations

(10.2)

20.6

26.4

Quarter ended

Year ended

31.12.07

30.9.07

31.12.06

31.12.07

31.12.06

Diluted EPS (CHF) 2

as reported

(6.51)

(0.44)

1.66

(2.28)

5.95

from continuing operations

(6.53)

(0.49)

1.54

(2.49)

5.57

Cost / income ratio of the financial businesses (%) 3, 4

N/A 5

115.2

70.6

110.3

69.7

Net new money, financial businesses (CHF billion) 6

15.5

38.3

25.5

140.6

151.7

1 Net profit attributable to UBS shareholders (annualized as applicable) / average equity attributable to UBS shareholders less distributions (estimated as applicable). 2 Details of the EPS calculation can be found in Note 8. 3 Excludes results from Industrial Holdings. 4 Operating expenses / operating income less credit loss expense or recovery. 5 The cost / income ratio is not meaningful this quarter due to negative income. 6 Excludes interest and dividend income.

UBS focuses on four key performance indicators, designed to measure the continuous delivery of improving returns to shareholders. Each indicator is calculated based on results from continuing operations. The first two indicators, return on equity and diluted earnings per share, are calculated on a full UBS basis. The remaining two indicators, cost / income ratio and net new money, are limited to the financial businesses. On this basis, performance indicators in fourth quarter 2007 show:

- return on equity for full-year 2007 at negative 10.2%, down from positive 26.4% in the same period a year earlier. Strong results posted by UBS's wealth and asset management businesses were more than offset by substantial losses in the Investment Bank.

- negative diluted earnings per share of CHF 6.53, compared with positive CHF 1.54 in fourth quarter 2006.

- a cost / income ratio that is not meaningful in fourth quarter due to negative income.

- net new money of CHF 15.5 billion, down from CHF 25.5 billion in fourth quarter a year earlier. The decrease was driven by net outflows in the asset management business of CHF 16.2 billion, down from net inflows of CHF 5.5 billion a year earlier. CHF 15.3 billion of the outflow was from institutional clients in equities, fixed income and multi-asset products. These outflows were more than offset by strong inflows into the wealth management units. These reported net new money inflows of CHF 31.5 billion in fourth quarter 2007, up from CHF 21.7 billion in fourth quarter 2006, reflecting strong inflows from Europe, as well as increased inflows in the domestic wealth management business in the US. Overall, UBS's net new money for full-year 2007 was CHF 140.6 billion, down from a record CHF 151.7 billion in full-year 2006. The decrease was mainly driven by full-year outflows in institutional asset management of CHF 16.3 billion. The Swiss and international wealth management businesses (up CHF 27.5 billion) and the domestic wealth management business in the US (up CHF 10.9 billion) recorded very strong inflows in the same period.

Net new money 1

Quarter ended

Year ended

CHF billion

31.12.07

30.9.07

31.12.06

31.12.07

31.12.06

Wealth Management International & Switzerland

23.4

35.1

19.0

125.1

97.6

Wealth Management US

8.1

5.1

2.7

26.6

15.7

Business Banking Switzerland

0.2

0.9

(1.7)

4.6

1.2

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

31.7

41.1

20.0

156.3

114.5

Institutional

(15.3)

(1.2)

5.2

(16.3)

29.8

Wholesale Intermediary

(0.9)

(1.6)

0.3

0.6

7.4

Global Asset Management

(16.2)

(2.8)

5.5

(15.7)

37.2

UBS

15.5

38.3

25.5

140.6

151.7

1 Excludes interest and dividend income.

Invested assets

As of

% change from

CHF billion

31.12.07

30.9.07

31.12.06

30.9.07

31.12.06

Wealth Management International & Switzerland

1,294

1,297

1,138

0

14

Wealth Management US

840

870

824

(3)

2

Business Banking Switzerland

164

165

161

(1)

2

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

2,298

2,332

2,123

(1)

8

Institutional

522

557

519

(6)

1

Wholesale Intermediary

369

376

347

(2)

6

Global Asset Management

891

933

866

(5)

3

UBS

3,189

3,265

2,989

(2)

7

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