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Annual reporting 2008 (restated May 20, 2009)  
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The tables below set forth, for the periods and dates indicated, information concerning the noon buying rate for the Swiss franc, expressed in United States dollars, or USD, per one Swiss franc. The noon buying rate is the rate in New York City for cable transfers in foreign currencies as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

On 27 February 2009 the noon buying rate was 0.8568 USD per 1 CHF.


Year ended 31 December

High

Low

Average rate 1 (USD per 1 CHF)

At period end

2004

0.8843

0.7601

0.8059

0.8712

2005

0.8721

0.7544

0.8039

0.7606

2006

0.8396

0.7575

0.8034

0.8200

2007

0.9087

0.7978

0.8381

0.8827

2008

1.0142

0.8171

0.9298

0.9369

Month

High

Low

September 2008

0.9248

0.8776

October 2008

0.8921

0.8570

November 2008

0.8616

0.8172

December 2008

0.9602

0.8171

January 2009

0.9359

0.8599

February 2009

0.8757

0.8465

1 The average of the noon buying rates on the last business day of each full month during the relevant period.

Key figures

For the year ended

CHF million, except where indicated

31.12.08

31.12.07

31.12.06

31.12.05

31.12.04

Balance sheet data

Total assets

2,014,815

2,274,891

2,348,733

2,001,099

1,703,647

Equity attributable to UBS shareholders

32,531

36,875

51,037

45,633

35,161

Average equity to average assets (%)

1.5

1.8

2.0

1.9

1.9

Market capitalization

43,519

108,654

154,222

131,949

103,638

Shares

Registered ordinary shares

2,932,580,549

2,073,547,344

2,105,273,286

2,177,265,044

2,253,716,354

Treasury shares

61,903,121

158,105,524

164,475,699

208,519,748

249,326,620

BIS capital ratios

Tier 1 (%)

11.0

9.1 1

12.2 1

13.3 1

12.3 1

Total BIS (%)

15.0

12.2 1

15.0 1

14.5 1

14.1 1

Risk-weighted assets

302,273

374,421 1

344,015 1

312,532 1

266,955 1

Invested assets (CHF billion)

2,174

3,189

2,989

2,652

2,217

Personnel (full-time equivalents)

Switzerland

26,406

27,884

27,022

26,029

25,990

United Kingdom

7,071

8,813

8,243

7,135

7,180

Rest of Europe

4,817

4,776

4,338

3,759

3,461

Middle East / Africa

145

139

102

112

107

United States

27,362

29,921

29,076

25,999

25,180

Rest of Americas

1,984

2,054

1,743

1,137

1,051

Asia Pacific

9,998

9,973

7,616

5,398

4,438

Total

77,783

83,560

78,140

69,569

67,407

Long-term ratings 2

Fitch, London

A+

AA

AA+

AA+

AA+

Moody's, New York

Aa2

Aaa

Aa2

Aa2

Aa2

Standard & Poor's, New York

A+

AA

AA+

AA+

AA+

1 The calculation prior to 2008 is based on the Basel I approach. 2 Refer to the "Credit risk" section of this report for information about the nature of these ratings.

Income statement data

For the year ended

CHF million, except where indicated

31.12.08

31.12.07

31.12.06

31.12.05

31.12.04

Interest income

65,679

109,112

87,401

59,286

39,228

Interest expense

(59,687)

(103,775)

(80,880)

(49,758)

(27,484)

Net interest income

5,992

5,337

6,521

9,528

11,744

Credit loss (expense) / recovery

(2,996)

(238)

156

375

241

Net interest income after credit loss (expense) / recovery

2,996

5,099

6,677

9,903

11,985

Net fee and commission income

22,929

30,634

25,456

21,184

18,310

Net trading income

(25,820)

(8,353)

13,743

8,248

5,098

Other income

692

4,341

1,608

1,135

875

Total operating income

796

31,721

47,484

40,470

36,268

Total operating expenses

28,555

35,463

33,365

28,533

26,840

Operating profit from continuing operations before tax

(27,758)

(3,742)

14,119

11,937

9,428

Tax expense

(6,837)

1,369

2,998

2,270

2,073

Net profit from continuing operations

(20,922)

(5,111)

11,121

9,667

7,355

Net profit from discontinued operations

198

403

899

4,526

629

Net profit

(20,724)

(4,708)

12,020

14,193

7,984

Net profit attributable to minority interests

568

539

493

661

454

Net profit attributable to UBS shareholders

(21,292)

(5,247)

11,527

13,532

7,530

Cost / income ratio (%) 1

753.0

111.0

70.5

71.2

74.5

Per share data (CHF)

Basic earnings per share 2

(7.69)

(2.42)

5.19

5.98

3.25

Diluted earnings per share 2

(7.69)

(2.43)

4.99

5.74

3.10

Operating profit before tax per share

(10.02)

(1.73)

6.36

5.27

4.07

Cash dividends declared per share (CHF) 3,4

N/A

N/A

2.20

1.60

1.50

Cash dividend declared per share (USD) 3,4

N/A

N/A

1.83

1.26

1.27

Dividend payout ratio (%) 3,4

N/A

N/A

42.4

26.8

46.2

Rates of return (%)

Return on equity attributable to UBS shareholders 5

(58.7)

(10.9)

25.7

36.7

23.1

Return on average equity

(60.6)

(10.6)

24.0

34.4

21.3

Return on average assets

(0.9)

(0.2)

0.5

0.7

0.4

1 Operating expenses / operating income before credit loss expense. 2 For EPS calculation, refer to Note 8 in the Financial Statements. 3 Additionally, in July 2006, a par value reduction of CHF 0.30 (USD 0.24) per share was distributed. Dividends are normally declared and paid in the year subsequent to the reporting period. 4 For the business year 2007 a stock dividend was distributed for which 98,698,754 new shares were issued on 19 May 2008 to UBS shareholders with an exchange ratio of 20:1. 5 Net profit attributable to UBS shareholders / average equity attributable to UBS shareholders less distributions.

Balance sheet data

For the year ended

CHF million

31.12.08

31.12.07

31.12.06

31.12.05

31.12.04

Assets

Total assets

2,014,815

2,274,891

2,348,733

2,001,099

1,703,647

Due from banks

64,451

60,907

50,426

33,644

35,419

Cash collateral on securities borrowed

122,897

207,063

351,590

288,435

210,606

Reverse repurchase agreements

224,648

376,928

405,834

404,432

357,164

Trading portfolio assets

271,838

660,182

648,346

499,297

389,487

Trading portfolio assets pledged as collateral

40,216

114,190

230,168

154,759

159,115

Positive replacement values

854,100

428,217

292,975

273,889

248,664

Loans

340,308

335,864

297,842

279,910

241,803

Liabilities

Due to banks

125,628

145,762

203,689

124,328

120,026

Cash collateral on securities lent

14,063

31,621

63,088

59,938

51,301

Repurchase agreements

102,561

305,887

545,480

478,508

422,587

Trading portfolio liabilities

62,431

164,788

204,773

188,631

171,033

Negative replacement values

851,864

443,539

297,063

277,770

267,799

Financial liabilities designated at fair value

101,546

191,853

145,687

117,401

65,756

Due to customers

474,774

641,892

555,886

466,907

386,320

Debt issued

197,254

222,077

190,143

160,710

117,856

Equity attributable to UBS shareholders

32,531

36,875

51,037

45,633

35,161

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

The following table sets forth UBS's ratio of earnings to fixed charges on an IFRS basis for the periods indicated. The ratios are calculated based on earnings from continuing operations. Ratios of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividend requirements are not presented as there were no preferred share dividends in any of the periods indicated.


For the year ended

31.12.08

31.12.07

31.12.06

31.12.05

31.12.04

0.53

0.96

1.17

1.23

1.32

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