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SEC Required Report on Routing of Customer Orders
SEC Required Report 
on Routing of Customer Orders

For Quarter Ending September 30, 2009
For Quarter Ending September 30, 2009

UBS International Inc.
101 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10178

UBS International Inc. has prepared this report pursuant to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule requiring all brokerage firms to make publicly available quarterly reports on their order routing practices. The report provides information on the routing of “non-directed orders” – any order that the customer has not specifically instructed to be routed to a particular venue for execution. For these non-directed orders, UBS Financial Services Inc. has selected the execution venue on behalf of customers.

The report is divided into four sections: one for securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), one for securities listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market, one for securities listed on the NYSE AMEX or regional exchanges, and one for exchange-listed options. For each section, this report identifies the venues most often selected by UBS International, sets forth the percentage of various types of orders routed to the venues, and discusses the material aspects of UBS International’s relationship with the venues.

Securities Listed on New York Stock Exchange

Summary Statistics: Q3 2009

Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders

99.99%

Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

45.73%

Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

50.12%

Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

4.15%


Venues Receiving Significant Percentage of Total Non-Directed Orders:

1. UBS Securities LLC

80.30%

2. New York Stock Exchange

19.70%


Information Concerning Significant Venues:

1. UBS Securities LLC

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

95.43%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

72.51%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

7.65%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

UBS International Inc. is an affiliate of UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Securities LLC. All are wholly owned by UBS AG, a publicly owned Swiss banking corporation. UBS International may receive sales credits for orders executed by UBS Securities, as principal, on behalf of UBS International clients.

 

2. New York Stock Exchange

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

4.57%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

27.49%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

92.35%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

None

Securities Listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market

Summary Statistics:

Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders

100.00%

Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

46.18%

Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

49.52%

Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

4.31%


Venues Receiving Significant Percentage of Total Non-Directed Orders:

1. UBS Securities LLC

92.89%

2. New York Stock Exchange

6.48%


Information Concerning Significant Venues:

1. UBS Securities LLC

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

90.16%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

95.30%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

94.46%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

UBS International Inc. is an affiliate of UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Securities LLC. All are wholly owned by UBS AG, a publicly owned Swiss banking corporation. Following the merger of Financial Services Group Inc. and UBS AG in 2000, Financial Services (now called UBS Financial Services) transferred its market-making operations in Nasdaq securities to its affiliate, UBS Securities. Accordingly, UBS Financial Services, the clearing agent for UBS International, sends orders in Nasdaq securities and certain fixed-income securities to UBS Securities to execute on a principal or agency basis, subject to principles of best execution. UBS International receives sales credits for orders executed by UBS Securities, as principal, on behalf of UBS International clients.

2. New York Stock Exchange

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

8.70%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

4.50%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

5.54%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

None

Securities Listed on NYSE AMEX or Regional Exchanges

Summary Statistics:

Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders

99.98%

Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

56.89%

Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

38.29%

Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

4.82%


Venues Receiving Significant Percentage of Total Non-Directed Orders:

1. UBS Securities LLC

99.40%

2. NYSE Arca

0.60%

 

1. UBS Securities LLC

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

99.94%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

98.74%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

98.19%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

UBS International Inc. is an affiliate of UBS Financial Services Inc. and UBS Securities LLC. All are wholly owned by UBS AG, a publicly owned Swiss banking corporation. Following the merger of Financial Services Group Inc. and UBS AG in 2000, Financial Services (now called UBS Financial Services) transferred its market-making operations in Nasdaq securities to its affiliate, UBS Securities. Accordingly, UBS Financial Services, the clearing agent for UBS International, sends orders in Nasdaq securities and certain fixed-income securities to UBS Securities to execute on a principal or agency basis, subject to principles of best execution. UBS International receives sales credits for orders executed by UBS Securities, as principal, on behalf of UBS International clients.

 

2. NYSE Arca

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

0.06%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

1.26%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

1.81%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

None

Exchange-Listed Options

Summary Statistics:

Non-directed orders as percentage of total customer orders

99.85%

Market orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

16.71%

Limit orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

83.05%

Other orders as percentage of total non-directed orders

0.24%


Venues Receiving Significant Percentage of Total Non-Directed Orders:

1. Chicago Board Options Exchange

59.56%

2. Philadelphia Stock Exchange

24.56%

3. International Securities Exchange

8.40%

4. NYSE Arca Options

5.08%

5. NYSE AMEX Options

2.35%


Information Concerning Significant Venues:

1. Chicago Board Options Exchange

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

51.96%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

60.97%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

100.00%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

None

  

2. Philadelphia Stock Exchange

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

28.95%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

23.74%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

0.00%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

None

 

3. International Securities Exchange

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

9.44%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

8.21%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

0.00%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

UBS Securities LLC, an affiliate of UBS Financial Services Inc., is a Primary Market Maker in 1 bin and a Competitive Market Maker in 9 bins on the ISE. UBS Securities LLC has an indirect ownership interest in the ISE, which stands to appreciate as a result of any profits that the ISE generates from the execution of customer orders.

 

4. NYSE Arca Options

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

5.24%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

5.06%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

0.00%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

None

 

5. NYSE AMEX Options

Types of Orders Routed to Venue:

Market orders as percentage of total market orders

4.41%

Limit orders as percentage of total limit orders

1.94%

Other orders as percentage of total other orders

0.00%

Material Aspects of Relationship with Venue:

None

If you have any questions regarding the routing of a specific order, please contact your UBS International Financial Advisor.

 

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