The Board of Directors and management of UBS AG (UBS) are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control
over financial reporting. UBS's internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) including a reconciliation of net profit and equity attributable to UBS shareholders to US Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (US GAAP).
UBS's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:
– Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions
of assets;
– Provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation and fair presentation of financial
statements, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of UBS
management; and
– Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the
company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate
because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
UBS management assessed the effectiveness of UBS's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 based
on the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated
Framework. Based on this assessment, management believes that, as of Decem- ber 31, 2006, UBS's internal control over financial
reporting was effective.
The audited consolidated financial statements of UBS include the results of Banco UBS Pactual S.A.but management's assessment does not include an assessment of the internal control over financial reporting of this entity
because it was acquired on December 1, 2006. This approach is consistent with published SEC guidance on the permissible scope of management's internal control report.
The financial statements for this entity reflect total assets and operating income constituting less than 1% of the related
consolidated financial statement amounts as of and for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Management's assessment of the effectiveness of UBS's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 has
been audited by Ernst & Young Ltd, UBS's independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing
on page 78, which expressed unqualified opinions on management's assessment and on the effectiveness of UBS's internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006.