Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements

This report contains statements that constitute “forwardlooking statements”, including but not limited to statements relating to the risks arising from the current market crisis, other risks specific to our business and the implementation of strategic initiatives, as well as other statements relating to our future business development and economic performance and our intentions with respect to future returns of capital. While these forward-looking statements represent our judgments and future expectations concerning the development of our business, a number of risks, uncertainties and other important factors could cause actual developments and results to differ materially from our expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to (1) the extent and nature of future developments in the US sub-prime market and in other market segments that have been affected by the current market crisis; (2) other market and macro-economic developments, including movements in local and international securities markets, credit spreads, currency exchange rates and interest rates, whether or not arising directly or indirectly from the current market crisis; (3) the impact of these developments on other markets and asset classes; (4) changes in internal risk control and in the regulatory capital treatment of UBS’s positions, in particular those affected by the current market crisis; (5) limitations in the effectiveness of our internal risk management processes, of our risk measurement, control and modeling systems, and of financial models generally; (6) developments relating to UBS’s access to capital and funding, including any changes in our credit ratings; (7) changes in the financial position or creditworthiness of our customers, obligors and counterparties, and developments in the markets in which they operate; (8) management changes and changes to the structure of our Business Groups; (9) the occurrence of operational failures, such as fraud, unauthorized trading, systems failures; (10) legislative, governmental and regulatory developments; (11) competitive pressures; (12) technological developments; and (13) the impact of all such future developments on positions held by UBS, on our short-term and longer-term earnings, on the cost and availability of funding and on our BIS capital ratios. In addition, these results could depend on other factors that we have previously indicated could adversely affect our business and financial performance which are contained in other parts of this document and in our past and future filings and reports, including those filed with the SEC. More detailed information about those factors is set forth elsewhere in this document and in documents furnished by UBS and filings made by UBS with the SEC, including UBS’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2007. UBS is not under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.