Important Information for Clients and Counterparties

This notice is to inform you that Credit Suisse International (“CSi” or “us”) is in the process of applying to the Prudential Regulatory Authority (“PRA”) and Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) to cancel its permission to carry on regulated activities pursuant to Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, from time to time) (“Part 4A permission”).

Following the completion of the merger between UBS and Credit Suisse in May 2024, CSi has been in a state of controlled wind-down and is now applying for the cancellation of its Part 4A permission. If CSi’s application for cancellation of its Part 4A permission is granted, CSi will no longer be authorised to carry on any regulated activity in the United Kingdom (“UK”) nor retain its status as a UK credit institution.

Impact on Clients

CSi no longer maintains any active client business. All client positions and client related activity have either been exited or have been transferred to other entities within the UBS Group.

Communications regarding such exit or transfer of positions have been made to impacted clients as part of the entity wind-down process.

Return of Client Money & Client Securities

CSi has undertaken significant efforts to manage the current and future return of money and securities held on behalf of its legacy clients and counterparties wherever possible. In the event that you are anticipating a return of money or securities from CSI and have not received this, please reach out to us or UBS AG London Branch (as applicable) using the contact details outlined below.

Future Communications

Further details, including the confirmation of cancellation of CSi’s Part 4A permission will be communicated in due course.

Contact Information

If you want to contact us in relation to any money or securities that is owed to you by CSi or is now owed to you by UBS AG London Branch, please contact us by email or post using the details outlined below.

If you want to contact us in relation to the cancellation of CSi’s Part 4A permission, including if you have concerns or believe you may be adversely impacted by CSI’s application to cancel its Part 4A permission, please contact us by email or post using the details outlined below:

By email:

Amy Veitch
Head of C&ORC IB EMEA

By post:

Amy Veitch
5 Broadgate
London
EC2M 2QS
United Kingdom

More detailed information in relation to the return of securities and money

Credit Suisse International (“CSi”) has undertaken efforts to manage the current and future return of money and securities held on behalf of its clients and counterparties wherever possible.

We set out below the approach taken for securities and money that has not been returned to clients/counterparties/creditors of CSi as of 22 December 2025 or will be received from 22 December 2025 for clients/counterparties/creditors of CSi.

Unclaimed deposits - claim from UBS AG London Branch (“UBS AGLB”)

Where clients have not responded to CSi’s efforts to return sums which are, held by CSi as banker under the CASS banking exemption under CASS 7.10.16R or, otherwise treated as a deposit with CSi, such unclaimed deposit sums were transferred on 22 December 2025 from CSi to UBS AGLB. Upon such transfer to UBS AGLB:

  • UBS AGLB will hold such transferred sums received from CSi as a deposit in UBS AGLB’s capacity as banker pursuant to UBS AGLB’s terms of business (which can be reviewed here at: https://www.ubs.com/global/en/investment-bank/regulatory.html);
  • clients will no longer have a claim against CSi for these transferred sums;
  • such transferred sums will not be protected under the UK Depositor’s Guarantee Scheme or the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) or any other protection scheme; and
  • impacted clients should, going forward, make any requests to UBS AGLB (rather than CSI) for payment of the sum transferred to UBS AGLB by providing to UBS AGLB appropriate evidence of the sum owed from CSi. Any holding, transfer or payment of such sums by UBS AGLB is subject to applicable legal, regulatory and financial sanctions related restrictions. To support an impacted client’s ability to assert such a right, UBS AGLB has entered into a deed poll under which their legal entitlement may be enforced. Impacted clients of CSi may request a copy of this deed poll from UBS AGLB.

Unclaimed sums (including sums which cannot be paid due to financial sanctions or other restrictions) relating to contractual debt claims owed by CSi - claim from UBS AG London Branch

Where CSi has been unable to return or transfer to a client, counterparty or other creditor (together, “Creditors”) a cash sum relating to a pure contractual debt claim owed by CSi (including sums that are not client money subject to CASS nor a deposit), arrangements have been put in place for the transfer of the relevant payment obligation to UBS AGLB.

Where no applicable payment, transfer or financial sanctions related restrictions apply, both the relevant cash sum and the associated payment obligation were transferred from CSi to UBS AGLB on 22 December 2025. Where such restrictions apply, only the payment obligation was transferred on 27 February 2026 (unless advised otherwise), and any transfer of the underlying cash will be deferred and occur only when the transfer is lawful and no longer subject to applicable payment, transfer or financial sanctions related restrictions.

Upon the effective transfer of the relevant cash to UBS AGLB:

  • UBS AGLB will instead hold the transferred sum received from CSi as a contractual debt claim pursuant to UBS AGLB’s terms of business (which can be reviewed here at: https://www.ubs.com/global/en/investment-bank/regulatory.html);
  • Creditors will no longer have a claim against CSi for these transferred sums;
  • such transferred sums will not be protected under the UK Depositor’s Guarantee Scheme or the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) or any other protection scheme; and
  • impacted Creditors should, going forward, make any requests to UBS AGLB (rather than CSi) for payment of the sum transferred to UBS AGLB by providing to UBS AGLB appropriate evidence of the sum owed from CSi. Any holding, transfer or payment of such sums by UBS AGLB is subject to applicable legal, regulatory, and financial sanctions related restrictions. To support an impacted Creditor’s ability to assert such a right, UBS AGLB has entered into separate deed polls (one relating to sums not subject to restrictions and one relating to sums subject to restrictions), under which their legal entitlement may be enforced. Impacted Creditors of CSi may request a copy of the relevant deed poll from UBS AGLB.

Money and securities belonging to clients, counterparties and creditors of CSi that may be received by CSi in the future - claim from UBS AG London Branch

In anticipation of the cancellation of its Part 4A permissions and the closure of CSi in the future, CSi and UBS AGLB have entered into an arrangement so that UBS AGLB (will instead of CSi) receive from 22 December 2025 (unless a different date is determined by CSI for a specific receipt/delivery/payment obligation) any securities or money belonging to CSI’s Creditors (e.g., arising whether due to a corporate action or class action, etc relating to the time of ownership by the relevant Creditor) and deliver such securities or pay such cash to CSi’s Creditors. Any such money received by UBS AGLB will solely be held pursuant to its terms of business (which can be reviewed here at: https://www.ubs.com/global/en/investment-bank/regulatory.html). Any securities received by UBS AGLB will held in custody pursuant to its terms of business (which can be reviewed here at: https://www.ubs.com/global/en/investment-bank/regulatory.html). Further, any holding, transfer or payment of such sums by UBS AGLB is subject to applicable legal, regulatory and financial sanctions related restrictions. To support an impacted Creditor’s ability to assert a right to be delivered or paid such securities or cash due in the future, UBS AGLB has entered into a deed poll under which their legal entitlement may be enforced. Impacted Creditors of CSi may request a copy of this deed poll from UBS AGLB.