UBS AG 30 June 2026 Interim Report |
Appendix53
Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements|
This report contains statementsthat constitute “forward-looking statements”,including but
not limited tomanagement’s outlook forUBS’s financial performance,statements relating tothe anticipated effectof transactions andstrategic initiatives on
UBS’s business and future development and goals. While these forward-looking statementsrepresent UBS’s judgments, expectations and objectives concerning
the matters described, a number of risks, uncertaintiesand other important factors could cause actualdevelopments and results to differ materiallyfrom UBS’s
expectations.Inparticular,the globaleconomymay suffersignificant adverseeffectsfromincreasingpolitical tensionsbetween worldpowers, changesto
international tradepolicies, includingthose relatedto tariffsand tradebarriers, andevolving armedconflicts.UBS’s acquisitionof theCreditSuisseGroup
materially changedits outlookand strategicdirection andintroduced newoperational challenges.The integrationof theCredit Suisseentities intothe UBS
structure is expectedto continue through2026 and presentssignificant operational andexecution risk, including therisks that UBSmay be unable toachieve
the cost reductions and business benefits contemplated by the transaction, that it mayincur higher costs to execute the integration of Credit Suisse and that the
acquired business may have greater risks or liabilities, including those related to litigation, than expected. In response to the failure ofCredit Suisse, Switzerland
has amended its Capital Adequacy Ordinance and is considering changes to itsBanking Act, which, if enacted as proposed,would substantially increase capital
requirements forUBS in relationto its foreignsubsidiaries. These factorscreate greateruncertainty about forward-lookingstatements. Other factorsthat may
affect UBS’s performance andability to achieve itsplans, outlook and otherobjectives also include, butare not limited to:(i) the degree to whichUBS is successful
in the execution of its strategicplans, including its cost reductionand efficiency initiatives and itsability to manage its levels ofrisk-weighted assets (RWA) and
leverage ratio denominator (LRD),liquidity coverage ratio andother financial resources, including changesin RWA assets and liabilitiesarising from higher market
volatility and thesize of thecombined Group;(ii) the degreeto which UBSis successful inimplementing changes toits businesses tomeet changing market,
regulatory and other conditions,including any potential changes tobanking examination and oversight practicesand standards as aresult of executive branch
orders or staff interpretations of lawin the US; (iii) inflation and interest rate volatility inmajor markets; (iv) developments in the macroeconomic climate and in
the marketsin whichUBS operatesor towhich itis exposed,including movementsin securitiesprices orliquidity,credit spreads,currency exchangerates,
residential and commercial real estate markets, general economic conditions, and changes to national trade policies on the financial position or creditworthiness
of UBS’s clients and counterparties,as well as on clientsentiment and levels of activity;(v) changes in the availability ofcapital and funding, includingany adverse
changes in UBS’s credit spreads and creditratings of UBS, as well as availability and costof funding,
including as affected by the marketability of additional tier
one debt instruments, to meetrequirements for debt eligiblefor total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC);(vi) changes in and potential divergencebetween central
bank policies or the implementation of financial legislation and regulation in Switzerland, the US, the UK, the EU and other financial centers that have imposed,
orresultedin,ormaydosointhefuture,morestringentorentity-specificcapital,TLAC,leverageratio,netstablefundingratio,liquidityandfunding
requirements, heightened operational resiliencerequirements, incremental tax requirements,additional levies, limitations on permitted activities, constraintson
remuneration, constraints on transfers of capitaland liquidity and sharing of operational costsacross the Group or othermeasures, and the effect thesewill or
would have on UBS’sbusiness activities; (vii) UBS’s abilityto successfully implement resolvabilityand related regulatoryrequirements and thepotential need to
make further changes to the legal structureor booking model of UBS in responseto legal and regulatory requirementsincluding heightened requirements and
expectations due to its acquisitionof the Credit Suisse Group;(viii) UBS’s ability to maintain andimprove its systems and controlsfor complying with sanctions
in a timelymanner and forthe detection andprevention of moneylaundering to meetevolving regulatory requirementsand expectations, inparticular in the
current geopolitical turmoil;(ix) the uncertainty arising fromdomestic stresses incertain major economies;(x) changes in UBS’s competitiveposition, including
whether differences in regulatorycapital and other requirementsamong the major financial centers adverselyaffect UBS’s ability to competein certain lines of
business; (xi) changes in thestandards of conduct applicableto its businesses thatmay result from newregulations or new enforcementof existing standards,
including measures to impose new andenhanced duties when interacting with customersand in the execution and handling ofcustomer transactions; (xii) the
liability to which UBS may be exposed, or possible constraints or sanctions that regulatory authorities might impose on UBS, due to litigation, including litigation
it hasinherited byvirtue ofthe acquisitionof CreditSuisse, contractualclaims andregulatory investigations,including thepotential fordisqualification from
certain businesses, potentially large fines or monetary penalties, or the lossof licenses or privileges as a result of regulatory or other governmental sanctions, as
well as theeffect that litigation,regulatory and similarmatters have onthe operational riskcomponent of its RWA;(xiii) UBS’s ability toretain and attractthe
employees necessary togenerate revenues andto manage, supportand controlits businesses, whichmay be affectedby competitive factors;(xiv) changes in
accounting or tax standards or policies, and determinations or interpretations affecting the recognition of gain or loss,the valuation of goodwill, the recognition
of deferred tax assets and other matters; (xv) UBS’s ability to implement new technologies andbusiness methods, including digital services, artificial intelligence
and other technologies, and abilityto successfully compete with bothexisting and new financial serviceproviders, some of whichmay not be regulatedto the
same extent;(xvi) limitations onthe effectivenessof UBS’s internalprocesses forrisk management,risk control,measurement andmodeling, andof financial
models generally; (xvii) the occurrenceof operational failures, suchas fraud, misconduct, unauthorized trading,financial crime, cyberattacks, data leakageand
systems failures, the risk of which is increased with persistently high levels of cyberattack threats; (xviii) restrictions on the ability of UBS Group AG, UBS AG and
regulated subsidiaries of UBS AG to make payments or distributions, including due to restrictionson the ability of its subsidiaries to make loans or distributions,
directly or indirectly,or, in thecase of financial difficulties, due tothe exercise by FINMA or theregulators of UBS’s operations in other countriesof their broad
statutory powers inrelation to protectivemeasures, restructuring andliquidation proceedings; (xix) thedegree to whichchanges in regulation,capital or legal
structure, financial results orother factors may affectUBS’s ability to maintain itsstated capital return objective; (xx)uncertainty over the scope ofactions that
may be required by UBS, governmentsand others for UBS to achieve goals relatingto climate, environmental and social matters, aswell as the evolving nature
of underlying science and industry and the increasing divergence among regulatoryregimes; (xxi) the ability of UBS to access capital markets; (xxii) the ability of
UBS to successfully recover from a disaster or other business continuity problemdue to a hurricane, flood, earthquake, terrorist attack, war,conflict, pandemic,
security breach,cyberattack, powerloss, telecommunicationsfailure orother naturalor man-madeevent; and(xxiii) the effectthat theseor otherfactors or
unanticipated events, including media reports and speculations,may have on its reputation and theadditional consequences that this may have on itsbusiness
and performance. The sequence inwhich the factors above arepresented is not indicative oftheir likelihood of occurrenceor the potential magnitude oftheir
consequences. UBS’s business andfinancial performance could be affectedby other factors identifiedin its past and futurefilings and reports, includingthose
filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). More detailed information about those factors is set forth in documents furnished by UBS and
filings made by UBSwith the SEC, includingthe UBS GroupAG and UBS AGAnnual Reports on Form20-F for the yearended 31 December 2025. UBSis not
under any obligation to (and expressly disclaims any obligation to)update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result ofnew information, future
events, or otherwise.
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