UBS ETF: Change of securities form and place of issuance

29.01.2016

Based on a resolution at the extraordinary general meeting of UBS ETF SICAV (LU) held on 18 January 2016, UBS has requested that effective

Monday 8 February 2016

evidence of holdings of the UBS ETF SICAV (LU) will change from global certificates deposited with Clearstream Banking AG (CBF)1 to registered book entry shares held by Clearstream Banking S.A. (CBL)2. CBL will hold positions on behalf of its customers at the Transfer Agent: State Street Bank Luxembourg S.C.A..

Existing customer holdings and trading venues3 are not affected, including the collective safe custody status for CBF customers. Settlement between investors and Authorised Participants (AP) in the respective markets, as well as primary market settlement between State Street Bank Luxembourg S.C.A. and the APs, are also unaffected.

Cutover details

Following end of processing for value date Friday 5 February 2016, any settlement instruction in CASCADE and Creation for one of the UBS ETF SICAV (LU) share classes, using the current specifications, will be cancelled by CBF, CBL or LuxCSD4 and the customer will have to reinstruct using the new instruction specifications.

Settlement in CASCADE and Creation for these funds will exceptionally end at 17:30 CET on Friday 5 February 2016. CBF customers should cancel and replace any unsettled trades against the CBF account 7201 of CBL. Pending settlement instructions in Creation against CBF participants will be automatically cancelled. Customers will have to reinstruct using the new instruction specifications.

Starting 21:30 on Friday 5 February 2016, customers can instruct for cross border settlement between CASCADE and Creation following the new specifications described below.

New instruction specifications

CBF customers wishing to settle transactions with CBL and/or LuxCSD customers should refer to Instruction specifications - CASCADE – Luxembourg for further details.

CBL and/or LuxCSD customers wishing to settle transactions with CBF customers should refer to Instruction specifications - Creation via SWIFT and CreationDirect - Luxembourg - LuxCSD for further details. The first level settlement counterparty is CBF’s omnibus account in LuxCSD: 43012.

Fund details

Funds: All shares classes of the UBS ETF SICAV (LU) – see attached list

Effective date: Monday 8 February 2016

Transfer Agent: State Street Bank Luxembourg S.C.A.

Further information

For further information, customers may contact Clearstream Banking Client Services, LuxCSD Client Services or their Relationship Officer.

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1. Clearstream Banking AG (CBF), registered office at Mergenthalerallee 61, 65760 Eschborn, Germany, registered with the Commercial Register of the District Court in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, under number HRB-7500.
2. Clearstream Banking S.A. (CBL), registered office at 42, Avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B-9248.
3. The UBS ETF share classes remain ineligible for Vestima order routing until further notice.
4. LuxCSD S.A. (LuxCSD), registered office at 42, Avenue J.F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B-154.449.