ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ AG is incorporated and domiciled in Switzerland and operates under Art. 620ff. of the Swiss Code of Obligations as an Aktiengesellschaft, a corporation limited by shares. The addresses of the two registered offices of ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ AG are: Bahnhofstrasse 45, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland; and Aeschenvorstadt 1, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland. The corporate identification number is CHE-101.329.561. ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ AG is a bank. The company was formed on 29 June 1998, when Union Bank of Switzerland (founded 1862) and Swiss Bank Corporation (founded 1872) merged to form ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ AG.

Through ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ AG and ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ Switzerland AG, both licensed as banks in Switzerland, ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓÆµ may engage in a full range of financial services activities in Switzerland and abroad, including personal banking, commercial banking, investment banking and asset management.