UBS Announces Changes To The UBS Internet IPO Index

UBS Investment Bank announced today that following the close of business on September 6, 2011, the following changes to the UBS Internet IPO Index (NYSE ticker symbol “NETIPO”) will be implemented.

Index Additions: Carbonite Inc. (Ticker: CARB) and HomeAway Inc. (Ticker: AWAY)

and Index Deletions: Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (Ticker: RAX), SciQuest, Inc. (Ticker: SQI) and Responsys, Inc. (Ticker: MKTG)

About the UBS Internet IPO Index

The UBS Internet IPO Index (the “Index”) is intended to measure, on a total-return basis, the performance of a subset of Internet-related companies listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ that satisfy specified market capitalization and other eligibility requirements. The Index provides exposure specifically to those Internet-related companies that have been publicly traded for less than three years. The Index currently serves as the reference index for the ETRACS Internet IPO ETN (NYSE: EIPO) and the Monthly 2xLeveraged ETRACS Internet IPO ETN (NYSE: EIPL). Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC serves as the calculation agent for the Index. The top 10 holdings in the Index, as of September 1, 2011, are as follows:

Name		Ticker		Weight
Rackspace Hosting, Inc.		RAX		10.69%
Yandex NV		YNDX		10.11%
LinkedIn Corporation		LNKD		10.03%
Pandora Media Inc.		P		7.53%
Youku.com Inc.-ADR		YOKU		6.90%
Renren, Inc.-ADR		RENN		6.74%
Bankrate Inc.		RATE		5.94%
Ancestry.com, Inc.		ACOM		5.73%
OpenTable, Inc.		OPEN		5.13%
Zillow, inc.		Z		3.57%

Source: Standard & Poor’s, as of September 1, 2011.

About ETRACS

For further information about ETRACS ETNs, go to http://www.etracs.com.

Exchange Traded Access Securities, ETRACS, are exchange-traded notes (ETNs), an innovative class of investment products offering access to markets and strategies that may not be readily available to investors, and offer unique diversification opportunities in a number of different sectors. ETNs offer:

• Access to asset classes with historically low correlations to more traditional asset classes
• Convenience of an exchange-traded security
• Transparent exposure to a published index

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© UBS 2011. The key symbol, UBS and ETRACS are among the registered and unregistered trademarks of UBS. The UBS Internet IPO Index is the exclusive property of UBS. UBS has contracted with Standard & Poor’s to maintain and calculate the “UBS Internet IPO Index”. S&P shall have no liability for any errors or omissions in calculating the Index. UBS Securities LLC (the “Index Sponsor”) makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, regarding the appropriateness of investing in products referenced to the UBS Internet IPO Index (“Index”), securities or other financial products in general or of the ability of the Index to track the market performance of Internet companies or the equity markets or other financial markets in general. Other than determining the initial Index methodology, the Index Sponsor has no discretion in determining the constituents of the Index and any amendment thereto, and the Index Sponsor has no obligation to consider the needs of any counterparties or investors that have products referenced to the Index. The Index Sponsor has all proprietary rights with respect to the Index. Any third party product based on or in relation to the Index (“Product”) may only be issued upon the prior written approval of the Index Sponsor and upon the execution of a license agreement between the Index Sponsor and the party intending to launch a Product. In no way does the Index Sponsor, endorse or have any other involvement in the issue and offering of a Product. The Index Sponsor makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the holders of the Products or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in the Product or other financial products generally or in securities particularly, or as to results to be obtained from the use of the Index or from the Product. Past performance of the Index is not necessarily indicative of future results. NEITHER THE INDEX SPONSOR NOR UBS GUARANTEES THE QUALITY, ACCURACY AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. NEITHER THE INDEX SPONSOR NOR UBS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN OR FOR ANY ERRORS, OR OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS IN THE CALCULATION AND/OR DISSEMINATION OF THE INDEX. NEITHER THE INDEX SPONSOR NOR UBS MAKES ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY OWNERS OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN OR FROM ANY OTHER USE (WHETHER DIRECTLY OR VIA ANY PRODUCT REFERENCED THERETO). NEITHER THE INDEX SPONSOR NOR UBS MAKES ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH RESPECT TO THE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INDEX SPONSOR OR UBS AG HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Other marks may be trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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