The market value of the notes may be influenced by unpredictable factors.
The market value of your notes may fluctuate between the date you purchase them and the determination date, when the calculation agent will determine your cash settlement amount. Several factors, many of which are beyond our control and interrelate in complex and unpredictable ways, will influence the market value of the notes. Generally, we expect that the level of the underlier or basket of underliers on any day will affect the market value of the notes more than any other single factor. Other factors that may influence the market value of the notes include:
●the volatility of the underlier or basket underliers (i.e., the frequency and magnitude of changes in the level of the underlier or basket underliers over the term of the notes);
●the composition of the underlier or the basket underliers and changes to their respective underlier constituents;
●the expected rate of future dividends of any ETF underlier or any underlier stocks, the upside participation rate, the weighting multipliers, the maximum settlement amount and/or the buffer level, all as applicable;
●the expected and realized correlations among the basket underliers;
●the market prices of the underlier constituents;
●the dividend rate paid on any ETF underlier or the underlier stocks (while not paid to the holders of the notes, dividend payments on any ETF underlier or the underlier stocks may influence the market value of the notes);
●interest rates in the U.S. market and each market related to the underlier or basket underliers;
●the time remaining to the maturity of the notes;
●supply and demand for the notes, including inventory positions with UBS Securities LLC or any other market-maker;
●for any underlier or basket underlier having underlier constituents that are securities traded in non-U.S. markets, the exchange rate and volatility of the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the currency of the country in which such securities are traded;
●for any ETF underlier, the fact that such ETF is subject to management risk, which is the risk that the investment strategy employed by an ETF’s investment advisor may not produce the intended results;
●the creditworthiness of UBS; and
●geopolitical, economic, financial, political, regulatory, judicial, force majeure or other events that affect the level(s) of the underlier or basket underliers and equity and commodity markets generally.
These factors interrelate in complex and unpredictable ways, and the effect of one factor on the market value of your notes may offset or enhance the effect of another factor.
The inclusion of commissions and compensation in the original issue price of the notes is likely to adversely affect secondary market prices of the notes.
Assuming no change in market conditions or any other relevant factors, the price, if any, at which UBS Securities LLC or its affiliates (or any third party market maker) are willing to purchase the notes in secondary market transactions will likely be lower than the original issue price because the issue price is likely to include, and secondary market prices are likely to exclude, commissions or other compensation paid with respect to, or embedded profit in, the notes. In addition, any such prices may differ from values determined by pricing models used by UBS Securities LLC or its affiliates, as a result of dealer discounts, mark-ups or other transactions.
RISKS RELATED TO CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UNDERLIER OR BASKET UNDERLIERS
UBS and its affiliates have no affiliation with any ETF underlier issuer and are not responsible for their public disclosure of information, whether contained in SEC filings or otherwise.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable pricing supplement, we and our affiliates are not affiliated with any ETF underlier issuer and have no ability to control or predict their actions, including any corporate actions that could constitute an antidilution event of the type that would require the calculation agent to adjust the payment to you at maturity, and have no ability to control the public disclosure of these corporate actions or any events or circumstances affecting the ETF underlier issuer. The ETF underlier issuers are not involved in the offering of the notes in any way and have no obligation to consider your interests as owner of the notes in taking any corporate actions that might affect the market value of, and return on, your notes or your cash settlement amount. The ETF