Ubs AG 6-K, filed Dec 28, 2022
Ubs AG (AMUB)
About this 6-K
Ubs AG filed this 6-K on December 28, 2022.
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date: December 28, 2022
Commission File Number: 001-15060
UBS AG
(Name of Registrant)
Bahnhofstrasse 45, Zurich, Switzerland, and
Aeschenvorstadt 1, Basel, Switzerland
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F ☒ Form 40-F ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ☐
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ☐
This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the registration statement of UBS AG on Form F-3 (File No. 333-263376) and to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| UBS AG | ||
| Date: December 28, 2022 | By: | /s/ Elliott Appel |
| Name: Elliott Appel | ||
| Title: Executive Director | ||
| By: | /s/ Kunal Malhotra | |
| Name: Kunal Malhotra | ||
| Title: Executive Director | ||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description of Exhibit | |
| 8.3.1 | Opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, special counsel to UBS AG | |
| 23.8 | Consent of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP (included in Exhibit 8.3.1 herein) |
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Exhibit 8.3.1
Opinion of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
[LETTERHEAD OF FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON LLP]
December 28, 2022
UBS AG
Bahnhofstrasse 45
CH-8098 Zurich
Switzerland
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As U.S. tax special counsel to UBS AG (the “Company”) in connection with the registration of an unspecified aggregate initial offering price or number of the debt securities to be issued (on a delayed and continuous basis) by the Company, pursuant to the base prospectus (the “Base Prospectus”), prospectus supplements (“Prospectus Supplement”), free writing prospectuses (“FWP”) and pricing supplements ( “Pricing Supplements” and, together with the Base Prospectus, Prospectus Supplements and FWP, the “Prospectus”) that forms a part of the registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Registration Statement”) of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof to which this Opinion is filed as an Exhibit, we hereby confirm to you that the discussions that refer to our name set forth under the headings “U.S. Tax Considerations”, “Supplemental U.S. Tax Considerations”, “Tax Considerations”, “What are the Tax Consequences of the Notes?”, “What are the Tax Consequences of the Securities”, “Supplemental discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences” and headings of similar import contained in the Prospectus in the Registration Statement is our opinion, subject to the limitations set forth therein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to each reference to us under the above-specified headings in the Prospectus in the Registration Statement. This consent is not to be construed as an admission that we are a person whose consent is required to be filed with the Registration Statement under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP