Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration Statement Nos. 333-204908
333-204908-06
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PROSPECTUS ADDENDUM (to Amendment No. 5, dated November 14, 2014, to Prospectus Supplement dated July 13, 2010 and Prospectus dated March 17, 2016) |
UBS AG
UBS SWITZERLAND AG
UBS AG Exchange Traded Access Securities (E-TRACS) Linked to
the Alerian Natural Gas MLP Index due July 9, 2040
This prospectus addendum relates to the series of outstanding Exchange Traded Access Securities entitled UBS AG Exchange Traded Access Securities (E-TRACS) Linked to the Alerian Natural Gas MLP Index due July 9, 2040 (the Securities), which was previously issued by UBS AG and is part of a series of debt securities entitled Medium Term Notes, Series A. The Securities were initially registered, and all or a portion were initially offered and sold, under registration statements previously filed by UBS AG. When UBS AG initially registered your Securities, UBS AG prepared a prospectus supplement (as amended or supplemented from time to time), referred to as the original prospectus supplement, relating to the Securities. The original prospectus supplement, which is Amendment No. 5, dated November 14, 2014, to the prospectus supplement dated July 13, 2010, is attached to a base prospectus dated June 12, 2015 and was previously attached to a base prospectus dated November 14, 2014. This prospectus addendum and the original prospectus supplement will be used by UBS AG in connection with the continuous offering of the Securities. Certain terms we use in this prospectus addendum are defined in the original prospectus supplement.
UBS AG has now prepared a new base prospectus dated March 17, 2016. This new base prospectus replaces the base prospectus dated June 12, 2015 (which itself replaced the base prospectus dated November 14, 2014). Because the terms of your Securities otherwise have remained the same, UBS AG is continuing to use the original prospectus supplement. As a result, you should read the original prospectus supplement for your Securities, which gives the specific terms of your Securities, together with the new base prospectus dated March 17, 2016. When you read these documents, please note that all references in the original prospectus supplement to the base prospectus dated November 14, 2014 or June 12, 2015, or to any sections of the applicable base prospectus, should refer instead to the new base prospectus dated March 17, 2016, or to the corresponding section of that new base prospectus. In addition, please note that instead of using the website links in the original prospectus supplement to the base prospectus dated November 14, 2014 or June 12, 2015, you should use the following website link to access the new base prospectus dated March 17, 2016:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1114446/000119312516508957/d116718d424b3.htm
Please also disregard the table of contents for the base prospectus dated November 14, 2014 or June 12, 2015 that is provided in the original prospectus supplement. A table of contents for the new base prospectus is provided on page 1 of the new base prospectus.
In addition, UBS AG has determined to offer all holders of the Securities the option, upon early redemption and solely for purposes of determining the Redemption Amount, but not for any other purpose, to elect that the Index Performance Ratio (which is used to determine the Redemption Amount) be calculated using the Index Closing Level on the Redemption Valuation Date instead of the Final VWAP Level. If the redeeming holder so elects, the Index Performance Ratio will be calculated, for purposes of determining the Redemption Amount, as:
Index Closing Level on the Redemption Valuation Date
Initial VWAP Level
The Index Closing Level is the closing level of the Index as reported on the NYSE and Bloomberg; provided, however, that if the closing level of the Index as reported on the NYSE (or any successor) differs from the closing level of the Index as reported on Bloomberg (or any successor), then the Index Closing Level will be the closing level of the Index as calculated by the Index Calculation Agent.
Holders will not know the Redemption Amount at the time that they elect to redeem their Securities. Similarly, holders will not know at the time of their election whether the Redemption Amount would be greater if the Index Performance Ratio were calculated using the Final VWAP Level or using the Index Closing Level. Any election to redeem any of the Securities, and any election to have the Index Performance Ratio calculated using the Index Closing Level instead of the Final VWAP Level, is irrevocable. Holders will not be able to rescind their election to redeem their Securities, or their election to have the Index Performance Ratio calculated using the Index Closing Level instead of the Final VWAP Level, after a redemption notice is received by UBS or after the holder indicates to UBS which alternative it elects to calculate the Index Performance Ratio, respectively.
UBS AG, UBS Securities LLC, UBS Financial Services Inc. or any affiliate of UBS AG may use this prospectus addendum, together with the original prospectus supplement and the new base prospectus, in connection with offers and sales of the Securities in market-making transactions. Please see Supplemental Plan of Distribution in the original prospectus supplement and Plan of Distribution in the new base prospectus.
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Prospectus Addendum dated April 7, 2016