Statement of Financial Condition
UBS Securities LLC
Notes to the Statement of Financial Condition (continued)
(In Thousands)
14. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)
Legal Proceedings (continued)
Defendants have moved to dismiss that complaint and, in September 2018 and July 2019, certain
defendants' motions, including the Parent's, were granted. The SEF plaintiff filed an amended
complaint in January 2020 and, in April 2020, the remaining defendants, including the Company,
moved to dismiss the amended complaint.
Following the filing of the first class complaint the Parent was served with a subpoena from the
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") seeking documents and information
regarding the Company's swap trading and Futures Commission Merchant businesses going back
to 2008.
Stock Lending matters. In 2017, a purported class action antitrust complaint was filed in the
Southern District of New York against six stock lending prime broker defendants, including the
Company, its Parent and affiliates, as well as EquiLend, a trading platform and purveyor of post-
trade services. The named plaintiffs purport to represent a class of all persons or entities that
entered into stock loan transactions in the United States with one of the prime broker defendants
since January 7, 2009. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants conspired to block the evolution
of the stock lending market from an OTC environment, in which stock loans are intermediated by
prime brokers, to an electronic market, in which borrowers and lenders can transact directly with
one another. Plaintiffs allege violations of Section 1 of the Sherman Act and New York State law
and seek unspecified treble damages, fees and costs. In September 2018, the court overseeing the
litigation denied defendants' motions to dismiss. In January 2018 and November 2018,
respectively, QS Holdco and SL-x, entities associated with defunct stock lending platforms, each
filed an action in the Southern District of New York raising claims similar to the class plaintiffs'
claims and also seeking treble damages and other relief. Defendants have moved to dismiss the
QS Holdco and SL-x complaints. In May 2019, different SL-x affiliates filed an additional
complaint, raising similar allegations. Defendants' motion to dismiss the prior SL-x complaint
applies to the new complaint as well. In August 2019, the court dismissed the QS Holdco
complaint, and in January 2020, the court denied QS Holdco's motion to alter or amend the
judgment. In October 2021, the court dismissed the SL-x complaints. The SL-x affiliates have
appealed.
15. Net Capital Requirements and Other Regulatory Matters
As a registered broker-dealer with the SEC, the Company is subject to the SEC's net capital rule
(Rule 15c3-1). The Company computes its net capital requirements under the alternative method
provided for in Rule 15c3-1, which requires that the Company maintain net capital equal to the
greater of 2% of aggregate customer-related debit items, as defined, or the risk-based capital
requirement under the Commodity Exchange Act. At December 31, 2021, the Company had net
capital of $5,584,442 which was $4,884,644 in excess of the required net capital of $699,798.
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