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Fort Dearborn Income Securities, Inc. -- Portfolio Statistics
UBS Global Asset Management Company

Chicago, IL, July 31, 2006  -- Fort Dearborn Income Securities, Inc. (FDI), a closed-end management investment company investing principally in investment grade, long-term, fixed income debt securities, today announced its portfolio statistics as of June 30, 2006.


Portfolio statistics as of June 30, 2006(1)
                                                         Percentage of
Top ten holdings, including coupon and maturity             net assets
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US Treasury Bond, 6.25%, August 2023                              4.3%
Ford Motor Credit Co., 5.80%, February 2009                       4.3
US Treasury Strips, 1.84%, August 2026                            4.2
US Treasury Bond, 6.25%, August 2030                              4.1
US Treasury Strips, 2.91%, May 2017                               3.0
Reliant Energy Transition Bond Company, 5.63%, September
2015                                                             2.4
CPL Transition Funding, 6.25%, January 2017                       2.4
Augusta Funding, 7.38%, April 2013                                2.0
New Jersey Economic Development, 3.12%, February 2018             2.0
Allergan Inc., 5.75%, April 2016                                  2.0
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Total                                                            30.7%

Top five sectors
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Corporate bonds                                                  61.0%
Treasury and Treasury inflation-linked securities                19.2
Asset-backed securities                                           6.6
Mortgage-backed securities                                        6.4
Non-corporate bonds                                               3.9
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Total                                                            97.1%

Yields(2)
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NAV yield                                                        5.28%
Market yield                                                     6.05%

                                                         Percentage of
Credit quality(3)                                           net assets
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Treasury/Agency                                                  25.3%
AAA                                                              13.6
AA                                                               12.3
A                                                                16.8
BBB                                                              22.9
BB and below                                                      9.1
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Total                                                           100.0%

Characteristics
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Net asset value(2)                                             $15.16
Market price(2)                                                $13.22
Average maturity                                           13.54 years
Effective duration                                          7.97 years
Average coupon                                                   5.94%


(1) The Fund is actively managed and its portfolio composition will vary over time.

(2) Net asset value (NAV), market price and yields will fluctuate. NAV yield is calculated by multiplying the last quarterly dividend declared by four and dividing by the month-end net asset value. Market yield is calculated by multiplying the last quarterly dividend declared by four and dividing by the month-end market price.

(3) Credit quality ratings shown are based on those assigned by Standard & Poor's ("S&P"), a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. S&P is an independent rating agency.



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