- Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (5)

FORM 5 [ X ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). [ ] Form 3 Holdings Reported [ ] Form 4 Transactions Reported	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0362 Expires: February 28, 2011 Estimated average burden hours per response... 1.0
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * UBS AG	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. [PIF]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                      _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below)      __ X __ Other (specify below) Former 10% owner
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) BAHNHOFSTRASSE 45,  PO BOX CH-8021	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (MM/DD/YYYY) 12/31/2009
(Street) ZURICH, V8  (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form Filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Auction Preferred Stock   (3)	10/31/2009		J	684	D	(4)	0   (2)	I	By subsidiary - see footnote   (1)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
( 1)	This Statement is filed jointly by UBS AG for the benefit and on behalf of UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services Inc., two-wholly owned subsidiaries of UBS AG to which UBS AG has delegated portions of its performance obligations with respect to the Auction Rate Securities Rights issued by UBS AG to certain clients and pursuant to which the securities reported herein have been purchased from such clients.
( 2)	Pursuant to the Global Relief Letter referred to below, this filing reports holdings of the Series of Auction Preferred Stock identified in Item 1 of this Table I on an aggregated basis.
( 3)	(CUSIP Nos.) 45809F203, 45809F302
( 4)	At Par

Remarks: The Shares reported herein represent UBS AG's combined holdings in multiple series of auction preferred securities of the issuer, which are treated herein as one class of securities in accordance with the Auction Rate Securities -- Global Exemptive Relief letter ("Global Relief Letter") issued by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 22, 2008. UBS AG undertakes to provide, upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, complete information regarding the transaction(s) outlined above as required by the Global Relief Letter.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
UBS AG BAHNHOFSTRASSE 45 PO BOX CH-8021 ZURICH, V8				Former 10% owner

Signatures
/s/ Anthony DeFilippis		2/16/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Paul J. Sitarz		2/16/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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