The court delivered its verdict in Paris on Wednesday, ordering the bank to pay €4.5 billion ($5.1 billion) and finding it guilty of money laundering and illegal client solicitations.
The fines include €800 million ($907 million) in civil damages payable to the French state.
Switzerland's largest bank said that it would issue a statement "as soon as possible following applicable disclosure requirements." The bank previously said the "lack of a case for the prosecution" had been "very evident."
"UBS believes that the amounts requested were not supported by the evidence presented or the law, and that there are strong legal defenses to the relevant charges," it said in its most recent annual report.
French prosecutors had asked the court to apply even larger fines of €5.3 billion ($6 billion) as the trial concluded late last year.
Shares in UBS (UBS) dropped sharply after the verdict was announced, trading down 3.7% in Switzerland. The bank said it would appeal the court's ruling.
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