Performance you can count on.

Unlocking the potential.

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SIX is the backbone of the financial

industry. With our unique integrated

business model, efficient infrastruc -

ture and flexible, innovative so lutions,

you can count on us to deliver real

value so you can make the most of

your po tential.

3 SIX provides a complete range of high-quality services in four business areas, covering all aspects of secur-ities trading, post-trade services, financial informa-tion and cashless payments. This includes operating, regulating and monitoring electronic exchange trad-ing as well as calculattrad-ing indices. SIX also handles post-trading tasks such as securities settlement and custody and distribu ting reference and market data. Processing credit and debit cards in terms of issu-ance and acceptissu-ance and taking care of electronic invoicing and interbank payments in Swiss francs and euros are also integral to its service portfolio. SIX is a joint-stock corporation with its registered of-fice in Zurich. Beyond Switzerland, almost a third of its approximately 3,900 staff work in 24 different countries.

SIX’s ownership structure is geared to long-term sta-bility. The company is owned by some 150 national and international financial institutions.

power

Strong, stable and yet flexible. This is a backbone that gives you leverage and power.

5 SIX’s systems process vast quantities of information quickly and reliably every single day. As a customer, you can rest assured that SIX and its systems can withstand extreme stress situations, which means you can continue with your business uninterrupted.

Built to cope

with the

heaviest loads.

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From A to B

and back again

in record time.

Powerful platforms, state-of-the-art technology, and lightning fast systems. This is SIX’s infrastruc ture. The result is information and data where you need it, when you need it. For securities valuation, exchange trading, securities processing or payments, providing you with speed and efficiency.

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eFFICIeNCY

Reaction time can mean the difference between winning and losing.

The four business areas of SIX provide

an extensive range of high-quality

services: securities trading, securities

post-trading, financial information and

cashless payments. Thanks to this

comprehensive offering, SIX gives

you the power to enhance your own

efficiency and competitiveness.

SIX runs SIX Swiss Exchange, a leading regulated securities exchange, and Scoach, a joint venture with Deutsche Börse and Europe’s biggest exchange for structured products.

SIX Swiss Exchange is the reference market for more than 40,000 Swiss securities, connecting investors, issuers and participants from all over the world. The state-of-the-art technology of SIX ensures ideal trading conditions in the segments of equities, bonds, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Products (ETPs).

With cutting-edge technology, SIX sets

global standards for securities trading in terms

of speed and capacity.

The indices, which are marketed by STOXX, another joint venture with Deutsche Börse, attract a high level of recognition worldwide. SIX also supplies trading data to financial information providers.

Thanks to self-regulation, SIX ensures efficient moni-toring of trading, creating viable conditions and a level playing field for all market players.

SIX Swiss Exchange is the reference market

for more than 40,000 securities and one

of Europe’s leading regulated exchanges.

SWISS EXchAngE

160,000

Some 160,000 stock exchange trades are executed on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach.

The average share trade takes 37 microseconds.

12,500,000,000

The SIX data center processes 12.5 billion instructions per second.

Once a trade is executed, SIX handles all of the sub-sequent processes. This encompasses clearing, set-tlement, custody and asset servic ing.

In the clearing space SIX acts as a central counter -party for both buyers and sellers in the clearing of equities, fixed-income securities, securities lending and commodity certificates. This reduces the default risk of traders in the Swiss domes tic market as well as on a number of international exchanges and trad-ing platforms.

With years of experience, fully automated

infrastructure and an international network of partners,

SIX offers future-proof post-trade solutions.

Primarily, however, SIX offers comprehensive and innovative solutions for securities settlement and custody in Switzerland and in over 65 markets world-wide. Acting as a global custodian, it adds value through additional services such as the management of corporate actions, fund administration and a wide variety of securities finance solutions.

SIX also offers share register services and organizes general meetings for shareholders.

SIX is a leading partner for exchanges and

trading platforms in Europe and operates

Europe’s largest fully auto mated vault.

SEcUrITIES SErvIcES

200,000

SIX acts as a central counterparty in the clearing of 200,000 securities transactions a day.

2,500,000,000,000

SIX holds CHF 2.5 trillion of customer assets in custody.

12,500,000,000

1,600,000,000,000,000

SIX’s hard drives have a combined storage capacity of 1.6 petabytes.

SIX collects data in real time from over 1,000 sources across the globe, covering all key international ex-changes.

This data includes basic reference information, details of corporate actions and dynamic variables such as the current market prices of about nine million finan-cial instruments.

In addition, SIX incorporates an increasing amount of information for ensuring compliance with the reg-ulatory provisions and for enabling more comprehen-sive risk management.

As the third-largest provider of financial information in Europe, SIX ensures reliability, speed and above all quality data.

SIX operates in 24 countries in the financial informa-tion business, combining local market know-how with a global reach.

SIX is the third-largest provider of financial

information in Europe.

In the financial information business SIX

combines local market know-how with global reach

and the very highest levels of data quality.

FInAncIAL InFOrMATIOn

3,200,000,000

SIX records and processes 3.2 billion price quotes a day.

9,000,000

SIX supplies data on about 9 million financial instruments.

1,600,000,000,000,000

73,000,000,000,000

The data center backs up 73 terabytes of data a day.

In Switzerland and internationally, SIX handles the groundwork for the acceptance and processing of card payments. It uses state-of-the-art terminals, se-cure e-commerce solutions and offers value-added services to ensure efficient, safe payments at the point of sale and online.

SIX is one of Europe’s biggest transaction processors and backing financial institutions with the handling of their entire card portfolio.

It also en sures efficient and secure payment process-ing for issuprocess-ing and acceptance (acquirprocess-ing) of interna-tional card programs.

Moreover, SIX runs the infrastructure for payments between banks and offers intelligent solutions for preventing misuse; risk management; and for han-dling electronic invoices.

SIX is the market leader in card pro cessing

in Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg.

SIX employs the latest technology and

inno va tive solutions for cashless payments with or

without cards.

PAyMEnT SErvIcES

7,000,000

Roughly 7 million card payments are processed on an average day.

260,000,000,000

An average of CHF 260 billion a day flows through the interbank payment system.

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FLeXIBILITY

It takes stamina and concentration, not to mention a supple body, to bend a spine to its very limits and still stay balanced.

15 SIX’s exchange trading, post-trade, financial informa-tion and payment systems are meticulously adapted in line with customers’ needs and market develop-ments. This gives you – our customers – the flexibil-ity you need to respond to the challenges arising in your business while also benefiting from the econ-omies of scale that come with effi cient infrastructure.

Adaptable in

every

direction.

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reaching

for the top in

complete

safety.

SIX plays two key roles in keeping the financial center stable and secure. On the one hand, it ensures that the financial market continues to function – regard-less of the situation. On the other, it minimizes risk for market participants. With this in mind, SIX main-tains the highest possible standards in terms of the security and reliability of its systems and manages risks responsibly and prudently. You can depend on SIX to be available at all times, even when things get tough.

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STABILITY

Mental and physical strength. It’s what gets you to the top.

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perForMANCe

A clear head lets you be creative when it comes to competition.

19 You can count on SIX for innovative solutions and dedicated expertise. This means first-class, depend-able infrastructure that allows you to focus completely on what you do best and make the most of your po-tential.

riding high.

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