About us

Key figures fiscal year 2016 in CHF millions

Operating income 1,838.6EBIT 297.1

Group net profit 221.1

Swiss Exchange is one of the most important exchanges in Europe and is the reference market for approximately 40,000 securities

CHF 1,279,293 million trading turnover in 2016 (254 trading days) CHF 98.8 billion raised by companies on the stock exchange in 2016

SIX has sites in 25 countries

SIX operates comprehensive services on a global scale in the areas of securities trading, clearing and settlement, as well as financial information and payment transactions. SIX is a reliable partner that uses the latest technology to guarantee the flow of information and money between

Securities Services is a leading partner for post-trade services in Europe and operates vital infrastructures on behalf of the Swiss financial market

423.9 millionclearing transactions in 2016

37.5 million settlement transactions in 2016

SIX

VITAL TO KEEPING THE SWISS FINANCIAL CENTER RUNNING SMOOTHLY

banks, merchants, investors and service providers. SIX is the backbone of the Swiss financial center and therefore systemically relevant: without the company’s efficient and innovative platforms the Swiss economy would come to a standstill.

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innovative

reliable

AA– rating SIX has been awarded an A A– rating by Standard & Poor’s for the seventh time in a row.

Stable and reliable The average availability of all systems provided by SIX is 99.95 %.

F10 Accelerator & Incubator F10 supports and guides start-ups in trans forming their ideas into successful companies, all the while stimulating world-wide collaboration with international finance organizations. F10 is sponsored by SIX.

Financial Information is the leading provider of financial information, with

over 85 years of experience

23.7 million financial instruments in 2016

Revenue by region SIX generates most of its revenue in its domestic markets of Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg.

Revenue by region

Austria 12 %

Switzerland 63 %Luxembourg 13 %

Rest of Europe 9 %

Rest of world 3 %

of its 4,020 employees work in Switzerland and 35 % at the international

locations

Systemic importance Some of the services provided by SIX are systemically important and are monitored by the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).

GOOD TO KNOW

Function and owners In 2008, SWX Group, Telekurs and SIS Group merged into SIX Group, in order to concentrate the infrastructure for the Swiss financial center within a single company. In the future, SIX also aims to pool the activities and processes that do not differentiate the Swiss banks in clients’ eyes. Concentrating them in this way achieves economies of scale and improves quality. Today, SIX is owned by approximately 130 national and international banks in Switzerland. They are at the same time owners and, together with other financial institutions, users of the services provided by SIX.

Swiss Value Chain The Swiss Value Chain links trading on the Swiss stock exchange with post-trading services, which include the clearing and settlement of securities transactions and the custody of securities. The infrastructure provided by SIX enables securities transactions to be processed smoothly and efficiently. It is one of the most secure and reliable systems in the world. SIX is the first central securities depository outside the EU to offer direct access to TARGET2-Securities (T2S), thus expanding the Swiss Value Chain further.

Payment Services is the market leader in the card business in Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria

10 millioncard transactions processed

by SIX each day

65 %

secure

stable

responsible

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ETFs 9 %

SIX Swiss Exchange is one of the most important exchanges in Europe and the largest Swiss trading venue. It came into existence in 1995 when the Geneva, Basel and Zurich stock exchanges were merged. 4

In terms of the total number of freely tradable shares (free float market capitalization), SIX Swiss Exchange is the third-biggest stock exchange in Europe.

Self-regulation Appropriate regulation which complies with international standards and takes due account of market developments. The independent Exchange Regulation unit ensures compliance with, monitoring and implementing the regulations for issuers and participants.

Pricing What is the price of a security and therefore the value of a company? This pricing can only take place on a stock exchange. It stands atthe heart of trading.

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“Exchange of the Year” 2016

Daily turnoverCHF 5 billion average daily turnover in 2016

21 currencies Securities are tradable in 21 currencies

SIX Swiss Exchange

THE GATEWAY TO THE INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MARKET

FACTS AND FIGURES

Raising capital

Operating the trading platform

Monitoring trading

Distributing market information

Structured products 1 %

SHARE OF TURNOVER

MARKET CAPITALIZATION

5

CORE FUNCTIONS

Over 1,200 ETFs are tradable on the Swiss Exchange

STOCK MARKET BAROMETER

Equities 78 % Bonds CHF 12 %Best execution Excellent order book quality: Narrowest bid/ask spread, i.e. best price in over 90 % of trading time

Largest tradable volume at the best price in over 80 % of trading time

Highest probability of execution thanks to extremely high liquidity

As at: November 2015

Issuers from 50 countries

Access to capital for

international trading

participants

108SIX Swiss Exchange

Euronext

Nasdaq

LSE Group

6,308

2,045

1,256

2,782

Deutsche Börse1,239

in billion US dollars

source: SIX Swiss Exchange; STOX X Global TMI, as of 30.12.2016

Hong Kong Stock Exchange1,079

Singapore Stock Exchange223

SBI Swiss Bond Index, 1,238 bonds

SMI SMI Swiss Blue Chips Index 20 biggest securities of SPI, 85 % equity market volume

SPI SPI Swiss Performance Index All SX securities

SLI SLI Swiss Leader Index 30 biggest and most liquid securities of SX

SIX Swiss Exchange’s key index ranges

2016

1987

AWARD-WINNING POST-TRADE SERVICES FOR SWITZERLAND

AND THE WORLD

Allocation and administration of currency codes worldwideSIX is responsible for the allocation and administration of standardized currency codes (e. g. CHF, GBP, EUR) worldwide.

SIX Securities Services

Supervision SIX has a banking license in Switzerland and is deemed systemically important. It is overseen by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) and the Swiss National Bank (SNB).

High-security safekeeping SIX maintains one of the world’s most up-to-date systems for the safekeeping and administration of securities.

Excellence In 2015 and 2016 SIX Securities Services topped the Global Custodian Magazine’s survey of “Agent Banks in Major Markets” for Switzerland and as an International Central Securities Depository (ICSD).

Payments & e-bill solutionsSIX operates real-time payments between banks, as well as platforms for direct debits and e-bills.

Land registry data SIX Terravis is the electronic information portal for land registry data and official cadastral survey data in Switzerland.

Once a trade has been agreed on an exchange, SIX Securities Services steps in. Providing services from clearing (where it acts as a Central Counterparty, CCP) to settlement, custody, securities finance, tax reporting, fund services and payments.

SIX acts as a contractual party between trading partners throughout Europe, functioning

as the central counterparty in order to reduce the risks for both buyer and seller.

In addition, SIX offers comprehensive custody services for the Swiss market and

over 50 others.

SIX then settles domestic and cross-border transactions electronically across all possible asset classes.

Clearing

Settlement

Custody

Securities finance

Payments

SIX maintains the multicurrency repo trading platform for over 160 participants, including the

Swiss National Bank (SNB).

International central securities depository (ICSD) in 55 markets

CHF 15 billion a dayflows back and forth in interbank payments via euroSIC (Swiss Interbank Clearing)

2 million timesHow often SIX acts as the central counterparty (CCP) in clearing each day

FACTS AND FIGURES

WORTH TO KNOW

SIX operates the Swiss Interbank Clearing system (SIC) for payments in Swiss francs and euroSIC for payments

in euros.

CHF 3,150 billion was managed in custody accounts by SIX as the central depository (CSD) for Swiss securities at the end of 2016

THE POST-TRADE VALUE CHAIN

SIX Financial Information specializes in procuring, processing and distributing financial information. In addition, SIX is the official issuing agency for security identification numbers in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Belgium.

Reference data encompass the full life cycle of a financial product (e.g. data and corporate actions)

Price data include, for example, current

trading prices based on price, security ID number and

trading venue

Corporate actions encompass company-specific events such as dividends, acquisitions and capital increases

Display products allow easy access and display of all the data offered by SIX in a standardized format

Value-added services are additional services based on

our reference data

6.85 billion pieces of price information are sent daily

In 23 countries SIX Financial Information is represented with offices in 23 countries

SIX Financial Information

READILY AVAILABLE HIGH-QUALITY FINANCIAL DATA

FunctionSIX provides high-quality reference data and services globally. Clients use these to optimize their operating procedures, risk management and compliance with regulatory requirements.

FACTS AND FIGURES

Regulatory servicesBy offering regulatory data services, SIX helps its clients to meet fiscal and regulatory requirements. SIX therefore offers financial data on around 60 international and national regulations and laws.

Financial information

from 1,500 sources

worldwide

Data input e.g. reference, market and tax data

Data processinge.g. data cleansing, analysis and enhancement

Data delivery and integration e.g. as a data feed, file or on-screen

Data use e.g. financial analyses, risk management, investment advice and reporting

From source to client

Search engines SIX supplies the leading search engines with up-to-date financial data.

On global radio and TV every day The latest stock market data from SIX can be viewed or listened to each day on SRF for example.

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CASHLESS PAYMENT

SIX Payment Services provides banks and merchants with secure and innovative solutions along the entire value chain of cashless payments.

Mobile innovation2016 SIX established together with its partners Switzerland’s mobile payment solution. Send and request money or pay in shops and restaurants. It’s easy and secure by smartphone with the T WINT payment app.

Payment Risk Management The Payment Risk Management of SIX (PRISMA) offers a range of solutions and services to help issuers, acquirers and merchants to manage their fraud risk. Starting with real-time decision engines, SIX operates full transactional and cardholder behavioral profiling, monitoring risk levels and alerting clients when suspicious activity or events occur. Teams of fraud experts manage the entire fraud lifecycle on behalf of clients, working closely with them to minimize risk.

CHF 207 million is processed daily in credit and debit card transactions

Customers can make cashless payments at over operated by SIX

SIX Payment Services

SECURITY AND EFFICIENCY IN CASHLESS PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS

FACTS AND FIGURES

ATMs SIX operates and main- tains over 14,000 ATMs in Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria and Luxembourg meeting the strictest standards for security, stability and availability.

Processing debit and credit cards As one of Europe’s largest transaction processors, SIX supports financial institutions in processing their entire card portfolios.

Close to the client SIX demonstrates its client proximity by providing personal support and a needs-oriented service. For example: customer loyalty programs, dynamic curren-cy conversion at the point of sale, gift cards, etc.

Unattended points of sale Quick, simple and secure card payments are also avail- able at unstaffed points of sale – both indoors and out.

Online payments SIX offers flexible e-com-merce solutions – for both simple and sophisticated Web shops. Worldwide.

Issuer

International card organizations

Cardholder

Thanks to the seamless interaction between card issuers, the card organizations

responsible for the infrastructure, and SIX as a technology partner and often also as an

acquirer, cashless payments are fast, secure and convenient.

Payment solutions from a single source SIX offers tailor-made, comprehensive solutions for cashless payment transactions at the point of sale: card acceptance, payment processing, infrastructure and value- added services.

Acquirer

Merchant

239,000 terminals

Card-based purchase

Authorization &settlement

Authorization &settlement

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billion transactionsOverall, SIX processed around 3.6 billion transactions in its card business in 2016.

3.6

Transaction processing for customers in 33 countries

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