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08/2008Entry into force of two new provisions in the Listing Rules 01.09.200814.07.2008-
06/2008Listing of derivatives whose underlying instruments have not been approved by the SFBC for public distribution in Switzerland -30.05.2008-
01/2008Disclosure of shareholdings for issuers whose shares are listed in the «EU-compatible» segment of SWX / Abrogation without replacement of Art. 28 para. 1 AR EU 01.03.200801.02.2008-
12/2007Directive on the Presentation of a Complex Financial History in the Listing Prospectus (DCFH) 01.01.200815.11.2007-
11/2007 Partial revision of the List of Charges
New charges for equity securities in the SWX "EU-Compatible" Segment
01.12.200701.11.2007-
05/2007 Restructuring of the SMI ® / Trading in shares included in the new SLI Swiss Leader Index ® (SLI ® ) on virt-x
24.09.200720.08.2007-
04/2007Listing of dynamic certificates with discretionary management (Actively Managed Certificates) -26.06.2007-
03/2007Recognition of equivalence by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) with regard to the rules governing the SWX "EU-Compatible" Segment -15.06.2007-
02/2007 - Recognition of equivalence by the Financial Services Authority (FSA)
- Entry into force of the rules and regulations for the SWX "EU-Compatible" Segment
20.01.200719.01.2007-
01/2007Additional Rules for the Listing of Global Depositary Receipts ("AR GDR") 15.02.200719.01.2007-
17/2006 Amendments to the rules and regulations for the SIX Swiss Exchange "EU-Compatible" Segment in the context of the EU Transparency Directive 20.01.200721.12.2006-
16/2006 Amendment of the Additional Rules for the Listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange "EU-Compatible" Segment and the Directive on the Procedure for the Listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange "EU-Compatible" Segment20.01.200721.12.2006-
15/2006 Adaptation of rules in view of the 1 January 2007 entry into force of the Federal Act on Collective Investment Schemes (CISA) 01.01.200719.12.2006-
14/2006 Admission Board Circular No. 1 on Reporting Obligations regarding the Maintenance of Listing (Arts. 64-75 LR) 01.01.200719.12.2006-
13/2006 Abrogation of Art. 17 in fine of the Additional Rules for the Listing of Bonds 01.01.200714.12.2006-
12/2006 Amendment of the Directive on Applicable Law and Place of Jurisdiction for Debt Securities and the Directive on Guarantee Commitments 01.01.200714.12.2006-
11/2006 Revision of the Directive on Requirements for Financial Reporting (DFR) 01.01.200704.12.2006-
10/2006 Areas of focus in the review of the annual reports for 2006 and interim financial reports for 2007 -20.11.2006-
09/2006 Update of Admission Board Circular No. 6 concerning International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) -20.11.2006-
08/2006 New SWX Swiss Exchange Rules of Procedure (RP) 01.01.200720.11.2006-
07/2006 Allocation of trading in all derivatives from the SWX Swiss Exchange to Alex Exchange Switzerland Ltd. 01.01.200713.11.2006-
06/2006 Main focus for the review of the annual reports for 2006 and 2006/2007 in terms of compliance with the Directive on Information relating to Corporate Governance -25.09.2006-
04/2006 Changes to the Directive on Information Relating to Corporate Governance (DCG) 01.01.200728.07.2006-
02/2006 Increase of the number of trading currencies for debt securities at the SWX Swiss Exchange-12.01.2006-
13/2005 Areas of focus in the review of 2005 (or 2005/2006) annual reports -21.11.2005-
12/2005 Update of the Admission Board Circular No. 6 concerning International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) -21.11.2005-
11/2005 Partial revision of the List of Charges.
New charges for equity securities on the SIX Swiss Exchange "EU-Compatible" Segment
01.11.200518.10.2005-
10/2005 Partial revision of the Rules for the Admission of International Bonds to Trading on the SWX Swiss Exchange01.08.200502.08.2005-
08/2005 Additional trading currencies for debt securities on the SWX Swiss Exchange04.07.200504.07.2005-
07/2005 Rules for the Listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange "EU-Compatible" Segment01.07.200515.06.2005-
06/2005 Rules for the admission of equity securities to trading in the
SWX Swiss Exchange - Sponsored Segment
01.07.200506.06.2005-
05/2005 Partial revision of the List of Charges
New fee structure for derivatives
01.07.200517.05.2005-
03/2005 Addition to the directive on financial reporting requirements
Recognition of further accounting standards
21.03.200518.04.2005-
02/2005 Management transactions: New Art. 74a and Art. 81 point 7 LR
New Directive on the disclosure of management transactions
01.07.200507.03.2005-
01/2005 Ad hoc Publicity: Revision of Art. 72 LR 01.07.200510.01.2005-
15/2004 Duty of the Issuer to Provide Information:
Emendation of Art. 4 LR; Repeal of Art. 74 LR; Adjustement of Art. 81 LR
01.01.200506.12.2004-
14/2004Future areas of focus in the review of 2004 (or 2004/2005) annual reports-22.11.2004-
13/2004 Update of the Admission Board Circular No. 6 concerning International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) -22.11.2004-
12/2004 Partial revision of the List of Charges
New charges for bonds
01.02.200515.11.2004-
11/2004 Additional Rules for the Listing of Bonds (new)
Directive on Applicable Law and Place of Jurisdiction for Debt Securities (total revision)
Directive on Guarantee Commitments (partial revision)
Admission Board Circular No. 10 on First listing of bonds previously listed abroad (new)
Listing of bonds denominated in foreign currencies
01.02.200515.11.2004-
10/2004 Electronic publication of notices for all debt securities
Revised Admission Board Circular No. 8 on the listing of standard warrants, dated 10 February 2003
New Admission Board Circular No. 9 on the electronic publication of listing notices and subsequent publications for debt securities, dated 16 August 2004
Formal abrogation of Admission Board Communiqué No. 16/2003 of 13 October 2003 on expanded possibilities for electronic publication of notices
-30.08.2004-
06/2004New helpdesk numbers for the Admission Division-29.03.2004-
05/2004Directive on Requirements for Financial Reporting01.01.200522.03.2004-
04/2004 Partial revision of the Listing Rules and the Additional Rules for Listing in the Segment SIX Swiss Exchange Local Caps:
Repeal of the Additional Rules for Listing on the SWX New Market
Issue of the Directive on Exemptions regarding Duration of Existence of the Issuer (Track Record)
Amendment of the Directive on Lock-up Obligations (Lock-up Agreements)
Repeal of the Directive on Market Making in the SWX New Market
01.04.200408.03.2004-
02/2004Admission Board Circular No. 1 - Reporting obligations regarding the maintenance of listing01.02.200419.01.2004-
23/2003 Admission Division: Organisation and contacts -22.12.2003-
22/2003 Future areas of focus re review of 2003 annual reports -15.12.2003-
21/2003 Update of the Admission Board Circular No. 6 concerning International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) -01.02.2003-
20/2003 Directive on Lodging a Listing Application 01.01.200424.11.2003-
19/2003 Additional obligations for issuers of derivatives with path-dependent structures.
(Replaces Admission Board Communiqué No. 17/2000 of 18 December 2000)
-24.11.2003-
18/2003 New List of Charges 01.01.200424.11.2003-
17/2003 Foreign-currency and multi-currency trading in the investment company and real estate company segments
(This Communiqué replaces Admission Board Communiqués No. 7/2000 of 22 May 2000 and No. 10/2001 of 9 July 2001, which no longer apply.)
-10.11.2003-
16/2003 Standard warrants:
Expanded possibilities for electronic publication of notices
10.11.200313.10.2003-
13/2003 Derivatives with a short term to expiry:
Provisional admission to trading and listing. Clarification of practice
-18.08.2003-
11/2003 Changed procedure: New forms for the provisional admission to trading of bonds and structured bonds. 01.08.200323.06.2003-
09/2003 New deadlines for publishing and submitting annual and interim financial reports. 01.01.200516.06.2003-
08/2003 Guarantee of confidentiality during ongoing listing procedure -30.05.2003-
07/2003 Directive on Debt Securities Subject to Foreign Law:
Broadening of exemption parameters
-26.05.2003-
06/2003 Reporting obligation regarding the amount of outstanding warrants:
Amendment of the reporting obligations regarding the maintenance of listing pursuant to Admission Board Circular No. 1
-24.03.2003-
05/2003 Partial revision of the List of Charges: New fee structure for derivatives. -24.05.2003-
04/2003 Directive on the Listing of Standard Warrants: Scheme E and Scheme F in the Annex to the Listing Rules. Admission Board Circular No. 8 on the Listing of Standard Warrants. -10.02.2003-
03/2003 Partial revision of the Listing Rules -10.02.2003-
02/2003 IFRS or US GAAP for main trading segment of SWX01.01.200510.02.2003-
01/2003 Admission procedure for separate trading lines
(Admission Board Circular No. 7)
-01.02.2003-
17/2002 Amendment of the Internal Regulations of the Admission Board -19.12.2002-
16/2002 Charges in connection with the listing of investment funds (Exchange Traded Funds, ETFs) on SWX Swiss Exchange-19.12.2002-
15/2002 Directive on the publication of additional financial figures in the listing prospectus -19.12.2002-
14/2002 Rules for trading in delisted bonds at the SWX Swiss Exchange-19.12.2002-
13/2002 Practice with regard to enforcement of financial reporting regulations 01.01.200325.11.2002-
12/2002 Application of accounting standards in interim financial reports 01.01.200325.11.2002-
10/2002 Changed procedure: New forms for the provisional admission to trading of derivatives -16.09.2002-
09/2002 Recognition of: Stock Exchanges of Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Bayerische Börse and Baden-Württemberg as primary exchanges pursuant to the Rules for the Admission of International Bonds to Trading on the SWX Swiss Exchange-17.06.2002-
08/2002 Directive on Information Relating to Corporate Governance (Corporate Governance Directive, DCG) -17.06.2002-
07/2002 Additional Rules for the Listing of Investment Funds:
Admission Board Circular No. 5 concerning reporting obligations regarding the maintenance of listing of investment funds.
-03.06.2002-
06/2002 Specification of practice pertaining to guarantee commitments:
Alternative place of jurisdiction for bonds within the framework of an issuance programme subject to foreign law
-13.05.2002-
05/2002 Admission Board Circular No. 4 on reporting obligations of issuers with secondary listings -13.05.2002-
03/2002 Trading of derivative products in GBP on the SWX Swiss Exchange-11.03.2002-
01/2002 Treatment of start-up costs, costs incurred in connection with a capital increase and organisation costs under IAS 38 as well as disclosure of related party transactions for investment companies -18.02.2002-
15/2001 Directive on the Listing of Foreign Companies 01.11.200103.09.2001-
14/2001 Charges in connection with the listing of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) on the SWX Swiss Exchange-16.07.2001-
13/2001 Trading in derivative products in JPY on the SWX Swiss Exchange-16.07.2001-
12/2001 Listing of open-end certificates -16.07.2001-
10/2001 Multi-currency trading in the Investment Companies segment -09.07.2001-
09/2001 Additional Rules for the Listing of Real Estate Companies: List of issuers -14.05.2001-
08/2001 Key issues and cases in 2000 of the panel of experts for financial reporting issues -14.05.2001-
07/2001 Rules for the Admission of International Bonds to Trading on the SWX Swiss Exchange (formerly: Rules for Admission of Eurobonds to Trading on the Swiss Exchange SWX ("Eurobond rules") 01.05.200102.04.2001-
06/2001 Additional Rules for the Listing of Real-Estate Companies 01.05.200102.04.2001-
05/2001 New edition of the "Admission of Securities" manual -02.04.2001-
03/2001 Segment SIX Swiss Exchange Local Caps-05.02.2001-
02/2001 Admission Board Circular No. 3 / Listing procedure for equity securities -05.02.2001-
01/2001 Partial revision of the Listing Rules of 24 January 1996 / Supplementary adjustment in the line with the Prospectus Directive of the European Union -22.01.2001-
21/2000 FER 16 - Clarity with regard to contribution-based employee benefits and the capitalisation of surpluses -18.12.2000-
20/2000 Recognition of foreign accounting standards pursuant to Art. 70 of the Listing Rules -18.12.2000-
18/2000 Certification by the auditing bodies pursuant to Art. 71 of the Listing Rules -18.12.2000-
17/2000 Knock-out options / Additional formal undertakings on the part of issuers in the context of the listing procedure -18.12.2000-
16/2000 Directive on market making in SWX New Market 01.02.200118.12.2000-
15/2000 Directvie on lock-up obligations ("lock-up agreements") 01.02.200118.12.2000-
14/2000 List of charges relating to the Listing Rules / Directive for the delisting of securities -18.12.2000-
13/2000 Sanctions against SIP, société genevoise d'instruments de physique, Satigny -30.10.2000-
12/2000 Formal recognition of the Stock Exchanges of Helsinki, Lisbon, Stockholm and Vienna as primary exchanges for the trading of Eurobonds at the SWX-23.10.2000-
11/2000 New supplementary rules for the listing on the segment SIX Swiss Exchange Local Caps (formerly Secondary Market) -23.10.2000-
10/2000 Re-depositing of Swiss certificates of US and Canadian shares (registered in the name of SNOC Swiss Nominee Company) as of 30 September 2000 -28.08.2000-
08/2000 Change in practice pertaining to listing of issues governed by foreign law -24.07.2000-
07/2000 Foreign-currency-based trading in the investment company segment -22.05.2000-
06/2000 Partial Revision of the Listing Rules, Directive for the Listing of Derivatives, Directive for the Enforcement of Financial Reporting Regulations and the Registration of Auditing Bodies -15.05.2000-
04/2000 Listing of derivatives subject to foreign law (issue programme) -15.02.2000-
03/2000 Listing of bonds denominated in US dollars or euros -15.02.2000-
02/2000 Enforcement of the accounting provisions as laid down in Art. 64 ff. of the Listing Rules -24.01.2000-
01/2000 Trading in derivative products in USD and EUR on the SWX Swiss Exchange-17.01.2000-
11/1999 Listing of "Certificates" on the SWX Swiss Exchange-20.12.1999-
09/1999 Issuers Division - Organisation and Contact Personnel -22.11.1999-
08/1999SWX New Market - Practice regarding contents of listing prospectus and publication of quaterly reports -22.11.1999-
07/1999 Partial Revision on the Listing Rules of 24 January 1996 -11.10.1999-
06/1999 Soliciting Members' comments; Partial revision of the SWX Listing Rules of 24 January 1996 -06.08.1999-
05/1999 AEX-Effectenbeurs and Bourse de Paris as Primary Exchanges for Trading Eurobonds at SWX-24.06.1999-
04/1999 Members of the Admission Board -14.06.1999-
03/1999 Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse as a Primary Exchange for Trading Eurobonds at SWX-09.02.1999-
02/1999 Confirmation of Practice Regarding the Listing of Securities Subject to Foreign Law -09.02.1999-
01/1999 Listing of "Debut Tranches" Issued under EMTN Programmes on the SWX-09.02.1999-
06/1998Fax and Phone Numbers of the SWX Listing Division-20.11.1998-