SIX Digital Exchange Receives FINMA Approval to Merge with Traditional CSD

FINMA, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, approved SIX's plan to merge its digital central securities depository, SIX Digital Exchange, into its traditional CSD, SIX SIS, on or before May 9, 2026. The merger consolidates digital and traditional securities infrastructure within a single legal entity, unifying asset services under SIX SIS.

FINMA regulatory approval

• ▪SIX received approval from FINMA to merge SIX Digital Exchange into SIX SIS on or before May 9, 2026.
• ▪The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) approved SIX's merger of its digital central securities depository into SIX SIS.

Digital-traditional CSD merger

• ▪The merger of SIX Digital Exchange into SIX SIS consolidates digital and traditional asset services within a single legal entity.
• ▪SIX's digital central securities depository is being merged into SIX SIS.

SIX Digital Exchange consolidation

• ▪SIX Digital Exchange is SIX's digital central securities depository.
• ▪SIX Digital Exchange is being consolidated into SIX SIS as part of the merger.

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