N05/21 - Resumption of trading of Swiss shares

1.        Stock Exchange Notice N08/19 informed market participants that, in order to comply with the Ordinance issued by Switzerland's State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) on 30 November 2018, London Stock Exchange ("the Exchange") would halt trading with effect from 1 July 2019 of equity securities issued by Swiss companies that had not provided issuer consent to be admitted to the Exchange.

2.        The Exchange is now recognised as a foreign trading venue pursuant to the Federal Council Ordinance of 30 November 2018, therefore, the trading of 204 Swiss equity securities will be reinstated for on Exchange trading with effect from the start of business on Thursday 4 February 2021.  These securities are all identified with the ISIN prefix "CH" denoting a Swiss registered or domiciled issuer and will be traded on the Exchange's MTF XLOM to allow member firms to meet their pre- and post-trade reporting obligations on Exchange.  Please see London Stock Exchange's Datasync reference service for full details of reinstated securities.

Claire Foster

Head of LSE Plc Regulation and Compliance

This Stock Exchange Notice will be available on the website at:

https://www.londonstockexchange.com/resources/london-stock-exchange-notices

Calls to London Stock Exchange plc may be recorded to enable London Stock Exchange to carry out its regulatory responsibilities