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Additional legal notes on the information portal "SWX marketpulse"

1. No guarantee of the functionality of the information portal

The information portal is a free service of SWX Swiss Exchange Ltd. Accordingly, SWX Swiss Exchange Ltd assumes no liability as to the functionality of the information portal. This includes the completeness, correctness and reliability of alert services and other services.

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SWX Swiss Exchange Ltd treats all data transmitted by the user as confidential and will not make it available to third parties. However, it does not guarantee data security and assumes no liability for security-related damages.

3. Use of user data

The data transmitted by the user is used by SWX Swiss Exchange Ltd solely for the purposes of providing services relating to the information portal and of producing internal statistics.

4. No investment advice

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The news delivered by AWP and its partner agencies may be used only for non-commercial purposes. In particular, news and news excerpts must not be copied, reproduced, distributed, made available to third parties or stored in any way.

All news provided by AWP and its partner agencies is compiled with journalistic care. AWP assumes no liability for delays, errors, mistakes or omissions.

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SWX Swiss Exchange Ltd was licensed by FTSE International Limited ("FTSE") to publish the FTSE Indices. FTSE assumes no liability for any errors or omissions in the FTSE Indices. The FTSE Indices are calculated according to a standardised set of basic rules that were drawn up by FTSE in cooperation with the Institute of Actuaries and the Faculty of Actuaries. All property rights to the index components and related indices belong to FTSE International Limited or its licensors.

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10. Nikkei Indices

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Last update: June 2008.



  
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