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Actelion to join the SMI (Swiss Market Index)

10 Jul 2008 - Actelion Ltd announced that the Management Committee of the SWX Swiss Exchange has decided to add Actelion shares to the Swiss Market Index SMI®. Actelion shares will trade for the first time as part of the SMI on Monday, 22nd September 2008, when the SMI basket adjustment will take place.
 
As a blue-chip index, the SMI is Switzerland's key equity index. It represents about 85% of the free-float capitalization of the Swiss equity market. The SMI comprises the 20 largest and most liquid equities of the SPI® (Swiss Performance Index®). Since the SMI is considered to be a mirror of the overall Swiss stock market, it is used as the underlying index for numerous derivative financial instruments such as options, futures and index funds (e.g. ETFs).