On Friday, Deutsche Börse announced an unscheduled change to DAX. As a result of the expected merger of Linde AG and Praxair Inc. (ISIN US74005P1049), the Linde AG current share class (ISIN DE0006483001) in the index will be replaced with the tendered share class (ISIN DE000A2E4L75). These changes will become effective on 25 October 2017.

According to the Guide to the Equity Indices of Deutsche Börse, section 5.1.7 Conversion into Tendered Shares, this index change is implemented with two full trading days’ notice once an acceptance threshold of at least 50 percent is reached. The number of shares and the free float factor are set to be equal to the values of the current share class.

The next scheduled index review of the selection indices of Deutsche Börse is 5 December 2017.

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