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Apr 04, 2012

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Zurich Financial Services AG: name change

Today, Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) announced that the name change from Zurich Financial Services AG to Zurich Insurance Group AG has been implemented after the entry in the commercial register of the Canton of Zurich has taken place. Beforehand, on March 29, 2012, the annual general meeting of the company passed the decision to change the name.

Accordingly, effective April 4, 2012, the names of the Eurex options (ZURN, ZURE), the Eurex stock futures contract (ZURF) and the Eurex dividend futures contract (Z2UR) on shares of this company will change as well. Product codes as well as product ISINs and the ISINs of the underlyings will remain unchanged.

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