Bond Issue

RNS Number : 7755T

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

11 June 2009

 



NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN

11 June 2009

London Stock Exchange Group plc

Announces Bond Issue

London Stock Exchange Group plc ('the Group') announces the successful issue of £250,000,000 9.125 per cent. bonds due 18 October 2019 ('the Bond').

The proceeds will be used to refinance existing short-term borrowings and to extend the debt maturity profile of the Group.

Application will be made to the UK Listing Authority and London Stock Exchange to list and trade the Bond. 

The bookrunners of this issue are Barclays Capital and The Royal Bank of Scotland.

For further information, please contact:

London Stock Exchange Group plc

Simon Atkinson - Group Treasurer    020 7797 1950

Patrick Humphris - Media                   020 7797 1222

This document does not constitute or form part of any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for or purchase any securities in London Stock Exchange Group plc. 

None of the Bonds have been, or will be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the securities laws of any state in the United States. Absent registration under the act or an available exemption from registration, the Bonds may not be offered or sold in the United States. 

 

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