Notice of EGM

London Stock Exchange Plc
21 March 2006

21 March 2006


London Stock Exchange plc


Notice of Court Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting on 19 April 2006
relating to proposed return of capital


Further to the announcement of 7 March 2006 which set out the proposed return to
shareholders of approximately £510 million, the Board of London Stock Exchange
plc ("Exchange") has today posted a Circular to shareholders containing details
of the return and giving notice of a Court meeting and Extraordinary General
Meeting to approve the proposals, both of which are to be held at JPMorgan
Cazenove's offices at 20 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6DA on 19 April 2006 commencing
at 9.30am.


A copy of the Circular has been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and will
shortly be available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
Tel. No. (0)20 7066 1000



A copy of the Circular is also available on the Exchange's website at http://
www.londonstockexchange-ir.com/lse/finperformance/reports/results/egm2103/
egm210306.pdf



JPMorgan Cazenove Limited, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively as financial adviser and
broker for London Stock Exchange and for no one else in connection with the
return and will not be responsible to any person other than London Stock
Exchange for providing the protections afforded to its customers or for giving
advice in relation to the return or the matters contemplated by this
announcement.



Further information is available from:


London Stock Exchange       John Wallace - Media                  020 7797 1222

                            Paul Froud - Investor Relations       020 7797 3322


JPMorgan Cazenove           Christopher Smith                     020 7588 2828
                            Richard Locke






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