Posting of Shareholder Circular and Offer Document

RNS Number : 5327Z

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

16 March 2012

 



 NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO THE SAME WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION

For immediate release

16 March 2012

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC POSTS SHAREHOLDER CIRCULAR AND OFFER DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF A MAJORITY STAKE IN LCH.CLEARNET GROUP LIMITED

Further to the announcement made by London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") and LCH.Clearnet Group Limited ("LCH.Clearnet") on 9 March 2012, LSEG announces that its shareholder circular (the "Circular") relating to the proposed acquisition of a majority stake in LCH.Clearnet (the "Transaction") will be posted to LSEG's shareholders today. LSEG also announces that the LSEG offer document relating to the Transaction will be posted to LCH.Clearnet shareholders today.

The Circular contains a notice convening a general meeting of LSEG shareholders to approve the proposed acquisition (the "General Meeting"). The General Meeting will be held at 9:30 am on 03 April 2012 at the offices of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HT. Shareholders may appoint a proxy by completing the form of proxy enclosed with the Circular. Alternatively, shareholders may register their proxy appointment electronically. The procedures and timings for the appointment of a proxy are set out in the notes to the notice of the General Meeting on pages 167 to 169 of the Circular.

The Circular is available for viewing on the investor relations section of LSEG's website at http://www.londonstockexchangegroup.com/investor-relations/investor-relations.htm. A copy of the Circular will also be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

For further information please contact:

London Stock Exchange Group
Victoria Brough (Media)	[phone]
Paul Froud (Investor Relations)	[phone]

Notes to Editors

About London Stock Exchange Group:

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world's financial community. The Group operates a broad range of international equity, bond and derivatives markets, including London Stock Exchange; Borsa Italiana; MTS, Europe's leading fixed income market; and Turquoise, offering UK and Russian derivatives trading, pan-European and US lit and dark equity trading. Through its markets, the Group offers international business unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets.

The Group is a leading developer of high performance trading platforms and capital markets software and also offers its customers around the world access and an extensive range of real-time and reference data products and market-leading post-trade services. The Group is also home to a world leading index provider FTSE, which creates and manages of over 200,000 equity, bond and alternative asset class indices.

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom with significant operations in Italy and Sri Lanka, the Group employs around 1,900 people.

Further information on London Stock Exchange Group can be found at: http://www.londonstockexchangegroup.com/ 

 

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