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RNS Number : 0927C
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
14 October 2020
NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN
PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION
WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OR
REGULATIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION
THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT AND NOT A CIRCULAR OR PROSPECTUS OR
EQUIVALENT DOCUMENT AND INVESTORS AND PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD
NOT MAKE ANY INVESTMENT DECISION ON THE BASIS OF ITS CONTENTS. A
CIRCULAR IN RELATION TO THE TRANSACTION REFERRED TO IN THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED TODAY.
14 October 2020
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC ("LSEG PLC")
PUBLICATION OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING
LSEG plc announced on 9 October 2020 that it had agreed to sell
its entire shareholding in London Stock Exchange Group Holding
Italia S.p.A. ("LSEG Italia") to Euronext N.V. (the "Transaction").
The Transaction constitutes a related party transaction for LSEG
plc under the Listing Rules and is conditional upon, amongst other
things, the approval of LSEG Shareholders.
LSEG plc has today published a shareholder circular in relation
to the Transaction (the "Circular") and has convened a general
meeting of LSEG plc's shareholders ("LSEG Shareholders") at 10.30
a.m. on 3 November 2020 at 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LS
(the "LSEG General Meeting") to consider and approve the
Transaction. A notice of the LSEG General Meeting is included in
the Circular and a form of proxy will be made available to LSEG
Shareholders. As a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the
legislative measures and associated guidance introduced by the UK
government in response, for the safety of LSEG Shareholders, our
employees, our advisers and the general public, the LSEG General
Meeting will be held as a closed meeting.
Attendance by LSEG Shareholders or their appointed proxies
(other than the Chair of the LSEG General Meeting) at the LSEG
General Meeting in person will not be possible. In order to ensure
that votes are counted, LSEG plc's board encourages LSEG
Shareholders to appoint the Chair of the LSEG General Meeting as
their proxy with their voting instructions. The appointment of a
person other than the Chair of the LSEG General Meeting as proxy
will not be valid, as that person will not be permitted to attend
the meeting in person to vote on the LSEG Shareholder's behalf.
If LSEG Shareholders have any questions for the Board in
relation to the Transaction before the LSEG General Meeting, these
can be sent by email to ir@lseg.com . The Board will endeavour to
answer the key themes of these questions as soon as
practicable.
The expected timetable of principal events in relation to the
LSEG General Meeting is as follows:
Event Expected time/date
Deadline for lodging Forms of Proxy/ CREST Proxy Instructions
10.30 a.m. on 30 October 2020
Voting Record Time 6.30 p.m. on 30 October 2020
LSEG General Meeting 10.30 a.m. on 3 November 2020
Availability of Circular
Copies of the Circular and certain other documents in relation
to the Transaction are available for inspection
on LSEG plc's website at www.lseg.com/investor-relations .
A copy of the Circular will also be submitted to the National
Storage Mechanism, where it will shortly be available for
inspection at
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .
LSEG Shareholders who have elected to receive printed
shareholder documents will receive, amongst other documents, a hard
copy of the Circular. Other LSEG Shareholders will be notified that
the Circular is available online.
LSEG plc shareholders who have elected not to receive hard
copies of LSEG Shareholder communications may request a hard copy
of the Circular and certain other documents in relation to the
Transaction by writing to LSEG plc's registrar, Equiniti, at Aspect
House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex, BN99 6DA, or by calling
Equiniti between 8.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. (London time), Monday to
Friday (excluding English and Welsh public holidays), on 0371 384
2544 from within the UK, or on +44 (0) 121 415 7047, if calling
from outside the UK. Calls from outside the UK will be charged at
the applicable international rate. Calls will be recorded and
monitored for training and security purposes. LSEG Shareholders
will need to provide their full name and the full address to which
the hard copy of the documents should be sent.
Enquiries
For further information, please contact:
London Stock Exchange Group plc
Gavin Sullivan, Lucie Holloway
(Media) +44 (0)20 7797 1222
Paul Froud (Investors) +44 (0)20 7797 3322
Goldman Sachs (Lead Financial Adviser to LSEG
plc)
FX de Mallmann, Mark Sorrell, James Lucas +44 (0)20 7774 1000
Morgan Stanley (Lead Financial Adviser to LSEG
plc)
Matthew Jarman, Vipin Chhajer, Duncan Williamson +44 (0)20 7425 8000
Robey Warshaw (Lead Financial Adviser to LSEG
plc)
Simon Robey, Philip Apostolides +44 (0)20 7317 3900
Barclays (Corporate Broker, Financial Adviser
and Sponsor to LSEG plc)
Andrew Tusa, Ben Plant, Hugh Moran + 44 (0)20 7623 2323
RBC Capital Markets (Corporate Broker to LSEG
plc)
Oliver Asplin Hearsey, Marcus Jackson +44 (0)20 7653 4000
Teneo (Communications Adviser to LSEG plc)
Lucas van Praag, Philip Gawith, Doug Campbell +44 (0)20 7420 3183
This announcement is made on behalf of LSEG plc by Lisa Condron,
the Group Company Secretary of LSEG plc.
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