Deutsche Boerse AG (DB1Gn.DE) and NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) on Tuesday unveiled a special dividend as a way of encouraging shareholders to approve a $10.2 billion deal between the New York and Frankfurt-based companies. Shareholders in a combined company are being offered a one-time dividend of 2 euros per share after the deal closes, the companies said in a joint statement. Deutsche Boerse shareholders have until July 13 to tender their shares, and shareholders in NYSE Euronext are set to vote on whether or not to create the world's largest exchange operator on July 7. <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Factboxes: The deal; hurdles Breakingviews Deal Calculator: Graphic-Exchanges compared r.reuters.com/gut87r Take-a-Look Reuters Insider on the deal link.reuters.com/qyj97r ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^>
NYSE Euronext is a global operator of financial markets and provider of trading technologies. Shares of NYX fell by 0.08% or $-0.03/share to $35.47. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $26.42 and as high as $41.60. On average, 5211800 shares of NYX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 3178959.
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