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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

LCH.Clearnet to raise 300 million stg, Nasdaq to up stake - report, (NASDAQ: NDAQ)

LCH.Clearnet will raise 300 million pounds ($454 million) through a capital raising in the coming days that is expected to see exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group raise its minority stake in the trans-Atlantic clearing house, Sky News reported on Wednesday. LCH Clearnet is in advanced stages of finalising the fund-raising as part of a takeover deal by the London Stock Exchange Group, Sky News said on its website.The LSE plans to pay 366 million euros ($479.8 million) for 60 percent of LCH, which as a clearing house makes its money by acting as a middle man in financial trades and guaranteeing to complete deals if one of the parties involved can't.The deal offers the LSE diversification from its equities base into the many debt and currency markets in which LCH operates, but the exchange has already cut its offer price after estimating that regulatory demands could require LCH to raise 300 million euros in additional capital this year.The two parties last month set a deadline giving themselves until Thursday to finalise detailed terms of a deal and Sky News said the companies are on the brink of an agreement even though they could still miss the deadline.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ OMX) is a holding company. Shares of NDAQ traded higher by 1.08% or $0.34/share to $31.79. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $21.03 and as high as $32.15. On average, 1637450 shares of NDAQ exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1015858.



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