In the context of the European Commission’s Phase II review, London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG) confirms that it has commenced exploratory discussions which may result in a sale of LSEG’s interest in MTS or potentially the Borsa Italiana group as a whole. There can be no certainty that LSEG will decide to proceed with a transaction relating to either of these businesses.
LSEG also confirms today that the United States Department of Justice has closed its antitrust investigation of the transaction without remedies. LSEG has received a number of other antitrust and foreign investment approvals and continues to make progress in relation to the remaining clearances and approvals upon which the Transaction is also conditional. LSEG expects to close the Refinitiv transaction by the end of 2020 or early in 2021.
