NYSE Euronext (NYX) (the “Company”) today announced that it priced an underwritten public offering of $850 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.000% Notes due 2017. NYSE Euronext intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund the purchase of certain of its outstanding $750 million 4.80% Notes due 2013 and €1 billion 5.375% Notes due 2015 in concurrent cash tender offers, for the payment of expenses in connection with these tender offers and for other general corporate purposes.
The joint book-running managers for the offering are BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Societe Generale. The offering is expected to close on October 5, 2012.