Usa, Ice launches 8,2 billion takeover bid on Nyse Euronext

The great maneuvers of the InterContinental Exchange (Ice) for the takeover of competitor Nyse Euronext, platform American that operates the New York Stock Exchange, the stock markets of Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Lisbon and the European derivatives market Liffe, is nearing its conclusion. 

Ice has in fact announced the launch of a friendly takeover offer on Nyse, in an operation agreed by the management of the two groups, for a total amount of 8,2 billion dollars, which will be paid partly in cash and partly in securities. At the end of the transaction, Nyse shareholders will hold approximately 36% of ICE shares. The first world operator in finance will come to life from the merger of the two groups.