LSE fends off Nasdaq bid

In another attempt to fend off the unfriendly takeover by US-exchange Nasdaq, the London Stock Exchange (LSE) announced yesterday that it would buy back as much as £250 million (or $493 million) in shares this year. LSE also released a document on Thursday which stated that Nasdaq's offer would only be the 20.7 times equivalent of LSE's prospected benefit for 2007. Nasdaq, however, projects a less optimistic revenue forcast for LSE as the exchange would suffer the impact from project 'Turquoise'. 'Turquoise' is the initiative of seven global investment banks to underbid LSE's trading fees by a minimum of 50 percent. LSE did not agree with this bleak forcast saying that 'Turquoise' has already been preceded by eight similar initiatives within the last seven years.

Source: Neue Zürcher Zeitung


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