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RNS Number : 6364H  London Stock Exchange Group PLC  09 June 2026

9 June 2026

 

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE GROUP PLC

("LSEG" or the "Company")

Capital Reduction

LSEG announces that the reduction of capital approved by shareholders at the
Annual General Meeting of the Company held on 23 April 2026 (the Capital
Reduction) was on 2 June 2026 approved by the High Court of Justice of England
and Wales (the Court). The Court order approving the Capital Reduction, and a
statement of capital approved by the Court, have been registered with the
Registrar of Companies and accordingly the Capital Reduction has now become
effective.

 

The purpose of the Capital Reduction is to increase the amount of
distributable reserves available for the Company to provide flexibility for
future dividends and share buybacks. This has been effected by: (i) converting
part of the Company's merger relief reserve into share capital by issuing one
B ordinary share having a nominal value of £10,347 million (the Capital
Reduction Share) and then cancelling the Capital Reduction Share; and (ii)
cancelling the full amount standing to the credit of the Company's share
premium account (being £977,839,016.67). There is no change in the number of
the Company's ordinary shares in issue, or their nominal value, as a result of
the Capital Reduction.

 

 

Contacts

 

Investors

Peregrine Riviere / Chris Turner - Investor Relations

ir@lseg.com

 

Media

Lucie Holloway / Rhiannon Davies - External Communications

+44 (0) 20 7797 1222

newsroom@lseg.com

www.lseg.com

 

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