REG - LondonStockExGroup - Completion of off-market purchase

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08/03/2024 15:15

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RNS Number : 2102G  London Stock Exchange Group PLC  08 March 2024

London Stock Exchange Group plc

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8 March 2024

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Completion of off-market purchase

Further to its announcement on 6 March 2024, London Stock Exchange Group plc
("LSEG" or the "Company") today announces that it has completed the off-market
purchase of 162,651 voting ordinary shares and 5,444,527 limited-voting
ordinary shares of 6(79/86) pence each of the Company (the "Off-Market
Purchase") in aggregate from York Holdings II Limited ("York Holdings II") and
York Holdings III Limited ("York Holdings III") (entities owned by BCP York
Holdings (Delaware) L.P. ("BCP York") (an entity owned by a consortium of
certain investment funds affiliated with Blackstone Inc. and including an
affiliate of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, an affiliate of GIC Special
Investments Pte. Ltd. and certain other co-investors), Thomson Reuters and
certain other minority holders) (BCP York, York Holdings II and York Holdings
III together, the "Consortium"). The ordinary voting shares purchased by the
Company will be held in treasury and the limited-voting ordinary shares will
be cancelled.

Following completion of the Off-Market Purchase, LSEG confirms that its share
capital consists of: (i) 520,422,421 voting ordinary shares of 6(79/86) pence
each (excluding treasury shares), which carry one vote each; and
(ii) 15,179,384 limited-voting ordinary shares of 6(79/86) pence each, which
carry one-tenth of a vote each. LSEG holds 7,795,384 of its voting ordinary
shares in treasury. Therefore, the total number of voting rights in LSEG on 8
March 2024 is 521,940,359.  This figure for the total number of voting rights
may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the
denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are
required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. As
previously indicated by the Company, the Company expects to execute up to £1
billion of share buybacks during 2024.

 

 

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