NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Borse mull merger
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The New York Stock Exchange Euronext and Deutsche Borse announced Wednesday that the two bourses are in discussions for a merger. The disclosure came a day after a similar announcement that surprised the global business community was made by the London Stock Exchange and Canada’s TMX Group.
The planned NYSE-Deutsche Borse merger would result to the creation of the world’s largest stock exchange with a combined value of $25.7 billion. Deutsche Borse has an estimated value of $15.6 billion (EUR 11.4 billion), while NYSE’s value is placed at $10.1 billion.
The earlier announced LSE-TMX merger has a lower combined value of $6.86 billion.
NYSE and Deutsche Borse together account for 28 percent of the global stock market value.
With the corporate marriage, NYSE Euronext Chief Executive Officer Duncan Niederauer will keep his post as CEO, while Deutsche Borse Chief Executive Officer Reto Francioni will become the chairman of the merged bourses.
The Frankfurt-based stock exchange is expected to own 60 percent of the merged stock exchange. However, there would be equal seats on the executive committee and the headquarters will be both in New York and Frankfurt.
The corporate merger will unite equity and derivatives platform from the U.S. and Europe. But it would be subject to approval by regulatory agencies in both countries and could face objections from antitrust authorities over lack of competition in fees charged to conduct transactions.
The boards of the two bourses are planning to meet soon to vote on the merger. This is Deutsche Borse’s third attempt to buy-in NYSE Euronext. The German exchange operator initiated a study on the buy-out in 2008 and held a second round of talks with NYSE officials in 2009.
Deutsche Borse previously eyed a merge with the LSE, which was also the target of Nasdaq, Euronext and Macquarie Group.
The shares of both bourses went up following the announcement. NYSE Euronext stocks grew 14 percent to $38 at 4 p.m. in New York, while Deutsche Borse went up 1.7 percent to $80.13 (EUR 58.44).
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