London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Mergent’s holding company (the “Transaction”). The Mergent business will form part of LSEG’s Information Services Division, which includes FTSE Russell, a global leader in indexes, and a range of real time and reference data products, such as SEDOL, UnaVista and RNS. Completion of the Transaction, which is expected to occur by 31 January 2017, is conditional on, among other things, expiration or termination of the waiting period under the US Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. The terms of the Transaction have not been disclosed.
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