ICE’s NYSE swoop creates derivatives giant
LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – IntercontinentalExchange Inc agreed as part of its $8. 2 billion takeover of NYSE Euronext to pay the New York Stock Exchange operator a termination fee of $750 million if it fails to gain antitrust clearances, suggesting a high level of confidence the deal will go through. Big Board parent NYSE could get out of the arrangement for a fee of $300 million if a sweeter deal were to come along, according to a regulatory filing on Friday. ICE failed last year to buy NYSE in a joint bid with Nasdaq OMX Group . . . .
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