Bidders exit US$11b bid for Nasdaq
By Michelle Chapman |
May 17, 2011, Tuesday
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NASDAQ and IntercontinentalExchange are withdrawing their proposed US$11 billion bid for the parent of the New York Stock Exchange after recognizing they would not receive regulatory approval for the transaction.
The decision clears the path for NYSE Euronext Inc to proceed with its previous US$10 billion deal to combine with the German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and IntercontinentalExchange Inc yesterday said they held unsuccessful talks with the antitrust division of the Justice Department about their joint bid for NYSE Euronext.
Nasdaq OMX CEO Bob Greifeld said in a statement that the companies had offered a variety of "substantial remedies" to try to secure regulatory approval, including the sale of the NYSE Self-Regulatory Organization and its related businesses.
"While we are surprised and disappointed in the antitrust division's conclusion, some of the uncertainty, at least as it relates to our joint proposal, has been resolved," he said.
The announcement comes one week after Nasdaq and ICE reached out directly to NYSE Euronext shareholders, issuing a letter saying that the NYSE Euronext board was rushing a vote without exploring better alternatives.
The board had twice rejected the Nasdaq and ICE bid in favor of the Deutsche Boerse offer.
The decision clears the path for NYSE Euronext Inc to proceed with its previous US$10 billion deal to combine with the German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse.
Nasdaq OMX Group Inc and IntercontinentalExchange Inc yesterday said they held unsuccessful talks with the antitrust division of the Justice Department about their joint bid for NYSE Euronext.
Nasdaq OMX CEO Bob Greifeld said in a statement that the companies had offered a variety of "substantial remedies" to try to secure regulatory approval, including the sale of the NYSE Self-Regulatory Organization and its related businesses.
"While we are surprised and disappointed in the antitrust division's conclusion, some of the uncertainty, at least as it relates to our joint proposal, has been resolved," he said.
The announcement comes one week after Nasdaq and ICE reached out directly to NYSE Euronext shareholders, issuing a letter saying that the NYSE Euronext board was rushing a vote without exploring better alternatives.
The board had twice rejected the Nasdaq and ICE bid in favor of the Deutsche Boerse offer.
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