/Mergers and acquisitions
At the Court Meeting and the London Stock Exchange Group plc ("LSEG") General Meeting held earlier today in connection with the recommended all-share merger between LSEG and Deutsche Börse AG ("Deutsche Börse") (the "Merger"), to be implemented through a new UK TopCo holding company ("HoldCo") which will acquire LSEG by way of a scheme of arrangement of LSEG under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Scheme") and will acquire Deutsche Börse (the "Deutsche Börse Acquisition") by making a securities exchange offer to all shareholders of Deutsche Börse, the LSEG Shareholders approved all the resolutions proposed at both meetings by the requisite majorities.