LSE investors back Italian deal

Shareholders of the London Stock Exchange voted August 2007 to back its £1.6bn (€2.3bn) takeover of fellow stock market operator Borsa Italiana. The vote, at a special shareholder meeting, followed approval of the deal by Borsa Italiana investors a week earlier.

Borsa Italiana: Press Release, 8.8.07: Borsa Italiana's shareholders approved the amendments to Borsa Italiana’s bylaws required for the completion of the integration with London Stock Exchange http://www.borsaitaliana.it/borsaitaliana/ufficio-stampa/comunicati-stampa/2007/070808assemblea.en.htm

Website: Borsa Italiana http://www.borsaitaliana.it/homepage/homepage.en.htm

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