InterContinental Exchange is buying NYSE Euronext in an $8 billion deal.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The NYSE lists shares of most of the nation's leading companies, and its trading floor is the very symbol of Wall Street.
In a deal announced Thursday, IntercontinentalExchange will pay $33.12 a share for NYSE Euronext, a premium of 38% over its closing price Wednesday.
Trading stocks has been overshadowed in recent years by the growing importance of derivatives and options. Atlanta-based ICE, which operates commodities and derivatives markets around the world, has a larger market value than NYSE Euronext, even though it is not as well known by the general public.
Shares of NYSE Euronext (NYX) shot up 21% in premarket trading Thursday, while shares of ICE (ICE) were up 1% in premarket trading Thursday.
The new combined company will have dual headquarters in New York and Atlanta.
ICE intends to spin off many of the European operations through a Euronext initial public offering, assuming that market conditions and European policy makers support such a move. But it will keep the NYSE Liffe market in London, which is a leading market for derivatives products.
ICE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Sprecher will keep his roles in the new company, while NYSE Euronext chairman and CEO Duncan Niederauer will be president of the company.
Two-thirds of the purchase will be paid in stock and one third in cash. NYSE Euronext shareholders will hold 36% of the stock in the new combined company after it closes. The deal is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval, but was unanimously endorsed by the boards of both companies.
In April 2011 ICE joined with NASDAQ OMX Group (NDAQ) to make a joint $11 billion hostile bid for NYSE Euronext. But NYSE Euronext rebuffed the offer, preferring to merge with Deutsche Bourse, the German stock Exchange.
ICE and NASDAQ had to drop that effort when the potential deal was blocked by the U.S. Justice Department on anti-trust grounds. European regulators eventually blocked the deal with Deutsche Bourse as well, leaving NYSE Euronext still looking for a partner.
First Published: December 20, 2012: 8:37 AM ET
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