NYSE Group

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NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: [NYX]) is a for-profit corporation that operates multiple stock exchanges, most notably the New York Stock Exchange (the "Big Board") and NYSE Arca (formerly known as ArcaEx).

NYSE completed its acquisition of Archipelago Holdings via reverse takeover on March 7, 2006 in a 10 billion USD deal to create the NYSE Group. The NYSE Group became a for-profit corporation and began trading publicly on its own stock exchange on March 8, 2006 under the NYX ticker. Owners of the 1,366 NYSE seats received 80,177 shares of NYSE Group stock plus US$300,000 in cash and US$70,571 in dividends.

Contents

1 Possible merger with Euronext
2 Locations
3 References
4 External links

Possible merger with Euronext

Due to apparent moves by NASDAQ to acquire the London Stock Exchange, NYSE Group offered 8 billion euros ($10.2b) in cash and shares for Euronext on May 22, 2006, outbidding a rival offer for the European Stock exchange operator from Germany's Deutsche Börse, the German stock market. Contrary to statements that it would not raise its bid, on May 23, 2006, Deutsche Börse unveiled a merger bid for Euronext, valuing the pan-European exchange at US$11 billion (€8.6bn), €600 million over NYSE Group's initial bid. Despite this, NYSE Group and Euronext penned a merger agreement, subject to shareholder vote and regulatory approval. The initial regulatory response by SEC chief Christopher Cox (who was coordinating heavily with European counterparts) was positive, with an expected approval by the end of 2007. The new firm, tentatively dubbed NYSE Euronext, would be headquartered in New York City, with European operations and its trading platform run out of Paris. NYSE CEO John Thain, who would head NYSE Euronext, intends to use the combination to form the world's first global stock market, with continuous trading of stocks and derivatives over a 21-hour time span. In addition, the two exchanges hope to add Borsa Italiana (the Milan stock exchange) into the grouping.

Locations

Below is a list of major NYSE Group locations (including Euronext):

New York, New York (NYSE)
Chicago, Illinois (NYSE Arca)
London, United Kingdom (Euronext.liffe)
Paris, France (Euronext Paris)
Brussels, Belgium (Euronext Brussels)
Lisbon, Portugal (Euronext Lisbon)
Amsterdam, Netherlands (Euronext Amsterdam)

References

External links

[NYSE Arca]
["NYSE gets final approval to buy Archipelago"], Yahoo! news, 2006-02-28
["NYSE stock soars 25 per cent after it goes public for first time in 214 years"], CBC News, 2006-03-08
["NY Stock Exchange to ring bells as goes public"], Reuters, 2006-03-08

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