Proposed Acquisition by London Stock Exchange Group plc of Refinitiv Holdings Limited

Competition Law Case Proposed Acquisition by London Stock Exchange Group plc of Refinitiv Holdings Limited
Parties Involved
  • London Stock Exchange plc
  • Refinitiv Holdings Limited
Focus of Commitments/ Remedies

The commitments address the concern that the merged entity may foreclose its downstream rivals in clearing and/or index licensing services by either refusing access to its WM/Reuters foreign exchange benchmarks or adopting discriminatory pricing practices for its WM/Reuters foreign exchange benchmarks against competing clearing services and/or index licensing providers.

* Please direct any complaint in relation to non-compliance of the commitments to the appointed Monitoring Trustee, ALCIS Advisers GmbH, via david.cayet@alcis-advisers.com; and ulrich.puls@alcis-advisers.com

Start Date of Commitments/ Remedies 24 May 2021
End Date of Commitments/ Remedies 23 May 2031