ICE expected to close acquisition of Interactive Data Corp on 14 December 2015

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has announced it has received all required regulatory approvals and can, therefore, proceed with its purchase of Interactive Data Corporation, with completion expected on 14th December 2015. As we previously noted in October, ICE is buying the company from Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus for $5.2bn, so as to expand its services business and throw ICE, better known as a commodity futures exchange operator, deep into the market for pricing illiquid bonds.

ATLANTA & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE), the leading global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced it has received all required regulatory approvals and now expects to close the acquisition of Interactive Data Corporation (Interactive Data) on or around December 14, 2015.

ICE announced the planned acquisition on October 26, 2015. Interactive Data is one of the world’s leading providers of financial data and data services.

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SOURCE: Intercontinental Exchange

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