M&A Activity • Dec 20, 2012
M&A Activity
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ATLANTA, NEW YORK et PARIS, le 20 décembre 2012 – IntercontinentalExchange (NYSE : ICE), opérateur mondial de premier plan de marchés et de chambres de compensation, et NYSE Euronext (NYSE : NYX), le premier opérateur mondial de marchés actions, options sur actions et dérivés sur obligations, annoncent aujourd'hui un accord définitif par lequel ICE acquiert NYSE Euronext dans le cadre d'une opération en titres et en numéraire. Cette opération unit deux groupes boursiers diversifiés majeurs, présents dans les matières premières agricoles et l'énergie, les dérivés de crédit, les actions et dérivés sur actions, les changes et les taux d'intérêt. Forte de capacités de compensation de premier ordre, l'entité combinée sera bien positionnée pour réaliser des synergies tout en répondant à la demande de compensation et de gestion des risques d'une clientèle mondiale.
L'accord, qui a été approuvé à l'unanimité par les Conseils d'administration des deux sociétés, valorise l'opération à 33,12 USD par action NYSE Euronext, soit un total d'environ 8,2 milliards d'USD sur la base du cours de clôture de l'action ICE du 19 décembre 2012. Pour chaque action NYSE Euronext, les actionnaires de NYSE Euronext pourront recevoir (i) 33,12 USD en numéraire, (ii) 0,2581 action ordinaire IntercontinentalExchange ou (iii)une combinaison de 11,27 USD en numéraire plus 0,1703 action ordinaire ICE, dans la limite d'une contrepartie en numéraire d'environ 2,7 milliards d'USD et d'un nombre total d'actions ordinaires ICE d'environ 42,5 millions. Le prix d'acquisition total de 8,2 milliards d'USD payé par ICE représente environ 67% d'actions et 33% de numéraire. La valeur de l'opération de 33,12 USD représente une prime de 37,7% sur le cours de clôture de NYSE Euronext du 19 décembre 2012.
« Notre opération s'inscrit dans l'évolution des infrastructures de marché observée aujourd'hui et offre de nombreuses opportunités de croissance. Elle renforce également la concurrence sur les marchés américain et européen et conforte notre capacité à adresser de nouveaux marchés et à proposer des produits et services innovants sur une plateforme mondiale », a déclaré le Président-Directeur général d'ICE, Jeffrey C. Sprecher. « Nous pensons qu'en unissant nos
marques, nos expertises et nos infrastructures internationales, l'entité combinée sera mieux positionnée pour affronter la concurrence et servir la clientèle sur un large éventail de classes d'actifs. Étant donné notre historique de croissance et de rendement, et d'intégration de chambres de compensation et d'acquisitions, nous avons tous les atouts pour faire de nos sociétés combinées un opérateur boursier mondial de premier plan qui demeure leader de l'évolution des marchés. »
« Le Conseil d'administration de NYSE Euronext a étudié attentivement un ensemble d'alternatives stratégiques et a conclu qu'ICE est pour NYSE Euronext le partenaire idéal sur un marché en mutation » a déclaré Jan-Michiel Hessels, Président du Conseil d'administration de NYSE Euronext. « Nous nous réjouissons de travailler avec ICE pour conclure ce rapprochement stimulant et créateur de valeur. »
« Cette opération exploite la puissance de notre marque emblématique et la valeur que nous avons créée au sein de nos activités mondiales actions et dérivés – ce qui ouvre des perspectives de solide croissance à long terme », a déclaré Duncan L. Niederauer, Directeur général de NYSE Euronext. « Nous réunissons deux entreprises fortement complémentaires et créons un portefeuille complet de classes d'actifs qui sera en excellente position pour servir une clientèle mondiale et saisir les opportunités de croissance actuelles et futures. »
L'opération apportera les bénéfices suivants :
Elle renforce l'innovation et la compétitivité sur les marchés de taux américain et européen.
Elle permet de réaliser des gains d'efficacité opérationnelle et de productivité du capital dans l'exécution des nouvelles obligations réglementaires avec des solutions déjà conformes aux nouvelles réglementations.
Le conseil financier principal d'ICE est Morgan Stanley ; la société est également conseillée par BMO Capital Markets Corp., Broadhaven Capital Partners, JPMorgan, Lazard, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, et Wells Fargo Securities, LLC et, pour les aspects juridiques de l'opération, par Sullivan & Cromwell LLP et Shearman & Sterling LLP. Les principaux conseils financiers de NYSE Euronext sont Perella Weinberg Partners et BNP Paribas. Ses conseils juridiques sont Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Slaughter & May et Stibbe N.V. La société est également conseillée par Blackstone Advisory Partners, Citigroup, Goldman, Sachs & Co et Moelis & Co.
Une conférence téléphonique pour les investisseurs accessible sur les sites Internet de ICE et NYSE Euronext aura lieu à 8h45 ET/13h45 GMT ce jour, le 20 décembre 2012. Les participants aux États-Unis peuvent composer le 1 (866) 700- 7441 et les participants internationaux peuvent composer le +1 (617) 231-8839. Le code d'accès est le 20593477. La conférence téléphonique sera disponible en réécoute sur le site Internet de chaque société. Les médias peuvent participer à la conférence sans intervenir.
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE) is a leading operator of regulated futures exchanges and over-the-counter markets for agricultural, credit, currency, emissions, energy and equity index contracts. ICE Futures Europe hosts trade in half of the world's crude and refined oil futures. ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Futures Canada list agricultural, currencies and Russell Index markets. ICE is also a leading operator of central clearing services for the futures and over-the-counter markets, with five regulated clearing houses across North America and Europe. ICE serves customers in more than 70 countries. For more information, please visit: www.theice.com.
The following are trademarks of IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and/or its affiliated companies: IntercontinentalExchange; IntercontinentalExchange & Design; ICE; ICE and block design; ICE Futures Canada; ICE Futures Europe; ICE Futures U.S.; ICE Clear Credit; ICE Clear Europe; ICE Clear U.S.; ICE Clear Canada; The Clearing Corporation; U.S. Dollar Index; ICE Link and Creditex. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information regarding registered trademarks owned by IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. and/or its affiliated companies, see https://www.theice.com/terms.jhtml.
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets – the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca – represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "may," "hope," "will," "should," "expect," "plan," "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "predict," "potential," "continue," "could," "future" or the negative of those terms or other words of similar meaning. You should carefully read forward-looking statements, including statements that contain these words, because they discuss our future expectations or state other "forward-looking" information. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. ICE and NYSE Euronext caution readers that any forward-looking statement is not a guarantee of future performance and that actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statement. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about the benefits of the proposed merger involving ICE and NYSE Euronext, including future financial results, ICE's and NYSE Euronext's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, the expected timing of completion of the transaction and other statements that are not historical facts. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are set forth in ICE's and NYSE Euronext's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the following: the inability to close the merger in a timely manner; the inability to complete the merger due to the failure of NYSE Euronext stockholders to adopt the merger agreement or the failure of ICE stockholders to approve the issuance of ICE common stock in
connection with the merger; the failure to satisfy other conditions to completion of the merger, including receipt of required regulatory and other approvals; the failure of the proposed transaction to close for any other reason; the possibility that any of the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction will not be realized; the risk that integration of NYSE Euronext's operations with those of ICE will be materially delayed or will be more costly or difficult than expected; the challenges of integrating and retaining key employees; the effect of the announcement of the transaction on ICE's, NYSE Euronext's or the combined company's respective business relationships, operating results and business generally; the possibility that the anticipated synergies and cost savings of the merger will not be realized, or will not be realized within the expected time period; the possibility that the merger may be more expensive to complete than anticipated, including as a result of unexpected factors or events; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities; general competitive, economic, political and market conditions and fluctuations; actions taken or conditions imposed by the United States and foreign governments and regulatory authorities; and adverse outcomes of pending or threatened litigation or government investigations. In addition, you should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties and other factors that may affect future results of the combined company described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the joint proxy statement/prospectus to be delivered to ICE's and NYSE Euronext's respective shareholders, and in ICE's and NYSE Euronext's respective filings with the SEC that are available on the SEC's web site located at www.sec.gov, including the sections entitled "Risk Factors" in ICE's Form 10−K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on February 8, 2012, and ICE's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30, 2012, as filed with the SEC on August 1, 2012 and September 30, 2012, as filed with the SEC on November 5, 2012, and "Risk Factors" in NYSE Euronext's Form 10−K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on February 29, 2012. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Except for any obligations to disclose material information under the Federal securities laws, ICE undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
In connection with the proposed transaction, ICE intends to file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S−4, which will include a joint proxy statement/prospectus with respect to the proposed acquisition of NYSE Euronext. The final joint proxy statement/prospectus will be delivered to the stockholders of ICE and NYSE Euronext. Investors and security holders of both ICE and NYSE Euronext are urged to read the joint proxy statement/prospectus regarding the proposed transaction carefully and in its entirety, including any documents previously filed with the SEC and incorporated by reference into the joint proxy statement/prospectus, when it becomes available because it will contain important information regarding ICE, NYSE Euronext and the proposed merger. Investors will be able to obtain a free copy of the joint proxy statement/prospectus, as well as other filings containing information about ICE and NYSE Euronext, without charge, at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/. Investors may also obtain these documents, without charge, from ICE's website at http://www.theice.com.
ICE, NYSE Euronext and their respective directors, executive officers and other members of management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.
You can find information about ICE and ICE's directors and executive officers in ICE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on February 8, 2012, and ICE's proxy statement for its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2012.
You can find information about NYSE Euronext and NYSE Euronext's directors and executive officers in NYSE Euronext's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on February 29, 2012, and NYSE Euronext's proxy statement for its 2012 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 26, 2012.
Additional information about the interests of potential participants will be included in the joint proxy statement/prospectuses, if and when it becomes available, and the other relevant documents filed by ICE and NYSE Euronext with the SEC.
This announcement does not constitute an offer or any solicitation of any offer, to buy or subscribe for any securities.
Media Contacts ICE NYSE Euronext Agencies
Kelly Loeffler VP Investor Relations & Corp. Communications +1 770 857 4726 [email protected]
Claire Miller
Robert J. Rendine SVP Global Communications +1 212 656 2180 [email protected]
Richard Adamonis SVP Corporate Communications
George Sard Sard Verbinnen (212) 687-8080 [email protected]
Renee Soto Sard Verbinnen
Communications Director +44 20 7065 7745 [email protected]
Brookly McLaughlin Communications Director +1 312 836 6728 [email protected] +1 212 656 2140 [email protected]
Caroline Nico VP Corporate Communications - Europe +33 1 49 27 10 74 [email protected]
(212) 687-8080 [email protected]
Gill Ackers Brunswick – London +44 (0) 20 7404 5959 [email protected]
Jerome Biscay Brunswick – Paris +33 1 53 96 83 83 [email protected]
James Murgatroyd and Matthew Newton RLM Finsbury +44 (0)20 7251 3801 [email protected] [email protected]
Kelly Loeffler VP Investor Relations & Corp. Communications +1 770 857 4726 [email protected]
Stephen Davidson SVP, Investor Relations +1.212.656.2183 [email protected]
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