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CME to pay for Dow Jones Indexes with jv debt

09 March 2010

CME Group will acquire 90% of Dow Jones Indexes in a joint venture which will leave Dow Jones with a 10% stake. Dow Jones, which is owned by News Corp, will gain $607.5m for 90% of the business, which the deal values at $675m. CME Group will contribute some market data services, which it has valued at $607.5m, to the joint venture.

Read more: [CME] [Dow Jones] [Dow Jones Indexes] [News Corporation] [Bourse Consult]

The venture will raise about $613m of third party debt, which will be used to pay $607.5m to Dow Jones.

Lynton Jones, chairman of consultancy Bourse Consult...


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