M&A Deal Summary

Nasdaq Acquires International Securities Exchange Holdings

On March 9, 2016, Nasdaq acquired financial services company International Securities Exchange Holdings from Deutsche Boerse for 1.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Nasdaq’s 6th transaction in the Financial Services sector.
  • This is Nasdaq’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Nasdaq’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Nasdaq’s 4th transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-03-09
Target International Securities Exchange Holdings
Sector Financial Services
Buyer(s) Nasdaq
Sellers(s) Deutsche Boerse
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.1B USD

Target

International Securities Exchange Holdings

New York, New York, United States
International Securities Exchange Holdings, Inc. is the owner and operator of three electronic options exchanges: ISE, ISE Gemini, and ISE Mercury. Through its comprehensive exchange offering, ISE Options delivers a superior trading experience to its member firms through its patented market structure, industry-leading technology, unique functionality for trading complex orders, and award-winning customer service. In addition to its options business, ISE Holdings also operates ISE ETF Ventures, which provides its partners with a broad range of capabilities in index development, index licensing, financing, and marketing of exchange-traded products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Nasdaq

New York, New York, United States
Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Financial Services
Employees6,377
Revenue 741M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Nasdaq OMX office in Stockholm.
Nasdaq OMX office in Stockholm.

Nasdaq is an exchange company. With over 3,900 listed companies, it delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; the OMX Nordic Exchange, including First North; and the 144A PORTAL Market. Nasdaq was founded in 1971 and is based in New York City.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 30
Sector (Financial Services) 6 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 6 of 6
State (New York) 4 of 5
Country (United States) 11 of 16
Year (2016) 3 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-02-12 Marketwire

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Marketwire (fka: CCNMatthews) is a provider of newswire services in Canada and the United States. Marketwire has one of the largest distribution platforms in North America with worldwide partnerships for news distribution.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-21 Boardvantage

Menlo Park, California, United States

Boardvantage is a board portal solution provider which also specializes in leadership collaboration and meeting productivity. Boardvantage leads the market in delivering paperless process for board and leadership communication. Trusted by enterprises worldwide, including half the Fortune 500, Boardvantage sets the bar for a mobile executive experience. The company is headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif., with global offices and data centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

Buy $200M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Deutsche Boerse

Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1585
Sector Financial Services
Employees14,502
Revenue 6.1B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Deutsche Boerse is an exchange organization. The product and service portfolio covers the entire process chain from securities and derivatives trading, clearing, settlement and custody, through to the provision of market data and the development and operation of electronic trading systems. Deutsche Boerse was founded in 1585 and is based in Eschborn, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Financial Services) 1 of 3
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 3
State (New York) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-26 360 Treasury Systems AG

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

360 Treasury Systems AG (dba 360T Group) is a electronic trading platform for the transparent and efficient processing of FX transactions and money market products. 360T has established itself as a provider of electronic trading solutions for all asset categories (in particular FX contracts), offering businesses, banks, insurance companies and institutional funds interconnectivity for over-the-counter (OTC) transactions which can be easily integrated into customers’ and banks’ existing systems.

Buy €725M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-30 GAIN Capital Holdings - US FX ECN Platform

Bedminster, New Jersey, United States

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. - US FX ECN Platform is one of the largest and most diverse OTC FX market places. GTX ECN complements 360T's existing product suite by adding access to deep FX Spot liquidity supported by professional financial institutions. 360T and GTX currently provide FX solutions to over 2,000 global clients that operate out of more than 75 countries around the world.

Buy $100M
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