LSE Sells $4.5 Billion of Bonds to Help Refinance Refinitiv Debt

  • Stock exchange also plans to offer notes in euros and sterling
  • Company completed $27 billion purchase of Refinitiv this year

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London Stock Exchange Group Plc tapped the U.S. high-grade bond market for $4.5 billion to help refinance debt it took on related to its acquisitionBloomberg Terminal of Refinitiv Holdings Ltd.

The company sold bondsBloomberg Terminal in five parts, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The longest portion of the offering, a 20-year security, will yield 100 basis points over Treasuries, said the person, who asked not to be identified as details are private.