HKEX (Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited) said on Wednesday that it is going to give a proposal to the (LSE) London Stock Exchange Group Plc board to collaborate the two firms in an agreement that values the LSE at around $36.6 billion (£29.6 billion). The HKEX said that the deal would sponsor by a grouping of previous cash as well as the new facility of credit.

However, it notified that its statement to the market should consider as a declaration to create a possible proposal and is not a confirmation of an organization intends to offer. Furthermore, the HKEX statement also shows more announcement will make as and when suitable. HKEX suggested £20.45 a share in the form of cash along with 2.495 latest issued shares of HKEX. Shares of LSE gathered just after 10:00 am London time, increasing by 8.5 percent before giving up a few of those early gains.

The executives of HKEX described the agreement in a succeeding conference call held for analysts and media that it is a source of linking capital and trading between East & West. Moreover, they said that the deal might develop the eighteen-hour trading zone and also help the escalation of the Chinese yuan as a worldwide traded currency.

HKEX chief executive, Charles Li played down any strain surrounding a company of China getting control of a United Kingdom brand with access to sensitive information of the market. He added they are not a Chinese firm. Also, they are not just a Hong Kong company, whereas they are an international company.

Two Businesses are highly complementary

HKEX expressed, they have an expectation that primary management of LSE will keep their work and jobs for the new owners. The HKEX board believes that both businesses are highly complementary and however looks onward to working with the related authorities to give an apparent way to completion.

Besides, HKEX stated that the offered agreement would only go forward if LSE backs down from its plan to purchase Refinitiv. Last year, the data group that is mainly owned by Blackstone, the private equity group drawn out of the news wire service Reuters.

Likewise, LSE declared plans to devote $27 billion on Refinitiv with the aim to give a complete one-stop-shop to brokers and banks who required a plan for hardware, trading and a regular flow of news and data. It was thinking of an idea that straightly challenges terminal and data package of Bloomberg. HKEX is already the operator and owner of the largest market of the world, the London Metal Exchange in future contracts and options on base & other metals. In 2012, HKEX bought LME for £1.4 billion.