Subject: Singapore Exchange Said to Be in Talks to Combine With ASX
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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:27:05 -0400

Singapore Exchange Said to Be in Talks to Combine With ASX
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By Joyce Koh

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore Exchange Ltd. is in talks to combine  
with ASX Ltd., which runs the Australian stock exchange, said a person  
with direct knowledge of the matter.

The companies haven’t determined a final structure for the deal, said  
the person, requesting anonymity because discussions are private. Both  
stocks were suspended from trading today.

The Singaporean bourse may make a takeover bid for ASX, Australia’s  
dominant stock exchange operator, on Oct. 25, the Australian newspaper  
reported on its website today. Matthew Gibbs, an ASX spokesman, had no  
comment beyond a statement today accompanying a request for a trading  
halt. Singapore Exchange spokeswoman Magdalyn Liew couldn’t be reached.

To contact the reporter on this story: Joyce Koh in Singapore [email-masked]

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Philip Lagerkranser [email-masked]