FACTBOX: Who owns Borsa Italiana
(Reuters) - The board of the London Stock Exchange (LSE.L) was meeting on Thursday to discuss the terms of a possible 1.5 billion-euro ($2.01 billion) bid for Borsa Italiana, sources close to the situation said.
Among the issues being reviewed is how much of a stake the Italian exchange would have in a combined company, the sources said.
Borsa Italiana is due to hold a board meeting from 1300 GMT.
Below is a list of Borsa Italiana's shareholders:
UniCredit (CRDI.MI) 19.9 percent
Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI) 18.7 percent
Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI) 10.4 percent
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro,
a unit of BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) 7.1 percent Continued...
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