• Largest ever UK Fintech IPO - company valued at £4.8bn
  • Raises total of £2.16bn at IPO
  • Largest ever European private equity backed IPO by money raised
  • Confirms London's leading role as global listing venue for high growth technology companies

London Stock Exchange today welcomes Worldpay, the leading global payments company, to the Main Market, following the company's £4.8 billion IPO. Raising total gross proceeds of £2.16 billion, it is the largest company to list in London this year and one of the largest IPOs ever by a UK company.

To celebrate the occasion, Philip Jansen, CEO, Worldpay opened trading this morning at London Stock Exchange.

Xavier Rolet, CEO, London Stock Exchange Group said:

Ensuring that the UK's fastest growing and most innovative finance and technology companies have access to equity capital is a priority for London Stock Exchange. By raising capital on London Stock Exchange companies like this can continue to invest and drive economic growth. The fact Worldpay has chosen to raise capital here confirms London's position as the leading global financial centre able to attract the world's most important new companies and highlights the exceptional investor appetite for dynamic companies. We look forward to welcoming more fast growing British and international businesses to our markets.'

Philip Jansen, Chief Executive Officer, Worldpay said:

'Today's announcement is a significant milestone for Worldpay. We are proud to be a leader in global payments with a clear strategy for continued growth as a listed company. We have already invested over £1 billion in our technology, people and capabilities, helping us to become a modern and sophisticated technology-led organisation with great potential. We welcome our new investors and thank them for the strong interest they have shown in the offer. We look forward to developing as a public company and all the opportunities this will bring.'

Worldpay is a leader in global payments, providing a broad range of technology-led solutions to its merchant customers, to allow them to accept payments of almost any type, across multiple payment channels, nearly anywhere in the world. Worldpay is one of the few global businesses able to offer functionality in most aspects of payment acceptance, whether in-store, online or on a mobile device, by providing access to a global payments network through an integrated, proprietary global payments platform.

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About London Stock Exchange Group:

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The Group operates a broad range of international equity, bond and derivatives markets, including London Stock Exchange; Borsa Italiana; MTS, Europe's leading fixed income market; and Turquoise, a pan-European equities MTF. It is also home to one of the world's leading growth markets for SMEs, AIM. Through its platforms, the Group offers international business and investors unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets.

Post trade and risk management services are a significant part of the Group's business operations. In addition to majority ownership of multi-asset global CCP operator, LCH.Clearnet Group, LSEG operates CC&G, the Italian clearing house; Monte Titoli, the T2S-ready European settlement business; and globeSettle, the Group's newly established CSD based in Luxembourg.

The Group is a global leader in indexing and analytic solutions. FTSE Russell offer thousands of indexes that measure and benchmark markets around the world. The Group also provides customers with an extensive range of real time and reference data products, including SEDOL, UnaVista, Proquote and RNS.

Following the acquisition of Russell Investments, LSEG conducted a comprehensive review of the investment management business to analyse its strategic fit with the Group. This was concluded in February 2015, and LSEG is now exploring a sale of the business in its entirety.

London Stock Exchange Group is a leading developer of high performance trading platforms and capital markets software for customers around the world. In addition to the Group's own markets, over 35 other organisations and exchanges use the Group's MillenniumIT trading, surveillance and post trade technology.

Headquartered in London, with significant operations in North America, Italy, France and Sri Lanka, the Group employs approximately 4,700 people.

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