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Virtu Financial (VIRT) to Acquire KCG (KCG) for $20 Per Share

April 20, 2017 7:54 AM EDT

(Updated - April 20, 2017 7:56 AM EDT)

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG), which has been unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of each company. Virtu has agreed to acquire KCG in a cash transaction valued at $20.00 per KCG share, or a total of approximately $1.4 billion.

The transaction will extend Virtus scaled operating model to KCGs wholesale market making businesses and broaden the distribution of Virtus technology and execution... More