Knight Capital (KCG) Deal Has Termination Fee of $53M

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GETCO to Acquire Knight Capital (KCG) for $3.75/Share in Cash and Stock

December 19, 2012 7:32 AM EST

Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NYSE: KCG, "Knight") and GETCO Holding Company, LLC ("GETCO") today announced they have entered into an agreement for a strategic business combination whereby GETCO and Knight will be combined under a new publicly traded holding company.

The combined firm will create a true industry leader as an independent market-maker and agency broker across geographies, market structures and asset classes. The resulting company will benefit from Knight's deep customer franchise and GETCO's leading edge technology platform, resulting in a company extremely well positioned to serve customers across multiple products globally.

Under the agreement, existing... More