Press releases 2012

London Stock Exchange today announces that it has begun a detailed customer consultation process in respect of its Regulatory News Service, RNS.

As part of the consultation, London Stock Exchange will conduct a full analysis of user information and user access. Working with vendors and other market participants the consultation will include a comprehensive administrative process to measure the number of professional consumers of RNS information. In addition the consultation will evaluate such areas as service levels, fee structures, the regulatory environment, innovation and product development.

The consultation process is expected to conclude in the early summer.

RNS is the London Stock Exchange’s Regulated Information Service. It is operated by a team of experienced international professionals 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

If you are interested in learning more about RNS or would like to participate in the consultation, you can find out more here: https://www.research.net/s/RNSusagesurvey

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For further information please contact:

Lucie Holloway                                Press Office +44 (0)20 7797 1222                                                                               
                                                           newsroom@londonstockexchange.com

Notes to editors:

About London Stock Exchange Group:

London Stock Exchange Group (LSE.L) sits at the heart of the world’s financial community. 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, offering UK and Russian derivatives trading, pan-European and US lit and dark equity trading. Through its markets, the Group offers international business unrivalled access to Europe’s capital markets.

The Group is a leading developer of high performance trading platforms and capital markets software and also offers its customers around the world access and an extensive range of real-time and reference data products and market-leading post-trade services. The Group is also home to a world leading index provider FTSE, which creates and manages of over 200,000 equity, bond and alternative asset class indices.

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom with significant operations in Italy and Sri Lanka, the Group employs around 1,850 people.

Further information on London Stock Exchange Group can be found at www.londonstockexchangegroup.com