Board of LME Holdings Limited recommends GBP1,388 Million cash offer (GBP107.60 per share) by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited be proposed to ordinary shareholders

The board of LME Holdings Limited ( “LME Holdings”), the parent company of The London Metal Exchange Limited (“LME Limited”), announces that on 15 June 2012, LME Holdings, HK Investment (UK) Limited (“HKEx Investment”) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) entered into a framework agreement regarding the terms of a recommended cash offer (the “Offer”) for the entire issued and outstanding ordinary share capital of LME Holdings by HKEx Investment, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of HKEx (the “Transaction”) (the “Framework Agreement”).