LME shareholders vote in favour of acquisition by HKEx

The board of LME Holdings Limited (“LME Holdings”), the parent company of The London Metal Exchange Limited (“the LME”), is pleased to announce that the ordinary shareholders of LME Holdings have today approved, at a court meeting and an extraordinary general meeting of LME Holdings, all the resolutions required in connection with the proposed scheme of arrangement to implement the acquisition of LME Holdings by Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Limited (“HKEx”).