LONDON, March 2 (Reuters) - London Stock Exchange Group reported slightly above consensus results for 2022 on
Thursday, and hailed its integration of data and analytics group
Refinitiv as a success.
LSEG reported total income, including recoveries, of 7.743
billion pounds ($9.28 billion) for 2022, just above analysts'
consensus of 7.733 billion pounds. It reported a basic earnings
per share of 141.8 pence and a dividend per share of 107 pence,
both above analysts' forecasts.
"In addition to our existing share buyback, we are today
announcing plans to seek shareholder approval for a buyback
directed towards the Blackstone/Thomson Reuters consortium's
stake, which will benefit all shareholders," LSEG Chief
Executive David Schwimmer said in a statement.
LSEG completed its $27 billion takeover of data and
analytics company Refinitiv in January 2021.
Thomson Reuters, the parent company of Reuters News, owned
about $5.6 billion worth of LSEG shares as of Jan 31.
($1 = 0.8344 pounds)
(Reporting by Huw Jones, editing by Sinead Cruise)
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