LONDON (Standard&Poor's) May 28, 2014--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that its ratings on Euroclear Bank S.A. (AA/Stable/A-1+) are not affected by the plans of Euroclear SA/NV, its immediate parent, to acquire a stake in Euronext NV later in 2014. On May 27, 2014, IntercontinentalExchange Group Inc. (ICE; A/Stable/A-1) confirmed key details of its long-planned initial public offering (IPO) of Euronext NV, the operator of equity, fixed income, and derivatives exchanges in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Lisbon. ICE intends to complete the IPO before the fourth quarter of 2014. Prior to the IPO, ICE will enter into a separate transaction with a grouping of institutional investors--of which Euroclear SA/NV is part--under which they will jointly acquire about
