Bolsas y Mercados Españoles Sociedad de Mercados y Sistemas Financieros S A : Switzerland's SIX Group makes 2.84 billion euro takeover bid for Spain's BME

Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group AG has offered to buy Spanish bourse BME in a deal valued at 2.843 billion euros ($3.13 billion), it said on Monday.

SIX Group said its 34 euro per share offer reflects a 33.9% premium over the last closing price. SIX said it expects the transaction to be completed in the first half of 2020.

(Reporting by John Miller, editing by John Revill)