By Andrea Hotter London Metal Exchange shareholders will vote in July on a 1.388 billion pound ($2.154 billion) bid from Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd. (0388.HK). If all of the category one and two members of the LME that hold ordinary shares in the exchange vote in favor of a deal, it would go ahead with a 78% majority. A 75% majority of shares, plus votes from 50% of members, is required for the deal to be successful. Of the LME's 92 members, the following 34 entities hold ordinary shares and are category one and two members, or have a parent that is a category one or two member. Several companies in the same membership category only hold B shares in the exchange, which entitle them to trade but not to vote. They are not listed below. Cat 1 or 2 Member Stake in LME JP Morgan* 10.8% Goldman Sachs 9.53% Metdist** 9.39% UBS 4.26% Sucden 2.80% Newedge 2.79% Commerzbank 2.55% Mitsui*** 2.41% AMT 2.32% Barclays 2.32% BGC Brokers 2.32% BNP Paribas 2.32% Citigroup 2.32% Credit Agricole 2.32% Deutsche 2.32% Koch Metals 2.32% Macquarie 2.32% Marex 2.32% Merrill Lynch 2.32% Morgan Stanley 2.32% SocGen 2.32% Toyota 2.32% Triland 2.32% ABN Amro 2.13% RBC Capital 2.03% Credit Suisse 1.93% HSBC 1.93% Jeffries Bache 1.93% Natixis 1.93% Standard Bank 1.93% ADM 1.41% INTL FC Stone 0.39% Scotiabank 0.23% Fortis 0.19% *Includes JPMorgan Metals Ltd., JPMorgan Markets Ltd. and JPMorgan Securities Ltd. **Includes Metdist Ltd. and Metdist Trading Ltd. ***Includes Mitsui Bussan Commodities and Mitsui & Co Europe PLC. Write to Andrea Hotter at andrea.hotter@wsj.com
