The talks are with a consortium including some investment funds affiliated with Blackstone Group Inc and Thomson Reuters Corp, LSE said in a statement. Blackstone and Thomson Reuters, the parent of Reuters News, together own Refinitiv

The deal would result in Refinitiv shareholders holding a roughly 37% stake in the combined company and less than 30% of the total voting rights of LSE Group, LSE said.

(Reporting by Arathy S Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adler)