<div>UPDATE 3-London Stock Exchange flatly rejects Hong Kong's $39 bln takeover offer</div> <!-- no image --> <div>The London Stock Exchange emphatically rejected the Hong Kong bourse's $39 billion takeover offer on Friday, opting to stick with its planned purchase of data and analytics group Refinitiv.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=wZR5kuka7DI:uQ6RyYy2M5Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=wZR5kuka7DI:uQ6RyYy2M5Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=wZR5kuka7DI:uQ6RyYy2M5Q:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=wZR5kuka7DI:uQ6RyYy2M5Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=wZR5kuka7DI:uQ6RyYy2M5Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/wZR5kuka7DI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters