Panel a: normalised histograms for the total expected lifetime of the mergers. The dotted black line marks the age of the NSC at 10 Gyr. Panel b: post-merger semi-major axis around the SMBH. The dotted vertical lines mark the initial separations. The solid vertical line marks 1 arcsecond. Panel c: total mass after the merger. For all panels, binaries originating at 0.1 pc (0.3 pc) are shown in black (red).