Offer for Tricorona unconditi

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Barclays PLC

20 July 2010

 



20 July 2010

Barclays PLC announces offer for Tricorona unconditional in all respects

On 2 June 2010, Barclays PLC ("Barclays") announced a recommended cash offer by its wholly owned subsidiary, TAV AB ("TAV"), to acquire all the shares in Tricorona AB (publ) ("Tricorona") for SEK 8.00 in cash per share (the "Offer"). Barclays is pleased to announce that all conditions to the Offer have now been satisfied or waived. Accordingly, the Offer is declared unconditional in all respects, and TAV will complete the acquisition of the shares tendered in the Offer.

Barclays full press release issued in Sweden regarding the Offer is available at www.barclays.com/investorrelations.

For further information, please contact:

Barclays

Investor Relations	Media Relations	Barclays Capital Communications
Stephen Jones	Alistair Smith	Marc Hazelton
[phone]	[phone]	[phone]

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About Barclays PLC

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management  with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs over 144,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for over 48 million customers and clients worldwide. For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.

 

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