Offer for Mirror Group

TRINITY PLC
6 September 1999

Not  for  release, publication or distribution in or into  the
United States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan

                               
              Merger of Trinity and Mirror Group
                               
                  Offer wholly unconditional


Trinity  announces  that,  following  the  admission  to   the
Official  List of New Trinity Shares earlier today, the  Offer
for Mirror Group is now wholly unconditional.

The  Offer  will  remain  open for  acceptance  until  further
notice.   As  previously announced the mix and match  facility
closed at 3.00 p.m. on 27 August 1999.

Mirror  Group  Shareholders who wish to accept the  Offer  and
have not yet done so should despatch their completed Forms  of
Acceptance  as soon as possible by post or by hand  to  Lloyds
TSB  Registrars, The Causeway, Worthing, West Sussex BN99  6DA
or  by hand only (during normal business hours only) to Lloyds
TSB  Registrars, Antholin House, 71 Queen Street, London  EC4N
1SL.

The   consideration   payable  to   accepting   Mirror   Group
Shareholders will be despatched within 14 days of today's date
in respect of acceptances already received which are valid and
complete  in  all respects or within 14 days of  the  date  of
receipt of further acceptances which are valid and complete in
all respects.

As  at  3.00 p.m. on 3 September 1999, valid acceptances under
the  Offer  had  been  received  in  respect  of  a  total  of
316,604,859  Mirror  Group Shares, representing  approximately
69.18 per cent. of the issued share capital of Mirror Group.

Mix and Match Election

Elections  for  additional shares  under  the  Mix  and  Match
Election  have been received in respect of 106,437,113  Mirror
Group Shares (representing approximately 23.26% of the current
issued  share  capital  of  Mirror Group)  and  elections  for
additional  cash have been received in respect  of  33,004,070
Mirror  Group Shares (representing approximately 7.21% of  the
current issued share capital of Mirror Group).

Mirror  Group Shareholders who validly accepted the  Offer  by
3.00  p.m.  on 27 August 1999 and elected for additional  cash
under  the Mix and Match Election will receive their elections
in  full and will be entitled to receive approximately 265.04p
in cash for each Mirror Group Share so elected.

Mirror  Group Shareholders who validly accepted the  Offer  by
3.00  p.m. on 27 August 1999 and elected for additional shares
under  the Mix and Match Election will be entitled to  receive
consideration of approximately 0.425776 of a New Trinity Share
and  approximately 25.24p in cash for each Mirror Group  Share
so elected.

This  compares with the basic offer of 0.325 of a New  Trinity
Share and 82p in cash.

Enquiries:

Trinity              Philip Graf          01244 687 000

Greenhill & Co.      Simon Borrows        0171 440 0400

Salomon Smith Barney Christian Purslow    0171 721 2000

Gavin Anderson       Deborah Walter       0171 457 2345


Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set out
in  the  Offer  Document dated 6 August  1999  have  the  same
meanings when used in this announcement.

Greenhill  & Co. International Limited, which is regulated  by
The  Securities and Futures Authority Limited, is  acting  for
Trinity and no one else in connection with the Merger and will
not  be responsible to anyone other than Trinity for providing
the  protections  afforded to customers  of  Greenhill  &  Co.
International Limited, nor for providing advice in relation to
the Merger.

Salomon Brothers International Limited, which is regulated  by
The  Securities and Futures Authority Limited, is  acting  for
Trinity and no one else in connection with the Merger and will
not  be responsible to anyone other than Trinity for providing
the  protections  afforded to customers  of  Salomon  Brothers
International Limited, nor for providing advice in relation to
the Merger.

The  availability of the Offer to persons not resident in  the
UK  may  be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdiction.
Shareholders  who  are not resident in the  UK  should  inform
themselves about, and observe, any applicable requirements.

The  Offer  is not being made, directly or indirectly,  in  or
into,  and is not capable of acceptance in or from, the United
States,   Canada,  Australia  or  Japan,  subject  to  certain
exceptions.  Accordingly, this announcement is not being  and,
unless  the  agreement  of  Trinity  is  obtained,  the  Offer
Document  and any related offering documents, have  not  been,
and  must not be, mailed or otherwise distributed or sent  in,
into or from the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan and
doing  so may render invalid any purported acceptance  of  the
Offer, subject to certain exceptions.

The New Trinity Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offer have
not  been  and will not be registered under the United  States
Securities  Act  of 1933, as amended, or under the  securities
laws  of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States,
Canada, Australia or Japan.  The New Trinity Shares may not be
offered,  sold, resold, delivered or transferred, directly  or
indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or
Japan  except  pursuant to exemptions from that Act  or  other
applicable  requirements of such jurisdictions  and  with  the
agreement  of Trinity.  This press release does not constitute
an  offer of securities for sale in the United States, Canada,
Australia or Japan or any jurisdiction in which such an  offer
or solicitation is unlawful.