Barclays PLC (“Barclays”) today declares that the 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”), has been closed. TAV has in aggregate received acceptances in respect of or holds, or otherwise controls, a total of 132,608,958 shares, which represents approximately 90.4 per cent. of the total number of shares and votes in Tricorona (excluding 5,500,000 treasury shares held by Tricorona, this corresponds to approximately 93.9 per cent. of the total number of outstanding shares and votes in Tricorona). 

During the final acceptance period TAV received valid acceptances of the Offer in respect of 2,123,564 shares in Tricorona, which represents approximately 1.4 per cent. of the total number of shares and votes in Tricorona. TAV has also acquired 1,815,308 shares in Tricorona on the market during the final acceptance period at a price per share no higher...