Further re Public Offer

    RNS Number:1720Z
Esselte AB
26 July 2002



J.W. Childs Acquisition Sweden AB announced on July 11, 2002 that the
conditions
for the public tender offer of all shares of Esselte AB (publ) have been met
and
that the offer will be executed.

Due to the public tender offer, the Board of Directors of Esselte AB (publ)
applied to Stockholmsborsen (the Stockholm Exchange) and to the United Kingdom
Listing Authority (UKLA) and the London Stock Exchange for de-listing of the
Esselte shares from Stockholmsborsen, the Official List of the UKLA and from
trading on the London Stock Exchange. The applications for de-listing have
been
approved with effect as from 1 August 2002. Therefore, the final day for
trading
in Esselte shares on either exchange will be 31 July 2002.

Esselte is the leading global office supplies manufacturer with annual sales
of
approx. SEK 11 billion, subsidiaries in 25 countries, selling office products
in
over 120 countries and employing approx. 6,200 people.

Esselte makes it easier for people to organize the modern workplace. Our
principal brands are: DYMO, Pendaflex, Leltz and Esselte.

To learn more about Esselte, visit our website at www.esselte.com.

For further information please contact:
     
      * Thomas Groth, IR             [phone]
 

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