RNS Number:6236S
Office of Fair Trading
28 November 2003



ENTERPRISE ACT 2002 - PRIOR NOTICE OF MERGERS

The Office of Fair Trading received on 5 November 2003 a Merger Notice under
Section 96 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act) in respect of the proposed
arrangements for:

Anticipated acquisition by Barclays Bank PLC of the private client wealth
management business of Old Mutual Plc.

The OFT now gives notice that in accordance with Section 97(2) of the Act the
period for consideration of this Notice has been extended by a further period of
10 working days. The period for considering this Notice will therefore expire on
16 December 2003.




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