Bell and Tricom acquisition talks cease

australian-securities-exchange/

18 March 2008
| By George Liondis |

Bell Financial Group announced to the Australian Securities Exchange today that negotiations in relation to the acquisition of Tricom Group have ceased.

The announcement comes after a conditional Heads of Agreement for the 100 per cent acquisition of troubled broking house Tricom lapsed on March 7.

The agreement was signed on February 19 and subject to a number of conditions, including satisfactory completion of due diligence prior to March 7.

At the time, Bell’s announcement said that discussions were continuing with a view to reaching an agreement.

Bell Financial Group declined to comment on the issue at the time and Tricom officials were not immediately available for comment.

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