RNS Number:0653S
TripleArc PLC
14 November 2003


TripleArc plc

14 November 2003


                                 PRESS RELEASE


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


                                 TripleArc plc


        Recommended Offer made by Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited on
                  behalf of TripleArc plc for Access Plus PLC
                                        
                      Offer unconditional as to acceptances 
                                      
                  Extension of Offer and level of acceptances


TripleArc plc ("TripleArc") announces that as at 3.00 pm on 13 November 2003,
being the first closing date of the Offer, TripleArc had received valid
acceptances for the Offer in respect of a total of 17,454,600 Access Plus PLC
("Access Plus") Shares, representing approximately 93.69 per cent. of the issued
share capital of Access Plus. Accordingly, TripleArc has declared the Offer
unconditional as to acceptances.


The Extraordinary General Meeting to, inter alia, approve the Offer is due to
take place on 17 November 2003, following which it is expected that the Offer
will be declared wholly unconditional save only for Admission.


TripleArc also announces that the Offer, excluding the facility for the Mix and
Match Election which closed at 3.00pm on 13 November 2003, has been extended and
will remain open for acceptance until 3.00 pm on 27 November 2003.


Prior to the announcement of the Offer, TripleArc received irrevocable
undertakings to accept the Offer from certain Access Plus Shareholders
(including the Access Plus Directors) in respect of a total of 8,163,031 Access
Plus Shares and a letter of intention from another Access Plus Shareholder to
accept the Offer in respect of 1,369,145 Access Plus Shares, representing
approximately 43.82 per cent. and 7.35 per cent. respectively of the existing
issued share capital of Access Plus. As at 3.00 pm on 13 November 2003, save for
acceptances relating to 9,146 Access Plus Shares, valid acceptances had been
received pursuant to all these undertakings and the letter of intention and are
included in the valid acceptances disclosed above.

Access Plus Shareholders who have not yet accepted the Offer and wish to do so,
should complete their Forms of Acceptance in accordance with the instructions
printed thereon and despatch them to Computershare Investor Services PLC as
directed on the Forms of Acceptance as soon as possible, but, in any event, so
as to be received by no later than 3.00 pm on 27 November 2003.

Prior to the announcement of the Offer, TripleArc did not own any Access Plus
Shares and has not acquired any Access Plus Shares during the Offer Period.

Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by
the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for TripleArc and no one
else in connection with the Offer and other matters described herein and will
not be responsible to anyone other than TripleArc for providing the protections
afforded to clients of Canaccord Capital (Europe) Limited or for giving advice
in relation to the Offer or any other matter described in this announcement.

Rowan Dartington & Co. Limited, which is regulated in the United Kingdom by the
Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Access Plus in
connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to anyone other than
Access Plus for providing the protections afforded to customers of Rowan
Dartington or for giving advice in relation to the Offer or the contents of this
announcement or any transaction or arrangement referred to herein.

The Offer is not being made directly or indirectly in or into the United States,
Canada, Japan or Australia. Accordingly, copies of this announcement are not
being, and must not be, mailed or otherwise distributed or sent in or into or
from the United States, Canada, Japan or Australia. The availability of the
Offer to persons outside the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws of other
jurisdictions. Such persons should inform themselves about and observe any
applicable requirements of those jurisdictions.

To the best of the knowledge and belief of the TripleArc Directors and the
Access Plus Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is
the case), the information contained in this announcement for which they
respectively take responsibility is in accordance with the facts and does not
omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

Words and expressions defined in the offer document from TripleArc to Access
Plus Shareholders dated 23 October 2003 shall have the same meaning in this
announcement, unless the context otherwise requires.



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