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Exhibit (a)(7)(i)
Press Release from Securitas AB
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August 20, 2000
Securitas Acquisition of Burns:
Waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act expired
August 19, 2000
The waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976 expired August 19, 2000 with regard to the pending cash tender
offer by Securitas Acquisition Corporation to purchase all of the
outstanding common stock of Burns International Services Corporation at a
price of $21.50 per share. The expiration of this waiting period satisfies
one of the conditions to closing the offer. The offer is currently
scheduled to expire September 1, 2000.
Further information may be obtained from Hakan Winberg, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer or Camilla Weiner, Manager Investor Relations,
phone: +46 8 657 74 00.
