Prior Notice of Merger

22 Feb 2006 11:00

Office of Fair Trading22 February 2006 ENTERPRISE ACT 2002 - PRIOR NOTICE OF MERGERS The Office of Fair Trading received on 2 February 2006 a Merger Notice underSection 96 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act) in respect of the proposedarrangements for: Anticipated acquisition by Honeywell International Inc of First Technology plc The OFT now gives notice that in accordance with Section 97(2) of the Act theperiod for consideration of this Notice has been extended by a further period of10 working days. The period for considering this Notice will therefore expire on16 March 2006. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange