9	16	Esselte	Esselte	NNP
17	19	AB	AB	NNP
19	20	,	,	,
21	24	the	the	DT
25	34	Stockholm	Stockholm	NNP
35	41	office	office	NN
42	50	supplies	supply	NNS
51	58	company	company	NN
58	59	,	,	,
60	62	as	as	IN
63	71	expected	expect	VBN
71	72	,	,	,
73	81	proposed	propose	VBN
82	84	to	to	TO
85	92	acquire	acquire	VB
93	96	the	the	DT
97	99	22	22	CD
99	100	%	%	NN
101	103	it	it	PRP
104	108	does	do	VBZ
108	111	n’t	n't	RB
112	115	own	own	VB
116	118	of	of	IN
119	122	its	its	PRP$
123	127	U.S.	U.S.	NNP
128	132	unit	unit	NN
132	133	,	,	,
134	141	Esselte	Esselte	NNP
142	150	Business	Business	NNP
151	158	Systems	System	NNPS
159	162	Inc	Inc	NNP
162	163	.	.	.

166	169	The	the	DT
170	175	price	price	NN
176	178	in	in	IN
179	182	the	the	DT
183	191	proposal	proposal	NN
192	194	is	be	VBZ
195	196	$	$	$
196	201	43.50	43.50	CD
202	205	for	for	IN
206	210	each	each	DT
211	213	of	of	IN
214	217	the	the	DT
218	221	4.9	4.9	CD
222	229	million	million	CD
230	236	shares	share	NNS
237	240	the	the	DT
241	247	parent	parent	NN
248	252	does	do	VBZ
252	255	n’t	n't	RB
256	259	own	own	VB
259	260	,	,	,
261	263	or	or	CC
264	265	$	$	$
265	270	213.2	213.2	CD
271	278	million	million	CD
278	279	.	.	.

282	284	In	in	IN
285	288	New	New	NNP
289	293	York	York	NNP
294	299	Stock	Stock	NNP
300	308	Exchange	Exchange	NNP
309	318	composite	composite	JJ
319	326	trading	trading	NN
326	327	,	,	,
328	335	Esselte	Esselte	NNP
336	342	closed	close	VBD
343	352	yesterday	yesterday	NN
353	355	at	at	IN
356	357	$	$	$
357	362	43.50	43.50	CD
363	364	a	a	DT
365	370	share	share	NN
370	371	,	,	,
372	374	up	up	RB
375	376	$	$	$
376	377	1	1	CD
377	378	.	.	.

381	382	A	a	DT
383	392	committee	committee	NN
393	395	of	of	IN
396	403	outside	outside	JJ
404	413	directors	director	NNS
414	417	for	for	IN
418	421	the	the	DT
422	428	Garden	Garden	NNP
429	433	City	City	NNP
433	434	,	,	,
435	439	N.Y.	N.Y.	NNP
439	440	,	,	,
441	445	unit	unit	NN
446	448	is	be	VBZ
449	459	evaluating	evaluate	VBG
460	463	the	the	DT
464	472	proposal	proposal	NN
472	473	;	;	:
474	477	the	the	DT
478	484	parent	parent	NN
485	490	asked	ask	VBD
491	493	it	it	PRP
494	496	to	to	TO
497	504	respond	respond	VB
505	507	by	by	IN
508	512	Oct.	Oct.	NNP
513	515	31	31	CD
515	516	.	.	.

517	520	The	the	DT
521	525	unit	unit	NN
526	530	said	say	VBD
531	533	it	it	PRP
534	537	can	can	MD
538	545	provide	provide	VB
546	548	no	no	DT
549	558	assurance	assurance	NN
559	560	a	a	DT
561	572	transaction	transaction	NN
573	577	will	will	MD
578	583	occur	occur	VB
583	584	.	.	.

587	594	Esselte	Esselte	NNP
595	597	AB	AB	NNP
598	602	sold	sell	VBD
603	606	the	the	DT
607	615	minority	minority	NN
616	621	stake	stake	NN
622	626	five	five	CD
627	632	years	year	NNS
633	636	ago	ago	RB
637	639	in	in	IN
640	641	a	a	DT
642	643	$	$	$
643	645	40	40	CD
646	653	million	million	CD
654	667	international	international	JJ
668	673	share	share	NN
674	682	offering	offering	NN
682	683	.	.	.

684	687	The	the	DT
688	692	unit	unit	NN
692	693	,	,	,
694	699	which	which	WDT
700	702	is	be	VBZ
703	706	the	the	DT
707	714	holding	hold	VBG
715	722	company	company	NN
723	726	for	for	IN
727	734	Esselte	Esselte	NNP
734	736	’s	's	POS
737	748	non-Swedish	non-swedish	JJ
749	754	units	unit	NNS
754	755	,	,	,
756	765	accounted	account	VBD
766	769	for	for	IN
770	772	58	58	CD
772	773	%	%	NN
774	776	of	of	IN
777	782	sales	sale	NNS
783	786	and	and	CC
787	789	71	71	CD
789	790	%	%	NN
791	793	of	of	IN
794	803	operating	operating	NN
804	810	profit	profit	NN
811	815	last	last	JJ
816	820	year	year	NN
820	821	.	.	.

824	834	Separately	separately	RB
834	835	,	,	,
836	843	Esselte	Esselte	NNP
844	852	Business	Business	NNP
853	860	Systems	System	NNPS
861	869	reported	report	VBD
870	883	third-quarter	third-quarter	JJ
884	887	net	net	JJ
888	894	income	income	NN
895	899	fell	fall	VBD
900	903	5.9	5.9	CD
903	904	%	%	NN
905	907	to	to	TO
908	909	$	$	$
909	912	9.5	9.5	CD
913	920	million	million	CD
920	921	,	,	,
922	924	or	or	CC
925	927	46	46	CD
928	933	cents	cent	NNS
934	935	a	a	DT
936	941	share	share	NN
941	942	,	,	,
943	947	from	from	IN
948	949	$	$	$
949	953	10.1	10.1	CD
954	961	million	million	CD
961	962	,	,	,
963	965	or	or	CC
966	968	49	49	CD
969	974	cents	cent	NNS
975	976	a	a	DT
977	982	share	share	NN
982	983	,	,	,
984	986	in	in	IN
987	990	the	the	DT
991	999	year-ago	year-ago	JJ
1000	1007	period.	period.	NN
1008	1013	Sales	sale	NNS
1014	1018	rose	rise	VBD
1019	1022	2.9	2.9	CD
1022	1023	%	%	NN
1024	1026	to	to	TO
1027	1028	$	$	$
1028	1033	329.2	329.2	CD
1034	1041	million	million	CD
1042	1046	from	from	IN
1047	1048	$	$	$
1048	1051	320	320	CD
1052	1059	million	million	CD
1059	1060	.	.	.