COMMERZBANK TO ACQUIRE AND FLOAT LINOTYPE

  Commerzbank AG &lt;CBKG.F> said it will
  acquire &lt;Linotype GmbH>, Europe's largest manufacturer of
  type-setting and printing communications technology from Allied
  Signal Inc &lt;ALD.N> and float off the shares in the company.
      Commerzbank declined to say how much it had paid for
  Linotype.
      Linotype's group turnover in 1986 rose 15 pct to more than
  500 mln marks, the bank said. The group's net return on capital
  was seven pct.
  

