DIXONS BOOSTS CYCLOPS &lt;CYL> OWNERSHIP TO 83 PCT

  &lt;Dixons Group Plc> said it bought
  about 2,445,000 Cyclops Corp common shares, boosting its
  holdings of the company's stock to about 83 pct of those now
  outstanding and 79 pct on a fully diluted basis.
      Dixons said the stock was purchased in a single block
  transaction at 95 dlrs per share.
      The company said it expects to proceed with a merger and
  has advised Cyclops it intends to increas the per-share amount
  to be paid in the merger to 95 dlrs, form 90.25 dlrs, for each
  of the about 880,000 remaining Cyclops shares outstanding on a
  fully diluted basis.
  

