REG - Tesco PLC - Commencement of Share Buyback Programme

TescoAnnouncement

21/04/2023 07:00

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RNS Number : 9775W  Tesco PLC  21 April 2023

Tesco PLC

21 April 2023

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN
OFFER FOR SALE OF ANY SECURITIES OR AN OFFER OR INVITATION TO PURCHASE ANY
SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION OR A SOLICITATION OF ANY VOTE OR APPROVAL. NOT
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Tesco PLC announces the commencement of its buy back of shares with an
aggregate market value of up to £750 million by April 2024 as part of its
ongoing share buyback programme.

Further to the announcement made on 13 April 2023, Tesco plc (the "Company")
announces that it has entered into an arrangement with Goldman Sachs
International ("Goldman Sachs") for Goldman Sachs to purchase shares (together
with any other ordinary shares in the Company, the "Shares") on behalf of the
Company (on a riskless principal basis) on the London Stock Exchange and/or
Cboe Europe Limited through the BXE and CXE order books, and/or Turquoise for
subsequent repurchase by the Company on the London Stock Exchange. The first
tranche of this buyback programme (the "Initial Programme") will be for an
aggregate market value of up to £450,000,000. Any further tranches of the
buyback programme, which may be conducted after completion of the Initial
Programme, will be announced in due course.

The arrangement allows Goldman Sachs to purchase Shares on the Company's
behalf (on a riskless principal basis) in accordance with the Company's
current buyback authority granted by shareholders at the Company's 2022 Annual
General Meeting and any subsequent authority.

These share purchases by Goldman Sachs will be made on the Company's behalf
(on a riskless principal basis) in accordance with the arrangement and shall
be made independently of and uninfluenced by the Company (including, for the
avoidance of doubt, in the case of any purchases made during closed periods).

Any share purchases effected pursuant to the arrangement will be subject to
the terms of the arrangement with Goldman Sachs and in accordance with the
terms therein will be effected in a manner consistent with the general
authority vested in the Company to repurchase shares, the Market Abuse
Regulation 596/2014 as it forms part of UK domestic law and Chapter 12 of
the United Kingdom Listing Rules, which require that the maximum price paid be
limited to be no more than the higher of (i) 105 per cent of the average
middle market closing price of the Company's ordinary shares for the five
trading days on the London Stock Exchange before the purchase is made, and
(ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest
current independent bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried
out. The aggregate purchase price under this Initial Programme, together with
any other Shares purchased on the Company's behalf pursuant to its buyback
programme, will not exceed £750 million.

The sole purpose of these share purchases is to reduce the Company's share
capital.

Tesco contacts:

Investor relations
                                Chris Griffith
                        01707 940 900

Media
   Simon Rew                             0330 678
0639

Tesco PLC's LEI number is: 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46

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