REG - Tesco PLC - Continuation of Share Buyback Programme

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28/07/2025 07:00

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RNS Number : 7633S  Tesco PLC  28 July 2025

Tesco PLC

28 July 2025

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 continuation of existing £1.45 billion share buyback
programme (the "Programme").

Further to the announcement made on 10 April 2025, Tesco PLC (the "Company")
announces that it has entered into an arrangement with Goldman Sachs
International ("Goldman Sachs") to repurchase ordinary shares in the Company
(the "Shares") purchased 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 and/or Aquis. The second tranche of
this Programme will be for an aggregate market value of up to £500
million (the "Second Tranche"). On 25 July 2025 the company completed the
previous tranche of its Programme. Between 10 April 2025 and 25 July 2025,
the Company repurchased 182,303,915 ordinary shares with an approximate market
value of £700 million.

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 2025 Annual
General Meeting and any subsequent authority 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 9 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 Second Tranche, together with any
other Shares purchased on the Company's behalf pursuant to its Programme, will
not exceed £1.45 billion.

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

Tesco contacts:

Investor relations      Chris Griffith             01707 940
900

                                  Andrew
Gwynn         01707 942 409

 

Media                        Simon Rew
    0330 678 0639

Tesco PLC's LEI number is: 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46.

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