	county increases tesco stake in hillards county ltd which is acting in concert with tesco plc tsco l in its mln stg for supermarket chain operator hillards plc has purchased hillards ordinary shares at p per share a statement said these purchases together with those made by county on march represent about pct of hillards issued ordinary share capital it said tesco s offer made on march values each hillards ordinary share at p a pct premium over the previous day s closing price a cash alternative of p will be made available reuter 
