TESCO ASSOCIATE BUYS 4.2 PCT OF HILLARDS

  Tesco Plc &lt;TSCO.L> said that &lt;County
  Ltd> had yesterday bought on its behalf 2.06 mln shares, or
  around 4.2 pct, in &lt;Hillards Plc> for between 302p and 310p a
  share.
      Tesco yesterday launched a 151.4 mln stg bid for the north
  of England supermarket chain, which Hillards promptly rejected.
      Hillards shares were last quoted at 324p, compared with
  last night's close of 313p.
  

