FILE PHOTO: A shopping cart is pictured in a Tesco supermarket, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia June 12, 2020. REUTERS/ Lim Huey Teng
December 9, 2020
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco said on Wednesday all conditions had been satisfied for the $10.6 billion sale of its businesses in Thailand and Malaysia to C.P. Retail Development Company Limited and the deal should be completed this month.
Tesco agreed the deal in March. It said that CP Group had now reviewed and was satisfied with the formal notice of approval from the OTCC in Thailand.
This, combined with the approval received from the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs in Malaysia on Nov. 10, means there are no further conditions outstanding and the disposal is expected to complete on or around Dec. 18.
(Reporting by James Davey; Editing by Edmund Blair)
