In re Tesco PLC Securities Litigation

ORDER DENYING TRANSFER

Sarah S. Vance, Chair

Before the Panel:* Common defendant Tesco PLC (Tesco) moves under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 to centralize the seven actions listed on the attached Schedule A in the Southern District of New York. Six of the actions are pending in that district, and have been consolidated for all purposes. The seventh action (Western & Southern) is pending in the Southern District of Ohio.

The individual defendants in the consolidated New York action, who are former Tesco officers and/or directors, support centralization in the Southern District of New York.1 The Western &…