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Tax services provider H & R Block (NYSE:HRB) is to buy back up to US$1.5bn of shares through a tender offer.
Shareholders will be invited to offer some or all of their shares to the company at no less than US$32.25 and no more than US$37.00.
The tender offer closes at 5.00 p.m., New York City time, on Friday, 2 October.
The tender offer will be administered on the a "modified Dutch auction" basis, whereby the tenders will be processed from the lowest price up until the company has the number of shares it wants to repurchase.
In the event that shares to the value of more than US$1.5bn are offered back to the company, the size of the tender offer may, at H & R Block's option, be increased by 2%.
The company reported a fiscal first quarter loss on Tuesday evening that was narrower than anticipated.
The loss per share of 35 cents was not as bad as the 40 cents a share median forecast of the 40 analysts tracked by Factset who cover the stock.
Shares in the company were up US$2.20 to US$35.15 in early trading.