ANS Group, the Manchester Science Park-based company which recently delisted from the PLUS market, has announced that a tender offer period announced last month to buy back up to 1.5m shares in the company at 104p per share has closed.The company said that acceptances had been received for 856,826 shares, or 57.12% of those that were available. All the shares that have been acquired under the tender offer will be cancelled, subject to agreement by shareholders at a general meeting due to take place on October 11.