According to people with knowledge of the matter, the Chairman of Tesco Plc Mr. Richard Broadbent would consider stepping down after a probe into the companys recently alarmed accounting malpractices is finalized. The UK grocer has been put under a lot of pressure and close monitoring over the last couple of weeks since it called in outside auditors to investigate an overstatement of its first-half profit forecast. Mr. Broadbent could not be reached immediately for comment. However, he refused to make any speculations on his future in a September 22nd statement, when the company revealed the accounting error. "Right now, I'm going to continue dealing with the issues as they arise in this important company," he said. Tescos new Chief Executive Officer Dave Lewis said last month that the supermarket chains £1.1bn first-half profit forecast, which was released several weeks earlier, had been overstated.