Additional Listing

Tesco PLC
24 January 2002

Tesco PLC ('the Company')

Application has been made to the FSA UK Listing Authority, the London Stock
Exchange and the Irish Stock Exchange for the Block Listing of 110,000,000
Ordinary Shares of 5p each, ranking pari passu with the existing Ordinary
Shares, to the Official List.

These shares will be issued pursuant to the Company's Savings-Related Share
Option Scheme (1981) (60,000,000 ords), and Executive Share Option Scheme (1996)
(50,000,000 ords).



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange