Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
28 December 2006


                    TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

                                  ANNOUNCEMENTS


28th December 2006

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 22nd December 2006 the Trustees of
the Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
402.86p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR Number of shares

R W Brasher 53
P A Clarke 53
A Higginson 53
T P Leahy 53
T J R Mason 53
D T Potts 53
L Neville-Rolfe 44

2. The Trustees transferred 186,303 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each from Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP1 (allocated shares) to Lloyds TSB
Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP 2 (unallocated shares). The transfer
was made following the forfeiture of shares, under the rules of the Plan, by
participants who have left the group since the last purchase. The Directors
above, together with 150,000 other employees, are potential participants in the
Plan and are to be treated as interested in the 1,540,468 shares held by Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares).

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DR 3.1.4 R(1)
(a) and DR 3.1.4 R(1)(b).

Enquiries: J Lloyd
Company Secretary
Tesco PLC
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
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