Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
16 January 2007


TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

ANNOUNCEMENTS

16th January 2007

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 12th January 2007 the Trustees of
the Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
419.75p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR     Number of shares

R W Brasher         26
P A Clarke          26
A Higginson         26
T P Leahy           26
D T Potts           26
T J R Mason         26
L Neville-Rolfe     26

2. The Trustees transferred 92,000 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 1,632,468 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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