Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
21 September 2005



TESCO PLC

NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Tesco PLC announces that on 21st September 2005 33,389 Ordinary Shares of 5P
each in the Company were transferred by Tesco Quest Limited, as trustee of the
Tesco Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust, to satisfy options exercised by
employees under the Company's Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (1981). As a
result of the transfer R Brasher, P A Clarke, A Higginson, Sir Terry Leahy, T J
R Mason, D T Potts who are beneficiaries of the trust, ceased to have an
interest in the 33,389 Ordinary Shares of 5P each in the company.

Enquiries: J Lloyd
Deputy Secretary
Tesco PLC
Tel: [phone]



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