Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
27 September 2006


TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

ANNOUNCEMENTS

27th September 2006

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 22nd September 2006 the Trustees of
the Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
371.25p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR     Number of shares

R W Brasher         29
P A Clarke          29
A Higginson         29
T P Leahy           29
T J R Mason         29
D T Potts           29
L Neville-Rolfe     30

2. The Trustees transferred 204,806 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 1,618,617 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
Deputy Secretary
Tesco PLC
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
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