Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
30 July 2007




TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan') ANNOUNCEMENTS

30th July 2007

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES


1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 27th July 2007 the Trustees of the
Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
4.0675 pence on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR Number of shares

R W Brasher       27
P A Clarke        27
A Higginson       27
T P Leahy         27
T J R Mason       27
L Neville-Rolfe   27
D T Potts         27

2. The Trustees transferred 95,910 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 389,077 shares held by Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares).

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

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