Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
11 May 2007


                         SIP - ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE




11 May 2007

Tesco PLC

Tesco PLC (the 'Company') was notified today that the Trustees of the Tesco
Employee Share Incentive Plan purchased 15,000,000 Ordinary shares of 5p each in
the Company at an average price of 469.581p.

The Trust is for the benefit of employees and executive directors of the
Company. Each executive director of the Company, as a potential beneficiary of
the Trust, is deemed to have an interest in the shares acquired by the Trust.
The directors in question are P A Clarke, A T Higginson, T P Leahy, T J R Mason,
D T Potts, R W P Brasher, L Neville-Rolfe.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4(1)(a)
and DTR 3.4.1 R(1)(b).


Enquiries: J Lloyd
Company Secretary
Tesco PLC
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
Tel. [phone]




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