Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
28 August 2007


                   TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

                                 ANNOUNCEMENTS

28 August 2007

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 24th August 2007 the Trustees of
the Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
415.5 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 148,371 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 537,448 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               
               Tel: [phone]



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