Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
01 March 2006


Tesco PLC

QUEST - SUBSCRIPTION

NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Tesco PLC ('the Company') announces that on 1st March 2006, 520,720 Ordinary
Shares of 5p each in the Company were allotted and issued to Tesco QUEST
Limited, as trustee of the Tesco Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust, at a
subscription price of 198.00p per share pursuant to the Company's
Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (1981).

As a result of the allotment and issue, P A Clarke, A T Higginson, T P Leahy, T
J R Mason, D T Potts, R W P Brasher, all collectively have an interest in the
520,720 Ordinary Shares of 5p each in the Company as the beneficiaries of the
trust include all employees of the group including these Directors and other
persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs').

This announcement is made in accordance with 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
Tel: [phone]




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