Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
12 March 2007


TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

ANNOUNCEMENTS

9th March 2007

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 09th March 2007 the Trustees of the
Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of 438p
on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities
('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR     Number of shares

R W Brasher         25
P A Clarke          25
A Higginson         25
T P Leahy           25
T J R Mason         25
L Neville-Rolfe     25
D T Potts           25

2. The Trustees transferred 131,847 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 1,897,089 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
Company Secretary
Tesco PLC
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
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