Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
21 July 2006


17th July 2006

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')ANNOUNCEMENTS


1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 14th July 2006 the Trustees of the
Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
346.5p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR    Number of shares

R W Brasher        112
P A Clarke         112
A Higginson        112
T P Leahy          112
T J R Mason        112
D T Potts          112

L Neville-Rolfe     88

2. The Trustees transferred 24,080,125 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 1,105,408
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
Deputy Secretary
Tesco PLC
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
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