Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
03 August 2006


              TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

                            ANNOUNCEMENTS

03rd August 2006

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 28th July 2006 the Trustees of the
Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
363.75p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR                 Number of shares

R W Brasher - 0408998           31
P A Clarke - 0233875            31
A Higginson - 0746165           31
T P Leahy - 0237689             31
T J R Mason - 0238172           31
D T Potts - 0108731             31
L Neville-Rolfe - 10376480      31

2. The Trustees transferred 164,684 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 1,270,092
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
           Tel: [phone]




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