Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
18 December 2006


18th December 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 15th December 2006 the Trustees of
the Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
396.00 on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR Number of shares

R W Brasher     28
P A Clarke      28
A Higginson     28
T P Leahy       28
T J R Mason     28
D T Potts       28
L Neville-Rolfe 28

2. The Trustees transferred 154,420 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 1,508,585 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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