Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
19 January 2001


Tesco PLC
19 January 2001

Tesco PLC has been notified that the Tesco Employees Trust purchased Ordinary
Shares of 5 pence each in the company as shown below:

Date                            Price (Pence)                No. of Shares
18 January 2001                 245.5                        1,000,000


The Trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and executive
directors of the Company.  
Each executive director of the Company, as a potential beneficiary of the
Trust, is deemed to have an interest in the shares acquired by the Trust.  The
directors in question are:

R. S. Ager
P. A Clarke
J. Gildersleeve
A. Higginson
T. P. Leahy
T. J. R. Mason
D. E. Reid
D. T. Potts

Enquiries:    J. A. Bailey Esq.
              Deputy Secretary
              Tesco PLC
              Tel: [phone]