Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
11 March 2002

Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 8th March 2002 the Trustees of the
Tesco Employee Share Ownership Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in
the Company at a price of 242p per share on behalf of the Directors below :

Director                                  Number of
                                          Shares

R S Ager                                  46
P A Clarke                                46
J Gildersleeve                            46
A Higginson                               46
T P Leahy                                 46
T J R Mason                               92     (includes 46 shares in the name 
                                                 of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                 46
D E Reid                                  46






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J W McDowall

Assistant Secretary

Tesco PLC

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