Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
29 July 2002


Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that, on 26th July 2002, the Trustees of the
Tesco Employee Share Ownership Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in
the Company at a price of 204p per share on behalf of the Directors below :

Director                                        Number of

                                                 Shares
R S Ager                                           55
P A Clarke                                         55
J Gildersleeve                                     55
A Higginson                                        55
T P Leahy                                          55
T J R Mason                                        110          (includes 55 shares in the name of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                          55
D E Reid                                           55






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J A Bailey

Deputy Secretary

Tesco PLC

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