Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
7 May 2002

Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 3rd May 2002 the Trustees of the Tesco
Employee Share Ownership Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the
Company at a price of 258.5p per share on behalf of the Directors below :

Director                                  Number of
                                          Shares
R S Ager                                  43
P A Clarke                                43
J Gildersleeve                            43
A Higginson                               43
T P Leahy                                 43
T J R Mason                               86   (includes 43 shares in the name of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                 43
D E Reid                                  43






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J A Bailey

Deputy Secretary

Tesco PLC

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