Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
11 February 2003


Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 7 February 2003, the Trustees of the
Tesco Employee Share Ownership Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in
the Company at a price of 171.25p per share on behalf of the Directors below :

Director                        Number of
                                 Shares

R S Ager                           64
P A Clarke                         64
J Gildersleeve                     64
A Higginson                        64
T P Leahy                          64
T J R Mason                        128      (includes 64 shares in 
D T Potts                          64       the name of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D E Reid                           64



Enquiries:

J A Bailey
Deputy Secretary
Tesco PLC
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