Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
20 October 2003

Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that on Friday 17 October 2003, the Trustees
of the Tesco Employee Share Incentive Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each in the Company at a price of 235.50p per share on behalf of the Directors
below :

Director                                        Number of

                                                 Shares
R S Ager                                           47
P A Clarke                                         47
J Gildersleeve                                     47
A Higginson                                        47
T P Leahy                                          47
T J R Mason                               94                 (includes 47 shares in the name of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                          47
D E Reid                                           47






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M J Field

Deputy Secretary

Tesco PLC

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