Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
15 December 2003


Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING


Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 12 December 2003, the Trustees of the
Tesco Employee Share Incentive Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in
the Company at a price of 244.50p per share on behalf of the Directors below :

Director                               Number of
                                        Shares

R S Ager                                  44
P A Clarke                                44
J Gildersleeve                            44
A Higginson                               44
T P Leahy                                 44
T J R Mason                               88    (includes 44 shares in the name 
                                                 of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                 44
D E Reid                                  44




Enquiries:

M J Field
Deputy Secretary
Tesco PLC
Tel: [phone]


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