Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
03 December 2003


Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that, on Friday 28 November 2003, the Trustees
of the Tesco Employee Share Incentive Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each in the Company at a price of 248.75p per share under the Re-invested
Dividend scheme on behalf of the Directors below :

Director                                        Number of
                                                 Shares

R S Ager                                           22
P A Clarke                                         22
J Gildersleeve                                     22
A Higginson                                        22
T P Leahy                                          22
T J R Mason                                        42 (includes 20 shares in the 
                                                      name of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                          22
D E Reid                                           22


Enquiries:

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


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