Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
08 December 2003

Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS

The Company was informed today that on 28 November 2003 the Directors below
became entitled to scrip dividend Ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company, at
a price of 239.55p per share, under the Scrip Dividend Scheme:

Director                                                        No of Shares

R S Ager                                                              17,141
P A Clarke                                                             8,507
J Gardiner                                                                83
J Gildersleeve                                                        16,516
A T Higginson                                                         10,257
T P Leahy                                                             24,057
T J R Mason                                                           13,385
G F Pimlott                                                              252
D T Potts                                                             11,013
D E Reid                                                              21,684


Enquiries:

M J Field

Deputy Secretary

Tesco PLC

Tel: [phone]


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