Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
13 January 2004


Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 9 January 2004, the Trustees of the
Tesco Employee Share Incentive Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in
the Company at a price of 260.75p per share on behalf of the Directors below :

Director                                        Number of
                                                 Shares

R S Ager                                           43

P A Clarke                                         43

J Gildersleeve                                     43

A Higginson                                        43

T P Leahy                                          43

T J R Mason                                        86   (includes 43 shares in 
                                                    the name of Mrs Fiona Mason)

D T Potts                                          43

D E Reid                                           43

Enquiries:


M J Field

Deputy Secretary

Tesco PLC

Tel: [phone]

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