Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
22 September 2004

                    
TESCO PLC

NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Tesco PLC announces that on 22nd September 2004, 54,562 Ordinary Shares of 5P
each in the Company were transferred by Tesco Quest Limited, as trustee of the
Tesco Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust, to satisfy options exercised by
employees under the Company's Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (1981). As a
result of the transfer R Brasher, P A Clarke, D E Reid, A Higginson, Sir Terry
Leahy, T J R Mason, D T Potts who are beneficiaries of the trust, ceased to have
an interest in the 54,562 Ordinary Shares of 5P each in the company.

Enquiries:         Martin Field
                   Deputy Secretary
                   Tesco PLC
                   Tel:- [phone]


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