Directors' Dealings

Tesco PLC
1 December 1999



Tesco PLC ('the Company')

GRANT OF OPTIONS TO DIRECTORS

The Company announces that it has granted options
over Tesco PLC Ordinary shares of 5p each to the
following Directors under the rules of the Tesco
PLC Executive Share Option Scheme (1996) at an
option price of 173p per share, on 30 November
1999.

Director                     No. of Shares

R S Ager                            36,994

P A Clarke                         277,170

J Gildersleeve                      73,988

A Higginson                         76,301

T P Leahy                          228,901

T Mason                             87,861

D T Potts                          199,827

D E Reid                           117,920

These options are exercisable from 30 November 2002.