Transaction in Own Shares

Tesco PLC
13 July 2006



Tesco PLC announces that on 13 July 2006 it purchased from JPMorgan Cazenove
2,000,000 ordinary shares at an average price of 342.3238 pence per share. The
purchased shares will be cancelled.


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