Blocklisting Interim Review

Tesco PLC
09 April 2008


                        BLOCK LISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN

Information provided on this form must be typed or printed electronically and
provided to an ris.

Date: 9th April 2008

+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Name of applicant:                      |TESCO PLC                                |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Name of scheme:                         |TECSO PLC SAVINGS RELATED SHARE OPTION   |
|                                        |SCHEME (1981)                            |
|                                        |TESCO PLC IRISH SAVINGS RELATED SHARE    |
|                                        |OPTION SCHEME (2000)                     |
+-----------------------------+----------+-----------------+-----+-----------------+
|Period of return:            |From:     |1 October 2007   |To:  |31 March 2008    |
+-----------------------------+----------+-----------------+-----+-----------------+
|Balance of unallotted securities under  |6,151,862                                |
|scheme(s) from previous return:         |                                         |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Plus: The amount by which the block     |37,000,000                               |
|scheme(s) has been increased since the  |                                         |
|date of the last return (if any increase|                                         |
|has been applied for):                  |                                         |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Less: Number of securities issued/      |38,923,427                               |
|allotted under scheme(s) during period  |                                         |
|(see LR3.5.7G):                         |                                         |
+----------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Equals: Balance under scheme(s) not yet |4,228,435                                |
|issued/allotted at end of period:       |                                         |
+-----------------------------+----------+-----------------+-----+-----------------+
+-----------------------------+----------+-----------------+-----+-----------------+

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|Name of contact:                       |TERESA JAMES                          |
|                                       |GROUP SHARE SCHEMES MANAGER           |
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
|Telephone number of contact:           |01992 646610                          |
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