Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
30 August 2006


30th Aug 2006

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan') - ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 25th August 2006 the Trustees of
the Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
368p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR      Number of shares

R W Brasher          30
P A Clarke           30
A Higginson          30
T P Leahy            30
T J R Mason          30
D T Potts            30
L Neville-Rolfe      29

2. The Trustees transferred 143,719 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each from Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP1 (allocated shares) to Lloyds TSB
Registrars Corporate Nominee Limited AESOP 2 (unallocated shares). The transfer
was made following the forfeiture of shares, under the rules of the Plan, by
participants who have left the group since the last purchase. The Directors
above, together with 150,000 other employees, are potential participants in the
Plan and are to be treated as interested in the 1,413,811 shares held by Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares).

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DR 3.1.4 R(1)
(a) and DR 3.1.4 R(1)(b).

Enquiries:     J Lloyd
               Deputy Secretary
               Tesco PLC
               Delamare Road
               Cheshunt
               Hertfordshire
               EN8 9SL
               Tel: [phone]


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange