Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
08 May 2006


8th May 2006

TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')ANNOUNCEMENTS

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

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

Director / PDMR    Number of shares

R W Brasher            34
P A Clarke             34
A Higginson            34
T P Leahy              34
T J R Mason            34
D T Potts              34
L Neville-Rolfe        34

2. The Trustees transferred 110,565 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 11,915,652 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
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