Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
30 April 2008


30 April 2008

Tesco PLC

Tesco PLC was notified today that the Trustees of the Tesco Employee Share
Incentive Plan purchased 4,000,000 Ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company at
an average price of 428.49p

The Trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and executive
directors of the Company. Each executive director of the Company, as a potential
beneficiary of the Trust, is deemed to have an interest in the shares acquired
by the Trust. The directors in questions are: P A Clarke, A T Higginson, T P
Leahy, T J R Mason, D T Potts, R W P Brasher, L Neville-Rolfe.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4.



Enquiries: J Lloyd
Company Secretary

Tesco PLC
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
Tel: [phone]



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