Directorate Change

Tesco PLC
10 September 2003

TESCO ANNOUNCES PLC BOARD CHANGES

Tesco Plc today announced a series of changes as part of the long time
development of its Board.

David Reid will become Non-Executive Chairman at the beginning of April, as
already announced. John Gildersleeve and Rowley Ager are due to retire in March.

At that time, Richard Brasher, who currently leads the company's non-food
commercial activities, will join the Plc Board and will succeed John
Gildersleeve as Commercial and Trading Director.

Lucy Neville-Rolfe will succeed Rowley Ager as Company Secretary and will join
the Plc Executive Committee. She will retain her existing responsibilities for
Corporate Affairs.

Philip Clarke, currently Logistics and IT Director, will become the Director
responsible for International Operations at the end of December, retaining his
group responsibilities for IT. There will be some other adjustment to portfolios
(see below).

Commenting on the change John Gardiner, Chairman of Tesco, said

'The Board is grateful to John Gildersleeve and Rowley Ager for the tremendous
job they've done for Tesco over many years. Tesco has a strong record of
succession planning and these appointments mark a further step in the Board's
evolution.'

From April 2004 the Board will comprise

David Reid - Chairman, Non Executive
Rodney Chase CBE - Deputy Chairman and Senior Non Executive Director
Sir Terry Leahy - Chief Executive
Richard Brasher - Commercial and Trading
Philip Clarke - International and IT
Andrew Higginson - Finance and Strategy
Tim Mason - Marketing, E-Commerce, Property and Republic of Ireland
David Potts - Retail and Logistics
Charles Allen CBE - non executive
E.Mervyn Davies CBE - non executive
Dr Harald Einsmann - non executive
Veronique Morali - non executive
Graham Pimlott - non executive

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Lucy Neville Rolfe - Company Secretary


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Richard Brasher, 42, joined Tesco from RHM in 1983; he had also worked at
Unilever. For the last three years he has led the company's non-food commercial
and trading activities. Prior to that he was UK Marketing Director and spent
time as a store manager and in a number of buying roles.

Lucy Neville-Rolfe, 50, has been Group Director of Corporate Affairs since 1997,
responsible for internal and external communications, investor and government
relations, CSR and competition issues. Before that she was a member of the
Senior Civil Service at 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office. She is a
non-Executive Director on the Board of the Foreign Office.

Philip Clarke, 43, has spent 29 years at Tesco starting while he was at school
and university. He worked in retail, commercial and marketing before his
appointment as Regional Manager in Scotland and the North of England in 1995.
Since his appointment to the Board in 1998, he has had responsibility for UK
distribution, supply chain and IT. In his new role he will divide his time
between our operations in Central Europe and Asia and his current group wide
responsibilities for IT.

Andrew Higginson, 46, adds Corporate Strategy to his responsibilities. He joined
the Board as Group Finance Director in 1997. Prior to that he had been Finance
Director of the Burton Group. He started his career at Unilever and Guinness,
before becoming Group Finance Director of Laura Ashley. He is a member of 100
Group of Finance Directors and Non-Executive Director of C and J Clark Limited.

Tim Mason, 46, will add responsibility for the Republic of Ireland and UK
Property Acquisition to his responsibilities for marketing, property services,
E-Commerce and as a Non-Executive Director of Tesco Personal Finance and Tesco
Mobile. He was appointed to the Board in 1995. He joined Tesco in 1982. He is a
Non-Executive Director of Capital Radio Plc and a Director of Business in the
Community.

David Potts, 46, adds UK Distribution to his responsibilities for Retail. David
was appointed to the Board in 1998. He joined Tesco as a general assistant at
the age of 16 in 1973 and has held a range of store and head office positions.
From 1997 he directed the integration of our businesses in Northern Ireland and
the Republic of Ireland before returning to the UK in his current role in July
2000.

For further information please consult the annual report - it is available on
the web at www.tesco.com/corporateinfo/


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