Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
20 December 2005

                             SCRIP DIVIDEND SHARES


20th December 2005

Tesco PLC

DIRECTORS' SHAREHOLDINGS



Tesco PLC has today been notified that on Friday 9th December 2005, the
Directors below became entitled to Ordinary shares of 5p each in the Company, at
a price of 311.05p per share, under the Scrip Dividend Scheme:






Director               No of Shares

R W P Brasher                   2,004
P A Clarke                     12,383
A T Higginson                  13,768
T P Leahy                      29,814 (including 223 Scrip dividend shares paid on holdings of connected persons)
T J R Mason                    13,639 (including 600 Scrip dividend shares paid on holdings of connected persons)
R F Chase                         417
D T Potts                      14,754
H Einsmann                        771





Enquiries:              J Lloyd
                        Deputy Secretary
                        Tesco PLC
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