Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
21 December 2005


                         
Tesco PLC

ESOP - ORDINARY SHARE PURCHASE

Tesco PLC was notified on 21 December that Hill Samuel Offshore Trustees Limited
purchased Ordinary Shares of 5p each in the Company as shown below:

Date                  No of Shares       Price (Pence)
20 December 2005         1,200,000         327.40p

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.

Enquiries: J Lloyd
Deputy Secretary
Tesco PLC
Tel: [phone]



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