Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
09 July 2007


TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

ANNOUNCEMENTS

9th July 2007

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 6th July 2007 the Trustees of the
Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
415.02 pence on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR     Number of shares

R W Brasher         129
P A Clarke          129
A Higginson         129
T P Leahy           129
T J R Mason         129
L Neville-Rolfe     107
D T Potts           129

2. The Trustees transferred 422 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 293,167 shares held by Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares).

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
(a) and DTR 3.1.4 R(1)(b).

Enquiries: J Lloyd
Company Secretary
Tesco PLC
Delamare Road
Cheshunt
Hertfordshire
EN8 9SL
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