Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
09 May 2007


9th May 2007

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 04th May 2007 the Trustees of the
Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
4.7225p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR     Number of shares

R W Brasher         24
P A Clarke          24
A Higginson         24
T P Leahy           24
T J R Mason         24
L Neville-Rolfe     24
D T Potts           24

2. The Trustees transferred 145,411 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 2,155,274 shares held by Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares).

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

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

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