Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
17 May 2006


17th May 2006

Tesco PLC

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Tesco PLC ('the Company') has today been notified that on 16th May 2006, the
Directors and other persons discharging managerial responsibilities ('PDMRs') as
listed below, were appropriated shares at a price of 319.65p per share under the
Free Shares element of the Company's Share Incentive Plan:

Director / PDMR    No of Shares

P A Clarke           938
A T Higginson        938
T P Leahy            938
T J R Mason          938
D T Potts            938
R W P Brasher        938

Lucy Neville-Rolfe   938


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