Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
13 March 2006



13th March 2006


TESCO PLC

SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on 10th March 2006 the Trustees of the
Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at a price of
332.5p on behalf of the directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibilities ('PDMRs') listed below:

Director / PDMR   Number of shares

R W Brasher            33
P A Clarke             33
A Higginson            33
T P Leahy              33
T J R Mason            33
D T Potts              33

L Neville-Rolfe        33

2. The Trustees transferred 119,857 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 11,676,858 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
           Deputy Secretary
           Tesco PLC
           Delamare Road
           Cheshunt
           Hertfordshire
           EN8 9SL
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