Director/PDMR Shareholding

Tesco PLC
12 August 2005


TESCO PLC

NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Tesco PLC announces that on 11th August 2005, 867,777 Ordinary Shares of 5P each
in the Company were allotted and issued to Tesco Quest Limited, as trustee of
the Tesco Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust, at a subscription price of
329.25 pence per share pursuant to the Company's Savings-Related Share Option
Scheme (1981). As a result of the allotment and issue, R W Brasher, A Higginson,
T P Leahy, T J R Mason, P A Clarke, D T Potts all collectively have an interest
in the 867,777 Ordinary Shares of 5P each in the company, as the beneficiaries
of the trust include all employees of the group including these Directors.


Enquiries:      Jonathan Lloyd
                Deputy Secretary
                Tesco PLC
                Tel:- [phone]


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