Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
02 June 2003

Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that on Friday 30 May 2003, the Trustees of
the Tesco Employee Share Incentive Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each in the Company at a price of 206.25p per share on behalf of the Directors
below :

Director                                        Number of
                                                 Shares
R S Ager                                           53
P A Clarke                                         53
J Gildersleeve                                     53
A Higginson                                        53
T P Leahy                                          53
T J R Mason                                       106  (includes 53 shares in the name of Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                          53
D E Reid                                           53






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