Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
28 August 2003

Tesco PLC ('the Company')

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

Tesco PLC has today been notified that on Friday 22 August 2003, the Trustees of
the Tesco Employee Share Incentive Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence
each in the Company at a price of 215.50p per share on behalf of the Directors
below :

Director                                        Number of
                                                 Shares
R S Ager                                           51
P A Clarke                                         51
J Gildersleeve                                     51
A Higginson                                        51
T P Leahy                                          51
T J R Mason                                       102    (includes 51 shares in 
                                                          the name of 
                                                          Mrs Fiona Mason)
D T Potts                                          51
D E Reid                                           51



Enquiries:

M J Field

Deputy Secretary

Tesco PLC

Tel: [phone]


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