Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
07 April 2004



Tesco PLC ('the Company')

NOTIFICATION OF INTEREST OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

Tesco PLC announces that on Wednesday 7th April, 47,609 Ordinary Shares of 5P
each in the Company were transferred by Tesco Quest Limited, as trustee of the
Tesco Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust, to satisfy options exercised by
employees under the Company's Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (1981). As a
result of the transfer R Brasher, P A Clarke, D E Reid, A Higginson, Sir Terence
Leahy, T J R Mason, D T Potts who are beneficiaries of the trust, ceased to have
an interest in the 47,609 Ordinary Shares of 5P each in the company.


Enquiries:             Martin Field
                       Deputy Secretary
                       Tesco PLC
                       Tel:- [phone]


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