Director Shareholding

Tesco PLC
14 March 2005


TESCO EMPLOYEE SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN ('Plan')

ANNOUNCEMENTS

14 March 2005

DIRECTORS SHAREHOLDING

1. Tesco PLC has today been notified that on Friday 11th March 2005, the
Trustees of the Plan purchased Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each in the Company at
a price of 315.5p on behalf of the Directors below:

R W Brasher       35
P A Clarke        35
A Higginson       35
T P Leahy         35
T J R Mason       35
D T Potts         35

2. The Trustees transferred 136,894 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 and purchase of shares in
preparation for the forth coming free award, 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 17,478,105 shares held by Lloyds
TSB Registrars Corporate Nominee Ltd AESOP2 (unallocated shares).

M J Field
Deputy Secretary
Tesco PLC
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