Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Tesco PLC
20 April 2000


Tesco PLC ('the Company')

GRANT OF OPTIONS TO DIRECTORS

The Directors listed below have today been
granted the following options, for Tesco PLC
Ordinary shares of 5p each, under the Tesco
Executive Share Option Scheme (1996) at an option
price of 209.5p per share.

Director                     No. of Shares

R S Ager                           182,528

P A Clarke                          77,683

T P Leahy                           17,673


These options are exercisable from 20 April 2003.