Director/PDMR Shareholding
16/02/2026 16:00
RNS Number : 2169T
Tesco PLC
16 February 2026
PDMR SHAREHOLDING
16 February 2026
Tesco PLC (the "Company")
Purchase of shares under the Tesco PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")
The Company has been notified that on 13 February 2026, the Trustees of the SIP purchased Ordinary Shares of 6 1/3 pence each in the Company under the SIP's Partnership Share Scheme on behalf of the following Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs") as set out below:
| Name of PDMR | Number of shares acquired | Purchase price per share | Date acquired |
| Ken Murphy | 29 | £4.821186 | 13 February 2026 |
| Guus Dekkers | 29 | £4.821186 | 13 February 2026 |
| Kay Majid | 23 | £4.821186 | 13 February 2026 |
| Jonny McQuarrie | 5 | £4.821186 | 13 February 2026 |
| Ashwin Prasad | 28 | £4.821186 | 13 February 2026 |
| Andrew Yaxley | 29 | £4.821186 | 13 February 2026 |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Ken Murphy | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Group Chief Executive Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of6 1/3pence each GB00BLGZ9862 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares by the Trustees under the Partnership Share Scheme of the Company's Share Incentive Plan | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £4.821186 | Volume(s) 29 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total | 29 £4.821186 £139.81 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-02-13 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Guus Dekkers | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Chief Technology Officer | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of6 1/3pence each GB00BLGZ9862 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares by the Trustees under the Partnership Share Scheme of the Company's Share Incentive Plan | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £4.821186 | Volume(s) 29 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total | 29 £4.821186 £139.81 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-02-13 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Kay Majid | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | Group General Counsel | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of6 1/3pence each GB00BLGZ9862 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares by the Trustees under the Partnership Share Scheme of the Company's Share Incentive Plan | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £4.821186 | Volume(s) 23 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total | 23 £4.821186 £110.89 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-02-13 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Jonny McQuarrie | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | CEO, Central Europe | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of6 1/3pence each GB00BLGZ9862 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares by the Trustees under the Partnership Share Scheme of the Company's Share Incentive Plan | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £4.821186 | Volume(s) 5 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total | 5 £4.821186 £24.11 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-02-13 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Ashwin Prasad | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | UK CEO | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of6 1/3pence each GB00BLGZ9862 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares by the Trustees under the Partnership Share Scheme of the Company's Share Incentive Plan | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £4.821186 | Volume(s) 28 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total | 28 £4.821186 £134.99 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-02-13 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |
| 1 | Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated | ||
| a) | Name | Andrew Yaxley | |
| 2 | Reason for the notification | ||
| a) | Position/status | CEO, Booker | |
| b) | Initial notification /Amendment | Initial Notification | |
| 3 | Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | ||
| a) | Name | Tesco PLC | |
| b) | Legal Entity Identifier | 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46 | |
| 4 | Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | ||
| a) | Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code | Ordinary shares of6 1/3pence each GB00BLGZ9862 | |
| b) | Nature of the transaction | Purchase of shares by the Trustees under the Partnership Share Scheme of the Company's Share Incentive Plan | |
| c) | Currency | GBP | |
| d) | Price(s) and volume(s) | Price(s) £4.821186 | Volume(s) 29 |
| e) | Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Aggregated Price - Aggregated Total | 29 £4.821186 £139.81 | |
| f) | Date of the transaction | 2026-02-13 | |
| g) | Place of the transaction | London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON) | |
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