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Tesco PLC

Tesco PLC - Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1731P
Tesco PLC
04 August 2026
 

PDMR SHAREHOLDING

 

3 August 2026

 

Tesco PLC (the "Company")

 

Purchase of shares under the Tesco PLC Share Incentive Plan (the "SIP")

The Company has been notified that on 31 July 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

28

£4.8842

31 July 2026

Guus Dekkers

29

£4.8842

31 July 2026

Kay Majid

22

£4.8842

31 July 2026

Jonny McQuarrie

5

£4.8842

31 July 2026

Ashwin Prasad

28

£4.8842

31 July 2026

Andrew Yaxley

28

£4.8842

31 July 2026

 

The Notification of Dealing Form for each PDMR can be found below.  This announcement is made in accordance with the UK Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014, as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).

 

For enquiries, please contact:

Chris Taylor, Group Company Secretary

Tesco PLC

Tesco House

Shire Park

Kestrel Way

Welwyn Garden City

Hertfordshire

AL7 1GA

Email: CompanySecretary@tesco.com

LEI Number: 2138002P5RNKC5W2JZ46

 

 

 



 

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 of 6 1/3 pence 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)

£4.8842

Volume(s)

28

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

28

 

£4.8842

 

£136.76

f)

Date of the transaction

2026-07-31

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 of 6 1/3 pence 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)

£4.8842

Volume(s)

29

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

29

 

£4.8842

 

£141.64

f)

Date of the transaction

2026-07-31

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 of 6 1/3 pence 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)

£4.8842

Volume(s)

22

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

22

 

£4.8842

 

£107.45

f)

Date of the transaction

2026-07-31

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 of 6 1/3 pence 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)

£4.8842

Volume(s)

5

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

5

 

£4.8842

 

£24.42

f)

Date of the transaction

2026-07-31

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 of 6 1/3 pence 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)

£4.8842

Volume(s)

28

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

 

28

 

£4.8842

 

£136.76

f)

Date of the transaction

2026-07-31

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 of 6 1/3 pence 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)

£4.8842

Volume(s)

28

e)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Aggregated Price

- Aggregated Total

 

28

 

£4.8842

 

£136.76

f)

Date of the transaction

2026-07-31

g)

Place of the transaction

London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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