Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number:9140K
Woolworths Group PLC
24 October 2006



                             Woolworths Group plc

                     Directors' Interests: Share Awards


The following awards of ordinary shares of 12.5p each nominal in the Company
have been made on 20 October 2006 under the Company's Performance Share Plan.
These conditional awards were made at a price of 36p per share and will vest,
subject to the rules of the Plan and the future performance of the Company, on
20 October 2009, provided also that the Director remains in employment with the
Company at that time.

                                             Conditional
                                                Share
                                               Award *

Trevor Bish-Jones                              288,889
Steve Lewis                                    166,667
Lloyd Wigglesworth                             151,667
Stephen East                                   172,222
Tony Page                                      166,667

   * Assumes on target EPS and TSR performance


In accordance with the rules of the Plan, 50% of the conditional award depends
on the increase in the Company's fully diluted, adjusted earnings per share ("
EPS") over the next three years. The increase in EPS is in addition to the
increase in the Retail Prices Index. The following table sets out how this
element of the awards will vary in line with the increase in EPS.


EPS-Based Award
                          less than      2% pa        3% pa        4% pa        5% pa         6% pa
                            2%pa
Trevor Bish-Jones            Nil         72,222      144,445      216,667      288,889       361,111
Steve Lewis                  Nil         41,667       83,334      125,000      166,667       208,333
Lloyd Wigglesworth           Nil         37,917       75,834      113,750      151,667       189,583
Stephen East                 Nil         43,056       86,111      129,167      172,222       215,278
Tony Page                    Nil         41,667       83,334      125,000      166,667       208,333


In addition, the remaining 50% of the conditional award depends on the Company's
Total Shareholder Return ("TSR") performance over the next three years. The
Comparator group for these purposes is the FTSE General Retailers Index. The
following table sets out how this element of the award will vary in line with
the increase in EPS.



TSR-Based Award
                        below median    median - 60th     61st - 70th     71st - 80th   upper quintile
                                         percentile       percentile      percentile
Trevor Bish-Jones            Nil           72,222           144,444         216,667        361,111
Steve Lewis                  Nil           41,667           83,333          125,000        208,333
Lloyd Wigglesworth           Nil           37,917           75,833          113,750        189,583
Stephen East                 Nil           43,056           86,111          129,167        215,278
Tony Page                    Nil           41,667           83,333          125,000        208,333



No new shares will be issued to satisfy any of these awards.

The interest of each of the directors in ordinary shares, share options and
conditional share award of Woolworths Group plc, following the grant of these
awards, is:

                                                                                       Conditional 
                                              Shares             Share options         Share Awards

Trevor Bish-Jones                             462,402              4,423,703             5,056,080

Stephen East                                  100,000               11,333                628,228

Steve Lewis                                   38,728               1,383,823              807,150

Tony Page                                       Nil                   Nil                 166,667

Lloyd Wigglesworth                            17,000                262,522               801,972



The company was notified of the awards on 20 October 2006.


23 October 2006
Jonathan Bloom
Company Secretary

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For further information contact :-

Jonathan Bloom, Company Secretary, Woolworths Group plc:  020 7706 5033

Celia Gordon-Shute, Tulchan Communications:  020 7353 4200




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