Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number:4730E
Woolworths Group PLC
25 September 2007




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 24 September 2007 under the Company's Performance Share Plan.
These conditional awards were made at a price of 20.0p per share and will vest,
subject to the rules of the Plan and the future performance of the Company, on
24 September 2010, provided also that the Director remains in employment with
the Company at that time.

 
                                           Conditional
                                                 Share
                                               Award *

Trevor Bish-Jones                              533,000
Steve Lewis                                    307,500
Lloyd Wigglesworth                             280,000
Stephen East                                   317,800
Tony Page                                      307,500



      * 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%     2% pa        3% pa        4% pa        5% pa         6% pa
                             pa
Trevor Bish-Jones            Nil        133,250      266,500      399,750      533,000       666,250
Steve Lewis                  Nil         76,875      153,750      230,625      307,500       384,375
Lloyd Wigglesworth           Nil         70,000      140,000      210,000      280,000       350,000
Stephen East                 Nil         79,450      158,900      238,350      317,800       397,250
Tony Page                    Nil         76,875      153,750      230,625      307,500       384,375



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           133,250          266,500         399,750        666,250
Steve Lewis                  Nil           76,875           153,750         230,625        384,375
Lloyd Wigglesworth           Nil           70,000           140,000         210,000        350,000
Stephen East                 Nil           79,450           158,900         238,350        397,250
Tony Page                    Nil           76,875           153,750         230,625        384,375



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 awards of Woolworths Group plc, following the grant of these
awards, is:

                                                                                     
                                                                                     Conditional Share      
                                              Shares             Share options             Awards

Trevor Bish-Jones                             532,944              3,263,862             5,514,800
Stephen East                                  100,000               11,333               1,149,307
Steve Lewis                                   53,557                942,048              1,252,170
Tony Page                                     10,000                  Nil                1,593,965
Lloyd Wigglesworth                            17,000                262,522              1,219,228



The company was notified of the awards on 24 September 2007.


25 September 2007

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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