RNS Number:6221K
Woolworths Group PLC
1 May 2003


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     WOOLWORTHS GROUP PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     NON-BENEFICIAL

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE SCHEDULE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   (%) of issued Class

     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     1,593,946

8)   (0.11%) of issued Class


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 12.5P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT STATED

11)  Date company informed

     1ST MAY 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     154,710,171
                    
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     10.99%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     JONATHAN BLOOM
     0207 706 5033

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification ....1 MAY 2003......



Schedule A                                                        Amendment #26

Security: Woolworths Group Plc               
 

                                MANAGEMENT 
               SHARES HELD      COMPANY    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
(Ordinary Shares)          

               1,431,300        FMRCO      Chase Nominees Limited
                  67,300        FMRCO      State Street Nominees Limited
               2,497,800        FMRCO      State Street Bank & Trust Company
                 261,100        FMTC       State Street Nominees Ltd
                 145,300        FMTC       Brown Brothers Harriman
                 610,600        FMTC       State Street Bank & Trust
              93,229,959        FISL       Chase Nominees Ltd
               1,244,400        FISL       Chase Manhattan Bank London
               2,870,411        FPM        RBS Trust Bank
               1,557,300        FPM        Citibank
                 943,541        FPM        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                 499,800        FPM        BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                 562,100        FPM        MSS Nominees Ltd          
               1,607,202        FPM        Chase Nominees Ltd
               2,630,396        FPM        Bank of New York Europe
                 539,130        FPM        Bank of New York London
                 364,100        FIL        Chase Nominees Ltd
                 437,000        FIL        Bankers Trust
               5,177,700        FIL        RBS Trust Bank        
               3,599,751        FIL        Nortrust Nominees Ltd
               2,219,700        FIL        Morgan Stanley
               7,100,810        FIL        Northern Trust
                 321,700        FIL        Citibank
               4,900,700        FIL        Bank of New York London 
               4,219,432        FIL        JP Morgan    
               6,947,574        FIL        Chase Manhattan Bank London
                 517,750        FIL        HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Ltd
               1,575,200        FIL        State Street Nominees Ltd
               1,337,279        FIL        Bank of New York Brussels
               4,022,536        FIL        State Street Bank & Trust
               1,280,300        FIL        Deutsche Bank

Total Ordinary 
 Shares      154,710,171          

Current 
 ownership 
 percentage:       10.99%          

Shares in 
 issue:    1,407,878,611         

Change in 
 holdings 
 since last 
 filing:     (1,593,946) ordinary shares     


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