RNS Number:1066L
Woolworths Group PLC
14 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)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

16,437,703


8)   (1.17%) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

ORDINARY SHARES OF 12.5P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

NOT STATED


11)  Date company informed

14 MAY 2003


12)  Total holding following this notification
           
138,272,468

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

9.82%


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 ........14 MAY 2003.........



Schedule A
                                                            Amendment # 27
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
                 221,500      FMTC                    State Street Nominees Ltd.
                 145,300      FMTC                       Brown Brothers Harriman
                 610,600      FMTC                     State Street Bank & Trust
                   9,267      FMTC                                          MSCO
              86,552,939      FISL                            Chase Nominees Ltd
               1,244,400      FISL                   Chase Manhattan Bank London
               1,755,111      FPM                                 RBS Trust Bank
               1,324,300      FPM                                       Citibank                  
                 559,641      FPM                          Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                 283,000      FPM                       BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                 562,100      FPM                               MSS Nominees Ltd
               1,607,202      FPM                             Chase Nominees Ltd
               2,187,896      FPM                        Bank of New York Europe
                 290,430      FPM                        Bank of New York London
                 131,100      FIL                             Chase Nominees Ltd
               4,149,500      FIL                                 RBS Trust Bank
               3,599,751      FIL                          Nortrust Nominees Ltd
               2,219,700      FIL                                 Morgan Stanley
               6,092,210      FIL                                 Northern Trust
                  88,700      FIL                                       Citibank
               3,290,500      FIL                        Bank of New York London
               4,219,432      FIL                                      JP Morgan
               5,904,774      FIL                    Chase Manhattan Bank London
                 573,950      FIL      HSBC Client Holdings Nominee (UK) Limited
               1,575,200      FIL                      State Street Nominees Ltd
               1,337,279      FIL                      Bank of New York Brussels
               2,459,986      FIL                      State Street Bank & Trust
               1,280,300      FIL                                  Deutsche Bank

 
Total Ordinary
 Shares      138,272,468 

Current ownership
 percentage:        9.82%

Shares in 
 issue:    1,407,883,438

Change in holdings
 since last 
 filing:      (16,437,703) ordinary shares


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