RNS Number:1986I
Woolworths Group PLC
3 February 2005


                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     WOOLWORTHS GROUP PLC


2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     HBOS PLC


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

     NOT STATED


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

     SEE BELOW


5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A


6)   Percentage of issued Class

     N/A

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     NOT STATED
 
8)   Percentage of issued Class
 
     N/A


9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 12.5P EACH


10)  Date of transaction

     NOT STATED


11)  Date company informed

     3 FEBRUARY 2005


12)  Total holding following this notification

     54,778,202

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.81%


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     3RD FEBRUARY 2005


LETTER TO:  WOOLWORTHS GROUP PLC
            31 January 2005

Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the "Act")

Section 198 disclosure by HBOS plc on its own behalf and on behalf of those of
its subsidiaries which hold a material interest in Ordinary 12.5p shares
comprising part of the relevant share capital of Woolworths Group plc ("the
Company")

Pursuant to Section 198 of the Act, we hereby give the Company notice that we
had a material interest (for the purposes of Sections 208 and 209 of the Act),
in the following shares comprising part of the relevant share capital (as
defined in the section 198 of the Act) of the Company immediately after such
time as our obligation to make this notification arose:-

                                                   Number of          Percentage 
Registered Holder:                      Fund:    Share Held:            Holding:

Chase Nominees a/c CMIG                  1105      4,324,800              0.304%

Chase Nominees a/c CMIG                  2304     11,729,346              0.825%

Chase Nominees a/c CMIG                  2314     23,987,000              1.687%

Chase Nominees Ltd                         WP      8,049,081              0.566%

HSDL Nominees Limited                     N/A            178              0.000%

Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c HXCM       HPFO        142,710              0.010%

Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c HXCM       HLFO      2,027,391              0.143%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                  HXPEN        152,316              0.011%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                   HPBA        159,269              0.011%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                   HLBA      2,044,846              0.144%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                  HXLFE      2,161,265              0.152%

Aggregate (material) holding of HBOS group        54,778,202               3.81%


From:  Kenny Melville 
       Company Secretarial Manager
       For and on behalf of
       HBOS plc

                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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