Rule 8 - WOOLWORTHS
February 15 2005 - 7:42AM
UK Regulatory
FORM 8.1/8.3
Lodge with a RIS or Newstrack, if appropriate, and the Takeover Panel. Use separate form for
each class of securities in which dealings have been made.
Date of Disclosure 15 February 2005
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULES 8.1(a), 8.1(b) (i) and 8.3 OF THE CITY CODE ON TAKEOVERS
AND MERGERS
Date of Dealing 14 February 2005
Dealing in WOOLWORTHS
(1) Class of securities (eg ordinary shares) ORD GBP0.125
(2) Amount bought Amount sold Price per unit
458 0 Transfer
1,000,000 0 0.5008
Barclays PLC is party to certain CFD transactions (see below). The resultant holdings total
includes hedges against CFDs (short 2,080,323 shares).
(3) Resultant total of the same class owned or controlled
(and percentage of class) 27,663,329 (1.94%)
(4) Party making disclosure Barclays PLC
(5) EITHER (a) Name of purchaser / vendor (Note 1)
(b) if dealing for discretionary clients, name of fund management organisation
Barclays PLC
(6) Reason for disclosure (Note 2)
(a) associate of (i) offeror (Note 3) NO
(ii) offeree NO
Specify which category or categories of associate (1-8 overleaf)
(b) Rule 8.3 (I.e disclosure because of ownership or control of 1% or more of the class
of relevant securities dealt in) YES
Signed for and on behalf of the party named in (4) above
Geoff Smith
Telephone and extension number
0207 699 2305
Form 8 Enclosure
A purchaser of a CFD will realise a gain if the price of the underlying security goes up. A seller
of a CFD will realise a gain if the price of the underlying security goes down. The CFD contracts
are open ended and there is no rollover into new contracts.
Contracts for Differences Date of Disclosure: 15 February 2005
WOOLWORTHS
Woolworths CFD
Long/Short Trade Date Buy/Sell Quantity Open Price
Short 01/03/2002 S 1,024,504 0.3900
Long 22/05/2002 B 1,024,504 0.4450
Long 31/05/2002 B 1,885,888 0.4336
Long 16/10/2002 B 205,516 0.3287
Long 12/12/2002 B 595,550 0.3600
Long 13/12/2002 B 996,461 0.3700
Long 17/12/2002 B 977,283 0.3250
Long 19/12/2002 B 607,513 0.3581
Long 10/01/2003 B 565,354 0.3306
Long 14/01/2003 B 386,997 0.3283
Long 15/01/2003 B 887,445 0.3455
Long 16/01/2003 B 624,732 0.3450
Long 17/01/2003 B 364,460 0.3557
Long 05/02/2003 B 886,950 0.2965
Long 06/02/2003 B 858,268 0.3073
Long 17/02/2003 B 480,277 0.3000
Long 25/02/2003 B 1,417,513 0.2985
Long 26/02/2003 B 725,146 0.3009
Long 27/02/2003 B 714,590 0.2950
Long 10/03/2003 B 585,986 0.2775
Long 11/03/2003 B 453,717 0.2654
Long 28/03/2003 B 861,751 0.3236
Long 31/03/2003 B 588,242 0.3183
Long 02/05/2003 B 362,319 0.3433
Long 06/05/2003 B 362,319 0.3546
Long 13/05/2003 B 828,433 0.3619
Long 15/05/2003 B 1,053,801 0.3490
Short 03/06/2003 S 2,817,675 0.3575
Short 05/06/2003 S 344,353 0.3575
Short 01/07/2003 S 1,511,448 0.3725
Short 28/07/2003 S 55,101 0.3898
Short 18/08/2003 S 316,456 0.3950
Short 23/09/2003 S 1,499,000 0.4613
Short 29/09/2003 S 2,111,846 0.4425
Short 03/10/2003 S 268,817 0.4650
Short 08/10/2003 S 267,094 0.4800
Short 10/10/2003 S 891,340 0.4795
Short 27/10/2003 S 390,740 0.4519
Short 29/10/2003 S 1,505,174 0.4569
Short 30/10/2003 S 355,256 0.4645
Short 04/11/2003 S 265,957 0.4655
Short 07/11/2003 S 412,084 0.4496
Short 15/12/2003 S 919,164 0.4500
Short 14/01/2004 S 1,072,021 0.4701
Short 29/01/2004 S 407,876 0.3975
Short 10/02/2004 S 990,702 0.4295
Short 10/02/2004 S 430,648 0.4247
Short 12/02/2004 S 837,274 0.4288
Short 13/02/2004 S 432,413 0.4299
Short 11/05/2004 S 174,072 0.4058
Long 15/11/2004 B 19,158 0.4624
Short 16/11/2004 S 100,000 0.4575
Long 17/11/2004 B 96,450 0.4519
Short 18/11/2004 S 4,518 0.4475
Long 19/11/2004 B 1,500 0.4524
Long 23/11/2004 B 7,074 0.4474
Short 02/12/2004 S 1,750 0.4425
Short 06/12/2004 S 4,721 0.4432
Short 07/12/2004 S 11,493 0.4430
Short 08/12/2004 S 48,189 0.4416
Short 09/12/2004 S 145,183 0.4331
Short 22/12/2004 S 67,518 0.4094
Short 23/12/2004 S 34,283 0.4083
Short 29/12/2004 S 7,496 0.3975
Short 04/01/2005 S 22,016 0.3775
Long 06/01/2005 B 72,529 0.3770
Long 12/01/2005 B 1,030,736 0.3827
Short 17/01/2005 S 616,988 0.3917
Short 19/01/2005 S 725,333 0.3920
Short 21/01/2005 S 15,605 0.3850
Short 24/01/2005 S 72,151 0.3819
Short 25/01/2005 S 152,917 0.3788
Long 31/01/2005 B 1,342,321 0.4877
Long 31/01/2005 B 475,000 0.5036
Short 01/02/2005 S 1,155,552 0.4872
Short 10/02/2005 S 939,378 0.4900
Short 14/02/2005 S 1,000,000 0.5008
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