RNS Number:9040W
Woolworths Group PLC
6 June 2002



                  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. 

     4,859,600

6)   (0.34%) of issued Class 

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class 

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 12.5p EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT STATED 

11)  Date company informed

     06/06/02 
      
12)  Total holding following this notification

     155,126,352
                
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 

     11.02% 

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 ........6 JUNE 2002............ 


Schedule A

Security: Woolworths Group Plc                                  Amendment No.14
  
                                     MANAGEMENT 
                         SHARES HELD  COMPANY   NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME 
(Ordinary Shares)    
                         47,829,060     FISL    Chase Nominees Ltd
                          2,735,411     FPM     RBS Trust Bank
                          1,275,400     FPM     Citibank
                            675,241     FPM     Nortrust Nominees Ltd 
                            427,700     FPM     BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                            624,200     FPM     MSS Nominees Ltd
                            712,500     FPM     Chase Nominees Ltd
                          1,134,900     FPM     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee  
                                                (UK) Limited
                          2,251,796     FPM     Bank of New York Europe 
                          2,136,126     FPM     Bankers Trust 
                            542,330     FPM     Bank of New York London 
                          1,588,200     FIL     MSS Nominees Ltd
                            303,600     FIL     Chase Nominees Ltd
                            993,070     FIL     Bankers Trust 
                          5,428,400     FIL     RBS Trust Bank
                          3,335,100     FIL     Nortrust Nominees Ltd 
                          1,556,600     FIL     Morgan Stanley
                          3,956,600     FIL     Northern Trust
                            483,300     FIL     Citibank
                            754,200     FIL     Bank of New York Europe 
                          2,235,782     FIL     JP Morgan 
                          1,599,952     FIL     Chase Manhattan Bank London 
                          3,846,800     FIL     Northern Trust
                         67,000,000     FIL     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee  
                                                (UK) Limited
                          1,700,084     FIL     State Street Bank & Trust 

Total Ordinary Shares   155,126,352 

Current ownership 
  percentage:                 11.02%

Shares in issue:      1,407,496,676 

Change in holdings  
 since last filing:      +4,859,600 ordinary shares




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