RNS Number:8781Z
Woolworths Group PLC
12 August 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. 

     N/A

6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class  

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     NOT STATED

8)   ( NOT STATED %) of issued Class 

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 12.5p EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT STATED 

11)  Date company informed

     12 AUGUST 2002
      
12)  Total holding following this notification

     154,660,717
                
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 - 020 7706 5033 

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

     Date of Notification ........12 AUGUST 2002............ 



Schedule A

Security: Woolworths Group Plc                                  Amendment No.15
  
                                     MANAGEMENT 
                         SHARES HELD  COMPANY   NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME  
(Ordinary Shares)     
                             50,000     FMTC    State Street Nominees Ltd.
                             30,600     FMTC    Brown Brothers Harriman
                         50,653,046     FISL    Chase Nominees Ltd
                          2,685,411     FPM     RBS Trust Bank
                          1,379,400     FPM     Citibank
                            675,241     FPM     Nortrust Nominees Ltd 
                            427,700     FPM     BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                            624,200     FPM     MSS Nominees Ltd
                            694,500     FPM     Chase Nominees Ltd
                          2,251,796     FPM     Bank of New York Europe 
                            542,330     FPM     Bank of New York London 
                          1,291,100     FIL     MSS Nominees Ltd
                            303,600     FIL     Chase Nominees Ltd
                            858,900     FIL     Bankers Trust 
                          5,428,400     FIL     RBS Trust Bank
                          3,335,100     FIL     Nortrust Nominees Ltd 
                          1,556,600     FIL     Morgan Stanley
                          5,916,700     FIL     Northern Trust
                            483,300     FIL     Citibank
                            754,200     FIL     Bank of New York Europe 
                          2,235,782     FIL     JP Morgan 
                          1,570,246     FIL     Chase Manhattan Bank London 
                         67,555,586     fil     HSBC Client Holdings Nominee  
                                                (UK) Limited
                          1,798,200     FIL     State Street Nominees Ltd
                          1,558,779     FIL     Bank of New York Brussels
 
Total Ordinary Shares   154,660,717

Current ownership 
  percentage:                 10.99%

Shares in issue:      1,407,496,676 

Change in holdings  
 since last filing:        (465,635) ordinary shares 


                      This information is provided by RNS 
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