WLW Woolworths

RNS Number:5347E
Woolworths Group PLC
27 October 2004


                           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.

     NOT STATED


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

     27 OCTOBER 2004


12)  Total holding following this notification

     57,278,429

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     4.03%


14)  Any additional information




15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     J BLOOM
     0207 706 5033


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


     Date of Notification      27 OCTOBER 2004


LETTER TO:  WOOLWORTHS GROUP PLC
            25 October 2004

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:-

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

Chase Nominees a/c CMIG                                1105           4,459,000           0.315%      

Chase Nominees a/c CMIG                                2304          15,107,344           1.067%

Chase Nominees a/c CMIG                                2314          22,280,000           1.574%

Chase Nominees Ltd                                       WP           7,834,416           0.553%

HSDL Nominees Limited                                   N/A                 137           0.000%
        
Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c HXCM                     HPFO             112,756           0.008%

Nortrust Nominees Limited a/c HXCM                     HLFO           1,864,042           0.132%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                                HXPEN             129,000           0.009%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                                 HPBA             186,900           0.013%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                                 HLBA           2,102,142           0.148%

Nortrust Nominees Ltd.                                HXLFE           2,110,710           0.149%
        
State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GDA                 2GDA             523,474           0.037%

State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GDB                 2GDB             413,624           0.029%

State Street Nominees Limited a/c 2GEU                 2GEU             154,884           0.011%

Aggregate (material) holding of HBOS group                           57,278,429            4.03%
                                          
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