RNS Number:8077L
Woolworths Group PLC
2 June 2003


                  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

     20,826,895

8)   ( 1.48 %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 12.5P EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     NOT STATED

11)  Date company informed

     02/06/03

12)  Total holding following this notification

     117,445,573
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     8.34%

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 ....2ND JUNE 2003....



SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: ..WOOLWORTHS GROUP PLC..                              Amendment # 28


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME

(Ordinary Shares)                     

                         2,666,800     FMRCO     Chase Nominees Limited
                           125,700     FMRCO     State Street Nominees Limited
                         4,553,100     FMRCO     State Street Bank &
                                                  Trust Company
                           221,500     FMTC      State Street Nominees Ltd.
                           145,300     FMTC      Brown Brothers Harriman
                         1,033,300     FMTC      State Street Bank & Trust
                            20,903     FMTC      MSCO
                        73,559,356     FISL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                         1,244,400     FISL      Chase Manhattan Bank London
                         1,113,300     FPM       Citibank
                           562,100     FPM       MSS Nominees Ltd
                         1,607,202     FPM       Chase Nominees Ltd
                         1,534,696     FPM       Bank of New York Europe
                         1,978,000     FIL       RBS Trust Bank
                         3,599,751     FIL       Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                         2,219,700     FIL       Morgan Stanley
                         4,797,210     FIL       Northern Trust
                         2,611,800     FIL       Bank of New York London
                         4,431,332     FIL       JP Morgan
                         4,393,394     FIL       Chase Manhattan Bank London
                           573,950     FIL       HSBC Client Holdings Nominee
                                                  (UK) Limited
                         1,575,200     FIL       State Street Nominees Ltd
                         1,337,279     FIL       Bank of New York Brussels
                           260,000     FIL       State Street Bank & Trust
                         1,280,300     FIL       Deutsche Bank

                         
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 117,445,573

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE: 8.34%

SHARES IN ISSUE:     1,407,883,438

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:        (20,826,895) ordinary shares



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