Holding(s) in Company
June 02 2003 - 11:17AM
UK Regulatory
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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