19th Oct 2005 17:11
Woolworths Group PLC19 October 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY WOOLWORTHS GROUP PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST BARCLAYS 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 SCHEDULE 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 N/A 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 19.10.05 12) Total holding following this notification 72,825,050 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.00% 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 ...19 OCTOBER 2005...... REGISTERED HOLDERS REPORT WOOLWORTHS GROUP SEDOL: 3073861 As at 14 October 2005 Barclays PLC, through the registered holders listedbelow, had a notifiable interest in 72,825,050 ORD GBP0.125 representing 5.00%of the issued share capital of 1,456,433,334 units. Registered Account HoldingHolder Designation Absa Life Ltd 0 0Absa Life Ltd 1 0Absa Life Ltd Balance 133,350Absa Life Ltd Corporat 73,012Absa Life Ltd Individu 295,930Absa Life Ltd Pooled 24,796AIMS Nominees Pty Ltd 1 161,524BARCLAYS CAPITAL NOMINEES LIMI 48,790,424Barclays Trust Co & Others 304BARCLAYS TRUST CO AS EXEC/ADM 9,862Barclays Trust Co E99 600BOISS NOMINEES LTD 4224361 596,689CHASE NOMINEES LTD 16376 724,831CHASE NOMINEES LTD 21359 135,581CHASE NOMINEES LTD 28270 573,093Clydesdale Nominees HGB0225 00639213 54,000Fradey Nominees 0 20,946Greig Middleton Nominees Limit GM1 1,274JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16331 479,588JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16341 718,343JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16344 136,942JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16345 191,822JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 16400 16,590,173JP MORGAN (BGI CUSTODY) 18409 1,618,138R C Greig Nominees Limited RC1 137,151R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c AK1 24,038R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c BL1 17,004R C Greig Nominees Limited a/c CM1 20,660R C Greig Nominees Limited GP1 GP1 37,279R C Greig Nominees Limited SA1 SA1 1,982Reflex Nominees Limited 1,114Standard Bank of SA 0 1,254,600 Total 72,825,050 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
Barclays