31st Aug 2005 11:03
Woolworths Group PLC31 August 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 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. 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 30/08/05 12) Total holding following this notification 72,340,157 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.97% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries S. SWENY0207 706 5816 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ............... 31st August 2005 ......... LEGAL ENTITY REPORT WOOLWORTHS GROUP SEDOL: 3073861 As at 24 August 2005 Barclays PLC, through the legal entities listed below, hada notifiable interest in 72,340,157 ORD GBP0.125 representing 4.97% of theissued share capital of 1,456,433,334 units. PercentageLegal Entity Holding Held Barclays Global Investors Ltd 17,374,255 1.1929Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 9,862 .0007Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1,114 .0001Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,771,024 .1216Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 50,858,763 3.4920Gerrard Ltd 186,781 .0128Absa Bank Ltd 2,138,358 .1468 Group Holding 72,340,157 4.9669 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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