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Woolworths Group PLC09 December 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 ATTACHED (BELOW) 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 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 9/12/05 12) Total holding following this notification 26,567,730 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 1.82% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries S SWENY 0207 706 5816 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ... 9/12/2005 LEGAL ENTITY REPORT WOOLWORTHS GROUP SEDOL: 3073861 As at 02 December 2005 Barclays PLC through the legal entities listed below,had a notifiable interest in 26,567,730 ORD GBP0.125 representing 1.82% of the issued share capital of 1,456,500,487 units. Legal Entity Holding Percentage Barclays Capital Securities Ltd 2,524,084 .1733Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 1,114 .0001Gerrard Ltd 284,210 .0195Absa Bank Ltd 1,971,993 .1354Barclays Bank Trust Company Ltd 8,614 .0006Barclays Private Bank and Trust Ltd 54,000 .0037Barclays Global Investors Ltd 19,843,353 1.3624Barclays Life Assurance Co Ltd 1,880,362 .1291 Group Holding 26,567,730 1.8241 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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