RNS Number:4294J
Signet Group PLC
31 March 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

 1. Name of company

    SIGNET GROUP plc

    2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

    GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE INVESTMENT CORPORATION PTE LTD

    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

    AS IN 2 ABOVE

    4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
    number of shares held by each of them

    PLEASE SEE LETTER 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

    0.5P ORDINARY SHARES

    10) Date of transaction

    NOT STATED

    11) Date company informed



    31 March 2003

    12) Total holding following this notification

    63,552,198

    13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

    3.71%

    14) Any additional information

    -

    15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

    ANNE KEATES

    0870 909 0301

    16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
    making this notification

    Date of notification ..31 March 2003..



LETTER FROM GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE INVESTMENT CORPORATION PTE LTD



In compliance with Section 198 of Companies Act 1985 we wish to inform you that
the following persons have decreased their interest in the ordinary shares of
Signet Group plc as at 27 Mar 2003.

 a. Beneficial owner's name: Government of Singapore

    Holdings: 42,834,908 shares

    Registered holder's name: The Securities Management Trust Ltd (A/c No:SMC)

    Holdings: 4,500,000 shares

    Registered holder's name: Nortrust Nominees Limited (A/c No:EM073)

    Holdings: 20,202 shares

    Registered holder's name: Nortrust Nominees Limited (A/c No:EM167)


    Holdings: 12,000 shares

    Registered holder's name: Nortrust Nominees Limited (A/c No:EM174)
 b. Beneficial owner's name: Monetary Authority of Singapore


        Holdings: 1,812,627 shares

        Registered holder's name: The Securities Management Trust Ltd

        (A/c No: SMB)

        Holdings: 7,100,568 shares

        Registered holder's name: The Securities Management Trust Ltd

        (A/c No: SMH)

        Holdings: 10,271,893 shares

        Registered holder's name: The Bank of New York Nominees Limited

        (A/c No: ACCJ)



                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END

HOLGGGFFKMVGFZM